[Mr. T. W. Russell has formally withdrawn from the Unionist Party.]
Ah! sorely tossed is our poor "Union" bark,
We shall not get to port without a tussle.
They say the wind will change against us. Hark!
That wind seems rising; I can hear its Russell.
A Fight for the Forty.—Sir Edward Hamley is, admittedly, one of the greatest strategists the British Army possesses. Although in the prime of life, this gallant officer will be "automatically retired," unless he receives a military appointment before the end of October. It has been suggested that he should be employed to work out a scheme for the protection of London. This will be far easier work for him to do than to have to frame a defence of the Government that has so long, and so strangely, and (some say) so maliciously overlooked him.
Con: for the Considerate.—Why is Happiness like an Act of Parliament? Because you can never tell its value until it is passed.