before contained or the
referees or their Umpire shall have declined or omitted to make any
Award or determination within the respective times hereby appointed for
that purpose And that when such difference shall arise between any two
or more of the parties hereto each of the other parties hereto shall
have notice thereof by writing to be left at the said Publishers Office
for the time being to the intent that the said parties respectively may
have the option of taking a part in the matters in difference on either
side and that the party or parties who shall refuse or decline to become
a party to such reference shall be bound and concluded by all the
parties hereto and by the Award and determination of the Arbitrators or
their Umpire in the same manner to all intents and purposes as if he or
they had been a party or parties to the matters in difference concerning
which such Award or determination shall be made and had joined in
referring the same.

[Sidenote: _Twenty-second._]

=That= this Agreement shall be deposited for safe Custody on behalf of all
parties with =Alfred Mayhew= of No. 26 Carey Street Lincolns Inn Attorney
at Law to be produced by him to and for the benefit of the said parties
respectively and their respective heirs executors and administrators
when and as often as occasion shall require and the said parties
respectively or their respective heirs executors and administrators
shall be at liberty as often as they shall think proper at their own
Costs to obtain from the said =Alfred Mayhew= Copies or Extracts of or
from the same Agreement.

[Sidenote: _Twenty-third._]

=That= the expenses of and incidental to this Agreement shall be paid on
the execution thereof by the said =Joseph Last= who shall be repaid out of
the first proceeds of the sale of the said Work =As witness= the hands and
seals of the parties.

Signed sealed and delivered by all the above
named parties in the presence of

=Wm. Eldridge=
Clerk to =Messrs. Mayhew & Co.=
26 Carey St. Lincolns Inn

HENRY MAYHEW

MARK LEMON

JOSEPH STIRLING COYNE

EBENEZER LANDELLS

JOSEPH LAST

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INDEX

[Illustration: (FROM THE FIRST SKETCH BY CHARLES KEENE.)]

_The =Heavy= Figures indicate the main references in the Text._

A Beckett, Mr. Arthur W., 61, 67, 74;
politics, 80;
Parish Councils Bill cartoon, 169;
contributions, etc., =374=