A GREAT CARD.

MR. WAKLEY begs to inform the Lords of the Treasury, the editor of the

_Times_, and the Master of the Mint, that ever anxious to rise in the

world, he has recently been induced to undertake the sweeping of

Conservative flues, and the performance of any dirty work which his Tory

patrons may deem him worthy to perform. Certain objections having been

made as to his qualifications for a climbing boy, Mr. W. pledges himself

to undergo any course of training, to enable him to get through the

business, and to remove any apprehension of his ever becoming

[Illustration: A POTTED BLOATER.]

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