May struggle together; you hold them in tether,
Or so you proclaim, you, whom foes call "the Shouter."
The pose is imposing, if ere the scene's closing,
The "Little Germania Magnate" gets beaten;
Well, put at the worst, Sir, you are not the first, Sir,
Who playing the Thraso has humble-pie eaten!

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"DINNER FORGET."--Lord RANDOLPH is coming home by a Union Company's
Steamer. The distinguished Unionist is to have a special cook to
attend to him. Does this mean that he returns as a Special COOK's
Tourist?

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AN ELECTION ECHO.

GLADSTONIAN LAMBERT,
Of course, as he should,
This last bye-election
Considered was good.
But Unionist BULLER
Has said, on reflection,
That to him it seemed rather
A Good-Bye election!

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NEW WORK.--_A Merry England in a Cat's Cradle_, by the Author of