"P.S.—Be particular about the Shropshire branch, because there are some Hereford Lartonburys who won't do at all, and who ought to be made to change their name. Light hair, dark eyes, and a very affected manner, but not a bad style."


The Fashionable Epidemic.

There is a curious epidemic flying about—we hardly know what it is—but it attacks principally the highest and the middle classes. So very contagious is it, and so certain in its effects, that, to our knowledge alone, no less than 5632 families, principally residing at the West-end, have been ordered by their physicians to leave town immediately for "change of air."


Screaming.—A term generally applied to refractory children, and Adelphi farces!


IMPORTANT MEETING OF SMOKE MAKERS.