thes of an
ancient cut and threadbare material. He smiled as he met me, and
observed that he was still engaged on the trust matter.

"But I have come to the last stage," he said; "I have paid the costs
in full. And now I am going home."

"Going home," I repeated, and noticing that he seemed feeble, offered
him the support of my arm. "I will walk as far as your residence."

"You are very good," he replied, "but I am afraid that I cannot ask
you to come in."

"Never mind that; but where do you live?"

"Where should I live after a lawsuit?" he returned, with a short
laugh. "Why, in the Workhouse, to be sure--in the Workhouse!"

And as a ratepayer, I have assisted to support him ever since!

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A MENU FROM BIRMINGHAM.

POTAGES.

Duchesse. Consomme de Deluge a l'Apres Moi.

POISSONS.

Hors d'Eau a l'Appat convenable. Crevettes a l'Envie.

ENTREES.

Petits Programmes a la Robe de Joseph. Filets de Vis, Sauce Monopole.
Pattes de Matou aux Griffes.

ROTS.

Moi Meme. Dinde Fidele de Jesse.

LEGUMES.

Orchis en Boutonniere. Hartijo Sauce Soumission.

RELEVES.

Monocle. Salmi de Paires Filants aux Lis.

ENTREMETS.

Gateau Rossendale. Conserves d'Eglise Galloise. Boudin de Labouchere a
la Lanterne.

DESSERT.

Bonbons de Famille. Hamecons de Flatterie. Oublis.

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IN STATU,--QUO?

Should CROMWELL have a statue at Westminster was a burning question
some years ago. We all know the result, and nowadays, who cares?
At present, the question at Oxford is, Shall Cardinal NEWMAN have a
statue? and, if so, Shall it be just opposite the Martyrs' Memorial?
From one point of view, the situation is happily selected, as, of
course, NEWMAN was on just exactly opposite ground to CRANMER, RIDLEY,
and LATIMER. The Oxford Dons are right in supposing that no statue
can be erected without a previous design; a design by a hand that has
not lost its cunning. The proposed site is in Broad Street, a very
suggestive name as opposed to narrowness of any sort; yet so eager
are the illogical Dons in the matter of preservation of spaces, that
before even the base of a clay model has been commenced, they have
already prepared the ground for the reception of the statue by getting
up any amount of railing about the proposed site!

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[Illustration: "WAKING-UP" FOR THE OPENING OF THE SESSION.]

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