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was going to mention, (perhaps you may have to sundry sorts of people" was not written in the cowards are always cruel. So gentlemen, with heard the joke, but mayn't know who 'twas that spirit of moderation. Why then abuse me in the these things before your eyes, I hope you won't made it)-I was going, I say, to mention that on unwarrantable manner you do? Because, gentle-think any more about kicking up a revolution by one occasion when the old Gent was reading in the men, you will pervert, you will deceive, you have staying here and telling lies to make us working newspaper that some felons were sentenced to be hardened your naughty hearts and will not un-people dissatisfied. Lies, say you? ́Aye, lies transported, the old lady interrupted him and said,derstand. say I, and fine sized ones too. Didn't you set "my dear, I know that you make buckles to be When I look at you from the top stair (as a out by saying that we were to be all equal, on exported, and I don't quite understand the difference body may say) to the bottom, you make a very purpose to please those that had nothing, and between 'transported' and 'exported'." "Pshaw," pretty appearance; truly, ye are a very pretty set, don't you now say that you didn't mean any such answered the old buckle-maker, (somewhat dis- a remarkable pretty set.-Job knows a thing or thing? In short there is no knowing what you do turbed by the interruption and annoyed by the two about a few of you, and if you don't mend mean, by what you say, and every body hates and silliness of the question)-"I'll make it plain even your manners he probably may take the liberty to detests a liar; happy for Englishinen, they disto your comprehension. The difference is simBut, it would be much better to covered in time, what you did mean. You meant ply this-if you my dearest dear were to be er-take my advice and be off; now do, there's my to persuade us that we were unhappy, you meant ported, then I should be transported-dost take good fellows-do be off, for fear of an accident: to persuade us to kick up a dust, whilst you wrigme, eh?" only think of the new drop; when you are mended gled yourselves into power, and then you meant Now, to adopt the merry old buckle maker's pun, we will receive you back again and make it up: to say, that we quite misunderstood you, and that I think a great many quiet citizens would be trans- Don't despair, you are not, I hope, past cure; the you didn't mean any such thing. ported if some scores of the political adventurers worst have mended, and why may not you? its a But, gentlemen, we're losing time, the boat that are disturbing the peace of society were ex-long lane that has no turning. I assure you gen-waits, and the tide is going down. You are conported. There are nineteen of 'em going-only tlemen. sidering where to go. In France many of you TRANSPORTATION don't choose to venture your dear selves; in Holthese gentry, when there are so many as well worth Has a fine effect, a remarkably fine effect, you land, in Germany, in Russia, in Sweden, in Denpassage, or more so, left behind; only waiting, know, gentlemen, that nothing cured Polly Flan-mark, and in Spain, you will be hunted down as it may be, for the next ship. 'Tis unmannerly ders, but transportation. Poor woman, she was beasts of prey; in the thirteen United States you these understrappers to go before their betters, a sad one, full as bad as you are, gentlemen, and are too well known; what then is to be done? In and 'tis cruel in their betters to let 'em go alone. yet she came about in time. I think history says, Botany Bay you will be too much alike for your Besides, what can the poor miserable caitiffs do that she was twelve years a thief, eighteen genius to shine. Why, then, my advice is to go without their proper diet, without the usual ra- times in Bridewell, nine times in the New Prison, to the interior of Africa. Go to the kingdom of Pant tions of black broth and politics? Why, 'twould twenty-five times in Newgate, fifteen times whip- where King Bobo and his wife Nicum-bo live. Oh be but common charity for two or three crack ped, four times burnt in the hand, and once con- dear, what a fine figure you would cut at a Palaorators, and half a dozen gentlemen of the press demned to die. And yet, gentlemen, all this ver! Who knows but that Nicum-bo might be so that know how to do the thing, and a few good didn't do; the date of her reformation does not charmed with a long nose and a fine oration as that hands at caricature engraving just to take their appear till we read that she was once transported, she might aid in pushing old Bobo off the throne, passage out for the amusement of the ship's com- and then, history says, that she lived to see the for the sake of pany. I Isay 'twould be no more than charity error of her ways-lived honest, and grew rich. in you gentlemen, 'tis what the common sympa- Now, gentlemen, when the great blessing of thies of your nature should lead you to, and if ye transportation is set so clearly before your eyes, won't do it, why then, 'tis a proof that ye have no I'm sure I hear you, one and all, say we'll go, bowels of compassion for your own flesh. But we'll certainly go! But I say, gentlemen, one stop, perhaps, some silly individuals that don't word more, before I wish you a good voyageunderstand, and that are so self-conceited, that weren't you rather too quick at that there meeting they always think one's talking of them; perhaps, about thanking Reynard for his fine speeches? I say, some of these wiseacres will be after think- Now, methinks, he has whisked his tail in your ing that Job's dictating to them and prescribing faces, as a body may say. them a sea-voyage; well, I won't put it in the

power of suspicious men to say I'm personal, and But, I suppose, gentlemen, you have been peeping therefore, instead of pursuing the subject any far-into history, and have seen Wat Tyler and another ther myself, I'll just give you

A CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK,

or in other words, I'll give you an extract from my honoured father's writings-which could not have been written much short of forty years ago; and that's before some of the active spirits of the present day had crack'd the shell, and before many of our most famous politicians were breeched. so it can't mean them. No, gentlemen, 'tis morally impossible, 'tis physically impossible, that it can mean you, therefore please to sit down and read it with an unprejudiced mind.

or two in print, and so you want to be in print
too, but it won't do; no, you have too many com-
petitors equal or superior to you in the business,
for your merit as sedition-mongers to confer any
distinction; nevertheless, don't let me discourage
you, some of you may chance to be printed in
another book, mayhap in the Newgate Calendar,
or so

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[here my copy is obliterated; but I can just make out at the conclusion, now all things are settled. A pleasant voyage to ye, gentlemen. My compliments to Nicum-bo."

Now, my honest friends and kind customers, don't be wrong-headed and make mistakes, as if the above passage taken from a book written about the year 1792, and the eleventh edition of which was printed by E. Piercy, Bull-street, Birmingham, in 1798, could have any reference to present times! Let me caution you against misconceptions, don't fancy that the question "weren't you rather too quick at that there meeting about thanking Reynard," &c. has any thing to do with any of our Bristol meetings. 'Tis plain it can't be; and 'tis only the sound of the words and the association of ideas, as people say, that could make any man think so.

Then, again," Reynard" who was praised for his fine speeches, and afterwards whisked his friends with his tail-does'nt mean Mr. ***, nor Orator ****, as some silly people might imagine, You see, gentlemen, what lessons I point out to who know nothing of chronology, nor is there any you to make you good. And now, let me only unfair allusion intended in what is said of the long hint to you the danger of being the leaders of a nose and the fine oration pleasing Nicum-bo; why revolution; you know Mr. Necker, Mr. La Fayette, 'tis all gone by long ago and become matter of and Mr. Rochefoucault, were the beginners of the history. Then, again, don't mistake about the Old Job Nott loquitur,-" Ye mistake me, gen- French Revolution. They were at first drawn" Palaver" meeting-I assure you, it has no allutlemen, if ye think me a party man-ye mis-about the streets by the populace. Now, let us sion whatever to trades' meetings or political take me, gentlemen, if ye think me a parson,- see what is become of them; Mr. Necker is run clubs. It means the black Negers in Mumboye mistake me, if ye think me to be that detest-away to save himself from being hanged, Mr. Jumbo land, who are accustomed to assemble in able scoundrel which you have described me to La Fayette threw himself into the arms of his crowds under a cocoa-nut tree, and there they put he in your infamous dose of sedition-yea, gen- enemies to escape from assassination, and is their frizzled heads together and go gabble, tlemen, ye mistake me if ye think me such a now in gaol; but poor Rochefacault was not so gabble," like a pack of Jews on the Stock Ex. one as yourselves; in fine, gentlemen, ye alto- fortunate; the dagger gentry overtook him, pulled change, and then they finish up with a war-dance, gether mistake me; for however my wrath and him out of his carriage and shut the door, and and this they call a palaver; I assure you this is all indignation may be called out towards the viu- then-what then? Why they put him in again that is meant. I pledge my veracity that this was all lent and designing few, I am a man of peace, through the carriage window-but it was a bit at a my honoured father meant-only he thought some and would not have a miserable being on earth if time! they having first stabbed him with daggers of the orators of his day would cut a very handit were in my power to make them otherwise. I and afterwards mangled his body to pieces Oh, some figure in one of these black parliaments, and appeal to all moderate men, whether my "Advice shocking! The brave are always merciful, but wished to have 'em returned members, that's all.

bouring persons lies at the door of their masters,
and might be obviated by very little care and pains
on their part.

And now, having cautioned you against some I mean the profanation of the Sabbath by buying mistakes which you might have fallen into by and selling, and the confusion which is created in supposing things and persons to be alluded to the labouring man's family, and the consequent when 'twas no such thing; candour compels me There is, perhaps, not a single practice that neglect of public worship. These are, I think, to say that the Mr. Lafayette who is spoken could be mentioned not in itself directly sinful, undeniable results of the pernicious practice alof in my honoured father's book is the very that is the cause of so much moral evil as the habit|luded to. And surely, these ought to be regarded same that our people here fell so violently in of paying labourers wages on Saturday night. Even as evils of sufficient magnitude to make a master love with one warm September morning, in 1830, in cases where the man is sober and carries home pause before he wilfully incurs the responsibility Yes, I assure you, the very same! Having studied his wages to his wife, many evils ensue from the of being accessary to them. republicanisin in France, and subsequently taken late payment,-because the wife cannot make her In the case of the drunkard it will, perhaps, be his degrees in America, perhaps in the same little family arrangements till she have the money; alleged that, let him be paid when he will, the pubcollege with Cobbett; like him, he returned to consequently, instead of employing the evening lic house is ever open to him, and the same conto his native shores, to benefit his friends on this hour in cleaning the children and preparing their sequences will ensue; but there is this great side the water by his transatlantic discoveries. clothes to go to the Sunday school and the house aggravation of his temptation, that at the same As might be expected, he had a good deal to do of God on the morrow, she is obliged to sa ly moment that he obtains his money he is turned loose in the three memorable days of July, 1830; on forth at a late hour of the night to buy food and for six-and-thirty hours to live as he list, without which occasion his virtues shone so conspicuously, other necessaries; or what, I fear, is a still more any fear of being called to account for his conduct that as was said before, his fame reached Bristol; common case, these marketings are left till the provided he make his appearance in his proper the citizens met and voted an address to him, Sabbath morning. Indeed, it is an undoubted place on the Monday-morning. If he were to worded in a most glowing terms of admiration; fact, that many of the low shops in the city have have his grand drinking bout on any other night and history says that a deputation was sent over to more business on the Sabbath morning than dur- he would not be in a condition to return to his present the loyal address to the said La Fayette; ing any other part of the week: and why is this? work on the subsequent morning, and might lose but history doesn't record what became of 'em simply because their customers, not getting their his place; but the interval of Sunday gives him after, or how they were received. Poor gentlemen, wages till late on Saturday, feel themselves con- space to sleep off the fumes of the Saturday night's I hope they didn't get by mistake into the wrong strained to go and purchase the necessaries of life debauch; thus, you give him at once the means ship, and find themselves prematurely landed on on the Sabbath morning. The wife being thus occu- and the time for his guilty indulgence. And even the shores of king Bobo! pied on the morning of the holy day, the natural allowing that the same licentious practices would consequence is, that the children are not ready for in some cases ensue if the wages were paid on And now I've done with this subject as respects the Sunday school, the husband's linen is not any other evening, still, is it not a great aggra the public; but I can't help having another word ready for him to go to public worship, but is, per- vation of the evil that all these abominations should with the kind friend who called at Richardson's haps, to be washed that very morning; the wife be practised under such circumstances as to conand recommended Job Nott to study Cobbett's is full of domestic cares: the whole family are stitute them a gross violation of the Sabbath? style. I hope the friend alluded to has read the detained at home, and the habitation instead of Surely, in such cases we may truly say, the better above extract from my honoured father's writings. being the abode of quietude and order, is a scene the day the worse the deed. But you will ask, 'tis the first fair sample that has been produced; of litter, and confusion, whilst the employments of "What would you have us do?" Why, I'd have I hope twon't be the last. But just look at it the day are totally unlike what should be the occu- you all do what I know some conscientious masagain-read it over-look at the style-how suc-pation, of the "sweet day of sacred rest." And all ters in this city have long been in the habit of cinct, how terse, what point, what pathos, what this mainly occasioned by the mere thoughtless-doing, pay your men their wages on Friday evening, energy, and yet withall what clearness! Study ness of masters in paying their men on Saturday that their wives may have the money to go to Cobbett's style? Tut! Tut! a mere gatepost-style night! market on Saturday in good time, and may be compared to my honoured father's!-Here's my But if such evils result from this practice even able to get forward with their washing and other model; and whilst my name's Job Nott, whilst a in cases where the husband is sober what still family matters, so as that the sabbath may not be drop of the blood of the Nott's runs in my veins, more aggravated evils ensue when the men are trenched upon. And what possible objection can I'll never go to school to Wm. Cobbett!! dissolute. No sooner have the wretched creatures there be to this? In the case of sober men I received their earnings than they betake themselves can't even think of any objection. In the case to one of those numerous haunts of riot and de- of drunken dissolute men, perhaps you'll object bauchery, the doors of which are at that time that if they were paid on Friday, they wouldn't thrown wide to receive them. There they guzzle, come to work Saturday. I suspect these cases

ESSAYS TO DO GOOD,

No. 2.

faneness.

Job Nott is very fond of tracing up evils to their source. Now, as I was going to church on Sunday morning, I was shocked at seeing a fellow stagger out of a public house, in

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A cheap remedy against Drunkenness and Pro- and dispute, and indulge in coa se ribaldry and would not be so numerous as you imagine. If uproarious mirth, closing the midnight revel too anything can keep ungodly men sober, 'tis the frequently by fisty blows and other acts of out-fear of losing their employment; but suppose rage; meanwhile, the wretched wife weeps in some of them do play truant, and not come to secret if she be of a mild patient disposition; or if their work; then they'll be marked men, and it will she be of the opposite temperament, she fills the be the master's fault if he doesn't mark them with a street, neighbourhood with her loud complainings of the heavy brand of his displeasure, even to the diein a state which shewed too plainly how he had ruthless, pitiless, cold-blooded wretch to whom it missing them from his employ if incorrigible; been employing his Sabbath-morning; and casting has been her unhappy lot to be united; perhaps, she but you'll say, some of these drinking fellows my eye over the low blind of the tap-room, I could even betakes herself, in frantic despair, to the very are amongst the best workmen in my factory, and just catch a glimpse of some half dozen fellows, scene of his revels, and adds the highest accents 'twould be a loss to me to dismiss them." still carousing and debating over a newspaper. I of her empassioned eloquence to the discordant If this be your answer, if you prefer your own know not that I have been more heart-stricken by din of the midnight orgies. Driven to his garret gain before the welfare of society, the good of any of the scenes of iniquity which I have chanced for the residue of the night, the miserable man men's souls, and the glory of God; why then Job to witness, than I was by this proof of the degraded awakes on the Sabbath morning in a state of fever has done with you; but if you have any concern state of immorality and contempt of all decency which he knows no better method of allaying than to remedy the abominations above described-pag to which some, it is to be feared multitudes, of our the adding fuel to the fire of intemperance. the men on Friday. Only try it for six months, labouring population are reduced. I could not "They have beaten me, and I felt it not," is the and you'll be convinced that 'tis not only most but think of the character which the Prophet miserable man's language, "I will seek it yet practicable, but that it will be attended with begives of peculiarly abandoned profligates-namely, again." (Prov. xxiii. 35.) Accordingly he meets nefits far beyond your present conceptions. Many that they "rise up early to follow strong drink." his pot-companions at the accustomed haunt, and things might be done by a considerate master From meditating upon the evil, I was led to con- those scenes ensue which I have imperfectly de- which cannot be pointed out in this short essay. sider the cause, and perhaps not a few of our scribed as having met my eye on the morning of For instance, in the case of an incorrigible drunkrespectable citizens engaged in the trade and ma- the sacred day. And all this is in no inconsiderable ard the master might insist npon the man's letting nufactures of this great commercial city will be sur-degree owing to the payment of wages on Saturprised when I add, that my reflections led me to day-night.

the conclusion that a great part of the blame of The first class of evils mentioned as resulting this crying profanation of the Lord's-day by la- from this practice will, I think, be acknowledged

his wife come and receive the wages or part of them, and that at some special time when the man was engaged in his work. There is no need of multiplying suggestions-people don't want so

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much to be told what is right to be done as to be induced to do it. When there's a will there's

a way.

ABSCONDED!

One Nehemiah Nott, known to have had extensive concern with the late Bristol riots, and suspected of further designs in a similar way. Whoever will bring the said Nehemiah, and deliver him into the custody of the publisher, shall receive twenty numbers of this paper, and the grateful thanks of an anxious relative. Look out for a little man about five feet two inches high, long pale face, sharp nose, threecocked hat, a crop wig, and spectacles; close brown coat, with straight collar and large silver buttons, striped blue-and-white silk waistcoat, drab shorts, grey stockings, and short gaiters; an umbrella under his arm, and observed to hold frequent communication with his snuff-box. N. B. The last time he was seen or heard of, he was observed labelling a bottle of poison which he had bought at the poison shop-but the very circumstance of his being seen to put the label upon it-"POISON," in large letters-removes all apprehensions on that head.

If, in the course of your search for the fugitive, you should run against those notorious characters, Poet Woodby, or Dr. Heal-all, tell 'em they'd better make the best of their way home, or mayhap Job will send a bit of an advertizement after 'em. [One concern. DYING SPEECHES, CONFESSION, AND

BEHAVIOUR OF THREE RIOTERS.

earnest application for mercy through Christ, seen things as he now saw them, he would have done
before it should be too late. The kindness and all in his power to prevent the riots."
sympathy with which they were treated, and the Mackintosh, on the day before he suffered, wrote
disposition shewn to instruct them, gradually won a letter to his father and mother, strongly expres-
their confidence, and they frequently expressed sive of his affection and concern for their welfare.
their feelings and reflections on their past lives, After mentioning the comfort he had derived from
and on their present situation, with a considerable his Bible, he added, "Oh lor God's sake, brothers
degree of freedom. The apathy and indifference and sisters, read your Bibles; and you will find
which they had at first manifested, and the aver- comfort in them; always go to church-if I had
sion they had shewn to think or speak of their taken my mother's counsel, I should not have been
approaching death yielded by degrees, through here, (in prison)-Oh I am sorry for the way I
the blessing of God, to better impressions. Their have used such a God :—such a loving God as to
hearts by the power of his grace became humbled give his only Son to save sinners, even the chief of
and softened; they were willing and even desirous sinners."
to be instructed; and instead of any more irri- Sutherland addressed a letter to some of his
tating each other by mutual accusations, they all fellow-prisoners who were confined in a different
three appeared deeply impressed by a heart-felt port of the jail. The following is part of it: "Now
anxiety for the salvation of their souls. After my friends, hear the last dying testimony of a great
their consciences became thus awakened, they sinner;-beware of bad company, and breaking the
spent most of their leisure in hearing or reading Sabbath, rnd disobeying your parents, for this is
the Bible, and in religious conversation. To all the thing that has been my ruin.”
appearance they were truly taught of God; for On the morning of the execution, before they
their progress in religious knowledge was rapid, left the prison, they joined in devotional exercises.
and it was accompanied by most gratifying indi- At their own request they were permitted to retire
cations of a corresponding change of heart. One to a small adjoining apartment for prayer. They
of the first effects of this change in their views were heard severally to pray with great fervor.
and feelings was a lively and becoming sense of
the enormity of their past lives, and of the fla-
grancy of the crimes which had procured their

condemnation.

At the scaffold they expressed an earnest hope of pardon and salvation, through faith in their Redeemer. Their last moments were spent in fervent, ejaculatory prayer. They affectionately bid each other farewell; and about half-past three o'clock, on a signal given by Sutherland, they were launched into eternity, and died without a struggle.

One proof of their sincerity was, that so far from thinking that their repentance was sufficiciently deep, they lamented that their conviction of the guilt of sin, fell so short of what they were In the preceding history, we have a striking convinced it ought to be. The love of God in example of the depths of misery and infamy into the gift of a Saviour, and of the Saviour in dying which men may be betrayed by casting away the Three young men were executed at Edinburgh for our sins, melted their hard hearts into con- fear of God, and giving loose to their own sinful in the year 1812, for having been ringleaders in a trition, and they expressed deep sorrow at having and depraved passions. Let young men especially riot in that city, attended with robbery and other offended and dishonoured a Being of such un-reflect, that these penitent culprits traced back outrages. Their names were Mackintosh, Mac-speakable goodness and mercy. their ruin to Subbath-bqeaking, to idleness, to donald, and Sutherland.* Among the sins which they peculiarly con- drinking, and to bad company. Oh! my friends, if At the time of their imprisonment, their minds fessed and bewailed, they particularly dwelt on you are addicted to any one of these evil habits, take appeared wholly hardened, and insensible to any their habitual profanation of the Lord's day, which warning, and break off from them before it is too considerations of a religious or moral nature; they said had been one of the first causes of their late. The very first motions of sin should be reMacdonald was grossly ignorant,-and the state ruin. Instead of attending the worship of God, sisted. If given way to, and persevered in, you of mind in which Mackintosh and Sutherland and pursuing the welfare of their immortal souls, may be led step by step to the commission of crimes were, may be inferred from a fact which they they lamented that they had profaned this sacred at the very idea of which you will now shudder. themselves mentioned. Immediately after com- day in scenes of idleness and vice, in company Though the facts of the preceding narrative jusmitting the robberies they went off to Glasgow, with wicked associates who hardened each other tify a strong hope that these young men found and one evening they heard the family with whom in sin. mercy of the Lord, yet sad experience too fully they lodged engaged in the worship of God. This proves that it is dangerous to place too confident a struck their minds forcibly, and suggested the reliance on appearances and professions of repentquestion, "Whether there is a God, and a world ance made in the immediate prospect of death. to come." After some discussion, they came to this conclusion, "That there is no God, and no world to come;" but they afterwards acknowledged that the secret cause which led them to this implous assertion, was that "they wished it

to be so."

As the time fixed for their trial approached, they were often in alarm as to the issue; but none of them on receiving sentence of death manifested any particular emotion. Indeed, for some days after, they tried to shake off as much as possible all thought of their approaching death, and either appeared thoughtless, or else spent their time in accusing one another.

How full are such confessions of solemn warning to parents, to watch over the habits of their children in the dangerous period of youth, and to children to listen to the admonitions of their best friends, and to lay to heart these affecting proofs of the consequences of early impiety.

While, therefore, we hope the best in the present instance, let none be tempted for a moment to misconstrue such examples, or perversely take They spoke with peculiar abhorrence of the low encouragement from them to continue in sin, under public-houses, so much resorted to by thoughtless the delusive idea, that though the worst should young persons of both sexes, as well as of those happen, they may after all die in peace, and go dreadful nurseries of profligacy and wickedness, to heaven. To reason thus would be madness. houses of ill flame. Sutherland was one day asked Of the criminals who suffer, though very many if he ever read the Bible before he was appre-acknowledge the justice of their fate, and are terhended, "My mother," he replied, "used some-rified at the idea of death and judgment, few, very times to make me read it, but I felt a hatred of few, have left behind them such satisfactory eviit, because when I read it, I found it condemned dences of repentance as these young men. The the ways I was going on in, and I tried to get quit of it as much as possible.

The period of their execution, however, was not "I believe it to be a part of God's mercy to hurried. A full month intervened between it and me," said Sutherland, "that I was not suddenly their trial. The Rev. Mr. Porteous, chaplain of cut off in my sins." He then added, "that but the prison, and other ministers visited them, and for having been arrested in his course of iniquity, endeavoured to impress their minds with a due he felt sure he should have been going on in his

effect, therefore, of such rare examples should be not to encourage more in iniquity, but to draw them away from it: for "the grace of God, which bringeth salvation, teacheth us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly.” Titus ii. 12.“

sense of their guilt before God, and of the un-old ways, as forgetful of eternity as ever;" and Bristol: Printed and Published by J. & W. RICHARDspeakable importance of true repentance and an See an interesting Tract lately published by Chilcott,

said, "he should delight to have an opportunity of
trying to persuade his former companions to aban-
don their wicked ways; and that, had he formerly

SON, No. 6, Clare-Street, to whose care all communications may be addressed, post paid; also sold by J. NORTON, Corn-Street, and J. CHILCOTT, Wine-Street.

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that you look so chop-fallen?" "Why between ourselves," said I, "pray don't mention it on any account, but between ourselves, I'm a little out of sorts about this week's number; for inadvertently my spice-box is run low, and I'm sadly afraid they'll say that Job nods." "Pshaw!" said Nehemiah," dont be hippish, man; depend upon't 'twill do very well. Why you know it not made of one continuous diamond; there has been well said that the imperial crown is must be some baser matter to connect the

To explaim myself more fully: Job's friends it seems are very much divided about how they would have him go on. One thinks that he's Now I can truly say that I'm most grateful too prosy and religious, and another thinks to my honored customers for the pains they take that there's too much froth and frisk in his to mend me. To be sure, advice is allowed to be publications: one would have Job turn merry, the cheapest of all articles, and is commonly andrew, and keep the company in a perpetual administered to the poor gratis. And by the giggle; another would put canonicals on him, way, my good friends and honored customers; and set him preaching, which mayhap would gems.". Thinks I to myself that's not a bad you I mean who get your bread by labour and put 'em to sleep: one would have Job cut and hit, so I'll put it down. Now what I mean to observe is, that report says that very number earn every penny by the sweat of your brow- slash away manfully with the lancet of sharp cenbeware I pray you of those quacks, who make sure, whilst another recommends the mild molli- which Job was so out of conceit with, took the a boast that they give you their advice for nothing fying oil of persuasion. Now amidst these various fancy of his customers more than almost any and only charge for the medicine. Why nine and opposing sentiments, I know not that Job can other;-and so the moral I would draw from it all is, not to be disheartened in any useful times out of ten, the medicine doesn't cost do better than just go on as he has been going work by a multitude of objections and conthem more than a farthing; and so their boasted endeavouring to accommodate his medicines to liberality only amounts to this, that if their the particular circumstances and condition of tending views and sentiments; and not to be advice were worth a farthing, they wouldn't the several classes of patients, who apply at perpetually wavering and changing one's plans give it you. If you attend to this hint, mayhap his moral dispensary. As to its being all grave, forward according to the best of one's honest upon every breath of opinion; but to go straight 'twill save you many a three and sixpence that why 'twould be out of the question; that ground judgment, listening to the sentiments of others, might be better spent. My blood has often is already occupied by the religious tract so- but not being so enslaved to them as to have risen in my cheeks with indignation when the cieties; on the other hand to be all fun, is no opinion of one's own: this is a useful maxim poor woman has taken down the six ounce equally impracticable.-I've heard of a plum- in many walks of life, and especially in that bottle of mixture which she had of "the good pudding made without plums-i.e. there was which Job Nott has chosen to pursue. doctor, that gives his advice for nothing, and only one plum in the pudding; but I never only charges for the medicine."

heard of a pudding made of all plums, nor a has; and 'tis a great pity that some honest men Every man hasn't such good advisers as Job But this by the way; Job doesn't mean that ragout made of all pepper; no, no, 'tis impos- don't think for themselves a little more than this applies in the least to the advice so kindly sible in the nature of things; there must be they do, and not suffer themselves to be ridden offered to him. On the contrary, he begs to flour and suet as well as plums; there must so roughly by the would-be counsellors of the repeat that it gives him great pleasure and be some material for the spice to be infused present day. encouragement to find that his friends watch into. This was well illustrated by that runaway over him, and are anxious to direct him right Cousin of mine, Nehemiah. I'll tell you the in the mode of healing his patients: the only story. One morning two or three weeks ago, difficulty is, when such different and opposite as I was walking along the street rather out of . prescriptions are sent in, to know which to sorts, and no doubt pulling a very long face, I have already raked a little into the secret take. When one doctor recommends bark and whom should I meet but Cousin Nehemiah; history of this literary gem. I have shown port wine, and another bleeding and digitalis; "Ah Job" says Neh. catching me by the hand, that Chubb the pretended author of it is only when one is for a perpetual blister, and the "how dost do my old boy? what's the matter an agent in the business; that its real author

REVIEW OF THE BLACK LIST. (Continued.)

that he should take the trouble to write libels falling back upon his own head, he cares little
upon them? why I'll tell you. In the first about that; he is sure that his reputation will
place he hates Lords in general-he has always not suffer, but rather the contrary, seeing to be
had a great enmity against the idea of supe- the most inventive liar, and the most accom-
riority; it was his enmity against sovereignty plished deceiver is the height of his ambition,
and subordination, that caused him to be cast and the perfection of his character.
out of heaven. In short, he detests the very
names and titles of superiority and sovereignty
if given to any but himself; the very motto of
Satan's coat of arms is

Whilst, however, we speak of this production,
(the Black List) as only a single specimen of the
dirty work which this author is continually en-
gaged in, it must be allowed that he hasn't often
ventured to put his invention upon such a stretch;
his common plan is to invent more plausible
and credible slanders that people may more
easily swallow them; but here, he offers 'em
such a bolus as one would think John Bull
himself could hardly take in at a gulp.
I've told you the reason of this bold attempt,
namely, that in addition to the general end
and design of these Satanic productions, the
chef d'œuvre to show the perfection of the art,
present publication is put forth as a sort of
and to put the gullibility of Englishmen to the
utmost possible test.

But

is King Satan, and that it was printed at the government office in Pandemonium. This has been proved in the most logical way; I have shown it by external evidence, derived from the mark of the Dragon's tooth clearly discernible in the types, and from the exceeding blackness of the ink, far out doing the darkest hue of Hunt's blackest blacking, and which can only be produced by an infusion of the mire of the Stygian Lake, mixed with other ingredients known to be employed in the Pan"Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven," demonium press, and there only. This proof from external evidence has been corroborated and accordingly he is incessantly employed in by internal evidence, drawn from the style of setting all beings in the universe against their the thing; the design, the whole plan of the lawful superiors; and amongst other methods work so manifestly Satanic, so exactly cor- which he takes, this of blackening over the charesponding with the other productions of the racter of men in authority by lies and scandal, same author; above all, the subject matter of and thus exhibiting them to their inferiors in a the thing, the lies, the agglomeration of lies hateful light is one of his most common artihere presented to us in such a condensed form, fices. This will account for his enmity against and in a manner which so far outdoes every Lords in general, but whilst he hates all thing of that kind which has been attempted Lords, he especially hates spiritual Lords beeven in this age of improvement in every cause their government and administration science-that it proclaims the hand of a mas- tends more immediately and directly to the injury ter in the art, and proves to demonstration of his kingdom. They were set up for the express So much for the origin and title of this precious that it could come from no other pen but his purpose of opposing him. They hold their power, literary performance; and now for the Preface. who is " a Liar and the Father of it." Thus, and dignities, and revenues upon this very condi- You know the use of a preface is, to give a I have laid this hideous-looking black foundling tion that they apply themselves to the rooting general account of the nature of the work. at the right door; and have, so far, relieved out of Satan's kingdom. They declare that they Accordingly, this publication has got a preface. Chubb of his responsiblity, by proving that he receive their commission not merely from man It used to be the fashion for the author of a is only the foster-father of the brat. but from God himself, and on this account they book to get some friend to write the preface And now, to begin with the actual contents are the objects of the greatest enmity of Sa- of his book to puff it off a bit, which an author's of the publication. First, we have the Title, tan and all his agents, who oppose, and villify own modesty wouldn't allow him to do. Now, which has already been given: but as the all who hold on God's side, and especially all I'm not quite sure but this author may have reader may not have the last number of Job who are leaders and standard bearers in God's followed this plan, and being too modest to Nott by him, I here repeat it. armies. Now, these spiritual Lords are God's praise his own performance, may have got his "The Black List, being the Annual Amount high commissioners, to carry on war with Satan friend Chubb to write a bit of an introduction; of pickings of the Peers and their Families, who and his hosts, and they enlist soldiers to fight however, whoever were the writer, Satan or voted against the Reform Bill, in the House against him, and make them take a solemn Chubb, the preface of the work is as follows:of Lords on Saturday, October 8, 1831." oath to fight manfully against sin, the world, "This list has been compiled with immense As I have thought it necessary to repeat and the devil, and to be Christ's faithful sol- labour and expense; and although it is imposthe title of the publication, so for the same diers and servants unto their life's end. How sible to be completely accurate in all the calreason, I think it needful to repeat a caution then, can Satan do otherwise than hate such culations, yet the amount is rather under than which I have already given to my reader, not men, and all who are anywise leagued with them over the mark. It must be observed, that all to suppose that Job Nott is taking up the Re- in labouring to upset his kingdom? He does the sums stated are received annually. With form question. By no means he has no right hate them, and teaches his agents and emis-respect to the Bishops (the greatest of all the to do so, because that would be to talk politics, saries to hate them with a perfect hatred; and cormorants) we have had no means of calcuand he has no wish to do so, because it would that's the true cause of his putting forth this lating exactly the wages they receive. We be to be a party màn. No-this review will publication to blacken their character, and have, however, taken each benefice at £500 a have no reference to the Reform Bill, except excite his emissaries to a fiercer attack. Re- year. There are many which are under this so far as to point out the moral object of form Bill? Pshaw! what does this writer care sum of annual worth we will allow; but there the publication of the "list." It's moral object about Reform? the only Reform he wants is are more worth several thousands a year each. then, is evidently to blacken the characters of the downfall of all authority except his own; Independent of the actual money the Peers the Peers of England, and bring them into con- and especially the downfall of all religion, as receive, there is another snug little bit called tempt, and thus set the people against them. the greatest barrier to the establishment of patronage, which although it is not bona fide Now, I'm prepared to show that the Reform that universal empire, which he, (Satan) is money, is the same thing. To have the absoquestion was only the mere occasiou for this seeking to set up. lute power of giving £100 a year is to possess manifestation of a malevolent spirit against In the course of this review, then, we shall that £100 a year; for of course we give it to these noblemen, and that the real ground of dismiss all allusion to the Reform Bill, which some relation, friend, or servant, whom otherthe writer's hatred of them lies deeper. It is merely the stalking horse employed by the wise we should have been obliged to provide isn't to be supposed that either Satan or his writer to conceal his designs; and shall lay open for out of our own private purse; so, in fact, emissaries cared so much about Reform as to the true object and real motives of the author; the value is enjoyed by ourselves. Yet in our take all these pains to exhibit the character of which are totally independent of any particular list we have reckoned nothing for patronage. men in such an odious light about that. Oh political question whatsoever. Such, then, is In short, we have only placed the known sums no, be assured 'tis an old grudge that the the known object of Satan in this and all simi- paid to these *******. We will leave writer has got against 'em. But you'll per- lar works-he is continually throwing dirt at the world to judge whether this way of distrihaps say, what special enmity or ill-will the characters of his opponents, in the hope buting the labour of the people is best caleucan Satan possibly have against these Peers, that some of it may stick; and as for any of it lated to do good or evil to the country. . . . . .

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