Of course no one can posserbly know better nor me, that without that glorious addition to a gorgeous _Manu_, the werry hiest classes of society, such as Princes, and Lord Mares, and Bishops, and Aldermen, woud find it remarkabel difficult to git through their harduous dooties, but ewen I should never have once thort of saying that the hole world is _based_ upon it, which I spose means, carnt posserbly git on without it. No, if there's one thing as I strongly objecs to, it's xaggerashun, and in this werry partickler case I boldly charges it against the Hedhitter of "Spelling," price four shillings, even though he and his frends does do me the hi honour of holding me hup as a bennyfacter to all English spelling races. ROBERT. Pose Cript.--I sees as how a gent of the xstrordinary name of "EIZAK PITMAN" has been and gorn and rote to the _Times_ on this werry same subjeck as me; but I'm two busy jest now with prepperrations for the himportantest of all days--need I say the Ninth of Nowember--to be abel to give all my hole mind to it, as it seems to require. But I at once, without not no hezzytation and dowt, gives my caudial assent to his Golden Rule, wiz: "When in dout, selekt the werry simpletonest spelling." R. * * * * * "IRISH PROSECUTIONS."--In the _Times_ of Friday last, under the foregoing heading, that most contentious and sledge-hammering correspondent, Lord BRAMWELL, came down heavily, very heavily, on the unfortunate "American Lawyer," Mr. MUNDY, who had presumed to express an opinion opposed to that of my Lord BRAMWELL. Of course, after this, there's an end of the American Lawyer, and, at all events, up to the date abovementioned, Lord BRAMWELL may say, triumphantly, "_Sic transit gloria Mundy!_" * * * * * THE LETTER-BAG OF TOBY, M.P. FROM A YOUNG MAN STILL IN THE COUNTRY. _Eaton Hall, Saturday._ [Illustration:]