glory, alike lead to an untimely grave, and almost every reign is closed by the same disgusting repetition of treason and murder.

Gibbon's Rom. Hist.

a yard without being pestered by a thousand beggars. But I suppose the justices are fed both by beggars and pick-pockets.

This broken soliloquy brought the whole coffee-house round him, The Emperor Dioclesiam in the and every person had something to fourth century first acquired the say on the inefficacy of the laws, the glory of giving to the world an ex-insolence or corruption of the maample of resignation It was gistrates, the impunity of pick-pocktime to put an end to the painfulets, the increase of vagrants, and the struggle he had sustained for more frequency of robberies. All harkened with attention to his than a year between the care of his health and his dignity.: The former fury, and all coincided with his sen required indulgence and relaxation, timents; and it was agreed on by all the latter compelled him to direct hands, that the regulations of the from the bed of sickness the ad- police of London was a disgrace to ministration of a great empire. He the nation. Every sort of disorder resolved therefore to pass his days and nuisance was connived at;' the in honorable repose, to place his prevention of crimes by the salutarý glory beyond the reach of fortune, vigilance of magistrates was neglec and to relinquish the theatre of theted, and the officious insolence of world to his younger and more ac- constables and watchmen was so tive associates.

Ibid.

[The following sketch is taken from a publication entitled a " Satyrical view of London." Though professefly dealing in satire the work is evidently founded in truth, and the point of the subsequent remarks will apply to other cities as well as to the capital of England.]

POLICE OF LONDON..

great, that a gentleman could not be engaged in a harmless frolic, without being liable to insult and restraint, totally inconsistent with the freedom of a British subject.

a Then I find the complaint is," said a person, who now came for ward from a remote corner of the room, "that the police is both too striet and too much relaxed; and you want to enjoy what cannot be enjoyed at the same time, the high

THE other day I went to the cofest degree both of order and of lifee-house, sat down, and called for centiousness; or, in other words, some tea; while I was drinking it every man wishes to impose the another person came in, and sitting severest restrictions on others, and near me, began grumbling to him to be free from all restraint himself. self at something. The custom of As for clearing the streets of Lon England not adnitting immediate den of all vagrants and pick-pockets communication between strangers, by day, and of all street-robbers he could not directly disclose the and street-walkers by night; and cause of his discontent to his neigh-to enable every man to sleep in se bor, but was compelled to vent his displeasure by general ejaculations, such as What the devil are our magistrates about? one hath 'one's pocket rifled if one but stop at a print shop; and there is no walking

curity with his doors open, and to eary his money in his hand without fear of losing it; it is a thing that may, very easily, be most effectual¡y done. -Eut the doubt is, if the people would buy this advantage at

IRISH SERVANT.

"WELL. Blarney," said his masyou find the gentleman!" ter to him, when he returned, “did

"Yes, Sir," replied he, "by my

the price at which it can only be able company, frequent every place bought. No one ever heard of a of amusement, live well, and all this robbery committed in a camp, or of by depredations on the public, is bolts and bars to a marquee; neither an evil well known, both to the can the most warm advocate for the legislature and the magistrates; but honour of a soldier impute this sole- it is not so easily remedied, as some ly to that cause. Introduce then sanguine reformers are apt to imthe discipline of a camp into this agine. A thousand plans, plausible town; post centinels, with strict or-in theory, may be suggested, but ders, in every corner; enforce their the question is, whether any of those vigilance by frequent rounds; let plans can be put in execution, withthem demand paroles and counter-out reducing the English subject to signs from all who approach, and such occasional restriction, that no apprehend and confine all they sus- Englishman either could or should pect; and, take my word for it, you endure, without the sacrifice of that will hear no more of robbery. It freedom enjoyed under the British will be also necessary, that this constitution. may have full effect, to reverse one maxim in our jurisprudence, and,, instead of supposing every one in-, nocent before he is proved guilty, deem every accused person guilty till his innocence is shown. Yet, how this can be done, without increasing the power and insolence of peace officers, and authorizing them to interfere, even in more trifling matters than the harmless frolics of gentlemen, by which I presume is meant, breaking lamps and knocking down watchmen, I do not exactly see. Neither do I imagine it would be very agreeable to grave senators and wealthy citizens to have their motions watched in the street; and if they sometimes stood still, and sometimes turned about, without any apparent cause to be apprehended, on suspicion of an intent to commit felony, when the object of their pursuit, perhaps, was a smart servant girl, with a neat leg and a white stocking, or a milliner's pretty 'prentice, with a bandbox under her arm."

Here he stopped, threw down his six-pence at the bar, and departed.

soul did I."

“So, and what did he say ???.

never touch another drop of whiskey Say! the gentleman say! May I if he said a word to me, or I to him!"

"Well, but what did you go for then? Did not you tell me that you found him?ostenica

found him out--found him gone out." "Yes, by my, soul, and so I did,-I

TO, CORRESPONDENTS.

ADELPHOS feels like a woman, but writes like a man. We hope the Emerald will always sparkle with the smiles

of the fair.

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under consideration. The author if acThe piece signed PUNISHMENT is cused of personality in his remarks would probably excuse, himself on the authority of Shakespeare:

e.

What city woman do I name, When that I say a certain woman, yet names are not always necessary to designate characters."

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Our poetical department was arranged before R** was received.

That there is in the metropolis a We have received several French gang of gentlemen pick-pockets teresting articles will be translated for literary Journals from which many inwho dress in the most fashionable the Emerald. They were unfortunatemanner; mix with the most fashion-"ly too late for this Paper.

Having the vanity to dream, I sold
That he must be th' important theme.
It happen'd as some jovial boys,
Consolidating cares to joys;
Laughing at every thing they saw,
And eating jokes with greedy maw,
Were passing on with careless walk,-
Up comes our our to hear their talk.
A lad, as soon as he appears,
Begins to criticise his earsirat
Which much enraged the dog, who
Aleswore,

So rash, to drink the fellow's gore.st
Hot for revenge, towards his foe,
He ventures valiantly to go,
Snaps at his leg like any Shark, a
But rage, being ever in the dark,
Instead of indentation shocking,
The puppy only rent the stocking.
Wheeling about to march away,
He, meditating, seem'd to say:
I've safely heal'd any wounded pride,
And feel my honour satished.

Not so the boy, who turning round,
Levell'd the puppy with the ground,
And whipping out his knife with speed,
Soon separated cars and head:
Nay more, so cruel and unkind,
He left not half an inch behind,

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