'T was truly delightful to see the tables of these young gentlemen groaning under daily accumulations of Parliamentary documents, containing all sorts of political and statistical information, collected and published with vast labor and expense, for the purpose of informing their powerful intellects upon the business of the country, so that they might come duly prepared to the important discussions in the House, on all questions of domestic and foreign policy. As for Mr. Titmouse, he never relished the idea of perusing and studying these troublesome and repulsive documents--page after page, filled with long rows of figures, tables of prices, of exchanges, &c., reports of the evidence, _verbatim et literatim_, taken in question and answer before every committee that sat; all sorts of expensive and troublesome "returns," moved for by any one that chose; he rather contented himself with attending to what went on in the House; and at the close of the session, all the documents in question became the perquisite of his valet, who got a good round sum for them (uncut) as waste paper. It is not difficult to understand the pleasure which my little friend experienced, in dispensing such favors and courtesies, as those of orders for the gallery, and franks, to applicants for them; for all his show of feeling it a "_bore_" to be asked. 'T was these small matters which, as it were, brought home to him a sense of his dignity, and made him _feel_ the possession of station and authority. I know not but that the following application was more gratifying to him than any which he received:-- "T. Tag-rag's best respects to T. Titmouse, Esq. M. P., and begs to say how _greatly_ he will account y^e favor of obtaining an order to be Admitted to the Gallery of the House of Commons for to-morrow night, to hear the debate on the Bill for Doing away with the _Nuisance_ of Dustmen's cries of a morning. "With Mrs. T.'s and daughter's respectful comp^{ts}. "T. TITMOUSE, ESQ. M. P." On receiving this, Titmouse looked out for the finest sheet of glossy extra-superfine gilt Bath post, scented, and in a fine flourishing hand wrote as follows:-- Please To Admit y^e Barer To The Galery of The House of Commons.--T. TITMOUSE. Wednesday, March 6^{th}. 18--."