BUMBLEDOM.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 3202, 19 April 1871, Page 3

BUMBLEDOM.

TO THB SDIVOS, OF THB LTTTBLTON TIMES. >< O wad some power ttao Giftie us To see oursel's sb ithers see us, It wad frae mony a blunder free us, An' foolish notion."' Alas 1 poor Bumbledom ; alas! that any conceited Dogberry should dare to question your propriety. How' sublime was the censure administered by the aged and experienced Councillor Smart to that jurenile and foolish Councillor Dobbs! But, oh! Smart, why did you not embody your disapproTal of the young idiot's conduct in some of those plain, but scorching words, which so eminently distinguish you t Naughty'Dobbs, to seek to bring the great Bumble and all Bumbledom into contempt. If yon are ever to become the illustrious

Bumble, you moat be more caution*, more submissive, and leave old Smart to play the lion, and like bis prototype Bottom, say, “ I will roar, that I will do any man’s heart good to bear me.” Why, you ignorant young Dogberry, are yon not aware that it is the practice in all distinguished bodies for the old identities to do as tboy like, and therefore the ruling of your illustrious Bumble shall and must be sufficient for the likes of you 7 Did not the great Bumble call for the production of Bumbledom’s scheme of finance, and was it not brought up from the 4 ‘ Fiddlers three ” by the meek and mild Councillor Bortell f Did he notexplaln the.whole of it, in words of fire, so that he who ran might understand f And was not that consistent Councillor Smart beard to say, that the intricate scheme should be left for a week for Bumbledom to spelt through, so that it should be understood in all its vastness—and was be not strangely supported in. this by law and custom t Why, you stupid young ass, Dobbs, it is strange that you did not see, notwithstanding this, that the great Bumble was perfectly right in permitting the discussion which took place in Bumbledom, and that he was not called upon to wait until some great Dogberry had given, notice by motion in the legal and customary manner. What right had a miserable shred of a Councillor such as you., are to object to als rate ?—all you have to do is to pay and look pleasant. Strange that you can’t see, that because Bumble was wrong in allowing Councillor Bones to move an amendment and argue it—that you are wrong in drawing attention to it. Either the 11 Bouncer,” your daily organ, has misrepresented your doings, or you are an inconceivable donkey. I don’t know which,, and I don’t care, either. The ” Bouncer,” however, on the 12th, is made to say that Councillor Smart moved, and t;ouncilior Somebody-eke seconded, a rate of is in the pound, and this was allowed notwithstanding it had been settled before; and being allowed by the illu-trioua Bumble, what right bad you, you little sneak, to fly in his face and attempt an amendment ? Amendment indeed ; you do need amending. Why, can’t you understand it was vour duty to sit still and admire the dignity with which things are done.

Why, you young poppy, you will try and make -us believe by-and-by. that the great Bumble had supped the night before, or had been in the company of the gods; that he had forgotten for once that " When the brains were out, the msn would die." SANCHO.