the instrument of his trade, might have been the intended
instrument of his iniquity. Our private opinion of the matter is that
the French vagabond, instead of wishing to shed the blood of the present
ruler of France, was anxious only to make the PRINCE DE JOINVILLE
"bleed" to the tune of twenty sovereigns. Instead of elevating the scamp
into a political conspirator, it would be better to treat him at once as
a swindler and a would-be obtainer of money under false pretences. There
is no greater "mistake" than to assign political motives to a merely
mercenary act, and to arraign as a monster, who would have murdered an
Emperor, a poor insignificant adventurer who, though utterly hopeless of
a "clean shirt," may have aspired to the chance of "a guinea."

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THE MAIMS OF MONEY.

You scarcely ever receive change for a sovereign without finding that
one of the shillings or sixpences has had a hole drilled through it,
which--suggesting a painful doubt as to the exchangeable value of the
coin--is altogether a bore. We are glad that MR. WILSON has got leave to
bring in a bill to prevent the defacing of the QUEEN'S money; and we
hope this measure will have the effect of remedying one of the greatest
evils of change.

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[Illustration: MR. PUBLIC SUPPLICATES THE CABMAN TO RETURN TO HIS STAND,
TO CHARGE A SHILLING A MILE, AND ALL SHALL BE FORGOTTEN!

[_A Picture seen only "in the mind's eye" of Cabby._]]

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SUNDAY AMONG THE SEWERS.--The Sabbatarians want to have nothing stirring
on Sunday but stagnation; which is not only not conducive to health, but
also tends to engender zymotic diseases.

[Illustration: GHOSTS OF THE SESSION

A SUGGESTION FROM SHAKSPERE'S RICHARD THE THIRD.]

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KENILWORTH CHURCH AND KENILWORTH CASTLE.

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There has reached _Mr. Punch_ a very good-humoured letter from a
Reverend gentleman suggesting to him the expediency of subscribing L10
or L20 towards the endowment of a new church at Kenilworth, in order to
show that he, _Mr. Punch_, is not opposed to the Christian observance of
Sunday, which might, the worthy clergyman seems to think, be inferred
from his objection to the Jewish observance of it.

The idea of a church at Kenilworth is peculiarly happy. On Sundays it
might be a counter-attraction to the Castle. Success t