. Punch . se of the Antiqua-ries being about to separate. It is a lamentable fact, that the memberscannot agree ; and, at the last meeting, there was every reason to appre-hend that blows would have been exchanged by some of the infuriatedFellows. The conduct of the President, in never coming near the place,was strongly animadverted upon, and the Council was most severelycensured for going to sleep over the affairs of the Society—the Societyforgetting that it must be its own fault if it sends people to sleep over itsproceedings. We trust that if the Antiquaries cannot any longer holdtogether,
. Punch . se of the Antiqua-ries being about to separate. It is a lamentable fact, that the memberscannot agree ; and, at the last meeting, there was every reason to appre-hend that blows would have been exchanged by some of the infuriatedFellows. The conduct of the President, in never coming near the place,was strongly animadverted upon, and the Council was most severelycensured for going to sleep over the affairs of the Society—the Societyforgetting that it must be its own fault if it sends people to sleep over itsproceedings. We trust that if the Antiquaries cannot any longer holdtogether, they will at least die with decency, and not disgrace the scientificworld with squabbles of the most frightful character. DEFICIENCY OF THE SPANISH. The Spanish Minister of Finance has been dismissed for embezzling alarge sum of the public money. Dismissed ? and by his own colleagues !Why we have always been told there was Honour among Thieves ! PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. 127 YOUNG- ENGLANDS [Young England discovered sitting dolorously before his parlour-fire: he grievously waileth as follows :—] I really cant imagine why, With my confessd ability—From the ungrateful Tories, I Get nothing but civility. The independent dodge I ve tried, I ve also tried servility ;—Its all the same,—they wont provide,— I only get civility. I ve flattered Peel ; he smiles back thanks With Belials own tranquillity ;But still he keeps me in the ranks, And pays me with civility. I ve worried him, I ve sneered at him,1 ve threatened bold hostility,— But no—he still preserves his im-perturbable civility. If not the birth, at least I ve now The manners of nobility ;But yet Sir Robert scorns to bow With more than mere civility. Well, I ve been pretty mild as yet, But now I 11 try scurrility ;Its very hard if that dont get Me more than mere civility. HIBERNIAN HUMANITY. The following advertisement, which actually appeared in a recentnumber of Saunderss News-Letter—a well-kn
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