poor. The duties and salary annexed to the appointment may be
ascertained at my office, No. 50, Poland Street, Oxford Street,
daily, between 9 and 6 o'clock; where also applications, accompanied
by testimonials of character and ability, are to be left on or
before Thursday, the 14th instant.

By order,

GEORGE BUZZARD, Clerk.

Now every lawyer is perfectly aware that the law of settlement is a
subject so abstruse and difficult that a "thorough acquaintance" with it
can only be derived from years of study and practice at the Bar; and it
is, therefore, quite evident that the Guardians of the Poor of St.
James's, Westminster, expect one of the ablest Sessions barristers that
can be found to undertake the place of messenger. We will admit that
business has sadly fallen off, but we are not yet prepared to believe
that our BODKINS and our BALLANTINES, or even our HORRIDS and our
FLORIDS, will yet be content to undertake the task of running on
parochial errands, and delivering parochial messages. We shall, however,
not be surprised at finding a forensic sergeant advertised for as a
sergeant of police, because it is necessary the latter should know the
law; but we hope it will be long before our WILKINSES cease to ornament
our Bar by their splendid talents, and begin to exchange the coif for
the cape, or the big wig for the baton.

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_TO CORRESPONDENTS._

SUNDAY AT BLACKWALL--_Mr. Punch_ would be glad to know where a letter
would find you.

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[Illustration: THE GREENWICH DINNER.--A CONVIVIAL MOMENT.

_Gentleman (under the influence of White Bait)._ "Well, old
Fella--Reklect--Preshent Company dine here with me every Monday,
Thursday, an' Sat'dy--Friday--No--Toosday, Thursday, an' Sat'dy--Mind
an' don' forget--I say--What a good fella you are--Greatest 'steem and
regard for you, old fella!!"]

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THEOLOGICAL TANNING.

Bermondsey is a great place for tanners. According to the REV. DR.
ARMSTRONG, the incumbent of St. Paul's in that district, the converts to
Protestantism from Popery therein residing get thrashed by their quondam
co-religionists. Is it the _genius loci_ or the genius of Roman
Catholicism that suggests this tanning of the hides of heretics? which,
one would think, if it cured their skins, would scarcely heal their
souls, and instead of re-converting them to Romanism