ODE DE KNILL—AND CO.
Making Something of Nothing!!—Lord Mayor Knill has been created a Baronet.
Sheriffs Wilkin and Renals, as being next to Nil, have been knighted.
"Nobodies" have been Baronets, but still
'Tis wondrous to create one out of Nil!
The Middlesex Artillery Volunteers
Will "make the Wilkin ring" with hearty cheers.
And for the last, he'll bear his honours meekly,
He's Renals "going strong," not "Renals Weakly."
(For the last, understand Reynolds' Weekly.)
Good Egg-sample!—One egg was sold the other day for £60 18s. Vide Times of Wednesday last. The egg was a perfect specimen of that rara avis in terris, the gigantic Aepyornis Maximus of Madagascar. What did Mr. Stevens do with it? Did he have it made into several omelettes for a breakfast-party of a dozen? Of course it was a perfectly fresh egg, and the only thing at all high about it was the price.
From the Camp.—Just now Riflemen are Bis'ley engaged.