NEW CARICATURES.—H. B. has set forth, in his graphic chronicles
of political rumours and incidents, the false insinuation of the Anti. Reformers, that the people are indifferent to the Bill, under the title of " Another Sign of the Times ; or Symptoms of what our Modern Archi- tects complacently term Settling.' " Two Boric pillars support the " Bill," which is represented broken, and falling by the giving way of the pillar of " Popularity," which is based on "Gullibility ;" while the other pillar of " The King's Name," with the crown for its capital, stands firm—the artist does not say on Public Opinion, for that truth would demonstrate the falsity of the notion lie embodies. Lords Grey and Brougham are shoring up the falling pillar with the prop of " the Times," and Lord Jelin Russell is backing it up by main force. Among othernew caricatures, are the following—Lord Brougham as a Will o' the Wisp luring Lords Grey, Durham, &c., into a bog, while Lord London. derry (who ought to know a hog when he sees it, since he so often floun- • ders about in the mire) is vainly warning them of their danger. Lord Londonderry as a shuttlecock, bandied to and fro by Lords Brougham and Grey: the players seem to find it good exercise, and the light and feathered toy, vain of its giddy height, exclaims, " What an agreeable sensation !" The Duke of Cumberlaud at the Coronation, as the modern Peter Schlemihl, without a shadow (of popularity), is a good idea. The " Breaking-up of the Half-crown-ation " represents the Dukes of Wel- lington, Devonshire, &c., impatient of waiting for their carriages, mak- ing their robes perform the useful service of cloaks, and setting out in the rain protecting their coronets with umbrellas.
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