Oct. 1. 1853.] 



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it is most graphic and characteristic. The lone- 

 liness of the dying sinner, with none to stand by 

 him but the godless companions of bis riot and 

 debauchery ; the eagerness of the despairing man 

 to catch at anything of the semblance of hope that 

 he could recall from the lessons of his childhood, 

 "Pie shall feed me in a green pasture," &c. ; — then — 

 ere he could reach those assuring words, " Yea, 

 though I walk through the valley of the shadow 

 of death, I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me. 

 Thy rod and Thy staff comfort me," the miser- 

 able consciousness that it is all too late, " So 'a 

 cried out God, God, God ;" — then — the utter want 

 of religious sympathy in the bystanders, Nym, 

 Quickly, Bardolph, Boy, in their misinterpretations, 

 and pervei'se commentaries on his ejaculations, 

 just such as we might expect from hearts gorged to 

 the full with vice and sensuality; — then — the x'e- 

 deeming touch of tenderness in the Dame, beaming 

 through all her benighted efforts to cheer, in her 

 own way (awful to think on, the only way known 

 to her), the last hours of her dear old roysterer, 

 " Now I, to comfort him, bid him 'a should not 

 think of God, I hoped there was no need to 

 trouble himself with any such thoughts yet ;" and 

 the undying fondness with which she upholds his 

 memory, and will not brook a word of ribaldry, or 

 what she deems slander, against it, all evidencing 

 that — 



" The worst of sin had left her woman still." 



Surely a scene more characteristic of all the 

 parties in it, is not to be found in Shakspeare. 



Nemo. 



Mixiax ^attS. 



Doings of the Calfs Head Club. — In an old 

 newspaper called The Weekly Oracle, of Feb. 1, 

 1735, is the following curious paragraph : 



"Thursday (Jan. 29) in the evening a disorder of 

 a very particular nature happened in Suffolk Street ; 

 'tis said that several young gentlemen of distinction 

 having met at a house there, calling themselves the 

 Calf's Head Club ; and about seven o'clock a bonfire 

 being lit up before the door, just when it was in its 

 height, they brought a calf's head to the window 

 dressed in a napkin-cap, and after some huzzas, threw 

 it into the fire. The mob were entertained with strong 

 beer, and for some time hallooed as well as the best ; 

 but taking a disgust at some healths which were pro- 

 posed, grew so outrageous that they broke all the 

 windows, forced themselves into the house, and would 

 probably have pulled it down, had not the guards been 

 sent to prevent further mischief. The damage is com- 

 puted at some hundred pounds. The guards were 

 posted all night in the street for the security of the 

 neighbourhood." 



E. G. Ballard. 



Epitaph hy Wordsworth There is a beautiful 



epitaph by Wordsworth in Sprawley Church, 



Worcestershire, to the wife of G. C. Vernon, Esq., 

 of Hanbury. Wordsworth has made the follow- 

 ing slight alterations to it, in his published poems : 

 I quote from the one-volume 8vo. edition of 

 Moxon (1845). The first two lines are not on the 

 tablet. The words within brackets are those 

 which appear in the original epitaph : — 

 " By a blest husband guided, Mary came 



From nearest kindred, Vernon her new name ; 



She came, though meek of soul, in seemly pride 



Of happiness and hope, a youthful bride. 



O dread reverse I if aught be so which proves 



That God will chasten whom he dearly loves. 



Faith bore her up through pains in mercy given, 



And troubles that [which] were each a step to Heaven. 



Two babes were laid in earth before she died ; 



A third now slumbers at the mother's side; 



Its sister-twin survives, whose smiles afford [impart] 



A trembling solace to her widow'd lord [her father's 

 heart.] 

 Reader 1 if to thy bosom cling the pain 



Of recent sorrow combated in vain ; 



Or if thy cherish'd grief have fail'd to thwart 



Time, still intent on his insidious part, 



Lulling the mourner's best good thoughts asleep, 



Pilfering regrets we would, but cannot, keep ; 



Bear with him [those] — judge him [those] gently 

 who makes [make] known 



His [their] bitter loss by this memorial [monumental] 

 stone ; 



And pray that in his [their] faithful breast the grace 



Of resignation find a hallow'd place." 



CuTHBERT Beds, B.A. 



Tailor's " Cabbage.'''' — 



" The term cabbage, by wliich tailors designate the 

 cribbed pieces of cloth, is said to be derived from an 

 old word, 'cablesh,' i. e. wind-fallen wood. And their 

 ' hell,' where they store the cabbage, from ' helan,' to 

 hide." 



Cleric us Rustic us. 



Misquotations. — 1. Sallust's memorable de- 

 finition of friendship, as put into the mouth of 

 Catiline (cap. 20.), is quoted in the " Translation 

 of Aristotle's Ethics," in Bohn's Classical Library 

 (p. 241. note h), as the saying of Terence. 



2. The Critic of September 1st quotes the 

 " Viximus insignes inter utramque facem " of 

 Propertius (lib. iv. 11. 46.) as from Martial. 



3. In Eraser's Magazine for October 1852, 

 p. 461., we find " Quem patente porta," &c. quoted 

 from Terence instead of Catullus, as it is correctly 

 in the number for May, 1853. 



P. J. F. Gantillon, B.A. 



The Ducking Stool. — In the Museum at Scar- 

 borough, one of these engines is preserved. Ifc 

 is said that there are persons still living in the 

 town, who remember its services being employed 

 when it stood upon the old pier. It is a sub- 

 stantial arm-chair of oak ; with an iron bar ex- 



