almuc skull, with vulture claw, and waist like spider girt in--
To choke death's rattle, and do battle for the body, doth appear.

The Doctors argue with him, and he patiently doth listen;
He treateth them to reasons, and they treat him to replies;
But the old Turk's eyeballs glaze, and the Calmuc eyeholes glisten;--
And while the Doctors differ the presumptuous patient dies!

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LOUIS NAPOLEON AT BOULOGNE.

It is said that "the authorities" are making extensive preparations for
the reception of LOUIS NAPOLEON at Boulogne. As this is not his first
visit, and as it is usual on occasions of great public ceremonials, to
refer to "precedents," we may expect to find the "authorities" searching
their annals in order to discover how LOUIS NAPOLEON was formerly
received. It is not necessary to go very far back in making the inquiry,
as it is as recent as 1840 that LOUIS NAPOLEON was "received" by the
authorities of the place. On that occasion he was met by the National
Guard, who, with great valour, fired a salute of loaded muskets on the
present Emperor and his handful of almost defenceless friends. No other
carriage being in readiness, a bathing-machine was provided for the
reception of the Prince, who was conveyed, amid a detachment of
soldiers, to the prison in the upper town. The Imperial eagle, instead
of being displayed on banners, was present in person, and was removed by
the "authorities" to the _abattoir_.

Having reached this result of an inquiry into precedents, we wait
patiently for the official programme of the _fetes_ which will take
place in honour of the Emperor's visit to Boulogne. It is quite clear
from the events of the last four years that the watering place alluded
to was, in 1840, wholly unacquainted with the real sentiments of the
French nation. We must suppose that, in 1853, it comes much nearer the
mark.

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[Illustration: "_Fresh, Marm!!! Why Trouts feeds on Insex, and the very
flies fancies they're alive. See how they hovers about 'em, just as if
they was now a-swimming in the River._" [VERDICT--Rayther Stale.]]

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AUTUMNAL PROMOTIONS.

As the Autumn advances, certain promotions always take place, which we
never notice at any other period of the year. We beg to record the
following amongst those which have recently occurred:--

MR. JONES, the veteran balla