The Mysteries of London; or, Lights and Shadows of London Life — page 174: what you’re looking at

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_—_— oe ee 168 to the contrary, he generally closes his argument in the emphatic words of a certain poet of the day, and affirms : ** Chance can do nothing. There’s no turn of earth, No, not the blowing of a summer’s wind, Or the unstable sailing of a cloud, But hath a will that orders it.” > A Parthian glance at some of the minor charactors _ who have figured in our fleeting pages, and the story they record has reached its termination, The astute Mr. Parkins is still in America, hopefully engaged in promoting one of the vast schemes that at the present moment may be said tooceupy the attention of the transatlantic republic. From some remote cause _ however, they had not discovered the precise bent of his genius, and he was ignominiously reduced, from the exhaustion of his funds, to accept a small pit- tance as a ticket-collector on one of the newly- _ formed lines of railway. Under the direction of John Oliver, who behaved - throughout the voyage with a firmness that showed his energy of character, and a kindness that evinced his discretion in using it, Saunders and the rest of the men who formed a portion of the coiner’s gang are working their way to ease and opulence in Aus- tralia, Jarvis alone, irritated by the restraints that were imposed upon him, demurred to the authority under which he was placed; and being detected in an attempt to regain his liberty by assassinating Saun- ders, who kept constant watch and ward over him, he was tried, found guilty, and sent to one of the penal _ gettlements, where he is now expiating his past atro- cities. The emigrants that were sent out at the same time by the assistance and judicious liberality of Bar- - rington, are all thriving in the colony, and the last account received from Oliver, who regularly transmits - a report of their circumstances, gaye encouraging hopes that many hundreds of poor creatures, who | would otherwise have perished in the streets, or been _ driven to the workhouse, were now in a permanently favourable position, and that their relations might soon join them with advantage to all parties. Bazzini died in the hospital, as we have already in- timated, from the effect of the injuries he sustained in the fire. The tortures he endured had, however, wrung from him a full disclosure of the iniquities he had practised during his life, and his death proved the means of unravelling the dark web which he had cast from time to time about his victims. The brutal padrone was not long without receiving the retribu- tion he so justly merited, An act of barbarous cruelty inflicted upon one of the organ-boys brought him before the notice of a police magistrate, and having undergone his trial at the Old Bailey, Borelli was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment and hard labour, a portion of which sentence he is still engaged in working out. Of Caleb Crummins and his literary friend Mr, Bookers there is little to be said. They still pursue the even tenor of their life in amity together, and are TUE MYSTERIES OF LONDON. Se Ne RR RE A Vea eeu ll LC LL LLL LLL ON adduces some of the incidents in his own lie asa proof often met about the suburbs taking short excursions to some favourite haunt a little distance from tewn. They are well known as frequenters of quiet inn | parlours, and are held much in esteem by the land- j lords thereof, since the regularity of their visits has been the cause of attracting many to the rooms for the sake of hearing the peculiar discourse of the eccentric librarian. dread of bailiffs, and is frequently encountered § at a rapid rate down back courts and that furnish him with the means of vation, that he might have invited in his along the great thoroughfares. We baaveha the present time waiting for something to “turn up;” © and until that anxiously-looked-for event takes place, he is compelled to have recourse to sandry embar- rassing shifts and expedients to scramble throngh each succeeding day. of Madame Duchard, has become the forewoman of a cheap millinery establishment that works for one of the advertising tailors. Here her criticising fault finding propensities have full scope for their’ development; and accordingly she is to be a desperate tyrant to those beneath her in posi-, tion, and, as is generally the case, a crit phantic menial to those in authority in the double capacity of tiger and pa — SEERA > Mr, Luke Sharp is still suffering from an intense is at Miss Crump, having seceded from the establishment ‘and’ Dick has got into a comfortable situation, whicl Mr, Jefferson procured for him, and is now officiating with which he is domesticated. © } : of diet, and the free access that Dick has erat the larder at all hours, have resulted in making ‘his dress too tight for him to be worn without in nience, and he is therefore perpetually bursting of buttons, to the amusement and emolument of the li boys who follow him on his morning walks, and make — lawful prizes of the fugitive ornaments that he 80 liberally scatters on his way. Bob Chuckers is getting on “ famously,” as he calls it; and the business, to which he has become quite a devotee, is thriving in consequence. Mr, Grigg has excelled himself in the production of rainbow- | labels; and if a tradition whispered in the neighb hood may be relied upon, this kind of | is generally received by Mr, Chuckers in in payment « rent. As for Mr. Winkins, weare happy te announe that he had been singing so. : at the tavern | which he used to patronise with the betwee vocal capabilities, that it is said he was in a fairway of fascinating the proprietress, and the last, time we heard of him he had married the widow. ‘Latterly, Chuckers has been noticed to remain more at home than usual, and those who have passed his do witbin the last week or {wo, have declared tha t merry-hearted Bob was frequently visible in the I , back parlour, smoking his meerschaum in t enjoyment of matrimonial felicity, with one ing on the ledge of che clininay-plien eo wi port Se cane! patience and peteveraet roeking a =F os Gomichook co