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south of England. A new guildhall and prison 

 were required. Advertisements for plans were pub- 

 lished. Several good desijxns (one by a celebrated 

 London architect) were sent in, glanced at, and laid 

 aside. Their authors received neither remuneration 

 nor thanks ; but, on applying for the return of their 

 drawings, were informed, that the town Serjeant had 

 mislaid them. The plan of a common resident build- 

 er was adopted. It was indeed a contrivance ! a 

 delicious medley of barbarites, evidently originating 

 in an ignorant survey of the several rejected designs, 

 so unfortunately lost ! The conclusion is the only 

 gratifying part of this brief narrative. The builder 

 was the first to appear in the prisoner's box of his 

 own ugly guildhall, and the last to be emancipated 

 from his own ill-contrived prison. He was found 

 guilty of obtaining money under false pretences, and 

 sentenced to imprisonment, so long as he should 

 fail to refund the sum of which he had illegally 

 possessed himself, and to pay as much more for the 

 provision of those genuine means which he had the 

 impudence to counterfeit. 



A DRAMATIC SKETCH, DESCRIPTIVE OF THE 



RECEPTION OF THE LATE LORD CLIFFORD, 



ON HIS RETURN TO UGBROOKE PARK, AFTER HAVING 



TAKEN HIS SEAT IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS, &C. 1833. PRICE 2S. 



Featherstone, Exeter ; Hearder, Plymouth. 



This is the production of a poor shoemaker who, 

 in consequence of a corporeal infirmity, is rendered 

 unable to work at his calling ; looking at it, as the 

 effusion of an uneducated individual, we must say 

 that it is a creditable performance, and we notice it 

 in the hope that some of those who are enjoying the 

 world's goods may bestow on this poor man a share 

 of their support and patronage. 



The following are extracts from his little work : — 



VOL. IV. — 1834. EE 



