Volume 25 — CIVIC SIMPLICITY.
Reading edition
The next Lord Mayor's Day is, we are told, to be celebrated with touching simplicity. Gilt gingerbread has had its day; and Bartholomew Fair being abolished, the Lord Mayor's coach will follow the gilt chanticleers-in-trowsers and other gorgeous gingerbread. Mr. Alderman Wire's liveries are very simple, but very significant. Being a lawyer, he has put characteristic facings on his profession, clothing his coachman and footmen in suits of parchment with shoulder-knots of red tape. The effect is very handsome. The worthy Sheriff's motto, Vincit qui patitur, is very happy, and is beautifully engrossed upon the cuffs and collars. Vincit qui patitur. He conquers who suffers! How often is it illustrated in law. He who wins, pays!
Scotch Inflictions.—"Winter"—say the papers—"has already set in with severity in Scotland." What is worse; Lord Aberdeen has, months since, set in with severity in England.
OUR FRIEND, 'ARRY BELVILLE, IS SO KNOCKED ALL OF A HEAP BY THE BEAUTY OF THE FOREIGN FISH GIRLS, THAT HE OFFERS HIS 'AND AND 'ART TO THE LOVELY PAULINE.