Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-04-26


and, afterwards, entered ut the some college at Cam
bridge Upon their return from college, Sir Robert
Highfyer gave young Maxwell the choice of pro-
fessen; bit as the young gentleman entertained an
unbosndet dislike Of law. physic, and divinity, the
!; army, and he navy, IL seemed matter Of some
difficulty, HOY to provide for him.
: "'Tis lcky thing for you, Tom" said Sir Ro-
BERT "that have the command of four votes and can
therefore ntain from ministers any thing IN reason
v IL choose to SIX"
: Now, sltpugh am certain these were the very
. words usctby Sir Robert, never, for the soul of
? me- could hdcrstend what ne meant by having the
command r votes still lees, by the industrious
8 applicatonof my reasoning faculties could ever
perceive " rcmotcst counexion between such pos
session. on certain degree of influence with minis
tcTs, whic he considered its obvious and natural
! eonsequete However, such was his expression.
Young faxwell's inclnations tending towards po-
it,cs vtunble appointment in the Office of tho -
TOT the - department. was procured for him, with
an understanding that, at the first convenient oppor-
tunity, hsshould have seat in Parliament. Short
~ after his, Sir Robert died; nd his succeed
cd to The title and estates.
Between tho latter and Maxwell as close friend
ship had always existed could exist between two
persons whose habits and occupations were iarnetr
cahy opposed; and Maxwell, Prcsuming perkans too
upon this SSa&d better cynco J hs sa
20 patron TO whom he owed every thing, than by
enoeavorng to the utmost OF his power. 10 save hrs
son from rum. would sometimes take the liberty To
mnke II too evident 10 Sir Harry that the system of
he pursued must inevitably lead to the
utter obstruction OF his fortune. The result OF one
OF these remonstrances an intiriaton from Sir
Harry, that unless Mr.. Maxwell could find moro n
musing topics for conversation. his absence from
- street would be particularly drs,rnblc-,pd
Dir. Maxwell not being able TO comply with ,bo 6,,
condition e very cooy availcd himself OF the other
The Baronets ostonishncn; at the present visit ,s
thus accounted FOR. ~--.
Ia! TOM hos do, devi.ish Glad to sec you sa;J
-: ..arry, holding out one hand and with the other
uepositirg the little phia of audanum together with
the letters he had written, in drawer of his dress
ing table-"tevilsh glad, pom my soul anr but no
preaching, Tom"
mo. no; my preaching da Us are over"
80 much the better-and I'm glad TO find that
m tha respect at ieastl have succeeded in reforming
you whatever may have been your success :n->"
lie suddenly stopped-wa!ked towards the window, |
-rctuTned-and continued, NJ mattcr--bpt
say and dine with me- you will meet Daslirorc and
Leslie, aud Col D., and-in short al! friends nrl
yours" NS VI
''To tell you the truth. IIghAyer. came FIR H.
purpose of billeting myself upon YOU me, IesGe
this morning. who told ne Of your marty. And"
mere nc made an unascountable pausc)-'sBut since
au mere, VIII yru allow 10 send a message 10
my servant to 5ung my things here to dress rTwiII
save me The .roublo of going home"
,Ay, t. be sure-Laurent will be here presently.
and ne shall send somebody to him.
Had SIT Harry been IN a stato of mind to thin; 10
any purpose, he would have though, that, consider.
ing the terms on which they had stood for some time
past. all this was very strange
by the time Laurent had finished dressing his mas |
ter MoXwens servant arrived; and Sir Harry des-
cended to the drawing room to receive his guests
letie. W.
"Anotter pin, Ward" said Maxwell to his SER
want, plague on the inventor of this tie! il requires
as many pms as the frock Of boarding school romp.
but having exhausted all the pins in Sir Harry's /
cushion, his master opened first drawer and then
another, till coming to that in which the Baronet had
deposited the letters, he astonshed at perceiy
ing that the letter the top pile was address
60 10 Lord asanore 'Oao 'Oas to be 4 Me party that
Gerry gfernoon. and the next beneath il TO HIMSELF
In addition to these letters addressed to his a.
gent, to his solicitor, to his aunt, Lady Mary -
whom he had offended past all hope ofpardon
This is very strange!" He continued his search
" Good God. Ward l have 10 further occasion tor
you: you may 60. Unless am at home by one Won
neednt-ycs--you had better be in waiting for me |
that's all Stay, call hackney coach Immediately;
don't bring it TO the door, but wait with it at the corn
or OF the street."
The guests were oil assembled, and Laurent an- !
nounced that dinner was served.
sI.ct Mr.. Maxwell know" said S ir Harry.
MIR. Maxwell, Sare, beg you shall not wait for him
lie go home for something he forgot, but shall re-
turn before the soup be move" knock at once an
Dounccd the return of Dir. Maxwell so that no delay
occurred.
Sir Henry Highfycr as is well known, was one of
the most agreeable table companions of the dav |
lie was man Of ready and pleasant wit: and what
ever may have been his faults at other times and in
other places, and numerous and grave indeed they
were, be was fauless at the head of his own table
Never the retailer o. other mems STORIES and seldom
the hero of his osgn, he entertained moral aversion
for your mc~a story teller, "Tbe original SIM" he
used to say has entailed curse on ali the pleasures
OF lite, and story telling Is the Of convivaity
The nonsense Ofthe moment is thousand times pre-
erable to the most exquisite piece of wit ready cut
and dried for the OCCASION that was uttered or
the best rcady-made story that ever was told" lie
held noise to be subversve of mrth of cheerfulness
It certainly ISL instead OF assistant to- or an eyi.
dence OF IT. and stTange it may appear, he could
not endure coarse joke, obscene story. "Let
US, he once said, 'let us show some consideration
Tor the necessities Of our interiors; let abandon to
'Inkefa such incentives TO mirthhe poor deyils re-
qpiTe something as relish TO their beer; we shall
lose nothing by the surrender: for my own part
cant fancy that they go well with the elegant deli
cate, flavor of fine wine" To do Sir Harry Justice
he was not beast.
The dinner went off pretty much in the same way
as dinners OF the kind generally do. But some cir
cumstances occurred OF TOO remarkable character
to pass without mention. II il true TINT with the
oXcepton of Nh MaxunIl thn,. - ~. -. -