The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1858-01-15

the streets, while the ranks of trade are open
/ 10 him. Neither need reflective law-retDrntr
retire with his ponderous tones 10 some errmit-
/ ica and Inaccessible nook IN the innermost OF
all Inner Temples, there 10 perfect principles
which, when forced upon the world, shall pro-
mote the greatest happiness ofthe greatest num-
bpr, while the ranks Of trade are open to hlm.
Christian rrclnse, student o! the world, aud
ardent Bsnthamltr, NAV all take their places
behind the glass of my counting g-house-door, and
! find their time not unprohIahIy expended.
The greatest dilIc uIty that labor under is
/ infants-sturdv infants. They briSile up in
every other page ofmy costly ledger costly,
call it, because il is nearly all got for my ten
! thouSa nd ponnds;1 they ATE more costly uGdrr
/ thu head Of Cambridge than London aud more
/ fruitful under the head of Oxford than Cam
bridge Physically they seem to hr very fine
family of robust, responsible young men legal
I ~ they are held To be weak, and irr-Sp SponSibl-
idiots. EiSuaIlv they stand before
race of pa lpable, mou>taChrd, solid giants: bat
wh~n try TO touch them with the strong arm
the Iav, like the Spectrrs Ofthr BroCkrn they
melt into thin air, aud the strong arm ni The
law becomes strangely paraIyz~d. Young Lord
Mrtthrr Tvdv is fair avrrage specimen OF
The. infant drbtor. LIT him SIT for hts portrait
under two phasrs,-out OF court and ia court.
+ Out Of court then. he rides find hIgh-sPlrIted
horse, which h. managrs with the and
grace OF an old parIctan horSeman. IN the
cricket-fi-ld he bats Ike young Hrrcul-S,
and bowls with the vrioCity Of a caIapult. On
/ the river ii is sight to see him pull the stroke
oar against wind and tide and he is the reverse
of contemplate whrn he puts on the gloves
with barg-man ofthr Cam. H wrpStlrs and
DOES the hacklall better than any man 10 all
IilyrIa. His az" is twenty years and nine
months. His muscles are we'll set, aud he
looks older He handles skilful cue at the
bdIiard-tablr, and makes an occasional bet upon
/ horsrracts with good deal ofludgmrnt. IN
lrIIrCtuaIy hr seems 10 know pretty we'll what
( he is about. | don't think his name is across
anv accommodation bills, but what he has re-
celvrd half the cash for. As 10 The amuscments
and vices of the metropolis, he Is one oi the best
judges of them in town, and acts as mentor
TO many other infants. His taste in wine Is
considered good, and his verdict on the merits
! Of a new ballet-dancpr is held TO be final.
! In court. Lord MrIthyr presents very differ
eat appearance. That collar, which used 10
stand up with such unbending parchment-like
stiffness, the admiration and envy of PiccadiI
Iy, is now, in the eyes OF the law, turned down
over each shoulder with intantine grace, and
fastened with a ribbon of mos: becoming
simplicity. That Chesterfield, poncho, sack,
outer-garmrnt, coat, cloak, or whatever 1t is
ca He'd, which had such mature, distinguished,
TattersaIl, club-Iike air in Regent Street and
I HYDE Park, is now, in the eyes Of the law,
converted into a juvenile pinaiore, iaStrnrd
round the waist With schooIboy's belt, and
conierring on its wearer the rnuch-coveied gift
Of perpetual youth. That embroidered cigar
case -suspicions gift-fIIed with the choicrst
products Of Havana, at costly prices, vanshes,
IN the eye OF the law, or becomes transformed
into box Of sweetmpats, PROVIDED by the
thoughtful care Of a mother or sister That
onyx-handlrd bamboo cane, which taps thu
neatrsl Of boots on the lounge in Rotten Row,
is now, in The eyes oi the law, mere rounder
stick, or an implement used in guiding a hoop.
Those rooms in Jermyn Street, decorated
with pictures in the Chastest taste, and Uttered
with boxing gloves, broken gpes, and cham
pagne cnrks, are, ia the eyes Of the law, The
cradle of a chd-a child who possesses char
med life, nvuInerable to the shafts Of the hate
iul sheriff. Poor, young, innocent, neglected
infant nobltman type OF some hundreds OF
children that find upon my books, or rather
the books ofihr late John Smirker, nv predr-
cpssor-wh+n hear that thy ariStocratic father
Earl Mprhyr TydviI, is in Italy wnh-no
matter, will not dwell upon the painful sub
ect, and that the paernal acres are safely lodged
n dingy Office in Lincon's Inn Fields, feel
sense Of pity for thee springIng up in my
Snobbi$h, tradpSman'S heart. | have fed thee,
and have clothed thee, and look upon thee
as my own. Even If the law dId not throw IFS
protecting shield before thee, | would not touch
hair of thy patrician, infant head although
thy ingratitudr were len times greater than il
is. am not unreasonable, and can make allow
ance for the feelings ofa boy whose ancestors
were descended from the earliest Norman>
do not ask for positive affection, but only for a
slight diminution of contempt. Spoiled child
of trade, and chosen one of law, let thy com
mercial father know thy wants and wishes,
and he is content.
But Shadrach, junior, when you stand up in
court, pleading infancy with all the childish
grace of an ISrarlIte that knows no guile, am
amused at so clever an adaptation of Christian
customs, but am astonished at the learned
creduEity of the Brnch. II is true that your
people have no registry of baptism, and every
thing, therefore, d''pends upon your own asser-
tioa but have known you so many years a.
bou, town. have watched your fully drTelop-
I'd frame standing out prominently in most Fla-
ces Of public resort l have witnessed your
intellectual kRenneSS in places where keenneSs
was no rare quality, that, in my eyes, your back
IS beginning to bend. and your hair becoming
siv-rrd with geay, s0d marvel much that
pateinaI Law gathers goa as trusting, trusted
innocent in the folds of its shplterng arms.
There are many octogenarian debtors upon my
books. or rather the books of the late John SmiI-