I can thy former place restore, should it repent me;

But once put out the Whigs, I know not where

That party is their places can supply.

Othello (Punch) sits down in a desponding attitude, and looking at the Lamp (Lord John Russell) he naturally falls asleep.

Punch, July 22, 1848.

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A Scene from “Othello.”

(Adapted to Recent Events).

Iago (a critic).

How now, dear sir?