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MISCELLANEA. 
WHAT’S IN A NAME. 
Three pigs, belonging to Mr. Watson, of Bolton, Cum- 
berland, and which were exhibited at the Salisbury show of 
the Royal Agricultural Society were named “We” — ‘“Must” 
— '“Win.” This proved prophetic, as they did win. 
After this, who will ask, “ What’s in a name ?” 
LEGISLATION BURLESQUED. 
All animated nature overflows with gratitude to Lord 
Raynham. Zoology, ichthyology, and entomology, with paw 
and fin, with tails and antennae, bless them. Everything 
that barks, brays, grunts, crows, or cackles, will be his 
devoted humble servant in secula seculorum. We should not 
be surprised to hear of his receiving addresses from the 
menageries, of tabby cats serenading him, of dogs presenting 
him with their collars, of chickens offering up their little 
lives for him, of oysters falling in love with him, nay, of 
smaller and nimbler things becoming at length unanimous, 
and pulling him out of bed to eat him up with affection. 
Many lawgivers have legislated for the animal kingdom, but 
Raynham throws them all into the shade; his tenderness is 
so general, his legislation so minute and yet so comprehen- 
sive. Elephants are not too big for his care, nor mice too 
little. 
Retire, Dick Martin, before the senator who will not 
tolerate the caging of a bird, the baiting of a hook, the setting 
of a mouse-trap, or the catching of a fly. Here are a few of 
the crimes and misdemeanours which this wonderful bill 
proposes to check by a variety of punishments, including 
the corporal infliction with which Parliament has repeatedly 
declined to visit the most barbarous cruelties to women and 
children : 
The packing in any basket or box, or in any other manner, 
or keeping so packed, any fowl or other animal, so as by 
deficiency of space or air or other provision to cause distress 
or suffering thereto. 
The desertion or abandonment of any animal, with intent 
to lose the same. 
