A CHAPTER ON ANN'UALS. 



twelve years, and she has never once regretted her change of condition, nor 

 have 1 the increased responsibilities of mine ; we are still fondly attached to 

 each other, and shall continue to be so until the angel of death shall disunite 

 us only to perpetuate the tie in a world eternal. I have left her for the 

 present in a comfortable dwelling a short distance from Calcutta, where I 

 hope to rejoin her when Sahib* shall no longer have occasion for my 

 services. 



THE COMIC OFFERING. 



Miss SHERIDAN has done her utmost to render her " Comic 

 Offering" worthy the favour of the side-shakers ; and if we may judge 

 by the sundry cachinatory movements obligate produced by perusal, 

 we should say with complete success. Miss Sheridan has been re- 

 presented to us as a young lady extremely talented, and of a very 

 amiable demeanour ; yet granting the former, we are by no means 

 so sure of her amiability, seeing it to be her chief endeavour to make 

 people "die o' laughing." As a choice specimen of comicality we 

 shall quote a 



CONEVRSATION BETWEEN A WEATHER-GLASS AND A 

 WEATHER-COCK. 



We will speak Whether or JVb. 



Old Play. 



" GOOD morning," said the Weather-glass to the Weather-cock, " you 

 don't look well this morning." 



" No wonder," said the Weather-cock, " for I've had nothing but wind 

 in my teeth all night, and I don't see, Mr. Weather-glass, that you have 

 much reason to boast, for you look rather down this morning." 



" Do I ?" said the Weather-glass. " At all events I'm up to you ; up to 

 to you indeed ! now I look at myself, I'm up to sixty. You give yourself too 

 many airs, Mr. Weathercock. 'Tis true you are at the top of this establish- 

 ment, of which you are not a little vain." 



" Little vane!" said the Weather-cock, " no, indeed, I don't see a larger or 

 handsomer one than myself for miles round, except the church, and there we 

 generally find more vane than useful: and as to my being the top of this esta- 

 blishment, you've always had the reins of the family in your hands, and I 

 should have very little objection to change places with you." 



" Change places !" said the Weather-glass, " I never knew you keep one 

 a minute together !" 



" That's my misfortune," says the Weather-cock ; but yesterday evening 

 I engaged myself to sweet Miss Zephyr, and went south-about to meet her. 

 I had not been with her more than five minutes, when old Boreas made me 

 rudely turn my back towards her, and look at him all night, while he amused 

 himself with spitting hail and sleet in my face. If I am thus to be disturbed 

 in my pleasure, I'll turn rusty about it, and then I'll stick where I please." 



" Ah !" said the Weather-glass, " we all have our complaints : you know 

 my existence depends on my telling the truth : now I marked ' much ruin' yes- 

 terday as plain as could be, but my young mistress being promised a holiday 

 if it were fine, screw'd me up to "set fair," so they set out and the wet set in, 

 and I had nearly been discharged for this ; but on my master carefully exa- 

 mining me he found out the trick, which put him in a thundering passion, 

 and I fell down to ' stormy.' " 



* Master. 



