country demoralized and injured by a set of men who have no principle
but interest, and acknowledge no laws but those of gain.

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As this was settling-day, we had the gratification to observe one
unfortunate howled out of the craft for having speculated excessively;
and not being able or willing to pay his differences, he was
compelled to waddle{25}; which he did, with a slow step and melancholy
countenance, accompanied by the hootings and railings of his unfeeling
tribe, as he passed down the narrow avenue from Upper Tartary,
proclaimed to the lower regions and the world

A LAME DUCK

25 Those who become ducks are not what are termed true
jobbers; they are those who either job or speculate, or are
half brokers and half jobbers, and are left to pay out-door
speculators' accounts; or if a jobber lend himself to get
off large amounts of stock, in cases where the broker does
not wish the house to know he is operating, he generally
gives him an immediate advantage in the price in a private
bargain; this is termed being such-a-one's bawd.

THE ISLE OF WIGHT.

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Garden of England! spangle of the wave!
Loveliest spot that Albion's waters lave!
Hail, beauteous isle! thou gem of perfumed green,
Fancy's gay region, and enchantment's scone.
Here where luxuriant Nature pours,
In frolic mood, her choicest stores,
Bedecking with umbrageous green
And richest flowers the velvet scene,
Begirt by circling ocean's swell,
Enrich'd by mountain, moor, and dell;
Here bright Hygeia, queen of Health,
Bestows a gift which bankrupts wealth.

The Oxford Student--Reflections on the Close of a Term--The
Invitation--Arrival at Southampton--Remarks--The Steam Boat--
Advantages of Steam--Voyage to the Isle of Wight--
Southampton Water--The Solent Sea and surrounding Scenery--
Marine Villas, Castles, and Residences--West Cowes--Its
Harbour and Attractions--The Invalid or the Convalescent--
The Royal Yacht Club--Circular in Rhyme--Aquatic Sports
considered in a National Point of Vieio--A Night on board
the Rover Yacht--The Progress of Navigation--The
Embarkation--The Soldier's Wife--Sketches of Scenery
and Characters--Evening Promenaders--Excursions in the
Island, to Ryde, Newport, Shankl