Believe me, dear _Mr. Punch_,

Yours enthusiastically, S. NOB.

_The Cringeries, Low Booington_.

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NOTICE--No. XXV. of "Travelling Companions" next week.

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[Illustration: FANCY PORTRAIT.

SEÑOR DRUMMONDO WOLFFEZ, REPRESENTING THE JOHN BULLFIGHTER AT MADRID.

_"TORÉADOR CONTENTO!"_]

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THE JUDGES IN COUNCIL.

["All the judicial wisdom of the Supreme Court has met in
solemn and secret conclave, heralded by letters from the heads
of the Bench, admitting serious evils in the working of the
High Court of Justice; a full working day was appropriated for
the occasion; the learned Judges met at 11 A.M. (nominally)
and rose promptly for luncheon, and for the day, at 1·30
P.M. Two-and-a-half hours' work, during which each of the