_By an anxious Unionist._
[Mr. T. W. RUSSELL has formally withdrawn from the Unionist Party.]
Ah! sorely tossed is our poor "Union" bark,
We shall not get to port without a tussle.
They say the wind will change against us. Hark!
That wind seems rising; I can hear its RUSSELL.
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A FIGHT FOR THE FORTY.--Sir EDWARD HAMLEY is, admittedly, one of the
greatest strategists the British Army possesses. Although in the prime
of life, this gallant officer will be "automatically retired," unless
he receives a military appointment before the end of October. It has
been suggested that he should be employed to work out a scheme for the
protection of London. This will be far easier work for him to do than
to have to frame a defence of the Government that has so long, and so
strangely, and (some say) so maliciously overlooked him.
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CON: FOR THE CONSIDERATE.--Why is Happiness like an Act of Parliament?
Because you can never tell its value until it is passed.
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