Punch . d this ceremonyduring the last five years,and the reason for theSovereigns seclusion would render it unbe-coming for Mr. Punch tosay any word upon thesubject of Her re-appear-ance, except that it greatlyrejoiced the nation andhimself. Lord ChancellorCranworth read theSpeech. As Mr. Punchcould not hear many wordsof it, he occupied himselfwith considering whetherit was likely to be truethat when a certain Chan-cellor reassumed office, hewas congratulated by avery great personage withthe remark, See how much better it is to be good than clever. Mr. Punch decidedin the negative just as Lor
Punch . d this ceremonyduring the last five years,and the reason for theSovereigns seclusion would render it unbe-coming for Mr. Punch tosay any word upon thesubject of Her re-appear-ance, except that it greatlyrejoiced the nation andhimself. Lord ChancellorCranworth read theSpeech. As Mr. Punchcould not hear many wordsof it, he occupied himselfwith considering whetherit was likely to be truethat when a certain Chan-cellor reassumed office, hewas congratulated by avery great personage withthe remark, See how much better it is to be good than clever. Mr. Punch decidedin the negative just as Lord Cranworth left off. The Speech was of enormous length, which the summary of it certainly will not were the points :— 1. Our Helena here has accepted Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein there. Regret at the demise of King Leopold. All right with foreign powers. Meeting of French and English fleets promoted amity. Happy that the American war is over. Very happy that American Slavery is over. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. We have nearlv annihilated the West African slave trade. You shall see the Alabama correspondence Portugal has made it up between us and Brazil. France and we are trying to make it up between Spain and Chili. Excellent treaty with the Mikado, and revision of tariff. 12. Commercial treaty with Austria. 13. Quashi-bungo, the Commission, and the new Jamaican Government. 14. N early all our soldiers are to come back from New Zealand. 15. Union of the British North American provinces. 16. The Rinderpest. A law to be made. 17. Estimates, Economy, Efficiency. 18. The condition of trade is satisfactory. 19. The Fenians have caught it. 20. A law about Capital Punishment. 21. A new Bankruptcy law. 22. Improvement of the Public Audit. 23. And of the law as to certain pensions. 24. A uniform Parliamentary Oath for all religionists. 25. Parliamentary Reform. Lord Russell is making inquiries, and when they are made, and he knows his own intentions, the attention
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