This is dreadful! Why should the Generals be executed? What have they
done to deserve this cruel fate? And what is the use of placing them
in safe custody _after_ they have been executed? And what are the
"certain formalities"? We pause for a reply to all these questions.

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SEASONABLE.--CHRISTMAS IS COMING.--In the _Morning Post_, one day last
week, appeared an announcement to the effect that Madame NOËL had
left one residence in the West End for another in the same quarter.
Odd this, just now. But go where she will, _Le bon père_ NOËL will be
in London and the country on the 25th instant; so the best way is to
prepare to receive Father Christmas.

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SO-HO, THERE!--Some persons think that the proper place for "The
Pelican" ought still to be--the wilderness.

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NOVELTY.--Quartette for three players--"Whist! the Dumby Man!"

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EDUCATIONAL WORK (BY C.S. P-RN-LL).--_The Crammer's Guide to
Politics_.

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