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ted that such things fhould ever be ; and it is to be hoped that the pu- 

 blic notice which has of late been taken of such notorious conduct will 

 have a tendency to check its frequency at least in future. We fin^, 

 however, from our own experience at home, that it is extremely dif- 

 ficult to prevent some degree of cruelty from being exercised against 

 our fellow creatures, under various pretexts, even by the most rigid 

 injunctions of law. It would be fortunate for mankind, if every in- 

 dividual, in his private capacity would endeavour to correct the ir- 

 regularities of his own mind, where interest seems to chalk out a 

 different line of conduct from what humanity would seem to require ; 

 fo"r it is to be feared unlefs this be done, the operation of any law 

 that can be contrived for protecting the weak, will prove nugatory. 

 The instances narrated in the paper here quoted are fliocking to 

 humanity indeed. 



A jolly fellow gives some ironical hints addrefsed to the Scottiflj 

 gentlemen on polite behaviour ; of which the following is a spe- 

 cimen. 



" If a lady requests the honour of your company to dine and spend 

 the evening; never refuse her, if you like to go, and are certain her 

 hulband takes a good drink. — Never get up from table until it is 

 time to lay the cloth for supper, and then you may enter the draw- 

 ing room ; but be sure to be quite drunk, lest the ladies ihould think 

 you a raeer milk-sop. If you are so drunk you do not understand 

 a word you say, so much the better; as they cannot be angry at a 

 thing you did not mean." And so on. 



This might serve in some measure to ridicule the manners of the 

 times: but it is not quite so pointed, nor is it half so good for this 

 purpose, as the laws enacted by the Emprefs of all the Riifsias, for 

 maintaining the etiquitte at afsemblies at court, now universally 

 known, by means of translations, all over Europe. 



BtacLbeaid gives an account of the ram's head club. 



Who with chit chat, and sing song gay, 

 Pafs many a sultry night away. 



And a bald account it is. It amounts to this : That the members 

 of this club meet once a fortnight in the house of a jolly widow, not 

 a hundred miles from the Bee Office, where every member pays 

 fourpcnce ; for which he gets value in ham, porter, beer, a pipe of 

 tobacco, and exhilirating glafs. The president entertains his guests 

 ivith a song, and afks all the company in their turn to do the like. 



