Yours sincerely and comically,
SIBTHORP.
P.S.—Let BRYANT call for his Christmas-box.
THE COPPER CAPTAIN.
At the public meeting at Hammersmith for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of lighting the roads, in the midst of a most animated discussion, Captain Atcherly proposed an adjournment of the said meeting; which proposition being strongly negatived by a small individual, Captain Atcherly quietly pointed to an open window, made a slight allusion to the hardness of the pavement, and finally achieved the exit of the dissentient by whistling
MY FRIEND AND PITCHER.