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276 milk; he was their countryman (though hitherto not resident), and one that was In short, the young candidate was praised to the skies a statesman in embryo, and the Glentworth star evidently declined, when, with a passion for satire the speaker could not control, because wont to indulge, having established his own idol on its pedestal, he proceeded to demolish its rival by a process entirely uncalled for—the opposing candidate was stigmatized as a narrow-minded man, accustomed to look on his fellow-creatures as mere machines, from which he might extract pounds, shillings, and pence, when nailed to the desk of his counting-house. "It was true, he came before them prepared to act an amusing drama; but not, therefore, to take a benefit—he had got two lords as walking gentlemen, a clerk of his own to take notes, an Italian conjuror, and, better than all, a skeleton harlequin, well calculated to turn a summerset, frighten an old woman, and present an irresistible begging-box to the Treasury—but still, my friends, still, I say—" Loud peals of laughter, from his own party, had