. Punch . hit the pretender to style, itwill be necessary to strike the lyre :— His hat was made of gossamer, And cockd upon his crown,While from his head there fell some hair, Of lanky collar oer an opera-tie, Was a la Byron had an eye-glass for his eye, That sentimental gent. His coat it was a cutaway, Of rather dingy black ;And being ready-made, it lay Upon him like a waistcoat was of yellow-white, To wash too often sent;He was of an alarming height, That sentimental gent. On the road home several equestrian feats were gone through with much skill and abili
. Punch . hit the pretender to style, itwill be necessary to strike the lyre :— His hat was made of gossamer, And cockd upon his crown,While from his head there fell some hair, Of lanky collar oer an opera-tie, Was a la Byron had an eye-glass for his eye, That sentimental gent. His coat it was a cutaway, Of rather dingy black ;And being ready-made, it lay Upon him like a waistcoat was of yellow-white, To wash too often sent;He was of an alarming height, That sentimental gent. On the road home several equestrian feats were gone through with much skill and ability. Among others, an individual, who looked a gooddeal like Young Stickney, or II Diavolo Somebody, performed aninvoluntary evolution from the back of a highly-trained charger into ahedge, where he stood for at least a minute balanced on his head ; and itonly wanted a firework of some kind to render the tableau perfectly adaptedfor the centre of the last scene in a pantomime. We never witnessed kV\ imkr. a more rapid act of horsemanship, and it was impossible to see amore clever specimen of hedging off than was afforded by the individualalluded to. Camlitfoges lEngltsf) Sbpeafeet. The frequency of the Duke of Cambridges appearance at publicdinners, where he of course occupies the chair, and is called upon tospeak very often, has the effect of making his Royal Highness a perfectmaster of the arts of eloquence. It is, we believe, the intention of the Duke of Cambridge to publish anew English Speaker, including a number of after-dinner orations appli-cable to all sorts and descriptions of charitable purposes. The collectionwill include several of the Dukes own powerful bursts of eloquence, ofwhich we are happy to have the privilege of giving a few specimens. Speech of the Duke of Cambridge on behalf of the Royal FreeHospital. 1845. Gentlemen—ahem, I—I—I—rise to say—that is I wish to propose atoast—wish to propose a toast. Gentlemen, I think that you 11 all say—ahem
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