Mr. Gladstone (the “Chef”). “Irish stew first, Mrs. B., and then——

Mrs. Bright (the Cook). “Lor bless you, Mr. G., the Irish stew’s quite as much as they’ll get through, I’ll be bound!

Commenting on the difficulty of passing several important measures in one Session, Mr. Bright had said, “It was not easy to drive six omnibuses abreast through Temple Bar.”—1870.

No. 38.

CARTOON.—JANUARY 13, 1872.

“OFF GREENWICH.”

John Bright. “Come aboard, sir!