In silken or in leathern purse retains
A SPLENDID shilling! he nor hears with pain
And hunger, sure attendant upon want,
Wretched repast, my meagre corse sustain!
TALKING over, at the breakfast-table, the occurrences of the preceding day—“On my conscience!” exclaimed Tallyho, “were the antediluvian10 age restored, and we daily perambulated the streets of this immense Metropolis11 during a hundred years to come, I firmly believe that every hour would bring a fresh accession of incident.”
“Ad infinitum,” answered Dashall; “where happiness is the goal in view, and fifteen hundred thousand competitors start for the prize, the manouvres of all in pursuit of the grand ultimatum12 must ever exhibit an interesting and boundless13 variety. London,
where ingenious vice16 too frequently triumphs over talented worth—where folly17 riots in the glare of luxury, and merit pines in indigent18 obscurity.—Allons donc!—another ramble19, and chance may probably illustrate20 my observation.”
“Take notice,” said the discriminating21 Dashall to his friend, as they reached the Mall in St. James's Park, “of that solitary knight22 of the woeful countenance23; his thread-bare raiment and dejected aspect, denote disappointment and privation;—ten imperial sovereigns to a plebeian25 [328] shilling, he is either a retired26 veteran or a distressed27 poet.”
The object of curiosity, who had now seated himself, appeared to have attained28 the age of fifty, or more—a bat that had once been black—a scant6-skirted blue coat, much the worse for wear—a striped waistcoat—his lank29 legs and thighs30 wrapt in a pair of something resembling trowsers, but “a world too wide for his shrunk shanks”—short gaiters—shoes in the last stage of consumption—whiskers of full dimensions—his head encumbered31 with an unadjusted redundancy-of grey hair: such were the habiliments and figure of this son of adversity!
The two friends now seated themselves on the same bench with the stranger, who, absorbed in reflection, observed not their approach.
The silence of the triumvirate was broken in upon by Tom, who, with his usual suavity32 of manners, politely addressed himself to the unknown, on the common topic of weather, et cetera, without eliciting33 in reply more than an assenting35 or dissenting36 monosyllable, “You have seen some service, Sir?”
“Yes.”
“In the army, I presume?”
“No.”
“Under Government?”
“Yes.”
“In the navy, probably?”
“No.”
“I beg your pardon,” continued Dashall—“my motives37 originate not in idle inquisitiveness39; if I can be of any service———”
The stranger turned towards him an eye of inquiry40. “I ask not from impertinent curiosity,” resumed Dashall, “neither would I wish indelicately to obtrude41 an offer of assistance, perhaps equally unnecessary as unacceptable; yet there are certain mutabilities of life wherein sympathy may be allowed to participate.”
“Sir,” said the other, with an immediate43 grateful expansion of mind, and freedom of communication—“I am inexpressibly indebted for the honour of your solicitude44, and feel no hesitation45 in acknowledging that I am a literary writer; but so seldom employed, and, when employed, so inadequately46 requited48, that to me the necessaries of life are frequently inaccessible49.”
[329] Here Tallyho interrupted the narrator by asking—whence it was that he had adopted a profession so irksome, precarious50, and unproductive?
“Necessity,” was the reply. “During a period of eight years, I performed
the duties as senior Clerk of an office under Government; four years
ago the establishment was broken up, without any provision made for its
subordinate dependents; and thus I became one of the twenty thousand
distressed beings in London, who rise from bed in the morning, unknowing
dinner!”{1} 1 The following calculation, which is curious in all its
parts, cannot fail to interest the reader:—
habitable Globe is estimated at 1000,000,000 souls. If
therefore we reckon with the Ancients, that a generation
lasts 30 years, then in that space 1000,000,000 human beings
will be born and die; consequently, 91,314 must be dropping
minute, and more than one every second. Of these
1000,000,000 souls, 656,000,000 are supposed to be Pagans,
160,000,000 Mahomedans, 9,000,000 Jews, only 175,000,000 are
called Christians55, and of these only 50,000,000 are
Protestants.
There are in London 502 places of Worship—one Cathedral,
220 Meet-ings and Chapels for Dissenters57, 43 Chapels for
Foreigners, and 6 Synagogues for Jews. About 4050 public and
private Schools, including Inns of Courts, Colleges, &c.
About 8 Societies for Morals; 10 Societies for Learning and
704 Friendly Societies. Charity distributed ￡800,000 per
annum.
There are about 2500 persons committed for trial in one
year: The annual depredations61 amount to about ￡2,100,000.
There are 19 Prisons, and 5204 Alehouses within the bills of
Mortality. The amount of Coin counterfeited62 is ￡200,000 per
￡150,000. About 3000 Receivers of Stolen Goods. About 10,000
individuals rise every morning without knowing how or by
what means they are to be supported during the passing day,
succeeding night.
7,000,000 gallons of milk, the produce of 9000 cows; 10,000
acres of ground cultivated for vegetables; 4000 acres for
fruit; 75,000 quarters of wheat; 700,000 chaldrons of coals;
1,200,500 barrels of ale and porter; 12,146,782 gallons of
spirituous liquors and compounds; 35,500 tons of wine;
17,000,000 pounds of butter, 22,100,000 pounds of cheese;
[330] “May I ask,” said Mr. Dashall, “from what species of literary composition you chiefly derive70 your subsistence?”
“From puffing—writing rhyming advertisements for certain speculative71 and successful candidates for public favour, in various avocations72; for instance, eulogizing the resplendent brilliancy of Jet or Japan Blacking—the wonderful effects of Tyrian-Dye and Macassar Oil in producing a luxuriant growth and changing the colour of the hair, transforming the thinly scattered73 and hoary74 fragments of age to the redundant75 and auburn tresses of youth—shewing forth76 that the “Riding Master to his late Majesty77 upwards78 of thirty years, and Professor of the Royal Menage of Hanover, sets competition at defiance79, and that all who dare presume to rival the late Professor of the Royal Menage of Hanover, are vile unskilful pretenders, ci-devant stable-boys, and totally undeserving the notice of an enlightened and discerning public! In fact, Sir, I am reduced to this occasional humiliating employment, derogatory certainly to the dignity of literature, as averting81 the approach of famine. I write, for various adventurers, poetical82 panegyric84, and illustrate each subject by incontrovertible facts, with appropriate incident and interesting anecdote85.”
“And these facts,” observed Bob Tallyho, “respectably authenticated86?”
“By no means,” answered the Poet; “nor is it necessary, nobody takes the trouble of inquiry, and all is left to the discretion87 of the writer and the fertility of his invention.”
“On the same theme, does not there exist,” asked Dashall, “a difficulty in giving it the appearance of variety?”
“Certainly; and that difficulty would seem quite insurmountable when I assure you, that I have written for a certain Blacking Manufacturer above two hundred different productions on the subject of his unparalleled Jet, each containing fresh incident, and very probably fresh incident must yet be found for two hundred productions more! But the misfortune is, that every thing is left to my invention, and the remuneration is of a very trifling88 nature for such mental labour: besides, it has frequently happened that the toil89 has proved unavailing—the production is rejected—the anticipated half-crown remains90 in the accumulating coffers of the Blacking-manufacturer, and the Author returns, pennyless and despondingly, to his attic91, where, if fortune at last befriends him, he probably may breakfast dine and sup, tria juncta in uno, at a late hour in the evening!” [331] “And,” exclaimed the feeling Dashall, “this is real Life in London!”
“With me actually so,” answered the Poet.
The Blacking-maker's Laureat now offered to the perusal92 of his sympathising friends the following specimen93 of his ability in this mode of composition:—
OR,
“Whoe'er on the rock of Gibraltar has been,
A frequent assemblage of monkeys has seen
As if pre-determin'd to fracture his bones!
And gazing his secret position about,
A boot caught his eye, near the spot that was plac'd,
By w * * * *n's jet; Blacking transcendently grac'd;
And, viewing his shade in its brilliant reflection,
He cautiously ventured on closer inspection98.
Thence seeking his new-found acquaintance within,
He pok'd in the boot his inquisitive38 snout,
Head and shoulders so far, that he could not get out;
And thus he seem'd cas'd—from his head to his tail,
In suit of high-burnish'd impregnable mail!
That this hostile figure, of non-descript form,
Now fixing his piece, in wild terror he bawls—
“A legion of devils are scaling the walls!”
Signal-guns were discharged, and the drums beat to arms;
And Governor then, and whole garrison, ran
“A man—'tis a monkey!” Mirth loudly exclaim'd,
And peace o'er the garrison then was proclaim'd;
And Pug was released, the strange incident backing
The merits, so various, of W* * * *n's Jet Blacking.”
[332] This trifle, well enough for the purpose, was honoured with approbation108.
The two friends, unwilling109 to offend the delicacy110 of the Poet by a premature111 pecuniary112 compliment at this early stage of acquaintance, took his address and departed, professing113 an intention of calling upon him at his lodgings114 in the evening.
“I would not, were I a bricklayer's labourer,” exclaimed Bob, “exchange situations with this unfortunate literary hack—this poor devil of mental toil and precarious result, who depends for scanty subsistence on the caprice of his more fortunate inferiors, whose minds, unexpanded by liberal feeling, and absorbed in the love of self, and the sordid115 consideration of interest, are callous116 to the impression of benevolence117!—But let us hope that few such cases of genius in adversity occur, even in this widely extended and varied118 scene of human vicissitude119.”
“That hope,” replied his Cousin, “is founded on
There are, at this moment, thousands in London of literary merit, of whom we may truly say,
“Chill penury repress their noble rage,
Men unsustained by the hand of friendship, who pine in unheeded obscurity, suffering the daily privations of life's indispensable requisites122, or obtaining a scanty pittance123 at the will of opulent ignorance, and under the humiliating contumely, as we have just been informed, even of Blacking Manufacturers!
“But here is a man, who, during a period of eight years, held a public situation, the duties of which he performed satisfactorily to the last; and yet, on the abolition124 of the establishment, while the Principal retires in the full enjoyment125 of his ample salary, this senior Clerk and his fellows in calamity126 are cast adrift upon the world, to live or starve, and in the dearth127 of employment suitable to their habits and education, the unfortunate outcasts are left to perish, perhaps by the hand of famine in the streets, or that of despondency in a garret; or, what is worse than either, consigned128 to linger out their remaining wretched [333] days under the “cold reluctant charity” of a parish workhouse.{1}
“When the principal of a Public-office has battened for many years on his liberal salary, and the sole duties required of him have been those of occasionally signing a few official papers, why not discontinue his salary on the abolition of the establishment, and partition it out in pensions to those disbanded Clerks by whose indefatigable129 exertions130 the business of the public has been satisfactorily conducted? These allowances, however inadequate47 to the purpose of substantiating131 all the comforts, might yet realise the necessaries of life, and, at least, would avert80 the dread of absolute destitution132.”
A pause ensued—Dashall continued in silent rumination—a few moments brought our Heroes to the Horse Guards; and as the acquirement “devoutly to be wished” was a general knowledge of metropolitan133 manners, they proceeded to the observance of Real Life in a Suttling House.
Child's Suttling House at the Horse Guards is the almost exclusive resort of military men, who, availing themselves of the intervals134 between duty, drop in to enjoy a pipe and pint135.
“To fight their battles o'er again,
In the entrance on the left is a small apartment, bearing the dignified139 inscription140, in legible characters on the door, of “The Non-Commissioned Officers' Room.” In front of the bar is a larger space, boxed off, and appropriated to the use of the more humble141 heroical aspirants142, the private men; and passing through the bar, looking into Whitehall, is the Sanctum Sanctorum, for the reception of the more exalted143 rank, the golden-laced, three-striped, subordinate commandants, Serjeant-Majors and Serjeants, with the colour-clothed regimental appendants of Paymasters and Adjutants' Clerks, et cetera. Into this latter apartment our accomplished144 friends were ushered145 with becoming
1 “Swells then thy feeling heart, and streams thine eye
Whom cold reluctant parish-charity
—Charlotte Smith.
[334] respect to their superior appearance, at the moment when a warm debate was carrying on as to the respective merits of the deceased Napoleon and the hero of Waterloo.
The advocate of the former seemed unconnected with the army: the adherent149 to the latter appeared in the gaudy150 array of a Colour-Serjeant of the Foot Guards, and was decorated with a Waterloo medal, conspicuously151 suspended by a blue ribbon to the upper button of his jacket; and of this honourable152 badge the possessor seemed not less vain than if he had been adorned153 with the insignia of the most noble order of the Garter.
“I contend, and I defy the universe to prove the contrary,” exclaimed the pertinacious154 Serjeant in a tone of authoritative155 assertion, “that the Duke of Wellington is a greater man than ever did, does, or hereafter may exist!”
“By no means,” answered the Civilian156. “I admit, so far as a thorough knowledge of military tactics, and a brilliant career of victory constitutes greatness, his grace of Wellington to be a great hero, but certainly not the greatest 'inan that ever did, does, or hereafter may exist!” “Is there a greater man? Did there ever exist a greater?—when and where?” the Serjeant impatiently demanded.
“Buonaparte was a greater,” answered the opposing disputant; “because to military renown157 unparalleled in the annals of ancient or modern history, he added the most consummate158 knowledge of government; and although his actions might frequently partake of arbitrary sway, (and who is the human being exempted159 from human frailty) yet he certainly created and sustained, in her most elevated zenith, the splendour of France, till crushed by the union of nations in arms; and if power is the criterion of greatness, who was, is, or ever can be greater than the man, who, emerging from obscurity, raised himself solely161 by his mental energies to the highest elevation162 of human glory; and who, this Island excepted, commanded the destinies of all Europe! The most determined163 of his enemies will not deny, calmly and duly appreciating his merits, that he possessed164 unrivalled talent; and this fact the hero, whose cause you so vehemently165 espouse166, would, I have no doubt, be the foremost in acknowledging.”
In deficiency of argument, the Serjeant resorted to invective168; the vociferous169 disputation reached the next [335] room, and was taken up by the rank and file in a manner not less tumultuous; when an honest native of the “Emerald Isle” good-humouredly terminated the war of words, calling for half a quartern of gin, with which to qualify a pint of Whitbread's entire.
“To the immortal170 memory of St. Patrick, and long life to him!” exclaimed Patrick O'Shaughnessy. “If there did not exist but them two selves, bad luck to the spalpeen who will say that the Duke and my Lord Londondery would not be the greatest men in the universe!”
This sally led to a cessation of hostilities171, which might have been followed by a definitive172 treaty of peace, but the d?mon of discord173 again made its appearance in the tangible174 shape of a diminutive175 personage, who, hitherto silently occupying a snug176 out-of-the-way corner by the fireplace, had escaped observation.
Dashall and his Cousin emerging from the Sanctum Sanctorum, where their presence seemed to have operated as a check on the freedom of discussion, had just seated themselves in the room allotted177 to the private soldiers, when, in a broad northern accent, the aforesaid taciturn gentleman, selecting the two strangers, who, of all the company, seemed alone worthy178 the honour of his notice, thus addressed them:
“I crave179 your pardon, Sirs—but I guess frae your manner that ye are no unacquainted wi' the movements o' high life—do you ken2 how lang the King means to prolong his abode180 amang our neebors owre the water, his hair-brain'd Irish subjects, whase notions o' loyalty181 hae excited sae mony preposterously182 antic exhibitions by that volatile184 race O' people?”
“I am not in possession,” answered Dashall, “of any information on the subject.”
“By the manes of the Priest,” exclaimed Mr. O'Shaughnessy, “but the King (God bless him) has visited the land of green Erin, accompanied by the spirit of harmony, and praties without the sauce of butter-milk be his portion, who does not give them both a hearty185 welcome!—Arrah, what mane you by a preposterous183 exhibition? By hecky, the warm hearts of the sons and daughters of St. Patrick have exhibited an unsophisticated feeling of loyalty, very opposite indeed to the chilling indifference186, not to say worse of it, of those his subjects at home; and as Sir William, the big Baronet of the City, said in the House [336] that gives laws to the land, Why should not his Majesty be cheered up a little?”
This effusion of loyalty was well received, and Dashall and his Cousin cordially united in the general expression of approbation.
“This is a' vera weel,” said the Northern; “but an overstrained civility wears ay the semblance187 o' suspicion, and fulsome188 adulation canna be vera acceptable to the mind o' delicate feeling: for instance, there is my ain country, and a mair ancient or a mair loyal to its legitimate189 Sovereign there disna exist on the face o' the whole earth; wad the King condescend190 to honor wi' his presence the palace o' Holyrod House, he wad experience as ardent192 a manifestation193 o' fidelity194 to his person and government in Auld195 Reekie as that shown him in Dublin, though aiblins no quite sae tumultuous; forbye, it wadna hae been amiss to hae gaen the preference to a nation whare his ancestors held sway during sae mony centuries, and whare, in the castle of Edinburgh, is still preserved the sacred regalia, with which it migh no hae been unapropos to hae graced his royal head and hand amidst the gratifying pageantry o' a Scotch196 coronation. Sure I am that North Britain has never been honored publicly wi' a royal visit.—Whether ony branch o' the present reigning197 family hae been there incognita they best ken themselves.”
“You seem to have forgot,” observed Tallyho, “the visit of the Duke of Cumberland to Scotland in the year 1745.”
“Begging your pardon for setting you right in that particular,” answered the cynic, with a most significant expression of countenance, “that, Sir, was not a visit, but a visitation!”
“Appropriate enough,” whispered Dashall to Tallyho.
“Augh, boderation to nice distinctions!” exclaimed O'Shaughnessy; “here, Mister Suttler be after tipping over anoder half quartern of the cratur, wid which to drink success to the royal visitant.”
“And that the company may participate in the gratifying expression of attachment198 to their Sovereign, Landlord,” said Dashall, “let the glass go round.”
“Testifying our regard for the Sovereign,” resumed the Northern, “it canna be understood that we include a' the underlings o' Government. We ought, as in duty bound, to venerate199 and obey the maister o' the house; bat it is [337] by no means necessary that we should pay a similar respect to his ox and his ass34, his man-servant and his maid-servant. May be, had he been at hame on a late occasion o' melancholy200 solemnity, blood wadna hae been spilt, and mickle dool and sorrow wad hae been avoided.”
“We perfectly201 understand your allusion,” said one from the group of Life-guardsmen: “Of us now present there were none implicated202 in the unfortunate occurrences either of that day or a subsequent one: yet we must not silently hear our comrades traduced—perhaps then it may be as well to drop the subject.”
“I canna think o' relinquishing203 a topic 0' discourse,” answered the Northern, “replete wi' mickle interest, merely at your suggestion; it may be ye did your duty in obeying the commands, on that lamentable205 occasion, O' your superior officers, and it is to be hoped that the duty O' the country, towards those with whom originated the mischief206, will not be forgotten; there is already on record against the honour 0' your corps207 a vera serious verdick.”
Here the Life-guardsmen spontaneously started up; but the immediate interposition of Dashall averted208 me impending209 storm; while Tallyho, imitating the generosity210 of his Cousin, ordered the circulation once more of the bottle, to Unanimity211 betwixt the military and the people. Harmony thus restored, the two friends took their leave, amidst the grateful acknowledgments of the company, O'Shaughnessy swearing on their departure, that doubtless the two strangers were begot212 in Ireland, although they might have come over to England to be born! While the pertinacious Northern observed, that appearances were aften deceitful, although, to be sure, the twa friends had vera mickle the manners 0' perfectly well-bred gentlemen, and seem'd, forbye, to hae a proper sense o' national honor.
Proceeding213 into Whitehall, Tallyho much admired the statue-like figures of the mounted sentries214 in the recesses215 by the gate of the Horse-guards; the relief had just approached; the precision of retirement216 of the one party, and advance to its post of the other: the interesting appearance of the appropriately caparisoned and steady demeanour of the horses, and their instinctive217 knowledge of military duty, excited deservedly prolonged attention,
[338] “One would think,” said Tallyho, “that these noble animals are really actuated by reasoning faculties218.”
“Hereafter,” replied Dashall, “you will still more incline to this opinion, when we have an opportunity of being present on a cavalry219 field-day in Hyde Park, where manoeuvre will appear to have attained its acme220 of perfection, as much from the wonderful docility221 of the horse as the discipline of the rider."{l}
“But hold, who have we here?—Our friend Sparkle, gazing about him with an eye of inquisitive incertitude222, as if in search of lost property.”
As his two friends approached, he seemed bewildered in the labyrinth223 of conjecture224.—“I have lost my horse!” he exclaimed, in answer to the inquiry of Dashall. “Having occasion to stop half an hour at Drummond's, I gave the animal in charge of an Israelite urchin225, and now neither are to be seen.”
Casting a look down the street, they at last discerned the Jew lad, quickly, yet carefully leading the horse along, with two boys mounted on its back. Thoroughly226 instructed in the maxim—Get money, honestly if you can, but get it by any means! young Moses had made the most of the present opportunity, by letting out the horse, at a penny a ride, from Charing227 Cross to the Horse Guards; this, by his own confession228, was the fifteenth trip! Sparkle, highly exasperated229, was about to apply the discipline of the whip to the shoulders of the thrifty230 speculator, when Tallyho, interceding231 in his behalf, he was released, with a suitable admonition.
1 Not long since some cavalry horses, deemed “unfit for
further service,” were sold at Tattersal's. Of one of these
led, 'with a sack of flour on his back, to the next market-
town; there while the Miller entered a house for a few
moments, and the animal quietly waited at the door, a
squadron of dragoons drew up in an adjacent street, forming
heard the well-known signal, it started off with as much
celerity as its burthen admitted, and, to the great
amusement of the troop, and astonishment236 of the spectators,
accustomed precision of an experienced veteran in the
service; and it was with considerable difficulty that the
Miller, who had now hastened to the spot, could induce the
animal to relinquish204 its military ardour, to which it still
appeared to cling with renewed and fond pertinacity238!
Sparkle, mounting his recovered charger, left his [339] pedestrian friends for the present, to continue their excursion; who, proceeding up St. Martin's Lane, and admiring that noble edifice239, the Church, reached, without other remarkable240 occurrence, the quietude of Leicester Square.
Close by is Barker's Panorama241, an object of attraction too prominent to be passed without inspection. They now entered, and Tallyho stood mute with delight at the astonishing effect of the perspective; while, as if by the powers of enchantment242, he seemed to have been transported into other regions. Amidst scenes of rich sublimity243, in the centre of a vast amphitheatre, bounded only by the distant horizon, far remote from the noisy bustle244 of the Metropolis, he gave full scope to his imagination; and after an hour of pleasing reverie, left the fascinating delusion245 with evident reluctance246.
Emerging once more into the gay world, the two associates, in search of Real Life in London, proceeded through Covent Garden Market, where fruit, flowers, and exotics in profusion247, invite alike the eye and the appetite.
Onwards they reached the classic ground of Drury, “Where Catherine Street descends248 into the Strand249.”
“I never,” said the Hon. Tom Dashall, “pass this spot without a feeling of veneration—the scenes of “olden times” rise on my view, and the shades of Garrick, and our late loss, and not less illustrious Sheridan, flit before me! This was then, as now, the seat of Cyprian indulgence—the magnet of sensual attraction, where feminine youth and beauty in their most fascinating and voluptuous250 forms were let out by the unprincipled procuress, and the shrines251 of Venus and Apollo invited the votaries252 of each to nocturnal sacrifice.{1}
1 The avenue to the boxes of Drury Lane Theatre was, in the
time of Garrick, through Vinegar Yard. In this passage an
old spider, better known, perhaps, by the name of a
unfortunately or imprudently fell into her clutches. Those
who are not unacquainted with haddocks, will understand the
with smiles or insults every one that passed. It happened
that a noble Lord, in his way to the theatre, with his two
daughters under his arm, was most grossly attacked by this
band of “flaming ministers.” He immediately went behind the
scenes, and insisted on seeing Mr. Garrick, to whom he
himself to this unholy Sybil:—
“Twin-child of Cacus; Vulcan was their sire, Full offspring
to his rage in the most buskin'd strain, and concluded by
was not backward in reply, but soon convinced him that she
was much more powerful in abusive language than our Roscius,
though he had recourse in his speech to Milton's “hell-born
any of it; and those to whom it is a perfect mystery, boast
a “state the more gracious,” and are the more happy in their
would have remained unmoved had she not terminated in the
following manner, which so excited the laughter of the
collected mob, and disconcerted “the soul of Richard,”
that, without another word to say, he hastily took shelter
in the theatre. Putting her arms akimbo, and letting down
each side of her mouth with wonderful expression of
You be d——-d! My house is as good as your's—aye, and
better too. I can come into your's whenever I like, and
see the best that you can do for a shilling; but d——-me if
you, or any body else, shall come into mine for less than a
fifteen-penny negus.”
[340] “This street and neighbourhood was wont271 to exhibit, nightly, a melancholy proof of early infamy272. Here might be seen a prolonged succession of juvenile273 voluptuaries, females, many of them under fourteen years of age, offering themselves to indiscriminate prostitution, in a state verging274 on absolute nudity, alluring275 the passengers, by every seductive wile276, to the haunts of depravity, from which retreat was seldom effected without pecuniary exaction277, and frequently accompanied by personal violence. The nuisance has been partly abated278, but entirely to remove it would be a task of more difficult accomplishment279 than that of cleansing280 the Augean stable, and would baffle all the labours of Hercules!”
“This fact,” observed Tallyho, “throws an indelible stain on metropolitan police.”
“Not so,” answered his companion, “scarce a day passes without groups of these unfortunates being held before a magistrate281, and humanely282 disposed of in various ways, with the view of preventing a recurrence284 to vicious habits,—but in vain;—the stain is more attributed to the depraved nature of man, who first seduces285, and then casts off [341] to infamy and indigence286 the unhappy victim of credulity. Many of these wretched girls would, in all probability, gladly have abstained287 from the career of vice, if, on their first fall, they had experienced the consoling protection of parents or friends;—but, shut out from home,—exiled from humanity,—divested of character, and without resources,—no choice is left, other than mendicity or prostitution!”{1}
The sombre reflections occasioned by these remarks gradually gave way to those of a more enlivening hue288, as the two friends proceeded along the Strand. The various display, at the tradesmen's shop windows, of useful and ornamental289 articles,—the continued bustle of the street,—the throng290 of passengers of every description, hurrying on in the activity of business, or more leisurely291 lounging their way under the impulse of curiosity,—the endless succession of new faces, and frequent occurrence of interesting incident;—these united in forming an inexhaustible fund of amusement and admiration292.
1 “Hatton Garden.—On Saturday, no less than fifteen
bar, charged by Cadby, the street-keeper on the Foundling
Estate, with loitering about the neighbourhood for their
complaints had been made to him by many of the inhabitants,
who resort every night to Brunswick Square. He had been
therefore instructed to endeavour to suppress the nuisance.
About twelve o'clock on Friday night, while perambulating
the district, he found the fifteen prisoners at the bar in
Brunswick Square, at their usual pursuits, and all of them
to the watch-house.
None of the prisoners could deny the charge, but expressed
great contrition297 at being under the painful necessity of
were examined individually, by the magistrates299, as to the
origin that brought them to disgrace. Some, from their
admission, were farmers' daughters, and had been decoyed
from their relatives, and brought to London, and
subsequently deserted by their seducers. Some were nursery-
tales were truly distressing301—some had only been six months
in such infamy, others twelve months, and some two years and
upwards.
The worthy magistrate, with much feeling, admonished302 them on
that quarter, they were discharged.”
Passing through Temple Bar, “Once more,” said [342] Dashall, “we enter the dominions306 of another Sovereign,—the Monarch307 of the City,—than whom there is none more tenacious308 of the rights and immunities309 of his subjects. Professing a strictly310 civil government, and consequent hostility311 to military interference, it does not always happen that the regal sway of the East harmonizes with that of the West, and the limited reign24 of the former is generally most popular when most in opposition312 to that of the latter. Several important events have occurred wherein a late patriotic313 Right Honourable Chief Magistrate has had the opportunity of manifesting a zealous314, firm, and determined attachment to the privileges of the community: the good wishes of his fellow-citizens have accompanied his retirement, and his private and public worth will be long held in deserved estimation.”
Turning up the Old Bailey, and passing, with no pleasing sensations, that structure in front of which so many human beings expiate315 their offences with their lives, without, in any degree, the frequency of the dreadful example lessening316 the perpetration of crime,—“The crowd thickens,” exclaimed the 'Squire317; and advancing into Smithfield, a new scene opened on the view of the astonished Tallyho. An immense and motley crowd was wedged together in the open space of the market, which was surrounded by booths and shows of every description, while the pavement was rendered nearly impassable by a congregated318 multitude, attracted by the long line of stalls, exhibiting, in ample redundancy, the gorgeously gilt319 array of ginger-bread monarchs320, savory321 spice-nuts, toys for children and those of elder growth, and the numerous other et cetera of Bartholomew Fair, which at that moment the Lord Mayor of London, with accustomed state and formality, was in the act of proclaiming.
A more dissonant322 uproar323 now astounded324 the ears of Bob than ever issued from the hounds at falt in the field or at variance325 in the kennel326! The prolonged stunning327 and vociferous acclamation of the mob, accompanied by the deeply sonorous328 clangor of the gong—the shrill329 blast of the trumpet—the hoarse-resounding voices of the mountebanks, straining their lungs to the pitch of extremity330, through speaking tubes—the screams of women and children, and the universal combination of discord, announced the termination of the Civic331 Sovereign's performance in the drama; “the revelry now had began,” [343] and all was obstreperous332 uproar, and “confusion worse confounded.”
In the vortex of the vast assemblage, the Hon. Tom Dashall and his Cousin were more closely hemmed333 in than they probably would have been at the rout334 of female distinction, where inconvenience is the order of the night, and pressure, to the dread of suffocation335, the criterion of rank and fashion. Borne on the confluent tide, retreat was impracticable; alternately then, stationary336 and advancing with the multitude, as it urged its slow and undulating progress; or paused at the attractions of Wombwell and Gillman's rival menageries—the equestrian337 shows of Clark and Astley—the theatres of Richardson and Gyngell, graced by the promenade338 of the dramatis person? and lure339 of female nudity—the young giantess—the dwarfs—and the accomplished lady, who, born without arms, cuts out watch-papers with her toes, and takes your likeness340 with her teeth!—Amidst these and numerous other seductive impediments to their progress, our pedestrians341, resisting alike temptation and invitation, penetrated342 the mass of spectators, and gained an egress343 at Long Lane, uninjured in person, and undamaged in property, “save and except” the loss, by Bob, of a shoe, and the rent frock of his honourable Cousin. To repair the one and replace the other was now the predominant consideration. By fortunate proximity344 to a descendant of St. Crispin, the latter object was speedily effected; but the difficulty of finding, in that neighbourhood, a knight of the thimble, appearing insurmountable, the two friends pursued their course, Dashall drawing under his arm the shattered skirts of his garment, until they reached Playhouse Yard, in Upper Whitecross Street, St. Luke's, to which they had been previously345 directed, the epitome346 of Monmouth Street, chiefly inhabited by tailors and old clothes retailers347, where purchase and repair are equally available.
Entering a shop occupied by an intelligent Scotch tailor, who, with his son, was busily employed in making up black cloth and kerseymere waistcoats, his spouse167, a native of Edinburgh, with a smile of complacency and avidity of utterance348 that strongly indicated a view to the main chance, put her usual inquiry:
“What is your wull, Gentlemen—what wad you please to want?”
“My good lady,” answered Dashall, “we would be [344] glad to accept the services of your husband,” exhibiting at same time the rent skirts of his frock. “This accident was sustained in passing, or rather in being squeezed through the Fair; my friend too, experienced a trifling loss; but, as it has been replaced, I believe that he does not require present amendment349.”
The materials destined350 to form the black waistcoats were then put aside, while the northern adept351 in the exercise of the needle proceeded to operate on the fractured garment; and a coat being supplied, ad interim352, Tom and his friend accepted the “hospitable invitation of the guid wife, and seated themselves with unhesitating sociability353.
“And sae ye hae been to the Fair, gentlemen?” “We have, madam,” said Dashall, “and unintentionally so; we were not, until on the spot, aware of any such exhibition, and got within its vortex just as the Lord Mayor had licensed354, by proclamation, the commencement of this annual scene of idleness, riot and dissipation!”
“Hoot awa, Sir, ye wadna wish to deprive us o' our amusements; poor folks dinna often enjoy pleasure, and why should na they hae a wee bit o' it now and then, as weel as the rich?”
“I know not, my good lady,” exclaimed Bon, “that I can altogether assimilate with your's my ideas of pleasure; if it consists in being pressed nearly to death by a promiscuous355 rabble356, in attempts on your pocket, shoes trod off your feet by the formidable iron-cased soles of a drayman's ponderous357 sandals, to say nothing of the pleasing effect thus produced upon your toes, and in having the coat torn off from your back, I would freely resign to the admirers of such pleasure the full benefit of its enjoyment.”
“Accidents wull happen ony where and in ony situation,” replied the garrulous358 wife; “ye may be thankfu', gentlemen, that its nae waur,—and, for the matter o' the rent frock, my guid man wull repair it in sic a way that the disaster wull no be seen, and the coat wull look as weel as ever.”
The promise was verified; the reparation was made with equal neatness and celerity; something beyond the required remuneration was given; and Dashall inquiring if the worthy dame359 of Auld Reekie would take a drop of cordial, the friendly offer was accepted, and the glass of [345] good fellowship having been drank, and civilities interchanged, the strangers departed.
They were now in Whitecross Street, where sojourned their acquaintance of the morning, the distressed Poet; and, from the accuracy of description, had no difficulty in ascertaining360 his place of residence.
It was in a public-house; a convenient lodging for the forlorn being, who, exiled from friendship, and unconnected by any ties of consanguinity361, can dress his scanty meal by a gratuitous362 fire, and where casual generosity may sometimes supply him with a draught363 of Hanbury's exhilarating beverage364.
At the bar, directly facing the street door, the strangers, on inquiring for the Poet by name, were directed by the landlord, with a sarcastical expression of countenance, to “the first floor down the chimney!” while the Hostess, whose demeanour perfectly accorded with that of the well-manner'd gentlewoman, politely interfered365, and, shewing the parlour, sent a domestic to acquaint her lodger366 that he was wanted below stairs.
The summons was instantaneously obeyed; but as the parlour precluded367 the opportunity of private conversation, being partly occupied by clamorous368 butchers, with whom this street abounds369 to redundancy, the Poet had no other alternative than that of inviting370 the respectable visitants to his attic, or, as the Landlord facetiously371 named the lofty domicile, his first floor down the chimney!
Real Life in London must be seen, to be believed. The Hon. Tom Dashall and his friend Tallyho were reared in the lap of luxury, and never until now formed an adequate conception of the distressing privations attendant on suffering humanity.
With a dejection of spirits evidently occasioned by the humiliating necessity of ushering372 his polished friends into the wretched asylum58 of penury, the Poet led the way with tardy373 reluctancy, while his visitors regretted every step of ascent374, under the appalling375 circumstance of giving pain to adversity; yet they felt that to recede376 would be more indelicate than to advance.
The apartment which they now entered seemed a lumber377 room, for the reception of superfluous378 or unserviceable furniture, containing not fewer than eleven decayed and mutilated chairs of varied description; and the limited space, to make the most of it in a pecuniary point of view, [346] was encroached upon by three uncurtained beds, of most impoverished379 appearance,—while, exhibiting the ravages380 of time in divers381 fractures, the dingy382 walls and ceiling, retouched by the trowel in many places with a lighter383 shade of repairing material, bore no unapt resemblance to the Pye-bald Horse in Chiswell-street! Calculating on its utility and probable future use, the builder of the mansion384 had given to this room the appendage385 of a chimney, but evidently it had for many years been unconscious of its usual accompaniment, fire. Two windows had originally admitted the light of heaven, but to reduce the duty, one was internally blocked up, while externally uniformity was preserved. A demolished386 pane83 of glass in the remaining window, close to which stood a small dilapidated table, gave ingress to a current of air; the convenient household article denominated a clothes-horse, stood against the wall; and several parallel lines of cord were stretched across the room, on which to hang wet linen387, a garret being considered of free access to all the house, and the comfort or health of its occupant held in utter derision and contempt!
Here then,—
“In the worst Inn's worst room, with cobwebs hung,
The walls of plaster and the floors of dung,”
entered Dashall and his Cousin Tallyho. The latter familiarly seating himself on the ricketty remains of what had once been an arm-chair, but now a cripple, having lost one of its legs, the precarious equilibrium388 gave way under the unaccustomed shock of the contact, and the 'Squire came to the ground, to his no small surprise, the confusion of the poet, and amusement of Dashall!
With many apologies for the awkwardness of their very humble accommodation, and grateful expression of thanks for the honour conferred upon him, the Poet replaced Tallyho in a firmer seat, and a silence of some few moments ensued, the two friends being at a loss in what manner to explain, and the Poet unwilling to inquire the object of their visit.
Dashall began at last, by observing that in pursuit of the knowledge of Real Life in London, he and his accompanying friend had met with many incidents both ludicrous and interesting; but that in the present instance their visit was rather influenced by sympathy than [347] curiosity, and that where they could be serviceable to the interest of merit in obscurity, they always should be happy in the exercise of a duty so perfectly congenial with their feelings.
Many years had elapsed since the person, to whom these remarks were addressed, had heard the voice of consolation389, and its effect was instantaneous; his usual sombre cast of countenance became brightened by the glow of cheerful animation390, and he even dwelt on the subject of his unfortunate circumstances with jocularity:
“The elevated proximity of a garret,” he observed, “to the sublimer391 regions, has often been resorted to as the roost of genius; and why should I, of the most slender, if any, literary pretensions392, complain? And yet my writings, scattered amongst the various fugitive393 periodical publications of this and our sister island, if collected together, would form a very voluminous compilation394.”
“I have always understood,” said Bob, “that the quality, not the quantum, constituted the fame of an author's productions.”
“True, Sir,” answered the Poet; “and I meant not the vanity of arrogating395 to myself any merit from my writings, with reference either to quantum or quality. I alluded to the former, as merely proving the inefficacy of mental labour in realizing the necessaries of life to an author whom celebrity declines acknowledging. Similarly situated396, it would appear was the Dutchman mentioned by the late Doctor Walcot,
“My Broder is te poet, look,
As all te world must please,
For he heb wrote, py Got, a book
So big as all this cheese!”
“On the other hand, Collins, Hammond, and Gray, wrote each of them but little, yet their names will descend191 to posterity397!—And had Gray, of his poems the Bard398, and the Elegy399 in a Country Church Yard, written only one, and written nothing else, he had required no other or better passport to immortality400!”{1}
1 Of that great and multitudinous writer, Doctor Samuel
Johnson, the following anecdote is told: “Being one morning
in the library at Buckingham House honoured with the
why he, (Mr. Johnson) did not continue to write. “May it
please your Majesty,” answered the Doctor, “I think I have
written enough.”—“I should have thought so too,” his
Majesty replied, “if, Doctor Johnson, you had not written so
well.”
[348] In this opinion the visitants, who were both well conversant402 with our native literature, readily acquiesced403.
“Have you never,” asked Dashall, “thought of publishing a volume by subscription404?”
“I meditated405 such intention,” answered the Poet, “not long ago; drew up the necessary Prospectus406, with a specimen of the Poetry, and perambulated the Metropolis in search of patronage407. In some few instances I was successful, and, though limited the number, yet the high respectability of my few Subscribers gave me inexpressible satisfaction; several of our nobility honoured me with their names, and others, my patrons, were of the very first class of literature. Nevertheless, I encountered much contumelious reception; and after an irksome and unavailing perseverance408 of a month's continuance, I was at last compelled to relinquish all hope of success.
“Having then on my list the name of a very worthy Alderman who lately filled the Civic Chair with honour to himself and advantage to his fellow-citizens, I submitted my prospectus in an evil hour to another Alderman, a baronet, of this here and that there notoriety!
“Waiting in his Banking-house the result of my application, he condescended409 to stalk forth from the holy of holies, his inner room, with the lofty demeanour of conscious importance, when, in the presence of his Clerks and others, doubtless to their great edification and amusement, the following colloquy410 ensued, bearing in his hand my unlucky Prospectus, with a respectful epistle which had accompanied it:—
“Are you the writer,” he asked in a majesterial tone, “of this here letter?”
“I am, Sir W*****m, unfortunately!”
“Then,” he continued, “you may take them there papers back again, I have no time to read Prospectuses411, and so Mister Poet my compliments, and good morning to you!!!”
“These literally412 were his words; and such was the astounding413 effect they produced on my mind, that, although I had meant to have passed through the Royal Exchange, I yet, in the depth of my reverie, wandered I knew not where, and, before recovering my recollection, found myself in the centre of London Bridge!”
[349] The detail of this fact, so characteristic of rude, ungentlemanly manners, and the barbarian414 ignorance of this great man of little soul, excited against him, with Dashall and his friend, a mingled415 feeling of ridicule416, contempt and reprobation417!
“Real Life in London still!” exclaimed Talltho; “intellect and indigence in a garret, and wealth and ignorance in a banking-house!—I would at least have given him, in deficiency of other means, the wholesome418 castigation419 of reproof420.”
“I did,” said the Poet, “stung to the quick by such unmerited contumely, I retired to my attic, and produced a philippic named the Recantation: I cannot accommodate you at present with a copy of the Poem, but the concluding stanzas421 I can repeat from memory:—
“C****s, thy house in Lombard Street
Affords thee still employment meet,
Thy consequence retaining;
For there thy Partners and thy Clerks
Subservient, uncomplaining.
And rob'd in Aldermanic gown,
With look and language all thy own,
Thou mak'st thy hearers stare,
When this here cause, so wisely tried,
Thou put'st with self-applause aside,
To wisely try that there.
Nor can thy brother Cits forget
A toast is call'd, on thee all eyes
A speedy peace and soon!
Nor yet orthography425 nor grammar,
Impregnable that fort is!
Witness thy toast again,—Three Cs;
For who would think that thou by these
Meant Cox, and King, and Curtis
C****s, though scant thy sense, yet Heaven
To thee the better boon hast given
Or wealth—then sense despise,
And deem not Fate's decrees amiss,
?Tis folly to be wise!”
[350] “Bravo!” exclaimed Dashall; “re-issue your Prospectus, my friend, and we will accelerate, with our best interest and influence, the publication of your volume. Let it be dedicated427 to the Hon. Tom Dashall and his Cousin Bob Tallyho. In the meanwhile, accept this trifle, as a complimentary428 douceur uniformly given on such occasions; and, amidst the varied scenes of Real Life in London, I shall frequently recur283 to the present as the most gratifying to my feelings.”
“By this the sun was out of sight,
And darker gloamin brought the night.”
The benevolent429 associates now departed, pleased with the occurrences of the day, and, more than all, with the last, wherein the opportunity was afforded them of extending consolation and relief to genius in adversity!
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rabble
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consanguinity
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lodger
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precluded
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clamorous
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abounds
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inviting
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facetiously
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tardy
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ascent
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appalling
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recede
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superfluous
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impoverished
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divers
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dingy
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lighter
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mansion
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linen
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equilibrium
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consolation
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sublimer
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pretensions
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fugitive
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compilation
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arrogating
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posterity
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bard
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elegy
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