The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-11 00:00:00

(From Fun.)

A POOR LOOK-oUT.-A Workhouse window.
A TOUCH OP IRoNT.—The skates in the ironinuLigers'
windows of late.

THE WORST LIMBO TO WHICH A MAN CAN BE CONSIGNED.
—The limb o' the law.
MILDNESS OF THE SEASON.—Vegetation is "very for-
ward"—the same may he said of the rising generation.
LITERARY NOTE.—We see that Messrs. Macmillan an.
nounce, among other new works, " Bacon's Advancement
of Learning." Does Bacon owe this advancement to
" Hogg's Instructor ?"

ALL AMONG THE BALLET.—We have it on the authority
of the poet that the gay and bearded barley smiles. We
have applied to an eminent agriculturist for an explana-
tion of the phenomenon, and he says it smiles from ear to
ear.

THE EIGHT MAN FOR THE rLACE.—The Era of 21st
February contains the following advertisement:—
" Wanted, inimediately, a gentleman to sustain the
heavy business." Was not this the very situation for Mr.
Edward Watkin Edwards? The trifling duties con-
nected with his position as official assignee must have
left many spare hours on that accomplished gentleman's
hands.

A PRETTY Frcrr.E.—Mr. Vernon Harcourt—" Ms-
.oricus" of the Times—bas made his maiden speech in
Parliament, and in it he .spoke of an old sword that we
must keep bright and burnished as we have received it
from our ancestors. He added :" If the present be not an
age in which it is required, we should preserve it for future
use, when political storms may arise, when it may prove a
security for the throne and a safeguard for the people."
We really don't see what use a sword would be in a storm,
or how it could protect anything. Did not Mr. Harcourt
mean an umbrella ?

(From Judy.)

A " BOTTLE "-Jack—Falstaff.
IN znE PRESS.—" The Mysteries of the xt.obes," by the
Lord Chamberlain.

WHAT TIIE GOVEEN3IENT REDUCTIONS MUST CO3IE TO.
—The reductto ad absurdum._

A sanguine and poetic imagination is Jones's great
stronghold ; that is to say, " castle-building" is his forte.
RETRENCHMENT.—The President of the Board of Trade
bas made a considerable reduction in the brim of his hat
since he has been in office. _

CREDITABLE.—Smith : Oh, getting on first-rate ; and
all owing to my own exertions, too. A year ago I wasn't
worth a penny, and now I'm a thousand pounds in debt."
WE WON'T REPEAT THE DOSE.--What is the difference
Oetween a well-known opera and the railings surrounding
Hyde Park ? One is the " Rose of Castile," the other the
Rows of Cast Iron.
AT IT AGAIN.—Bron Drantwell, speaking of the
members whose elections have recently been declared void
by his three learned brothers, remarked, "It's very clear
they were not long Parliament
WHAT DO TIIET MEAN ?-11e Daily Telegraph, in a
leader, on the Ist inst., said: " lir. Gladstone's mind has
in it more of the poetic cast—of the female element."
Female element? Do they mean of the old woman?

SO SAY ALL OF Us.-111r. Gladstone is anxious to alter
the rating clause in Mr. Disraeli's Reform Bill, and
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The Church News, in an article on Mr.
Gladstone's Irish Church Bill, says We do not deny that
the mongrel crew at Mr. Gladstone's back possesses a consi-
derable amount of brute force, and that brute force may very
probably triumph. But there can be no doubt that Mr.
Gladstone's bill is more truly revolutionary than anything
which has been done since the so-called Reformation—if we
except the Great Rebellion and the hateful incursion of
Dutch William."

Mr. Daniel, Q.C., on Tuesday gave judgement in a
case, which will decide several others, arising out of the re-
cent election inquiry at Bradford. 21 witness who had been
subpoenaed on behalf of the petitioners against Mr. Forster,
sought to recover expenses for four days' attendance. The de-
fence, however, was that on one day he attended, not on behalf
of the petitioners. but to support the case of the respondents,
and that on another day he was in court to gratify his desire
to hear Mr. Baron Martin's judgment. The defendants,
Messrs. Storry and Garnett, had paid 15s. into court, which
they held was sufficient, and in this view the Judge con-
curred, and gave a verdict for the defendants.

THE PROSECUTION or MR. BENNETT.
The present Bishop of London is, like his prede-
cessor, unwilling to assist in any way the suit against
Mr. Bennett. He must do, of course, what it
is his legal duty to do, but he declines, if we
rightly understand what has passed, to go a step further,
and has not hesitated, by thus acting, to draw on
himself the acrimonious attacks of the partisans
who wish to force forward these ill-advised pro-
ceedings. The Bishop's sympathies are certainly
not with Mr. Bennett ; but he doubtless sees, as
others see, that this prosecution, founded on some
incautious expressions, is really levelled against a body of
religious opinion which has always existed within the
English Church, and is intended to narrow her pale and
expel from her communion pious men who have been and
are perfectly loyal to her.—Guardian.

A melancholy accident occurred yesterday at a
chemical works near Birmingham. A retort, which was
being used in an extracting process, exploded, and set fire
to barrels of naptha and other combustibles on the premises.
The fire could not be extinguished, and two men working
were literally burnt lo a cinder. Four otherr, including the
forereau, were fearfully injured.