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and uttering maledictions upon the penneE of the article, like the lordly lion lashlng him- self into fury by the blows he gives his sides with his tail. Afier waiting about five min- utes, he heard gruff and thick voice in the passage inquire, " Where's the man that wants me ?' and presently the door was flung open, and in walked Mir. John Shackell, the ostensible editor and publisher of the pa- per, who was employed to stand as Q brazen shield between the angry public and MT. The. odore Hook. When libel case was decided against the paper, MT. Shackell went to pris- on, and the proprietors paid the fine, allowed him three guineas week to make him com- fortable in the Kings Bench. On the pres ent occasion, he was attired in a rough great coat, like a bears skin, with corduroy tights and top-boots, with low-crowned & slouch- ed hat, with a belcher cravat tied loosely round his neck, and loaded hunting whip of formidable dimensions in his hand, which, when administered by a colossus like himself would have been the death of any ordinary mortal. "Well, sir" said he, addressing our expectant friend, "what might be your busi- ness with me, pray, eh?' "Why, sir, }" in- quired our friend in his turn, taken rather a. back at the strange representative of the wit ty, satirical, ironical and wicked "Bull, '' "are you the editor of the paper 2" "Yes, be, at your sarvice, sir,'' was the response, ac- companied with significant tap of his boot with his huge horse-whip. "Well, sir" an- swered MT. l.. "I had the honor of calling here, to--to-to-oh! ah! to request you would have the kindness to have my name put upon your list of subscribers-andI I have tho pleasure of wishing you very good mor- ming" "Sarvant sir, sarvant sir, and kindly obliged for all favors"-and as the door turn ed upon the retiring form of Mir. L., Shackell grinned, and exclaimed, "Done the swell neatly, by crikey !"-Mirror.