. Punch . derable excitement was causedby the departure from the House of the Duke of Wellington, leaning onthe arm of another Peer, in a state of great feebleness. Jenkins was, no doubt, considerably excited ; but no one else was inthe state alluded to. After attending his master home, instead of retiring to his apartmentover the hay-loft, Jenkins posted off to Apsley House, and inquired afterthe Dukes health, when he received a flea in his ear, which prevented himfrom catching distinctly the whole of the porters answer. The portersimply growled out, Get along ! what do you come knocking up p
. Punch . derable excitement was causedby the departure from the House of the Duke of Wellington, leaning onthe arm of another Peer, in a state of great feebleness. Jenkins was, no doubt, considerably excited ; but no one else was inthe state alluded to. After attending his master home, instead of retiring to his apartmentover the hay-loft, Jenkins posted off to Apsley House, and inquired afterthe Dukes health, when he received a flea in his ear, which prevented himfrom catching distinctly the whole of the porters answer. The portersimply growled out, Get along ! what do you come knocking up people at this time of night for ? the Duke s perfectly At this point the snubbed flunkey was half-way down Piccadilly, and did not catch the lastword well, for which he substituted convalescent. He instantly penned another paragraph for the Post, in which he(Jenkins) declared himself rejoiced to state, that on inquiry at ApsleyHouse, shortly before midnight,_the Duke was pronounced perfectly * F. M. THE DUKE OF WKLLLlNGToN PRESENTS HIS COMPLIMENTS TO, &C. The Duke gave poor Jenkins a smart rub in the next days Post,recommending the Editor to give directions that when his (the Dukes)name is inserted in his paper in future, care should be taken that it is notmade the matter of a ; The Dukes porter seems to be imbued with a good deal of hismasters off-hand mode of answering ; for when applied to on the subjectof the Dukes health, and told—It is stated in the paper that he wastaken ill iu the House of Lords last night, the porter very properlyreplied, I can only say that he came home from the House last night in his usual health, and ate as good a dinner as ever he did in his life. Hesays he is very well himself, and I suppose he ought to know as well asthe paper. The porter is wrong. The paper knows many things about peoplethat people themselves never dreamt of; for if the paper were limitedin its knowledge to facts, what on earth would become of the
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