e instances have prevented suicide and murder. I
know of two cases wherein both crimes were perpetrated through a sense
of shame and dread of discovery, which probably would not have
happened could the unfortunates have resorted to "convanient
accommodations."--Well, here's good luck to the fair sex, the dear
cratures! and may they, every one of them, die on a Christmas day, any
how!"{1}

~124~~ This eccentric wish elicited a look of surprise from the Squire,
which Sir Felix observing,--

"My rason is," said he, "that the gates of heaven being open all that
day long, a body may slip in unknownst, as it is to be hoped that you,
Mr. Dashall, and I may do, some day shortly without any interruption at
all, at all."

This ludicrous finis excited the laughter of the company--

"But lo! the clouds break off, and sideways run,
Out from his shelter lively looks the sun:"

and the united observers of Real Life hailing the favorable presage,
resumed their perambulation.--

Advancing along Piccadilly towards Hyde Park, they reached the splendid
mansion of the hero of Waterloo; the gates were open, and a travelling
carriage with four horses was in waiting for his Grace, who was then
about setting off to inspect the fortifications of the Netherlands.{2}
Neither Sir Felix nor Tallyho having ever seen the Duke, the triumvirate
paused at the entrance of the Court-yard, until the carriage came forth,
when they saluted the gallant warrior with the tribute of respect due
to distinguished services and exalted genius, which his Grace very
courteously returned.

1 On the subject of "convenient accommodation for ladies
who wish privately to ly in," if we might hazard an opinion,
it would be in coincidence with that of our friend Dashall.
These establishments' are certainly an encouragement to
licentiousness, and it is well known, that in many of these
receptacles, "where the strictest honor and secrecy may be
relied on," the allurement of _abortion_ is held out to the
unhappy female, if she declines the anticipation of maternal
solicitude.

2 Thirty-Two Great Personages! Anecdote of the Duke of
Wellington,--His Grace, the Duke of Wellington, when last in
the Netherlands, and travelling without attendants, in a
part of the country where his multitudinous titles were not
well understood, was overtaken on the road by a veteran
officer, whos