One day the soul, elate and satisfied,
The hour of evil can return no more:
The next, the spirit, pall'd and sick of riot,
[1]MATTER and motion, say Philosophers, are inseparable, and the doctrine4 appears equally applicable to the human mind. Our country Squire5, anxious to testify a grateful sense of the attentions paid him during his London visit, had assiduously exerted himself since his return, in contributing to the pleasures and amusements of his visitors; and Belville Hall presented a scene of festive6 hospitality, at once creditable to its liberal owner, and gratifying to the numerous gentry7 of the surrounding neighbourhood.
But however varied8 and numerous the sports and recreations of rural life, however refined and select the circle of its society, they possessed9 not the endless round of metropolitan10 amusement, nor those ever-varying delights produced amid “the busy hum of men,” where every street is replete11 with incident and character, and every hour fraught12 with adventure.
Satiety13 had now evidently obtruded14 itself amid the party, and its attendants, lassitude and restlessness, were not long in bringing up the rear. The impression already made upon the mind of Bob by the cursory15 view he had taken of Life in London was indelible, and it required little persuasion16 on the part of his cousin, the Hon. Tom Dashall, to induce him again to return to scenes of so much delight, and which afforded such inexhaustible stores of amusement to an ardent17 and youthful curiosity.
[2]A return to the Metropolis18 having therefore been mutually agreed upon, and every previous arrangement being completed, the Squire once more abdicated19 for a season his paternal20 domains21, and accompanied by his cousin Dashall, and the whole ci-devant party of Belville Hall, arrived safe at the elegant mansion22 of the latter, where they planned a new system of perambulation, having for its object a further investigation23 of manners, characters, objects, and incidents, connected with Real Life in London.
“Come,” cried Dashall, one fine morning, starting up immediately after breakfast—
“——rouse for fresh game, and away let us haste,
The regions to roam of wit, fashion, and taste;
Like Quixote in quest of adventures set out,
And learn what the crowds in the streets are about;
And laugh when we must, and approve when we can,
Where London displays ev'ry feature of man.”
“The numerous hotels, bagnios, taverns25, inns, coffee-houses, eating-houses, lodging26-houses, &c. in endless variety, which meet the eye in all parts of the metropolis, afford an immediate24 choice of accommodation, as well to the temporary sojourner27 as the permanent resident; where may be obtained the necessaries and luxuries of life, commensurate with your means of payment, from one shilling to a guinea for a dinner, and from sixpence to thirty shillings a night for a lodging!
“The stranger recommended to one of these hotels, who regales himself after the fatigues28 of a journey with moderate refreshment29, and retires to rest, and preparing to depart in the morning, is frequently surprised at the longitudinal appearance and sum total of his bill, wherein every item is individually stated, and at a rate enormously extravagant30. Remonstrance31 is unavailable; the charges are those common to the house, and in failure of payment your luggage is under detention32, without the means of redress33; ultimately the bill must be paid, and the only consolation34 left is, that you have acquired a useful, though expensive lesson, how to guard in future against similar exaction35 and inconvenience."{1}
1 Marlborough Street.—Yesterday, Mrs. Hickinbottom, the
wife of Mr. Hickinbottom, the keeper of the St. Petersburgh
Hotel in Dover Street, Piccadilly, appeared to a summons to
answer the complaint of a gentleman for unlawfully detaining
his luggage under the following circumstances: The
complainant stated, that on Thursday evening last, on his
arrival in town from Aberdeen, he went to the White Horse
Cellar, Piccadilly; but the house being full, he was
recommended to the St. Petersburgh Hotel in Dover Street;
where, having taken some refreshment and wrote a letter, he
went to bed, and on the following morning after break-fast,
he desired the waiter to bring him his bill, which he did,
and the first item that presented itself was the moderate
charge of one pound ten shillings for his bed; and then
followed, amongst many others, sixpence for a pen, a
shilling for wax, a shilling for the light, and two and
sixpence for other lights; so that the bill amounted in the
whole to the sum of two pounds one shilling for his night's
lodging! To this very exorbitant36 charge he had refused to
submit; in consequence of which he had been put to great
inconvenience by the detention of his luggage. The
magistrate37 animadverted with much severity on such
extravagant charges on the part of the tavern-keeper, and
advised that upon the gentleman paying fifteen shillings,
the things might be immediately delivered up. To these
at the same time, that the gentleman had only been charged
the regular prices of the house, and that she should insist
upon the whole amount of the bill being paid, for that the
persons who were in the habit of coming to their house never
no power to enforce the things being given up, but he
recommended the complainant to bring an action against the
tavern-keeper for the detention.
[3] These were the observations directed by Dashall to his friend, as they passed, one morning, the Hotel de la Sabloniere in Leicester Square.
“Doubtless,” he continued, “in those places of affluent41 resort, the accommodations are in the first style of excellence42; yet with reference to comfort and sociability43, were I a country gentleman in the habit of occasionally visiting London, my temporary domicile should be the snug44 domesticated45 Coffee-house, economical in its charges and pleasurable in the variety of its visitors, where I might, at will, extend or abridge46 my evening intercourse47, and in the retirement48 of my own apartment feel myself more at home than in the vacuum of an hotel.”
The attention of our perambulators, in passing through the Square, was attracted by a fine boy, apparently50 about eight years of age, dressed in mourning, who, at the door of Brunet's Hotel, was endeavouring with all his little strength and influence to oppose the egress51 of a large Newfoundland dog, that, indignant of restraint, seemed desirous in a strange land of introducing himself to [4] canine52 good fellowship. The boy, whose large dark eyes were full of animation53, and his countenance54, though bronzed, interestingly expressive55, remonstrated56 with the dog in the French language. “The animal does not understand you,” exclaimed Tallyho, in the vernacular57 idiom of the youth, “Speak to him in English.” “He must be a clever dog,” answered the boy, “to know English so soon, for neither him nor I have been in England above a week, and for the first time in our lives.”—“And how is it,” asked Tallyho, “that you speak the English language so fluently?” “O,” said the little fellow, “my mother taught it me; she is an English woman, and for that reason I love the English, and am much fonder of talking their language than my own.” There was something extremely captivating in the boy. The dog now struggling for freedom was nearly effecting his release, when the two friends interposed their assistance, and secured the pre-meditating fugitive58 at the moment when, to inquire the cause of the bustle59, the father of the child made his appearance in the person of Field Marshal Count Bertrand. The Count, possessing all the characteristics of a gentleman, acknowledged politely the kind attention of the strangers to his son, while, on the other hand, they returned his obeisance60 with the due respect excited by his uniform friendship and undeviating attachment61 to greatness in adversity. The discerning eye of Field Marshal Bertrand justly appreciated the superior rank of the strangers, to whom he observed, that during the short period he had then been in England, he had experienced much courtesy, of which he should always retain a grateful recollection. This accidental interview was creative of reciprocal satisfaction, and the parties separated, not without an invitation on the part of the boy, that his newly found acquaintances would again visit the “friends of the Emperor."{1}[5]
1 LINES SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY
THE EX-EMPEROR NAPOLEON IN HIS LAST ILLNESS.
The Exile, abandon'd of fortune, who needs
Yet, even his last moments unmet by a sigh,
Napoleon the Great uncomplaining shall die!
Though doom'd on thy rock, St. Helena, to close
Napoleon Buonaparte—still shall the name
Creating, sustaining, her zenith of splendour;
Till crush'd by the union of nations in arms!
I yield to my fate! nor should memory bring
One moment of fruitless and painful reflection
Of what I was lately—an Emperor and King,
Unless for the bitter, yet fond recollection
Of those, who my heart's best endearments76 have won,
Denied in their arms even to breathe my last sigh,
With strangers sojourning, 'midst strangers I die,
No tear of regret with the last duties blending.
To him, the lorn Exile, no obsequies paid,
“Here rests,” he will say, “from Adversity's pains,
We have no disposition85 to enter into the character of the
deceased Ex-Emperor; history will not fail to do justice
alike to the merits and the crimes of one, who is inevitably86
destined to fill so portentous87 a page on its records. At the
present time, to speak of the good of which he may have been
either the intentional88 or the involuntary instrument,
“Hard is his fate, on whom the public gaze
And folly loves the martyrdom of fame.”
At all events, he is now no more; and “An English spirit
wars not with the dead.”
“The Count,” said Dashall to his Cousin, as they pursued their walk, “remains in England until he obtain [6] permission from the King of France to return to his native country: that such leave will be given, there is little doubt; the meritorious92 fidelity93 which the Count has uniformly exemplified to his late unfortunate and exiled Master, has obtained for him universal esteem94, and the King of France is too generous to withhold95, amidst the general feeling, his approbation96.”
Passing through Long Acre in their progress towards the British Museum, to which national establishment they had cards of admission, the two friends were intercepted97 in their way by a concourse at a coach-maker's shop, fronting which stood a chariot carefully matted round the body, firmly sewed together, and the wheels enveloped98 in hay-bands, preparatory to its being sent into the country. Scarcely had these precautionary measures of safety been completed, when a shrill99 cry, as if by a child inside the vehicle, was heard, loud and continuative, which, after the lapse100 of some minutes, broke out into the urgent and reiterated101 exclamation102 of—“Let me out!—I shall be suffocated103!—pray let me out!”
The workmen, who had packed up the carriage, stared at each other in mute and appalling104 astonishment105; they felt conscious that no child was within the vehicle; and when at last they recovered from the stupor106 of amazement107, they resisted the importunity108 of the multitude to strip the chariot, and manfully swore, that if any one was inside, it must be the Devil himself, or one of his imps109, and no human or visible being whatsoever110.
Some, of the multitude were inclined to a similar opinion. The crowd increased, and the most intense interest was depicted111 in every countenance, when the cry of “Let me out!—I shall die!—For heaven's sake let me out!” was audibly and vehemently112 again and again repeated.
The impatient multitude now began to cut away the matting; when the workmen, apprehensive113 that the carriage might sustain some damage from the impetuosity of their proceedings115, took upon themselves the act of dismantling116 the mysterious machine; during which operation, the cry of “Let me out!” became more and more clamorously importunate117. At last the vehicle was laid bare, and its door thrown open; when, to the utter amazement of the crowd, no child was there—no trace was to be seen of aught, human or super-human! The [7] assemblage gazed on the vacant space from whence the sounds had emanated118, in confusion and dismay. During this momentary119 suspense120, in which the country 'Squire participated, a voice from some invisible agent, as if descending121 the steps of the carriage, exclaimed—“Thank you, my good friends, I am very much obliged to you—I shall now go home, and where my home is you will all know by-and-by!”
With the exception of Dashall and Tallyho, the minds of the spectators, previously122 impressed with the legends of superstition123 and diablerie, gave way under the dread124 of the actual presence of his satanic majesty125; and the congregated126 auditors127 of his ominous128 denunciation instantaneously dispersed129 themselves from the scene of witchery, and, re-assembling in groupes on distant parts of the street, cogitated130 and surmised131 on the Devil's visit to the Coachmakers of Long Acre!
Tallyho now turned an inquisitive132 eye on his Cousin, who answered the silent and anxious enquiry with an immoderate fit of laughter, declaring that this was the best and most ingenious hoax133 of any he had ever witnessed, and that he would not have missed, on any consideration whatsoever, the pleasure of enjoying it. “The Devil in Long Acre!—I shall never forget it,” exclaimed the animated134 Cousin of the staring and discomfited135 'Squire.
“Explain, explain,” reiterated the 'Squire, impatiently.
“You shall have it in one word,"answered Dashall—“Ventriloquism!”{1}
1 This hoax was actually practised by a Ventriloquist in the
manner described. It certainly is of a less offensive nature
than that of many others which have been successfully
brought for-ward in the Metropolis, the offspring of folly
and idleness.—“A fellow,” some years ago, certainly not “of
Berner Street a “fit and proper subject” on whom to
exercise his wit, was at the trouble of writing a vast
number of letters to tradesmen and others, magistrates137 and
professional men, ordering from the former various goods,
and requiring the advice, in a case of emergency, of the
latter, appointing the same hour, to all, of attendance; so
that, in fact, at the time mentioned, the street, to the
annoy-ance and astonishment of its inhabitants, was crowded
with a motley group of visitants, equestrian138 and pedestrian,
all eagerly pressing forward to their destination, the old
lady's place of residence. In the heterogeneous139 assemblage
there were seen Tradesmen of all denominations140, accompanied
by their Porters, bearing various articles of household
furniture; Counsellors anticipating fees; Lawyers engaged
drama, and, not the least conspicuous142, an Undertaker
“though last not least in our esteem,” the then Lord Mayor of
London, who, at the eager desire of the old Lady, had, with
in order to administer, in a case of danger and difficulty,
unravelled148, the whole turn'd out an hoax, and the Author
still remains in nubibus!!!
“Nay,” answered his friend, “that is impossible to say; some one in the crowd, but the secret must remain with himself; neither do I think it would have been altogether prudent150 his revealing it to his alarmed and credulous151 auditory.”
“A Ventriloquist,” observed the 'Squire, “is so little known in the country, that I had lost all reminiscence of his surprising powers; however, I shall in future, from the occurrence of to-day, resist the obtrusion152 of superstition, and in all cases of 'doubtful dilemma153' remember the Devil in Long Acre!”{l}
“Well resolved,” answered Dashall; and in a few minutes they gained Great Russel Street, Bloomsbury, without further incident or interruption.
1 The child in the hat.—Not long since, a Waggoner coming
to town with a load of hay, was overtaken by a stranger, who
entered into familiar conversation with him. They had not
renewed—“Luord! Luord! an there be na a babe aneath the
hay, I'se be hanged; lend us a hand, mon, to get un out, for
unloading the waggon, but no child was found. The hay now
lay in a heap on the road, from whence the cry was once more
long and loudly reiterated! In eager research, Giles next
continuing; but when, at last, he ascertained160 that the
announced that he had been associated on the road by the
Devil, for that none else could play him such a trick! It
was not without great difficulty that the people to whom he
told this strange story prevailed on him to return, at last,
to his waggon and horses; he did so with manifest
reluctance163. To his indescribable relief, his infernal
companion hail vanished in the person of the Ventriloquist,
and Jolt still believes in the supernatural visitation!
[9] Amongst the literary and scientific institutions of the Metropolis, the British Museum, situated164 in Great Russel Street, Bloomsbury, stands pre-eminent.
Entering the spacious165 court, our two friends found a party in waiting for the Conductor. Of the individuals composing this party, the reconnoitering eye of Dashall observed a trio, from whence he anticipated considerable amusement. It was a family triumvirate, formed of an old Bachelor, whose cent per cent ideas predominated over every other, wheresoever situated or howsoever employed; his maiden Sister, prim166, starch167 and antiquated168; and their hopeful Nephew, a complete coxcomb169, that is, in full possession of the requisite170 concomitants—ignorance and impudence171, and arrayed in the first style of the most exquisite172 dandyism. This delectable173 triumviri had emerged from their chaotic174 recess175 in Bearbinder-lane; the Exquisite, to exhibit his sweet person along with the other curiosities of the Museum; his maiden Aunt, to see, as she expressed it, the “He-gipsyian munhuments, kivered with kerry-glee-fix;” and her Brother, to ascertain159 whether, independent of outlandish baubles176, gimcracks and gewgaws, there was any thing of substantiality with which to enhance the per contra side in the Account Current between the British Museum and the Public!
Attaching themselves to this respectable trio, Dashall and Tallyho followed, with the other visitants, the Guide, whose duty it that day was to point out the various curiosities of this great national institution.
The British Museum was established by act of parliament, in 1753, in pursuance of the will of Sir Hans Sloane, who left his museum to the nation, on condition that Parliament should pay 20,000L. to his Executors, and purchase a house sufficiently177 commodious178 for it. The parliament acted with great liberality on the occasion; several other valuable collections were united to that of Sir Hans Sloane, and the whole establishment was completed for the sum of 85,000L. raised by lottery179. At the institution of this grand treasury180 of learning, it was proposed that a competent part of 1800L. the annual sum granted by parliament for the support of the house, should be appropriated for the purchase of new books; but the salaries necessary for the officers, together with the contingent181 expenses, have always exceeded the allowance; so that the Trustees have been repeatedly [10] obliged to make application to defray the necessary charges.
Mr. Timothy Surety, the before mentioned Bearbinder-lane resident, of cent per cent rumination182; his accomplished183 sister, Tabitha; his exquisite nephew, Jasper; and the redoubtable184 heroes of our eventful history, were now associated in one party, and the remaining visitants were sociably185 amalgamated186 in another; and each having its separate Conductor, both proceeded to the inspection187 of the first and most valuable collection in the universe.
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On entering the gate, the first objects which attracted attention were two large sheds, defending from the inclemency188 of the seasons a collection of Egyptian monuments, the whole of which were taken from the French at Alexandria, in the last war. The most curious of these, perhaps, is the large Sarcophagus beneath the shed to the left, which has been considered as the exterior189 coffin of Alexander the Great, used at his final interment. It is formed of variegated190 marble, and, as Mrs. Tabitha Surety observed, was “kivered with Kerry-glee-fix.”
“Nephew Jasper,” said his Uncle, “you are better acquainted with the nomenclature, I think you call it, of them there thing-um-bobs than I am—what is the name of this here?”
“My dear Sir,” rejoined the Exquisite, “this here is called a Sark o' Fegus, implying the domicile, or rather, the winding-sheet of the dead, as the sark or chemise wound itself round the fair forms of the daughters of O'Fegus, a highland191 Chieftain, from whom descended192 Philip of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great; and thence originated the name subsequently given by the highland laird's successors, to the dormitory of the dead, the Sark o' Fegus, or in the corruption193 of modern orthography194, Sarcophagus.”
Timothy Surety cast an approving glance towards his Nephew, and whispering Dashall, “My Nephew, Sir, apparently a puppy, Sir, but well informed, nevertheless—what think you of his definition of that hard word? Is he not, I mean my Nephew Jaz, a most extraordinary young man?”
“Superlatively so,” answered Dashall, “and I think you are happy in bearing affinity195 to a young man of such transcendent acquirements.”
[11]"D—n his acquirements!” exclaimed Timothy; “would you think it, they are of no use in the way of trade, and though I have given him many an opportunity of doing well, he knows no more of keeping a set of books by double-entry, than Timothy Surety does of keeping a pack of hounds, who was never twenty miles beyond the hearing of Bow bells in all his lifetime!”
This important communication, having been made apart from the recognition of the Aunt and Nephew, passed on their approach, unanswered; and Dashall and his friend remained in doubt whether or not the Nephew, in his late definition of the word Sarcophagus, was in jest or earnest: Tallyho inclined to think that he was hoaxing196 the old gentleman; on the other hand, his Cousin bethought himself, that the apparent ingenuity197 of Jaz's definition was attributable entirely198 to his ignorance.
Here also were two statues of Roman workmanship, supposed to be those of Marcus Aurelius and Severus, ancient, but evidently of provincial199 sculpture.
Mrs. Tabitha, shading her eyes with her fan, and casting a glance askew200 at the two naked figures, which exhibited the perfection of symmetry, enquired of her Nephew who they were meant to represent.
His answer was equally eccentric with that accorded to his Uncle on the subject of the Sarcophagus.
“My dear Madam!” said Jaz, “these two figures are consanguineous to those of Gog and Magog in Guildhall, being the lineal descendants of these mighty201 associates of the Livery of London!”
“But, Jaz” rejoined the antique dame202, “I always understood that Messieurs Gog and Magog derived203 their origin from quite a different family.”
“Aunt of mine,” responded Jaz, “the lofty rubicunded Civic Baronet shall not be 'shorn of his beams;' he claims the same honour with his brainless brothers before us-he is a scion204 of the same tree; Sir W*ll**m, the twin brothers of Guildhall, and these two sedate205 Gentlemen of stone, all boast the honour of the same extraction!”
Behind them, on the right, was a ram's head of very curious workmanship, from Thebes.
“Perhaps, Sir,” said Mrs. Tabitha, graciously addressing herself to ?Squire Tallyho, “you can inform us what may be the import of this singular exhibition?”
“On my honour, Madam,” answered the 'Squire, “I cannot satisfactorily resolve the enquiry; I am a country [12] gentleman, and though conversant206 with rains and rams207' horns in my own neighbourhood, have no knowledge of them with reference to the connexion of the latter with the Citizens of London or Westminster!”
Jaz again assumed the office of expositor.—“My very reverend Aunt,” said Jaz, “I must prolegomenize the required explanation with a simple anecdote:—
“When Charles the Second returned from one of his northern tours, accompanied by the Earl of Rochester, he passed through Shoreditch. On each side the road was a huge pile of rams' horns, for what purpose tradition saith not. 'What is the meaning of all this?' asked the King, pointing towards the symbolics. 'I know not,' rejoined Rochester, 'unless it implies that the Citizens of London have laid their heads together, to welcome your Majesty's return!' In commemoration of this witticism208, the ram's head is to the Citizens of London a prominent feature of exhibition in the British Museum.”
This interpretation209 raised a laugh at the expense of Timothy Surety, who, nevertheless, bore it with great good humour, being a bachelor, and consequently not within the scope of that ridicule210 on the basis of which was founded the present sarcastic211 fabric212.
It was now obvious to Dash all and his friend, that this young man, Jasper Surety, was not altogether the ignoramus at first presumed. They had already been entertained by his remarks, and his annotations213 were of a description to warrant the expectancy214 of further amusement in the progress of their inspection.
From the hall the visitors were led through an iron gateway215 to the great staircase, opposite the bottom of which is preserved a model in mahogany, exhibiting the method used by Mr. Milne in constructing the works of Blackfriars' Bridge; and beneath it are some curious fragments from the Giant's Causeway in Ireland.
These fragments, however highly estimated by the naturalist216 and the antiquary, were held in derision by the worldly-minded Tim. Surety, who exclaimed against the folly of expending217 money in the purchase of articles of no intrinsic value, calculated only to gratify the curiosity of those inquisitive idlers who affect their admiration218 of every uninteresting production of Nature, and neglect the pursuit of the main chance, so necessary in realizing the comforts of life.
[13] These sordid219 ideas were opposed by Dashall and the 'Squire, to whom they seemed particularly directed. Mrs. Tabitha smiled a gracious acquiescence220 in the sentiments of the two strangers, and Jasper expressed his regret that Nuncle was not gifted and fated as Midas of ancient times, who transformed every thing that he touched into gold!
The Egyptian and Etruscan antiquities221 next attracted the attention of the visitors. Over a doorway222 in this room is a fine portrait of Sir William Hamilton, painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Dashall and Tallyho remarked with enthusiasm on these beautiful relics223 of the sculpture of former ages, several of which were mutilated and disfigured by the dilapidations of time and accident. Of the company present, there stood on the left a diminutive224 elderly gentleman in the act of contemplating225 the fragment of a statue in a posterior position, and which certainly exhibited somewhat of a ludicrous appearance; on the right, the exquisite Jasper pointed226 out, with the self-sufficiency of an amateur, the masculine symmetry of a Colossian statue to his Aunt of antiquated virginity, whose maiden purity recoiling227 from the view of nudation, seemed to say, “Jaz, wrap an apron228 round him!” while in the foreground stood the rotunditive form of Timothy Surety, who declared, after a cursory and contemptuous glance at the venerable representatives of mythology229, “That with the exception of the portrait of Sir William Hamilton, there was not in the room an object worth looking at; and as for them there ancient statutes,” (such was his vernacular idiom and Bearbinder barbarism) “I would not give twopence for the whole of this here collection, if it was never for nothing else than to set them up as scare-crows in the garden of my country house at Edmonton!”
Jasper whispered his aunt, that nuncks was a vile230 bore; and the sacrilegious declaration gave great offence to the diminutive gentleman aforesaid, who hesitated not in pronouncing Timothy Surety destitute231 of taste and vertu; to which accusation232 Timothy, rearing his squat233 form to its utmost altitude, indignantly replied, “that there was not an alderman in the City of London of better taste than himself in the qualities of callipash and callipee, and that if the little gemmen presumed again to asperse234 his vartue, he would bring an action against him tor slander235 and defamation236 of character.” The minikin man gave Timothy a glance of ineffable disdain237, and left the room. Mrs. [14] Tabitha, in the full consciousness of her superior acquirements, now directed a lecture of edification to her brother, who, however, manfully resisted her interference, and swore, that “where his taste and vartue were called in question he would not submit to any she in the universe.”
Mrs. Tabitha, finding that on the present occasion her usual success would not predominate, suspended, like a skilful238 manoeuvreist, unavailable attack, and, turning to her nephew, required to know what personage the tall figure before them was meant to represent. Jasper felt not qualified239 correctly to answer this enquiry, yet unwilling240 to acknowledge his ignorance, unhesitatingly replied, “One of the ancient race of architects who built the Giant's Causeway in the north of Ireland.” This sapient241 remark excited a smile from the two friends, who shortly afterwards took an opportunity of withdrawing from further intercourse with the Bearbinder triumviri, and enjoyed with a more congenial party the remaining gratification which this splendid national institution is so well calculated to inspire.
Extending their observations to the various interesting objects of this magnificent establishment, the two prominent heroes of our eventful history derived a pleasure only known to minds of superior intelligence, to whom the wonders of art and nature impart the acmé of intellectual enjoyment242.
Having been conducted through all the different apartments, the two friends, preparing to depart, the 'Squire tendered a pecuniary243 compliment to the Guide, in return for his politeness, but which, to the surprise of the donor244, was refused; the regulations of the institution strictly245 prohibiting the acceptance by any of its servants of fee or reward from a visitor, under the penalty of dismissal.{1}
1 Although the limits of this work admit not a minute detail
enumeration247 of a few particulars may not prove unacceptable
to our Readers.
In the first room, which we have already noticed, besides
the Egyptian and Etruscan antiquities, is a stand filled
with reliques of ancient Egypt, amongst which are numerous
small representatives of mummies that were used as patterns
decease.
be-ginning with Mexican curiosities. The corners opposite
the light are occupied by two Egyptian mummies, richly
painted, which were both brought from the catacombs of
Sakkara, near Grand Cairo.
The third room exhibits a rich collection of curiosities
from the South Pacific Ocean, brought by Capt. Cook. In the
left corner is the mourning dress of an Otaheitean lady, in
are the rich cloaks and helmets of feathers from the
Sandwich Islands.
The visitor next enters the manuscript department, the first
room of which is small, and appropriated chiefly to the
collections of Sir Hans Sloane. The next room is completely
filled with Sir Robert Harley's manuscripts, afterwards Earl
royal letters, from 1437 to the time of Charles I.. The next
and last room of the manuscript department is appropriated
to the ancient royal library of manuscripts, and Sir Robert
Cotton's, with a few-later donations. On the table, in the
middle of the room, is the famous Magna Charta of King John;
it is written on a large roll of parchment, and was much
damaged in the year 1738, when the Cotton library took fire
We next reach the great saloon, which is finely ornamented253
mirrors, seals for the wine casks, lamps, &c. and a
beautiful bronze head of Homer, which was found near
Constantinople.
The mineral room is the next object of attention. Here are
fossils of a thousand kinds, and precious stones, of various
colours and splendours, composing a collection of
astonishing beauty and magnificence.
Next follows the bird room; and the last apartment contains
animals in spirits, in endless variety. And here the usual
exhibition of the house closes.
[15] Issuing from the portals of the Museum, “Apropos,” said Dashall, “we are in the vicinity of Russell-square, the residence of my stock-broker; I have business of a few moments continuance to transact256 with him—let us proceed to his residence.”
A lackey257, whose habiliment, neat but not gaudy258, indicated the unostentatious disposition of his master,, answered the summons of the knocker: “Mr. C. was gone to his office at the Royal Exchange.”
“The gentleman who occupies this mansion,” observed Dashall to his friend, as they retired259 from the door, “illustrates by his success in life, the truth of the maxim260 so frequently impressed on the mind of the school-boy, that perseverance261 conquers all difficulties. Mr. C, unaided by any other recommendation than that of his own unassuming modest merit, entered the very [16] respectable office of which he is now the distinguished262 principal, in the situation of a young man who has no other prospect263 of advancement264 than such as may accrue265 from rectitude of conduct, and the consequent approbation and patronage266 of his employer. By a long exemplary series of diligence and fidelity, he acquired the confidence of, and ultimately became a partner in the firm. His strictly conscientious267 integrity and uniform gentlemanly urbanity have thus gained him a preference in his profession, and an ample competency is now the well-merited meed of his industry.”
“Combining with its enjoyment,” responded the 'Squire, “the exercise of benevolent268 propensities269.”
“Exactly so much so, that his name appears as an annual subscriber270 to nearly all the philanthropic institutions of the metropolis, and his private charities besides are numerous and reiterated.”
“This, then, is one of the few instances (said the 'Squire) of Real Life in London, where private fortune is so liberally applied271 in relief of suffering humanity—it is worthy272 of indelible record.”
Circumambulating the square, the two observers paused opposite the fine statue of the late Francis Duke of Bedford.
The graceful273 proportion, imposing274 elevation275, and commanding attitude of the figure, together with the happy combination of skill and judgment276 by the artist, in the display on the pedestal of various agricultural implements277, indicating the favourite and useful pursuits of this estimable nobleman, give to the whole an interesting appearance, and strongly excite those feelings of regret which attend the recollection of departed worth and genius. Proceeding114 down the spacious new street directly facing the statue, our perambulators were presently in Bedford-square, in which is the effigy278 of the late eminent statesman Charles James Fox: the figure is in à sitting posture279, unfavourable to our reminiscences of the first orator280 of any age or country, and is arrayed in the Roman toga: the face is a striking likeness281, but the effect on the whole is not remarkable282. The two statues face each other, as if still in friendly recognition; but the sombre reflections of Dashall and his friend were broke in upon by a countryman with, “Beant that Measter Fox, zur?” “His effigy, my [17]friend.” “Aye, aye, but what the dickens ha've they wrapt a blanket round un vor?”
Proceeding along Charlotte Street, Bloomsbury, the associates in search of Real Life were accosted283 by a decent looking countryman in a smock-frock, who, approaching them in true clod-hopping style, with a strong provincial accent, detailed284 an unaffectedly simple, yet deep tale of distress285:
“——Oppression fore'd from his cot,
The story which he told was most pathetic, the tears the while coursing each other down his cheeks; and Dashall and his friend were about to administer liberally to his relief, the former observing, “There can be no deception287 here,” when the applicant288 was suddenly pounced289 upon by an officer, as one of the greatest impostors in the Metropolis, who, with the eyes of Argus, could transform themselves into a greater variety of shapes than Proteus, and that he had been only fifty times, if not more, confined in different houses of correction as an incorrigible290 rogue291 and vagabond, from one of which he had recently contrived292 to effect his escape. The officer now bore off his prize in triumph, while Dashall, hitherto “the most observant of all observers,” sustained the laugh of his Cousin at the knowing one deceived, with great good humour, and Dashall, adverting293 to his opinion so confidently expressed, “There can be no deception here,” declared that in London it was impossible to guard in every instance against fraud, where it is frequently practised with so little appearance of imposition.
The two friends now bent294 their course towards Covent Garden, which, reaching without additional incident, they wiled295 away an hour at Robins's much to their satisfaction. That gentleman, in his professional capacity, generally attracts in an eminent degree the attention of his visitors by his professional politeness, so that he seldom fails to put off an article to advantage; and yet he rarely resorts to the puff296 direct, and never indulges in the puff figurative, so much practised by his renowned297 predecessor298, the late knight299 of the hammer, Christie, the elder, who by the superabundancy of his rhetorical [18]flurishes, was accustomed from his elevated rostrum to edify300 and amuse his admiring auditory.{1}
Of the immense revenues accruing301 to his Grace the Duke of Bedford, not the least important is that derived from Covent Garden market. As proprietor302 of the ground, from every possessor of a shed or stall, and from all who take their station as venders in the market, a rent is payable303 to his Grace, and collected weekly; considering, therefore, the vast number of occupants, the aggregate304 rental305 must be of the first magnitude. His Grace is a humane306 landlord, and his numerous tenantry of Covent Garden are always ready to join in general eulogium on his private worth, as is the nation at large on the patriotism307 of his public character.
Dashall conducted his friend through every part of the Market, amidst a redundancy of fruit, flowers, roots and vegetables, native and exotic, in variety and profusion308, exciting the merited admiration of the Squire, who observed, and perhaps justly, that this celebrated309 emporium unquestionably is not excelled by any other of a similar description in the universe.
land under the hammer, expatiated310 at great length on its
A gentleman, unacquainted with Mr. Christie's happy talent
his deposit, and posted down into Essex to examine his new
purchase, when, to his great surprise and disappointment, he
found no part of the description realized, the promised
Paradise having faded into an airy vision, “and left not a
to town, and warmly expostulated with the auctioneer on the
injury he had sustained by unfounded representation; “and as
to a hanging wood, Sir, there is not the shadow of a tree on
the spot!” “I beg your pardon, Sir,” said the pertinacious318
eulogist, “you must certainly have overlooked the gibbet on
the common, and if that is not a hanging wood, I know not
what it is!”
Another of Mr. Christie's flights of fancy may not unaptly
excellence of a full-length portrait, without his producing
the desired effect, “Gentlemen,” said he, “1 cannot, in
painting to pass from under the hammer, without again
soliciting323 the honour of your attention to its manifold
beauties. Gentlemen, it only wants the touch of Prometheus
[19] Proceeding into Leicester Square, the very extraordinary production of female genius, Miss Linwood's Gallery of Needlework promised a gratification to the Squire exceeding in novelty any thing which he had hitherto witnessed in the Metropolis. The two friends accordingly entered, and the anticipations325 of Tallyho were superabundantly realized.
This exhibition consists of seventy-five exquisite copies in needlework, of the finest pictures of the English and foreign schools, possessing all the correct drawing, just colouring, light and shade of the original pictures from whence they are taken, and to which in point of effect they are in no degree inferior.
From the door in Leicester Square the visitants entered the principal room, a fine gallery of excellent proportions, hung with scarlet326 broad-cloth, gold bullion327 tassels328, and Greek borders. The appearance thus given to the room is pleasing, and indicated to the Squire a still more superior attraction. His Cousin Dashall had frequently inspected this celebrated exhibition, but' to Tallyho it was entirely new.
On one side of this room the pictures are hung, and have a guard in front to keep the company at the requisite distance, and for preserving them.
Turning to the left, a long and obscure passage prepares the mind, and leads to the cell of a prison, on looking into which is seen the beautiful Lady Jane Gray, visited by the Abbot and keeper of the Tower the night before her execution.
This scene particularly elicited329 the Squire's admiration; the deception of the whole, he observed, was most beautiful, and not exceeded by any work from the pencil of the painter, that he had ever witnessed. A little farther on is a cottage, the casement330 of which opens, and the hatch at the door is closed; and, on looking in at either, our visitants perceived a fine and exquisitely331 finished copy of Gainsborough's Cottage Children standing332 by the fire, with chimney-piece and cottage furniture compleat. Near to this is Gainsborough's Woodman, exhibited in the same scenic333 manner.
Having enjoyed an intellectual treat, which perhaps in originality334 as an exhibition of needlework is no where else to be met with, our perambulators retired, and reached home without the occurrence of any other remarkable incident.
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magistrate
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affluent
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excellence
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abridge
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intercourse
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