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North Seas,’ was the interpretation given out from the custody by two burley policemen and conveyed to the back of the head. 'watch house. On being examined yesterday as to the ‘[ suppose you are a great traveller, Bruin?’ demand-|mad pranks occasioned by the darts of the boy-god| ed another querist. Cupid, she was asked by the Recorder ‘If she loved | ¢Wur bur ough hur.’ _ |her betrayer still !’ ‘He accompanied Sir John Ross in his polar expedi-| Placing her arms akimbo, she turned up the whites of tions,’ wes the response. her eyes and answered—‘ Does[lub him? Yes, an’ By this time every one enjoyed the humor of the con-| no one kin refrain me from lubbin’ him. He was mine, | ceit; and when Bruin placed the garland of flowers on and de ambition of my heart got de upper holt of my the brow of Anita Mendoza, the belle of the ball room, feelings, an’ I couldn’t milk de cows any more! I went it was not ungraciously received by the blushing beauty, to de house, an’ I smashed de winders, an’ |’d smashed

ishing in a sponging-house—tired with vain solicitations to his own kindred for promotion, joining the party of

their opponents, and, after experiencing the most gene- rous kindness from the young and chivalrous head of it,

assisting to bring him to the scaffold, and to blacken his

memory—seeking, by a mercenary marriage, to repair

his broken fortunes—on the accession of a new sove- reign, offering up the most servile adulation to a pedant whom he utterly despised—infinitely gratified by being permitted to kneel down, with 230 others, to receive the honour of knighthood—trackling to a worthless favourite

and raptures of applause approved the selection.

him ef[ could cotched hold of him. I can’t live without | with the most siavish subservience, that he might be ap-

‘You show a very fair taste, Mr. Bruin,’ said the smil-/ him—but I beleeves I’d forgib him if he’d come back.’ pointed a law officer of the crown-_then giving the most

ing landlady.

‘We represent Beauty and the Beast in the nursely tale’ was the meaning of the bur wur of the response. |

‘Can I offer you anything to eat or drink ” demanded the landlady.

‘Mr. Bruin will trouble you for an ice, and a young sea unicorn,’ replied the transposed conductor.

‘I hope you wont eat any of us, Mr. Bruin,’ said one of the ring.

‘He would rather hug his partner, than worry pup- pies,’ was the ready rejoinder.

‘When did you meet your great father in law, Dr. Johnson, ursa major!’ asked a would-be wit.

‘ Mr. Bruin desires me to give you a pot of his grease to make your whiskers grow,’suid the conductor,handing an elegant little bear’s grease pot out of the pouch that hung by Bruin’s side.

‘Give me one! give me one!’ shouted a number of ladies, at the same time.

‘For a huga piece,’ shouted the bear in ‘propria persona,’ forgetting his disguise.

‘It is Tom Thorne! ’tis Mr. Thorne! shouted out a number of voices; and the bear was soon patted, cares- sed, and rifled ofall the contents of his pouch, by the fair riflers, no longer afraid of a hug from a bear like Tom Thorne.

Amid the fun and merriment created by this incident

The Recorder finding that Letty was determined to|admirable advice for the compilation and emendation do more mischief, intimated that he thought some fifteen of the laws of England, and helping to inflict torture on or twenty lashes would cure her love fever, and she was a poor parson, whom he wished to hang as a traitor for taken off to get the dose. writing an unpublished and unpreached sermon—attract- ingthe notice of all Europe by his philosophical works, which established a new era in the mode of investigat-

THE ORIGIN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. ing the phenomena both of matter and mind—basely in-

There is a remarkable document of the time of Athel- ttiguing in the meanwhile for farther promotion,and writ- stane which possibly may be considered as the first au- Mg secret letters to his sovereign to discharge his rivals thentic indication of the interference of the Commons in —Tiding proudly between the lord high treasurer and matters of legislation as a body distinct from the pro- lord privy seal, preceded by his mace bearer and purse ceres who composed the council or curia of the king.— bearer, and followed by a lung line of nobles and judges, It seems that Athelstane set commissioners or royal missi, | be installed in the office of lord high chancellor—by as such functionaries were then denominated among the and bye, settling with his servants the account of the Franks, requiring or authorizing the inhabitants of the |Dribes they had received for him—a little embarrassed county of Kent, and of other counties, to meet and re-|Y being obliged,out of decency, the case being so clear, solve upon such amendments in the laws as they deemed |'° decide against the party whose money he had pocket- expedient to be adopted. All the inhabitants, bishops, ed, but stifling the misgivings of conscience by the earls, thanes, ceorls or villani of Kent, accordingly met; /§P!endour and flattery which he now commanded—struck and they resolved upon a petition or address to the king, to the earth by the discovery of his corruption—taking to in which they stated that they agreed uponeight several |is bed, and refusing sustenance—-confessing the truth capitula, which they presented, and prayed that the king of the charges brought against him, and abjectly implor- in his mercy would point out whether they had exceed- |!" mercy—nobly rallying from his disgrace, and engag- ed or fallen short of what he desired ; adding, that they |'g in new literary undertakings, which have added to would implicitly conform to his wishes. The Decretum the splendour of his name--still exhibiting a touch of Sapientium Anglie, agreed to, first at Exeter, then at/his ancient vanity, and, in the midst of pecuniary em- Feversham, then at Thunderfield in Surry, and the Judi-,5arrassment, refusing to be ‘stripped of his feathers,’—

a smart explosion was heard, followed by wreaths of aro-| wate Ciyitatis Landonie, agreed upon by the earls and | 407d Campbell’s Lives of Chancellors.

= 3 nel geome eudineiees i ceors (comites et villani) of London, are of a similar cha-| =" eee = eee < “Ss sie acter. It will be seen in a subsequent chapter, in which | Dar A ehAe AMM Manne

the beardiess youth. The proprietress of every one of | the rise of the English House of Commons to its present | PYd FIBS AWD We Wl Sa

state is shortly traced, that it was always by way of pe-| = ———————

en the sae on =~ know the con- tition that the commons interfered, even when they be-| tents, and great was the glee and satisfaction as curious) came by their representatives a distinct and recognised

Bruin’s little presents now became a heroine.

little devices or bonbons, wrapped up in Jove verses,

were extracted from the elegant little receptacles; and| them in the petition, at other times the petition being ad- | not till the music struck up, and Bruin led Anita Men-| grassed by them alone to the king, or to the Mae and i | 2 ° —" doza a his partner to wy ing - the country dance.|the lords, or sometinies to the lords alone. It is from | was the usual routine of the ball-room resumed. All| this circumstance, and from the totally different charac-

pretensions to etiquette had vanished ; and good humour, mirth and jollity reigned triumphant throughout the even- ing. Many thought Bruin’s lot not only bearable, but even enviable, judging from the easy and smiling re- ception with which his attentions were welcomed by court lady and stately dame. The supper that followed was as merry ae the dance ;and our hero, divesting him- self of his besrish accoutrements, was as much the source of amusement in the supper room by his jokes, as in the ball room by his tricks. Refreshing himself with copious draughts of champagne, he appeared to find no difficulty whatever in allaying hunger ia the absence of young unicorns,

Bat the merriest night must have a close, and the elearest head will get dizzy under the influence of champagne; and Tom finding himself unusually excited,

a nna meatier

News by the last English Mail. branch of the legislature ; sometimes the lords joining From the ‘News of the World,” Nov. 28.

COMMERCIAL FAILURES.

; The drafts of the West India Bank were on Monday ter of the commons’ branch of the legislature to that of! refused acceptance by their agents, the Union Bank of the lords, [ have been induced to think that the; ondon, the reason being that the West India Bank had, house of commons must have originated as a distinct in-/ against the repeated and emphatic warnings of the ma- stitution, not as a constituent part of the great council. naeer of the Union Bank, continued to make purchases lhe documents above referred to appear to me to point! of the bills of Higginson, Dean, and Stott, of Barbadoes, out the germs from which it sprung. The very learned 4 Barton, Irlam, and Higginson, of Liverpool, toan ex- and intelligent compilers of the Ancient Laws of the tont that was certain to prove dangerous. The capital

Anglo-Saxons have not offered any explanation of these | of the concern, which was established about two years

documents ; indeed, before I ventured to put the above | back, is only £120,000 ; but its liabilities are very large, interpretation upon them, I looked in vain for any exp!a-| 44 wholly disproportioned to this amount. Exchange nation as to their character in the works of our MOSt | operations constitute one extensive feature of the busi- celebrated antiquaries and historians. In former times,|nosg carried on, and the bank is said to hold no less it would have been too bold a flight even to hint that the than 80,0001. of tie paper of Barton, Irlam, & Co. Its legislative authority of the house of commons might in cash deposits held on interest are very large, and it also

any the slightest degree be traced to an institution which | had prevailed in the Roman provinces; yet, considering |

issues notes.—The suspension of Messrs. J. and H. Reay, an old and respectable house in the wine trade,

Seba slides seeraes oer — of his previous jh» weight that imperial sanction must oe had in re-| was announced on Monday. ‘The actual debts of the (To be continued.) ‘commending any institution to the Anglo-Saxon s0v@-! frm are said to be small, the amount being about 20,-

cheae nee lly anion a on a were Q00/., but from the extent of their dealings, their liabi-

ley lounded on imperial doctrines, 1t seems to Me ities in the shape of endorsements on bills are consider-

ret rate rie saree: not unworthy of attention, that the Theodosian Gods aie, and it is neat the default of the parties primarily Quite an amusing case lately took place before Re- | would have informed the king and the legislators of the responsible upon these that the necessity for stoppage is corder Gerois. An old negro woman, as black as the time, that under the authority of the imperial constitu-| understood to have arisen.—'The assets of Messrs. Lack- ace of spades, by the name of Letty, about a year ago|tions, regular assemblies of the provincials were held|orsteen and Co., East India merchants, whose accept-

became desperately enamored of a young man some throughout the empire, at which petitions were agreed | thirty years her junior. Some few months ago her Adonis upon for the reform of abuses, and the adoption of such married a blooming bride, and the black skinned, grey-|/ measures as were considered necessary for the public’

haired Ophelia has ever since been,on the{verge of dis—,

benefit, and forthe amendment of the law.—Spence’s |

traction. Niobe could’nt hold a candle to her inthe Equitable Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery.

way of grief—she wept tears enough to have filled a foot-path, and her sighs almost wore out her lungs. Like Ophelia, she tried to drown herself ; but fortunately for the cause of true love, the water wasn’t deep enough,

LORD BACON. |

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Patted on the head by Queen Elizabeth—mocking

and shaking her draggled plumage like an excited black the worshippers of Aristotle at Cambridge—catching the |

ances were temporarily dishonoured on the 23d ult., but who have since been making every effort to sustain themselves, were compelled on Monday, on the arrival

of the Indian mail, to make a definite announcement of

their stoppage. The acceptances of the firm are stated at a little above 100,000/.—The Countess of Lansdale steamer, from Hamburgh, has brought between 15,000/.

‘and 16,0001. in gold.

THE GREAT FAILURES ON THURSDAY. Four failures in the Stock-Exchange occurred on

duck, she determined not to kill herself, but to have re- first glimpses of his great discoveries, and yet uncertain | venge. [tseems thatthe heart of this sable maiden,)/whether the light was from heaven—associating with, Thursday. They were Mr. Henry Whitmore, a broker, who numbered some fifty or more summers, had been the learned and gay at the court of France—devoting | Messrs. Secretan and Capper, brokers, who have been won whilst she was milking ‘cow with a crumpled horn’ himself to Bracton and the Year Books in Gray’s Inn— sacrificed by a principal ; Mr. William Abbott, a jobber; on the Bayou Road. Her lover swore eternal fidelity, throwing aside the musty folios of the law to writea and Mr. William Eykyn,a broker. Of these failures the so she told the Recorder, and she surrendered her virgin moral essay, to make an experiment in natural philoso- largest was that of Mr. Whitmore, whose differences are heart. When she found out that he was untrue, and phy, or to detect the fallacies which had hitherto ob- to the extent of 12,000/., and whose assets are estimated that he had resolved to take unto himself wife, she was structed the progress of useful truth—contented for a at 6s. 8d. in the pound. The failure of Messrs. Tanner almost crazy. Anger, however, got the better of pas- time with taking ‘all knowledge for his province’—|and Ward, leather factors, was also announced on Thurs- sion, and night before last she left her master’s premises roused from these speculations by the stings of vulgar/ day. Their liabilities are 55,0001, of which 25,000/. in order to make a descent on the abode of her ‘false ambition—plying all the arts of flattery to gain official consist ofacceptances. For some time they have been aes Armed by the consciousness of her own wrongs advancement by royal and courtly favour—entering the struggling with a declining trade, and it is not ex- and a tallow candle, she gained ingress and commenced House of Commons, and displaying powers of oratory | pected that their assets will yield more than 10s. in the cutting up all sorts of antics. After every thing in the of which he had been unconscious—being seduced by pound. The connexions of the firm are said to be weak- ns line had been exhausted, she finally had to the love of popular applause, for a space becoming a pa- ly. Letters from Glasgow announce the suspension of

e ejected forcibly from the premises. But her deter- triot—making amends by defending all the worst ac-| Messrs. A. and J. Downie, with liabilities ranging from mination was not quenched—she returned again with | cesses of prerogative—publishing to the world lucubra- 150,000/. to 170,000/. The firm were drysalters, but they an apron full of stones, and opened a regular mural can-'tions on morals, which show the nicest perception of are said lately to have embarked largely in the Mediter- nonade on the house. The door was almost battered | what is honourable and beautiful, as well as prudent, in|ranean trade. From Liverpool we have the failure of down, the window sashes were broken, and many pieces the conduct of life—yet, the son ofa lord keeper, the! Mr. Ashburner, a leather factor. His liabilities are be-

ter was that this ancient African Venus was taken into the first practice at the bar, arrested for debt,and langu-

of furniture severely bruised. The upshot of the mat- nephew of the prime minister, a queen’s counsel, with ‘tween 30,000/. and 40,0002, and the assets are stated to : |

be rather more than 10s, in the pound.

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