HOORAY! This is rather more like the old JOE, Whom as pet of the Peers his old friends hardly know. Does "cushioned ease" tire him already,--so soon? Is "gentlemen" chumship no longer a boon? Can zeal for the Union no longer determine, The Birmingham champion to back up the ermine? This snub to the Peers is decidedly handsome, We'll soon have JOE talking once more about "ransom." Oh! Spalding was splendid, and Bridgeton was brave, And GROSVENOR'S defeat made the Unionists rave; TOM SAYERS ne'er landed his foe such a "oner," As SALISBURY had at the hands of our BRUNNER; But neither the news of Gladstonian gain, Of TREVELYAN'S return, or the tantrums of CAINE, To Radical bosoms such a rapture affords, As Brummagem JOE once more smiting the Lords! * * * * * CON. FOR THE CONNUBIALLY INCLINED.--What is the difference between an accepted and a rejected offer of marriage? The first leads to the Matrimonial Knot; the second is the Matrimonial Not. * * * * * "Bon Voyage!" MR. CAINE, who is tired Party knots of unravelling, Is off, so 'tis said, round the world to be travelling. Let's hope that much clearing of temper and brain May result from this new sort of "Wanderings of CAIN(E)". * * * * * [Illustration: IN THE CAUSE OF ART. _Patron._ "WHEN ARE YER GOIN' TO START MY WIFE'S PICTURE AND MINE? 'CAUSE, WHEN THE 'OUSE IS UP WE'RE A GOIN'----" _Artist._ "OH, I'LL GET THE CANVASES AT ONCE, AND----" _Patron (millionnaire)._ "CANVAS! 'ANG IT!--NONE O' YER CANVAS FOR ME! PRICE IS NO OBJEC'! I CAN AFFORD TO PAY FOR SOMETHING BETTER THAN CANVAS!!" [_Tableau!_]] * * * * * THE ARTIST'S HOLIDAY; OR, A BRUSH WITH THE POLICE. _Start for Isle of Wight._--Market for Pictures so depressed, can only afford a fortnight away from Town this Summer. Never mind! Intend to have a high old time while it lasts. Shall travel over the whole Island--Cowes, Ryde, Ventnor, Shanklin, Alum Bay, and the Needles. Travelling suggests that I'm my own "traveller"--in the Oil and Colour line! Mustn't mention this joke to my aristocratic customers, however.