In which the entire _troupe_ will appear on horseback, and go through
the programme of studies (proficiency in which is required by the
Tenth Standard) without a single mistake.
The performances will then be brought to an appropriate and jubilant
conclusion by
_A SILVER COLLECTION IN AID OF THE RATES!_
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QUEER QUERIES.--OUR DEFENCES.--I am informed that Mr. STANHOPE is
expected shortly to go abroad, "in order to recruit." Can even the
blindest military optimist any longer deny that the British Army is
a nefarious imposture, when the Minister for War is forced into an
ignominious attempt to raise a body of foreign mercenaries by his own
personal efforts?