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of facts which they take care shall not meet the public eye until their operations are formed upon them: thus the million become a prey to a designing few, who are duped by artifice, and often by falsehoods. Can we then longer suffer ourselves to be the sport of such unprincipled proceedings?

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If I lay a wager with another, myself knowing the existence of the fact, I rob him. No man ought to lose where he cannot win. Let us then put on the dauntless spirit of resolution," and crush this hydra, who is seeking to devour us.

I could have wished this subject had occupied the attention of the committee, and hope they will take it into consideration, and, by a prompt decision, adopt something like the following resolution, which, I have no doubt, will meet the approbation and support of every honest man; viz.

"That a subscription be entered into for the purpose of raising a fund, to defray the expense of a regularly established express from Paris to London, containing the closing price of every day's transaction in the French funds. That it be addressed to the Chairman of our Committee; and by him read from the Commissioner's box, for the information of the members of this house." AN OLD MEMBER.

To J. W. HORSLEY, Esq. MARINE BOARDING HOUSE,

MY DEAR HORSLEY,

BRIGHTON.

Tavistock Place, November 21, 1822.

LET me suppose you are now sitting down

by a snug fire, after the refreshing breezes of a southern

coast, with Mrs. Horsley on one side, and Miss Keep on the other. Around you a group of every-day persons, (who are supposed not to have any comfortable homes of their own, or they would not have left them), whose conversation may be both entertaining and instructive, and that you are enjoying the delectable pleasure of their society. I can fancy the following conversation:

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"Well, ladies," says a primly dressed dame," have you been upon the beach this morning? How delightfully agreeable has been the day! What fine breezes! what a charming sea!" Lord! mamma, I am sure I did not see any thing so delightful; the wind blew so hard, that I had nearly lost my beautiful French shawl. I hate the sands! Give me the promenade where the band and the officers assemble - that's what I like. Indeed, mamma, I think Brighton, were it not for the officers, a very dull insipid place: you can't walk out any where in private-no groves of trees-no rural lanes. Dear me! I like to ramble through fields and by-paths, where, if you meet a friend, you can have the conversation to yourselves. I am sure—indeed it is very mortifying, that it is, mamma; for only yesterday I had the finest opportunity of talking to Captain whose looks assured me he wished to have had some private conversation with me, but was prevented by Mrs. and her daughters coming up just at the time. How vexing! indeed it was very provoking! for I know he had, and would have said many pleasant things to But I am always unfortunate! Deuce take the people! they are always in the way when one wishes to be alone."

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Young lady," said an elderly grave gentleman,

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am sorry to hear so discreet a person as yourself make these observations. One would naturally suppose, from the manner and tone of your expressions, and the emphasis with which they are marked, that you are fond of the men. Now, although I am sensibly alive to the passion of love, I hold it very improper to express such sentiments in company, and would therefore advise you, in future, to be more guarded upon that head, and rather listen to the amatory tales of others, than make them the subject of your own remarks. Although an old bachelor myself, I cannot but think with Benedict," that the world must be peopled," and that marriage is a proper thing; yet the less that is said of the matter the better, until the prospect of marriage is pretty certain; for there are many things between the cup and the lip, my dear, as I have myself experienced."

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Here there was a pause to the conversation for a short time, when the serious gentleman asked, Had any body been to the Chapel Royal?- had any body seen the king?" "O yes," said a smart widow, "his Majesty looked divinely when I saw him yesterday."

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Why to be sure, madam, so he should," replied the bachelor; "there is a divinity doth hedge a king. He is the head of the church: he acts by divine right. But was he devout? for that is devoutly to be wished."" "His appearance, sir, had the show of devoutness: he seemed to be devout." Seems, madam; nay, I know not seems. Did he appear to have that within which passeth show?' something beyond those actions that a man might play?' If so,

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He shall flourish,

And, like a mountain cedar, reach his branches
To all the plains below.""

There was something so theatrical in the old gentleman's manner as he paced before the fire-place, when he emphatically said, "He shall flourish!" that the whole company involuntarily gave him great applause, and set him down not only as a loyal, staunch, and sound Englishman, but a man of uncommon genius. The old lady was mute, the widow's eyes "were riveted to his face," and the young lady, now conscious of his superior judgment, determined, in future, not to be too loquacious before strangers, and especially before those whose experiences he was resolved to profit by, rather than expose herself to their animadversions.

Now, my good friend, let me ask you how you like a rough sea and brisk gales? Mrs. Horsley, I know, enjoys it; and where she is happy, I am sure Miss Keep

is so.

I am very low in spirits, and write to beguile the time. Seven years, to this very night, have passed away since I felt the last embrace of my poor departed Ben. Gone! - lost to me for ever! but his image is ever before me-I see him "in my mind's eye:" he was a goodly boy-"I ne'er shall look upon his like again." Bear with me, Horsley: my heart is in the coffin with my boy, "and I must pause till it comes back again."

Yours ever and truly,

B. O.

P. S. Endeavour to see John, my old servant: you will find him at one of the coach-offices. Give him two pounds for me: the money may be welcome to him.

To MR. R. R. OAKLEY, HARROW.

Royal Exchange, November 23, 1822.

I CANNOT, my dear Richard, pass over this day without offering you my congratulations. You are now at a period of life to know how to appreciate the best wishes of those who are anxious that every succeeding year may be productive of happiness and content to you. That my wish is sincere, you may give me credit for; and believe me when I say, that as your future progress through life is so identified with my comforts, and with those of your mother and sisters, I cannot be otherwise than alive to every thing which concerns you.

First, then, your education is the basis on which all your future prospects rest. This is the foundation from which must emanate all that is mental; and that which is truly so will teach you how to regulate the passions, direct them in their course, lead you on to discreet and honourable pursuits, and fit you for any situation it may be your destiny to fill. It will arm you with resolution to buffet with adversity, to resist the allurements of idle ostentation, and teach you to reflect that, after all, religion is the stay and anchor that smooths every difficulty, and will eventually guide you into the haven of happiness.

It would only be to recapitulate what I have often enjoined you to attend to-extreme caution in the choice of your associates. Those who are unmindful of their parents, and indifferent to their injunctions, know not the value of friendship. A friend is rarely met with; and if not to be found in a parent, where is he

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