ence, when it shall be discontinued for the purpose of
permitting Nature to restore the feature to its original hue
preparatory to the second advent of its owner into the world.'"

It has long been the reproach of America that she has one law for the
blacks, and another for the whites. This is in one sense the case in
Kentucky; but there the advantage is on the side of the blacks. It is
quite obvious that the project for staining the noses of malefactors
black would not be feasible in the case of negroes: at least, in that
case, it would be a scheme analogous to that of gilding refined gold, if
not of painting the lily. That equal justice might lay hold of the
nigger's nose, it would be necessary to resort to a converse expedient,
and colour the African proboscis white. But for this purpose nothing
could be used but a mere pigment; for Chemistry does not supply any
substance which would have the effect of bleaching, even temporarily,
the blackamoor's skin. If that science could afford such a cosmetic, it
would emancipate several millions of persons in America, who are
deprived of their liberty and their rights as men for no other crime
than their complexion, but who might obtain their freedom as easily as
insolvent debtors if they could only manage to procure some sort of wash
by which they might be whitewashed.

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A THEATRICAL TITLES' BILL WANTED.

We have had an Ecclesiastical Titles' Bill to prevent things from being
called by any but their right names; and we are now about to suggest the
passing of a Theatrical Titles' Bill, with the view of putting a stop to
an assumption of certain high-sounding styles and dignities in the
dramatic world, which are becoming offensive to the common sense of our
countrymen. "His Eminence," as applied to CARDINAL WISEMAN, may be
ridiculous enough, but it is even still more absurd, when usurped as it
is, by a number of so-called "eminent" tragedians. There is scarcely a
theatrical hole or corner in London that does not advertise its
possession of the services of some "eminent" individual, whose
"mummeries" are quite as objectionable as those complained of in the
Popish priesthood. We suspect, however, that some of the objectionable
titles are conferred on the parties without their own consent; and we
feel convinced that our honest friend, MR. JOHN COOPER--the comic
representative of _Henry the Eighth_, and the original _Bumps_ in
_Tu