. Punch . nted a breeze for the Reform Bill, and itstrikes us that he has come in for it himself; and such an unnaturalparent deserved blowing up a little for abandoning his offspring. Painful Imprudence. One of the declarations relative to Essays and Reviews which, signedby numerous Clergymen, have appeared in the papers, actually containspaginal references to those parts of that volume which the gentlemenwhose signatures are attached to the manifesto condemn as abstain from quoting the numbers of the pages indicated by thereverend gentlemen. If Essays and Reviews contain sceptic
. Punch . nted a breeze for the Reform Bill, and itstrikes us that he has come in for it himself; and such an unnaturalparent deserved blowing up a little for abandoning his offspring. Painful Imprudence. One of the declarations relative to Essays and Reviews which, signedby numerous Clergymen, have appeared in the papers, actually containspaginal references to those parts of that volume which the gentlemenwhose signatures are attached to the manifesto condemn as abstain from quoting the numbers of the pages indicated by thereverend gentlemen. If Essays and Reviews contain sceptical passages,Mr. Punch at least will not furnish them with an index. REPORM ANTI-REFORMERS. The loss of Mr. Locke Kings motion for the reduction of theCounty franchise suggests a consideration to which our friends theextreme Liberals should take heed. It is this, that the country isgetting sick of debates about reform which, by impeding useful legis-lation, hinder practical reforms. PUNCH, LONDON [March 23, 1861. QUITE A LEGAL LINE. The moral philosophy respecting gentle bloodprofessed by Major Yelverton has elicitedcertain statements attributing a low origin tothe House of Avonmore. In reply to these,another member of the Yelverton family haswritten a letter to the Irish Times, assuring theeditor of that journal that there is no olderor better blood than theirs in the this assertion he advances the followingproof :— The Yelvertons can show four chief judges in theirpedigree. Oh! The Yelvertons can show four chiefjudges in their pedigree, can they? They canalso show a defendant in a celebrated civil will be lucky if they have not further toshow an eminent culprit. To four ornaments ofthe ermine it will be well for them if there shallnot be added a notoriety of the bar, at whichthe heir of a judicial House may possibly beindicted for bigamy. Then their descendantswill have had four ancestors on the bench andone in the dock. OW MARY HANNE FOLLO
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