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A NEw NEw5rArER.-Thas witty Journal Punch. is hereafter to have dangerous rival in tn. new paper called The Great Gun,' which made its first appearance on Saturday last. No paper ha, of late years attained so wide "a circulation as Punef and deservedy so, for it could boast ot 'ing every week the very best talent of the town and ts every part of the habllable Globe. It was origina Jerrold, Albert Smith and others, merely an ex pertinent, but il immediately pushed itself into favor and it has continued to be favorite to this day. Some difficulty having befaen the former publisher Punch was sold to its present proprietors. Messrs Bradbury & Evans, at q very small sum. and these publishers have, il is said, accumulated, through Punch, comfortable fortune. Several 0f the origi nal contributors to Punch have continued 10 write for

 10 the present time; but while they have been paid merely any other clever writers would be- the pretors have reaped all the profits arising from the work. Within the last six weeks, these and other popular writers have for the purpose of planning and bringing out something fresh on their own ac. count, leaving Punch to its fate.

 The result has been the "Great Gun" one hun. dred thousand copies of which were actually printed and distributed gratuitously Saturday last! send you the first and specimen number. No less than q dozen writers, who are well known as dramatic att thors. contributors magazines, will write regu- larly forthe 'Greal Gun," whilst the hest artists sv llusirate the leiter-press. fhiz is the leading artist. The "Great Gun" will combine the peculiar fastnres of Punch, the Illustrated News, and the Aghsaeum. Although it eoutains thirty.six folio CO., lunias, vel the prise will be tho sains PsO"b-- thare pesee. IL b hazardous specss,iOa, bsz a