Gossip in the first decade of Victoria's reign . e following lament: The Dustman was first to forego his brass clapper, The Muffinboy speedily followed his shade ;And, now, tis the Postman—that double-tongued rapper— Must give up his Bell for the eves promenade. TanicB Animis ? sage Legislators ! Why rage against trifles like these ? Prithee tell,Why leave the solution to rude commentators. Who say, that at home, youve enough in one Belle ? On 26 June the Royal Assent was given to an Act (9-10Vic, c. 22), called An Act to amend the Laws relating tothe Importation of Com. This regulated the dut
Gossip in the first decade of Victoria's reign . e following lament: The Dustman was first to forego his brass clapper, The Muffinboy speedily followed his shade ;And, now, tis the Postman—that double-tongued rapper— Must give up his Bell for the eves promenade. TanicB Animis ? sage Legislators ! Why rage against trifles like these ? Prithee tell,Why leave the solution to rude commentators. Who say, that at home, youve enough in one Belle ? On 26 June the Royal Assent was given to an Act (9-10Vic, c. 22), called An Act to amend the Laws relating tothe Importation of Com. This regulated the duty on cornby a sliding scale of prices, which was to be in force until 1846] SCOTT MONUMENT. 297 I Feb., 1849, when it was fixed at is. per quarter. The pass-ing of this Act caused general rejoicing throught the country,and put an end to a great deal of political rancour. The inauguratioh of Sir Walter Scotts Monument, at Edin-burgh, took place on 15 Aug., the anniversary of his was erected in 1840-44, after designs by Mr. George The last Post Office Bellman. [///. Loii. News, 27 June, 1846 Kemp, at a cost of i^i5,650. It is cruciform, with a Gothicspire, chiefly modelled on the details of Melrose Abbey; andincludes, beneath its basement arches, a Carrara marble sittingstatue of Scott, with his dog Maida, by his side, which is thework of Mr. Steel, and cost £2,000. The potato crop utterly failed again in Ireland, and theoutlook there was indeed black. In the Times of 2 Sep., itscorrespondent, writing from Dublin, on 31 Aug., says : As itis now an admitted fact, on all sides, that the destruction ofthe early potato crop is complete, there can be no earthly use 298 GOSSIP. [1846 in loading your columns with repetitions of the sad details, asfurnished day after day in the accounts published by theIrish newspapers. It will, therefore, nearly suffice to saythat, according to the- reports from all quarters, the crisisof deep and general distress cannot be much longer
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