So this crude composition I pen in contrition,
My state of collapse to explain;
I thought to be clever, but never, oh never,
Will make such a bargain again!
Contradiction.—A fortnight ago, in the law reports of the Times, were reported proceedings in bankruptcy "in re Toby." We have been requested to state that this gentleman is not Mr. Punch's "Toby, M.P.," nor is "our Mr. Toby" the gentleman mentioned in the same case as "the bankrupt's brother, M. P. Toby." The coincidence was, naturally, somewhat startling. Our M.P. for Barks will, by now, have appeared in his place at St. Stephen's.
