SPADES CALLED SPADES.
(From "Punch.") (A Passage from the favourite Farce "The Queen's Speech.) Lord John Russell writing at table, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. John Bull. John Bull {buttoning his pockets with energy). — Not a shilling more — like it or lump it — you must make that do, or do without it. Chancellor of the Exchequer. — But the state of Europe. John Bull —Stuff J Chancellor of the Exchequer.— The efficiency of the public service. John Bull.— Fiddlesticks ! Chancellor of the Exchequer. — Then you really won't, M r. Bull ? John Bull.-— I won't. (He has by this time buttoned all his pockets.) Lord John (aside to Chancellor of the Exchequer).—Well ? Chancellor of the Exchequer (aside to Lord John). — He won't. Lord John (with a sigh, writes)— " The present aspect of affairs enables me to make large reductions on the Estimates of last year.'' —
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Daily Southern Cross, Volume V, Issue 211, 6 July 1849, Page 4
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143SPADES CALLED SPADES. Daily Southern Cross, Volume V, Issue 211, 6 July 1849, Page 4
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