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R. JOBTICKLER.--May my client have the injunction? LORD HIGH INQUISITOR.--No-o-o-o! But he shall pay all the costs, and I only wish I could double them for his impertinence. You, sir, you deserve to be stripped of your gown for insulting the ears of the court with such a motion. CRIER.--Any more appeals, causes, or motions, in the Supreme Court of the Lord High Inquisitor Punch, to-day? (A dead silence.) LORD HIGH INQUISITOR (bowing gracefully to the bar).--Good morning, gentlemen. You behold how carefully we fulfil the letter of Magna Charta. "Nulli vendemus, nulli negabimus, aut differemus rectum vel justitiam." [_Exit._] CRIER.--This Court will sit the next time it is the Lord High Inquisitor's pleasure that it should sit, and at no other period or time.--God save the Queen! * * * * * AN AN-TEA ANACREONTIC.--No. 3. [Greek: EIS LYRAN.] Apollo! ere the adverse fates Gave thy lyre to Mr. Yates[2], I have melted at thy strain When Bunn reign'd o'er Drury-lane; For the music of thy strings Haunts the ear when Romer sings. But to me _that_ voice is mute! Tuneless kettle-drum and flute I but hear _one_ liquid lyre-- Kettle bubbling on the fire, Whizzing, fizzing, steaming out Music from its curved spot, Wak'ning visions by its song Of thy nut-brown streams, Souchong; Lumps of crystal saccharine-- Liquid pearl distill'd from kine; Nymphs whose gentle voices mingle With the silver tea-spoons' jingle! Symposiarch I o'er all preside, The Pidding of the fragrant tide. Such the dreams that fancy brings, When my tuneful kettle sings! [2] This celebrated instrument now crowns the chaste yet elaborate front of the Adelphi Theatre, where full-length effigies of Mr. and Mrs. Yates may be seen silently inviting the public to walk in. * * * * * AUTHENTIC. FROM EBENEZER BEWLEY, OF LONDON, TO HIS FRIEND REUBEN PIM, OF LIVERPOOL. 7th mo. 29th, 1841. Friend Reuben,--I am in rect. of thine of 27th inst., and note contents. It affordeth me consolation that the brig _Hazard_ hath arrived safely in thy port--whereof I myself was an underwriter--also, that a man-child hath been born unto thee and to thy faithful spouse Rebecca. Nevertheless, the house of Crash and Crackitt hath stopped payment, which hath caused sore lamentation amongst the faithful, who have disc
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