At the Metropolitan Free Hospital Dinner, the Lord Mayor in the Chair, we find it reported that Miss M. Wells obtained great applause by the spirit and feeling with which she sang the ballad of "Annie Laurie." Is the Reporter sure that it was Annie? Is he quite certain it wasn't Peter?
Measure with a Misnomer.
There is one objection to the Bill for the Recovery of Personal Liberty in Certain Cases. That is, its title. False imprisonment, in certain cases, is remediable by Habeas Corpus. What inspection of nunneries is chiefly needed for, is the recovery of personal liberty in uncertain cases.
A BIT OF THE CAMP.
Mr. Muggins. "What! Fourteen on ye sleep under that Gig Umbereller of a thing? Get along with yer!"