“A correspondent informs us that the version given in ‘The Standard’ of yesterday of the congratulatory ode (‘Gaudeamus igitur,’ etc.) addressed to the Congress by ‘the well-known German poet Gustave Schwetschke,’ and ‘distributed by Prince Bismarck’s request among the Plenipotentiaries,’ is incorrect. The true version, we are assured, is as follows: “‘Rideamus igitur, Socii Congressus; Post dolores bellicosos, Post labores bumptiosos, Fit mirandus messus. “Ubi sunt qui apud nos Causas litigâre, Moldo-Wallachæ frementes, Græculi esurientes? Heu! absquatulâre. “‘Ubi sunt provinciæ Quas est laus pacâsse? Totæ, totæ, sunt partitæ: Has tulerunt Muscovitæ, Illas Count Andrassy. “‘Et quid est quod Angliæ Dedit hic Congressus? Jus pro aliis pugnandi, Mortuum vivificandi— Splendidi successus! “‘Vult Joannes decipi Et bamboosulatur. Io Beacche! Quæ majestas! Ostreæ reportans testas Domum gloriatur!’” “This version, which from internal evidence will be seen to be the true one, may be roughly Englished thus: “Let us have our hearty laugh, Greatest of Congresses! After days and weeks pugnacious, After labours ostentatious, See how big the mess is! “‘Where are those who at our bar Their demands have stated: Robbed Roumanians rampaging, Greeklings with earth-hunger raging? Where? Absquatulated! “‘Where the lands we’ve pacified, With their rebel masses? All are gone; yes, all up-gobbled: These the Muscovite has nobbled, Those are Count Andrassy’s. “‘And what does England carry off To add to her possessions? The right to wage another’s strife, The right to raise the dead to life— Glorious concessions! “‘Well, let John Bull bamboozled be If he’s so fond of sells! Io Beacche! Hark the cheering! See him home in triumph bearing _Both_ {143} the oyster shells!’” {141} “Der ehrlich Miikler.” {143} Peace and Honour.