. Punch . are less subject to fits of abstraction than to fits of these are irreverent insinuations of jesting minds. The wits ofGuildhall and the Mansion House may sometimes go woolgathering ; andmetaphysics may direct their attention from their meat. Solicitude forthe general may produce inattention to the particular corporation, andthus even green fat may be unconsciously swallowed. Hence the neces-sity of the City Remembrancer; of whom we will now take leave in thewords of Macbeth : Sweet Remembrancer addressing the rest of the quotation to the Mayor and Aldermen. Now pood dig
. Punch . are less subject to fits of abstraction than to fits of these are irreverent insinuations of jesting minds. The wits ofGuildhall and the Mansion House may sometimes go woolgathering ; andmetaphysics may direct their attention from their meat. Solicitude forthe general may produce inattention to the particular corporation, andthus even green fat may be unconsciously swallowed. Hence the neces-sity of the City Remembrancer; of whom we will now take leave in thewords of Macbeth : Sweet Remembrancer addressing the rest of the quotation to the Mayor and Aldermen. Now pood digestion wait on appetite,And health on both, THE LAND OF LlBERTV. It has long been an Englishmans boast, that as soon as a refugee setsfoot in England, that moment be becomes free. Now, we think this boasthardly goes far enough. It should particularly state that the letters ofthe foreigner are treated with eveu greater freedom than himself. ICO PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. THE QUEENS VISIT TO Mr. Bunk has been running about in a state of frantic excitementamong his company and his sceue-shifters, announcing the important factof Her Majestys being about to go in state to Drury-Lane, which themanager, who is a poet and consequently deals in fancy, describes in hispuffs preliminary as the only national theatre. We had some idea, tillMr. Bunn told us otherwise, that the Haymarket might at least put insome claim to the title of national. What the manager of Drury-Lane has done to deserve a monopoly of that distinction for his establishmentwe are at a loss to conceive. Is Donizettis Lucia di Lammermoor anational opera ? or does the engagement of Duprez and Madame Garciatend to the nationality of the theatre ? As far as we can see, the twoJohns—Cooper and Harley—are the only representatives of thenational British dramatic interests at Drury-Lane under the presentmanagement. THE CRIMINAL DRAMA. We understand that, in consequence of the growing taste of the publicfor
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