with the animal world
about them. He must lament, while he confessed, that he had been brought
up in the fear and horror of foxes, weasels, stoats, polecats,
sparrow-hawks, and so forth. But, for his part, he believed that the
time was come when the whole rabbit people might live in love and amity
and perfect trust with all around them. It was mean; it was a moral
cowardice to distrust either fox or weasel: they, poor things! like
illiterate rabbits, had been the victims of ignorance and prejudice; but
in these days, everybody might embrace everybody. Yes, he felt his heart
expand towards all created things, and--

--And the rest of the speech was cut short; for the boa-constrictor--in
whose house the rabbits had met, and over whose coils they had hopped
and run--the boa, in the twinkling of an eye, had MR. DOUBLESMUT in his
jaws; and in two minutes deposited body and bones in his throat.

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A LUNDY FOOT LINGUIST.

The promotion of talent is always gratifying, even when that talent is
employed on the side of opponents. MR. LUCAS deserves a reward, which we
should like to see him get, for having lately distinguished himself.
Among the Hibernian intelligence, the other day, it was reported that,
at a tenant-right meeting, a DR. M'KNIGHT having accused him of an act
of treachery to the cause, the honourable gentleman declared the
doctor's statement to be an "unmitigated lie." MR. LUCAS has often
distinguished himself by the use of similar expressions; and what is
remarkable, he has not distinguished himself by anything else, except by
a veneration of the POPE and a hatred of his Protestant fellow
subjects--if his hatred for Protestantism stops there. But it is
precisely the limited nature of the ability which he has displayed which
entitles him to preferment: and we are sure we speak the sentiments of
all moderate politicians when we say that DR. NEWMAN'S "Catholic"
University cannot do less than appoint the Hon. Member Professor of the
Vulgar Tongue.

We would also commend MR. LUCAS'S merits to the attention of HER
MAJESTY'S advisers. We might as well have diplomatic relations with
Rome, as with any other of the absurd and semi-barbarous Governments to
which we send an envoy. Let those relations, then be established, and
our vituperative ex-friend despatched as ambassador to the POPE. The
only fear is that the salary which, of course, would be attached to the
appointment would