  Wednesday, May 7.—Mr. Punch out. Everybody's at home to him. Friday 9.—Mrs. Duffer's first dance if she knows the step. Saturday 10.—Rehearsal of Crystal Palace fireworks, 2 P.M. Admission by entrance gates only. Monday 12.—Breakfast to Mr. H. M. Stanley, at whatever time he orders it. First Meet of H.S. Drags, Serpentine. Foot-ball in Rotten Row, by kind permission of George Ranger and the Commissioner of Police. Mrs. Noodle's second dance postponed, as she hasn't given her first yet. Tuesday 13.—Holiday at Zoological Gardens. Cages all open. Admission free. Banquets, Excursions, and Alarums. Lady Henrietta Siskin's Charity Dance has been postponed until the following week. A large and distinguished company is expected to grace the mezzotint hall of her ladyship's new mansion in Belgravia on the occasion. No expense is to be spared in the general decoration of the supper-room, which was built, it will be remembered, by her ladyship's great-grandfather in the reign of George the Third. A Correspondent furnishes us with the following curious observations:—"I have noticed," he writes, "that those who walk or ride in the Park are, generally speaking, of two sexes, and possess, as a rule, four fingers and a thumb on each hand. By a curious freak of fashion, a frock-coat is not now worn with a muslin skirt; and a moustache may be sought for in vain under a sun-bonnet. Horses are ridden with four legs, and, in some cases, with a tail, although this is not essential." It is strange to notice how much the tastes of theatre-goers vary at the present day. Some prefer the Haymarket, some the Strand, others flock to the Lyceum, and some are turned away from the Savoy, the Garrick, or the Avenue. Philosophers have, as yet, paid too little attention to this matter. Would Mr. Herbert Spencer or Mr. Lang oblige? It has been calculated by the Society for the Collection of Domestic Data, that if three-fourths of the Cooks of the Metropolis struck work on any given day, exactly nine-twelfths of the resident employers of servants would be seriously inconvenienced. There is but very slight foundation for the report that, if Augustus Druriolanus (first so styled in the burlesque on Claudian) should be elected to the Shrievalty, Messrs. Harry Nicholls and Herbert Campbell will be the Under-Sheriffs. A Correspondent lately drew Mr. Gl-dst-ne's attention to the prevalence of mud after rain, and the consequent injury to carts, collars, and carriages. The veteran Statesman has found time to send the following post-card reply, which will be perused with interest:— Sir,—The subject to which you direct my attention is no doubt of peculiar interest to those in any way connected with the vehicular traffic by which so much of the commerce and pleasure of the Metropolis is carried on. In view, however, of the pressing exigencies of the Irish Question, I cannot do more than take a note of your objections to mud-spots, leaving to those who may come after me the duty of dealing practically with your recommendations. I am, faithfully yours, On the evening when Mr. Stanley dines with the Turners' Company, where he is entertained as a Re-Turner, it is hoped that the authorities of the National Gallery will kindly allow all their Turners to attend. The history of the Turners' Company is interesting, commencing as it does with Whittington, who was the first person (before Henry Irving played it) to hear The Bells, and to obey their injunction "to turn again."
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