_Across England in a Dog-Cart_.

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A VERY REVOLTING PLACE.--Brazil.

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[Illustration: THE LITTLE GERMANIA MAGNATE;

OR, TRYING TO SWAY THE SCEPTRE.]

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[Illustration: JONES, SHOOTING IN NEW BOOTS, IS KNOCKED OUT SIX MILES
FROM HOME, AND ACCORDINGLY IS TOLD OFF TO "MARK" FOR THE PARTY. WIND
N.N.E., VERY FRESH. THERMOMETER 28°.]

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OUR FINANCIAL COLUMN.

I have been forced by the enormous increase of my business to take
larger offices, and to engage two hundred additional clerks to carry
on my immense correspondence. I merely mention this as it may be
satisfactory to my countless well-wishers. But of course the old
address--"CROESUS: London" will still find me. I publish below a
selection from the letters received during the week.

(1.) SIR,--You informed me in a private communication, that the Patent