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"All that in woman is adored

In thy fair self I find--

For the whole sex can but afford

The handsome and the kind"

--SIR CHARLES SEDLEY

The question whether Mr Tyke should be appointed as salaried chaplain

to the hospital was an exciting topic to the Middleate heard it discussed in a way that threw ht on the power

exercised in the town by Mr Bulstrode The banker was evidently a

ruler, but there was an opposition party, and even a his supporters

there were some who allowed it to be seen that their support was a

coeneral

sches, and especially the casualties of trade, required you

to hold a candle to the devil

Mr Bulstrode's poas not due si a country banker,

who knew the financial secrets of s of their credit; it was fortified by a beneficence

that was at once ready and severe--ready to confer obligations, and