f LORD PALMERSTON, at Perth, they recorded a passage in which the noble
Lord suggested that those who saw and heard things that were going
wrong, should communicate them to the public officer whose duty it is to
put them right, which would be conferring a great favour on the man in
office, as well as doing a benefit of magnitude to the country at large.
They represent his Lordship as saying, in continuation:--

"There may be a great deal of chaff in that which is received--but
if in a bushel of chaff he shall find a pint of good corn, that
bushel of chaff would be worth winnowing, and he can turn that pint
of corn to good purposes."

But why has that been omitted which followed of course, and by the
omission of which the above extract is made to conclude with
abruptness--to read, as it were, broken off, stumpy? What motive, but a
mean one, was there for suppressing what LORD PALMERSTON must have gone
on to say?--namely, that in communicating to Government information
respecting things that go wrong, mixed up with chaff, the most essential
services had been rendered to an applauding nation by a popular
periodical--which modesty prevents _Punch_ from more distinctly alluding
to.

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CIVIC SIMPLICITY.

The next Lord Mayor's Day is, we are told, to be celebrated with
touching simplicity. Gilt gingerbread has had its day; and Bartholomew
Fair being abolished, the Lord Mayor's coach will follow the gilt
chanticleers-in-trowsers and other gorgeous gingerbread. MR. ALDERMAN
WIRE'S liveries are very simple, but very significant. Being a lawyer,
he has put characteristic facings on his profession, clothing his
coachman and footmen in suits of parchment with shoulder-knots of red
tape. The effect is very handsome. The worthy Sheriff's motto, _Vincit
qui patitur_, is very happy, and is beautifully engrossed upon the cuffs
and collars. _Vincit qui patitur._ He conquers who suffers! How often is
it illustrated in law. He who wins, _pays_!

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SCOTCH INFLICTIONS.--"Winter"--say the papers--"has already set in with
severity in Scotland." What is worse; LORD ABERDEEN has, months since,
set in with severity in England.

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[Illustration: OUR FRIEND, 'ARRY BELVILLE, IS SO KNOCKED ALL OF A HEAP
BY THE BEAUTY OF THE FOREIGN FISH GIRLS, THAT HE OFFERS HIS 'AND AND
'ART TO THE LOVELY PAULINE.]