A Hundred Years Ago
Tne " Seec-rAzoa," JANUARY 14ra, 1832.
PRESENTS TO PUBLIC SERVANTS.
Presents to public servants seem to be getting into fashion. 'rho band of the Dublin theatre have presented their leader, Mr. W. Penmen, with an elegant chased snuff-box, " as a token of respect ; " and Captain Polhill, of Drury Lane, has presented Mr. Wallack, his stage manager, with a handsome silver salver, " as a testimony of his esteem. .We admire these tokens and testimonies exceedingly. As we have a numerous company to manage, and a band to lead which is by no means easily kept either to tune or time,—and as, by their joint acknowledgment, our labours and success are equally meri- torious and remarkable,—we entertain a certain hope that a snuffbox or two and half a dozen of handsome silver salvers will make their way some fine morning during the ensuing session to No. 9 [Wellington Street]. We will write the address ourselves.
HIBERNIAN FLIGHT.
A case was about to be tried on Wednesday at the Old Bailey, but was stopped from the incapaciV of the prosecutor to spell his '
own name, Duigman." Mr. Charles Phillips was counsel for the prisoner. After a considerable discussion, the Judge, Mr. Sergeant Arabin, said—" Well, then, we must have a fresh indictment ; but I hope that the Irishmen will in future learn how to spell their names properly." To which Mr. Phillips responded—" And, my Lord, I hope that in future, those who have taken everything from the Irish will find schools and provide teachers to instruct them." What may be the amount of Mr. Charles Phillips's losses by that; wholesale plunderer Saxon England ?
• APPLES.
On Tuesday last, eight apples, called Roundtops, measuring from two to three inches in circumference, were gathered from @ tree all Adber, near Marston, Somerset.
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