_Half-past Twelve_.
The Prince has sneezed, and it is believed has smiled, though the nurses
are unable to pronounce whether the expression of pleasure arose from
satisfaction or cholic.
_Quarter past One_.
The Prince has passed a comfortable minute, and is much easier.
_Two O'Clock_.
The Prince is fast asleep, and is more quiet.
_Half-past Two_.
The Prince has been shown to Sir Robert Peel, and was very fretful.
_Three O'Clock_.
Sir Robert Peel has left the Palace, and the Prince is again perfectly
composed.
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DEVILLED DRUMSTICKS.
Our own Sir Peter Laurie, upon witnessing the extraordinary performance of
little Wieland in _Die Hexen am Rhein_, at the Adelphi Theatre, was so
transported with his diabolic agility, that he determined upon
endeavouring to arrive at the same perfection of pliability. As a guide
for his undertaking, he instantly despatched old Hobler for a folio
edition of
[Illustration: IMPEY'S PRACTICE.]
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BRANDY AND WATERFORD. (A GO!)
The Marquis of Waterford, upon his recent visit to Devonshire, was much
struck with the peculiar notice upon the County Stretchers. Being
overtaken by some of their extra-bottled apple-juice, he tested the truth
of the statement, and found them literally "licensed to carry _one in
cyder_" (_one insider_).
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