him m said one or two of them he ll make as good an under replied as there will be in europe him gentlemen you will get no such man m and that is just said sir william aside to all that recommendation is good for and thus closed as much as we feel necessary to describe of that extraordinary scene � a grand jury room in the year or chapter a rent day relative position of landlord and tenant op � s notion of respect s wig � and solomon in a pit op admiration � the widow one single week in the progress of time after the exhibition last described had wonderfully advanced the catastrophe of our simple and narrative very much to the mortification of m was the evidence being not only m his favour but actually of such a character as to prove clearly that his trial was merely one of those stretches of vengeance which the times on coming out however he found the affairs of the firm in a state of and ruin the s in the papers with compassion and a hope that the affairs of this very respectable � which was hitherto supposed to be a vol y m one � would still be wound up in a way they trusted somewhat more satisfactory than was given out by their enemies nor was this the worst so far as himself was concerned the impression of mary m s had been now so thoroughly stamped into his heart that he neither could nor would listen to any attempt upon the part of their mutual friends at her this last stroke of anguish was owing also to s ingenuity on reflecting day after day and hour by hour upon the occurrence and comparing it with her conduct and confusion on previous occasions felt as we before said strongly to believe her guilty he determined however not to rest here but to the matter to the bottom he accordingly heard from his cousin and from several others while in prison such details of the particulars and such an list of the persons were present many of whom owing to the of were friendly and favourable to the family � that he privately sent for them and on comparing the one with the other he found the harmony among them so strong that he gave up all thoughts of her save such as involuntarily to his mind with indignation and anguish in addition to his other the irish agent it happened that the second day after his release from imprisonment was what the agents call day that is the day upon which they get into their chair of state as it were and in all the insolence of office receive their rents and give a general audience to the indeed even more than the father looked forward to these days with an exultation of soul and a consciousness of authority that repaid him for all the and of the nose which he was forced to suffer during the whole year besides in truth nothing could equal much less the spirit by which this lion hearted gentleman was then animated his frown the of bis head the ferocity of his look and the pomp of manner with which he addressed them and damned liis honour were all in their way the father was more cautious and within bounds simply because he had more sense and knew the world better but at the same time it was easy to see by his manner that in spite of all his efforts at and justice he possessed the poison as well as the wisdom of the serpent but not one of the of the dove at another table a little to the right of m sat m ready to take m appropriate part in the proceedings of the day and prepared whilst engaged in the task of seeing that every thing was done according to law to throw in a word in season touching the interests of the gospel at length eleven o clock arrived and found our old friend who had not yet entered upon the duties of his office together with one or two other all ready for business the two principal characters were surrounded by books and every other document necessary and usual upon such occasions the day was wet and cold and by no means in the spirit of the season but we know not why it happens that there seems in general to be a of disastrous weather peculiar to such days leading one to e that the agent possessed such a of the weather as enabled him to the severity of the very elements upon his own cruelty in a country so poor as ireland the scene presented by a rent day is one too impressive and melancholy ever to be forgotten by any heart touched with benevolence there is little if any of that erect freedom of and natural exhibition of good will which conscious independence and a sense of protection on the irish the part of the tenant whilst on that of the agent or landlord there is a contemptuous hardness of a vile indifference and utter disregard of the feelings of those by whom he is surrounded that might enable the observer to say at a glance here is no sympathy between that man and these people but that is not all give yourself time to observe them more closely listen to that agent pouring his insolent upon the head of this poor man whose only crime is his poverty and whose spirit appears to be broken down with the struggles and sufferings of life yet who hears his honesty his efforts and his character blackened without any other a calm spirit that looks to his own heart for the consciousness of these look at this we repeat and you will surely feel yourself forced to say � not that there 