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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: Portraits of Children of The Mobility - -Author: Percival Leigh - -Illustrator: John Leech - -Release Date: January 30, 2014 [EBook #44806] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHILDREN OF THE MOBILITY *** - - - - -Produced by David Widger from page scans generously provided -by Google Books - - - - - - - - - -PORTRAITS of CHILDREN OF THE MOBILITY - -By Percival Leigh - -Drawn From Nature By John Leech - -With Memoirs And Characteristic Sketches By The Author Of "The Comic -English Grammar," Etc. - -1841 - -[Illustration: 009] - -[Illustration: 010] - - - - -VIGNETTE ON THE TITLE-PAGE. - -Armorial Bearings op the Mobility, viz:-- - -Quarterly, - -1, Azure, a Tile dilapidated, or shocking bad Hat, Argent, banded Sable, -for TAG. - -2, Gules, between two Clays in saltire Argent, in base a Pot of Heavy, -frothed of the second, for SWIPES. - -3, Sable, & Bunch of Fives proper, for RAG. - -4, Or, a Neddy Sable, passant, brayant, panniered proper, cabbaged and -carroted. - -Gules, for BOBTAIL. - -Motto.--Kim aup. - -Crest.--On a wreath a Bull-dog's head guardant proper, issuant out of a -Butcher's tray, surmounted by & scroll with the motto BOW WOW. - - - - - -CHILDREN OF THE MOBILITY - - - - - -OF THE MOBILITY IN GENERAL - -The Mobility are a variety of the human race, otherwise designated, -in polite society, as "The Lower Orders," "The Inferior Classes," "The -Rabble," "The Populace," - -"The Vulgar," or "The Common People." Among political philosophers, and -promulgators of Useful Knowledge, they are known as "_The_ People," "The -Many," "The Masses," "The Millions." By persons of less refinement, they -are termed "The Riff-raff," and "The Tag-rag-and-bobtail." Figuratively, -they are also denominated "The Many-headed;" although in England, in -common with the other members of the body politic, they have but one -head. May it be long before that one is replaced by another! In some -foreign countries, as in America, they change their head very often; and -in a neighbouring kingdom (where they are called "The Canaille"), their -head is, strange to say, their target. - -We write solely for the benefit of the superior classes, that is to say, -of the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and so many of the Public in general as -will condescend to patronise our work. These individuals, if we may so -call them, inhabiting a different sphere from that of the Mobility, are -not (with the exception, of course, of the Magistracy and the Clergy,) -in the habit of meeting them; some account, therefore, of this -little-known class, introductory to an exhibition of their offspring, -may be reasonably expected of us. Our gentle readers, we apprehend, -have but little regarded the Mobility in passing through our public -thoroughfares. When employed in taking the air, they move in a loftier -line than that of the pavement, and, occupied with the momentous cares -of the Senate, the Opera, and the Ball, are too deeply absorbed in -meditation to cast their eyes below. - -The Mobility are the antipodes to the Nobility: the one race of men -being at the top of the world, the other at the bottom of it. The word -Mobility is said to be derived from the Latin term _Mobilis_, fickle, -or moveable; as Nobility is from _Nobilis_, noble. But what can be -more fickle than fashion, what more vulgar than constancy? The heads -of society, too, are quite as moveable as its tails. The Nobility are -continually in motion; moving in good company, moving in Parliament, -moving about the world. If we are to take up the Mobility as vagrants, -we must set down the Nobility as tourists; * if the former are _moved_ -by Punch and Shakspere, the latter are equally so by Rubini and Bellini. -There are some who think that Mobility comes from _Mobble_, to dress -inelegantly; a surmise more ingenious than correct. The humbler classes -were perhaps originally named, as in former times they were governed, by -arbitrary power. As to an opinion that the opposite term, Nobility, is -derived from _Nob_, a word which in the vocabulary of certain persons -signifies head, we only mention it to show the horrid ideas of etymology -which some minds are capable of forming. - - * There are some real travellers among the Mobility, though - most of their _journeymen_ lead a sedentary life. - -The property most common to all the Mobility is poverty; that is to say, -no property at all. It is not usual to describe them as a respectable -body, but they are an influential one, and their influence has, of -late years, been much augmented. Perhaps, also, as they constitute the -operative part of the community, and its physical force, they may -be regarded as being, in a national point of view, of some little -importance: but all who have any pretensions to delicacy look upon them -as disagreable persons. Those of them who are, so to speak, at large, -inhabit the huts and hovels of our villages, and the fearful dens in -the less known and more unpleasant regions of our towns and cities. -Here they are chiefly to be found, according to medical men and other -adventurous travellers, in places analogous to those in which our wine -is kept, and where our menials repose, the garrets and cellars. Many -thousands of them are contained in ships and barracks, and also in -penitentiaries, prisons, workhouses, and other places of punishment for -indigence and dishonesty. - -The difference between the words Mobility and Nobility is merely a -letter. So, between individuals belonging to the two classes, a single -letter may constitute a distinction. There are some names peculiar to -the Nobility, and some to the Mobility. Jenkins, for example, is one of -the names of the Mobility, but it assumes an aristocratic character by -being spelt Jenkyns. The addition of a letter, or the addition of one -and the alteration of another, is sometimes necessary to effect this -change. Thus, Brown and Smith are ennobled by being converted into -Browns and Smythe. Persons who have acquired their property by dealing -in cheese and so forth, are, some of them, aware of this fact, and hence -it is that the butterfly state of a sugar-baker is often denoted by such -a transformation, and that Gubbynses and Chubbes enrich the aristocracy -of Tooting. - -Castlemaine, Mortimer, Percy, Howard, Stanley, Vere and Conyers, are -well known as being among the names of the Nobility. In like manner, -Tupp, Snooks, Pouch, Wiggins, Blogg, Scroggins, and Hogg, are names -characteristic of the Mobility. Dobson, Jobson, and Timson, are -appellations of the same order. How shocking it would be to impose -any one of them on the hero of a fashionable novel! Johnson may _now_, -perhaps, be tolerated; but we think John_stone_ decidedly preferable. - -The names which the Mobility derive from their sponsors may be Christian -names; but some of them are, nevertheless, very shocking. No refined -grammarian could venture to call them _proper_ names; and to dream of -disgracing a scutcheon by them would horrify any one but a savage. The -mind shrinks, so to speak, at the bare idea of such an association of -names as Ebenezer Arlington, Jonathan Tollemache, Moses Montague, Jacob -Manners, or Timothy Craven. An attempt to emulate the higher ranks in -the choice of Christian names is sometimes made by the Mobility, but -their selection is chiefly confined to the theatrical or romantic -species; as Oscar Pugsley, Wilhelmina Briggs, Orlando Bung, and the -like. The Mobility, moreover, have seldom more than two names; though -some of them, under peculiar circumstances, assume several, _pro -tempore_, with the intervention of an _alias_. They very generally, -too, neglect a practice universally adopted in the exclusive circles, -of christening a child by a surname. It is to be wished that they would -adopt this custom, for such combinations as Brown Green, Tubb Waters, -White Smith, or Bull Bates, would certainly be highly amusing. - -The Mobility are also in the habit of using abbreviations in addressing -each other, as Jim, Bill, Dick, &c.; an eccentricity which, we are sorry -to say, has proved contagious. - -It is frequently said of the Mobility that they are houseless and -homeless, and so, we believe, many of them are. But all of them -are houseless, as contradistinguished from proper characters, and -particularly from the Nobility, each of whom can boast of belonging to a -house, although no house should belong to him. - -Whereas the Nobility, without exception, have coats of arms, the -Mobility, with some few exceptions, have none; and the arms of their -coats are often out at elbows. - -The costume of the Mobility, though not elegant, is in general -picturesque; but for this it is indebted, like a ruin, more to the hand -of Time than to that of the builder. And, as in the case with ancient -edifices, it is diversified by various repairs of a later date, which, -while they detract a little from its uniformity, considerably augment -its effect. When, too, it is most remote from graceful, it is usually, -for an obvious reason, airy. - -There is one dreadful omission in point of dress of which the Mobility -are universally guilty, that of going about the streets with their hands -naked; an enormity which we hope will soon be put a stop to by law. It -is not customary with them to dress for dinner; and although they talk -of going sometimes to _court_, they do not always on such occasions -consider it necessary to change their habiliments; notwithstanding which -they aspire to a higher honour than that of kissing _hands_. - -The commanding presence, beautiful features, eagle eyes, chiselled lips, -aristocratic noses, and silken tresses of the Nobility, are matters of -daily observation. In personal appearance the Mobility do not resemble -them. Among the lower classes, _lusus naturae_ (a Latin phrase which -signifies _objects or frights_) are very common. We are inclined to -consider these people as a sort of step-children of Nature, who now and -then indulges herself in a little jocosity at their expense, for the -diversion of the better orders. She gives them funny legs and great -hands and feet, she twists their lips about, and makes their eyes -converge, with a whimsical look towards the nose, and the latter she -turns up in a manner quite ludicrous. In short, to venture a bold -expression, she _snubs_ them. We beg, however, to observe, that the -Nature who is a _step-mother_, is what is said to be a _second_ Nature, -Use; and that the singularities above mentioned are a kind of heir-looms -which the habits of preceding generations have entailed upon their -remote posterity. Besides, too many of the Mobility, insensible of the -advantages of an agreeable exterior, imprudently venture into chimneys -and other places, handle hard and rough substances, and go about in huge -heavy boots, from which incautious behaviour their appearance in many -respects sustains great detriment. - -The use of the Mobility is, to produce food, habitation, and clothing, -for the superior classes, and to perform for them those various offices, -which, though essential to existence, are not of a dignified quality. -Like some of the canine tribes, they are also employed for purposes of -defence; for which, with some little drilling and correction, they may -be rendered eminently serviceable. During war-time, they are caught and -trained for the water; but on the expediency of this proceeding there is -some difference of opinion. - -The manners of the Mobility are neither sweet nor refined; there is none -of the lump-sugar of humanity in them. It is true that one laundress -will address another as "Ma'am," and that the driver of a public -cabriolet will speak of a locomotive vegetable vender as "that other -gentleman;" still people of this description, when they salute one -another at all, do so in a very inelegant manner. It is a great pity -that they do not take a lesson in this respect from the French, as they -would then relinquish their strange practices of nodding and winking, -and poking each other in the side. But on points like these we must be -brief; a glimpse only of the horrible is always sufficient. Will our -readers believe it? the Mobility, in conversation, accuse each other -without scruple, in terms not to be mistaken, of wilfully erroneous -assertions! and, not content with this, often accompany the insult by a -backward movement of the left thumb over the shoulder! But what can be -expected of those who smoke pipes of tobacco in the open streets? - -The taste of the Mobility is not delicate. As regards aliment, it is -one which Louis Eustache Ude never, we are sure, thought of consulting. -Their diet is said to include such articles as _tripe, cow-heel, (?) -&c._ if any one knows what those things are. Their literary appetite, -that, at least, of those who can read, tends chiefly to certain -publications which come out weekly, are mostly sold for the small charge -of one penny, and are filled with vituperation of the higher orders. The -Mobility are also very fond of "Last Dying Speeches and Confessions;" -indeed they regard all information, connected with the administration of -the criminal law, with a peculiar interest. - -The Mobility have various amusements, most of which are exceedingly low, -and which have been in these enlightened times judiciously curtailed by -the Legislature. Indeed they can scarcely indulge in any of them without -impropriety; for they are supposed, during six days, to be continually -occupied, and on the seventh to be enjoying, like the better classes, -the sweets of domestic life. Instead of that, they go, on Sundays, to a -public-house, provided there may be no pecuniary obstacle to their doing -so. There, it is said, they used to play at _skittles, bowls, and -nine pins_; in lieu of which, those games being now illegal on all -but working days, they content themselves with getting inebriated. -Occasionally, on evenings during the week, some of them repair to the -theatres, where those of our readers who may chance to have honoured the -performances with their presence may have heard them, high aloft and far -back, in a place allotted to them, making a noise. Their leisure, -also, when they have any, is sometimes beguiled by dramatic and musical -entertainments, paid for on the voluntary principle, and appropriately -performed in the open air. These exhibitions are transferable from place -to place; a very fortunate circumstance, as the crowds which collect to -view them might otherwise incommode the higher orders, by obstructing -their carriages. The Mobility, in certain amusements of theirs, -present a curious and humiliating parallel to those of a portion of -the Nobility. They are slightly addicted to games of chance, although -instead of throwing dice, they usually toss pence, and for rouge et -noir, engage in what is termed _blind hookey_. We _could_ mention _some_ -persons who appear to have learned one of these delightful sports from -them; we mean, the _thimble rig_. They are prone, too, in their way, to -the pleasures of the field; for instance, the pursuit of the rat, which, -although not a noble recreation, like the chase of the fox, is yet a -species of hunting. The badger likewise contributes, occasionally, -to their fund of harmless enjoyment. They do not, it is true, perform -nocturnal gymnastics on knockers and bell-wires, such presumption on -their part being severely punishable; but it must be confessed that at -an election or an illumination they evince a strong predilection for -very similar exploits. - -The language of the Mobility is very incorrect in point of grammar, and -rather abounds in strong and forcible, than in soft and elegant terms. -Perhaps, in treating of the Children of the Mobility more particularly, -we shall unavoidably be forced to quote a little of it; but we shall be -as chary as a Poor Law Commissioner of what we put into their mouths, -recollecting that those introduced by us are intended as _companions_ -to the Children of the Nobility. For, as the moralist informs us in the -copybook, "Evil communications corrupt good manners." - -The Children of the Mobility are distinguished by a remarkable -circumstance, at their very birth, from those of the Nobility. The -latter are said to enter the world with a certain silver implement -in their mouths; at all events, they have one placed there so soon -as almost to warrant the idea that it was really bestowed on them by -Nature. The former, on the contrary, are endowed with no such thing; -and if they were, it would infallibly be transferred, with all possible -expedition, to the hands of a particular relative. In short, it would -be made a means of procuring the nutriment which a less costly article -would serve as effectually to insert. - -Further, the Children of the Nobility, justly compared in various -poetical effusions to delicate plants and tender flowers, are, with -great propriety, reared in a nursery. But the Children of the Mobility, -who are the subjects of no effusions but those of indignation at their -appetite or their cries, vegetate, many of them, like kitchen stuff, in -the open air, and are never grown, if under shelter at all, in any place -resembling a _hot_-house. - -It is, perhaps, to the supply of moisture which, in consequence of their -exposure, they receive, that their preservation is owing; for we might -otherwise reasonably question how they are induced to live. - -The Children of the Mobility are not, in early infancy, interesting -creatures; they are invested with none of those angelic attributes so -peculiar to the aristocratic babe. It will be well, therefore, to pass -over this period of their lives, and to consider them as they exhibit -themselves, at a somewhat more advanced age, in the streets. - -Those talented artists who have so laudably devoted their lofty -energies to the delineation of the youthful forms of the Children of -the Nobility, have correctly represented them as replete, in all their -actions, with elegance. Sleeping on banks of flowers, sitting on -rocks and musing o'er flood and field, contemplating with youthful -but reflective eye, the beauties of a leaf or rose-bud, standing -self-enraptured and Narcissus-like in some exquisite attitude before a -mirror, or playing, in unconscious boldness, with a large dog, they seem -to us like the denizens of a brighter sphere. Such, indeed, they may -with truth be said to be; for, in the spacious park, the fragrant -_parterre_, and the splendidly furnished drawing-room, their delicious -existence glides away. This, together with their innate refinement, -accounts, perhaps, for that beautifully indescribable something that -mingles with all they do. So, conversely, the inherited bias, and -surrounding circumstances incidental to the Children of the Mobility, -may be supposed to explain the very opposite "something" so peculiar -to them. We find them perched on stiles and gates, and loitering about -lanes and ditches, peering into periwinkles, hopping up and down the -steps of door-ways, or setting a couple of mongrels together by the -ears. They are not gentle--they are not sylph-like--we search in vain -for a nameless grace in their steps, and a depth of hidden meaning -in their young eyes. They have never been taught to dance, and their -complexions have been sadly neglected. - -Aided by Mr. Leech's pictures, we shall now take the liberty of -introducing our young plebeians into the drawing-room. - - - - -PLATE I. Miss Margaret Flinn, Master Gregory Flinn, Miss Katherine O'Shaughnessy, and Master Donovan - -These young persons are the Children of a Mobility said to be the finest -in the universe. The scene of their existence is a place denominated -the Rookery, a region situated in those obscure territories among which -Oxford Street terminates. This district is very appositely named, and -we are surprised that there is no corresponding neighbourhood, of an -aristocratic character, denominated an Aerie. It is a place remarkable, -like an actual abode of rooks, for the noisy, pugnacious, and predatory -character of its inhabitants, who however, unlike those birds, are -not very active in feeding their young. Their building propensities, -however, are just as remarkable. Humble as they are, it cannot be denied -that they have much to do in the raising of the noblest houses; and if -any part of the Mobility may lay claim to heraldic honours, these, as -well as the proudest landlords, are entitled to bear the "Bricklayers' -Arms." Their children display a peculiarly imperfect state of costume, -owing to a practice, too common among their parents, of devoting the -family revenues to the purchase of a certain spirituous liquor, and of -converting, for this purpose, their wardrobes into ready money; conduct -highly reprehensible, since, if oppressed by _ennui_, or incommoded by -the calls of appetite, they ought to have recourse to the consolations -of philosophy. - -The Flinns, the O'Shaughnessys, and the Donovans are, as we have hinted, -of Hibernian extraction. Miss Margaret Flinn was born January 10, 1824, -and is now consequently in her eighteenth year. Her brother, Master -Gregory Flinn, is in his ninth; his birth took place on December 28, -1832. They are the sole remaining issue of Cornelius and Mary Flinn, the -remainder of whose family, amounting to ten, all died in their infancy, -with the exception of their sixth son, Michael Flinn, whose afflicting -death at the age of five, in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, in consequence -of his clothes catching fire, was lately recorded in the journals. Miss -Katherine O'Shaughnessy (born June 10, 1834) is the eldest of the -seven children, the remainder of whom are males, of Judith and Terence -O'Shaughnessy. It will be recollected that the late Mr. O'Shaughnessy -was killed in scaling a chimney. Master Patrick Donovan is virtually an -orphan, his parents, Jane and Peter Donovan, being necessitated, from -some mistake with respect to property, to pass their existence in exile. -He was born March 18, 1830. - -The sensitive mind is condemned to meet with some things in -this sublunary scene which are cruelly harrowing to its delicate -susceptibilities. We intimated, a little above, that the Children of the -Mobility, generally, have no pretensions to beauty; there is no rule, -however, without an exception, and Miss Margaret Flinn is an exception -here. Her mild dewy eyes, of a bright lustrous grey, softly shaded by -her dark and pencilled brows; her small and exquisitely-formed nose; -her sweet lips, well-turned chin, graceful neck, lovely complexion, and -almost perfect figure, form a _tout ensemble_ decidedly prepossessing. -Now is it not distressing to see such charms in so uncultivated a state? -Who does not breathe an anxious wish that a wreath of roses -should encircle that brow,--that gems should deck those _petites -oreilles_,--that the gentle coercion of the corset should add the one -thing wanting to that admirable but untutored waist? And then those -feet--now so disgraced!--Would we could see thee, fair Child of -the Mobility, arrayed in hues of beauty by the hand of Fashion, and -irradiating with the beams of thy loveliness the circles of Ton! But it -may not be! the decrees of Destiny are inscrutable, and we weep in - -There are few, we apprehend, to whom the following beautiful lines are -not familiar:-- - - The Minstrel Boy to the war is gone, - In the ranks of death you'll find him; - His father's sword he has girded on, - And his wild harp slung behind him." - -Now, girding on, or putting on their fathers' things, appears to be -a national peculiarity of the Minstrel boy's young countrymen. So, at -least, it would seem from the coat of Master Gregory Flinn; though it is -very possible that the said vestment may properly belong to some other -young gentleman's papa. Our readers may, perhaps, have read of a set of -people called Socialists, whose chief characteristic is a community of -property, and of almost everything else; and who, besides, live huddled -together in colonies, and are not very scrupulous in their behaviour. -This description applies so closely to the Rookery, that we cannot but -think that it is actually one of these people's establishments. Its -inhabitants evidently possess their clothes in common; no private -individual having any of his own, but putting on, as occasion may -require, the first thing that he finds lying about. Hence it happens -that, as the pairs of shoes, for instance, in the settlement, do not -nearly equal the number of wearers, some are obliged to go without any -shoes at all, and others, as in the case of Master Gregory Flinn, to be -content with one. In this latter predicament, also, is Master Patrick -Donovan; while in the former is Miss Katherine O'Shaughnessy. The -excellence of the Social system is further exemplified by this -interesting group, not only in respect of their apparel, but also in -what they exhibit of the domestic economy of their connexions. The loaf -which Miss Katherine O'Shaughnessy is carrying is the family loaf, and -the tankard at her lips contains the family beverage, of which, in the -simvainplicity of innocence, she is taking her little share. Master -Patrick Donovan has just obtained possession of a herring--probably on -Social principles, and is conveying it, with the kettle, which the fire -of some neighbouring Socialist has warmed, homewards for breakfast. -He is a youth of a lively turn, and the jest that hangs on his lip is -called forth by the contemplative look,--(oh that such eyes should rest -on such an object!) with which Miss Margaret Flinn is regarding his -finny prize. He is facetiously inquiring whether she would like a -_soldier_; that term being, in the language of the Mobility, applied to -the delicacy in question. - -Master Gregory Flinn, to whom Master Patrick Donovan's sally seems to -have given great amusement, is provided, it will be observed, with a -hoop. It is fit that the superior classes, who are so apt to be guilty -of misplaced charity, an amiable but fatal weakness, should know, that -the Children of the Mobility are in many instances possessed of the -superfluity of toys; which, of course, if they were really hungry, they -would dispose of, and get something to eat. We certainly think that -the country should not be saddled with the expense of maintaining those -Children of the Mobility who can afford to keep hoops. - -There is one circumstance which, in considering the Children of the -Mobility in general, and particularly this part of them, strikes us very -forcibly indeed. We mean, the style of their _chevelure_. How easy it -would be to part Master Gregory Flinn's hair in the middle, or to -bid waving ringlets to stray down the shoulders of Miss Katherine -O'Shaughnessy, instead of allowing elf-locks to dangle about her ears! -and what an improvement would thereby be effected in the personal -appearance of both! To require farther attentions to this department -of the toilet on the part of such persons as the Mobility, may perhaps -appear a little unreasonable; but we must say, that did we belong to -that description of persons, we would decidedly debar ourselves of the -common necessaries of life, as long as Nature would permit us so to do, -in order to procure those (to us) indispensable articles on which the -gloss and brilliancy of the hair depend. - -Another little improvement, and one unattended by the slightest -expense, might so easily be made in the condition of the Children of -the Mobility, that we wonder that no benevolent individual has hitherto -endeavoured to effect it. A glance at the group now under consideration -must convince the most tasteless observer that the youthful personages -therein depicted are supporting themselves on their feet in the most -ungraceful posture imaginable. Whoever looks at the portraits of the -Children of the Nobility, will see that some are represented as standing -in the first; others in the second position; while others again are -resting, with all the elegance of a Cerito, upon the very tips of their -very little feet. Dove-like in everything else, they are as unlike that -bird as possible in their attitudes. Why should the young Mobility -tread the earth like pigeons, when the opposite mode of standing and of -progression is so much more becoming? - -Before we take leave of these young,--we might say -unfledged,--inhabitants of the Rookery, we may remark, that they are -much addicted to an amusement greatly conducive to the advantage of the -pedestrian, that of displacing the superfluous matter which is apt to -accumulate upon crossings. They also pursue an employment which, were -it a legal one, we might compare to that of the Solicitor General. Or we -might describe its followers as probationers belonging to the Society -of Mendicants; an order, it would seem, which Henry VIII. could not -entirely suppress. - - - - LINES TO MISS MARGARET FLINN. - - Hadst thou, by Fortune's hest, been born - Th' Exclusive Circles to adorn, - Thy beauty, like a winged dart, - Had pierced my unresisting heart! - - Those charms should grace the lordly hall, - The gay salon, the brilliant ball, - Where Birth and Fashion, Rank and Style, - Might bask enraptured in thy smile. - - There, there, methinks I see thee glide, - Distinguish'd Persons at thy side; - Illustrious Foreigners around, - Whose gentle hearts thy spell hath bound. - - Thee, fair one, meeting haply there, - While flutt'ring o'er the gay parterre, - This fickle bosom then might be - Perchance attun'd to Love and Thee! - - - - -PLATE II. Master Jim Curtis, Master Mike Waters, and Master Bill Sims. - -Youths in full, such prolixity being, among the Order of Mobility to -which they belong, a thing entirely unknown. The group last described, -we might have represented as taken from the genus, "Ragamuffin;" this, -in like manner, we may consider as pertaining to the tribe, "Varlet." -Masters Curtis, Waters, and Sims, are members of that numerous republic -of boys frequenting, like the canine race, (indeed it is not unusual -to hear them described as "young dogs,") all manner of public walks, -squares, streets, and alleys. Pot-boys, butchers' boys, bakers' boys, -errand-boys, doctors' boys, and all other boys whose professed character -is that of being generally useful, but whose real one is that of being -generally idle, come under this head. Our readers, while in their -breakfast-parlours, have no doubt often heard them notifying their -presence at the area railings by noises peculiar to each. Our refined -taste revolts at the idea of having to describe such characters; but -the task, however repugnant to our feelings, must be performed. We will -endeavour to do this with as much delicacy as the nature of the subject -will admit of; and we hope that while apparently sinning against -Refinement, we shall be earning the palliative merit of a stern fidelity -to Truth. - -"Happy Land!--Happy Land!--Hallo, Bill?" Such is the greeting with -which Master Mike Waters, pausing in his song, and halting in his trot, -accosts Master Bill Sims, whom he meets at the turning of a corner in a -place called Bloomsbury Square. "How are yer, my tulip?" exclaims Master -Jim Curtis, who, arriving at the same moment, completes the group. We -have not expressed the Christian names of the above-mentioned. - -[Illustration: 030] - -Of the parentage of these young gentlemen we shall say nothing. Master -Jim Curtis, we learn from undoubted authority, to any question touching -the name of his father, would infallibly answer "Hookey Walker;" a -reply, to say the least of it, of an evasive character. As certainly -would Master Bill Sims respond "Vot odds;" while Master Mike Waters -would only notice the demand at all, by applying the tip of his thumb to -the end of his nose, and twiddling his fingers. - -Master Jim Curtis and Master Mike Waters, but particularly Master -Curtis, are amusing themselves by _chaffing_, or, according to their -pronunciation, "charfin," Master Bill Sims. _Chaffing_, translated into -intelligible language, signifies, "quizzing," "rallying," or -"persiflage" Thus understood, it will at once be recognised as a species -of intellectual diversion often indulged in by those moving in good -society. No one, for example, who has paid attention, either temporary -or permanent, to a young lady, can be otherwise than aware of this fact. -"Chaffing," indeed, is a very venerable recreation. Shakspere represents -it as practised among the ancient Romans. Witness his "Antony and -Cleopatra," Act II. Scene 7. - -_Lepidus_ (supposed to be in a state of wine)--"What manner of thing is -your crocodile?" - -_Antony_. "It is shaped, Sir, like itself; and it is just as broad as -it hath breadth; it is just so high as it is, and moves with its own -organs; it lives by that which nourisheth it; and the elements once out -of it, it transmigrates." - -See also Henry IV. (first part) Act II. Scene 4. - -Our readers may perhaps wish to know what the nature of the "chaffing," -of which Master Sims is the object, may be: hoping that in attempting to -gratify their curiosity, we shall not outrage their feelings, we present -them with the following scene:-- - -Master Mike Waters. "Crikey, Bill!" - -Master Bill Sims. "Well; Wot?" - -Master Jim Curtis. "My eye, Bill, wot a swell we are!" - -Bill. "Wot d'ye mean? I dessay you think yourself very clever,--don't -yer now?" - -Jim. "I say, Bill, do your keep that 'ere collar button'd ven you has -yer grub?" - -Bill. "Wot odds?" - -Jim. "That 'ere letter of yourn's post-haste, I s'pose, Bill?" - -Bill. "Do yer? How long have them muffins bin 'All Hot? '" - -Jim. "As long agin as half. I 'll bet you I know who that letter's for." -Bill. "I 'll bet yer you don't!" - -Mike. "My eye! what a plummy tile!" - -Bill. "It's as good as yourn any day, spooney!" - -Jim. "I say, Mike, twig the yaller." - -Mike. "Ho! ho! ho!" - -Bill. "Wot a pretty laugh!" - -Jim. "Do your Missus keep a buss, Bill?" - -Bill. "Find out." - -Jim. "Cos you'd do uncommon well to get up behind--wouldn't he, Mike?" - -Mike. "I b'lieve yer. Benk! Benk!" - -Jim. "Helephant! C'tee, C'tee!" - -Mike. "Now, Sir! Now, Sir!" - -Jim. "Now, marm, goin' down! goin' down!" - -Bill. "I tell you wot, you fellers; you'd just best cut your stick. I -ain't goin' to stand bein' bullied by you, I can tell yer." - -Jim. "I say, Mike, his monkey's up." - -Mike. "Don't you stand it, Bill; pitch into him--punch 'is 'ed." - -Jim. "Lor bless yer, his Missus won't let him spile his beauty; she's -too fond of him." - -Bill. "Yaa! you great fool! You've got enough to do to mind your own -business. There's them people at 24 a-waitin' for you. Won't you catch -it!--that's all." - -Jim. "See any green, Bill? Good b'ye." - -Mike. "Never you mind, Bill, Good b'ye--Happy land! happy land," &c. - - -Master Jim Curtis is one of those youths whose office it is to supply -the tea-tables of the higher classes with muffins and crumpets, -nominally all hot, but really, owing to the colloquial propensities -of the bearers, in general not at all hot. Among his compeers he is -considered a peculiarly accomplished lad. He is always sure to be -acquainted with the last new song, for shocking as the idea appears, -there are "last new songs," in streets as well as in drawing-rooms--we -are informed that the present popular favourite is "Happy Land;" it -having succeeded "Sitch a gittin' up stairs;" previously to which the -alleys were taught by our young Mobility to echo the atrocious "Jim -Crow." These various airs Master Jim Curtis is also in the habit of -whistling as he runs along; his execution being characterised by great -power, particularly in the higher notes; though his compass, perhaps, -is not very extended. He is likewise a first-rate performer on that -classical instrument the Jews'-harp. In all those various games of -skill which consist in tossing coins and buttons about in gutters, his -attainments are unrivalled; and he is equally expert at the pastime -called "leap-frog," and similar gymnastic exercises. Genius, it is said, -is shown in striking out new paths; and Master Curtis, in the language -of his acquaintance, is an "out-and-outer" (a low term for a person of -talent) at striking out a slide. In a general way, so remarkable is -his intellectual acumen, that he is said by all who know him to be -perpetually--we cannot avoid the phrase--wide awake. In disposition he -has somewhat of a satirical turn, and his caustic powers are not only -evinced in "chaffing" his equals, but also, whenever an opportunity -occurs, at the expense of his superiors. - -Master Mike Waters is connected with the press, in the capacity of -an acting distributor of diurnal literature. He is a cultivator, to a -certain extent, of those elegant pursuits in which Master Curtis has -made such striking progress. His natural endowments, indeed, are not -of so brilliant a class as those of the latter; as a vocalist, for -instance, he does not rise much above mediocrity, his notion of a tune -being generally not quite perfect, and his memory seldom serving to -retain more than the first line of a song. He appears, however, to be -very diligent in his musical studies, and what he does know, is almost -continually in his mouth. There is, too, one particular science for -which he certainly has a decided taste; namely, Natural Philosophy, and -he may frequently be seen on a day fit for the purpose, that is, on a -wet one, performing pneumatic experiments on loose stones and cellar -plates. - -Of the nature of these experiments it may be necessary that we should -give a brief description. Their object is to elevate the paving stones -or plates from the situation which they occupy, and is thus effected: - -A disc of leather is procured, and to its centre is fixed a strong piece -of cord or string of about a yard in length. The leather, having been -deposited at the side of the kerb-stone, a sufficient time to effect its -perfect saturation with moisture, is applied, in its wet state, to -the body intended to be raised, and trodden flat on its surface. The -experimenter, then, pressing down the circumference of the leather with -his feet (a process requiring peculiar dexterity), raises the centre of -it by means of the piece of string. A vacuum is thus produced between -the leather and the stone; and the pressure of the atmosphere retains -them, with considerable power, in contact. By repeated efforts the stone -is at length loosened, and at last, sometimes, actually displaced. -This scientific recreation is now and then suppressed by the hand -of authority: and certainly, were it ever practised in a fashionable -neighbourhood, the interference of the Executive would be necessary; as, -for obvious reasons, it is highly detrimental to the _chaussure_. - -To return, however, to Master Waters. Notwithstanding the moderate -nature of his abilities and acquirements, he occupies a respectable -place in the esteem of his associates; as there is scarcely any matter -of amusement which he is not ready to promote, and in which he is unable -to share. Naturally, too, of a placid disposition, he is ever desirous -of shining himself, or of taking the shine, as his comrades express -it, out of others. He thus avoids exciting envy and resentment in their -breasts; a misfortune which his friend Master Curtis does not always -escape. A circumstance, also, which strongly tends to render him a -general favourite, is, that though not very witty himself, he has a -great capacity for appreciating wit,--that species of it, at least, -which he is in the habit of hearing among his acquaintance. Nor is a -sally, of which he is himself the object, less pleasing to him than one -directed against another party; he receives it with an open, tranquil, -reflective, and cheerful countenance, indicating that he is on the -best terms with all around him, and on better still, if possible, with -himself. There is one peculiarity in his disposition which must not be -forgotten,--he is a youth of a very large appetite. This fact seems, on -inspection of his mouth, to confirm the phrenological axiom that size -is, other circumstances being equal, a measure of power. - -Master Bill Sims rejoices in the prettily-sounding title of Page. We -say, rejoices, only by a figure of speech; for the various remarks which -his appearance calls forth from his extensive circle of young friends, -render his situation a not very pleasant one. He is not aware, moreover, -of the romantic associations connected with the office which he holds, -and, if he were, the circumstance that he is a Page, not to a Noble -Lord, but to an elderly lady, would rather serve to embitter than -to sweeten his reflections. What makes him so keenly alive to -animadversions on his costume, is, that on being first inducted into it, -he felt particularly proud of his exterior, which certainly underwent -at that time a change for the better, as he was then a newly transformed -Charity Boy. We should mention that before he had been three months in -place, his altered diet made it necessary that he should have a fresh -suit of livery; that with which he was at first invested having become -much too small to accommodate his increasing proportions. The notion -that he is happily situated as to alimentary comforts, has much to do -in provoking the taunts of his juvenile acquaintances, who take a rather -invidious view of his good fortune in that respect. They do not consider -that this is very dearly purchased. Master Sims being forced to forego, -almost entirely, all those little gratifications in which they, during -their leisure hours, can indulge without limitation. In particular, he -is precluded, both from the tenseness of his attire, and the necessity -which he is under of keeping it clean, both of which circumstances -prohibit kneeling, and--we believe we express ourselves -correctly--knuckling down--from partaking of the diversion of marbles, -of which he is passionately fond. - -We have now a few observations to make, generally, on that particular -set of the Children of the Mobility with which Masters Curtis, Waters, -and Sims are connected, which may tend, perhaps, to place the characters -of those young gentlemen in a clearer light; though we fear that many -fine minds have been already sufficiently tried by the picture which we -have drawn. - -Their curiosity is remarkable. Any person who attracts their attention -by a conspicuous dress--as, for instance, a Highlander in full -costume--is sure to be followed by a crowd of them, and very likely, -provided they are certain of impunity, to be assailed by them with -stones and other missiles. A delinquent of any kind, proceeding, under -the auspices of the Executive, to his state apartments, is invariably -pursued by a train of them. They never fail, also, to collect around the -subject, whether human or brute, of a street accident. - -It is desirable that their manners should be a little more respectful -than they at present are. In the use of all titles of honour they are -exceedingly economical, seldom dignifying any one with the term, "Sir," -but a Policeman. - -Strangely enough, they are, in their way, votaries of Fashion. Besides -their songs, they have various phrases, which have, as dogs are said to -do, their day. Many of these will not bear mentioning; but the last in -vogue, which embodies an inquiry after the health of the Mamma of the -person addressed, is not, perhaps, so objectionable as the majority. - -They have, also, particular seasons for their various amusements. Thus, -"hop-scot," or "hop-scotch," is "in," as the phrase is, at one time; -marbles, or "dumps," at another. Now hoops, then kites are all the rage. -There is one species of recreation, however, which is practised among -them at all times, denominated "overing a post;" for which Charity Boys -are especially renowned; a certain peculiarity of their singular attire, -combined with the remarkable lightness of their limbs and bodies, -rendering them particularly adroit at this feat. - -In connection with the genus of the Children of the Mobility now under -consideration, we beg to call attention to their habit of hopping -alternately from side to side during a conversation. From this -the philosophical observer will perhaps infer, that the graceful -accomplishment of dancing is the offspring of an instinct of Nature. - - - - -PLATE III. Master "Young Spicy," and Master "Tater Sam." - -These hopeful scions of our Mobility are engaged in "an affair of -honour." We apprehend that the names by which they are above designated, -and by which they are commonly known, are not, _bona fide_, their own, -but have been imposed upon them by the suffrages of their acquaintance, -probably with reference to the occupations of their respective parents, -and partly, perhaps, in conformity with the custom which generally -attaches a _sobriquet_ to fistic proficiency. Master "Tater Sam" is -attended by Master "Lanky Tim," a student attached to a parochial -seminary. Master "Young Spicy"--for street encounters are not always -characterised by the strictest regularity--has no professed second; -though the place of one may be considered as supplied by the -exhortations of the spectators generally. As to the young gentleman -midway behind the two combatants, a retainer of one of the Knights of -the Azure Vest, his attentions are bestowed alternately on both; his -object being, to enjoy to the full what he regards as a "prime lark;" -the reciprocation of as large an amount of blows as possible. The -extremity of the by-standers' delight may be read in their animated and -dilating eyes; even the soul of yonder small boy in the corner, who, -but for the evident care with which he has been enveloped in his cloak, -might have been suspected of having left his home without maternal -cognisance, is on fire. The contrast presented by the vivacious -ardour of the juvenile group to the subdued complacency with which -the approving elders overlook the scene, is as interesting as it is -remarkable. - -[Illustration: 040] - -The hostile encounter may be supposed to have originated, and to proceed -in the following manner. The parties are at first engaged in that -particular game at marbles technically termed "shoot ring." - -Tater. "Now then, Spicy, knuckle down; 'fend dribbling." - -Spicy. "Come, then, stand out of the sunshine." - -Tater. "In! Three clayers and a alley. Game! Hooray!" - -Spicy. "Oh ah! I dare say. It's no go; play agin." - -Tater. "No, no, it's my game." - -Spicy. "I say t'an't." - -Tater. "I say 'tis." - -Spicy. "You'm a story!" - -Tater. "Y ou'm another!" - -Spicy. "Come, give me my alley, will yer?" - -Tater. "No I sharn't!" - -Spicy. "Won't yer though?" - -Tater. "No I won't, frizzle wig!" - -Spicy. "Won't yer, puggy nose? Come, I say, leave go!" - -(Here a scuffle ensues.) - -Tater. "Don't yer wish yer may get it?" - -Spicy. "You'm a strong feller, arn't you?" - -Tater. "D 'ye think I'm afeard o' you?" - -Spicy. "D 'ye think I'm afeard o' you then?" - -Tater. "Ah! jist you hit me!" - -Spicy. "You hit me first; that's all!" - -Tater. "Well, there then!" - -Spicy. "Here's at yer!" - -(The contest now commences.) - -Cries of "Hallo! here's a mill!" - -"Here's a scrimmage!" - -"A battle, a battle! 'tween two sticks and a rotten apple!" &c. from -various quarters. (A ring formed.) - -Butcher Boy. "Now then! Fair play! fair play! Go it!" - -A Boy. "'It im ard; he've got no friends." - -Second Boy. "Give it im, Spicy! 'It im a peg in the mouth!" - -Third Boy. "At im, Tater!" - -Charity Boy. "Fetch im a wipe 'tween the heyes!" - -Butcher Boy. "Well done, little un, great un's biggest!" - -First Boy. "Well done, Tater! My eye wot a whop!" - -Second Boy. "Brayvo! Spicy. Had im there!" - -Hackney Coachman. "A nasty vun, that ere!" - -Cabman. "Rayther." - -Charity Boy. "Go in at im, Tater,--that's it!" - -(The combatants close and wrestle. Both fall; Spicy under. At this stage -of the proceedings a sanguine stream is seen escaping from Spicy's nose; -his eyes, too, are in a state of incipient tumefaction. The size of -Tater's lip appears considerably augmented; and he bleeds copiously at -the mouth. After a short pause, hostilities are resumed.) - -Butcher Boy. "That's the time o' day. 'It im, Spicy! Skiver im, Tater. -That's it, my cocks!" - -Third Boy. "One for his nob! That's the ticket!" - -Charity Boy. "Under the ribs! Well done!" - -First Boy. "That's a vinder for im!" - -Third Boy. "Tater, keep your pecker up, old chap!" - -Butcher Boy. "Right and left! Hooroar! Fake away!" - -All science is now abandoned, and they rush together, pell-mell; but in -the heat of the conflict a Policeman appears, and advancing to the scene -of action, separates, with some difficulty, the incensed opponents. -After a little additional altercation, they are persuaded to shake -hands, and each gathering up his cap from the field of battle, returns -home, accompanied by his partisans, the victory remaining undecided. - -The horrid scene which we have profaned our pen in describing suggests -a few reflections which it may behove our readers to consider. In the -first place, with reference to the coarse practice of boxing among the -Children of the Mobility, we think it decidedly objectionable. It tends -to eradicate from their minds all those fears and susceptibilities -with regard to personal safety, by means of which, alone, they are -manageable; and to replace them with those unamiable qualities which -render them, when grown up, offensive to the genteel and the delicate. -It also enables them to repay any little playfulness in which a -_distingué_ youth may happen to indulge with them, such as tilting off -their caps, or knocking their marbles out of the ring, with rude and -painful blows. The frightful violence, too, which their street broils -do to the ears and eyes of any of the superior classes who may have the -misfortune to witness them, ladies for instance, in their carriages, -is such, that we are shocked to think of it. Some people say that it is -best to let them have their quarrels out, as they express it, that they -may be prevented from bearing malice. We hear, too, a great deal -about the danger of stabbing becoming prevalent, were pugilism -discountenanced, among the lower orders. Still, being beaten about with -great hard knuckles, is very horrid; and the knife, if more sanguinary -than the fist, is decidedly more romantic and _piquant_. - -But what shall we say of the Children of the Nobility learning, -at public schools, to emulate the boys of the street, transforming -themselves from innocent and interesting lambs, into ferocious -bull-dogs, if we may use so strong a metaphor, and making one another -perfect frights? What must be the feelings of their Mammas? - - - - -PLATE IV. The Family Of Mr. And Mrs. Blenkinsop - -Among the Mobility, the Blenkinsops are what in the more elevated -ranks would be termed, _parvenus_. Two generations back they were very -respectable people; but a series of misfortunes, commencing with the -failure of Messrs. Flykite and Co. which occurred some years ago, has -reduced them to their present position. We shall not dwell on the steps -of their descent. Tales of distress, unless they are invested with a -certain _je ne sais quoi_, which gives them an air of elegance, are -extremely uninteresting. - -Suffice it, then, to say, that Blenkinsop,--that is to say, the father -of our Blenkinsops,--was a mechanic, in a country town. In his early -youth his conduct was exemplary; but yielding at length to the force of -temptation, he was so unfortunate as to be guilty of--matrimony. For a -time all went well; but punishment is sure, sooner or later, to -overtake the evil-doer, as, one fine morning, it overtook Blenkinsop. An -improvement in machinery threw him suddenly out of employ, and after ten -years' reckless indulgence in domestic felicity, he found himself with a -wife and six children, and without wages. He was now, of course, -obliged to break up his establishment. The Union offered its benevolent -institution for his accommodation, but the asylum was proffered in vain. -Its salutary regulations were repugnant to his fastidious taste. Among -other things, its corrective arrangements displeased him. The rod of -affliction, he impertinently said, he could kiss, but not that which was -to flog his children. - -He had also an unreasonable objection to the system of separate -maintenance, and put a most perverse construction on a certain moral -precept which seemed to forbid it; as if that applied to paupers! He -therefore spurned the parochial paradise, and betook himself, in hopes -of finding something to do, to London. The only piece of good fortune -that befell him there was, that the small-pox provided for three of his -family. The same complaint, too, affecting the eyes of his wife-- - -But we are violating the principle which we have prescribed to -ourselves. Let us be brief. Mrs. Blenkinsop labours under a privation of -vision; her husband under a paralytic state of the extremities; and the -whole family are mendicants. - -It is the divine Shakspere who thus sings:-- - - "Sweet are the uses of Adversity; - Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, - Wears yet a precious jewel in his head." - -The jewel of adversity, therefore, is the moral which it furnishes -to the reflective mind: as in the persons of the young Blenkinsops it -offered to the pretty little Adeline, daughter of Sir William and -Lady Grindham. The elegant child was exercising her observant and -contemplative faculties at the window of the magnificent drawing-room in --------- Street. - -The fond eye of her Papa was resting, in tranquil admiration, on her -graceful proportions; that of her Mamma, which would otherwise have been -similarly employed, was directed towards an expensive mirror. - -"Oh! dear Papa," suddenly exclaimed Adeline, "look, do look!" - -"At what, my love?" replied the doting parent. - -"Oh! Papa--those poor children!" - -"What of them, dearest?" - -"Poor little things!--how they shiver! Do look at them." - -Sir William advanced to the window, and, elevating his eye-glass, -directed his attention on the objects which had so powerfully excited -the sympathy of Adeline:--they were the Blenkinsops! - -[Illustration: 046] - -"Oh!" said Sir William; "ah!--yes, I see, love." - -"See, Papa" pursued Adeline, "that poor little boy holding the girl's -cloak,--he is all in rags! And look how the girl is crying! And the tall -boy--how wretchedly ill he looks!" - -"I see, dear." - -"Oh, but, Papa, those two have no shoes nor stockings; and they seem so -hungry. May I give them this shilling, Papa? to go and get something to -eat?" - -"My dear Adeline," answered the Baronet, "those children are beggars." - -"Yes, Papa, I know that; do let us give the poor things something." - -"Beggars, Adeline, ought never to be encouraged, we should soon be eaten -up by them if they were. They have no business there, it is contrary to -law; and I am surprised that the policeman does not take them up. - -"Take them up, Papa?" said Adeline, the phrase producing an association -of ideas in her youthful mind; "Dr. Goodman said in his sermon that we -ought to take poor people in." - -"Dr. Goodman is a--that is, dear, he means that the poor should be taken -in--charge by the--I mean that they should be properly provided for." - -"What did you say, Papa?" - -"Provided for; taken care of. There are places, you know, on purpose for -them. That large building that we passed yesterday in the carriage is -one of them. It is called a workhouse." - -"What, that place where the funny man with the great cocked-hat was -standing at the door, Papa?" - -"You mean the beadle? Yes, dear." - -"And do they give them food there?" - -"Certainly; that is, a coarser kind of food, fit for such people." - -"And things to put on?" - -"And things to put on, too. They have clothes made on purpose for them. -That man that you saw sweeping in front of the house was wearing a -suit." - -"But what a fright he was, Papa. He looked as if he had been dressed up -to be laughed at. I should not like to be dressed so if I were a man." - -"No, dear, nor is it meant that he should. It would never do to make a -workhouse too delightful; for one great use of such places is to prevent -people from becoming poor, just as houses of correction are intended to -keep them from turning thieves. So the persons who go into one are not -dressed and fed, and otherwise treated, so as to make their situation at -all enviable. The consequence is, that those who know what they have to -expect in such an asylum, learn not to be extravagant and careless, for -fear they should become poor themselves." - -"But can all people help being poor, Papa?" - -"Most of them, my love; and those who cannot--can't be helped." - -"But those poor children, Papa,--why don't they go into the workhouse?" - -"Why, perhaps, they prefer remaining where they are. To be sure, they -ought not be allowed to do so. Still, however, they are of some use. -Everything has its use, you know, Adeline." Sir William was connected -with the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. - -"But what use are beggars of, Papa," demanded Adeline, "when they do not -work?" - -"Do you not recollect, dear," responded Sir William, "what Farmer Gibbs -puts up in his corn-fields just after they have been sown?" - -"Yes, Papa, he fixes one of those great birds, those rooks, to a stick, -to frighten the other rooks away from coming and eating the wheat." - -"Just so, my love. Well; many years ago, before you were born, a man who -had been guilty of highway robbery or other very bad things, used to be -dealt with much in the same way, that is, he was hung up on a tree in -chains, after he was dead, for a warning to other thieves." - -"Oh, Papa! how dreadful!" - -"Yes, my love, it was very unpleasant; and, besides, as the man could no -longer feel, it was no punishment to him; and so, you know, the example -was in a great measure lost. When bad people see other bad people -suffering for what they have done, that it is that terrifies them. -Now when you see a beggar in the streets, all cold and naked and -uncomfortable, what do you say?" - -"I say, 'Poor man! how I wish I could relieve you.'" - -"Well, dearest, it is always proper to be kind, and all that; but what -you ought to say, too, is, 'How glad I am that I am so well off, and -have a nice house and good clothes, and plenty to eat and drink; and how -dreadful it must be to stand shivering in the snow without any shoes, -selling Congreve matches! I will take care to keep all the money I get, -and not to spend it like an extravagant little girl, for fear one of -these days, I should come to be like that person.' Beggars, my sweet, -are--shall you remember, do you think, what beggars are, if I tell you?" - -"Yes, Papa." - -"Beggars, Adeline, are Living Scarecrows." - - - THOUGHTS ON A JUVENILE MENDICANT BY A LADY OF FASHION. - - Alas! I faint, I sink, I fall I - Some fragrant odour quickly bring; - What could thy bosom thus appal?-- - Dost ask?--Behold yon little thing! - - Art thou a father's darling joy? - Art thou a tender mother's hope? - If so, oh how, my little boy, - How are they circumstanced for soap? - - Thy hands--thy face--in what a state! - In what a shocking plight thy head! - Oh! cease my nerves to lacerate - Imagination,--Demon dread! - - Cease to suggest that Zephyrs mild - Mid these luxuriant tresses straying, - Have met, perchance, that horrid child, - And with its tangled locks been playing! - - Away, distracting thought, away, - That e'en these fingers fair might close - On some infected coin, which may - Have haply passed through hands like those! - - Augustus Montague Fitzroy, - Illustrious infant! Can it be - That such an object of a boy, - Is made of flesh and blood like thee? - - - - -PLATE V. Master Charley Wheeler, Master Moses Abrahams, Master Ned -Crisp, Master Dick Muggins, and Master Joe Smart. - -"No, no, Moses, old birds arn't to be caught with chaff." The speaker, -Master Joe Smart, means, that young tigers are not to be caught with -cocoa-nuts,--particularly those which have been tapped at the "monkey's -nose," and of which the fluid contents have been replaced by water. Such -a cocoa-nut is Master Moses Abrahams endeavouring to dispose of; but he -is regarded by the group around him with eyes of jealousy,--from which, -however, according to their proprietors, the hue so characteristic -of that passion is peculiarly absent. He is, therefore, unable, as -we should say, to sell his fruit, or, as his companions would express -themselves, to sell them. To no purpose does he pledge the immortal part -of him as an assurance that his commodities have not been tampered with; -they have no confidence in the security. - -Some little doubt, perhaps, may be entertained with respect to the -propriety of classing Master Abrahams with the Children of the Mobility; -he belonging, in a more especial manner, to the Children of Israel. His -habits, manners, education, language, and dress, clearly warrant us in -so disposing of him; although, on the one hand, we have placed him where -his company may be scarcely considered an honour; and, on the other, his -peculiar connexions, though celebrated, in one sense of the word, for -taking everybody in, are reputed to be of an exclusive character. - -Those who know any thing of the Mobility are aware, that one very -frequent expression of theirs, indicating a desire to occupy the station -of such and such a person, is, "I wish I was in his shoes." Now Master -Moses, and his case is a common one with his tribe, is in the boots, at -least, of one of the superior classes; nay, it is questionable whether -the same thing may not also with justice be asserted of the remainder of -his costume. - -[Illustration: 054] - -We intimated that Master Joe Smart is what is vernacularly termed a -_tiger_: and he is sharp enough, were he a child of an order higher -than the Mobility, for a _lion_. His jacket has no stripes upon it, -certainly; which perhaps (at times, at least) it deserves to have: but -his waistcoat has. He belongs to a menagerie, consisting chiefly of -individuals of the equine and canine species. It will be seen at a -glance what striking advantages our young tiger has derived from his -contact with aristocracy. His attitude, gestures, and expression of -countenance, indicate a knowledge of the world and of the usages of -Society much beyond that of his comrades; and although it is undoubtedly -very improper to smoke cigars, as he is doing, yet there is a certain -air of committing an offence, which greatly palliates its enormity; and -such an air he displays. A cigar, too, is infinitely preferable to a -nasty pipe. He is moreover wearing what we at once recognise as a hat, -coat, intervening garments, and boots, whereas rude imitations of these -articles of attire are all that most Children of the Mobility appear -in. The cultivation which his intellectual faculties have received, -has given him a vast superiority over his acquaintance. None of them -dare--we have already explained the word,--to "chaff" him. His felicity -of expression, particularly as regards terms of raillery, would render -the contest hopeless; even if the aggressor were not, at the first -onset, disarmed by his speaking eye. We mean, his left eye, which he -causes to speak very eloquently on proper occasions, by closing it in a -peculiar manner. - -The best place for the social education of youth is the drawing-room. - - - - -PLATE VI. Master Bob White and Master Nick Baggs. - -[Illustration: 058] - -Behold those two chimney-sweeps; glance at their attire and their -complexions; and think for one moment of the state of the thermometer. -Who does not remember, among the legends of his earlier days, a pathetic -but harrowing story of an interesting child who was stolen, in a -highly fashionable neighbourhood, from under the maternal roof, and -subsequently brought up by his kidnappers to the sooty employment of -Masters White and Baggs? The touching conclusion of the tale, where -the young gentleman comes at last to sweep his own Mamma's chimney, -has beguiled many a fair eye of a pearl or two. Is it possible,--can -it be,--that we may have too hastily included those youths among the -Children of the Mobility; and that they also may have been snatched, by -some felonious hand, from the mansions of their distinguished,--perhaps -noble parents? Can we have unwittingly indulged in a smile at -aristocratic misfortune? No, no; away with such a fear! Instinct, as -unerring as that which at once enabled the tender mother to recognise -her disguised cherub, would have revealed to us lustre of birth in spite -of obscurity of skin. Whatever may be the similarity of their external -circumstances, there is always an essential difference, which we filter -ourselves we can instantly detect, between patricians and plebians, -Cholmondeleys and Chummies. - -The following piece of impassioned poesy, forming the "Thoughts of a -Young Gentleman," suggested by their situation and appearance, may not -be unacceptable to our feeling readers:-- - - Ye sable youths, ye reck not - How sweet and sad a train - Of thoughts which I can check not, - Ye rouse within my brain. - - Sweep on!--and join the light ones-- - Yet no: a moment stay; - I would not have that bright one's - Fair image swept away! - - Oh! do not look so darkling! - The sight I cannot bear-- - Methinks I see them sparkling - Those eyes! that raven hair! - - And are ye chill'd and frozen? - Alas! and so am I; - And she--my loved,--my chosen-- - Congeals me with her eye. - - Gaze not, with orbs of sadness, - On Nature's mantle white; - Her heart,--oh! thought of madness,-- - Is just as cold and bright. - - That bell--oh! mournful token!-- - Ye vainly seek to ring, - For ah!--the link is broken;-- - Frail, fickle, faithless thing! - - And you and I, deceived ones, - What waits us here below, - But sighing, like bereaved ones, - To murmur "Herb 'sago!" - - - - -PLATE VII. Miss Moody and her infant sister Miss Martha Moody, Master -George Dummer, and the Misses Ann and Sarah Grigg. - -[Illustration: 062] - -The juvenile personages above enumerated are represented as they -appeared in the Hampstead Road, when, on a late occasion, they honoured -the performance of the young Italian instrumentalist, Carlo Denticci, -with their presence. So deeply were their infant minds absorbed in the -harmonious entertainment, that mute attention, during its continuance, -rested, almost without interruption, on their lips; a situation where -it does not usually love to dwell. Miss Moody was occasionally heard to -address a few words, or rather syllables, but only a few, to her -infant sister; and even Master Dummer, to whom the attire and personal -appearance of the tuneful stranger seemed almost as interesting as his -art, once only murmured, in an under tone, as he contemplated his hat, -"My eye, what a rummy tile!" - -The performance, which occupied upwards of half an hour, included -several of the airs most fashionable at the Mobility's concerts. The -well-known gem from "Jack Sheppard" was productive of its customary -effect; even the younger of the Misses Moody was seen to beat time, -unequivocally, to the air. The ever new American melodies elicited -smiles of universal approbation; and the little party appeared to be -much delighted with the Caledonian March, "The Campbells are coming," -although they had previously had the advantage of hearing this piece -performed on a somewhat perhaps more appropriate instrument. But what -made amusement bliss and converted interest into ecstacy,--what opened -not the ears only, but also the mouth of Master George Dummer, and -lighted the glow-worm fire of enthusiasm in the eyes of Miss Ann Grigg, -was the beautiful, the mellifluous, the voluptuous "Cachucha." Oh! -had they heard it in a brighter scene, where Rank and Fashion melt at -Music's breath, where mingled sighs and perfumes load the air;--that -atmosphere of Love and rose-water;--in short, at Her Majesty's Theatre; -and had they there seen the graceful Fanny! But whither are we borne -away? No! Such rapture--almost too intense for the ethereal spirits of -the Children of the Nobility,--could not have been felt by them. - -During the piece of music last-mentioned, a Terpsichorean impulse seized -on a small boy, who was standing at some little distance from our group. -Cracking a couple of bits of slate together in imitation of castanets, -he went through a succession of eccentric movements which we should -imagine must have really been what is termed the Sailor's Hornpipe. This -exhibition appeared greatly to divert the surrounding Mobility, who are -much better judges, it would seem, of the humour, than they are of the -poetry, of motion; and whose bosoms would not be very likely to heave -the sigh, even at the pathos of Taglioni. - -Miss Moody appeared without a head-dress; as most of the Children of -the Mobility are seen at their Promenade Concerts. In this place may be -noticed the social _soirées_ which take place annually about the end of -December among the inferior circles, and which are principally sustained -by juvenile performers. We mean those Concerts D'Hiver commonly known as -Christmas Carols. - -The Misses Grigg were in bonnets, from which circumstance, and from that -of Miss Sarah Grigg carrying a basket--would we could say reticule!--on -her arm, and displaying in her small hand what seemed to be a -street-door key, it was conjectured that they had been shopping. - -The presence of Master Dummer at the performance was occasioned by his -being _en route_ to the Academy, at which he is a diurnal student. The -interruption of his progress to the Seminary may be attributed rather to -a disinclination for arithmetic than to a love of harmony; his genius, -we understand, being more of an observant and contemplative, than of a -mathematical or literary tendency, and music being interesting to him, -merely, to use a common expression, as "something going on." His -steps, when directed towards the abode of learning, are not remarkable, -generally, for rapidity; and are very apt to be arrested by a variety -of little occurrences; in short, he has a strong natural inclination -for the philosophical amusement improperly termed _lounging_. The remark -which he was heard to make with reference to a peculiarity in Denticci's -dress, may be considered as an example of his reflective turn. This, -too, is very decidedly observable in the expression of his eye, whose -appearance is the more striking for the contrast which it presents to -that of his cheek,--a part in which he strongly resembles the young -gentleman alluded to in "As You Like It," who is represented. - -Indeed, if for _satchel_, we read _slate_, we shall find Master Dummer, -taken altogether, to be no bad representative of the second of Man's -"Seven Ages,"--viewing Man as he exists in the Mobility. His slate may -be said, in one sense, though not perhaps in that which his preceptor -would approve of, to be his amusement, being usually covered with -hieroglyphics rather than figures, and exhibiting much stronger -indications of a predilection for "Tit-tat-to," than of proficiency in -the Rule of Three. - - ...............With his satchel, - And shining morning face, creeping like snail - Unwillingly to school. - -The young Denticci, who had the honour of entertaining our philharmonic -group, perhaps it would be more in keeping to say, _batch_, of plebeian -minors, is the child of a foreign Mobility. To us, however, he is an -object of greater interest as a Child of Song, and as exciting in our -breast all those deep and delightful associations with which all that -ends in "icci" and "ini", is so intimately and powerfully connected. - - - - -PLATE VIII. Master Tom Scales and Master Ben Potts. - -Have any of our readers heard an introductory lecture on the Practice of -Physic? Or have they ever looked through the preface of a medical book. -In either case, the importance of the practitioner, considered as are -topics which they must have found enlarged upon. The hero preserved for -his country, the father for his family, the child for the parent, all -are represented as having to thank the doctor. The sufferer, perhaps -a delicate female, stretched on the bed of sickness, is described as -hailing his approach as that of some ministering spirit, listening -anxiously for his footstep, and hearing in the creaking of his shoes, -(provided it be not too loud,) a sweet and soothing music. All this is -as it ought to be. But let praise be awarded where it is due, and let us -not, while we appreciate the claims of the doctor, be unmindful of those -of the doctor's boy. His instrumentality in the restoration of health, -at least among the higher orders, cannot be denied, any more than can -that of the organ bellows-blower in the production of harmony. And -yet, while the thundering rap of his master at the front door, falls -so harmoniously on the ear, his gentle ring at the area, and the -softly-whistled air with which he beguiles the time until it is -answered, are no more regarded than the idle wind. - -He is observed speeding on his way to the abode of sickness, without -interest, and loitering on it without indignation: he acquits himself, -without admiration, of his high responsibilities; he violates them, and -excites no horror. - -[Illustration: 068] - -Masters Scales and Potts are, respectively, the subordinate assistants -of Mr. Graves and Mr. Slaymore. The latter of these gentlemen, with whom -Master Potts is situated, dispenses health from a private surgery; the -former from a more public establishment. The difference in point of -grade between these two disciples of Galen is very plainly discernible -even in their dependants, the two Children of the Mobility now before -us. The uniform of Master Scales is much less aristocratic, and -much less professional also, than that of Master Potts, who looks, -particularly about the feet and legs, as if he had been intended by -Nature for a licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries, rather than for -the servant of one. - -Mr. Graves and Mr. Slaymore being two out of half-a-dozen medical men -residing in the same street, their young auxiliaries are in the habit of -coming frequently in contact, and dialogues of a characteristic -nature often take place, on these occasions, between them. We hope the -following colloquy may seem less in need of abbreviation to the reader -than it might be to a patient dependent on its termination for his dose -of calomel. - -"Hallo! old feller, where are you off to in sitch a hurry?" The querist -was Master Scales, who in sauntering along the neighbouring square was -passed by Master Potts, walking at a rapid pace, with his salutiferous -burden upon his arm. - -"Hallo!" replied Master Potts; and turning round he beheld his young -acquaintance, Tom. "Well, young stick-in-the-mud!" - -"I say, who's got the cholera, to make you stir your stumps like that -'ere?" - -"Who do you think?--Mrs. Walker." - -"Gammon! What's up tell us." - -"Why it's the old gal at 42; she 's precious bad, I can tell yer." - -"What's got her then? I see her the day 'fore yesterday, lookin' all -right enough." - -"Paralatic--least that's what maws'r says 'tis. He 'll be precious wild -if she dies. My eye what a lot o' bottles I've a-took there! I warrand -you ain't got sitch a good un!" - -"Ain't we though; there's a old chap we've got from the East Ingies, as -I'd back agin her any day." - -"What! that old cove with the gamboge sneezer and swivel eye?" - -"Aye; he've a-had the dropsy the last three months. Just haven't the -guv'ner stuck it into im!" - -"Look there, whose black job is that goin' along close by old -Punch,--your guv'ner's?" - -"Over the left--Come, I say, don't be orf jist yet." - -"Must. I'm in for it as 'tis." - -"No, no. Here! I 'll toss yer for a pint." As he made this offer, Master -Scales deposited his basket on the pavement, and produced a halfpenny. - -"Well, come, be quick then! Now! Heads, I win; tails, you lose." - -"Heads! Heads 'tis! - -"Come, I say, Master Ben, give us my change, will yer." - -"Take your change out of that!" So saying, and suiting an appropriate -action to the word, Master Potts turned rapidly on his heel; and before -his professional brother could pack up his _materia medica_ from the -ground, had turned a corner and was out of sight. - -Delays are proverbially said to be dangerous; and equally well-known -is the maxim which recommends the attacking of a disease at its onset. -Leaving our readers, according to their medical opinions, to calculate -the damage, or estimate the good which the patients of Messieurs Graves -and Slaymore derived from the amusements of their young subsidiaries, -we shall now conclude our notice of those personages, and therewith, -our labours. We hope that we have acquitted ourselves in a satisfactory -manner; but in criticising the foregoing pages, let the fact be borne in -mind, that it is very difficult to render the children of the Mobility -_interesting_. It is easy to make a silk purse out of a proper material; -but there is a substance from which it is impossible to construct -it. Shall we be pardoned by the superior classes for thus distantly -referring to a plebeian saying! Would we had had some nobler, some more -inspiring theme! 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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: Portraits of Children of The Mobility - -Author: Percival Leigh - -Illustrator: John Leech - -Release Date: January 30, 2014 [EBook #44806] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHILDREN OF THE MOBILITY *** - - - - -Produced by David Widger from page scans generously provided -by Google Books - - - - - - - - - -PORTRAITS of CHILDREN OF THE MOBILITY - -By Percival Leigh - -Drawn From Nature By John Leech - -With Memoirs And Characteristic Sketches By The Author Of "The Comic -English Grammar," Etc. - -1841 - -[Illustration: 009] - -[Illustration: 010] - - - - -VIGNETTE ON THE TITLE-PAGE. - -Armorial Bearings op the Mobility, viz:-- - -Quarterly, - -1, Azure, a Tile dilapidated, or shocking bad Hat, Argent, banded Sable, -for TAG. - -2, Gules, between two Clays in saltire Argent, in base a Pot of Heavy, -frothed of the second, for SWIPES. - -3, Sable, & Bunch of Fives proper, for RAG. - -4, Or, a Neddy Sable, passant, brayant, panniered proper, cabbaged and -carroted. - -Gules, for BOBTAIL. - -Motto.--Kim aup. - -Crest.--On a wreath a Bull-dog's head guardant proper, issuant out of a -Butcher's tray, surmounted by & scroll with the motto BOW WOW. - - - - - -CHILDREN OF THE MOBILITY - - - - - -OF THE MOBILITY IN GENERAL - -The Mobility are a variety of the human race, otherwise designated, -in polite society, as "The Lower Orders," "The Inferior Classes," "The -Rabble," "The Populace," - -"The Vulgar," or "The Common People." Among political philosophers, and -promulgators of Useful Knowledge, they are known as "_The_ People," "The -Many," "The Masses," "The Millions." By persons of less refinement, they -are termed "The Riff-raff," and "The Tag-rag-and-bobtail." Figuratively, -they are also denominated "The Many-headed;" although in England, in -common with the other members of the body politic, they have but one -head. May it be long before that one is replaced by another! In some -foreign countries, as in America, they change their head very often; and -in a neighbouring kingdom (where they are called "The Canaille"), their -head is, strange to say, their target. - -We write solely for the benefit of the superior classes, that is to say, -of the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and so many of the Public in general as -will condescend to patronise our work. These individuals, if we may so -call them, inhabiting a different sphere from that of the Mobility, are -not (with the exception, of course, of the Magistracy and the Clergy,) -in the habit of meeting them; some account, therefore, of this -little-known class, introductory to an exhibition of their offspring, -may be reasonably expected of us. Our gentle readers, we apprehend, -have but little regarded the Mobility in passing through our public -thoroughfares. When employed in taking the air, they move in a loftier -line than that of the pavement, and, occupied with the momentous cares -of the Senate, the Opera, and the Ball, are too deeply absorbed in -meditation to cast their eyes below. - -The Mobility are the antipodes to the Nobility: the one race of men -being at the top of the world, the other at the bottom of it. The word -Mobility is said to be derived from the Latin term _Mobilis_, fickle, -or moveable; as Nobility is from _Nobilis_, noble. But what can be -more fickle than fashion, what more vulgar than constancy? The heads -of society, too, are quite as moveable as its tails. The Nobility are -continually in motion; moving in good company, moving in Parliament, -moving about the world. If we are to take up the Mobility as vagrants, -we must set down the Nobility as tourists; * if the former are _moved_ -by Punch and Shakspere, the latter are equally so by Rubini and Bellini. -There are some who think that Mobility comes from _Mobble_, to dress -inelegantly; a surmise more ingenious than correct. The humbler classes -were perhaps originally named, as in former times they were governed, by -arbitrary power. As to an opinion that the opposite term, Nobility, is -derived from _Nob_, a word which in the vocabulary of certain persons -signifies head, we only mention it to show the horrid ideas of etymology -which some minds are capable of forming. - - * There are some real travellers among the Mobility, though - most of their _journeymen_ lead a sedentary life. - -The property most common to all the Mobility is poverty; that is to say, -no property at all. It is not usual to describe them as a respectable -body, but they are an influential one, and their influence has, of -late years, been much augmented. Perhaps, also, as they constitute the -operative part of the community, and its physical force, they may -be regarded as being, in a national point of view, of some little -importance: but all who have any pretensions to delicacy look upon them -as disagreable persons. Those of them who are, so to speak, at large, -inhabit the huts and hovels of our villages, and the fearful dens in -the less known and more unpleasant regions of our towns and cities. -Here they are chiefly to be found, according to medical men and other -adventurous travellers, in places analogous to those in which our wine -is kept, and where our menials repose, the garrets and cellars. Many -thousands of them are contained in ships and barracks, and also in -penitentiaries, prisons, workhouses, and other places of punishment for -indigence and dishonesty. - -The difference between the words Mobility and Nobility is merely a -letter. So, between individuals belonging to the two classes, a single -letter may constitute a distinction. There are some names peculiar to -the Nobility, and some to the Mobility. Jenkins, for example, is one of -the names of the Mobility, but it assumes an aristocratic character by -being spelt Jenkyns. The addition of a letter, or the addition of one -and the alteration of another, is sometimes necessary to effect this -change. Thus, Brown and Smith are ennobled by being converted into -Browns and Smythe. Persons who have acquired their property by dealing -in cheese and so forth, are, some of them, aware of this fact, and hence -it is that the butterfly state of a sugar-baker is often denoted by such -a transformation, and that Gubbynses and Chubbes enrich the aristocracy -of Tooting. - -Castlemaine, Mortimer, Percy, Howard, Stanley, Vere and Conyers, are -well known as being among the names of the Nobility. In like manner, -Tupp, Snooks, Pouch, Wiggins, Blogg, Scroggins, and Hogg, are names -characteristic of the Mobility. Dobson, Jobson, and Timson, are -appellations of the same order. How shocking it would be to impose -any one of them on the hero of a fashionable novel! Johnson may _now_, -perhaps, be tolerated; but we think John_stone_ decidedly preferable. - -The names which the Mobility derive from their sponsors may be Christian -names; but some of them are, nevertheless, very shocking. No refined -grammarian could venture to call them _proper_ names; and to dream of -disgracing a scutcheon by them would horrify any one but a savage. The -mind shrinks, so to speak, at the bare idea of such an association of -names as Ebenezer Arlington, Jonathan Tollemache, Moses Montague, Jacob -Manners, or Timothy Craven. An attempt to emulate the higher ranks in -the choice of Christian names is sometimes made by the Mobility, but -their selection is chiefly confined to the theatrical or romantic -species; as Oscar Pugsley, Wilhelmina Briggs, Orlando Bung, and the -like. The Mobility, moreover, have seldom more than two names; though -some of them, under peculiar circumstances, assume several, _pro -tempore_, with the intervention of an _alias_. They very generally, -too, neglect a practice universally adopted in the exclusive circles, -of christening a child by a surname. It is to be wished that they would -adopt this custom, for such combinations as Brown Green, Tubb Waters, -White Smith, or Bull Bates, would certainly be highly amusing. - -The Mobility are also in the habit of using abbreviations in addressing -each other, as Jim, Bill, Dick, &c.; an eccentricity which, we are sorry -to say, has proved contagious. - -It is frequently said of the Mobility that they are houseless and -homeless, and so, we believe, many of them are. But all of them -are houseless, as contradistinguished from proper characters, and -particularly from the Nobility, each of whom can boast of belonging to a -house, although no house should belong to him. - -Whereas the Nobility, without exception, have coats of arms, the -Mobility, with some few exceptions, have none; and the arms of their -coats are often out at elbows. - -The costume of the Mobility, though not elegant, is in general -picturesque; but for this it is indebted, like a ruin, more to the hand -of Time than to that of the builder. And, as in the case with ancient -edifices, it is diversified by various repairs of a later date, which, -while they detract a little from its uniformity, considerably augment -its effect. When, too, it is most remote from graceful, it is usually, -for an obvious reason, airy. - -There is one dreadful omission in point of dress of which the Mobility -are universally guilty, that of going about the streets with their hands -naked; an enormity which we hope will soon be put a stop to by law. It -is not customary with them to dress for dinner; and although they talk -of going sometimes to _court_, they do not always on such occasions -consider it necessary to change their habiliments; notwithstanding which -they aspire to a higher honour than that of kissing _hands_. - -The commanding presence, beautiful features, eagle eyes, chiselled lips, -aristocratic noses, and silken tresses of the Nobility, are matters of -daily observation. In personal appearance the Mobility do not resemble -them. Among the lower classes, _lusus naturae_ (a Latin phrase which -signifies _objects or frights_) are very common. We are inclined to -consider these people as a sort of step-children of Nature, who now and -then indulges herself in a little jocosity at their expense, for the -diversion of the better orders. She gives them funny legs and great -hands and feet, she twists their lips about, and makes their eyes -converge, with a whimsical look towards the nose, and the latter she -turns up in a manner quite ludicrous. In short, to venture a bold -expression, she _snubs_ them. We beg, however, to observe, that the -Nature who is a _step-mother_, is what is said to be a _second_ Nature, -Use; and that the singularities above mentioned are a kind of heir-looms -which the habits of preceding generations have entailed upon their -remote posterity. Besides, too many of the Mobility, insensible of the -advantages of an agreeable exterior, imprudently venture into chimneys -and other places, handle hard and rough substances, and go about in huge -heavy boots, from which incautious behaviour their appearance in many -respects sustains great detriment. - -The use of the Mobility is, to produce food, habitation, and clothing, -for the superior classes, and to perform for them those various offices, -which, though essential to existence, are not of a dignified quality. -Like some of the canine tribes, they are also employed for purposes of -defence; for which, with some little drilling and correction, they may -be rendered eminently serviceable. During war-time, they are caught and -trained for the water; but on the expediency of this proceeding there is -some difference of opinion. - -The manners of the Mobility are neither sweet nor refined; there is none -of the lump-sugar of humanity in them. It is true that one laundress -will address another as "Ma'am," and that the driver of a public -cabriolet will speak of a locomotive vegetable vender as "that other -gentleman;" still people of this description, when they salute one -another at all, do so in a very inelegant manner. It is a great pity -that they do not take a lesson in this respect from the French, as they -would then relinquish their strange practices of nodding and winking, -and poking each other in the side. But on points like these we must be -brief; a glimpse only of the horrible is always sufficient. Will our -readers believe it? the Mobility, in conversation, accuse each other -without scruple, in terms not to be mistaken, of wilfully erroneous -assertions! and, not content with this, often accompany the insult by a -backward movement of the left thumb over the shoulder! But what can be -expected of those who smoke pipes of tobacco in the open streets? - -The taste of the Mobility is not delicate. As regards aliment, it is -one which Louis Eustache Ude never, we are sure, thought of consulting. -Their diet is said to include such articles as _tripe, cow-heel, (?) -&c._ if any one knows what those things are. Their literary appetite, -that, at least, of those who can read, tends chiefly to certain -publications which come out weekly, are mostly sold for the small charge -of one penny, and are filled with vituperation of the higher orders. The -Mobility are also very fond of "Last Dying Speeches and Confessions;" -indeed they regard all information, connected with the administration of -the criminal law, with a peculiar interest. - -The Mobility have various amusements, most of which are exceedingly low, -and which have been in these enlightened times judiciously curtailed by -the Legislature. Indeed they can scarcely indulge in any of them without -impropriety; for they are supposed, during six days, to be continually -occupied, and on the seventh to be enjoying, like the better classes, -the sweets of domestic life. Instead of that, they go, on Sundays, to a -public-house, provided there may be no pecuniary obstacle to their doing -so. There, it is said, they used to play at _skittles, bowls, and -nine pins_; in lieu of which, those games being now illegal on all -but working days, they content themselves with getting inebriated. -Occasionally, on evenings during the week, some of them repair to the -theatres, where those of our readers who may chance to have honoured the -performances with their presence may have heard them, high aloft and far -back, in a place allotted to them, making a noise. Their leisure, -also, when they have any, is sometimes beguiled by dramatic and musical -entertainments, paid for on the voluntary principle, and appropriately -performed in the open air. These exhibitions are transferable from place -to place; a very fortunate circumstance, as the crowds which collect to -view them might otherwise incommode the higher orders, by obstructing -their carriages. The Mobility, in certain amusements of theirs, -present a curious and humiliating parallel to those of a portion of -the Nobility. They are slightly addicted to games of chance, although -instead of throwing dice, they usually toss pence, and for rouge et -noir, engage in what is termed _blind hookey_. We _could_ mention _some_ -persons who appear to have learned one of these delightful sports from -them; we mean, the _thimble rig_. They are prone, too, in their way, to -the pleasures of the field; for instance, the pursuit of the rat, which, -although not a noble recreation, like the chase of the fox, is yet a -species of hunting. The badger likewise contributes, occasionally, -to their fund of harmless enjoyment. They do not, it is true, perform -nocturnal gymnastics on knockers and bell-wires, such presumption on -their part being severely punishable; but it must be confessed that at -an election or an illumination they evince a strong predilection for -very similar exploits. - -The language of the Mobility is very incorrect in point of grammar, and -rather abounds in strong and forcible, than in soft and elegant terms. -Perhaps, in treating of the Children of the Mobility more particularly, -we shall unavoidably be forced to quote a little of it; but we shall be -as chary as a Poor Law Commissioner of what we put into their mouths, -recollecting that those introduced by us are intended as _companions_ -to the Children of the Nobility. For, as the moralist informs us in the -copybook, "Evil communications corrupt good manners." - -The Children of the Mobility are distinguished by a remarkable -circumstance, at their very birth, from those of the Nobility. The -latter are said to enter the world with a certain silver implement -in their mouths; at all events, they have one placed there so soon -as almost to warrant the idea that it was really bestowed on them by -Nature. The former, on the contrary, are endowed with no such thing; -and if they were, it would infallibly be transferred, with all possible -expedition, to the hands of a particular relative. In short, it would -be made a means of procuring the nutriment which a less costly article -would serve as effectually to insert. - -Further, the Children of the Nobility, justly compared in various -poetical effusions to delicate plants and tender flowers, are, with -great propriety, reared in a nursery. But the Children of the Mobility, -who are the subjects of no effusions but those of indignation at their -appetite or their cries, vegetate, many of them, like kitchen stuff, in -the open air, and are never grown, if under shelter at all, in any place -resembling a _hot_-house. - -It is, perhaps, to the supply of moisture which, in consequence of their -exposure, they receive, that their preservation is owing; for we might -otherwise reasonably question how they are induced to live. - -The Children of the Mobility are not, in early infancy, interesting -creatures; they are invested with none of those angelic attributes so -peculiar to the aristocratic babe. It will be well, therefore, to pass -over this period of their lives, and to consider them as they exhibit -themselves, at a somewhat more advanced age, in the streets. - -Those talented artists who have so laudably devoted their lofty -energies to the delineation of the youthful forms of the Children of -the Nobility, have correctly represented them as replete, in all their -actions, with elegance. Sleeping on banks of flowers, sitting on -rocks and musing o'er flood and field, contemplating with youthful -but reflective eye, the beauties of a leaf or rose-bud, standing -self-enraptured and Narcissus-like in some exquisite attitude before a -mirror, or playing, in unconscious boldness, with a large dog, they seem -to us like the denizens of a brighter sphere. Such, indeed, they may -with truth be said to be; for, in the spacious park, the fragrant -_parterre_, and the splendidly furnished drawing-room, their delicious -existence glides away. This, together with their innate refinement, -accounts, perhaps, for that beautifully indescribable something that -mingles with all they do. So, conversely, the inherited bias, and -surrounding circumstances incidental to the Children of the Mobility, -may be supposed to explain the very opposite "something" so peculiar -to them. We find them perched on stiles and gates, and loitering about -lanes and ditches, peering into periwinkles, hopping up and down the -steps of door-ways, or setting a couple of mongrels together by the -ears. They are not gentle--they are not sylph-like--we search in vain -for a nameless grace in their steps, and a depth of hidden meaning -in their young eyes. They have never been taught to dance, and their -complexions have been sadly neglected. - -Aided by Mr. Leech's pictures, we shall now take the liberty of -introducing our young plebeians into the drawing-room. - - - - -PLATE I. Miss Margaret Flinn, Master Gregory Flinn, Miss Katherine O'Shaughnessy, and Master Donovan - -These young persons are the Children of a Mobility said to be the finest -in the universe. The scene of their existence is a place denominated -the Rookery, a region situated in those obscure territories among which -Oxford Street terminates. This district is very appositely named, and -we are surprised that there is no corresponding neighbourhood, of an -aristocratic character, denominated an Aerie. It is a place remarkable, -like an actual abode of rooks, for the noisy, pugnacious, and predatory -character of its inhabitants, who however, unlike those birds, are -not very active in feeding their young. Their building propensities, -however, are just as remarkable. Humble as they are, it cannot be denied -that they have much to do in the raising of the noblest houses; and if -any part of the Mobility may lay claim to heraldic honours, these, as -well as the proudest landlords, are entitled to bear the "Bricklayers' -Arms." Their children display a peculiarly imperfect state of costume, -owing to a practice, too common among their parents, of devoting the -family revenues to the purchase of a certain spirituous liquor, and of -converting, for this purpose, their wardrobes into ready money; conduct -highly reprehensible, since, if oppressed by _ennui_, or incommoded by -the calls of appetite, they ought to have recourse to the consolations -of philosophy. - -The Flinns, the O'Shaughnessys, and the Donovans are, as we have hinted, -of Hibernian extraction. Miss Margaret Flinn was born January 10, 1824, -and is now consequently in her eighteenth year. Her brother, Master -Gregory Flinn, is in his ninth; his birth took place on December 28, -1832. They are the sole remaining issue of Cornelius and Mary Flinn, the -remainder of whose family, amounting to ten, all died in their infancy, -with the exception of their sixth son, Michael Flinn, whose afflicting -death at the age of five, in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, in consequence -of his clothes catching fire, was lately recorded in the journals. Miss -Katherine O'Shaughnessy (born June 10, 1834) is the eldest of the -seven children, the remainder of whom are males, of Judith and Terence -O'Shaughnessy. It will be recollected that the late Mr. O'Shaughnessy -was killed in scaling a chimney. Master Patrick Donovan is virtually an -orphan, his parents, Jane and Peter Donovan, being necessitated, from -some mistake with respect to property, to pass their existence in exile. -He was born March 18, 1830. - -The sensitive mind is condemned to meet with some things in -this sublunary scene which are cruelly harrowing to its delicate -susceptibilities. We intimated, a little above, that the Children of the -Mobility, generally, have no pretensions to beauty; there is no rule, -however, without an exception, and Miss Margaret Flinn is an exception -here. Her mild dewy eyes, of a bright lustrous grey, softly shaded by -her dark and pencilled brows; her small and exquisitely-formed nose; -her sweet lips, well-turned chin, graceful neck, lovely complexion, and -almost perfect figure, form a _tout ensemble_ decidedly prepossessing. -Now is it not distressing to see such charms in so uncultivated a state? -Who does not breathe an anxious wish that a wreath of roses -should encircle that brow,--that gems should deck those _petites -oreilles_,--that the gentle coercion of the corset should add the one -thing wanting to that admirable but untutored waist? And then those -feet--now so disgraced!--Would we could see thee, fair Child of -the Mobility, arrayed in hues of beauty by the hand of Fashion, and -irradiating with the beams of thy loveliness the circles of Ton! But it -may not be! the decrees of Destiny are inscrutable, and we weep in - -There are few, we apprehend, to whom the following beautiful lines are -not familiar:-- - - The Minstrel Boy to the war is gone, - In the ranks of death you'll find him; - His father's sword he has girded on, - And his wild harp slung behind him." - -Now, girding on, or putting on their fathers' things, appears to be -a national peculiarity of the Minstrel boy's young countrymen. So, at -least, it would seem from the coat of Master Gregory Flinn; though it is -very possible that the said vestment may properly belong to some other -young gentleman's papa. Our readers may, perhaps, have read of a set of -people called Socialists, whose chief characteristic is a community of -property, and of almost everything else; and who, besides, live huddled -together in colonies, and are not very scrupulous in their behaviour. -This description applies so closely to the Rookery, that we cannot but -think that it is actually one of these people's establishments. Its -inhabitants evidently possess their clothes in common; no private -individual having any of his own, but putting on, as occasion may -require, the first thing that he finds lying about. Hence it happens -that, as the pairs of shoes, for instance, in the settlement, do not -nearly equal the number of wearers, some are obliged to go without any -shoes at all, and others, as in the case of Master Gregory Flinn, to be -content with one. In this latter predicament, also, is Master Patrick -Donovan; while in the former is Miss Katherine O'Shaughnessy. The -excellence of the Social system is further exemplified by this -interesting group, not only in respect of their apparel, but also in -what they exhibit of the domestic economy of their connexions. The loaf -which Miss Katherine O'Shaughnessy is carrying is the family loaf, and -the tankard at her lips contains the family beverage, of which, in the -simvainplicity of innocence, she is taking her little share. Master -Patrick Donovan has just obtained possession of a herring--probably on -Social principles, and is conveying it, with the kettle, which the fire -of some neighbouring Socialist has warmed, homewards for breakfast. -He is a youth of a lively turn, and the jest that hangs on his lip is -called forth by the contemplative look,--(oh that such eyes should rest -on such an object!) with which Miss Margaret Flinn is regarding his -finny prize. He is facetiously inquiring whether she would like a -_soldier_; that term being, in the language of the Mobility, applied to -the delicacy in question. - -Master Gregory Flinn, to whom Master Patrick Donovan's sally seems to -have given great amusement, is provided, it will be observed, with a -hoop. It is fit that the superior classes, who are so apt to be guilty -of misplaced charity, an amiable but fatal weakness, should know, that -the Children of the Mobility are in many instances possessed of the -superfluity of toys; which, of course, if they were really hungry, they -would dispose of, and get something to eat. We certainly think that -the country should not be saddled with the expense of maintaining those -Children of the Mobility who can afford to keep hoops. - -There is one circumstance which, in considering the Children of the -Mobility in general, and particularly this part of them, strikes us very -forcibly indeed. We mean, the style of their _chevelure_. How easy it -would be to part Master Gregory Flinn's hair in the middle, or to -bid waving ringlets to stray down the shoulders of Miss Katherine -O'Shaughnessy, instead of allowing elf-locks to dangle about her ears! -and what an improvement would thereby be effected in the personal -appearance of both! To require farther attentions to this department -of the toilet on the part of such persons as the Mobility, may perhaps -appear a little unreasonable; but we must say, that did we belong to -that description of persons, we would decidedly debar ourselves of the -common necessaries of life, as long as Nature would permit us so to do, -in order to procure those (to us) indispensable articles on which the -gloss and brilliancy of the hair depend. - -Another little improvement, and one unattended by the slightest -expense, might so easily be made in the condition of the Children of -the Mobility, that we wonder that no benevolent individual has hitherto -endeavoured to effect it. A glance at the group now under consideration -must convince the most tasteless observer that the youthful personages -therein depicted are supporting themselves on their feet in the most -ungraceful posture imaginable. Whoever looks at the portraits of the -Children of the Nobility, will see that some are represented as standing -in the first; others in the second position; while others again are -resting, with all the elegance of a Cerito, upon the very tips of their -very little feet. Dove-like in everything else, they are as unlike that -bird as possible in their attitudes. Why should the young Mobility -tread the earth like pigeons, when the opposite mode of standing and of -progression is so much more becoming? - -Before we take leave of these young,--we might say -unfledged,--inhabitants of the Rookery, we may remark, that they are -much addicted to an amusement greatly conducive to the advantage of the -pedestrian, that of displacing the superfluous matter which is apt to -accumulate upon crossings. They also pursue an employment which, were -it a legal one, we might compare to that of the Solicitor General. Or we -might describe its followers as probationers belonging to the Society -of Mendicants; an order, it would seem, which Henry VIII. could not -entirely suppress. - - - - LINES TO MISS MARGARET FLINN. - - Hadst thou, by Fortune's hest, been born - Th' Exclusive Circles to adorn, - Thy beauty, like a winged dart, - Had pierced my unresisting heart! - - Those charms should grace the lordly hall, - The gay salon, the brilliant ball, - Where Birth and Fashion, Rank and Style, - Might bask enraptured in thy smile. - - There, there, methinks I see thee glide, - Distinguish'd Persons at thy side; - Illustrious Foreigners around, - Whose gentle hearts thy spell hath bound. - - Thee, fair one, meeting haply there, - While flutt'ring o'er the gay parterre, - This fickle bosom then might be - Perchance attun'd to Love and Thee! - - - - -PLATE II. Master Jim Curtis, Master Mike Waters, and Master Bill Sims. - -Youths in full, such prolixity being, among the Order of Mobility to -which they belong, a thing entirely unknown. The group last described, -we might have represented as taken from the genus, "Ragamuffin;" this, -in like manner, we may consider as pertaining to the tribe, "Varlet." -Masters Curtis, Waters, and Sims, are members of that numerous republic -of boys frequenting, like the canine race, (indeed it is not unusual -to hear them described as "young dogs,") all manner of public walks, -squares, streets, and alleys. Pot-boys, butchers' boys, bakers' boys, -errand-boys, doctors' boys, and all other boys whose professed character -is that of being generally useful, but whose real one is that of being -generally idle, come under this head. Our readers, while in their -breakfast-parlours, have no doubt often heard them notifying their -presence at the area railings by noises peculiar to each. Our refined -taste revolts at the idea of having to describe such characters; but -the task, however repugnant to our feelings, must be performed. We will -endeavour to do this with as much delicacy as the nature of the subject -will admit of; and we hope that while apparently sinning against -Refinement, we shall be earning the palliative merit of a stern fidelity -to Truth. - -"Happy Land!--Happy Land!--Hallo, Bill?" Such is the greeting with -which Master Mike Waters, pausing in his song, and halting in his trot, -accosts Master Bill Sims, whom he meets at the turning of a corner in a -place called Bloomsbury Square. "How are yer, my tulip?" exclaims Master -Jim Curtis, who, arriving at the same moment, completes the group. We -have not expressed the Christian names of the above-mentioned. - -[Illustration: 030] - -Of the parentage of these young gentlemen we shall say nothing. Master -Jim Curtis, we learn from undoubted authority, to any question touching -the name of his father, would infallibly answer "Hookey Walker;" a -reply, to say the least of it, of an evasive character. As certainly -would Master Bill Sims respond "Vot odds;" while Master Mike Waters -would only notice the demand at all, by applying the tip of his thumb to -the end of his nose, and twiddling his fingers. - -Master Jim Curtis and Master Mike Waters, but particularly Master -Curtis, are amusing themselves by _chaffing_, or, according to their -pronunciation, "charfin," Master Bill Sims. _Chaffing_, translated into -intelligible language, signifies, "quizzing," "rallying," or -"persiflage" Thus understood, it will at once be recognised as a species -of intellectual diversion often indulged in by those moving in good -society. No one, for example, who has paid attention, either temporary -or permanent, to a young lady, can be otherwise than aware of this fact. -"Chaffing," indeed, is a very venerable recreation. Shakspere represents -it as practised among the ancient Romans. Witness his "Antony and -Cleopatra," Act II. Scene 7. - -_Lepidus_ (supposed to be in a state of wine)--"What manner of thing is -your crocodile?" - -_Antony_. "It is shaped, Sir, like itself; and it is just as broad as -it hath breadth; it is just so high as it is, and moves with its own -organs; it lives by that which nourisheth it; and the elements once out -of it, it transmigrates." - -See also Henry IV. (first part) Act II. Scene 4. - -Our readers may perhaps wish to know what the nature of the "chaffing," -of which Master Sims is the object, may be: hoping that in attempting to -gratify their curiosity, we shall not outrage their feelings, we present -them with the following scene:-- - -Master Mike Waters. "Crikey, Bill!" - -Master Bill Sims. "Well; Wot?" - -Master Jim Curtis. "My eye, Bill, wot a swell we are!" - -Bill. "Wot d'ye mean? I dessay you think yourself very clever,--don't -yer now?" - -Jim. "I say, Bill, do your keep that 'ere collar button'd ven you has -yer grub?" - -Bill. "Wot odds?" - -Jim. "That 'ere letter of yourn's post-haste, I s'pose, Bill?" - -Bill. "Do yer? How long have them muffins bin 'All Hot? '" - -Jim. "As long agin as half. I 'll bet you I know who that letter's for." -Bill. "I 'll bet yer you don't!" - -Mike. "My eye! what a plummy tile!" - -Bill. "It's as good as yourn any day, spooney!" - -Jim. "I say, Mike, twig the yaller." - -Mike. "Ho! ho! ho!" - -Bill. "Wot a pretty laugh!" - -Jim. "Do your Missus keep a buss, Bill?" - -Bill. "Find out." - -Jim. "Cos you'd do uncommon well to get up behind--wouldn't he, Mike?" - -Mike. "I b'lieve yer. Benk! Benk!" - -Jim. "Helephant! C'tee, C'tee!" - -Mike. "Now, Sir! Now, Sir!" - -Jim. "Now, marm, goin' down! goin' down!" - -Bill. "I tell you wot, you fellers; you'd just best cut your stick. I -ain't goin' to stand bein' bullied by you, I can tell yer." - -Jim. "I say, Mike, his monkey's up." - -Mike. "Don't you stand it, Bill; pitch into him--punch 'is 'ed." - -Jim. "Lor bless yer, his Missus won't let him spile his beauty; she's -too fond of him." - -Bill. "Yaa! you great fool! You've got enough to do to mind your own -business. There's them people at 24 a-waitin' for you. Won't you catch -it!--that's all." - -Jim. "See any green, Bill? Good b'ye." - -Mike. "Never you mind, Bill, Good b'ye--Happy land! happy land," &c. - - -Master Jim Curtis is one of those youths whose office it is to supply -the tea-tables of the higher classes with muffins and crumpets, -nominally all hot, but really, owing to the colloquial propensities -of the bearers, in general not at all hot. Among his compeers he is -considered a peculiarly accomplished lad. He is always sure to be -acquainted with the last new song, for shocking as the idea appears, -there are "last new songs," in streets as well as in drawing-rooms--we -are informed that the present popular favourite is "Happy Land;" it -having succeeded "Sitch a gittin' up stairs;" previously to which the -alleys were taught by our young Mobility to echo the atrocious "Jim -Crow." These various airs Master Jim Curtis is also in the habit of -whistling as he runs along; his execution being characterised by great -power, particularly in the higher notes; though his compass, perhaps, -is not very extended. He is likewise a first-rate performer on that -classical instrument the Jews'-harp. In all those various games of -skill which consist in tossing coins and buttons about in gutters, his -attainments are unrivalled; and he is equally expert at the pastime -called "leap-frog," and similar gymnastic exercises. Genius, it is said, -is shown in striking out new paths; and Master Curtis, in the language -of his acquaintance, is an "out-and-outer" (a low term for a person of -talent) at striking out a slide. In a general way, so remarkable is -his intellectual acumen, that he is said by all who know him to be -perpetually--we cannot avoid the phrase--wide awake. In disposition he -has somewhat of a satirical turn, and his caustic powers are not only -evinced in "chaffing" his equals, but also, whenever an opportunity -occurs, at the expense of his superiors. - -Master Mike Waters is connected with the press, in the capacity of -an acting distributor of diurnal literature. He is a cultivator, to a -certain extent, of those elegant pursuits in which Master Curtis has -made such striking progress. His natural endowments, indeed, are not -of so brilliant a class as those of the latter; as a vocalist, for -instance, he does not rise much above mediocrity, his notion of a tune -being generally not quite perfect, and his memory seldom serving to -retain more than the first line of a song. He appears, however, to be -very diligent in his musical studies, and what he does know, is almost -continually in his mouth. There is, too, one particular science for -which he certainly has a decided taste; namely, Natural Philosophy, and -he may frequently be seen on a day fit for the purpose, that is, on a -wet one, performing pneumatic experiments on loose stones and cellar -plates. - -Of the nature of these experiments it may be necessary that we should -give a brief description. Their object is to elevate the paving stones -or plates from the situation which they occupy, and is thus effected: - -A disc of leather is procured, and to its centre is fixed a strong piece -of cord or string of about a yard in length. The leather, having been -deposited at the side of the kerb-stone, a sufficient time to effect its -perfect saturation with moisture, is applied, in its wet state, to -the body intended to be raised, and trodden flat on its surface. The -experimenter, then, pressing down the circumference of the leather with -his feet (a process requiring peculiar dexterity), raises the centre of -it by means of the piece of string. A vacuum is thus produced between -the leather and the stone; and the pressure of the atmosphere retains -them, with considerable power, in contact. By repeated efforts the stone -is at length loosened, and at last, sometimes, actually displaced. -This scientific recreation is now and then suppressed by the hand -of authority: and certainly, were it ever practised in a fashionable -neighbourhood, the interference of the Executive would be necessary; as, -for obvious reasons, it is highly detrimental to the _chaussure_. - -To return, however, to Master Waters. Notwithstanding the moderate -nature of his abilities and acquirements, he occupies a respectable -place in the esteem of his associates; as there is scarcely any matter -of amusement which he is not ready to promote, and in which he is unable -to share. Naturally, too, of a placid disposition, he is ever desirous -of shining himself, or of taking the shine, as his comrades express -it, out of others. He thus avoids exciting envy and resentment in their -breasts; a misfortune which his friend Master Curtis does not always -escape. A circumstance, also, which strongly tends to render him a -general favourite, is, that though not very witty himself, he has a -great capacity for appreciating wit,--that species of it, at least, -which he is in the habit of hearing among his acquaintance. Nor is a -sally, of which he is himself the object, less pleasing to him than one -directed against another party; he receives it with an open, tranquil, -reflective, and cheerful countenance, indicating that he is on the -best terms with all around him, and on better still, if possible, with -himself. There is one peculiarity in his disposition which must not be -forgotten,--he is a youth of a very large appetite. This fact seems, on -inspection of his mouth, to confirm the phrenological axiom that size -is, other circumstances being equal, a measure of power. - -Master Bill Sims rejoices in the prettily-sounding title of Page. We -say, rejoices, only by a figure of speech; for the various remarks which -his appearance calls forth from his extensive circle of young friends, -render his situation a not very pleasant one. He is not aware, moreover, -of the romantic associations connected with the office which he holds, -and, if he were, the circumstance that he is a Page, not to a Noble -Lord, but to an elderly lady, would rather serve to embitter than -to sweeten his reflections. What makes him so keenly alive to -animadversions on his costume, is, that on being first inducted into it, -he felt particularly proud of his exterior, which certainly underwent -at that time a change for the better, as he was then a newly transformed -Charity Boy. We should mention that before he had been three months in -place, his altered diet made it necessary that he should have a fresh -suit of livery; that with which he was at first invested having become -much too small to accommodate his increasing proportions. The notion -that he is happily situated as to alimentary comforts, has much to do -in provoking the taunts of his juvenile acquaintances, who take a rather -invidious view of his good fortune in that respect. They do not consider -that this is very dearly purchased. Master Sims being forced to forego, -almost entirely, all those little gratifications in which they, during -their leisure hours, can indulge without limitation. In particular, he -is precluded, both from the tenseness of his attire, and the necessity -which he is under of keeping it clean, both of which circumstances -prohibit kneeling, and--we believe we express ourselves -correctly--knuckling down--from partaking of the diversion of marbles, -of which he is passionately fond. - -We have now a few observations to make, generally, on that particular -set of the Children of the Mobility with which Masters Curtis, Waters, -and Sims are connected, which may tend, perhaps, to place the characters -of those young gentlemen in a clearer light; though we fear that many -fine minds have been already sufficiently tried by the picture which we -have drawn. - -Their curiosity is remarkable. Any person who attracts their attention -by a conspicuous dress--as, for instance, a Highlander in full -costume--is sure to be followed by a crowd of them, and very likely, -provided they are certain of impunity, to be assailed by them with -stones and other missiles. A delinquent of any kind, proceeding, under -the auspices of the Executive, to his state apartments, is invariably -pursued by a train of them. They never fail, also, to collect around the -subject, whether human or brute, of a street accident. - -It is desirable that their manners should be a little more respectful -than they at present are. In the use of all titles of honour they are -exceedingly economical, seldom dignifying any one with the term, "Sir," -but a Policeman. - -Strangely enough, they are, in their way, votaries of Fashion. Besides -their songs, they have various phrases, which have, as dogs are said to -do, their day. Many of these will not bear mentioning; but the last in -vogue, which embodies an inquiry after the health of the Mamma of the -person addressed, is not, perhaps, so objectionable as the majority. - -They have, also, particular seasons for their various amusements. Thus, -"hop-scot," or "hop-scotch," is "in," as the phrase is, at one time; -marbles, or "dumps," at another. Now hoops, then kites are all the rage. -There is one species of recreation, however, which is practised among -them at all times, denominated "overing a post;" for which Charity Boys -are especially renowned; a certain peculiarity of their singular attire, -combined with the remarkable lightness of their limbs and bodies, -rendering them particularly adroit at this feat. - -In connection with the genus of the Children of the Mobility now under -consideration, we beg to call attention to their habit of hopping -alternately from side to side during a conversation. From this -the philosophical observer will perhaps infer, that the graceful -accomplishment of dancing is the offspring of an instinct of Nature. - - - - -PLATE III. Master "Young Spicy," and Master "Tater Sam." - -These hopeful scions of our Mobility are engaged in "an affair of -honour." We apprehend that the names by which they are above designated, -and by which they are commonly known, are not, _bona fide_, their own, -but have been imposed upon them by the suffrages of their acquaintance, -probably with reference to the occupations of their respective parents, -and partly, perhaps, in conformity with the custom which generally -attaches a _sobriquet_ to fistic proficiency. Master "Tater Sam" is -attended by Master "Lanky Tim," a student attached to a parochial -seminary. Master "Young Spicy"--for street encounters are not always -characterised by the strictest regularity--has no professed second; -though the place of one may be considered as supplied by the -exhortations of the spectators generally. As to the young gentleman -midway behind the two combatants, a retainer of one of the Knights of -the Azure Vest, his attentions are bestowed alternately on both; his -object being, to enjoy to the full what he regards as a "prime lark;" -the reciprocation of as large an amount of blows as possible. The -extremity of the by-standers' delight may be read in their animated and -dilating eyes; even the soul of yonder small boy in the corner, who, -but for the evident care with which he has been enveloped in his cloak, -might have been suspected of having left his home without maternal -cognisance, is on fire. The contrast presented by the vivacious -ardour of the juvenile group to the subdued complacency with which -the approving elders overlook the scene, is as interesting as it is -remarkable. - -[Illustration: 040] - -The hostile encounter may be supposed to have originated, and to proceed -in the following manner. The parties are at first engaged in that -particular game at marbles technically termed "shoot ring." - -Tater. "Now then, Spicy, knuckle down; 'fend dribbling." - -Spicy. "Come, then, stand out of the sunshine." - -Tater. "In! Three clayers and a alley. Game! Hooray!" - -Spicy. "Oh ah! I dare say. It's no go; play agin." - -Tater. "No, no, it's my game." - -Spicy. "I say t'an't." - -Tater. "I say 'tis." - -Spicy. "You'm a story!" - -Tater. "Y ou'm another!" - -Spicy. "Come, give me my alley, will yer?" - -Tater. "No I sharn't!" - -Spicy. "Won't yer though?" - -Tater. "No I won't, frizzle wig!" - -Spicy. "Won't yer, puggy nose? Come, I say, leave go!" - -(Here a scuffle ensues.) - -Tater. "Don't yer wish yer may get it?" - -Spicy. "You'm a strong feller, arn't you?" - -Tater. "D 'ye think I'm afeard o' you?" - -Spicy. "D 'ye think I'm afeard o' you then?" - -Tater. "Ah! jist you hit me!" - -Spicy. "You hit me first; that's all!" - -Tater. "Well, there then!" - -Spicy. "Here's at yer!" - -(The contest now commences.) - -Cries of "Hallo! here's a mill!" - -"Here's a scrimmage!" - -"A battle, a battle! 'tween two sticks and a rotten apple!" &c. from -various quarters. (A ring formed.) - -Butcher Boy. "Now then! Fair play! fair play! Go it!" - -A Boy. "'It im ard; he've got no friends." - -Second Boy. "Give it im, Spicy! 'It im a peg in the mouth!" - -Third Boy. "At im, Tater!" - -Charity Boy. "Fetch im a wipe 'tween the heyes!" - -Butcher Boy. "Well done, little un, great un's biggest!" - -First Boy. "Well done, Tater! My eye wot a whop!" - -Second Boy. "Brayvo! Spicy. Had im there!" - -Hackney Coachman. "A nasty vun, that ere!" - -Cabman. "Rayther." - -Charity Boy. "Go in at im, Tater,--that's it!" - -(The combatants close and wrestle. Both fall; Spicy under. At this stage -of the proceedings a sanguine stream is seen escaping from Spicy's nose; -his eyes, too, are in a state of incipient tumefaction. The size of -Tater's lip appears considerably augmented; and he bleeds copiously at -the mouth. After a short pause, hostilities are resumed.) - -Butcher Boy. "That's the time o' day. 'It im, Spicy! Skiver im, Tater. -That's it, my cocks!" - -Third Boy. "One for his nob! That's the ticket!" - -Charity Boy. "Under the ribs! Well done!" - -First Boy. "That's a vinder for im!" - -Third Boy. "Tater, keep your pecker up, old chap!" - -Butcher Boy. "Right and left! Hooroar! Fake away!" - -All science is now abandoned, and they rush together, pell-mell; but in -the heat of the conflict a Policeman appears, and advancing to the scene -of action, separates, with some difficulty, the incensed opponents. -After a little additional altercation, they are persuaded to shake -hands, and each gathering up his cap from the field of battle, returns -home, accompanied by his partisans, the victory remaining undecided. - -The horrid scene which we have profaned our pen in describing suggests -a few reflections which it may behove our readers to consider. In the -first place, with reference to the coarse practice of boxing among the -Children of the Mobility, we think it decidedly objectionable. It tends -to eradicate from their minds all those fears and susceptibilities -with regard to personal safety, by means of which, alone, they are -manageable; and to replace them with those unamiable qualities which -render them, when grown up, offensive to the genteel and the delicate. -It also enables them to repay any little playfulness in which a -_distingue_ youth may happen to indulge with them, such as tilting off -their caps, or knocking their marbles out of the ring, with rude and -painful blows. The frightful violence, too, which their street broils -do to the ears and eyes of any of the superior classes who may have the -misfortune to witness them, ladies for instance, in their carriages, -is such, that we are shocked to think of it. Some people say that it is -best to let them have their quarrels out, as they express it, that they -may be prevented from bearing malice. We hear, too, a great deal -about the danger of stabbing becoming prevalent, were pugilism -discountenanced, among the lower orders. Still, being beaten about with -great hard knuckles, is very horrid; and the knife, if more sanguinary -than the fist, is decidedly more romantic and _piquant_. - -But what shall we say of the Children of the Nobility learning, -at public schools, to emulate the boys of the street, transforming -themselves from innocent and interesting lambs, into ferocious -bull-dogs, if we may use so strong a metaphor, and making one another -perfect frights? What must be the feelings of their Mammas? - - - - -PLATE IV. The Family Of Mr. And Mrs. Blenkinsop - -Among the Mobility, the Blenkinsops are what in the more elevated -ranks would be termed, _parvenus_. Two generations back they were very -respectable people; but a series of misfortunes, commencing with the -failure of Messrs. Flykite and Co. which occurred some years ago, has -reduced them to their present position. We shall not dwell on the steps -of their descent. Tales of distress, unless they are invested with a -certain _je ne sais quoi_, which gives them an air of elegance, are -extremely uninteresting. - -Suffice it, then, to say, that Blenkinsop,--that is to say, the father -of our Blenkinsops,--was a mechanic, in a country town. In his early -youth his conduct was exemplary; but yielding at length to the force of -temptation, he was so unfortunate as to be guilty of--matrimony. For a -time all went well; but punishment is sure, sooner or later, to -overtake the evil-doer, as, one fine morning, it overtook Blenkinsop. An -improvement in machinery threw him suddenly out of employ, and after ten -years' reckless indulgence in domestic felicity, he found himself with a -wife and six children, and without wages. He was now, of course, -obliged to break up his establishment. The Union offered its benevolent -institution for his accommodation, but the asylum was proffered in vain. -Its salutary regulations were repugnant to his fastidious taste. Among -other things, its corrective arrangements displeased him. The rod of -affliction, he impertinently said, he could kiss, but not that which was -to flog his children. - -He had also an unreasonable objection to the system of separate -maintenance, and put a most perverse construction on a certain moral -precept which seemed to forbid it; as if that applied to paupers! He -therefore spurned the parochial paradise, and betook himself, in hopes -of finding something to do, to London. The only piece of good fortune -that befell him there was, that the small-pox provided for three of his -family. The same complaint, too, affecting the eyes of his wife-- - -But we are violating the principle which we have prescribed to -ourselves. Let us be brief. Mrs. Blenkinsop labours under a privation of -vision; her husband under a paralytic state of the extremities; and the -whole family are mendicants. - -It is the divine Shakspere who thus sings:-- - - "Sweet are the uses of Adversity; - Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, - Wears yet a precious jewel in his head." - -The jewel of adversity, therefore, is the moral which it furnishes -to the reflective mind: as in the persons of the young Blenkinsops it -offered to the pretty little Adeline, daughter of Sir William and -Lady Grindham. The elegant child was exercising her observant and -contemplative faculties at the window of the magnificent drawing-room in --------- Street. - -The fond eye of her Papa was resting, in tranquil admiration, on her -graceful proportions; that of her Mamma, which would otherwise have been -similarly employed, was directed towards an expensive mirror. - -"Oh! dear Papa," suddenly exclaimed Adeline, "look, do look!" - -"At what, my love?" replied the doting parent. - -"Oh! Papa--those poor children!" - -"What of them, dearest?" - -"Poor little things!--how they shiver! Do look at them." - -Sir William advanced to the window, and, elevating his eye-glass, -directed his attention on the objects which had so powerfully excited -the sympathy of Adeline:--they were the Blenkinsops! - -[Illustration: 046] - -"Oh!" said Sir William; "ah!--yes, I see, love." - -"See, Papa" pursued Adeline, "that poor little boy holding the girl's -cloak,--he is all in rags! And look how the girl is crying! And the tall -boy--how wretchedly ill he looks!" - -"I see, dear." - -"Oh, but, Papa, those two have no shoes nor stockings; and they seem so -hungry. May I give them this shilling, Papa? to go and get something to -eat?" - -"My dear Adeline," answered the Baronet, "those children are beggars." - -"Yes, Papa, I know that; do let us give the poor things something." - -"Beggars, Adeline, ought never to be encouraged, we should soon be eaten -up by them if they were. They have no business there, it is contrary to -law; and I am surprised that the policeman does not take them up. - -"Take them up, Papa?" said Adeline, the phrase producing an association -of ideas in her youthful mind; "Dr. Goodman said in his sermon that we -ought to take poor people in." - -"Dr. Goodman is a--that is, dear, he means that the poor should be taken -in--charge by the--I mean that they should be properly provided for." - -"What did you say, Papa?" - -"Provided for; taken care of. There are places, you know, on purpose for -them. That large building that we passed yesterday in the carriage is -one of them. It is called a workhouse." - -"What, that place where the funny man with the great cocked-hat was -standing at the door, Papa?" - -"You mean the beadle? Yes, dear." - -"And do they give them food there?" - -"Certainly; that is, a coarser kind of food, fit for such people." - -"And things to put on?" - -"And things to put on, too. They have clothes made on purpose for them. -That man that you saw sweeping in front of the house was wearing a -suit." - -"But what a fright he was, Papa. He looked as if he had been dressed up -to be laughed at. I should not like to be dressed so if I were a man." - -"No, dear, nor is it meant that he should. It would never do to make a -workhouse too delightful; for one great use of such places is to prevent -people from becoming poor, just as houses of correction are intended to -keep them from turning thieves. So the persons who go into one are not -dressed and fed, and otherwise treated, so as to make their situation at -all enviable. The consequence is, that those who know what they have to -expect in such an asylum, learn not to be extravagant and careless, for -fear they should become poor themselves." - -"But can all people help being poor, Papa?" - -"Most of them, my love; and those who cannot--can't be helped." - -"But those poor children, Papa,--why don't they go into the workhouse?" - -"Why, perhaps, they prefer remaining where they are. To be sure, they -ought not be allowed to do so. Still, however, they are of some use. -Everything has its use, you know, Adeline." Sir William was connected -with the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. - -"But what use are beggars of, Papa," demanded Adeline, "when they do not -work?" - -"Do you not recollect, dear," responded Sir William, "what Farmer Gibbs -puts up in his corn-fields just after they have been sown?" - -"Yes, Papa, he fixes one of those great birds, those rooks, to a stick, -to frighten the other rooks away from coming and eating the wheat." - -"Just so, my love. Well; many years ago, before you were born, a man who -had been guilty of highway robbery or other very bad things, used to be -dealt with much in the same way, that is, he was hung up on a tree in -chains, after he was dead, for a warning to other thieves." - -"Oh, Papa! how dreadful!" - -"Yes, my love, it was very unpleasant; and, besides, as the man could no -longer feel, it was no punishment to him; and so, you know, the example -was in a great measure lost. When bad people see other bad people -suffering for what they have done, that it is that terrifies them. -Now when you see a beggar in the streets, all cold and naked and -uncomfortable, what do you say?" - -"I say, 'Poor man! how I wish I could relieve you.'" - -"Well, dearest, it is always proper to be kind, and all that; but what -you ought to say, too, is, 'How glad I am that I am so well off, and -have a nice house and good clothes, and plenty to eat and drink; and how -dreadful it must be to stand shivering in the snow without any shoes, -selling Congreve matches! I will take care to keep all the money I get, -and not to spend it like an extravagant little girl, for fear one of -these days, I should come to be like that person.' Beggars, my sweet, -are--shall you remember, do you think, what beggars are, if I tell you?" - -"Yes, Papa." - -"Beggars, Adeline, are Living Scarecrows." - - - THOUGHTS ON A JUVENILE MENDICANT BY A LADY OF FASHION. - - Alas! I faint, I sink, I fall I - Some fragrant odour quickly bring; - What could thy bosom thus appal?-- - Dost ask?--Behold yon little thing! - - Art thou a father's darling joy? - Art thou a tender mother's hope? - If so, oh how, my little boy, - How are they circumstanced for soap? - - Thy hands--thy face--in what a state! - In what a shocking plight thy head! - Oh! cease my nerves to lacerate - Imagination,--Demon dread! - - Cease to suggest that Zephyrs mild - Mid these luxuriant tresses straying, - Have met, perchance, that horrid child, - And with its tangled locks been playing! - - Away, distracting thought, away, - That e'en these fingers fair might close - On some infected coin, which may - Have haply passed through hands like those! - - Augustus Montague Fitzroy, - Illustrious infant! Can it be - That such an object of a boy, - Is made of flesh and blood like thee? - - - - -PLATE V. Master Charley Wheeler, Master Moses Abrahams, Master Ned -Crisp, Master Dick Muggins, and Master Joe Smart. - -"No, no, Moses, old birds arn't to be caught with chaff." The speaker, -Master Joe Smart, means, that young tigers are not to be caught with -cocoa-nuts,--particularly those which have been tapped at the "monkey's -nose," and of which the fluid contents have been replaced by water. Such -a cocoa-nut is Master Moses Abrahams endeavouring to dispose of; but he -is regarded by the group around him with eyes of jealousy,--from which, -however, according to their proprietors, the hue so characteristic -of that passion is peculiarly absent. He is, therefore, unable, as -we should say, to sell his fruit, or, as his companions would express -themselves, to sell them. To no purpose does he pledge the immortal part -of him as an assurance that his commodities have not been tampered with; -they have no confidence in the security. - -Some little doubt, perhaps, may be entertained with respect to the -propriety of classing Master Abrahams with the Children of the Mobility; -he belonging, in a more especial manner, to the Children of Israel. His -habits, manners, education, language, and dress, clearly warrant us in -so disposing of him; although, on the one hand, we have placed him where -his company may be scarcely considered an honour; and, on the other, his -peculiar connexions, though celebrated, in one sense of the word, for -taking everybody in, are reputed to be of an exclusive character. - -Those who know any thing of the Mobility are aware, that one very -frequent expression of theirs, indicating a desire to occupy the station -of such and such a person, is, "I wish I was in his shoes." Now Master -Moses, and his case is a common one with his tribe, is in the boots, at -least, of one of the superior classes; nay, it is questionable whether -the same thing may not also with justice be asserted of the remainder of -his costume. - -[Illustration: 054] - -We intimated that Master Joe Smart is what is vernacularly termed a -_tiger_: and he is sharp enough, were he a child of an order higher -than the Mobility, for a _lion_. His jacket has no stripes upon it, -certainly; which perhaps (at times, at least) it deserves to have: but -his waistcoat has. He belongs to a menagerie, consisting chiefly of -individuals of the equine and canine species. It will be seen at a -glance what striking advantages our young tiger has derived from his -contact with aristocracy. His attitude, gestures, and expression of -countenance, indicate a knowledge of the world and of the usages of -Society much beyond that of his comrades; and although it is undoubtedly -very improper to smoke cigars, as he is doing, yet there is a certain -air of committing an offence, which greatly palliates its enormity; and -such an air he displays. A cigar, too, is infinitely preferable to a -nasty pipe. He is moreover wearing what we at once recognise as a hat, -coat, intervening garments, and boots, whereas rude imitations of these -articles of attire are all that most Children of the Mobility appear -in. The cultivation which his intellectual faculties have received, -has given him a vast superiority over his acquaintance. None of them -dare--we have already explained the word,--to "chaff" him. His felicity -of expression, particularly as regards terms of raillery, would render -the contest hopeless; even if the aggressor were not, at the first -onset, disarmed by his speaking eye. We mean, his left eye, which he -causes to speak very eloquently on proper occasions, by closing it in a -peculiar manner. - -The best place for the social education of youth is the drawing-room. - - - - -PLATE VI. Master Bob White and Master Nick Baggs. - -[Illustration: 058] - -Behold those two chimney-sweeps; glance at their attire and their -complexions; and think for one moment of the state of the thermometer. -Who does not remember, among the legends of his earlier days, a pathetic -but harrowing story of an interesting child who was stolen, in a -highly fashionable neighbourhood, from under the maternal roof, and -subsequently brought up by his kidnappers to the sooty employment of -Masters White and Baggs? The touching conclusion of the tale, where -the young gentleman comes at last to sweep his own Mamma's chimney, -has beguiled many a fair eye of a pearl or two. Is it possible,--can -it be,--that we may have too hastily included those youths among the -Children of the Mobility; and that they also may have been snatched, by -some felonious hand, from the mansions of their distinguished,--perhaps -noble parents? Can we have unwittingly indulged in a smile at -aristocratic misfortune? No, no; away with such a fear! Instinct, as -unerring as that which at once enabled the tender mother to recognise -her disguised cherub, would have revealed to us lustre of birth in spite -of obscurity of skin. Whatever may be the similarity of their external -circumstances, there is always an essential difference, which we filter -ourselves we can instantly detect, between patricians and plebians, -Cholmondeleys and Chummies. - -The following piece of impassioned poesy, forming the "Thoughts of a -Young Gentleman," suggested by their situation and appearance, may not -be unacceptable to our feeling readers:-- - - Ye sable youths, ye reck not - How sweet and sad a train - Of thoughts which I can check not, - Ye rouse within my brain. - - Sweep on!--and join the light ones-- - Yet no: a moment stay; - I would not have that bright one's - Fair image swept away! - - Oh! do not look so darkling! - The sight I cannot bear-- - Methinks I see them sparkling - Those eyes! that raven hair! - - And are ye chill'd and frozen? - Alas! and so am I; - And she--my loved,--my chosen-- - Congeals me with her eye. - - Gaze not, with orbs of sadness, - On Nature's mantle white; - Her heart,--oh! thought of madness,-- - Is just as cold and bright. - - That bell--oh! mournful token!-- - Ye vainly seek to ring, - For ah!--the link is broken;-- - Frail, fickle, faithless thing! - - And you and I, deceived ones, - What waits us here below, - But sighing, like bereaved ones, - To murmur "Herb 'sago!" - - - - -PLATE VII. Miss Moody and her infant sister Miss Martha Moody, Master -George Dummer, and the Misses Ann and Sarah Grigg. - -[Illustration: 062] - -The juvenile personages above enumerated are represented as they -appeared in the Hampstead Road, when, on a late occasion, they honoured -the performance of the young Italian instrumentalist, Carlo Denticci, -with their presence. So deeply were their infant minds absorbed in the -harmonious entertainment, that mute attention, during its continuance, -rested, almost without interruption, on their lips; a situation where -it does not usually love to dwell. Miss Moody was occasionally heard to -address a few words, or rather syllables, but only a few, to her -infant sister; and even Master Dummer, to whom the attire and personal -appearance of the tuneful stranger seemed almost as interesting as his -art, once only murmured, in an under tone, as he contemplated his hat, -"My eye, what a rummy tile!" - -The performance, which occupied upwards of half an hour, included -several of the airs most fashionable at the Mobility's concerts. The -well-known gem from "Jack Sheppard" was productive of its customary -effect; even the younger of the Misses Moody was seen to beat time, -unequivocally, to the air. The ever new American melodies elicited -smiles of universal approbation; and the little party appeared to be -much delighted with the Caledonian March, "The Campbells are coming," -although they had previously had the advantage of hearing this piece -performed on a somewhat perhaps more appropriate instrument. But what -made amusement bliss and converted interest into ecstacy,--what opened -not the ears only, but also the mouth of Master George Dummer, and -lighted the glow-worm fire of enthusiasm in the eyes of Miss Ann Grigg, -was the beautiful, the mellifluous, the voluptuous "Cachucha." Oh! -had they heard it in a brighter scene, where Rank and Fashion melt at -Music's breath, where mingled sighs and perfumes load the air;--that -atmosphere of Love and rose-water;--in short, at Her Majesty's Theatre; -and had they there seen the graceful Fanny! But whither are we borne -away? No! Such rapture--almost too intense for the ethereal spirits of -the Children of the Nobility,--could not have been felt by them. - -During the piece of music last-mentioned, a Terpsichorean impulse seized -on a small boy, who was standing at some little distance from our group. -Cracking a couple of bits of slate together in imitation of castanets, -he went through a succession of eccentric movements which we should -imagine must have really been what is termed the Sailor's Hornpipe. This -exhibition appeared greatly to divert the surrounding Mobility, who are -much better judges, it would seem, of the humour, than they are of the -poetry, of motion; and whose bosoms would not be very likely to heave -the sigh, even at the pathos of Taglioni. - -Miss Moody appeared without a head-dress; as most of the Children of -the Mobility are seen at their Promenade Concerts. In this place may be -noticed the social _soirees_ which take place annually about the end of -December among the inferior circles, and which are principally sustained -by juvenile performers. We mean those Concerts D'Hiver commonly known as -Christmas Carols. - -The Misses Grigg were in bonnets, from which circumstance, and from that -of Miss Sarah Grigg carrying a basket--would we could say reticule!--on -her arm, and displaying in her small hand what seemed to be a -street-door key, it was conjectured that they had been shopping. - -The presence of Master Dummer at the performance was occasioned by his -being _en route_ to the Academy, at which he is a diurnal student. The -interruption of his progress to the Seminary may be attributed rather to -a disinclination for arithmetic than to a love of harmony; his genius, -we understand, being more of an observant and contemplative, than of a -mathematical or literary tendency, and music being interesting to him, -merely, to use a common expression, as "something going on." His -steps, when directed towards the abode of learning, are not remarkable, -generally, for rapidity; and are very apt to be arrested by a variety -of little occurrences; in short, he has a strong natural inclination -for the philosophical amusement improperly termed _lounging_. The remark -which he was heard to make with reference to a peculiarity in Denticci's -dress, may be considered as an example of his reflective turn. This, -too, is very decidedly observable in the expression of his eye, whose -appearance is the more striking for the contrast which it presents to -that of his cheek,--a part in which he strongly resembles the young -gentleman alluded to in "As You Like It," who is represented. - -Indeed, if for _satchel_, we read _slate_, we shall find Master Dummer, -taken altogether, to be no bad representative of the second of Man's -"Seven Ages,"--viewing Man as he exists in the Mobility. His slate may -be said, in one sense, though not perhaps in that which his preceptor -would approve of, to be his amusement, being usually covered with -hieroglyphics rather than figures, and exhibiting much stronger -indications of a predilection for "Tit-tat-to," than of proficiency in -the Rule of Three. - - ...............With his satchel, - And shining morning face, creeping like snail - Unwillingly to school. - -The young Denticci, who had the honour of entertaining our philharmonic -group, perhaps it would be more in keeping to say, _batch_, of plebeian -minors, is the child of a foreign Mobility. To us, however, he is an -object of greater interest as a Child of Song, and as exciting in our -breast all those deep and delightful associations with which all that -ends in "icci" and "ini", is so intimately and powerfully connected. - - - - -PLATE VIII. Master Tom Scales and Master Ben Potts. - -Have any of our readers heard an introductory lecture on the Practice of -Physic? Or have they ever looked through the preface of a medical book. -In either case, the importance of the practitioner, considered as are -topics which they must have found enlarged upon. The hero preserved for -his country, the father for his family, the child for the parent, all -are represented as having to thank the doctor. The sufferer, perhaps -a delicate female, stretched on the bed of sickness, is described as -hailing his approach as that of some ministering spirit, listening -anxiously for his footstep, and hearing in the creaking of his shoes, -(provided it be not too loud,) a sweet and soothing music. All this is -as it ought to be. But let praise be awarded where it is due, and let us -not, while we appreciate the claims of the doctor, be unmindful of those -of the doctor's boy. His instrumentality in the restoration of health, -at least among the higher orders, cannot be denied, any more than can -that of the organ bellows-blower in the production of harmony. And -yet, while the thundering rap of his master at the front door, falls -so harmoniously on the ear, his gentle ring at the area, and the -softly-whistled air with which he beguiles the time until it is -answered, are no more regarded than the idle wind. - -He is observed speeding on his way to the abode of sickness, without -interest, and loitering on it without indignation: he acquits himself, -without admiration, of his high responsibilities; he violates them, and -excites no horror. - -[Illustration: 068] - -Masters Scales and Potts are, respectively, the subordinate assistants -of Mr. Graves and Mr. Slaymore. The latter of these gentlemen, with whom -Master Potts is situated, dispenses health from a private surgery; the -former from a more public establishment. The difference in point of -grade between these two disciples of Galen is very plainly discernible -even in their dependants, the two Children of the Mobility now before -us. The uniform of Master Scales is much less aristocratic, and -much less professional also, than that of Master Potts, who looks, -particularly about the feet and legs, as if he had been intended by -Nature for a licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries, rather than for -the servant of one. - -Mr. Graves and Mr. Slaymore being two out of half-a-dozen medical men -residing in the same street, their young auxiliaries are in the habit of -coming frequently in contact, and dialogues of a characteristic -nature often take place, on these occasions, between them. We hope the -following colloquy may seem less in need of abbreviation to the reader -than it might be to a patient dependent on its termination for his dose -of calomel. - -"Hallo! old feller, where are you off to in sitch a hurry?" The querist -was Master Scales, who in sauntering along the neighbouring square was -passed by Master Potts, walking at a rapid pace, with his salutiferous -burden upon his arm. - -"Hallo!" replied Master Potts; and turning round he beheld his young -acquaintance, Tom. "Well, young stick-in-the-mud!" - -"I say, who's got the cholera, to make you stir your stumps like that -'ere?" - -"Who do you think?--Mrs. Walker." - -"Gammon! What's up tell us." - -"Why it's the old gal at 42; she 's precious bad, I can tell yer." - -"What's got her then? I see her the day 'fore yesterday, lookin' all -right enough." - -"Paralatic--least that's what maws'r says 'tis. He 'll be precious wild -if she dies. My eye what a lot o' bottles I've a-took there! I warrand -you ain't got sitch a good un!" - -"Ain't we though; there's a old chap we've got from the East Ingies, as -I'd back agin her any day." - -"What! that old cove with the gamboge sneezer and swivel eye?" - -"Aye; he've a-had the dropsy the last three months. Just haven't the -guv'ner stuck it into im!" - -"Look there, whose black job is that goin' along close by old -Punch,--your guv'ner's?" - -"Over the left--Come, I say, don't be orf jist yet." - -"Must. I'm in for it as 'tis." - -"No, no. Here! I 'll toss yer for a pint." As he made this offer, Master -Scales deposited his basket on the pavement, and produced a halfpenny. - -"Well, come, be quick then! Now! Heads, I win; tails, you lose." - -"Heads! Heads 'tis! - -"Come, I say, Master Ben, give us my change, will yer." - -"Take your change out of that!" So saying, and suiting an appropriate -action to the word, Master Potts turned rapidly on his heel; and before -his professional brother could pack up his _materia medica_ from the -ground, had turned a corner and was out of sight. - -Delays are proverbially said to be dangerous; and equally well-known -is the maxim which recommends the attacking of a disease at its onset. -Leaving our readers, according to their medical opinions, to calculate -the damage, or estimate the good which the patients of Messieurs Graves -and Slaymore derived from the amusements of their young subsidiaries, -we shall now conclude our notice of those personages, and therewith, -our labours. We hope that we have acquitted ourselves in a satisfactory -manner; but in criticising the foregoing pages, let the fact be borne in -mind, that it is very difficult to render the children of the Mobility -_interesting_. It is easy to make a silk purse out of a proper material; -but there is a substance from which it is impossible to construct -it. Shall we be pardoned by the superior classes for thus distantly -referring to a plebeian saying! Would we had had some nobler, some more -inspiring theme! 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