12 NOVEMBER 1853, page 12

Prince Albert's Lipidation.

TIIE obtrusive guest who, out of time, proposes a toast which when proposed everybody must drink, takes advantage of the hour to drag others after him in a mean adulation. He......

Lord Mayor's Show.

IF to be admirable is to have the quality of being looked at, then the Lord Mayor's Show is admirable, and the show of Wednesday last, the most admirable that we have had these......

High Prices.

" LUSTY-TWO shillings for Wall's-end coals !" exclaims " Pater- familias,"—" and I only paid twenty-two shillings last year !" So he writes to the Times, to know how the price......

Gisborne's Thames Improveam Ts.

ONE plan for improving the Thames, designed by Mr, .11,3 114 1 Gieborne, has received a considerable degree of official sanction; and is now before the public. The water-way of......