The Clerical Table Turners seem to imagine that the Satanic agency is confined to a particular kind of furniture, but our own opinion is, that we are just as likely to find the "old gentleman" in the chair as in any other portion of our moveables. We do not see why the presence of the evil one should be confined to the work of the cabinet-maker or the carpenter, and indeed there are several articles of hardware which appear to be liable to visitations from invisible beings. Our own stock of crockery is undoubtedly exposed to such contingencies, for we now and then find an amount of breakage which, if our servants are to be believed, has not been done by any earthly agency.
An Exemplary Elephant.
The performance of the Elephant that stands upon its head at Astley's is very seasonable. It represents the Balance of Power, which we wish Lord Aberdeen could preserve in Europe as cleverly as the sagacious quadruped contrives to do on another theatre.
The Height of Absurdity.—The height at which in the present day shirt collars are worn.
THE RUSSIAN NAVAL VICTORY.
Giles (a great politician). "Hey! dang it! Turks be done this toime; 'stead o' um's tak'n um, um's tak'n um."