. Punch . customed to lethis rampant imagination run riot in his play-bills. There is a good dealof fancy in his allusions to certain alleged fits of enthusiasm into whichaudiences are said to have been thrown by the rhymes of the poet Bunnhimself ; but a day or two ago, there was a passage more deep andmysterious than usual. In telling the public that he had had a goodhouse on Whit Monday, the poet frankly terms it an extraordinaryoverflow; but, what was still more extraordinary, even than the over-flow at Drury Lane, was the announcement that in consequence of thegreat attraction of the Bohe
. Punch . customed to lethis rampant imagination run riot in his play-bills. There is a good dealof fancy in his allusions to certain alleged fits of enthusiasm into whichaudiences are said to have been thrown by the rhymes of the poet Bunnhimself ; but a day or two ago, there was a passage more deep andmysterious than usual. In telling the public that he had had a goodhouse on Whit Monday, the poet frankly terms it an extraordinaryoverflow; but, what was still more extraordinary, even than the over-flow at Drury Lane, was the announcement that in consequence of thegreat attraction of the Bohemian Girl and La Giselle, they will berepeated for the last time this evening. The great attraction of a performance is a strange reason for leaving itoff, and indeed almost as strange as making its non-attraction a reasonfor keeping it on, as was the case, probably, with the Daughter of , the last—no, alas ! not the last—contribution of the poet Bunn tothe national lyric drama. ETONIAN ven We are not always, when wepublish a joke, certain that ourreaders will laugh at it. We feel,however, no such uncertainty incalling their attention to the sub-joined Advertisement. This trulyfunny composition was put forthlately by the learned authorities atEton, for the recovery of a truant,who had run away in consequenceof having been flogged; and if theindividual who punished him, andthe person who wrote it, are one andthe same, we can only say that theexecutioner deserves the fate of thevictim. Thus runs THE POUNDS REWARD.—Whereas, a Youth, aged 15, left Eton -*- without permission yesterday morning, Wednesday, April 23, and is supposed tohave gone in the direction of Windsor Great Park. He had on a blue jacket, darkblue waistcoat, with green-striped shepherds plaid trousers, and turned-down shirt-collar. His complexion dark, small dark eyes, and very marked eyebrows, and afull dark head of hair, parted on the forehead, with a slight stoop ; his l
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