_Judge_. "REMOVE THOSE BARRISTERS. THEY'RE DRAWING!"

_Chorus of Juniors_. "MAY IT PLEASE YOUR LUDSHIP, WE'RE ONLY
DRAWING--PLEADINGS."

("Mr. Justice DENMAN said that he saw a thing going on in
Court that he could not sanction. He saw Gentlemen of the Bar
making pictures of the witness. Let it be understood that
he would turn out any Gentleman of the Bar who did so in
future."--_Daily Paper, Thursday, December 17._)]

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A DIPLOMATIC ON DIT.

Where LYTTON lately ruled supreme,
A Marquis will direct affairs.
Congratulations, then, to him
And to ourselves in equal shares.
But stranger paradox than this
Most surely there has never been,--
We send a most distinguished man,
Yet only put a _Duffer in_!

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THE BISHOP AND THE SEA-SERPENT.

["The Bishop of Adelaide, in writing to a colonial friend,