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CURIOUS AMBIGUITY.

The correspondent of a London paper, writing from Sunderland respecting the report that Lord Howick had been fired at by some ruffian, says, with great naivete, “a gun was certainly pointed at his lordship’s head, but it is generally believed there was nothing in it.”—­We confess we are at a loss to know whether the facetious writer alludes to the gun or the head.

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THE THORNY PREMIER.

A Tory evening paper tells its readers that Sir Robert Peel expects a harassing opposition from the late ministry, but that he is prepared for them on all points.  This reminds us of the defensive expedient of the hedgehog, which, conscious of its weakness, rolls itself into a ball, to be prepared for its assailants on all points.

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TO PROFESSORS OF LANGUAGES WHO GIVE LONG CREDIT AND TAKE SMALL PAY.

Mister F. &c. &c. &c.  Bayley is anxious to treat for a course of lessons in the purest Irish.  None but such as will conceal a West Indian patois will be of the slightest use.  For particulars, and cards to view, apply to Mr. Catnach, Music and Marble Warehouse, Seven-dials.

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