II. B.'s Mountain in Labour is as good in execution
as it is in its -qpplication to the Duke of Buckingham's "Little Bill." The bed seems actually inflated by the bulk of the portly Duke. Doctor Sid- mouth is appropriately introduced as the accoucheur ; and recommends to his patient, who complains of exhaustion, quiet and a composing draught, after so severe a labour. Lord Eldon is making anxious in- quiries at the bed-side ; and Lord Londonderrry chimes in with nurse 'Wellington and the gossips Aberdeen and Lyndhurst in proclaiming the Duke's offspring to be "a nice little thing." The Duke-nurse's look at the tiny mouse, which he supports upon a napkin with both hinds, is ludicrous enough. Lords Wharneliffe and Harrowby think it an abortion, and the effect of fright; and gossip Lyndhurst remarks .upon the roomy Stowage it had.
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