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11030 in; as vice with a huge white Turban, big as his digniﬁed bottom. As the proceedings were about to 'com- ence,the chairman gravely and slowly wt'roin his seat, full of that conscious igniiy that great men so well know how . assume and command respect. Having laced bimSelf in a studied and theatrical ttitude, with one hand stretched out racet'ully towards the Members, he now egan topuffand blow tillhe had inllated is corporate,it had the appearance of a Smock bleaching in a high wind.” l—Iis yes seemed to strike tire with indigna- 'on, and the whole man seemed to por- rav vehemence pregnant with great effects, nd as these turbulent passions had sub- 'ded somewhat, his tongue found utterance o the following address:— .‘ Gentlemen—I believe you are all ac- uainted with the object of this meeting, hich is to sit in judgment ona certain rying character or spy, on our most utlable actions..”c has (do you see) dared arraign'our conduct as leaders of this istrict, and leaders of the blind, which for 'meimmemorial has been our esclusive rivilege, and no one for a moment ever ared 'even to doubt our prerogative, some

' f us present have servod the public in

arliament, assembled many a weary Sc;- 'on,\ve have- madc laws for their pigs, or their fences, the wild beast and all that, d if we have mouopolized every sous of ublic profit for roads, bridges et cetera. we have tlecced the poor in the digniﬁed

3' 0 oil P. it'wehavo grasped mes-t ofthe nd to the exclusion ofall others; if we have harged cent per cent more than the fair In er what matters, we have more than recedcnt for all these If we . have o d the .vilest ﬁlth in the shape of tobacco, kill devil impregnated with‘oil of,vitrio|

~ ntobaCcojuioe, the poor rogues were glad ' get them, as also damaged or dam‘d Bo- - a, at ten or twelve shillings per pound, or these they were equally glad to get into. our books, and once in. who would 0 the feels to let them out with impunity. 0, t’ware better to hold the sorry rogues “perpetual subservient-e and thereby rule e roast; Gentlemen ofthe dark society, ll these things could do and more, ad grow fat on {hf} spoil. But now for- th a pitiful knave who calls himself osicrucious has sprung up amongst us, ho has had the audacity to impugn s in a lump, not Judicious by singling at one, but takes us collectively as a Ody. Now Gentlemen, what is an agra- tion to the business, this same wily nave set at nought our dinners and our Fog, having but little himself, yet has the esumption to be honest enough to des- 'se our worldly acquisitions, unlike the orld’in general, pays us no deference for

it commands the greatest homage, but ,

l"! by himself uncorrupted by the times ndlaughs us to scam for our ignorance.

THE BRITISH AMERICAN

Something must be done with thistroublesome fellow, and speak ye as to the best method. I‘he next speaker Observed that it was far easier to point out the nature of a disease than oftimes to ﬁnd a remedy, and though he acknowledged that he was as anxious to suppress the popular tide in favor of Kosicrucions as any member of the as- sembly,yet that did not shut his eyes against the nnpracticability, and singular as his ob- yersation might appear, be much doubted it the whole concentrated talent of the members were sufﬁcient of themselves to etlect the desirable object contemplated. For he said that it should be understood that in the person of R s the had a monster to contend with, who had become beseted to his new fangled notions ofjnsticc .

It was, however, remarked by another of the divan, there was one way and only one, that carried with it any chance of success, and this was, to employ one pedagogue, a keen and notable fellow of the Jewish trilxg'wlm for a mere triﬂe or favor from the rich would Open the ﬂoodgates of his learned lore obtained from his old musty archives of Aberdeen College, that would overwhelm as it were a votery, or in other words by using his pen which would be Worse than hell’s besom, it would at once sweep him to perdition.

'Yours, (ye.- ROSICRUCIOL'S. (To be continued.)

Reported for the: British ﬂatter-icon, Club Room, lz’th Feb. 1833. In consequence of the heavy fall of snow this evening, some members of the Club were late in assembling, which gave rise to the following very spirited Debate.

No sooner was the roll called over, and all the Members in their places; than Mr. Hard-Bottle rose and said,—-—Mr. Presi- dent,—before we go into any business, I consider it is necessary to makea few remarks relative to the time and manner oflmeeting in future. I cannot at all Sir, see thei use in adjourning this club to any particular hour. If a strict attendance is not observed at the Appointed time. Be- cause Sir, in my Opinion, thereason why a time is stated or named is, that members may be prepared to lay aside all private matters and attend to their public duties. And if one member has liberty to stop half an hour longer than the stated time of meeting, another will no doubt claim a similar privilege, and a third may perhaps claim an hour ; and if the ﬁrst be tolera— ted, why not the second and third 9 and whilst members are allowed to do what they please in this way, why appoint an hour at all? Thus you see, Mr. President, if the regular boundaries be once suffered to be trampled, on, there is no knowinv

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There is much important business to be transacted; and if the honorable members of this club do not attend to it in due'course, I much fear the scanty means at our dis 0- sal will not afford to pay “Lat- Pier 3” to do the business for us; and even though it did, why they people may sa [and with justice too] that we are mere rones who do nothing, only get clerks to work for us and make the public pay for them, and pay ourselves also. I therefore move Sir, that if any member ofthis 'C'lub shall be absent more than ﬁﬂeen minutes after the time appointed for meeting, he shall be lined Gs. 8d. and shall be ohligedto give a. “feed” to the whole of “ the troop."

The Doctor said, he wondered very much that his Hon. friend (Mr. Hardbot- tle) did not include a dozen of wine as well as the “feed.” But, Mr. President, I think it would be altogether beneath . the dignity ofthis Club to restrict the me rs thereof under any such penalty. S so Sir. that during the time of my engagement in public business my wife, should come to Town, would I not be worse than a, monster not to pay her the horn uge due to the lady ofan honourable Member of this Hub? [appeal to every married man in this Club, if it be not right I should do so, and it isa question with me, if anyofour

oung beaux would not break through the tales of this club for the sake of paying his devotions to his “ Susan” if she came the way. Besides Sir, I dont see that the Hon. the House of Assembly are‘over s¢ru~ pnlons iuthat way, for you may ohserlve h the “British American,” that althong they adjourn to 11 o’clock, it is- sometimes one o‘clock before the commence their la- bors, and seldom they continue such labors later thanfour. P. M. Now Sir, taking 3 hours to be the maxunum of each days In» bor,and that every day costs the Public Fif. teen or Sixteen pounds, (although it is said» the House of Assembly are the servants of the public;) would it not be extremely hard that the members of this Club who haVc no pay at all, and who are. not the servants, but the Gum-dinnsqf the Public, should he so much conﬁned to a stated hour ofattendence. And as a further illustration of the force of my argument, I beg to refer you to ﬁfty years past, and see what the practice of the Supreme Court had been, in those days, there Sir, you will ﬁnd that the practice was, to notify attendance at 10 o’clock forenoon, and perhaps it would he 2 o’clock, r. at. before the Court 1 met, and then it was Only to read the Proclamatious against “ Vice and Im‘; morality 51.0. &c. after this was done,‘ adjourn until 10 o’clock the next day, next ‘day meet, at one or two, then the Judge would ask if there were any “Cal,” ; ready,” and because this was the kernel-q ling time with the Lawyers, they prob’pbly.; “view-Li