l fair weather,
And fair luck! Now, all together!!!
May we meet 'em oft--and whack 'em
Fairly--these brave boys of BLACKHAM!

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HABEAS CORPUS SUSPENDED.--What is wanted just now is a _"J bez
Corpus" Act_.

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[Illustration: "SCOT-FREE."

_Sir Henry Hawkins_ (_to Justice_). "_I_ CAN'T TOUCH THEM.
IT'S TIME _YOU_ DID!" (_See next page._)]

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AN AIRY NOTHING.--According to a Radical paper "the poor man's tobacco
pays 10-1/2_d._ in the shilling to taxation, while the rich man's cigar
pays only 1/2_d._ in the shilling to taxation." This may be very true,
but is the question worth discussing? It is sure to end in smoke!

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HOW THEY ARE SERVED IN SERVIA.--Among some interesting items, a
telegram informed us how "the Young King presided at a Council of
Ministers. The ceremonial is the same as during his father's time,
only two guards stand at the door, and _refreshments are handed round
at short intervals_." The italics are ours. Rather! What a pleasant
Cabinet Council. Why isn't the convivial plan adopted here? Mr. G., in
the chair, would knock the table with the hammer every ten minutes and
call out, "Give your orders, Gents! the Waiter's in the room!" A real
Harmonious Meeting.

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[Illustration: "WITHOUT PREJUDICE."

_Miss Jeannie_ (_to Elderly Spinster_). "I'M GLAD MAUD IS
GOING TO BE MARRIED TO SIR GUY. I'M SURE THEY'LL BE HAPPY,
THEY'RE SO WELL MATCHED!"

_Elderly Spinster aforesaid_ (_who has had her eye on Sir Guy
for the last two years_). "I DON'T AT ALL AGREE WITH YOU. SIR
GUY WOULD HAVE DONE FAR BETTER TO HAVE CHOSEN ONE OF HIS OWN
HEIGHT!"]

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THE FUTURE HOPED BY HAWKINS.

(_A Cockney Carol by a cruelly-used Coster-Investor. With apologies to
clever Albert Chevalier._)

["I desire to express, and I cannot do it too strongly,
that there is no credit to be attached to the conduct of
the directors in this particular case. It would be more
satisfactory to me if directors had a proper sense of their
responsibility. It is a cruel thing that people should be
deluded out of their savings by high-sounding names. At
the same time, there is no criminal law which will punish a
director w