H. B. is amusing and various this week. He gives'us
a capitallike- ness of Lord Nugent "in his habit as he walks." We prefer H. B.'s whole-lengths to those in Somerset -House, because they show the true character of the outward men: They are-realitia, the others dull fictions. Besides this Sketch of the Honourable ConimiSsioner for the Ionian Islands, we have the King and Earl Grey at Chess-the Minister checking the King. We wish his Majesty experienced no other or more vexatious checks. H. B. takes (of course) the Opposition view of the Russian-Dutch Loan affair. He represents John Bull looking into a peep-show of" A New View of the Glorious Triumph of Re- form," with Lord Grey as showman, playing the pan-pipes and big- drum, and Lord Brougham as trumpeter; while Lord Althorp is pick- ing John's pocket, and banding its contents to the Emperor Nicholas.
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