And glaring, and daring, and pairing, and flaring,

So seeming ne’er ending, but always ascending,

These sounds and these motions are loudly contending,

As five hundred and more with a mighty uproar,

On their way to the Bar, hurry in through the door.”

Truth, February 9, 1882.


The Meeting of the Landlords.

How do the Landlords “come down on” the Act?

Here they come hurrying, there they come scurrying,