Sortes Shakspearianæ.
Shakspeare in the Commons—
"God speed the Parliament! Who shall be the Speaker?"
Henry the Sixth, Part I., Act iii., Sc. 2.
A Forgotten Melody.—A once popular negro song that might come in as a chorus if Mr. Bannerman does not accept the Speakership, is to the tune of "Old Bob Ridley, O!" and could be evidently neatly adapted to "O White Ridley, O!"
SITTING ON HIM.