. Punch . rs, are limited to little more than the delivery ofmessages. We therefore hope that the Serjeant-at-arms will be spared asea-sickness ; that he will not be despatched to Ireland to give impor-tance to the rant of mountebanks, and the tomfoolery of breeches-pocketpatriots. A ship-full of Irish well-fed, well-conducted porkers, would bea far more valuable cargo than all the present brawlers of the Hall ofConciliation. The light of the Present Say. We understand that the trustees of the Kensington Road, in order toreduce the expense of lighting, are in treaty with Herr Dobler for thepur
. Punch . rs, are limited to little more than the delivery ofmessages. We therefore hope that the Serjeant-at-arms will be spared asea-sickness ; that he will not be despatched to Ireland to give impor-tance to the rant of mountebanks, and the tomfoolery of breeches-pocketpatriots. A ship-full of Irish well-fed, well-conducted porkers, would bea far more valuable cargo than all the present brawlers of the Hall ofConciliation. The light of the Present Say. We understand that the trustees of the Kensington Road, in order toreduce the expense of lighting, are in treaty with Herr Dobler for thepurchase of the celebrated trick by which he was enabled to ignito onehundred candles at once by firing oft a pistol. This arrangement wouldspare the superhuman labours of the one man who is engaged tolight the lamps, and who, by beginning his round five hours before dark, isenabled to get through his task by an hour after daylight. 232 PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. THE ROYAL PORTRAIT PAINTERS FORLORN THE ONLY WAY LEFT TO PAINT F. M. PRINCE ALBERT. TO THE BISHOPS.—WORTHY OF NOTICE. There exists a melancholy periodical, called The Monthly Adver-tising Sheet of the Clerical Registry. We state the fact for the peculiarinformation of bishops, pluralists, and other oily men of theChurch, who, we feel assured, are altogether ignorant of the circum-stance. Otherwise, how would these men, whose lives, as thegrave Loud Brougham lately avouched, are as pure as their creed,feel distressed and scandalised at the advertisements in the saidRegistry, confronting the eyes of a too infidel world. In them rightreverend prelates would see the cure of souls advertised for sale withno more reverence than cured bacon—on one hand, a livingoffered at the annual value of 1,8501.—and on the other, a starvationsuch as the subjoined :— /CURACY with Tuition offered near London. Tuition is required everyv^ day except Saturday in Greek and Latin,/or which board and lodging and annum wil
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