For the Trasury cried, “Ye’ve foond a mare’s nest,”

&c., &c.

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(Two verses omitted.)

From The New Whig Guide. London. 1819.

Henry Brougham, M.P. (afterwards Lord Chancellor), brought a motion before the House of Commons on April 2, 1816, relative to the remission of Excise penalties.


The Riflemen’s Return.

The Belgians are coming,

Oh, dear! oh, dear!