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writing materials. "No, not now, but in a day or two's time. I confess, my dear Mr. Titmouse, if I might have decided on the matter, I should have been satisfied with your verbal promise; but, I must say, Mr. Quirk's grey hairs seem to have made him quite-ch? you understand? Don't you think so, Mr. Titmouse?"

"To be sure! 'pon my honour, Mr. Gammon!" replied Titmouse, not very distinctly understanding, however, what he was so energetically assenting to.

"I dare say you wonder why we wish you to stop a few months longer at your present hiding-place-at Dowlas's?"

"Can't, after the tenth of next month, sir."

"But as soon as we begin to fire off our guns against the enemy-Lord, my dear sir, if they could only find out, you know, where to get at you-you would never live to enjoy your ten thousand a-year! They'd either poison or kid. nap you get you out of the way, unless you keep out of their way: and if you will but consent to keep snug at Dowlas's for a while, who'd suspect where you was? We could easily arrange with your friend Tag-rag that you should”.

"My stars! I'd give something to hear you tell Tag-rag-why, I wonder what he'll do !"

"Make you very comfortable, and let you have your own way in every thing."

"Go to the play, for instance, whenever I want, and do all that sort of thing?"

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Nay, try any thing!-And as for money, I've persuaded Mr. Quirk to consent to our advancing you a certain sum per week, from the present time, while the cause is going on," (Titmouse's heart began to beat fast,) "in order to place you above absolute inconvenience; and when you consider the awful sums we shall have to disburse-cash out of pocket-(coun. sel, you know, will not open their lips under a guinea)—for court-fees, and other indispensable matters, I should candidly say that four thousand pounds of hard cash out of pocket, advanced by our firm in your case, would be the very lowest." (Titmouse stared at him with an expression of stupid wonder.) "Yes-four thousand pounds, Mr. Titmouse, at the very least -the very least." Again he

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paused, keenly scrutinizing Titmouse's features by the light of the candles, which just then were brought in. "You seem surprised, Mr. Titinouse." "Why-why-where's all the money to come from, sir ?" exclaimed Titmouse, aghast.

"Ah! that is indeed a fearful ques. tion," replied Gammon, with a very serious air; "but at my request, our firm has agreed to make the necessary advances; and also (for I could not bear the sight of your distress, Mr. Titmouse!) to supply your necessities liberally in the mean time, as I was saying."

"Won't you take another glass of wine, Mr. Gammon?" suddenly inquired Titmouse, with a confident air.

"With all my heart, Mr. Titinouse! I'm delighted that you approve of it. I paid enough for it, I can warrant you."

"Cuss me if ever I tasted such wine! Uncommon! Come, no heeltaps, Mr. Gammon-here goes-let's drink-success to the affair!"

"With all my heart, my dear sir— with all my heart. Success to the thing-amen!" and Gammon drained his glass; so did Titmouse. “Ah! Mr. Titmouse, you'll soon have wine enough to float a frigate-and indeed what not-with ten thousand a-year?”

"And all the accumulations, you know-ha, ha!"

"Yes-to be sure-accumulations. The sweetest estate that is to be found in all Yorkshire. Gracious! Mr. Titmouse!" continued Gammon, with an excited air-"what may you not do? Go where you like-do what you like get into Parliament-marry some lovely woman!"

"Lord! Mr. Gammon!-you ain't dreaming? Nor I? But now, in course, you must be paid handsome for your trouble!-Only say how much-name your sum! What you please! You only give me all you've said."

"For my part, I wish to rely entirely on your mere word of honour.Between gentlemen, you know-my dear sir."

"You only try me, sir."

"But you see, Mr. Quirk's getting old, and naturally is anxious to provide for those whom he will leave behind him-and so Mr. Snap agreed with him-two to one against me, Mr. Titmouse-of course they carried the day

-two to one."

"Only say the figure."

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It's not to be thought of, sir." "So I said; and as for throwing it up-to be sure we shall have ourselves to borrow large sums to carry on the war-and unless we have your bond for at least ten thousand pounds, we cannot raise a farthing."

"Hang'd if you sha'n't do what you like!-Give me your hand, and do what you like, Gammon !"

"Thank you, Titmouse! How I like a glass of wine with a friend in this quiet way!--you'll always find me rejoiced to show".

"Your hand! By George-Didn't I take a liking to you from the first! But to speak my mind a bit-as for Mr. Quirk-excuse me-but he's a cur -cur-cur-curmudgeon-hem!"

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Hope you've not been so imprudent, my dear Titmouse, "threw in Gammon, rather anxiously, "as to borrow money-eh?"

"Devil knows, and devil cares! No stamp, I know-bang up to the mark" -here he winked an eye, and put his finger to his nose-" wide awake Huck-uck-uck-uck! how his name sti-sticks. Your hand, Gammonhere-this, this way-tol de rol, tol de rol-ha! ha! ha!-what are you bobbing your head about for? The floor-how funny-at sea-here we go up, up, up-here we go down, downoh dear!"-he clapped his hand to his head.

[Pythagoras has finely observed, that a man is not to be considered dead drunk till he lies on the floor, and stretches out his arms and legs to pre. vent his going lower.]

See saw, see saw, up and down, up and down, went every thing about him. Now he felt sinking through the

floor, then gently rising to the ceiling. Gammon seemed getting into a mist, and waving about the candles in it. Mr. Titmouse's head swam; his chair seemed to be resting on the waves of the sea.

"I'm afraid the room's rather close, Mr. Titmouse," hastily observed Gammou, perceiving, from Titmouse's suddea paleness and silence, but too evident symptoms that his powerful intellect was for a while paralysed. Gammon started to the window and opened it. Paler, however, and paler became Titmouse. Gammon's game was up much sooner than he had calculated on.

"Mrs. Mumps! Mrs. Mumps! order a coach instantly, and tell Tomkins" -that was the inn porter--" to get his son ready to go home with this gentleman-he's not very well." He was obeyed. It was, in truth, all up with Titmouse-at least for a while.

As soon as Gammon had thus got rid of his distinguished guest, he or dered the table to be cleared of the glasses, and tea to be ready within half an hour. He then walked out to enjoy the cool evening; on returning, sat pleasantly sipping his tea, now and then dipping into the edifying columns of the Sunday Flash, but oftener ruminating upon his recent conversation with Titmouse, and speculating upon its possible results; and a little after eleven o'clock, that good man, at peace with all the world--calm and sereneretired to repose. He had that night rather a singular dream; it was of a snake encircling a monkey, as if in gentle and playful embrace. Suddenly tightening its folds, a crackling sound was heard ;-the writhing coils were then slowly unwound-and, with a shudder, he beheld the monster licking over the motionless figure, till it was covered with a viscid slime. Then the serpent began to devour its prey; and, when gorged and helpless, behold, it was immediately fallen upon by two other snakes. To his disturbed fancy, there was a dim resemblance between their heads and those of Quirk and Snap-he woke—thank God! it was only a dream.

INDEX TO VOL. XLVI.

Aberystwith, an excursion over the
mountains to, 66.

Affairs of the East, Egypt, Turkey, 100.
Agriculture, on, in a letter from Eusebius

to his friend on taking to farming, 733
-his friend's reply, 740.
Alison's History of the French Revolu-
tion, Vol. VII. reviewed, 272.
Antediluvians; or the world destroyed, a
poem, by James M'Henry, M.Ď., re-
viewed, 119.

Aytoun, William E., his tale of Hermo-
timus, in verse, 592.

Bellmanship, the, a true story, Chap. I.,
381-Chap. II., 383-Chap. III., 386
-Chap. IV., 389.

Bower of peace, the, by Delta, 116.
British Institution, 472.
Burns, 256.

Calderon de la Barca, Don Pedro, his
character as a dramatic writer con-
sidered, 715.
Casuistry,455-exemplified, I. in the case
of the Jaffa massacre, 457-II. Piracy,
461-III. Usury, 462- IV. Bishop
Gibson's Chronicon Preciosum, 463.
Chartists and universal suffrage, 289-
the discontents of the working classes
have at length attracted the attention
of government, ib.—it is a retribution to
the Whigs for their former agitations,
ib.-their mode of checking the vio-
lence of these men is fraught with in.
justice, 290-their policy was the same
in Canada, ib.-this is condemned
with strong reasoning, 219-what is
now the cry of the Chartists, but that
they have not obtained the fruits of
reform? 294--they are unfit for the
functions of government by their dis-
positions and habits, 295-as striking-
ly exemplified in the case of Glasgow,
298-there is no desire to cast a shade
upon the working classes, 300-the
good results arising from these Chart.
ists' movements stated, 301--to the
Conservative party they afford lessons
of no ordinary importance, 302.
Church of Scotland, in its present posi.
tion, Part I. 573-Part II. 799. In
this article the Veto act of 1834 of the

General Assembly is proved not to have
had a precedent. The people never pos-

sessed the power of electing their
ministers. Though patronage was at
one time abolished, the people never
obtained the right, which was vested
in the kirk session.

Colonial neglect and foreign propitiation,
752.

Colonial Government and the Jamaica
Question, 75--the unhappy contest
between the Mother Country and the
Colonial Legislature, has attracted a
large portion of public attention, ib.—
colonial jealousy and discontent is the
rock on which all great maritime powers
have split, ib.-history abounds with
proofs of this leading truth, ib.-nu-
merous as are the evils, social, physi
cal, and political, in this country, they
may all be converted into a source of
strength by a due attention to our co-
lonial dependencics, 76-Do we fear
the rapid progress of European manu.
factures? 77-Is Ireland a source of
incessant disquietude? ib.-Is money
wanting to carry generous designs into
effect? 78-instead of giving relief to
the old empire, the British Government
has committed sins both of omission
and commission, 79-Three principles,
in which the rule of a parent state can
continue for ages to be exercised over
distant colonies, elucidated by exam-
ples, 79-83-the West Indies, with
respect to a vital point of colonial pros.
perity, a constant supply of agricultur.
al labourers, stand in a very peculiar
situation, 83-to have rendered eman-
cipation unhurtful to the colonies, the
duty on sugar should have been low-
ered, 85-instead of this, heavy im-
posts have been placed on rude pro
duce, ib.-the effect has been the de
crease of our colonial produce, 87-and
to double the extent and quadruple the
horrors of the foreign slave trade, 88
-Mr. Buxton's statements on this
subject adduced, 89.
Cossacks, the, 345.
Court-Cabinet-the Country, 417-the
reckless career of the Court and the
Cabinet are well depicted in this arti
cle, and many instances adduced in
support of the allegation.
Crowning of Charlemagne, in verse, 691.
Cursory cogitations concerning cats, 653.

Death Chant for the Sultan, By B. Sim-
mons, 319.

Delta's poem of the Bower of Peace, 116.
Dietetics, legal, 30.

Dinners real and reputed, 815.

Egypt, Affairs of the East, Turkey, 100.
Europe, its history from the commence-
ment of the French Revolution in 1789,
to the restoration of the Bourbons in
1815, by Archibald Alison, F.R.S.E.,
-volume seventh reviewed, 272.
Excursion over the mountains to Aberyst.
with, narrated, 66.

Fables, literary, from the Spanish of
Yriarte, 202.

Family, Continental, tour and its results,
in six glimpses. Glimpse the first-
Home, 56. Glimpse the second-Ge-
neva, 57. Glimpse the third--Rome,
58. Glimpse the fourth-Naples, 60.
Glimpse the fifth-Baden Baden, 62.
Glimpse the sixth-Home, 64.
Fine arts, murder considered as one of
them, 664.

French literature of the 18th century. By
Villemain, reviewed, Part I. 1-Part
II. 321.

Goethe's life and works, No. I. from my
life, poetry, and truth, Part I. 476
Book I. 477-Part II. Book II. 597.
Grattan, Henry, memoirs of his life and
times, by his son, reviewed, Part I.
392-Part II. 520.

Hamlet, on his feigned madness, 449.
Hasty hints upon horses, 170.
Have you read Ossian? 693.
Hemans, Mrs., B. Simmons' inscription in
the new edition of her works, 320.
Hermotimus, a tale, in verse, by William
E. Aytoun, 592.

Holywel! lodge, the tenants of it, a tale,
677.

Hope, the subject of our pocket compa-
nions, 145.

Hume's argument against miracles, 91-
Section II. ib.-Section III. 92-Sec-
tion IV. 94-Section V. 97-Section
VI. 98-General recapitulation of the
argument, 99.

Jamaica question, 75.

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Pietro D'Abano, a tale of enchantment,
from the German of Tieck, Chap. I.,
The funeral, 228-Chap. II., The
monk, 229-Chap. III., The robber's
den, 231-Chap. IV., The incantation,
235-Chap. V., The search, 238-
Chap. VI., Berecynth, 239-Chap.
VII., The purple chamber, 240-Chap.
VIII., The disenchantment, 244-
Chap. IX., The hermit's cell, 245-
Chap. X., The meeting in Rome, 247
-Chap. XI., A new friend, 248-
Chap. XII., A chapter on beauty and
other matters, 250-Chap. XIII., The
end of Pietro, 253-Chap. XIV., The
conclusion, 254.

Picture exhibitions-National Gallery-
British Institution, 467.

Picture Gallery, the, No. VIII., 46-pe.
destrian in spite of himself, or the mis-
haps of a night, a tale, 47.

Poetry, a prosing upon that subject, 195

Khouli Khan, the manner of his death Protestants of Scotland, letter to them,
related in verse, 317.

177.

Lay quibbling. Lector on it, in a letter to Queen Argenis, a poem, 767.

Christopher North, Esq. 744.

Legal dietetics, 30.

Literary fables, from the Spanish of Yri.
arte, 202.

Lungs of London, the 212-St. James's
Park, 214-The Green Park, 220-

Queer stick, the, a rustic legend, in
verse, 614.

Roman Western empire, on the true re-
lations to civilisation and barbarism of
the, 644.

Rot your Italianos, by a man behind his

age, 410.

Royal Academy and its exhibitions, 304.

Sayings and essayings, by Archæus, 669.
Scotland, letters addressed to the Protes-
tants of, 177-on the present position
of the Church of, 573-799.
Simmons's, B., Death chant for the Sul-
tan, 319-his inscription in the new
edition of Mrs. Hemans' works, 320.
Song-writing, Burns, 256-Moore, 368.
State Trials, specimen of a new edition,
by Nicholas Thirning Moile, Esq. of
the Inner Temple, special pleader, re-
viewed, 548.

Stick, the queer, a rustic legend, in
versc, 614.

Telegraph on Montmartre, Napoleon's,
689.

Ten thousand a-year, a tale, Part I. 505
-Part II. 620-Part III. 832.
Tenants of Holywell Lodge, a tale, Chap.
I. 677-Chap. II. 680-Chap. III.
683-Chap. IV. 688.

Tieck's tale of Pietro D'Abano, 228.
Torquato Tasso, or the prison and the
crown, a drama, by the Baron von
Zedlitz, 431.

Tory and Whig finance, 494.
Tour, a family continental one, and its
results, 56,

Traveller, notes of a, No. II. 19.
Turkey, Egypt, and the Affairs of the

East, 100-there is an enchantment
in all that relates to the East, ib.-the
Christian, when he thinks of the East,
remembers the "Man of Sorrows," ib.
-the philosopher thinks of the East as
a storehouse of materials for the mind,
101-a short historical sketch of Egypt,
as a dependent of Turkey, 102-the
treaty of Kutahia has constituted
Egypt an independent state, 103-the
boasting of France that this treaty is

favourable to her views, considered, ib.
-her encouragement of rebellion in
Egypt asserted, 106-from the preten.
sions and policy of France turn to those
of Russia in regard to the Porte, 108-
114.

Universal suffrage and the chartists, 289.

Villemain, his history of the French lite

rature of the 18th century, reviewed,
Part I. 1-Part II. 321.

Whig and Tory finance, 494-state of
the public debt in 1816, 495-two
most important circumstances crippled
the Tory administrations from being
able to reduce the public debt rapidly;
the first the general distress after the
war, from 1816 to 1830, 496-the
second the resumption of cash pay.
ments in 1819, 497-in both respects,
the Whig government have been
widely different, ib.-the financial
measures of the Whig government
during nine years of prosperity, con-
trasted with those of the Tory, 499,
501-the fatal delusion of self-govern.
ment in the matter, is the truc cause
of the present disastrous state of our
finances, 502-Tory administrations
injured the sinking fund, and repealed
too many indirect taxes, 503-these
arose from attending to Whig clamour,
ib.-and so was the increase of debt
occasioned by the emancipation of the
negroes, ib.--the reckless spirit of
Whig financial legislation evinced in
their step regarding the post-office
revenue, ib.

Yriarte, literary fables of, 202.

Zedlitz, Baron Von, his drama of Tor
quato Tasso, analysed, 431.

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