,
_Mr. Punch_,

"Your Obedient Servant,

"_Pall Mall_." "A CAVALRY OFFICER."

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Nesselrode Pudding.

Take as much gammon as will lie in the compass of a diplomatic circle;
and mince along with butter, sugar, and pigeons' milk in equal
quantities. Add olives, well bruised, in sufficient proportion to
flavour; and when thoroughly incorporated, mix the whole with puff paste
and flummery made into a mess. Mould in a twisted shape, and plunge into
hot water, where allow it to bubble, the longer the better. Turn it out
when thoroughly done, and serve cool with _Sauce a la Tartuffe_.

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MUNICIPAL LABOURS.

That popular work, "_The Stomach and Its Difficulties_," gives the most
accurate notion of the exertions which have been made by the Corporation
of London.

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OVERFLOWING WITH EXTRAVAGANCE.--A good November Fog is the cause of poor
authors being extremely extravagant, for it forces them to burn "the
midnight oil" at noonday.

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THE CITY INQUISITION.

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Among the numerous points which have struck _Mr. Punch_ in perusing the
evidence taken before the invaluable Commission which is daily forging
the hatchet destined to hew down that rotten old tree the Corporation,
and scatter its owls and bats, is the remarkably miscellaneous character
of the information with which the witnesses favour the Commissioners.
Any gentleman who is passing and chooses to step in, is politely asked
by the Chairman whether he happens to know anything about the City; to
which, with equal off-handedness, he replies, "Well, yes," or "Well,
no," as the case may be, and then his evidence is taken. While _Mr.
Punch_ was waiting to make SHERIFF WALLIS happy by telling him that he
approved of that Sheriff's conduct in refusing to contribute to the
SIDNEY Spectacle, he heard something of this kind.

MR. MONTMORENCI JONES: Do I know much about the City? Well, no, not
much, but I shall be happy to tell you anything that occurs to me. I
have to go to the City sometimes on money matters. Live there? No, I
should think not. Who lives there but porters, junior partners, and
warehouse cats? I live in Regent Street. But I don't despise the City. I
think there are some good points about it. The things in the shops are
much better than the West End things--an