impalpable. (_'No, no.' 'Yes, yes.' Uproar under the gallery. Cries of_ 'JUDAS!' _A free fight, during which a man was ejected, omitting to take his coat with him._) Don't put him out; don't put anyone out. If there's a renewal of the interruption, form a ring round the man; then we will see where we are. Here's another question: 'Do you approve of Ice Creams made in foreign prisons smuggled over here in barrel-organs and ground out in our streets, ruining the digestion of our working men?' That is a question which hardly seems to need reply from a patriotic Englishman. But I will say--and you observe I say it emphatically--No. (_Loud cheering._) 'Are you in favour of a Second Chamber, or do you go the length of Tenification?' That is a very nice question. It shows how deeply and intelligently the men of Barkshire study the questions of the day. It is not a matter on which I, for one, care to dogmatize; I will therefore content myself with saying, that between two and ten we might find the happy medium. (_More cheering, the audience rising to their feet, waving hats and handkerchiefs._) Now, gentlemen, that's all the questions I have, and I hope you'll agree that I have answered them frankly. Ah! here's another one coming up. (_A dirty piece of paper is passed from hand to hand till it reached the hon. Member._) 'Could you lend me five bob till Saturday night?' (_Laughter, in which the hon. Member heartily joined._) I think, gentlemen, it is time we now proposed a vote of thanks to the High Sheriff." (_This was carried unanimously, and the meeting broke up. A torch-light procession conducted the popular member to his family seat, The Kennel, Barks._) * * * * * A LITERARY TURN. There was a case in the Edinburgh Court of Session the other day, which shows what is thought of authors north of the Tweed--and not by publishers, either. A witness remarked of a "defender" that "he was of a literary turn of mind, and he thought that spoiled him." Many persons have had similar thoughts, but they have generally refrained from uttering them quite so bluntly. Mistress HATHAWAY rejoiced in a daughter christened ANNE, Whose proceedings she regarded with concern; Quoth she--"That WILLUM SHAKSPEARE as a son-in-law I ban. Why? Because he has a literary turn." Growled Sir W-LL-M, on perusal of a certain _Life of Pitt_-- "Well, we all unquestionably live and learn; But, in spite of DIZZY'S precedent, I don't believe one bit In a Premier with a literary turn." Said W-LS-L-Y, when a recent work he blankly had surveyed-- "To answer this biography I yearn. What an admirable soldier H-ML-Y might, perhaps, have made, If he had not had a literary turn!" * * * * *