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gone abroad in search of novelty for the approaching season; whilst other 

 disputants avowed that the manager's trip was simply one of relaxation. 

 He had been ordered travelling, and the waters of Spa to strengthen his 

 intellectual fibre, after the extraordinary excitement attending the pro- 

 duction of the Lions of Mysore. There is great likelihood in this latter 

 statement ; still we believe it to be erroneous. The fact is, a two-headed 

 girl, equally clever in tragedy and comedy, has lately appeared at 

 Munich, and the manager, with a patriotic disregard of his health, has 

 departed to secure her for Drury Lane. He has been compelled to travel 

 at an extaordinary rate, as it was whispered that Richardson had offered the 

 lady terms for Bartholomew Fair. We have also heard something of a 

 Unicorn tame Hippopotamus, for which a drama " is in an active 

 state of preparation." 



CONSTABLES AND THE FIVE ACTS. -Some days ago, Mr. Roe, the 

 Magistrate, ordered a man to find bail for having exhibited a board, 

 whereon were painted two human heads under the feet of John Bull, 

 the said heads being sworn to by the constable, who apprehended 

 the offender, as likenesses of the Duke of Cumberland and the Duke 

 of Wellington, and " therefore " in the opinion of the Magistrate, 

 " tending to bring the said personages into contempt." Thus, it would 

 appear from Mr. Roe, that, in case of the above duties, the more 

 striking the likeness, the more certain the contempt. We wish this Con- 

 stable, who has such a fine eye for a likeness, were hired by the Royal 

 Academy : he might be found very serviceable as an illuminator during 

 the present exhibition. 



THE BIANCHI AND THE NfiRi. The celebrated Florentine faction, 

 which, by their disastrous feuds, for so long a time desolated the fairest 

 city of Italy, had their origin in a breach of promise of marriage. From 

 what trivial causes spring the direst results ; and how fortunate may we 

 consider ourselves that, since the White and Red Rose war, and the sub- 

 sequent disasters of the Stuarts, this country has been freed from such 

 cruel devastations. We have had our political feuds, which have hitherto 

 terminated amicably; would that they might still continue to do so ; but, 

 alas ! this present political crisis is doomed to be the harbinger of discord, 

 more frightful in its consequences than all the domestic warfare which has 

 ever yet devastated the fair fields of England. That we may no longer 

 keep our readers in such unpleasant suspense, it becomes our duty then 

 to state that so serious a misunderstanding has arisen between two beau- 

 ties of high rank and fashion, in fact, for why should we conceal the 

 names ? between the Dutchess of St. Albans, and the Marchioness of Lon- 

 donderry, that it is feared the results will not only be disastrous to this 

 country, but eventually set all Europe in a flame. The actual cause is 

 not yet precisely ascertained, but we understand the quarrel owes it origin 

 to a certain surreptitious manner in which an over zealous partisan of the 

 dutchess has obtained the pattern of a night cap, known to be in the ex- 

 clusive possession of the rival beauty. The noble lords have taken part 

 with the noble ladies, and messengers have been dispatched by the female 

 portion of the foreign legation to their respective courts, respecting treaties 

 of alliance. The designation of Neri and Bianchi, has been adopted by 

 the rival parties, not from the colours of their emblems, but from the blonde 

 and brunette complexion of the noble ladies themselves. 



