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limit could be
was a subject for tl

leave to the
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of 1825

his talents alone for his promotion, imagine,
e when he ex-
pressed this very vague hope, that in 1846, he, as Lord
Francis Egerton, enriched by the favour of a kinsman to
a level with some of the most wealthy in the land, would

throne, but this time announcing to the world, not the
first faint indications of a new system, but the total abo-

their opinions, not one time but several times. Lord
Francis Egerton might have looked back with justifiable
pride to his own consistency, and have reflected that if he,
too, had changed, his later opinions had been but the
natural fruition of an early tendency.—Fraser's Magazine.
A MEXICAN WARE.—The assembly to which Perico
had admitted me presented a strange aspect. About
twenty men and women of the poorest class were seated
in a circle, talking, shrieking, and gesticulating. A fetid,
cadaverous odour, hardly smothered by the smoke of
cigars and the fumes of Xeres and chinguirito, filled
the room. In the corner of the apartment was placed a

table loaded with provisions of all sorts, with cups, bot-
tles, and flasks. At -a more distant table, the seated
gamblers mingled the jingle of copper money with the
technical terms of monte, and quarrelled for piles of ever-
Wks and tlacos,t with the excitement caused by strong
drinks. Under the triple inspiration of wine, women,
and gambling, the orgie, which I saw at its commence-

meni, appeared as if it would quickly make formidable
progress ; but what struck me most, was precisely what
iembly least. A young child,

seemed to pre-,

:spy the
lv to hs

lying on a table. His pale brow, covered with flowers
faded with heat of the stifling atmosphere, his glazed
eyes, and sunken, livid cheeks, already streaked with
shades of violet, indicated that life had left him, and that
it was some days, perhaps. since he first slept the eternal
sleep. The aspect of this little corpse amid the shrieks,

the laughter, the gambli

and noisy conversations, amid
nen who laughed and sang like savages,

these men and we

was heart-breaking. The flowers and jewels which co-
vered him, far from depriving death of its -sad solemnity,
only made it the more hideous. Such was the shelter
for which I was indebted to Perico's ingenious solicitude..
A general silence followed our entry. A man, in whom I
soon recognised the master of the house and the father of
" '

Crary, -radiant with delight ; and it was with a • look of
pride that he pointed out to us the numerous guests as-
sembled to celebrate with him the death of h•

son, an

event considered as a favour from Heaven
pleased God to take back the child before

us that we were

came friends. Thanks to Perico's loquacity, all eyes were
fixed upon me. I had a character difficult to sustain,
Perico having thought it necessary to affirm to all willing
to listen, that it was impossible to kill people with better
grace than I had done. In order to fill my part properly,
I hastened to put my gloves in my pocket, and affect great
' that it was prudent to follow the
1-ink of the asylum I have found
his hand. "Is it not bet-

assurance

What do pout
zd Perico, rub

ter than wha
derst

lorcover, you will now un-

a velorio. It is a resource on
hanks to me, you will thus ac •

titude of that worthy fat