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"Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete"

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JOEY HUME is about to depart for Switzerland: for, finding his flummery of
no avail at Leeds, we presume he intends to go to _Schaff_-hausen, to try
the _Cant_-on.

MARRIAGE AND CHRISTENING EXTRAORDINARY.
We beg to congratulate Lord John Russell on his approaching union with Lady
Fanny Elliot. His lordship is such a persevering votary of Hymen, that we
think he should be named "_Union-Jack_."
* * * * *

OMINOUS.
LORD PALMERSTON, on his road to Windsor, narrowly escaped being upset by a
gentleman in a gig. We have been privately informed that the party with
whom he came in collision was--Sir Robert Peel.
* * * * *

CROSS READINGS.
(REC.)
If you ever should be
In a state of _ennui_,
Just listen to me,
And without any fee
I'll give you a hint how to set yourself free.
Though dearth of intelligence weaken the news,
And you feel an incipient attack of the blues,
For amusement you never need be at a loss,
If you take up the paper and _read it_ across.
(INTER ARIA DEMI LOQUI.


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