There is every reason to
believe they were coming up the Thames to offer their congratulations to
the future Prince of _Whales_.
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THE REWARD OF VIRTUE.
We understand that Sir Peter Laurie has been presented with the Freedom of
the Barber's Company, enclosed in a pewter shaving-box of the value of
fourpence-halfpenny. On the lid is a medallion of
[Illustration: THE HARE A PARENT.]
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A difficulty, it is thought, may arise in bestowing the customary honour
upon the chief magistrate of the city, upon the birth of a male heir to
the throne, in consequence of the Prince being born on the day on which
the late Mayor went out and the present one came into office. Sir Peter
Laurie suggests that a petition be presented to the Queen, praying that
her Majesty may (in order to avoid a recurrence of such an awkward
dilemma) be pleased in future to
[Illustration: MIND HER DATES.]
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PUNCH'S THEATRE.
COURT AND CITY.
The other evening, the public were put in possession, at Covent Garden
Theatre, of a new branch of art in play concoction, which may be called
"dramatic distillation.
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