* * * * * MOST APPROPRIATE.--The Bishop of DURHAM has appointed Mr. T. DIBDIN Chancellor of the Diocese of Durham. He already holds the Chancellorships of Exeter and Rochester. Three Chancellorships, all on the high sees too! "THOMAS DIBDIN" is the right man in the right place. * * * * * PROVERB "UP TO DATE."--"Cumming events cast their shadows before." And let's hope the shadows will be speedily dispelled. * * * * * HOW IT'S DONE. (_A HANDBOOK TO HONESTY._) NO. VIII.-"SOLD AGAIN!" SCENE--_An Auction-room, breathing an air of solid, if somewhat Philistinish suburban comfort and respectability. Amidst a labyrinthine accumulation of household furniture, a number of people are dispersed, many of them substantial-looking middle-class male and female "buyers," with lists and lead-pencils, on the look-out for "bargains," a sprinkling of the ancient race, and an outer fringe of casual, lounging, lookers-on. The gentleman in the rostrum is a voluble personage, with a rapidly roving eye, of preternatural quickness in picking up "bids." Attendants, shaggy men, in soiled shirt-sleeves, with saw-dusty whiskers, and husky voices. A pleasant-faced Paterfamilias, and his "Good lady," are discovered inspecting a solidly-built, well-seasoned, age-toned chest of mahogany drawers._ _Paterfamilias_ (_sotto voce_). Just what you want, my dear, as far as I can see. What do _you_ think? [Illustration] _Materfamilias_. _I_ like the look of them much, JOHN. None of your new, cheap, thinly-veneered, blown-together rubbish, smelling of shavings and French-polish. Solid ma'ogany, every bit; the drawers run as smoothly as could be wished, and--see! if there ain't actually some sprigs of dry lavender still a laying in 'em! _Paterfamilias_ (_decidedly_). Just so, my dear, I shall certainly bid for them. [_Marks his catalogue vigorously._