A BLACK AFFAIR AT HAYTI.
The Foreign Office, whether represented by Lord Salisbury or Lord Rosebery,—two "berries," so that we are to judge of the worth of our Foreign Office by its berries, not by its fruits,—ought to be hauled over the coals—the victim's name being suggestive of this process—by the British Public. Mr. Coles was innocent of the charge brought against him, was convicted in the face of evidence; and as there was no one to screen Coles, poor Coles—Coles down again!—was shovelled into a black hole, which was, pro. tem., a Coles cellar. After sixteen months of Haytian bonds, and being kept in durance by Haytian Black Guards, the energy of the British F. O. obtained for the unfortunate prisoner a free pardon! But no further redress, except the offer of £500, which Coles couldn't be "cokes'd" into accepting. Now this matter of Hayti and Coles is a very black affair. What is going to be done? Do we leave Coles and scuttle? Surely so gross a wrong perpetrated in Hayti ought to have been put right in Hayti-seven.
The most Litigious Person on Record.—The man who had all his invitations properly stamped at Somerset House, and then brought an action against his hosts for breach of agreement if a dinner happened to be put off.
"MUMPSIMUS!"
Reminiscence of a celebrated and highly popular picture, adapted to the painful circumstance announced last week by Truth; namely, that the Chorister Boys at a certain Cathedral have all got the Mumps.