Punch . Sykes, his black eye painted out, lounges alongLombard Street, attended by a Bear instead of a Bull-dog. Suddenly,a cry is raised, Another bank broken! and Sykes and Sheppardare pointed at by pale depositors as they walk off with a sheaf of shareswhich their feet have trodden down—their daily premeditated punishment is due to these intelligent delinquents? Asgarotters are now flogged we dont see how they can claim exemptionfrom the lash at least of public execration. To throttle a traveller isdastardly—how much more so to cripple him for life P Obtaining goodsby false pret
Punch . Sykes, his black eye painted out, lounges alongLombard Street, attended by a Bear instead of a Bull-dog. Suddenly,a cry is raised, Another bank broken! and Sykes and Sheppardare pointed at by pale depositors as they walk off with a sheaf of shareswhich their feet have trodden down—their daily premeditated punishment is due to these intelligent delinquents? Asgarotters are now flogged we dont see how they can claim exemptionfrom the lash at least of public execration. To throttle a traveller isdastardly—how much more so to cripple him for life P Obtaining goodsby false pretences is felony—making money by false intelligence is afortiori a felons act. When Astrsea pays a flying visit to earth, andSykes in Saxony is dragged to the Criminal Court, deny him not hislegal rights. Let Calcraft be ordered to empannel a jury of thieves,for though a Bank-breaker, with a heart less impressionable than astock or stone, he is as much entitled as a burglar to be tried by EEENCH FACTS AND ENGLISH EAILINGS. My dear Brown, I am thoroughly aware that I shall forfeit your esteem, andthat of every other fashionable man, when I own that for the last fewweeks I have been travelling abroad, and have hardly shown myself inLondon this season. A man has no more right to be away from townin June, than he has in August or September to be in it. But to geniusit is suffered to do eccentric things; and this year the fit came on meto leave England when you fellows were just starting for the Derby,and, most likely, when your guns are being levelled at the grouse, myonce-fashionable figure will be visible in Bond Street. As a set-off to the loss of social reputation, which a man incurs byleaving London in mid-season, there is clearly one great gain in travellingjust now, and this lies in the fact that one meets few of ones ac-quaintances. When you go abroad in autumn, you stumble upon menyou know at every place you go to. You can hardly stir a step withoutyour run
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