rning the Tables_--can never have given his adhesion to the bigotry
and superstition of Exeter Hall, whose concert conductors have
advertised him as the "eminent tragedian."

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HUNTING FIXTURES.

BARON ROTHSCHILD'S Hounds will meet on the Banks of the Danube.

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CRUEL TREATMENT OF THE POOR AND LOWLY.

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Although we are aware that the contemplated evil will be perpetrated too
late for the interference of _Punch_: nevertheless, for the sake of
future coachmen and footmen of future Lord Mayors, we must indignantly
protest against the cruelty exercised by LORD MAYOR SIDNEY on his
hapless vassals! Will it be believed that--with the City corporation in
_articulo mortis_--the Lord Mayor's coachman and footmen are for the
first time to be "in rich Genoa velvet!" The colour a beautiful
gunpowder green, "with a scarlet bordering of the same material!" There
are moreover to be "hundreds of yards of gold lace," the pattern
continuous sprigs of the tea-plant! "Gorgeous aiguillettes of unusual
length" (according to the ears of the corporation) "terminating with
rich bullion balls;" an improvement that might have been reserved for
any future Lord Pawnbroker. "In addition to the rich bullion wings on
the shoulders"--the left arm will bear the family crest. Only think of
JEAMES with wings! How beautifully does the notion illustrate MILTON!--

"So dear to Heav'n is humble May'ralty,
That when a SIDNEY'S found sincerely so
A thousand liveried angels lacquey him!"

Besides the wings, the gorgeous creatures will carry SIDNEY'S arms and
crest, "a porcupine with six mullions!" The porcupine has quills of real
gold--no other quills being used in the SIDNEY ledger. In addition to
this, the hats of coachman and footmen will be constructed in the form
of magnificent tea-pots; made of solid silver, thickly gilt.

All this is very splendid; but what is to become of the poor men, their
year of glory out? Two of the footmen--after only trying on their
wings--gave signs of incipient insanity; declaring they "felt themselves
all over cherubims and no mistake." If, in November, 1854, three of
these winged flunkies be found perfectly sane, LORD SIDNEY may be
thankful. In the meanwhile, can he ever pass Bedlam, without a tender
feeling for the future destiny of his footmen and coachman?

Certain civic enthusiasts glorify LORD SIDNEY fo