The Press.
London, England, 1855-04-14 00:00:00

Xtrturts.

On Original Sin. By the First Lord of the Treasury.
On the Elevating InfluEnces of Family. By the Right Honourable
Sir George Grey.

On the Perpetuation of Blunders. By Lord Panmure.
On Stag-hunting, Diplomacy, and Orders in Council. By the Earl
Granville.

On the Morality of the Old Whigs. By the Marquis of Lans-
downe.

On Sprightliness ; with Illustrations from Milton's " L'Allegro."
By Sir George Cornewall Lewis.
On Modesty. By the Duke of Argyll.
On Constitutional Law. By Lord Cranworth.
On Wit and Humour. By the Right Honourable Sir C. Wood.
On the Cerebral Functions and their Proper Covering. By Mr.
Wilson, of the Treasury.
On the Evidences of Christianity. By Sir William Molesworth
(assisted by Cardinal Wiseman).
On the Power of Intellect. By the Earl of Carlisle. •
On the Sweets of Popularity. By F. Poel, of the (what is his last ?)
Office.

On Any Subject Whatever, or on All Subjects Together. By Lord
John Russell.

And Mr. Vernon Smith will lecture at Northampton on the
Pius loci.

[No Money Returned.

"LOCUTUS ASINUS."

LIVY, WITH A VARIATION.

" Ant he was happy and glad to think that all these things had passed away, and that we had
been able to meet and contend with the evils which before seemed likely to overpower us."—
(interruption by the loud braying of a donkey.)
31r. BOUVERIE : It seems lam to have a rival after all. (Loud laughter.)
Re-election of the Vice-President of the Board of Trade.
Sing a song of Bouverie,
A budget of excuse,
Glosses and apologies,
Denial and abuse ;
When the speech was finishing
The ass began to bray—
Was not that the proper end
For all that he could say?

" We had not generals," he said,
" Or they had never fought,
And so, like a machine decayed,
Our army came to nought ;
But now all faults were remedied,
All blunders swept away !"
Could that assenting donkey, then,
Do less at this than bray?

DRESS REHEARSAL OF THE BUDGET.
THE great importance of the next Parliamentary novelty, which has
been long underlined, and has been advertised to be positively pro-
duced on the night of the 20th (Friday), was deemed by the manager,—
and his opinion will, we think, be abundantly confirmed by that of the
country,—to justify a Night Rehearsal. The principal performer
having undertaken a formidable part for the first time, was also a reason
why he should approach it with the confidence only attainable by
practice. In other words, Lord Palmerston and Sir G. Cornewall
Lewis came to the conclusion that the Budget Speech ought to be
gone over privately, and the other aristocrats who compose the Ministry
concurring, the whole party, after an early dinner at the Terrace,
Piccadilly, last night, went over to the House of Commons, had the
lights turned on, and the doors locked, and proceeded to work in
earnest.

Among the party were Lord Palmerston, Lord Clarendon, Lord
Granville, Lord Harrowby, Lord Cranworth, the Duke of Argyll, Sirs
C. Wood, W. Molesworth, G. Grey, A. Cockburn, R. Bethell, J. Young,
R. Peel, Mr. F. Peel, Mr. Keogh, Mr. Wilson, &c. &c. At Lord Pal-
merston's suggestion, the party dispersed itself about the House, in
order to represent the audience whom Sir C. Lewis will have to
encounter, and it was arranged that any nobleman or gentleman
might make whatever characteristic interruption or observation which
occurred to him. Some of the Ministry took the Opposition bench•