"What!" and he turn'd unto the crowd, Rais'd his right hand and spoke more loud. "Shall we see men served thus and be dumb? "Where's Magna Charta? where our freedom? "What! is a military varlet, 66 Glowing with insolence and scarlet, "Our rights and privileges civil "To kick, at pleasure, to the devil; "Drag a free man against his wish on, "To be the food for ammunition; "And treat with worse than Turk's brutality, "This guest of British hospitality? "Shame! shame!" "Aye, shame!" on every side, Shopboy and oyster virgin cried. The attics groaned their lofty blame, And from the stalls came hoarsely-" Shame!" Ev'n so, of late, the thieving crew, Who, Eldon-like, love nothing new, No more allowed to rob in peace, Made London ring with "No Police!" And in the very street whose name 66 "O wretch, to interfere with robbing !" Stiff stood the Serjeant-stiff and stately, "But where your warrant 'gainst the other? "Of course the penalties you know, "If you, by chance, lock up the brother. “Of course you know, for such infraction "Of law, we bring at once our action. "So mind you are your proper cue in, "A false imprisonment is ruin; "On a man's freedom all infringing "Is met by damages most swinging. “If you persist, and should defend "Your cause-I beg to recommend ("They'll help you finely through your blunder,) "Messiers Rack, Gripe, Grasp, Clutch, and Plunder." The Serjeant did the silence break, "Give me my money back," said he; Then next in whispered voice did speak, The Bailiff hinting at a fee. The money back Chang slowly gave, Still puzzled with all this verbosity, And said with brow extremely grave, "So this is English generosity!" Laneham meanwhile the Bailiff's palm Touch'd, and dissolved all farther qualm. Is somewhat impolitely branded ; While with their friend to his abode, Tho' laws when framed with so much trouble, For us poor single folk as them, One pulls this way, and that the other— Knit are our welfare and our woes, |