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An inquiiition Of damages was taken
before the Sheriff between pa ties
whole names motives of delicacy for
bid US 10 reveal. The plaintiff is per.
ION not unknown to the literary world,
anc the defendant was Member Of the
lalt Parliament. The action arofs out
OF circumstances preceding and lubfe.
quent 10 the election Of the latter. The
plaintiff was enpbyed BY lin TO write the
paragraphs tor the newspapers, fqui5s,
iongs, sc. In the diicharge, of this
duty il appeared the plaintiff acquitted
hlmielf entirely TO the iatisfaaion Of the
defendant and his Committee. He
wrote iongs with frch ltiogs at The end
OF every verfe, that he adverle party
could icarcely keep their tempers at
hearing them chaanted before the hur
tings. He fuggeaed idea. for carrica-
tures, RATED and circulated fuch ifories
OF his patrons adverfary, and by the III.
dicroos exercife ofhis fancy placed him
in TO ridiculous light, that he was
even the laughing aock Of ,hoie who
from intereted motives voted il his fa
vor. While the election was proceed
ing, the defendant lavilhed his promifes
of remuneration with the volubility of a
Prime Minifer. The defendant ulli


mately obtained the victory, djbsd tbe
Court Candidate, was chaired, received
all The honors Of popular proceflion,
and gave grand dinner, which was
enlivened by the mirthful efuiions of
the plaintiffs prolific mule. When the
buhnefs was concluded, and the defen
dant had been fhaken by the hand by
the Speaker, the plaiotiff naturally
enough applied for that reward which
BIC thought was his due. He demanded,
for the whole of his trouble, including
the competition of the fpeeches which
the defendant delivered from the hur
tings at the clols of each days poll, the
fun of Ieol. This the defendant ablo.
lutely refufed to pay. He was content
ed he faid, 10 make him prefent of
zol. or 10, but as TO giving hun 1901.
The charge was .exirayagant. The
plaintiff inGlted upon the whole, and
brought the prefent aetion TO recover it.
The trial afforded good deal Of mirth.
The plaintiff produced letters of inaruc-
ton from the defsnd;.ut to him. in which
that enlightened fenator had made fuch
palpable mlfakes in the orthography of
alrHoR every word, that fchool boy Of
FIVE years old would have been hogged
for them. II appeared that the plain
tiff had taken an uncommon. deal of
pains in promoting the election of his
parliamentary hero, and afterwards
furniihed his brains with materials for
an orator. He had compoied his mai
den fpeech for him, the delivery OF
which in the Houfc Of Commons was
proved to have occupied an hour and
ten minutes. In lhort the plaintiff mott
satisfactorily made out his cafe and
the jury, without any heitation, gave
him verdid for the full amount of bis
demand.