I offered my condolences, and we separated. The last time, I saw poor LUCKAPENNY, he looked a very shadow of himself. He was haggard and thin, and was wearing clothes of an ancient cut and threadbare material. He smiled as he met me, and observed that he was still engaged on the trust matter. "But I have come to the last stage," he said; "I have paid the costs in full. And now I am going home." "Going home," I repeated, and noticing that he seemed feeble, offered him the support of my arm. "I will walk as far as your residence." "You are very good," he replied, "but I am afraid that I cannot ask you to come in." "Never mind that; but where do you live?" "Where should I live after a lawsuit?" he returned, with a short laugh. "Why, in the Workhouse, to be sure--in the Workhouse!" And as a ratepayer, I have assisted to support him ever since! * * * * * A MENU FROM BIRMINGHAM. POTAGES. Duchesse. Consommé de Déluge à l'Après Moi. POISSONS. Hors d'Eau à l'Appât convenable. Crevettes à l'Envie. ENTRÉES. Petits Programmes à la Robe de Joseph. Filets de Vis, Sauce Monopole. Pattes de Matou aux Griffes. RÔTS. Moi Même. Dinde Fidèle de Jessé. LÉGUMES. Orchis en Boutonnière. Hartijo Sauce Soumission. RELEVÉS. Monocle. Salmi de Paires Filants aux Lis. ENTREMETS. Gâteau Rossendale. Conserves d'Église Galloise. Boudin de Labouchère à la Lanterne. DESSERT. Bonbons de Famille. Hameçons de Flatterie. Oublis. * * * * * IN STATU,--QUO? Should CROMWELL have a statue at Westminster was a burning question some years ago. We all know the result, and nowadays, who cares? At present, the question at Oxford is, Shall Cardinal NEWMAN have a statue? and, if so, Shall it be just opposite the Martyrs' Memorial? From one point of view, the situation is happily selected, as, of course, NEWMAN was on just exactly opposite ground to CRANMER, RIDLEY, and LATIMER. The Oxford Dons are right in supposing that no statue can be erected without a previous design; a design by a hand that has not lost its cunning. The proposed site is in Broad Street, a very suggestive name as opposed to narrowness of any sort; yet so eager are the illogical Dons in the matter of preservation of spaces, that before even the base of a clay model has been commenced, they have already prepared the ground for the reception of the statue by getting up any amount of railing about the proposed site! * * * * * [Illustration: "WAKING-UP" FOR THE OPENING OF THE SESSION.] * * * * * LETTERS TO ABSTRACTIONS. NO. X.--TO CROOKEDNESS. OBLIQUE, BUT FORMIDABLE ONE,