At this banquet the saddle of mutton was served before the delicacies.

Then there was a paper by Sir John Bowring on _The Chinese and Outer Barbarians_.

The commencing number of _Lovel the Widower_ followed.

George Lewes came next with his first chapters of _Studies in Animal Life_.

Then there was Father Prout's _Inauguration Ode_, dedicated to the author of _Vanity Fair_,--which should have led the way.