. Punch . e Court, and the Chorus arrive, conducted by theirleader. [Jones declares his reliance on Broughams Act. The Chorus defyBrougham, and sing a song of cursing. Oh, Campbell, Brougham ! Could not your restless wits find room To work, without encroaching on our rights \ Once we could doom The debtor to a Carey-street strong-room ; But ye have marred for aye those dear delights ; Selby and Thompson, raise the strain, And curse them twice, and once again ! [ The Judge appears, and takes his seat on the Bench. The Jury issworn,and the Trial commences. During its progress the Chorusexpress t
. Punch . e Court, and the Chorus arrive, conducted by theirleader. [Jones declares his reliance on Broughams Act. The Chorus defyBrougham, and sing a song of cursing. Oh, Campbell, Brougham ! Could not your restless wits find room To work, without encroaching on our rights \ Once we could doom The debtor to a Carey-street strong-room ; But ye have marred for aye those dear delights ; Selby and Thompson, raise the strain, And curse them twice, and once again ! [ The Judge appears, and takes his seat on the Bench. The Jury issworn,and the Trial commences. During its progress the Chorusexpress their agitation in several Odes. Joness debts are provedto be all under 201., and the Creditors are told to take executionagainst the Debtors properly. At last matters are settled, by anoffer from Jones to pay his debts by instalments of his profes-sional profits, according to the law. The Chorus express theirhopes of a final settlement, and move off in a Grand Procession,escorted by the Usher of the THE PETTED PAUPER. A paragraph has appeared in the papers giving the particulars of awill made by a pauper in St. Martins parish, who some time ago came infor 300/., and who, having been allowed to live in the workhouse by pay-ing the dividends, left the money to the parochial officers. We canimagine how the monied pauper must have been petted when it was knownto the authorities that he was the subject of expectations. He left 10/.to the chairman]of the Board of Guardians, who had doubtless earned thelegacy by courteous offers of pinches of snuff to the testator ; and as theGuardians were left a pound a-piece all round, it is probable they used tohave him in occasionally for a bit of friendly gossip on board-days. Themaster of the workhouse also came in for 10/., the result, no doubt, of aliberal ladling out of the peas in the parochial soup to theopulent inmate ;and asthe matron got 10/. also, it is probable that she now and thenmade the pauper a comfortable cup of tea. The
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