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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

[Mat 13, 1871.

and reverenced law, and would legislate beneficially. Some women Knife-grinder was answered, " I give thee sixpence, I will see thee
were not logical, but how many men were ? It was old prejudice, &c, first." Me. Ceoss called the Government Fools ' But then he
not reason, that opposed the change. did so in Greek (N^ioi), which took away all the rudeness. We

Me. Newdegaie thought that Catholics who followed De. Man- have not had any Greek in the House for a long time. Me. Ceoss
king and the Jesuits would support the Bill, in order to damage has not forgotten Rugby and Trinity. The two great leaders
and render unbecoming political institutions which were free, and finished with rather a spirited combat, and Me. Toeeens had the
therefore hateful to Home. (We assure our readers tbat we sum- satisfaction of leading forth 248, the Government having 294—
marise truthfully, as ever, and permit ourselves no larks. Get the majority for the Sixpenny Income-tax, 46. " We'11 remember at
Standard for May 4.) |Aix"—i. e., at the very next general election, Gentlemen of the

Me. Beighx would have liked Me. James to be answered by some Majority,
of the women who were listening to that debate But as no lady t FrUJ w finished j.^ week duU The Lords talked
cried out from the gallery that she was ready, the House divided, about Artillery, and the Commons about Paupers. Yet there was
ana mere weie ming.iea with our dulness, for we read the Income-tax Bill a

For giving Women votes.....151 i Second Time.

For refusing Women votes.....220

Majority for llefusal .... 69

My dears, you, the Darlings of England and of Mr. Punch, I
know that you are all as glad of this decision as possible, Avhatever
you may pretend, in your delightful sauciness. There !

Thursday. As the Lords could not, constitutionally, worry our
dear old Lo-Lo in his capacity of Chancellor of Exchequer, they
got at him as Master of the Mint, and had a debate about the New
Mint (which is to be on the Thames Embankment) and there were
unkind things said about officials. Loed Lansdowne defended the
establishment, and introduced a gracefully implied compliment to
De. John Peecy " of European reputation," whose pupil the chemist
to the Mint had been.

The Posxmasxee-Geneeal stated that he had dismissed a valuable
public servant for having divulged part of some telegraph message
about a turf matter. It was exceedingly wrong in an official to
betray any secret, and as for this one, remember what is said in Le
Due Job, " a secret need not be respectable to be respected."

Then did we have another Budget fight. Me. Toeeens, in a
capital speech, proposed that Me. Lowe should not be allowed to
make the Income-tax more than Five-pence. There were some very
smart things emitted in the debate. Me. Beenal Osboene said
that the Income-tax payer would answer Me. Lowe as the Needy

ANYTHING TO OBLIGE.

The subjoined announcement in the newspapers has given general
satisfaction:—

" The Purchase op Postage-Stamps.—After the 30th June next the
permission which has been hitherto granted to Officers of the Post-Oflice to
purchase postage-stamps from the public will be withdrawn, and such pur-
chases thenceforward forbidden."

This fresh proof of a constant anxiety to afford the Public every
possible accommodation cannot but add very much to the popularity
of Government. Its kindness really becomes—yes—oppressive.

Bob and Jerry.

Me. Lowe has abandoned the principle of constructing a Budget
so as to make it unpleasant to everybody. He has adopted that of
concentrating its unpleasantness on one class. This is an advance
on the famous rule of Jeeemy Benxham. It may be formulated as
the greatest possible unhappiness of the smallest number.

"A Low Feeeboaed."—The food which is provided for poor
people in a workhouse.