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They didn't appear, however; but, on the contry, the very same newspeper, which had been before so abusiff of Deuceace, was now loud in his praise.

It said:-- "A paragraph was inadvertently admitted into our paper of last week, most unjustly assailing the character of a gentleman of high birth and talents, the son of the exemplary E-rl of Cr-bs.

We repel, with scorn and indignation, the dastardly falsehoods of the malignant slanderer who vilified Mr.De--ce-ce, and beg to offer that gentleman the only reparation in our power for having thus tampered with his unsullied name.

We disbelieve the RUFFIAN and HIS STORY, and most sincerely regret that such a tale, or SUCH A WRITER, should ever have been brought forward to the readers of this paper." This was satisfactory, and no mistake: and much pleased we were at the denial of this conshentious editor.