Perhaps the most saddest specktacle as was seen by any one pare of eyes on that orful wet day, was the poor gennelmen of the Lord Mare's ousehold a picking their dellicate way through the middle of the muddy road with their butiful wands of office, and striving in wain to keep their lovely pink silk stockings from being soiled by the wulger mud. What their feelings must have been how few can no, specially when they found theirselves the sport of the ribbald jester. I didn't think as the frantic efforts of the hundereds of children to sing "_Rool Britannier_" was werry much helped by the accumpanyment of the passing Band playing werry lowdly, "_All Werry Fine and Large_;" but then, in coarse, tastes differ. The Bankwet was werry much as usual; that is to say, about the werry grandest thing in the world; but I cannot report the speeches, coz we was all on us all turned out of the All directly as they begun, more's the pitty, but I was priviliged to hear some of the shouting and hollering. I'm not quite sure whether it's right even of Committee Gentlemen to make fun of one of the werry sacredest of human hinstitootions, wiz., the nessessery refreshment of the xhausted body, and yet I heard one on 'em say to a reel fine tall Cabbinet Minister, who arsked him the werry nateral question, whether they had their dinner afore or after the gestes? "Both, and a little snack after breakfast, and a quite lite supper when it was all over." Praps the xaggeration wasn't werry great, but still there was xaggeration, and xaggeration is the Waiter's cuss! It rained as I went to my reserwed place in the frendly church-yard, it rained as I went to the Bankwetting All, and it rained as I sort my nupshal couch at about one o'clock, Hay. Hem., and it recalled to fond memory the words of the Royal Hanthem, "Long to rain over us!" ROBERT. * * * * * A Line for Browning. Who'd write an epic for the age Would need a title for his page. For one he'd not have far to look-- "The (Prize) Ring and the (Betting) Book." * * * * * A CHANCE FOR THE SOCIALISTS.--Parliament Hill and other lands adjoining Hampstead Heath to be turned into a People's Park for ever. Five hundred acres in which to congregate and speechify. How delightful for Hampstead! * * * * * Obviously. Rascality would break the peace, Would insolently do and dare; Its motto is "Square the Police," And ours must be "Police the Square." * * * * * SWEETS OF OFFICE.--To be appointed one of the British Delegates at the Conference on the Sugar Question. * * * * * [Illustration: "INSTANTANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHY" IN IRELAND, WITH "INSTANTANEOUS RESULTS." [A Letter to the _Times_ recommended Instantaneous Photography for the purposes of detection and evidence at proclaimed meetings.]] * * * * *