Which would sadden any just man,
And might make an angel weep—
Dicksee distanced by a dustman,
Storey staggered by a sweep!
Boughton beaten by a baker,
Housemaids humbling helpless Hook;
Stone surpassed by sausage-maker,
Cooper conquered by a cook!
Crowe or Crofts crushed by a cow-boy,
Millais made by milkmen mad,
Pettie plucked by any ploughboy,
Leighton licked by butcher's lad!
It effected all you care for,
But Sir John has pulled you through;
Bold Bow-Street's Beak is, therefore,
No Bridge of Sighs for you
"A Note on the Appreciation of Gold."—Send a five-pound note (verified by the Bank of England) to our office, and we will undertake to get it changed immediately, and thereupon to hand over to the Bearer, in exchange for the note, two golden sovereigns, and one golden half-sovereign, ready cash. This will show what is our appreciation of gold.
THE SKELETON AT THE FEAST.
