_First Lounger._ _'Oo_ ain't a workin' man? I lay I work as 'ard as what _you_ do, come now! _Second Lounger._ What _are_ yer then? A mat-seller? _First Lounger_ (_indignantly_). Garn! A mat-seller? I'm a bloomin' toe-walker, I am. Lean up agin the doors o' public-'ouses, I do, and work _'ard_ at it! [_His claim is reluctantly admitted._ _The Sanguine Radical._ Twelve Unionist gains to three Radical! Well, there's no denying things ain't gone quite as well as I expected. But there, there's no telling; by this time to-morrow we shall all know more than what we do now. I shall turn in to LOCKHART'S and 'ave a large cocoa after this. I _want_ it, I can tell yer! * * * * * OPERATIC NOTES. _MONDAY, July 15._--_Tannhäuser_ Combination Company night. Made in Germany, brought into England, and sung in French. ALBANI unexpectedly out, like HARCOURT; EAMES in as Liberal-Unionist. "Miss EAMES and miss ALBANI," quoth WAGSTAFF. MAUREL unwell: apologised for EAMES, distantly related to "'Eames Ancient and Modern," (which superseded TATE and BRADY,) nervous but charming. Protean Mlle. BAUERMEISTER as _Little-Bo-Peep_, the shepherd's boy, excellent. _Venus-Adini_ fine and large, offering to excellent _Tannhäuser-Alvarez_ a great contrast to beloved _Elizabeth-Eames_. House crammed. [Illustration] _Saturday._--Peacefully comical and classical _Philemon et Baucis_ followed by warlike, modern, and tragical _La Navarraise_. Bang go the drums and cannons. CALVÉ to the front! _C'est magnifique!_ Literally stunning! DRURIOLANUS must get an opera written with a naval engagement in it (he can easily add this to his other engagements for next season), ending with general explosion and Admiral's cocked hat going off. No charge for suggestion. Bombardier BEVIGNANI or Marine MANCINELLI might revel in it. _Vive la Guerre!_ * * * * * Breach of Promise Couplet. [Last week Miss EDMAN sued JAKOBOWSKI for breach of promise and won her case with £700 damages.] O JAKOBOWSKI many tears you'll shed man, You lost your money when you lost your 'Ed-man! * * * * * Election Notes from the West. _Plymouth._--CLARKE secures seat, but HUBBARD, like dog of celebrated ancestress, has none. _Falmouth._--HORNIMAN in. "_Fabula narratur de Tea._" _Camborne Division._--STRAUSS conducting great campaign in a Miner key. Key to situation. _Ashburton Division._--Radicals fighting nix or nothing. Unionist war-cry, "Nix my dolly, pals, vote away!" _Torquay Division._--Electors continue policy of filling up the cup by returning PHILLPOTTS. * * * * * COUPLET, JUST OUT. On faults only two in our rule I can touch: We gave 'em too little and promised too much. _Sir Henry Campbell Balladman._ * * * * *