d work up into a very magnificent
statue.

In the meantime we hope CARDINAL WISEMAN will exercise all his influence
with the POPE, or whoever may be the great almanac-maker; at Rome, to
have SAINT CABBIE introduced by the side of SAINT FIACRE in the Romish
Calendar.

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A PRESENT FROM THE POPE.

His Holiness--says the _Journal de Bruxelles_--has sent to the young
bridegroom, the DUKE OF BRABANT, "a fragment of the wood of the manger
which formed the cradle of our Saviour." The POPE has a constant supply
of relics on hand to be bestowed on fitting persons and fitting
occasions. Enthrone Liberty in the Capitol, and the POPE, no doubt,
would send _her_ a relic; nothing less than "the Kiss of JUDAS?"

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POOR SHAKSPEARE!

The fiddles are once more at him. Again is SHAKSPEARE to be bow-strung.
VERDI--we learn from the _Post_--is putting _King Lear_ and _Hamlet_ to
cat gut. It is, moreover, whispered that _Hamlet_ is destined for the
Princess's; _Hamlet_ to be sung by MR. CHARLES KEAN, who is expected to
make a great hit in the solo of "To be or not to be," in which he will
accompany himself on the Jews'-harp.

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REVIEW OF THE MEDICAL LINE.

A grand review of the Medical Staff of the Metropolis was held yesterday
by SURGEON-GENERAL _Punch_; the officers and men of the various parishes
presenting themselves in professional rank and file.

The colours of the corps have become rather faded in consequence of
exposure to foul air and exhalations. They are red, blue, and green, in
correspondence with night-lamps and shop-window bottles; and are
emblazoned with the names of various localities in which the force,
performing services of danger, has triumphed over cholera, typhus, and
other foes; as "Fig Tree Court," "Puddle Dock," "Twister's Alley,"
"Paradise Row," "Mount Pleasant," "Slumson's Rents," "Grimes's Mews,"
&c.

The troops went through the exercise of prescribing, compounding,
mixing, and the other evolutions of a sham fight with disease; executing
their operations with great rapidity and precision. The mortar practice
was much admired.

The appearance of the officers and men was better than could have been
expected, considering the generally small amount of their pay.

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[Illustration: JOHN CHINAMAN WEEPING OVER HIS TAIL.]

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