In spite of fate, or e’en the devil himself,
This road I’ll travel. (Exit waddling).
The Argus. April 16, 1831.
This little Journal was published in Southampton during the stirring times just previous to the election of the Parliament which settled the first great Reform Bill. The Argus strongly advocated the cause of Reform, supporting the candidatures of Messrs. Atherley & Penleaze, in opposition to Messrs. Dottin & Hoy. At the election Atherley polled 732 votes; Penleaze 663, whereas Hoy had only 391 votes, and with the general victory of the Reform question the necessity for such a political journal as The Argus was at an end. It contains many parodies satirising the prominent men of Southampton, of whom Tunbelly was one.
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The Journeyman Tailor’s Soliloquy.
To stitch or not to stitch—that is the question!
Whether ’tis better on the board to suffer
The stings of needles for capricious masters,
Or throw away one’s thimble, shears, and bodkin,