H. B. has this week redeemed his credit : the
quick succession of political events in the previous week, perhaps, took away his breath. -Lord Grey and the Duke " Playing at See-Saw" is good. Lord Grey is up, and is raised still higher by the support of John Bull,-whose aid, however, renders the position of the King, who is in the middle, rather dangerous ; the Duke is safe, but down. In another, the Duke figures as " The Extraordinary Rat," with his clique astride on his back, escaping from John Bull by rushing down a precipice, pursued by those two good dogs Grey and Brougham; the last remarkable for his sagacious look. He is again introduced as the Rat in " Cinderella," which:the:Xing, as the Fairy, is about to transform into a state coach- man ; the Queen is Cinderella ; Lord Lyndhurst, of course, is the servant who brings in the rat. These, especially the two last, are capital. We cannot look with satisfaction at any other caricatures after those of H. B. His admirable portraits and artist-like style spoil us for any thing less clever, even though it be not absolutely bad; and the greater proportion of other caricatures are wretched attempts at imitation. Here arc two good ones, however. One, called " A Fable for Ministers," represents the Grey horse, lured by the wild-fire of Reform, madly leaping down a precipice, leaving the King clinging in terror to the old oak of the Constitution. The other, " The Ministry that would not do," represents the Duke holding a mask of the King before his face, and marching, sword in hand, followed by his tail, consisting of an Attorney-General made up of gibbet, axe, and scourge, and sundry other impersonations of guns, swords, fetters, &c.
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