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SCROPE BERDMORE DAVIES 123 Davies of which you were the constant and often the unconscious victim." The learned commentator when reprinting these addresses committed the indecency of penning to the first name the note "Charles Matthews, the elder," and to the second "a little doctor who attends lady Burdett." Shades of Charles Skinner Matthews and Scrope Berdmore Davies! Would you not come back to earth again on hearing of this insolent ignorance?