The concluding sentence I omit merely call it a compilation. But no, 'tis not modesty, though this calculation may not be "completely because it refers to politics. 'tis fudge, for the object evidently is to get accurate," yet that it is "rather under than Now, whether this preface were written by greater credit to the publication, by pretending over the mark!!" Credat Judæus! The the author of the work or by his friend Chubb, that the materials of this work were gotten writer next says, "It must be observed that all certainly it has one merit which does not belong from various sources, when in fact they were the sums stated are received annually." We to all prefaces; that is, it is appropriate. It all made in one shop, and made for the pur- might let this pass-because we are going to agrees very well with the general character of pose; just like some lying tradesmen will as- show that most of them are not received at all, the publication, which it is intended to intro- sure you with a grave face, that the goods are and consequently are not received annually: duce; and prepares, and as it were, tunes the "real India," when they know very well that therefore, viewing this clause merely as a solimind for what follows. You constantly hear they were made in their own factory. But, the tary bounce out of the many, it would not need musicians give a flourish of their instrument writer proceeds to say, not only that this Black particular comment;-but to show the difficulty before they begin, running over the notes in the List was compiled, but that it was "compiled which liars have in keeping up consistency "Key" in which they are about to play the with immense labour and expense." Now, this with their own statements, I will just observe tune; and this whilst it prepares the musician again smells of the shop for 'twas all home- that, in the List we find several Peers with the for his performance, at the same time prepares made, you may depend upon it; 'twas all woven word" was" affixed to their offices-yet the List the ear of the audience, and sets it as it were at the great Bounce Manufactory, in Pandemo- professes to exhibit the pickings of the Peers to the proper key. This explains the use of nium, of which Satan is the sole Proprietor, now. Thus, according to the writer's own the exordiums of orators, and the prefaces of where the great water-wheel is turned by a shewing, are received," often means in his book writers-the intention is to give the never-failing stream of lava, and the spinning dialect, were received; and yet, noblemen reader or hearer his cue, and prepare his mind jennies are all made of cockatrice heads, vo- who have been long since deprived of their for what is coming; and, therefore, it is one of miting out a perpetual thread of falsehood. emoluments, are to be held up to the public eye, the chief requisites of an exordium or a preface 'Tis plain, I repeat, that this brag about in the same odious light, as if they were in acthat it be in character with the whole speech, or labour and expense, is all fudge. If, indeed, tual present possession of the offices or emoluthe whole book. Now, the preface to the black we could suppose for a moment, that Chubb ments set against their names! Thus, to assert list has this merit in a high degree; it is a lying did the thing, or that 'twas done at all by hand; that men are receiving emoluments which they preface prefixed to a lying publication; that is why then, as has been admitted already, the have long since been deprived of, is a barefaced the appropriateness of the thing; it is suitable labour would be immense to collect so much fudge and an odious scandal-but, what shall to the matter. Then, again, it serves most ad- bounce, and compress it into so small a compass we say of the setting offices, pensions, and emomirably to prepare the mind, because there is but what to mere human powers, were a task luments, against the names of men, who never an air of plausibility and of pretended fairness more than Herculean, is nothing to the power-possessed them? What shall we say of exposthrown over it, whilst at the same time it is loom of Pandemonium; there, beyond doubt, ing men to public odium, as being in possession evident, that this very pretence of candour only the thing was done, and there it could be got up of pensions or emoluments from government serves to aggravate the charges conveyed, like with the greatest ease-for orders for bounce when they never had any places, pensions, or as objects look bigger when seen through a fog. to any extent, are there executed at the short- emoluments at all? And yet this is in numeThe misty veil of pretended candour serves to est notice. So much for the immense labour and rous instances done by this wholesale dealer in magnify the lie, by leaving an impression upon expense of the work!-the next clause of the Bounce. I am sorry to break off in the middle the reader's mind that the worst is not told, sentence one could almost fancy to be an inter- of the preface :-but I'm afraid of tiring you whilst, in fact, the representations are of the polation, because it contains a portion of truth, by going through the whole of it now; and most exaggerated kind. but Satan himself will sometimes employ truth therefore reserve my farther observations for With these remarks, I will now proceed to to serve a turn-" it is impossible (says the the next number. If any of my readers should give you some skimmings of the preface of the writer,) to be completely accurate in all the be disposed to think that Job is wasting his black list, reserving the review of the remainder calculations;" this is a bit of truth-almost the time, in criticising this publication so much at of the preface, and also of the contents of the only bit in the whole publication, and it comes length, I beg to let them know that the pains publication itself for another opportunity. sneaking in as if ashamed of its company-but I am taking are not greater than the occasion And, Nota Bene, to avoid the frequent repeti-mark, for what object was this bit of truth in- justifies; for that this publication, like all that tion of words that are in every blackguard's troduced? why just to throw the mist of affected comes from the pen of the same author, has been mouth, and in which certain portions of the press candour before our eyes, and to give greater read with the greatest eagerness, and its poiof the present day very frequently indulge, force to the Double Bounce that follows;" yet sonous contents swallowed with the utmost such as "lies," "liar," &c., I shall give the amount is rather under than over the mark." credulity by the great mass of our labouring technical names to the different gradations of The force and application of this you will bet-population; and that this little short specimen untruth illustrated by this work, viz. a decep- ter understand when we come to the contents of diabolical invention, aided by the secret tion I shall call a "fudge," a direct lie I shall of the publication for instance, when we read influence of its powerful and popular author, call" a bounce," and a first-rate lie I shall call in the List, that His Grace the Duke of Beau- has probably done more to excite discontent, to "a double bounce." fort* receives annually £48,000 out of the public set the labouring classes against their superiors, This being premised, I proceed to examine money, it will be very edifying to recollect that, and to kindle incendiary fires, than any other the preface, sentence by sentence; for it is so writings whatsoever, not excepting even those of full of edification, that it were a thousand pities in my review, yet I cannot refrain from just remind* Though it is rather anticipating a further stage William Cobbett himself! to pass over a single clause of it. To begin ing my readers, that one active agent in dissemina- However Job is anxious to do all he can to then." This list has been compiled with im-ting this scandalous libel upon the Duke of Beau- snuff out this torch of sedition with the finger mense labour and expense." Erratum, for fort, was glad to escape punishment by publicly and thumb of truth and reason: he is already "compiled," read fabricated; for compilation retracting and humbly asking pardon for his offence. possessed of some very valuable information implies that the materials of the work existed See Advertisement in the Bristol Journal, of 24 relative to the details of this precious "list." before, and that the author has only collected isn't the only one of His Grace's calumniators, who Any further information that may be transthem together, and that the composition doesn't has been happy in being permitted to drivel mitted to him, and well authenticated, will be lay claim to the merit of originality;-whereas, out his recantation. I recommend those gentle-most gratefully received. Mere anonymous men printers and publishers, who deal so extensively communications will not do; but the strictest no work ever possessed a higher claim to noin this said Black Bounce, to seek a better employ; confidence may be depended upon. velty and originality than this-tis all new, en- for let them be assured, that their great master, tirely new, perfectly original, and therefore 'tis Satan, will desert them in the hour of need, and the general character of this paper will, it is a gratuitous piece of modesty in the writer to will neither pay the fine, nor go to jail for them. hoped, be a sufficient pledge. : December last.) And I happen to know that this Of this A CRUMB OF THE STALE LOAF. Let us, brother Englishmen, be thankful to heaven that we're a highly favoured sea-girt land-that we are equal as any men on earth ever can be, enjoying liberty in its truest sense, and all the rights of man-that is, we have a right to do every thing short of hurting ourselves or our neighbours. We have a right to hang up Tom Paine's effigy, and ridicule his foolish friends, but we have no right to hurt a hair of his or their heads. In Britain, the person and property of every man is sacred, and herein is our glory and happiness. Therefore, let us live in love and peace, and hurt no man's property. Let us be an example to all other towns in the kingdom for peace, moderation, and unanimity. Let us be staunch to that King and Constitution, under which we feel such prosperity and happiness. Let us all guard against the sly artful reasoning of the few, who are paid or paying others to sow sedition. Take care of the smiling gentry, you know Shakespeare said "A man may smile and smile, and be a villain." I hate a man who can make his face smile when his heart frowns; I never liked my Uncle's old mare because her name was "Smiler." JOB NOTT. Birmingham, 1793. THE CONVICT'S LAMENT. TURNED INTO VERSE, BY MR. POET WOODBY. Ye people to my doleful tale, My parents who are now no more, To utter this it grieves me sore, I early broke the Sabbath-day, go boy, go," was all their say, My Father! I must drop a tear He ne'er sought God I greatly fear, He died of bruises he received, My mother wept, and most she grieved He had no time to pray. But soon she calmed her troubled breast, For where religion does not rest, Labour I seldom sought to get, No wonder, when the example set, As stone which from the mountain top, So down sin's dang'rous slippery course, My mother's roof I left; Or aid the smuggler's "Run," I held my toilsome round; It served but to conceal the shame Father! Oh never let the sound It serves but to inflict a wound For, ah! the woman whom I swore I drove her ruthless from my door, She turned her tow'rd the deep mill-brook Ah, guess the sequel of the tale, I saw them cold and deadly pale, I trembled at the doleful sight, And never could forget the pain But oh! how vain are man's resolves, Man at his best-what can he do? Or like the passing cloud. For years I laboured more and more, Against the day of wrath! At length the rneful night it came, The burning city's beacon glare I felt to plunder, I was free, I revell'd with the wanton crew, I saw the even well poised scale; Recorded death-the felon's brand, But even this a boon is deem'd Who on the awful verge had seem'd The number of buildings consumed was about fifty. [I am glad that the hint given in my last, to my friend Poet Woodby, has not been in vain. I understand that the solemn scenes of the last few weeks have had such an effect upon his feelings, that he could not write in any other than the plaintive strain. However, he has chosen a very seasonable and useful subject; and I hope that parents will set their children to learn these verses, and that they may be the means of guarding both parents and children against those evils which brought this unhappy convict to such a lamentable end. J. N.] Bristol: Printed and Published by J. & W. RICHARDSON, 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, Bristol Job Nott; No. X.] OR, LABOURING MAN'S FRIEND. "SHARE AND SHARE ALIKE." THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1832. [Price 14d we shouldn't have had our Marlboroughs and reason in the world for it, if they did but unour Nelsons-I speak of matters that are a good derstand. But to come back to our subject, way back in the page of history,-but I say we the levelling plan, or rather the share-alike This is a very popular sentiment, especially shouldn't have had such great Generals and system, which is part of that plan, didn't answer amongst those who have nothing to lose, and Admirals, nor such valourous soldiers and in the case of the Romans; so far from it, that every thing to gain by such an arrangement. sailors, if the prizes which the army aud navy 'tis said that the downfall of the freedom of Tis no new project I assure you. The Romans, took were to be divided amongt the populace Rome was owing to the passing of the share(I like to talk about the Romans; first, because at home. Soldiers are very fond of fame, to and-share-alike act. And yet, with all history it sounds learned, and sets off my paper; and be sure, but then they can't live upon the empty against them, with common justice against secondly, because they were very experienced breath of fame; they expect to reap the wages them (for the thing would be unjust if it were in all matters connected with liberty and the of their labour, and when they have done great possible), and with common sense against rights of man ;") the Romans, I say, took a services to their country at the risk of their them-for 'tis plain such equality, if established, great fancy to have an equal division of property, lives, they naturally look for great rewards to couldn't hold for a single week, no, nor for a sinshare and share alike. They petitioned their be bestowed upon them-rewards that shall gle day-with all sense, and reason, and justice Parliament to pass an Act, by which all the extend down to their children and their chil against 'em, there always have been men who, conquered lands should be equally divided dren's children. If a merchant gets rich, he by preaching up the specious principle of "shareamongst all the citizens. leaves his estate to his children, and you see and-share-alike," have engaged the confidence You may easily suppose what a popular mea-nothing wrong in that. Well, and if a soldier, of their unsuspecting neighbours by fair speeches, sure this was. But, observe, it wasn't proposed instead of spending his time and toil in mer- but, when the time of trial came, have shewn that the property of the Roman Gentry should chandize, spends it in fighting for his country, that their own profit and advancement was all be taken from them and divided amongst the should he not be substantially rewarded? and they aimed at. Did you ever read the fable of Operatives. Oh, no, the Roman commons knew ought he not to have the satisfaction of know- the rats and the monkey? If not, I'll tell it you. better what liberty means, than to call for such ing that, if he should die in battle, the rewards An old rat, who had a family of five children, an act of gross injustice as that. They knew of his valour will not be lost, but will lay at the point of death. Now, one Orator that there would be an end of all industry and descend to his children? I am quite sure Jacko, a shrewd long-headed baboon, that lived honourable enterprise, if as soon as a man had that some of the most noble deeds that ever in the neighbourhood, and was very fond of made an estate by his labour or skill, it was to have been done by the valour of man, would chattering and meddling with people's affairs, be taken from him. Even the Radicals of that have been left undone, if it hadn't been for called in upon the old gentleman when on his day, had more sense of justice and more true the confidence those great and valourous death-bed, and undertook to make his will, views of liberty than this;-but, what these men had that, if they perished, their country and offered, out of mere kindness for the family, Roman Agitators clamoured after was, that all would remember them, and would bestow sub-to undertake the office of administering the will; conquered lands should be equally distributed stantial rewards upon their children. Now I insisting, however, that his intentions were amongst the people. Well, I can't tell you just mention it as a matter of history, and not most disinterested, and that there should be what a row the people made about this, and that to draw any inference from it, that a great many no legacy to the executor. Accordingly, the through many successive administrations, whe- of our nobility owe their dignity and their old rat made his will, and left the whole prother the Whigs or Tories were in power, still wealth to some great services, military or civil, perty, consisting of a large Cheshire cheese, to this was the cry," Agraria Lex"-" share and rendered to the state by themselves or their be equally divided amongst all his children share alike." After a great deal of agitation, forefathers. This it is that renders them so share-and-share-alike." Jacko was very one Orator Gracchus, a Tribune of the people, truly honourable and noble; and without this particular in using all the words that denote the chairman of the great Political Union of their coronets would lose their brightest gem. equality, to make the thing as clear as posthat day, and who had got the upper hand of High birth or great merit is essential to nobi-sible, and did not forget to appoint himself exethe government, succeded in forcing the minis-lity, else it is little more than a name. For cutor. Well, in due course, the old rat paid ters to carry the bill through the house, and instance, a certain well known elevating charac- the debt of nature, and the young people apcommissioners were appointed to make an equal ter might himself be elevated under the title of plied to Jacko to divide the cheese between 'em. division of the conquered lands. This is the Lord Viscount Ketch Paron Slip-knot, but I Jacko accordingly poises his scales, and, having most famous instance that I can recollect of question if such a patent of nobility would hang explained to them the principles of precise any thing like a share-and-share-alike system well upon him, or be regarded as a badge of equality upon which the will was made, probeing attempted to be brought in ;-and please any peculiar honour. No, there must be high ceeded to cut the cheese into five shares, and to recollect that this only applied to conquered birth or high merit to constitute nobility, and on began weighing first one share, then another, lands. The Romans didn't want to rob their this principle our English Aristocracy is found- continually biting a piece off one share, and neighbours of property, either inherited from ed. This may seem to be wandering from our then a piece off another, upon the pretence of their forefathers, or gotten by their own indus- subject, and going too far into history; but 'tis making 'em all exactly equal. In vain the poor try. Now this was something very like dividing very useful to let people know the origin of rats remonstrated, and begged the executor the soldiers' prize-money amongst the popu- our national institutions, that they may not wouldn't be so particular, for they would be lace at home. I don't think this plan would make mistakes, and think that this and that is quite satisfied to take the portions just as they have answered in our country in times back: useless and unreasonable, when there's the best were, and wouldn't regard any little inequalities. رو cheese! in the distribution; Jacko's conscience would not allow of this; so he goes on nibbling a bit off one share, and a bit off the other, till, before the adjustment was made, this disinterested executor had pouched full three-fourths of the The moral of this fable is, that we should beware of those meddling insidious men, who, under pretence of the most disinterested regard for the welfare of their fellow-creatures, and, with an affected zeal for equity, betray the confidence of those who are so simple as to trust in them, and thus make a prey of the unsuspecting and unwary. may REVIEW OF THE BLACK LIST. (Continued.) ings of £7,750 a year, and he is immediately with so little as fifty to seventy thousands! assaulted by the mob the Black List in hand, well, with this impression we look down to the and with some difficulty escapes from their list of Bishops and are surprised to find Peterblind and brutal violence Well, his Lord-borough £4,654 (how minute to the odd £4, ship is not a Groom of the Bedchamber, and yet he says, we have no means of calnor has he a regiment, nor has he pickings culating exactly"-fudge); Cork, £6,400; to the amount of £7,750 (how precise the Cloyne, £7,600; Ferns, £10,000; Oxford, sum !) he has no place, no commission, nor £13,000; Llandaff, £13.540; Bristol, £15,000; even seven pence per annum from the pub- St. Asaph, £15,000; Bangor, £15.000; Exelic*." Now, the mob who thus assaulted ter, £16,000; Bath and Wells, £17,330; Lord Aylesford we may charitably suppose. Gloucester, £18,000; Lincoln, 18,000. Now were all inen" incapable of forming a rational even by this scandalous writer's own statement opinion;" but that was a poor consolation to there are four Bishops whose income is under his Lordship. And again, to look nearer home; £10,000, and fourteen whose income is under it is a well known fact, that when the Bishop £20,000, sums which, supposing them to be of Bath and Wells visited Bristol in October received, are some of them far too little, and last, to consecrate a church in the neighbour-none of them too much, to support the vast hood of this city, the Black List, aided by an expenses necessarily attendant upon their public equally black placard exhibited on the occasion, stations and elevated rank-and yet these, even prompted the populace to hoot the Bishop, the least wealthy of them are branded as Cormoand throw stones and dirt at his carriage-now rants, yea as greater Cormorants than any of My good Cousin Nehemiah has shewn us, these, again, I am willing to believe were their lay compeers! What can such unfairness that there may be cases in which poison may incapable of forming a rational opinion;" even in his own representations proceed from, become its own antidote*; that is, the dose but yet they thought their opinions better than but from Satan's peculiar enmity against those either be so nauseous or so excessive as the Bishop's, and made the mistake of thinking invested with spiritual authority, as being stanto operate as an emetic, and thus prevent the this the best method of enlightening his Lord-dard bearers in the ranks of that militant church deadly consequences which might otherwise ship. Once more, I repeat, that I have nothing which opposes his sovereignty? But let it be remembered that in this view have ensued. Now, it appears that some per- to do with the political question, which was sons are of opinion that the moral poison which mixed up with these proceedings. The ground of the matter we have merely taken the statewe are now analyzing, I mean the Black which I take is simply this, that the circulation ments of the List as if they were true-and List," is so gross, so nauseous, and so extrava- of such falsehoods as are contained in the shewn up the malignant misrepresentation which gant, that it must serve as its own antidote. Black List relative to the alleged enormous appears even on the face of the publication It is reported to have been said by a certain revenues of the Peers and Bishops poisoned the itself; but what will be the surprise of the distinguished individual that "the statements minds of those multitudes who were themselves reader when informed that some at least, proof the Black List were so extravagant and incapable of forming a rational opinion, and bably all, of these lowest sums assigned to the absurd, that he really thought them unworthy were therefore the more ready to take the opi- Bishops are grossly exaggerated; I will select prosecution, for no man capable of forming a nions of others upon trust, and excited them to for example, the Bishop of Bristol. I fix on rational opinion could credit them." It seems, acts of atrocious violence and outrage. How him because I write in his diocese; because, then, that that eminent person considered that far the Black List led to the burning of the too, he has suffered most cruelly from the effect this bottle of black drop was so disgustingly Palace of the Bishop of Bristol, or to what of such slanderous misrepresentations; and benauseous, that it must be instinctively rejected more immediate cause that direful catastrophe cause there is, perhaps no individual prelate like as the stomach rejects a nauseous draught. is to be attributed it is not my business to in the list whose income is more exaggerated But, I fear, he was not sufficiently aware of the enquire; but certainly the clause in the pre-in proportion to its real amount. It is most state of John Bull's stomach at this time. Poor face of this nefarious publication to which we notorious that Bristol is one of the smallest if fellow, he has been so drugged and drugged with next come in the order of this review-was not the very smallest Bishoprick. It was in political nostrums that the coats of his stomach very well suited to produce such consequences. consideration of the extreme poverty of the See, are become callous and torpid, and will retain" With respect to the Bishops (the greatest of that the living of Almondsbury was annexed any trash however gross. Besides, just mark all the Cormorants) we have no means of cal-to it some years ago; and yet the author of the saving clause in the above-mentioned ex- culating exactly the wages they receive. We the Black List has the impudence to insert the pression of opinion-he really thinks that no have, however, taken each Benefice at £500 a Bishop of Bristol's name thus :-" Bristol, man capable of forming a rational opinion could year. There are many which are under this Master of a College, and 14 livings, £15,000." credit these statements, and Job Nott thinks so sum of annual worth, we will allow, but there Now, this is "Bounce" with a vengeance, for too; but, then, has it not escaped his obser- are more worth several thousands a year each." the Bishop of Bristol is not master of any colvation, that many men who are incapable of Here we perceive the special enmity which lege, and it is known that the income of his See, forming a rational opinion, are perfectly capa- this writer bears against Bishops. Lay Lords including Almondsbury, does not average more ble of breaking heads, burning houses, and are Cormorants, but Bishops are far greater than one thousand a year. i hope my Lord committing innummerable acts of outrage and Cormorants. Observe, Bishops in general, not Bishop won't be angry with me for talking about villainy? To illustrate by a case in point. some particular prelates whose revenues from the poverty of his Diocese, but really when one "Lord Aylesford, a country gentleman, little some circumstances or other may be peculiarly see such a Bounce as £15,000 set against the mixed in politics and in private life one of the large, but Bishops in general are the greatest Diocese of Bristol, and knows that 'tis so outmost amiable of men, happens to drive into of all Cormorants! Now, several of the lay rageously and scandalously wrong, 'tis absothe town (of Coventry.) What avail his pri- Peers are put down at from fifty to seventy lutely necessary that some one should take the vate virtues or his public honour? his name is thousands a year; but as Bishops are the trouble to deny it, for fear that people" not in the Black List as a Groom of the Bed-greatest Cormorants of all, the impression con- capable of forming a rational opinion" for themchamber and Colonel of a Regiment, with pick-veyed is that Bishops are not to be satisfied selves might, perchance, believe the lie Mind, I don't say that this thousand a year is all that our excellent Bishop has got to live See Job Nott, No. 7. * See Quarterly Review, Nov. 1831, p. 990. 1 (To be continued) LABORATORY OF HEALTH. No. 2. can ⚫ upon, I'm afraid 'twould hardly pay his travel- But, although the general falsehood of this The best refutation of such nonsense is the ling expenses if it were. The truth is, (and writer's representations induced me to say thus notorious fact that hundreds of preferments are because 'tis truth 'twas the more likely to much on the exaggerated views that are so continually being given away to persons who escape the knowledge of the writer of the Black prevalent respecting the income of the church have no claim whatever to maintenance or supList-truth not being the object of his laborious generally; yet it must be observed, that the port from their patrons. researches)—but the truth is that the Bishop immediate and avowed object of the writer of of Bristol retains a stall in the Cathedral of the Black List is to endeavour to bolster up Durham, and 'tis very necessary that he should his extravagant calculations by making people have something to help out the income of this believe that because the Bishops, or at least poor See. However, I'll undertake to say--some of them, have numerous livings to give (and I think that my authority is rather better away, that they are personally enriched by My dear Mr. Nott, than Chubb's) that the Bishop doesn't receive this patronage-and in short, that speaking Having just read your last number, from the sce and the stall together, much more generally, the possession of patronage to any in which I see an advertisement headed " Ab(probably not any more) than one fourth part of given amount is the same thing as the posses- sconded," referring to friend Nehemiah, and the amount set against his name in this infa- sion of income to the same amount-the writer giving a minute description of his person and mous List; and when 'tis known that he gave says so in plain words—“ to have the absolute dress, I begin to fear (especially after the up a valuable living at the time of his appoint-power of giving £100 a year, is to possess that hint you have thrown out,) that I may be ment to the diocese, and when, also, it is gene- £100 a year" -a pretty way of calculating, subjected myself to similar treatment. I thererally understood that he has since, in one truly-to give away is the same as possessing! fore beg to announce that I have returned from instance at least, declined lucrative promotion; Fine pickings at St. Peter's Hospital, where my rambles, and positively assure you that I why, when all this is considered, I say 'tis not they have the absolute power of giving away intend to work my laboratory as fast as I to be borne that this amiable and excellent pre- (to qualified persons of course-that is sup- procure a stock of materials to operate upon, late should be held up to the hatred of the posed in the other case, but this being assumed, according to the prescribed rules and methods people, and exposed to the assaults of the in- they have the power of giving away) 30 or 40 of art; separating their component parts, and cendiary by such a foul and detestable fabrica- thousand a year. Oh, rich rogues! I assure depriving them of all extraneous matter by tion. As for the 14 livings set against his you, Mr. Deputy Governor, that 'tis all the trituration, torrefaction, and double distillation, name, I don't know where they are, certainly, same as if you had it in your own pocket. At so as to render them fit for the digestive powers not in Bristol or its vicinity; perhaps, they St. Peter's, too, the patrons have the great ad- of your readers. may be in the moon, and not being promptly vantage over the bishops, that the money actually I don't know that I can do better by way of filled up, may have lapsed to the Archbishop of passes through their hands, and they see it, making a beginning, than pursue a subject that diocese. If so, mayhap, some people and feel it, and hear it chink; whereas the which you have touched upon in your last may have no objection to The-man-in the-moon bishops and other patrons, having once given" Essay to do Good." You have there described getting one of them, and being compelled the livings away, havn't even the satisfaction the mischievous effects of drunkenness in a poor to reside upon it! but, apropos, of livings. of seeing the shiners, or hearing 'em ring; but, man's family; I will try to paint out the danLook at the preface which we are reviewing, nevertheless, the Black List assures them that gerous effects it produces on his own person; and see how this professor of fudge manages tis just the same as if they had 'em all in their how the evil may be traced in the pallid faces, the thing. He tells us in the first place, that own pocket. I wonder how Chubb would like bloodshot eyes, and wretched looks of its viche estimates livings at an average of £500 a to live upon this sort of income-to feed upon tims, as distinctly as if “Drunkard" were writyear. He admits, indeed, that there are many giving away, and satisfy his maw by seeing ten in large letters on his forehead. that are under that mark; but then he says others eat! There's a fellow named Tantalus that that there are more that are worth several that has held preferment of this kind in Panthousands a year, which means (if it mean any-demonium for many a long year, and must be EFFECTS OF DRUNKENNESS. thing) that there are more livings in England getting old and infirm-if the place should fall, worth many thousands a year each than there I dare day Chubb could get it. Suppose a case-too common a case-in are livings worth less than £500. As to the sophistical manner in which the which a working man, living in a large town, Now, I assert upon the authority of Mr. writer of the Black List attempts to make finds that some how or other his health is giving Mark Robinson, in his reply to Beverly, and of good his absurd position that to give away way, and that he seems to be breaking up: the documents quoted by him, and which ap- £100 a year, is the same as to possess it, when he goes home to his dinner, he has little pear to have been collected with as much namely, that the patron, of course, gives it to or no desire to eat when he goes to bed, he labour and pains, and from at least as good some friend or servant, whom otherwise he lies restless and tossing about without the resources as the contents of the Black List, that would have been obliged to provide for-this freshment of sleep, and he feels sick when he there are in England and Wales, four thousand reasoning is too extravagant to need a particu- awakes. His fellow-workmen tell him he is three hundred and sixty one livings under £150 lar refutation. Who, for instance, will believe wasting away, and he observes when he puts a year, and of course a considerably greater that the Archbishop of Canterbury has 176 on his best coat and waistcoat, that they hang number under £500; and on the other hand, men to provide for (and that at the expence of loosely about him; his hand becomes unsteady; that there are not thirty livings in England £500 a year each, to make good the whole of he finds that his work causes him to perspire which are worth two thousand a year each.-the writer's argument)-who, I say, will be- more than he did; and he sometimes thinks If any one denies this let him say where they lieve that his Grace has 176 men billetted upon his memory begius to fail him. are. What now becomes of the calculations him, to be amply supported out of his own Now if a man feels all these awkward sympof the Black List? But this is not all. It can purse, till he gives them livings? Or who will toms, when he ought to be in the prime and be shewn by sound and credible calculations, believe the same of the Bishop of Bangor's 80 vigor of life, the best thing he can possibly that if the income of all the Bishopricks, all the livings, or the Bishop of Salisbury's 40 livings do-that on which his comfort, his strength, cathedrals, and all the livings were put into and 35 prebends-all reserved for his own his independence, his very life depends-is to One treasury and then divided equally amongst family and immediate dependents ? Lots of go at once to the very best physician in his the parochial clergy, it would barely yield £200 country cousins! Pshaw! 'tis such drivelling neighbourhood. The physician will hear very a year to each; out of this, too, they would nonsense, that one knows not how to go about patiently all he has got to say; he will feel his have to pay their curates, who are about 4,000 a grave refutation of it. But 'tis believed, for pulse, and find it quick and feeble; he will in number. all that. feel his skin, and observe that it is harsh and I remain, dear Nott, your's truly, SOLOMON HEAL-ALL. |