1 3 2 Lower Irish -witty and fond of Repartee. 



and fifty thousand seven hundred and fifty- 

 one. 



The public vehicles that ply in the streets are 

 hackney coaches, jingles, and jaunting cars. 

 The two latter, not long ago, afforded a subject 

 of some pleasantry. The honour of knight- 

 hood was conferred by a former Lord Lieu- 

 tenant on two individuals renowned for merit 

 in different pursuits the one celebrated for 

 his musical talents the other as the author of 

 numerous travels. Pat distinguished the for- 

 mer by the name of jingle, the latter by that of 

 jaunting car. The Irish, even in the lower 

 rank, on giving expression to first impressions 

 are frequently witty ; but as judgment is a 

 second operation of the mind, and as they never 

 think twice, they become intoxicated with their 

 joke, and abide by the immediate impulse of the 

 moment, though the exercise of a second thought 

 would frequently teach them their error : this is 

 never resorted to, and we had frequent oppor- 

 tunities of noticing the point, and sometimes 

 the severity of a repartee, but always found the 

 receiving party more inclined to laugh the mat- 

 ter off, than to make a vindictive, or even an ill- 

 humored reply. 



The removal of the Parliament was, in the 



