19. Now there came forth with him, a certain of the Pharisees, whose name was as the name of a tinkling cymbal,* who had also murmured against the man Thomas, toiling continually for his dispeace :

20. Who had exalted himself among the enemies of the Temple, when they were gathered together in a great multitude to do battle against it, even against the tower thereof, which is to the west:+

21. That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the man Daniel, who was not a prophet, saying, the daughter of Babylon shall prevail over every daughter of the land:

22. Albeit he sat in the Sanhedrim to declare the laws thereof, clothed in wisdom as in a garment, having on his head the likeness of an howlet's nest.

23. But who yet said, I am not a servant of the Sanhedrim for how can wisdom be bought as with a price?

24. Also a certain of the Priests, whose name was as the name of the dwellers in a far country;

25. Very fair and comely to the eye; of whom many said, his ways have been ways of pleasantness even till this time; 26. But some said, hath he not dwelt in Golgotha, which is the place of skulls.§

27. Also the man James,|| of whom it was written, he planteth a vineyard, and straightway preventeth the increase.

28. Also a certain of the Elders, whose name was as the Pharisees, but who had eschewed their faith from his youth up.

29. Also certain others which had no names.

CHAPTER II.

1. But when the man Thomas looked upon the man John,

* Robert Bell, Esq. Procurator for the Church.

The Irish Church.

In allusion to his taste for phrenology.

Professor Welsh.
Lord Moncrieff.

Robert Whigham, Esq. Advocate.

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12. But to him whose name was as the name of the Pharisees, he said nothing, but let him go.*

13. And all who heard him laid to heart the things which he proclaimed to them, saying, this man hath been as a watchman during the night, and behold, when it is day, he discomfitteth the adversary face to face.

14. So they cleaved unto him more and more.

15. Then he who sat in the Sanhedrim,+ to declare the laws thereof, girt up his loins and said, I will also make a proclamation.

16. So he proclaimed many things of meat-offerings; saying, we have known nothing of them, but have fasted after the manner of the Pharisees; neither at any time have our hearts within us been glad with wine.

17. But the people said, what is this, that we should hearken unto it? He speaketh not of the Temple and the tribute, but of the morning and the evening feast.

18. And many said, why should he strive in any wise with the man Thomas, whose stature is more than the stature of the sons of men?

19. But others said, he striveth not with him; but only nibbleth at the hem of his raiment :

20. So their hearts were filled with laughter, even as at a pleasant saying of the man Peter, when he lifteth up his voice in the Court of the Sanhedrim.

21. But they which came forth with the man John, and which had no names, when they had heard the proclamation of him who sat in the Sanhedrim, and saw that it proclaimed nothing, arose and said, we also will make a proclamation.

22. And the people said, this is a weariness; nevertheless, let us hearken unto them ;

23. But when they heard them, they said, Lo, here is a great mystery;

* Robert Whigham, Esq. Advocate.

†The Procurator for the Church.

Patrick Robertson, Esq. Advocate.

24. For these men have said we are not Pharisees, nor the sons of Pharisees;

25. Yet have they reviled the man Caiphas, for that he is not a Pharisee, and hath lifted up his voice for the Temple and the tribute before all the people.

26. But while they yet spake, behold, on the face of the proclamation, as it were a written scroll:

27. These were the words which therein were written, 28. Let there be an end of all proclamations, for the man John hath turned and fled; even into the city which is in the kingdom beyond Jordan;

29. There the Pharisees have founded a refuge for him, for that their faith is an abomination unto him, neither have they at any time taken counsel together of the Temple or of the Testimony.

30. And the people said, this is a mystery of mysteries; even above all the mysteries of the man John, and all the writing which is on his raiment.

31. So there was no more any proclamations, and they returned every man to his own house.

V.

FATAL EFFECTS OF GASTRONOMY INSCRIBED TO TRADING LAWYERS.

The two interesting gastronomical anecdotes are worthy of especial notice, as shewing what important consequences may arise from the gratification of one's appetite. Both are taken from that valuable journal entitled the Carlton Chronicle.

I. TALE OF A WOODCOCK.

How trifling a matter makes or mars a man's fortune,-if a woodcock had not been so delicious, an accomplished Jurisconsult of the North might have been, if not a Colonial Judge, at least a commissioner in some of those innumerable

Whig jobs with which our present rulers at once gull the people and fill the pockets of their adherents. Listen! ye aspirants to office, to what shall be unfolden to you, and learn to chasten your appetites."

A Whig functionary, of no small influence, who at present represents the Privy Council of Scotland, and the Town Council of Leith, and who is more eminent for a knowledge of Eating than of Erskine, was accustomed, while resident in Modern Athens, now and then to assemble his hangers-on at his hospitable board. There, at stated intervals, assembled the Whig innocents of the Parliament House, who sung pæans in honour of the Magdalene-admiring Premier, the Cupid of Protocols, the " utensil," as he has recently styled himself, but who is better known as "the widow's mite," and last, though not least, the Scotish Apicius, the giver of the banquet.

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Once on a time our mercurial friend was invited to dine with the right honourable gentleman, and, with visions of preferment before him, he accepted the invitation. A choice repast awaited him,—such a one as even the gorge-ous Warrender might have patronised. The unsophisticated youth beheld, with rapture, the rich viands presented to his astonished gaze, his spirits rose, and so did his appetiteevery thing was couleur de rose. Two courses were removed, a third came in, and with it-oh! ye Gods-a plump and juicy woodcock, trail and all. What a sight for a philosopher? The dainty was nicely cut up and handed round,— the wily Whigs, who were "up to trap," bowed a negative to the powdered menial who presented the offering,-one or two, less collected than the rest, took small portions of the proffered delicacy, so that by the time it reached our excited Liberal, the best part of it remained, and the entire trail! People may talk as they like of the temptations of Hercules, but was he ever tempted with a woodcock and trail ? If he could resist such fascination, then, but not till then, might he truly be called a hero. The unfortunate young man—like