"The Lord Mayor of Dublin-who, as it is said, "On the first of July wore an Orange cockade— "A weigher and Deputy-weigher at Cork, "Who sunk half an ounce in one barrel of pork, "And (scarcely his tongue his abhorrence could utter) "Overcharg'd thirteen pounds in a cargo of butter. "He also could shew, in direct violation "Of law, that a peer in an eminent station "Had brought to his Lady in this very town "A remnant of poplin to make her a gown. "He further could state, that in plain contraven tion "Of (if not the letter,) at least the intention "He pledg'd himself also to prove upon oath, "(Though the facts were obscure, and the witnesses loth,) "That a gauger, last winter, named TIMOTHY MILLER, "Had accepted a dram from a Dublin distiller. "He'd prove that a Protestant Justice of Peace "Had wantonly seized a poor Catholic's geese "For arrears of his rent; though the fact would appear, "That the tenant was barely three years in arrear; "And this very Justice, for reasons unknown, "At Midsummer fair of Maccollopmahone, "Had dared to arrest a poor Popish Defendant, "For stealing a string-with a pig at the end on't! At last, he concluded-" Abuses like these "Are points which a Whig Opposition should seize: "And no man unpractised in Irish debate "Is fit to conduct the affairs of the State. <6 And, as to the rest, I will dare to advance, <6 Against even TIERNEY, my skill in finance; "And WHITBREAD himself should acknowledge my right, "Who have spoken with ease forty times in one night; "If any man doubts me, on this very floor, "And this very day, I will speak forty more." "We grant it-we grant it-there's no man can doubt, "You could talk till Christmas," was echoed about: And the Judges, in fright, took no pains to conceal Should have, they declared, some attention to fact, The partner or clerk in a small country bank A short-sighted pedlar, proposing to prop, THE CHOICE OF A LEADER. No. IV. March 3, 1815. Two knights next arose to put forward their claims, * Sir S. Romilly, Knt. M. P. for Arundel, Solicitor-general under the Talents. Sir James Mackintosh, Knt. late Recorder of Bombay, M.P. for Nairn. The first plainly bears the old Genevese print, 'Twas pleasant to see with what efforts they tried The powerful workings of Nature to hide; 'Twas pleasanter still to behold how, in spite Of their efforts, old Nature would set herself right. See ROMILLY leaning his head all awry, His accent subdued, and submissive his eye, His face, person, air, frozen up in restraint; You think, the first glance, that the man is a saint Self-love, and disdain of all creatures beside; t; |