22 NOVEMBER 1834, Page 11

The exhortations of the Times to the people of England,

to suspend their exertions, and trust to the Duke of Wellington for Reform, remind us of a story in John Bull, where Habbakkuk Slyboots prevails on Jack just to hang himself for an instant, on the assurance that Sir Roger is at hand with a sharp knife, to cut him down. The simpleton was left to hang by Sir Roger, amidst the derision of Slyboots and Co. for his credulity.—Globe.