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J^AWZilAAA^

ejnoria

OF THE

ciirice

^ 1

I J

MEMORIALS

OF THE LATE

CIVIL SERVICE

PiIFLE riEGIMENT

By A PRIVATE,

(Who hfisbcen ptrinittod to retire, retaining his rank.)

^' Forsnn ct lime oUm r.iemin/sse jiivaLitJ'

-YlRGlU

*' Of fill the heart's springs none are pnrer
"Than the springs of the fountains of niijili,''

--*•-•--

OTXANA/A r

rUBLISHED BY JONES & HOLLAND,

*:j[.GiN STREJBT,

THE FIGiiT AND FLIGHT

OF THK

CIYIL mmi CHIEFTAINS.

rma Virutnqite Cano.

)»

[This sano;Tiinary engagement is especially no-^ble as
l)eing the last wcasion upon which tiie British
forces and tlieir Indian allies fought side by side.]

Cod of battles ! but 'twere glorious

To have seen tlie fiery fight
Which the Civil Service Chieftains waged

Tpon last Tuesday nigbt.

II.

At n long-proti-pcted council-board

They had sat since early day.
And wearied now with warlike 'cares

'I'hey wend their houieward u ay.

III.

Their swords were dangling bv their sides,

'i'heir coat tails hung behind,
And each and every gentleman

Was three sheets in the wind.

IV.

Unconscious of a lurking foe
Tlicy reared tlieir gallant crcstR,

Save two, whoso tipj)l.'K mixed liad brought
Their heads upon their breasts.

But lo ! who's hero upon their flank
Clad in the garb of p(!ace ?

x\ blue-coat boy, a member of
The city's new police.

vr.

"Front, dress, eyes left," dnrped M-r-d-th.

" Shut up," the 0-1-n-l roared—
" Bovs, ho for morrio Canada !

" Upon him with tlie sword ! "

VII.

But out spake '• Majaw" And-rs-n

" Fight until all is blue,
" And if you get the worst of it,

" Then run my commdes true ;

VIII.

"A sudden illness seizeth me,
"And weigheth on my brow,

" But my heart shall stifl be with you lads,
"Though 1 must leave you now."

IX.

Their hearts were eager for the fray,
^ i U- V /^ y ^^^^ strung were brain and nerve,
Cl.L fTuy^tAiXM^^XxQji quoth the cautious P-m-st-r,
/ " 111 act as the reserve."

Then up he olomb a neighbouring post,

And cried in accents thick,
" Now boys I'll hold the lamp post up

" And act instead of wick."

XI.

« And an ol)fi(.rvation corjis I'll form,"'

Cried L-iuis-y, witli a luicb,
As he roll <l towards the shelter

Ufa friendly open porch.

This thinned their rankt--, but firm they stoo<l

Undaunted every one, y

Younj; Sni-jthe, and VV-lsh, and Herbeius O '^il^»^
Old Krin'H travelled son, - —

.,yf-tf AM.<fTfr'*^

XIIT.

The Rtalwaii Qu-rt-rm~st-r ton,

liieh in b(/th herds and lloeks,
And the D-ct-r, and stout D-sb-r-ts,

Great hearts as fnin as n^eks.

XIV.

And their Indian all)', Koko-Knutt,

Who had joined the faces pale
For the sake of all the jolly lush

From whieli he ne'er did fail.

XY.

The C-l-n-1 and the Adj-t~nt Jt. /} . /^,n^

Their scabbards threw away
" Now, gallants, charge ! " the C-l-n-1 cried

And rushed into the froy,

XVI.

The grim police man stood his ground,

And formed a hollow square,
" Fix baton," to himself he said,

«• For cavalry prepare."'

XVII.

They rushed upon this man so rude
As the deer br( ak through the fern,

Cried tSm-jthe " shall my knightly father's blood
" Grow cold for the C*ttawa k< rne ?"

xvjir.

Tlify bore liim down unto the caitfi
Jiut, m 1)( fell tlicroto, ''

Like fal)lo(l Hydvn, up there Hprtinff
Seven peelers elud in hluc

XIX.

A^ain they tliarf,^e(l, wh,,, all ! there Hlinfc

n ith most confounded toKs
Into the gutter at his side '

The boUl Le Jh-t-n U-sb.

They Imeked and hewed with falchions hii"-hk
^or quarter gave nor giacHv "^ '

But as the hist policenum fell'^
Htood seventy in his place !

XXI.

And seven to seventy then they fight
And prodigies achieved '

Of valour, which should I indite
They would not be believed.

XXII.

The Qu -rt rra-st r shouted fierce,
" 'Ods ! blast the trumpery thin'o- »

And hurled his sword away with jerk
That made the pavement ring.

XXIII.

Upraising then his brawny arms,

Which Where's the man resists ?
Cried he « let's treat the rascals to

" A taste of British fists ! "'

XXIV.

And laid about him well-aimed blows
Down went the seventy then '

When lo I seven score stood in their stead
Like Falstaff's buckram men, '

XXV.

AIj ! thiH'was more than men could dare,
Tlie clii<;ftainH tiirii^-d aghast ;

Had the tu-nd.s of hell been on their track,
They had not lied more fast.

XXVT.

Out rushed the L-nds y from his porcl),
And jriincd them in the rout,

And they who saw him doubling wished
He had not been so stout.

xxvri.

" Oh ! " sighed the C-l-n-1 as lie ran,
<' For C-nn-ngh-ra St-w-rt this night

" And Br-un and H-y and Br-nsl-y K-ng
" And gallant Captain Wh-te

XX VIII.

'' VVere only these and C-mb-e here,

" And 11. 3. M. Bo-ch tte,
« And L ngt-n with his stout oak crutch,

" We were not vanquished yet."

XXIX.

But one remained, the Indian Brave,

He could not brook to run.
For in the middle of the fray,

His braces came undone.

XXX.

And now, as by a miracle,

The seven score peei. s fled,
The F-m-st r looked dc vn and saw

The one there in their stead.

XXXI.

The one policeman gnashed his teeth,

And shook his gory head.
And to. that solitary Brave,

That in<lian Chief, he said :

XXXII.

'' Oh ! thou «hal true the.. such allies,

Ihou foolish Indian Hnive
" ^"Ji*^was«amie Vahn Koko'-Knutt
Move on with me, false slave !"

XXXIII.
When all was clear the P-m-^t-r

Slid from hJK per-jh and laughed,
As he thourjht how he had shirked the fi^ht

By such consummate craft. ^ '

XXXIV.

And now God save our noble Queer
And grant our country peace, *'

Of if'^'^ml'' "^"■^'^''•'^ ^''^"^ the hands
Of the Ottawa Police.

A. DREAM FLTLFILLED.

[ " Tiie Mini.stiy have thrown cold water on tlie
'' Civil Service Regiment; it is about to be disbanded.''

Ottawa Corrcspoiiilciicc oj llie Halifax '' Burning Ihish.'^]

The following i)iece, taken fiom the rnrmoulh
Bloater, is tjiipposud to be the joint prodiu.tion of
tlie Nova Scotian Cabinet (Annand supplying the
facts and Wilkins the fancies ) It appears to be a j)al-
try attempt to bring discredit on the xMilitia Service
of the Dominion.

Last ni-ht within my easy chair

I sat, the " Year Book' in my hands ;
AVhat infor. nation it commands !
What store of lore is there laid bare,
What knov/kdge meets you every where.

What {)urity of dietion !
Whoever runs in it can r^ad
The fact compact which he may need,
From a letter's weight and conse(|Ueiit rate,
To the rate at whicii our people breed.
The I'^ditor won't take it ill.
If I should coini)liiiu;nt his skill
Attacking faet on liciiun.

So after dinner I take my ease.

And hold the '< Year Book" on my knees ;

I read some part statistical,

And straight tlie world grows mystical.

fcio great its Hopcn'ific povers

^w. Cr,<rc^'~

That I can calmly rest for hours

With it upon m}' lap,
And start with an indignant grace
If o'er my wife should liave thu face

To charge me with a nap.

Last night I opo'd at " Cr-ss on Mines,
And almosc stayed awake at first, —
l)Ut ah I no minor law confines

The action of my duns accurst,
No ii'on ore was ever smelted.

Could undermine clause ninety-first ;
Mere copper is of slight account
To meet the tailor's ajnnU amount ;
No bailift's heart was ever melted.

And fate mast do its worst.
T turned mo in my chair again,
And blest oblivion seized me then.

I slept and dreamt a woeful dream,
Reco'inting which would waste a ream

Of Hope's b st foolscap paper ;
Nor have I got the tonguj or pen
To paint such horrors o'er again

Beside my midniglit taper.
But some details I must relate,
As warning of their awful fate.

Who climb the martial ladder,
And trust to Ministers of State,
To aid them 'neath the heavy weight
Of warlike honors which they bear.
Until grown dizzy in mid air
They reached some treacherous round — and there

Tliey always com(! down sadder
And sometimes wis^^^r m^^n.

Methought
I saw the Public Buildings' Square,
And at the noi'wvjst angle, where
Th 3 blast blows fiercest from the nor'ward,
A wondrous scene Avas going forward. .
Som." members of the Cabinet,
Were there upon a platform s t, —

A platform whiih had tri' d the skill
And paticnco of the Count St. H-ll.
'J'ho Ministers, eaeh to his nose,
Were muftie<i in their lieaviegt clothes,
And clad in v/inter's warmest furs —
Beneath were ranged the Officers

Of *,he Civil i^ervice Regiment ;
Men who ha<l op;''d their country's jiores
Through half a dozen different doors,
Who diligently had sought their pay,
And fired some tons of powder away

In many a fierce engagement.
Stripped to the waist each warrior stood.
And ice seemed curdled in my blood

When I beheld their plight.
In L-ng-v-n's hand a hose was held,
From which the gashing water welled

Upon each hai)iess wight.
While F-tv-ye gloated o'er his vengeance,
As down below he worked the engines.

But few spectators were abroad —
Yet M-lc-lm C-m-r n was there

In honor of the " water god ;"
He sat u pon a cam p stool chair,

And sang the " Ham Fat Man:'
The L-nds- y listened with a frown.
But tears of laughter trickhd down
The face of K-nny,— and the while
Even L-ng-v-n scarce suppressed a smile,

Though still the water ran.

Anear the platform there was one

Will Shakespeare's dear ado{)ted son,

Who wandering home had hither found liim,

And now, his toga wrai)ped around iiim,

Contemplating the tragic scene.

Stood with Napoleonic mien,

And grand tlieatrie ])ose unmat^^hed —
Ah ! need I name him ? lu; who knows if
The old legitimate drama flourish.
If we its roots and branches nourish.
Will recognize our Captain J-s-ph
Sm-th L-e, the unattached.

Far ofl stood M-v d-th and C-mb-e

Down by the gate anear the Queen's,
Quoth M-r-d~th with bated bnath
'' I know what all this means ;"
" And we may thank our lucky star ,
" Tliat we'd letitcd upon our wears,
" And «o escaped this ordeal.
" See witli 'vliat force the waters fall,
" Waat lite-inspiring gifts they boast,
" What gracious powers to heal and bless-'
'' Though J, indeed I must confe.-s,

" Prefer the drjj earth si/afem."
" l^gad,' cried C-mb-e " there 'a a shot,
" lie gives it to tliem hot and hot,
" There was a sqnirt riglit deftly sped
" At C-nn ngh-iu's devot.d h( ad,
" Although, by George, it's missed him."

Calmly did L ng-v-n tend his task,
Nor dropptdthe Ministerial mask

Befitting the occasion ;
Impartially the waters fall,
With equal hand he squirts on all

Permitting no evasion.
Even as it fell the water froze,
Tlie icicles from B rn rd's nose
Kevealed how cold the bath.
Tiie gallant W iyV; good grey head
Which should have been three hours alkd.
Upon his martial pillow laid.
Nor thus insulted, duck- d, betrayc',

Was raised in powerless wrath.
Off And-rs-n tlie waters glide.
For he had wisely ^I'lased his hid<>.

In fond reuionbrance of Laprairie.
G(>oddrij)i)ing ]vi had used to do it,
No water peaetrated through it.
He blessed the huky hour and day
When she had chantHui to cross his wav.

The Cook s sweet daughter Mary.

" Oh 1 had I fallen in moat d ditch,

" Or even in dried up fosi'c,
" A lighting in my country's cause,

-T-

' •j-'.-nr'^!ru-i'>^rrz-

" To iipliold ber lionorand lu-r laws,
" Such death w. re gain, not hjs«,
" But such a watery death as tliis,
" Mo8t i^^nominions fate that is,"

Cried bokl LeBr-t-n II- ss.
" This water, too, and ner 'r a stick in it,
" Is like a candle without a wick in it."
He ceased, nor ever spoke afjain,
But fell, the only chieftain shiin.

Limp A-ere the Qii-rt-rm -st-r's locks,
• And shrunk his stalwart frame,
And the warlike ardor of his eyes.

Which once were wont to flame,
At clanging sw^ords, or rattling bones,
Was watery now and tame.

And there stood Wh-te in woeful plight,

A shivering in his pelt,
At nine distinct and different poinfs,
The icy shower assailed his joints ;
In vain would feeble words engage.
To paint the mingled shame and rage

The indignant Captain felt.
The outward cold was 10 ® below,
His inward heat was high, I know.
For even as the waters kissed
His manly bust, at once they hissed,

And the icicles did melt.

H-y sang " The Wearing of the Green,"

To show his nnconcernment,
While W- Ish used L - nds - y as a screen,
Which he contrived should intervene
The torrent and himself between.
Thus proving his discernment.

And there was Captain D-sb-r-ts
A worse drowned rat I never saw,

Nor -ke a worse drowned Printer ;
How he sacre'dthe hour and day,
That e'er ha let his footsteps stray
From old Quebec this baibarous way,
Until anotlier dash of spray

Bronght coolor feelings back again,
And theiij and tieii, and then, and t!\en,
He but sacre'd the winter.

Even L-ngt-n swore, while o'er and o'er

His grizzly beard the wattirs pour,

Until 1 e grew most like unto

A miniature of the Wandering Jew,

That he " would ne'er pass the account,

" Which sure would reach a frightful amount

" For this wicked w-aste of water ;
'• The country'.-; voice would t'll in time,
" What it thought of this shocking crime,

" And most unrighteous slaughter"' —
" Of the Innocents" W-lsh int(Tpose<l,
And slightly bettering his position.
Quoth he *' at least no bones are broke,
" Perhaps it's only all a joke,

" And theyre wetting R - w - n's commission.''

Bo-ch-tte appealed " That your petitioner

" Would lain submit it is uncustomary
" Thtis to treat a grave Commissioner ;"
But John A. laughed till his jaws were aching.
And T-Uy's jolly sides were shaking.
Till Sh-rw-d to Sm-th in a terrible taking.
Cried " I wish they'd bust 'ern 'Arry !"
Then St- w- rt winked at Br-nsl-y K-ng,
And whispered " what a capital thing,

" Had tliey t'other Commissioners also;
" I wish they were soused from head to heel,
" How R-yn -Ids would wriggle like an eel,
" And hoAV nice Sm -th's pachyderm would feel,
*' How his nose would twinge, and his fingers

tingle,
" And the cold make his ^^ery eyeballs jingle !

«' While C. S. R-ss would bawl so."
Then Br-nsl-y turned with hoiror dumb
Not knowing what name n"xt might come

F'nmi such sacrilegious lii)s ;
Speechless he stood in mute surprise.
With open mouth and staring eyes,
Till L - ng - V -n seeing at a glance

The excel Ivnco of siu li a clinnce,

Just turned, without a warning; note,

in.s hose, and down poor Br-nnl -y's throat,

The gushing water slips.
This brought his labors to a close.
From his tired hand h(^ dropped the hose.
Then L-nds-y facing to the chair
Enquired, (ther." being no Speaker there,)
" Is it your will this House adjourn"?
He waited n(;t for Sir Jolin to turn

But off like a rocket went he,
And then there rose a wild commotion,
And a noise like the roaring of the ocean,
While they all, at once, declared the motion

Passed nemine contradicente.

I had hoped these horrors might have lain
Hidden like J-ck 11 -So among the slain,
But ah ! I am too sanguine yet,
'Twill be in Montre-^To {/'/^ ' -? —
For there stands W. I). L -Su - ur
With pencil swift and note book wet

To sketch them unaware.
I started at the sight and woke,
And finding day had almost broke

Betook me to my bed ;
Grateful that all was but a dream.
This knowledge cheered me like a gleam

Of sunshine rooud my head.

Y«;t in the morning when I rose

And donned my best of Sunday clothes

For His Excellency's levee ;
There seemed a weight upon my brain,
A dull presaging sense of pain

Which made my heart grow heavy.
I passed along with hasty pace.
And having reached my wonted place
Found 0. on hand with lengthy visage,
And melancholy air and blue,
Both quite unsuitable to his age-
Ten words the riddle did undo,
And then alas ! I found my dream was all too true.

DISBANDED!

" Sunt lacrimm rerum."

Some remarks r.pon a late inhospishus ewcnt, con-
tidning the views thereanent of Giles Hodgetts,
Missengur in the Hcuse of Commons, and late Lance
Co.poral in the late Civil Service Rifle Regiment,
Ta..cn down by his daughter Rebecca Hodgbtts.

The Poet dfclar-
<'th hia nntion-
ulit.v, and dis-
cinseth Ills [)olI-
lical and religi-
ous views.

nis descent, ami
ancestral cornu'c-
lioii with a gnat
<1 Ileal house.

Annonnceth tho
^)0^ition his i'a-
tiit-r held iu the
sunio.

The garrulity of
the aforesaid par-
ent, and hia re-
prehensible habit
«f sujioking.

Tm a trooly loyal Englishman,
One as loves the aristoxy,

And a constitutional govment,
And a low Church orthodoxy.

II.

I come of an old Whig family,
For I've heard my father it A

How he Served the Dook of Bedford,
Which I'm sure he served him well.

III.

In the 'sponsible post at Woburn,

Of gardener, I may say,
Though assisting the under gardener

Was for why he drawed his pay.

IV.

And the old man loved to tell us
When the years of his life were ripe.

As he sat in the cJiimbly corner
A smoking his evening pipe. '

Hfs parent's rc-
colloclion (if the
infant yours of iin
English btiitea-
uiao.

Whose acWpve-
menis the I'oft
P'luefiyrizi'S.

How the Poet's
father ha<l fore-
told this States-
iimu's greatness.

Showoth how the
I'oet was solicit-
ed to patronize
the Civil Service
Keg i men t.

As an example to
theothermessen-
gera and elerks.

The Colonel
compMmcnteth
the Poet, and

Elevateth him to
the responsible
yoat of

How he minded him ahahy,

Whielj we all know as Lord Jolin }

As putty a little bahy
As ever the sun slione on.

VI.

Which he growedtobc in Parliament,

And such a victory took,
Upsetting Peel and Eldon,

Let alone the Iron Dook.

VII.

And father he'd a prophesied
How his greatness was to come,

When he see'd the nurse-maid draw
him by
A sucking of his thumb.

VIII.

Which as such being my connexshuns
Do you wonder as they came

When this ridgement was a talked of
To ask me lend ray name.

IX.

To shew the other gentlemen,
And clerks, what they must do

In their country's hour of danger,
As loyal men and troo.

And the Kurnel, he says unto me,
As he walked me up and down,

" Hodgetts'" he says, " you 'ave a 'art
"Devoted to the Crown,"

XI.

" So you must be an officer,
" And 'elp us drill the men,

<' And if the bloody Fenians come
"^ We'll drive thcni back again."

Lance Corporal.

Ilestndfptlimill
lary tactius.

And rcwiveth
the enooiujiiinii
of the Adjutant.

II rofrrottot}i
tho severity of
hiacivilduUes.

■Which liave id-

nnfltted him for

n<illtary disiitic-

tion,

"What he endui-ed

to overcome this

disqualiflcutiun.

Being indued
into hia wife's
corset, and the
catastrophy
which ensued
thereupon.

rhe terr< r his

"^military bearing

Insjjired in the

bosom of hia wife

Hisambitlonwas
gi-atlfied.

XII.

So I was made Lance Corporal,

And opened all my pores
A studying of the "'goose step,"

And a practising " all fours."

XIII.

And the Adjutant he praised my drill,
And said his only trouble

Was how I couldn't keep quick step
As being already double.

XTV.

For you see tho sedentary life,

A sittinjr in my chair.
And a nodding to the members

As they passed me here and there,

XV.

Had made my figure over-stout

For soldierly demands ;
But Lord, the lacing th^t I stood

At daughter Becky's hands I

XVI.

When she put her mother's stays on me
To make me have a figure,

Which how they busted at the drill
And only made me bigger.

XVII.

And 'zounds, my wife, her bones did
ache,
And her poor old teeth did chatter,
When she heard me march up stairs
at night
And my bayonet make a clatter.

XVIII.
But I loved the high position,

And the handle to my name,
A feeling I was on the road

To greatness and to fame.

And Mb rnnlc oc-
kiio'.vIeiL'i'd in
hiii buusoliuld.

■Rolateth to do-
nifStic matters.

The droam van-
ishctli, and tlio
otliccra aro dis-
inuunted cavalry

The Foot and the
Colonel niiuglo
their tears.

He accuseth tlio
Colonel of deceit

In that the list of
officers who re-
tain their rank
on retiring

Doth not contain
bis name.

XIX.

For I got my title in tho house,

And, as 1 live \>y bread,
It used to mak<! my heart beat fast

Wlieut'ci the woman said,

XX.

" Lanco Oorpcal, the siippci's served,'

Or, if she wen; awry,
" L. C put down that nasty pipe,

Don't you hear the baby cry ?"

XXI.

But nov/ the brilliant dream is past,
And bitter tears I've shod,

For us officers all gone adrift,
And the gallant ridgement dead.

XXi'I.

I caught the Kurn(;l to my breast.
And kissed him then and there I

And I told how my heart was sore
For him my chief and hero.

XXIII.

But I'm not sore for him no more,
The false deceitful creatiire,

Which by his ivi/i/ tongue imposed
Upon my trusting nature.

XXIV.

For I read in Saturday's Gazette
Thenam(?s of all the men,

Who still their honored rank retain —
I read the list again.

XXV.

I read it half a dozen times,
And Lord it made me stare.

To find that I, Giles Hodgetts,
Lance Corporal, was not there.

Ho I xp.mt.th tlio
jMl<'iiHy of lis
I'lothir iiUlcors,
luid iairuMtU'lli
his downfall,

And roscntctfi
th it iiift r or men
an' picr.iTfd be-
fore lilUi.

Alliult'th to Cap-
tain White,
wliose (ifiuefHior
li« conuucndoili.

TcIIoth lum Ms
voto and inflii-

onci'haii {rone fur
the Oaptaiii at a
crtain t'kction
of national jui-
Hortaiico,

Anknowiedffoth
that ho is uiysti-

Advortptii to
Captain Liiidsar,
who hoMs a Mili-
tary School Ccr-
tiflcate,

Andavereth that
no can eertifv
that ho hinisolf
was at school in
his youth.

XXVI.

So now because of petty aplto

And oth r jealous wiles,
I Inse my rank and am ome down

lo liodgctts or mere Giles.

XXVII.
And I cant see why these otli.a- men.
Mire clerks whom most I scawn
(p?orn ?)
Should hold their rank like Walsh
and Stewart,
And Bosse, Smith and Braun.

XXVJTI.

And that there Captain, Mr. White

iirf^"i^""^*^P^""'*^"*^ Kt'ntltniau, '
Winch never puts on 'auffhty hairs
But speaks nice an' oil" han'.

XXIX.

Which I vote for at the Institoot

Against that Mr. Friel
Which beat us thou-h,as bold as brass,

And slippery as an eel.

XXX

Why Mr. White should keep his rank

Is a mystery to me,
Seeing how as I'm a weightier man

By seven stone more nor he.

XXXI.

And Mr. Billy Lindsay, too
By George I—or I'rii a fool,

He B a Captain cause three weeks he
went
To a military school.

XXXII.
Why, I can certify on oath.

If 'twere needful to employ
buch proof, that two whole" years I
went
To a dame's school when a boy

Montioneth Mr.
Laniiton, w h o
likewise (loth imt
retain his rank,
and relfttc^^h sun-
dry of tlint dis-
tinguished gen-
tleinnn's
aohievements.

He requos'eth
liebecoa to pause
while he imbilu'S
and toabts the
name of Mr. It.
b. M. Bouchette.

The liquor con-
fuscth him, and
he fi'.ncioth that
M r . Ashwurth
also loses his
rank, whereat he
Mweps afresh.

lielatoth Mr.
Ash worth's ser-
vices in advanc-
ing the interests
of the regiment.

Mcntionoth Mr,
Ash worth's favo-
rite pursuits, and
particuiarizeth
that pentloinan's
girth and weight.

Attributeth tho
breaking up of
the regiment to
the absence of Sir
Ooorge Ktienne
Curlier, Bart,

Whom he com-
luendeth for his
principles aud
his practices.

XXXllI.

Now me and Mr Langton'8 out,
To think they'd cast off such !

Which I've see'd him fighting like a
Tm-k
And iiim upon a crutch.

XXXIV.

Now, Becky, hold your pen a bit

While I take another wet,
And drink to a fellow sufferer,

Mr. R. S. M. Bouchette,

XXXV.

Who's left out in the cold with me

And Mr. Ash worth too:
Your hankercher, my lass, his name

Brings back my tears anew.

XXXVI.

When I thinks bow be had helped
us on,

And worked, and all but bled,
And now bis efforts go for naught,

And him as good as dead.

XXXVII.

A farmer amytoor is he,

Which loves a well-bred beant,

And is five feet in girth, and weighs
Three hundred pounds at least,

XXXVIII.

Well, this had never been our fate,
If Sir George he had been here,

He'd a stood by us, and we by him,
With a be2,rty British :,Leer.

^xXX I X.

For he knows >diat honors is, you see.

And the value cf a title ;
And he loves respekability,

And good dilnking and good vittal.

I.Jiyefli tlio whole
oataslrojil.y at
tlu' door of tlio
mull Ftifvoyc,
and close th with
uii iii.iniadver-
siou U|Min litw-
yors jft'iHTuily.

XL.

It all comos of this here Futvoye,
Who has been and done the Civil,

Foi- at pulling down and hreaking up
Them lawyers are the divil.