A Ltjcki, Compositor;—Jairies, Selby Lewis,,; formerly a London compositor, has ti|rned out to be. the rightful heir-at-law to • the Whaddon Hall Testates, in Buckinghamshire. !'The rents of these estates have, been, received by a' trustee under the Court' of Chancery since 1172, and the principal and interest are now nearly three millions sterling, .- Australian--'PoLiTicjANS^Ther'jni-posßsib|iity; -of .washing the ,h,lackamoor .white is, affirmed upon the autlidrity of a venerable proverb—r" 7 . '" ;/ " You may scrub, you,'niay scrape at the skjn as Will,, ji/;: ' . .;•-.., '.:". ' 7 . J-l; ".;■--> Butthe hue, of the Trigger wili; cliijg ;tp it stiU;" And;'it sefemseqiiailly impossible to transform berjbai'n''i6T,''6,ur'legislato^ tiu'ta kioeii /The coarseness and Vrulgarityi of their natures :ai;e:; innate, ingrained.arid ineradicable. Oth6r men improve 'J^itl^ /their itriproying ijircumstanbes, aiid , acquire some refinement of .feejing, courtesy of speech, acd grace or. dignity of 'mariner, fromthe well-bred^well-mannered and well-educated people they 'are thrown into contact with.. But the yaiesand the 0,: P.i Smiths retain their churlish dispositions and boorish language arid deportment from the begirinihg/to the end of the chapter. ',Iri vain^ .are. they priviieged to rub shouidei's with .gentlemen;, jjq-cvain .are they permitted to attach "honorable" to their names ; in vain are they allowed the run of a noble library, and favored with rare opportunities for remedying the evil consequences of their, negle.cted educations. The defects of their character are incurable j and the only use to which such persons can be applied is that of warnings, and of exaniples bf what all other public men should &vo\d.—-Australasian.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 196, 5 July 1870, Page 4
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247Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 196, 5 July 1870, Page 4
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