┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┐ │ MARCH. │[Illustration] │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┤ │Come, tell me what's MARCH like? A bully, I trow, │ │ │Who runs up, and blinds you by giving a _blow_; │ │ │Or a saucy Drill Serjeant, with swaggering airs, │ │ │Who the rustic recruit by his blustering scares;— │ │ │Or a Serjeant-_at-law_, who so craftily tries, │ │ │In a tempest of words, to _throw dust in your eyes_. │ │ ├──┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┤ │D.│ =Great Events and Odd Matters.= │ _Prognosti- │ │ │ │ fications._ │ ├──┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┤ │ 1│ST. DAVID'S DAY. Prince of _Whales_ caught at the │ │ │ │ Nore, where he springs a _leak_. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 2│Death of _Boil-eau_. Kitchen maids go into │ commotions │ │ │ _mourning_. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 3│ │ and │ │ │ OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. │ │ │ 4│ │consternations │ │ │The tables of both Houses groan with Petitions │ │ │ │ from all classes │ │ │ 5│of His Majesty's subjects. Among the most │ ♄ ♉ │ │ │ important will be │ │ │ │found the prayer of the half-starved _Hacks_ to be│ │ │ │ exported to │ │ │ 6│_Otaheite_; the petition of the _Dogs_ against the│ to Great │ │ │ _truck_ system; the │ │ │ │appeal of the _Cats_ to the King for an asylum, in│ │ │ │ _Lap_-land, from │ │ │ 7│the suit of the _Skinners'_ Company; the petition │ Britain, │ │ │ of the _Ducks_ to │ │ │ │be presented by Mr. _Poulter_, for the │ │ │ │ discontinuance of Bean │ │ │ 8│Feasts, to be supported by Mr. _Pease_; the │ ♅ ☋ ♊ ☿ │ │ │ memorial of the _Hogs_ │ │ │ │against breakfast _bacon_, and offering to prove │ │ │ │ it all _gammon_; the │ │ │ 9│humble prayer of the Whitebait of Blackwall to be │ than do │