audience in the auditorium, which then began to clear out, highly satisfied with the excellent bill of fare provided for them by Messieurs GATTI, the worthy restaurateurs of the old Adelphi Drama. * * * * * AN M. P-ERRUQUIER.--M. CHAUVIN, the theatrical perruquier, the CLARKSON of the Théâtre Français, has been recently elected Deputy for St. Denis. He will not neglect his business, but will get up all the heads of his parliamentary discourses in the afternoon, and be ready to "get up" the heads of the house of MOLIÈRE in the evening. To those who oppose him in political matters he is prepared, without any hair-splitting, to give a regular good wigging all round. Should "our Mr. CLARKSON" stand for some constituency and be elected, he would of course appear in the House as the representative of the old Whigs. * * * * * HIS TWO RELIGIONS.--Though "Mr. G." is a sound Church-of-England man, yet has he recently shown himself an uncommonly strict Muzzle-man. * * * * * JOHN BULL'S NAVAL VADE MECUM. (_Prepared for his use by the Authorities at the Admiralty._) _Question._ Does not England possess the best possible fleet? _Answer._ Certainly, and always has enjoyed that advantage. _Q._ But do not the iron-clads comprising this fleet frequently turn turtle? _A._ Assuredly. In fact, whenever they have the smallest opportunity. _Q._ And do not the guns with which the ships are armed occasionally burst? _A._ Not only occasionally, but frequently. _Q._ And are not the commanders of the fleet sometimes guilty of errors of judgment? _A._ To be sure, and sometimes these errors of judgment lead to absolute disaster. _Q._ And are not the ships considerably undermanned and some of the companies of inferior material? _A._ Quite so. In fact, when there is a special strain--man[oe]uvres on a large scale, or for a kindred reason--crews have to be obtained from here, there, and everywhere. _Q._ And is it not quite a question whether some dozen of our first-rate men-of-war are practically valueless? _A._ Well, scarcely a question, because it is all but certain that they are practically valueless. _Q._ And isn't there bullying in the _Britannia_, and a general laxity in the training of young officers to take important commands? _A._ Yes, but this is a matter of small importance, as all naval officers are merely machines, and have no right to think or act on their own responsibility. _Q._ And does not a commander-in-chief sometimes make a grave and obvious mistake, and do not all his subordinates, knowing the consequences, implicitly obey him? _A._ Of course, for this is the rule of the service. _Q._ And is it not a fact that the navy is in want of the appliances to repair ships that have suffered damage abroad? _A._ Assuredly. _Q._ And is not our officers' acquaintance with the characteristics of the sea rather indefinite and distinctly limited?