3. The "collective wisdom" of St. Stephen's Chapel, which he had purloined from the Members' skulls, before the late fire, and had artfully concealed in a nut-shell.
4. The conscience of the legal profession, which, at first, was scarcely perceptible, but on its being accidentally placed in a bag of sovereigns, became extremely vociferous.
5. A cart-load of Billingsgate abuse, and a bag of moonshine. Should these articles not be claimed, they will be sold to the best bidder. N.B. They would admirably answer the purpose of some of our "best public Instructors."
There were several other articles of less value, all of which will be restored, to the right owners, on application to the Mansion House.
| MAY. | [1835. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Madame de Staël declared, one day, | |||
| She was always afraid of the month of May; | |||
| So bless Lord Brougham's legislation,— | |||
| His "boon to the female population,"— | |||
| Which keeps them, 'gainst their kind intent, | |||
| Discreet by act of parliament. | |||
| M | Season's | Odd Matters. | WEATHER. |
| D | Signs. | ||
| 1 | First of | ||
| Touching | |||
| 2 | May | THE CHIMNEY SWEEP'S LAMENT. | |
| ♈ ♀ ⚹ ♏ ☽ | |||
| 3 | Day | ||
| "Ah, Sal! vot lots of First of Mays | the weather | ||
| 4 | once | Is gone, since them 'ere jolly days, | |
| Ven times vos times to brag on; | ♃ ⊕ ♒ ☉ | ||
| 5 | a gay | I can't make out vot hails the nation, | |
| For now there's sich a halteration, | I do | ||
| 6 | day | Ve've much ado to vag on. | |
| somewhat, | |||
| 7 | Jack | "Vy, ven the big reform bill pass'd, | |
| Ve holp John Russell to the last, | |||
| 8 | in the | Like birdies of a feather; | ☿ ♊ ☽ |
| And, sure, their Vorships von't deny | |||
| 9 | green | Ve daily join'd in common cry, | as it were, |
| And sung out 'Sveep' together. | |||
| 10 | ravish- | dubitate; | |
| "But now, unmindful vot they owes, | |||
| 11 | ing | They makes no odds 'twixt friends and foes, | |
| And gags us with their laws; | ☌ ♒ ☿ ♊ ♎ | ||
| 12 | scene | For since the nobs has got their ends, | |
| They grows asham'd of chummy friends, | tho' most | ||
| 13 | chimney | And makes us hold our jaws. | |
| 14 | sweepers | "There's Bob the dustman rings his bell, | ☌ ♓ ♑ ♌ |
| And Flounder Bet cries mack-er-el, | |||
| 15 | no | And no one hinders she;— | probably, it |
| If singing 'Sveep' vakes Bobby's pal, | |||
| 16 | longer | Vy Bob and Bet disturbs my Sal, | ☽ ♂ ♀ |
| Vot's all as dear to me. | |||
| 17 | creepers | will be | |
| "Vy, bless your eyes, the first May-day | |||
| 18 | holiday | I ever seed you prance away, | ♎ ♐ ☍ ♋ ♉ |
| So fine that queens might follor, | |||
| 19 | jolly | All deck'd in roses, silks and lace, | in some sort |
| I thought it was fair Dafney's face, | |||
| 20 | day | And I vos your Apollor. | |
| ♂ ☽ ☌ ♄ | |||
| 21 | off | "And tho' the temperation folks | |
| Would throw cold water on our jokes, | seasonable, | ||
| 22 | they | And damp our fun and glee; | |
| On this, our yearly Annival, | ♓ ♑ | ||
| 23 | go | I'll be a king, and you, my Sal, | |
| Shall be a queen to me." | or perhaps | ||
| 24 | dancing | ||
| otherwise, | |||
| 25 | prancing | ||
| 26 | whirling | ♂ ♅ ♂ ♌ ☿ | |
| 27 | twirling | just | |
| 28 | on the | as the case | |
| 29 | light | ||
| ♍ ☍ ♈ ♀ | |||
| 30 | fantastic | ||
| may happen. | |||
| 31 | toe | ||
MAY.
PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES.
At the Philosophical Institution, held at the Pig and Tinder Box, in Liquorpond Street, a letter was read by Sawney Suck-Egg, Esq., on the possibility of extending the realms of space, and adding to the duration of eternity. In the same essay, he also satisfactorily proved, that two and too do not make four; that Black is very often white; and that a Chancery suit has shewn to many a man, that what has a beginning does not necessarily always have an end.
A new mode of raising the wind was also communicated to this society by Jeremy Diddler, Esq.; a very useful invention for broken-down gamblers, ruined spendthrifts, insolvent tradesmen, and 'Change Alley waddlers.