It has been calculated by the Society for the Collection of Domestic Data, that if three-fourths of the Cooks of the Metropolis struck work on any given day, exactly nine-twelfths of the resident employers of servants would be seriously inconvenienced.
There is but very slight foundation for the report that, if Augustus Druriolanus (first so styled in the burlesque on Claudian) should be elected to the Shrievalty, Messrs. Harry Nicholls and Herbert Campbell will be the Under-Sheriffs.
A Correspondent lately drew Mr. Gl-dst-ne's attention to the prevalence of mud after rain, and the consequent injury to carts, collars, and carriages. The veteran Statesman has found time to send the following post-card reply, which will be perused with interest:—
Sir,—The subject to which you direct my attention is no doubt of peculiar interest to those in any way connected with the vehicular traffic by which so much of the commerce and pleasure of the Metropolis is carried on. In view, however, of the pressing exigencies of the Irish Question, I cannot do more than take a note of your objections to mud-spots, leaving to those who may come after me the duty of dealing practically with your recommendations.
I am, faithfully yours,
W. E. Gl-dst-ne.
On the evening when Mr. Stanley dines with the Turners' Company, where he is entertained as a Re-Turner, it is hoped that the authorities of the National Gallery will kindly allow all their Turners to attend. The history of the Turners' Company is interesting, commencing as it does with Whittington, who was the first person (before Henry Irving played it) to hear The Bells, and to obey their injunction "to turn again."