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 SIR GEORGE AND THE GIBBET.

ON THE GOVERNOR'S BEING PRESENT AT A REHEARSAL OF THE NEW DROP AT WOOLLOMOOLOO GAOL, FEB. 3, 1845.

Gipps! whose penetrating soul The least o'erlooks, the mightiest can control; Now drowning towns, now decimating quills, Now taxing provinces, now taxing bills; Or when thy jaded spirit seeks for ease, And e'en misgovernment has ceased to please, Just acting o'er to dissipate thy gloom, The dread rehearsal of a felon's doom!

THE GUNDAGAI FLOOD.