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OLD BAILEY.
Robbed--Melbourne's butcher of his twelvemonth's billings.
Verdict--Stealing under forty shillings.
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LEGAL PUGILISM.
The Chancery bar has been lately occupied with a question relating to a
patent for pins' heads. The costs are estimated at L5000. The lawyers are
the best boxers, after all. Only let them get a _head in chancery_, even a
_pin's_, and see how they make the proprietor _bleed_.
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INQUEST.
Died, Eagle Rouse--Verdict, _Felo de se_.
Induced by being ta'en for--Ross, M.P.
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RUMBALL THE COMEDIAN.
When Mr. Rumball was at the Surrey Theatre, the treasurer paid him the
proceeds of a share of a benefit in half-crowns, shillings, and sixpences,
which Rumball boasted that he had carried home on his head. His friends,
from that day, accounted for his _silvery_ hair!
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
We beg to invite attention to the aspect of our Foreign Affairs. It is
dark, lowering, gloomy--some would say, alarming.
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