PICKINGS FROM PICARDY.
After the Procession. A Solo by Grand-père.
CHARACTER OF THE HAPPY "COPPER."
(After Wordsworth's "Character of the Happy Warrior.")
[Sir John Bridge, at Bow Street, bidding farewell to Detective-Sergeant Partridge, retiring after thirty years' service, described the virtues of the perfect policeman. He must be "absolutely without fear," "gentle and mild in manner," and utterly free from "swagger," &c., &c.]
Who is the happy "Copper"? Who is he
Whom every Man in Blue should wish to be?