AT THE PATTENMAKERS' BANQUET.--At the Court Dinner of the
Pattenmakers, held at the Metropole. the eulogies of the Worshipful
Master, Sir AUGUSTUS DRURIOLANUS (now Master of Horse at Drury Lane),
were plentiful, and he had a considerable amount of _patten_ on the
back from all his guests. The great dish of the evening was _Partridge
au Patten_, an English substitute for _Perdrix au chou_.

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[Illustration: FANCY PORTRAIT.]

OUR GRAND YOUNG GARDNER (HERBERT II.),

IN HIS NEW CHARACTER OF THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE.

(_With Song_)--"_Here's to the Health of the Parley Mow_!"

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SONNET ON CHILLON.

(_WHERE THE ELECTRIC LIGHT IS NOW INSTALLED IN THE DUNGEON OF
BONIVARD._)

Electric lighting, dear to modern mind,
Bright in this dungeon! Switzerland, thou art
Too mad for things quite _fin-de-siècle_ smart!
Surely the trains, that rumble just behind,
And Vevey tramcars, in my thoughts consigned