TO OUR EEADEES. 



At this season oui- Dissolution also took place — a Volume closed ; and we offered ourselves for re-election 

 in this^oiu- thirty-third Addi-ess :— 



" Ladies and Gentlemen : — 

 " You have for so many years been so kind and so imanimous in giving us youi- votes, and you have 

 fl-om week to week so favoured us with yom* applause and support, that we are almost seduced into that 

 delightful state of self-complacency which you have entitled another of your representatives in Fleet 

 Sti-eet to assume. We do not, however, yet dare to e^-ince Mr. Punch's modest assm-ance, and must, 

 therefore, once more amioimce om- principles before we again ventiu-e to ask for a continuance of yom- 

 confidence. 



" Ladies and Gentlemen, we are altogether Ministerial, for that word has no meaning unless it is — 

 serving usefully ; and we are altogether in Opposition, because we wage war implacably against all bad 

 practice. As heretofore, it will be om- strenuous endeavour to lighten your bm-dens in every way, 

 except descending to twopence as our weekly salary. We shall continue to tax as heretofore your incomes, 

 for although the tea duty has been reduced, we do not find that either type, paper, or literary aid is 

 thereby sensibly diminished in jjrice. In fact, we never had any better hope, than that being able to 

 put an additional siDoonfiil into the pot might enable all those articles to be supplied to lis sti'onger by 

 the producers without any extra charge. 



" Advocates of liberal measures, whether in the form of water, maniu'e, or wages, yet we are staimch 

 conservatives in demising Shelters, Mulchings, and Coal-consumers. In truth, we feel disposed to head 

 a new party, and to call ourselves " Inclusives," for we fraternise with many nations — Poland, Turkey, 

 Eantam, Guinea, Spain, and Cochin-China, all share our pens. If we had been in the House on the 

 night that the duty was taken off sugar, we should have scarcely known which swarm to have joined : 

 for though it cheapens Bee food, it tends to reduce the price of Honey. 



" For the futm-e, once more we pledge om-selves to j^ou, om- Constituents, to continue ovu- efforts 

 to'make your Paths smooth, your Nests productive, and yoiu- Honey abundant." 



Thus concluding, we made our bow, and grateful are we to acknowledge, the receipt of the 

 followmg "Report of Election:" — 



" J. OE H. WAS Elected, being Suppohted by all the Old and most op the 



New Constituency." 



