"Hath a dog money?" Blood's response is--"Nay!"

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A somewhat curious association of names and ideas occurs in last
week's _Sporting and Dramatic_, where there is an illustration of some
ceremony taking place which is described as "The RAINE's Foundation
May Day Celebration." Odd, that this particular RAINE should always
fall on the First of May.

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[Illustration: "BLOOD" _VERSUS_ "BULLION."

"WELL THEN, IT NOW APPEARS YOU NEED MY HELP: YOU THAT DID VOID
YOUR RHEUM UPON MY BEARD, AND FOOT ME, AS YOU SPURN A STRANGER CUR
OVER YOUR THRESHOLD; _MONEYS IS YOUR SUIT. WHAT SHOULD I SAY TO
YOU?"_--_Merchant of Venice_, Act I., Sc. 3.]

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ODE TO COMPENSATION.

(_AFTER_ KIRKE WHITE.)

"That blessed word--'Compensation.'"

Come Compensation, come!
Not in thy terrors clad,
But in thy fairest, gentlest guise,
Thy "blessed" name but terrifies
The "Templar" and the "Rad."

Thou must not come as "Right,"
That is--alas!--"too steep."
The Law has put its foot hard down,
And "BUNG," so far, is quite done brown;
It makes the "Witler" weep!

No "Vested Interest,"
Whereon to found a claim?
And after all that we have done
To keep the Tories in the run!
It is a thundering shame!

We deemed Sir EDWARD CLARKE
Knew what he was about;
We thought good GOSCHEN, sharp and slick,
Had "gently, gently done the trick,"
We have been sold, no doubt.

But FORREST FULTON comes,--
Sharp fellow that F.F.!
And in the Commons sneaks a vote
Which sticks hard in the "Temperance" throat,--
Dull churls, to justice deaf!

Come, Compensation, come!
Come in by the back-door,
Come unawares, come _anyhow_,
Only _do_ come to smooth the brow
Of Wittlers weak and poor.

GOSCHEN has played us false;
It makes our bosom ache.
But to abate our indignation
If he'll secure us Compensation,
'Twill compensation make.

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[Illustration: THE TRAINER INFORMS HIS LORDSHIP THAT HIS NEW PURCHASE
"WILL TAKE A LOT OF BEATING,"]

[Illustration: AND--SO HE DID!]

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OVERHEARD AT EARL'S COURT.

_First Citizen._ And what did you see at the German Exhibition?

_Second Citizen_. A magnificent collection of German pictures, many
German manufactures, and several