FLAGELLUM.

Nor more, nor less; such is our minister.

MALAGMA.

Have you no private pique, no cause for hate?

FLAGELLUM.

Not I, by Heaven! He being high i'the state,
As public character, none dares deny
Freedom of speech.-A Briton, Sir, am I.

And I another :

MALAGMA,

FLAGELLUM.

Well, Sir, that may be ;

And yet in thinking we may not agree.
Call P-rc-v-l, for instance, what you will,

I must affirm he is the same man still;

Not one jot more than what I've set him down,
In state robes weak, but strong in lawyer's gown.

I see you're fix'd!

MALAGMA.

FLAGELLUM.

Immoveable as rocks.

MALAGMA

Have you aught more to add?

FLAGELLUM.

About the Blocks?

MALAGMA.

The Ministry, I mean!

FLAGELLUM.

As you may call 'em.

Well, Blocks or Ministers, I still must maul 'em : And as of law so late my muse hath spoken,

The thread of my discourse shall not be broken; So come forth, pensive wool-sack, legal clay!

D 2

MALAGMA.

I'm silent; and must needs confess, that I

Cannot in reason combat your reply.

FLAGELLUM.

Here break we off, then; that my muse may borrow
A respite from her labours till to-morrow;
When I my flagellations will renew:
Till which, Sir, I am your's.-

MALAGMA.

The same to you.

END OF DIALOGUE THE SECOND.

WELL, Sir, and pray what think you now of things? Report talks loud of mighty bickerings:

D 4

If M-lv-lle's in, that S-dm-th will stay out;
Nay, Master C-nn-ng, too, begins to flout;
In short, these mongrels, if I can define,
Are all attack'd with mania canine;

And, quite unmindful who's a friend, or brother,
Like kittens, claw the eyes of one another.

Can that be true?

MALAGMA.

If M-lo-lle's out, &c.]-

Dove sono molti capi, sono morti pareri.

It is reported that L-d S-dm-th has had some qualms of conscience, as he does not altogether relish the idea of sitting down at the board with Scotch Hal; for he swears that cutaneous disorders are catching, and smell very much of the felon's side of Newgate. Our able linguist C-nn-ng, on the other hand, will not be harassed with L-d S-dm-th: so, that, what with I will and I won't, and I won't and I will, we stand a fair chance of having every thing but unanimity and talents: however, there is an old adage, and heaven send it may be verified.—“ When knaves fall out, honest men get their own."