Punch (66.1874)

March 14, 1874.]

PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.

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BETWEEN THE BATTLES.

rofessor Huxley has taken the word out of Punch'1 s mouth.
Bos locutus est: Bull has spoken. And umnistakeably.

The Battle of the Elections has been fought,—with unex-
pected upshot, and wonderful results in the returns of “ killed,
wounded, and missing.’"

Victors and vanquished of 1868 have wheeled about. “ Ins ”
and “Outs” have—literally—taken each other’s places.
Whether Britannia’s brains have changed sides or not, her
Members have. What was Opposition Bench is Treasury,
and late Treasury has gone into Opposition.

Of a surety “ The Whirligig of Time has brought about his
revenges."

But if the Battle of the Elections be fought, that of the
Session is yet to come.

Next fortnight is the breathing-time between the battles.

Punch has lost, alas! the cunning hand that used to ex-
tract for him the Essence of our Collective Wisdom—■