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nage. But, as we have already stated, we have been at least as much sur- 
prised as edified, by the equanimity of the gallant and very ill-treated 
Marquis ; the angelic mildness with which he has borne as unpleasant 
an application to his feelings as we should suppose has been, for many 
years inflicted on a “ fighting man ;” and the lady-like delicacy of never 
adverting, by more than a sigh, to the most unqualified and hectoring 
turn out that ever befel anything above a footman, since the days of the 
first King Arthur. However, if the gallant Marquis can swallow this 
pill, we suppose he finds it for the good of his health, and we wish him 
joy of his digestion and his doctor together. 
LORD ANGLESEY’S THREE LEGACIES! 
Lord Anglesey had, when on Waterloo plains, 
Two legs, and a heart, and a head with some brains ; 
He fought like a lion, and yet was so kind, 
On leaving the field, to Jeave one leg behind. 
* When Ireland to govern his Lordship was led, 
He took one leg with him, a heart, and a head ; 
But, somehow or other, it entered his mind, 
To leave all his brains, in old England behind. 
The mode he adopted the Irish to rule, 
Was soon to become a pro-Popery tool ; 
His heart with the Papists became so entwined, 
He /eft it all with them,-in Dublin behind. 
So arriving again upon true British ground, 
No more than one leg, and his head could be found ; 
But doubtless his Lordship is sparing no pains 
In helping his head to recover his brains.— Age. 
The following account of the late Colonel Labedoyere appears in a curious 
publication which has just appeared in Paris, called Le Livre Noir :— 
“ This unfortunate young officer had actually escaped after his condem- 
nation, and was at large for three days, a circumstance not mentioned in. 
any of the journals of the period. An inspector of police, named De- 
basse, who was indebted for numerous acts of kindness received from 
Labedoyere and his family, was applied to assist in getting him safe 
out of Paris after he should have escaped from prison. This he promised 
to do, assuring them that, by his means, Labedoyere might set at nought 
all the efforts of the police to intercept him. The evening of that day 
Labedoyere escaped from the prison, Foudras, the inspector-general of 
police, ordered no pursuit: but Debasse was called before the minister 
of police, to whom he basely revealed the hiding-place of his benefac- 
tor. The colonel, who thought himself perfectly secure in the asylum 
which he had chosen, remained three days ; during which time Debasse 
frequently came to see him, for the purpose of discovering those who 
were aiding him to escape. This wretch denounced several, and amongst 
the rest an English captain, living in the Rue de la Puisi, who was im- 
mediately arrested. Labedoyere was the same day surprised and taken 
back to the Abbaye, from whence he was led forth, after a few hours’ 
interval, to execution. For this deadly treachery towards his former 
master and benefactor, the vile Debasse, who could scarcely write his 
name, was made officier de prix at the prefecture of police.” 
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