OF THE OX. -------------- An Ox was seized by the Dogs, and brought to trial, for having gored his Driver in such a brutal manner, in Smithfield Market, as caused his death. His trial was held at Quadruped Court, Beast Park, near the Pedestrian Hotel. The LION sat as Judge. The Dogs offered themselves as witnesses, which the Judge refused, as they were thief-takers, and interested. Here the council too began to ’arangue, which the Judge would not admit of; he told them, indeed, if a point of law should arise, they might speak to it, but he would have no witness brow-beaten or misled in that court. [ Illustration: The Dog] [ Illustration: The Man and The Horse] The Horse and Ass were then called up; who deposed, that they saw the Ox go to a Man and gore him, near Smithfield, and that his life was despaired of. [ Illustration: The Butcher] To this the Ox pleaded ignorance, and said, that he had been ill-used and deprived of his senses, and knew not what happened in consequence thereof; but, provided that were not the case, he certainly would have lost his life by the murdering Butcher, who deals death and destruction to our race, to procure subsistence for himself and family, by the sale of our carcases. So now, my Lord, I stand here, arraigned for the accidental offence of goring an inhuman drover, whose only business it was to dispose of me to the keeper of the slaughter house. [ Illustration: The Bee] A Bee, that had been perched on the Oxes head, offered his evidence,——and deposed, that he had been an eye witness of the whole affair. [ Illustration: The Man and The Ox] [ Illustration: The Man Riding the Ox]