After a series of other anti-sanitary toasts and sentiments, the company separated at a late hour in an excited state, having, as a facetious gentleman remarked with a strong emphasis on the first syllable of the epithet, partaken of an entertainment that was truly sump-tuous.
THE ETRUSCAN PATTERN.
We are informed that a communication of an interesting nature has been made to the Tuscan Government in reference to the imprisonment of Miss Cunninghame for giving away a Bible and a Pilgrim's Progress. Through the Hon. Mr. Scarlett, acting as Chargé d'Affaires in the temporary absence of Sir Henry Bulwer, Lord Aberdeen is said to have requested the opinion of the Grand Duke Leopold and his Cabinet respecting a measure of great importance in regard to the principle of toleration, contemplated very seriously by Her Majesty's Ministers. The projected enactment which has thus been submitted to the consideration of the Tuscan Sovereign and his advisers is based on the principle whereon is also founded the article in their penal code under which Miss Cunninghame has been incarcerated. It treats the attempt to convert any person from the State religion as a crime against the State, and inflicts imprisonment with hard labour for that offence. Under its operation any Roman Catholic, convicted of making a present to a member of the Established Church of a "Garden of the Soul," or a crucifix, will be tried for sedition and Cardinal Wiseman will inevitably be sent to the treadmill.
A LEGAL QUERY FOR THE NEXT EXAMINATION.
What is better than a right of way through the Park?
A right of curds and whey at the Lodge gate.
The British Stentor.—The most powerful voice in the country is that of the man who can utter most money.