n
fat have been referred to the anticipation of the extinction of the City
of London Corporation, and consequent discontinuance of the LORD MAYOR'S
dinners.

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THE GORTSCHAKOFF JACKET.

The uniform of PRINCE GORTSCHAKOFF has not been described. We believe
the principal article of it is a "cut-away."

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PROTECTION FOR THE SLOE.

Everybody is for reducing the duty on French wines, except certain
wine-merchants. As importers, the interests of those gentlemen could
hardly be affected by the reduction; but perhaps they do not look on
port and import as exactly the same thing.

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THE OLDEST ANCHORITE.--Hope.

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[Illustration: "A BEAR WITH A SORE HEAD."]

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REMARKABLE TRIBUTE OF SIDEREAL APPROBATION TO MR. HIND.

[Illustration: O]

Our old Friend MR. HIND having introduced another new planet (the ninth
discovered by him) to the notice of mortals, the announcement was
received by all the sidereal bodies with the greatest satisfaction, and
indeed so greatly increased the perturbations under which some of them
habitually labour, that ZADKIEL has been compelled to publish a
supplement to his Almanack, and to predict the arrival of the Greek
kalends, the destruction of the Thames by fire, and, simultaneously with
these events, the extinction of _Punch_. SATURN, in particular, who
considers that the calumnious report of his having devoured his own
children had its origin in our ignorance of the existence of those
children, as a group of asteroids between MARS and JUPITER, and who is
consequently delighted whenever by the discovery of such asteroids his
character is cleared, was so overcome with joy, that no child born
during the past week will ever be injured in after life by this
generally malignant planet.

Many of the stars, moreover, feeling that something was due to MR. HIND
for his persevering efforts on their behalf, resolved to call a public
meeting to consider the best means of expressing their gratitude. The
PLEIADES, as occupying the centre of the universe, kindly offered their
rooms for the purpose; and MEROPE, whose marriage with a mortal caused
her to lose half her brightness, and brought upon her frequent snubbings
from her sisters, brightened up again on perceiving that her haughty
relatives were dis