_By John Bull_ à propos _of the Naval Manoeuvres._
FALMOUTH in flames! By Jove, that _sounds_ a stunner!
FREMANTLE'S given HEWETT a fair "oner,"
Somehow I feel I'd rather by a hantle,
HEWETT had given toko to FREMANTLE.
I dare say it's all right; yet there's no telling,
What might be the result of _real_ shelling.
Like the far-famed young lady of Devizes,
FREMANTLE'S _forte_ appears to be surprises,
Splendid no doubt, but, after all expenses,
I feel more interested in _defences_.
Of course for FREMANTLE to dumfog HEWETT,
(And show a world of watchers _how to do it_)
Is first-rate practice; an eye-opener verily;
Only I fancy I should laugh more merrily,
If _my_ eyes were the only optics gazing,
Upon a feat that's no doubt most amazing;
The Thames' mouth occupied by a fine fleet!
The sight--as the fleet's mine--of course is sweet,
But there's one thought that rather makes me blench:--
_Supposing that FREMANTLE had been French?_
* * * * *
"BOOTIFUL."--The good people of Stafford have given HER MAJESTY as a
Jubilee present a cabinet containing about two hundred pairs of boots and
shoes. Evidently the stock is intended to last until HER MAJESTY reaches
her next Jubilee, when, no doubt, the gift will be repeated!
* * * * *
STRIKING EFFECTS.--For further particulars, apply to the Midland Railway
Company.
* * * * *
[Illustration: INTERIORS AND EXTERIORS. No. 50.