ther who the clergyman was? 'He is Mr. So-and-so,' the second Snob answered, 'domestic chaplain to the Earl of What-d'ye-call'im.' 'Oh, is he'

the latter's character upon the authority of the former; and went ho

p or not? What Peerageworship there is all through this free country! How we are all implicated in it, and more or less down on our knees.- And with regard to the great subject on hand, I think that the influence of the Peerag

the reversion of your honours when death vacates your noble shoes. If you are poor, we will give you such a sum of money as shall enable you and the eldest-born of your race for ever to live in fat and splendour. It is our wish that there should be a race set apart in this happy country, who shall hold the first rank, have the first prizes and chances in all government jobs and patronages. We cannot make all your dear children Peers - that would make Peerage common and crowd the House of Lords uncomfortably - but the young ones shall have everything a Government can give: they shall ge

r mean, blindly admire and grovel before those who have gained them; others, not being able to acquire them, furiously hate, abuse, and envy. There are only a few bland and not-inthe-least-conceited philosophers, who can behold the state of society, viz., Toadyism, organised:- base Man-and-Mammon worship, instituted by command

ful and magnificent lady,- this proprietor of so many black and other diamonds,- has really induced her to believe that she is the superior of the world in general: and that people are not to associate with her except awfully at a distance. I recollect being once at the city of Grand Cairo, through which a European Royal Prince was passing India-wards. One night at the inn there was a great disturbance: a man had drowned himself in the well hard by: all the inhabitants of the hotel came bustling into the Court, and amongst others your humble servant, who asked of a certain young man the reason of the disturbance. How was I to know that this young gent was a prince? He had n

day at the Hotel de Belle Vue, a greatly overrated establishment, and not nearly as comfortable as the Hotel de France - I made acquaintance with Dr. L--, the physician of the Mission. He was desirous of doing the honours of the place to me, and he ordered f

re - and my lord finds the entertainment extravagant and inferior. Extravagant! it was not extravagant to HIM;- Inferior! Mr. L-- did his best to satisfy those nobl

y is part of our creed, and where our children are brought