A QUERY. The Salisbury Herald says, that Sir John Pollen stated, in reference to his defeat at the Andover election, “that from the bribery and corruption resorted to for that purpose, they (the electors) would have returned a jackass to parliament.” Indeed! How is it that he tried and failed? LORD HOWICK, it is said, has gone abroad for the benefit of his health; he feels that he has not been properly treated at home. NURSERY EDUCATION REPORT. As much anxiety necessarily exists for the future well-being of our beloved infant Princess, we have determined to take upon ourselves the onerous duties of her education. In accordance with the taste of her Royal mother for that soft language which “—sounds as if it should be writ on satin,” we have commenced by translating the old nursery song of “Ride a cock- horse” into most choice Italian, and have had it set to music by Rossini; who, we are happy to state, has performed his task entirely to the satisfaction of Mrs. Ratsey, the nurse of her Royal Highness; a lady equally anxious with ourselves to instil into the infant mind an utter contempt for everything English, except those effigies of her illustrious mother which emanate from the Mint. The original of this exquisite and simple ballad is too well known to need a transcript; the Italian version, we doubt not, will become equally popular with aristocratic mamas and fashionable nurses. SU GALLO-CABALLO, AN ITALIAN CAVATINA, SUNG WITH UNBOUNDED APPLAUSE BY MRS. RATSEY, AT THE PRIVATE CONCERTS OF THE INFANT PRINCESS. TO WHOM IT IS DEDICATED BY HER ROYAL HIGHNESS’S ESPECIAL PERMISSION. Several lines of music, with many trills and fancy notes. The text reads:Su gàl - lo ca - vàl - - - lo A / Ban - bu - ri crò - ce, An - dia - mo a / mi-rar La - - vec chia - a trot - tar. / Ai dìta ha gli anelli Ai piè i campanelli, E musica avra Do- / vùnque sen va - - - - - - - -INJURED INNOCENCE. We have seen, with deep regret, a paragraph going the round of the papers headed, “THE LADY THIEF AT LINCOLN,” as if a lady could commit larceny! “Her disorder,” says the newspapers, “is ascribed to a morbid or irrrepressible propensity, or monomania;” in proof of which we beg to subjoin the following prescriptions of her family physician, which have been politely forwarded to us. FOR A JEWELLERY AFFECTION. R.— Spoons—silv. vi Rings—pearls ii Ditto—diamond j Brooches—emer. et turq. ii Combs—tortois. et dia. ii Fiat sumendum bis hodie cum magno reticulo aut muffo, J.K. FOR A DETERMINATION OF HABERDASHERY TO THE HANDS. R.— Balls—worsted xxiv veils { Chantilly } j Mec. et Bruss. Hose—Chi. rib. et cot. tops cum toe vj prs. Ribbons—sat. gau. et sarse. (pieces) iv Fiat sumendum cum cloko capace pocteque maneque. J.K. [pg 55] PUNCH’S PENCILLINGS.—No. V. A gentleman taking snuff from a box marked 'Treasury', surrounded by pamphlets and books, one of which says 'Natural History of the Sponge by Lord Melb' THE LAST PINCH.