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Whatever weal or woe to the community one 

 of our Ex-chancellors may work, whatever may 

 be the laws or customs he may adopt or abro- 

 gate, and whatever may be the share of praise 

 or censure that may follow, I really consider 

 the public are under very considerable obli- 

 gations to him for bringing in that truly com- 

 modious carriage the Brougham. Of course im- 

 provements have been made in the original: I 

 do not mean Lord Brougham, for he cannot be 

 improved. Now this remark I really consider a 

 hit, and a stroke in politics beyond the usual 

 wont of Harry Hieover; for each party may 

 apply it as suits their own ideas of the just- 

 ness of its application. The general utility of 

 the carnage, however, cannot be disputed; and 

 if we miss many of the more imposing equipages 

 that formerly graced our streets, we also miss, 

 from this substitution, a host of turn-outs that 

 reminded us of No. 527. with the plate off. 



The only objection that may be alleged against 

 the Brougham is, that, with some ladies, the 

 families grow too numerous for it ; but so far as 

 a couple of darlings go, they can be squeezed in, 

 and, as papa does not as yet feel the pinch of 

 them, he bears it cheerfully. Two more, however, 

 require the getting of another carriage to hold 

 them. This is still bearable, and pa good-hu- 

 mouredly calls the omnibus a Clarence. A couple 

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