20 AUGUST 1898, Page 16

(To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECIATOR.1 SIB,—Perhaps you will

allow me to make an addition to your correspondent's amusing list of "Bulls from Irish Pastures." The following, which was presented to a near relative of mine by an Irish beggarwoman in exchange for a trifling coin of the realm, is, I think, a very perfect specimen of the genus : "Long life to your honour, and may you never see your wife