Why is the present Lord Chancellor wickeder than the last?—Because he’s got two more Vices.
FORGIVE US THIS ONCE.
Why are abbots the greatest dunces in the world?—Because they never get further than their Abbacy (A, B, C.)
WE’LL NEVER DO SO ANY MORE.
Why is an auctioneer like a man with an ugly countenance?—Because he is always for-bidding.
WE REALLY COULD NOT HELP IT.
Why is Mrs. Lilly showing the young Princes like an affected ladies’-maid?—Because she exhibits her mistress’s heirs (airs).
IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE.
A dispatch, bearing a foreign post-mark, was handed very generally about in the city this morning, but its contents did not transpire. Considerable speculation is afloat on the subject, but we are unable to give any particulars.