Newspaper and public turned against the victim, scouted him, apologised for the--what should they be called ?--who were not only admitted into the most respectable society, but courted to come, the spots not merely of wine on their military clothes giving them a kind of poignancy.

But there is a God in heaven; the British glories are tarnished--Providence has never smiled on British arms since that case--oh! Balaklava! thy name interpreted is net of fishes, and well dost thou deserve that name.

How many a scarlet golden fish has of late perished in the mud amidst thee, cursing the genteel service, and the genteel leader which brought him to such a doom.
Whether the rage for gentility is most prevalent amongst the upper, middle, or lower classes it is difficult to say; the priest in the text seems to think that it is exhibited in the most decided manner in the middle class; it is the writer's opinion, however, that in no class is it more strongly developed than in the lower: what they call being well born goes a great way amongst them, but the possession of money much farther, whence Mr.Flamson's influence over them.

Their rage against, and scorn for, any person who by his courage and talents has advanced himself in life, and still remains poor, are indescribable; "he is no better than ourselves," they say, "why should he be above us ?"--for they have no conception that anybody has a right to ascendency over themselves except by birth or money.

This feeling amongst the vulgar has been, to a certain extent, the bane of the two services, naval and military.