Hume is so annoyed at his late defeat at Leeds, that he vows he will never make use of the word Tory again as long as he lives. Indeed, he proposes to expunge the term from the English language, and to substitute that which is applied to his own party. In writing to a friend, that "after the inflammatory character of the oratory of the Carlton Club, it is quite supererogatory for me to state (it being notorious) that all conciliatory measures will be rendered nugatory," he thus expressed himself:--"After the inflamma_whig_ character of the ora_whig_ of the nominees of the Carlton Club, it is quite supereroga_whig_ for me to state (it being no_whig_ous) that all concilia_whig_ measures will be rendered nuga_whig_." NATIVE SWALLOWS. A correspondent to one of the daily papers has remarked, that there is an almost total absence of swallows this summer in England. Had the writer been present at some of the election dinners lately, he must have confessed that a greater number of _active swallows_ has rarely been observed congregated in any one year. LORD MELBOURNE TO "PUNCH." My Dear PUNCH,--Seeing in the "Court Circular" of the _Morning Herald_ an account of a General Goblet as one of the guests of her Majesty, I beg to state, that till I saw that announcement, I was not aware of any other _general gobble it_ than myself at the Palace. Yours, truly, MELBOURNE. * * * * * [Illustration: Horace Mayhew. Richd. Doyle. John Leech. Mark Lemon. W.M. Thackeray. Percival Leigh. Gilbert A. à Beckett. Tom Taylor. Douglas Jerrold. Prince de Joinville. Geo. Hudson. Shaw Lefevre. Prince Albert. B. Disraeli. Col. Sibthorp. Sir Fredk. Trench. Emperor of Russia. Sir R. Peel. Sir J. Graham. D. O'Connell. Jenny Lind. Lord John Russell. Louis Philippe. The British Lion. Mehemet Ali. Duke of Richmond. Richd. Cobden. Lord George Bentinck. Gen. Tom Thumb. THE QUEEN. MR. PUNCH. Lord Brougham. Duke of Wellington. MR. PUNCH'S FANCY BALL. 1847.] * * * * * [Illustration] Yes, the lion THACKERAY had joined the Table, and thenceforth for many years he illumined my pages with his keen wit and ripe wisdom, his graceful prose, his polished verse, and his characteristic pictures. "The frontispiece to Volume V. (1843) was by RICHARD DOYLE, a plain foreshadowing of the celebrated design which was ever after to form the familiar Cover of the _Punch_ Number. DOYLE had now joined the Staff, and for many years his fine fancy was allowed full play in my pages. "At the end of the same Volume, upon page 260 of a supplement, entitled, '_Punch's_ Triumphal Procession,' appeared TOM HOOD's never-to-be-forgotten 'Song of the Shirt.' It is one of _Mr. Punch's_ pleasantest Reminiscences that this gentle genius, this true poet, contributed this famous masterpiece to his pages.