things we _do_ manage better in England.

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COCKNEY CLASSICS.--Of the Guildhall Loan Collection, Mr. Deputy HORA is the
Chairman. As a Deputy must be a representative officer--except, perhaps, in
the case of a "Depitty Sawbones," _vide Sam Weller_--the temporary motto of
the Deputy's Ward might well be, "_Hora pro nobis_."

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[Illustration: A NEW COMET.

["Mr. DENNING, whose name is well known as a comet-finder, discovered a
_small_ FAINT _Comet_ on Friday, March 18, at Bishopton, Bristol."--
_Times_.]

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[Illustration: HASTY!

_Mary._ "IF MISSUS DON'T WITHDRAW WHAT SHE HAS SAID TO ME, I SHALL LEAVE
THE HOUSE!"

_Thomas._ "WHAT DID SHE SAY?"

_Mary._ "SHE SAID, 'I GIVE YOU A MONTH'S NOTICE!'"]

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