MARCH.
An Irish Fête will take place on St. Patrick's Day—established in successful emulation of the annual Scottish Fête in Holland Park.
The following national sports will form a portion of the programme:—
Throwing the Hatchet,
Drawing the Long Bow,
Shooting the Moon,
And (in effigy, out of consideration for Saxon prejudices)
Shooting the Landlord.
There will also be a general run of excisemen and tax-gatherers for their lives. Prizes will be awarded, which the losers will be at liberty to contest with the conquerors after their distribution.
On Easter Monday, Greenwich Fair will offer its attractions to an intellectual British public. A great falling off will be observed in this time-honoured festival. The shows will be found stripped of their brightest pantomimic and melodramatic ornaments: but Richardson will not give up the ghost!
Parliamentary business will be suspended for the Easter vacation. Much curiosity exists as to what statesmen do with themselves on such occasions. A slender middle-aged gentleman, of Jewish aspect, with an immense quantity of glossy ringlets, will be seen enjoying three sticks a-penny in the park on Easter Monday. A much shorter gentleman, wearing a pasteboard nose, and blowing a penny trumpet, will be robbed of his handkerchief, in the same locality, whilst getting into a round-about, in company with an elderly gentleman in plaid inexpressibles and a retroussé nose. That handkerchief will be found marked J. R. with a coronet. For once, we decline being definite, and say nothing.
Capital First of April Joke. Emigration Agents persuade intending Emigrant that they are showing him the way to Australia.