"Fox for ever!" was the reply." Sir, you are intoxicated," said the grave man." Fox for ever reiterated the buck. The grave man now began to be irritated: "d-n me,' said he, "but I wish you were at Calais."" ] am half seas over, already," replied the other. The grave man now rose with an air of the utmost self-importance :" Sir," said he, "you have offended the ladies and gentlemen round me, and I insist on your asking pardon.""Ladies and gentlemen round me," said the buck, with a bright effusion of good humor emanating from his eyes, "If I have offended you, I ask pardon; but as for this vinegar-faced curmudgeon, (looking at the grave man with ineffable contempt) remember I make no apology to him-so, Fox for ever! and let me see if he will follow me out." Having said this, he withdrew; but the grave man little expecting such a rebuff, chose rather to stay quietly till the conclusion of the piece, than to accompany his an tagonist out of the house.

Mr. Fox, in his canvass, having accosted a blunt tradesman, whom he solicited for his vote, the man answered, "I cannot give you my support; I admire your abilities, but d-n your principles." Mr. Fox replied, "My friend, I applaud you for your sincerity, but d-n your

manners."

One day towards the conclusion of the poll, a quaker stepped forward to the hustings, being asked the usual question: whom do you poll

for replied "for the man who calleth him self Lord Hood, and also for the man who calleth himself Sir Cecil Wray." Another friend soon afterwards voted: For the man who is called the Man of the People."

When the ferment occasioned by this election was at its greatest height, a carpenter in Petty France, who had been greatly emaciated by a nervous fever, was attended by a physi cian well known for his strenuous exertions on the side of the ministerial party. During the doctor's visits, the patient's wife, not knowing the attachments of that gentleman, often expressed her regret that her husband could not get up to vote for Mr. Fox. Toward the latter end of the poll, when every method was employed on both sides to procure sufferages, the doc tor calling one morning on his patient, to his great astonishment found him up, and almost dressed with the assistance of the nurse. "Heyday! what is the cause of this?" exclaimed the doctor. "Why would you get out of bed without my leave?""Dear Sir," replied the carpenter in broken accents, "I am going to poll." "To poll!" rejoined the doctor with great warmth, supposing him of the same opinion as his spouse, 66 going to the devil, you mean; do you know that the cold air would infallibly destroy you? Get to bed, man, get to bed as fast as you can, or immediate death may ensue.". "If that is the case, Sir" returned the patient, "to be sure I must do as you advise

me; but, I thought, while my wife was out,te take the opportunity to go to the hustings and vote for my friend Sir Cecil Wray."-" How! what! for Sir Cecil ?"" Yes Sir, I have some reason to wish him well."-" Have you?" cried the medical politician. "Hold, nurse, don't pull off his stockings yet. Let me feel his pulse.-Very well!-a good firm stroke.-Egad this will do. You took the pills I ordered you last night?" "Yes, but they made me very sick."-Aye, SO much the better. How did your master sleep, nurse ?". "Oh charmingly, Sir."-"Did he ?Well, if his mind be uneasy about the election, he must be indulged. The body when diseased is prodigiously affected by uneasiness of the mind. Come; tis a fine day; throw a great coat about him, and the sooner he goes the better. Here, lift him up, a ride will do him good, and so he shall go to the hustings in my charriot." The doctor was obeyed: the carpenter voted for Sir Cecil, and actually gave up the ghost two hours after his medical friend had left him at his own house.

On the day of Mr. Fox's triumph there was a cabinet dinner, during which the persons present conversed on the subject of the splendid procession which took place when he was chaired, one of the company expressed his wonder where the people had procured such an immense number of foxes' tails. "That is by no means to be wondered at," replied Mr. Pitt, "this has been a good sporting year, and more foxes has been destroyed than in former sea

any

son-I think upon an average there has been at least one Fox run down at every borough in the kingdom."

Notwithstanding the majority which appeared in favour of Mr. Fox, a scrutiny was demanded and obtained in favour of the unsuccessful candidate. The high-bailiff refused to return the victorious one, he was afterwards prosecuted, and paid damages to the amount of two thousand pounds. In the mean time that officer, assisted first by Mr. Hargrave, and then by Mr. Murphy, as his assessor, commenced his laborious research on the 16th of June. After a long, tedious struggle, attended with enormous expence, which was defrayed by the great aristocratic families in the interest of Mr. Fox, that gentleman, who had been returned for a district of Scotch boroughs, Dornac, Tain, Dingwall, Wick, and Kirwall, was declared duly elected,

The inveteracy of the court party against Mr. Fox, at this period, may be collected from the following incident. At a ball given in the month of June by the French embassador, Lord Mountmorris had in vain canvassed the room for a partner. Not one lady of fortune was disengaged. He begged Miss Vernon to interfere and to procure him the honour of a lady's hand for the country dance. Miss Vernon said she would exert her interest, and in a few minutes she introduced him to a very elegant young la dy, with whom the noble lord danced for a considerable time, when, at one of the side-boards, a gentleman came up to him, and said: Pray, my

lord, do you know the lady with whom you are dancing?"-"No," replied he, "pray who is she?""Coalitions," answered the gentleman, "will never end. Why it is Miss Fox, the niece of Charles, and sister of Lord Holland." The noble lord was thunderstruck. If Pitt should see him, he was undone. He ran up to Miss Vernon, and exclaimed: "In the name of heaven, how could you introduce me to Miss Fox ?" The lady drew him aside, and with a significant hist, whispered in his ear, "that it was true she was Mr. Fox's niece, but she could not think she had acted improperly in introducing his lordship to her, for she had twenty thousand pounds to her fortune."

At the beginning of September, 1784, Col. Fox, as the representative of Lord Holland, paid into the Bank for the use of government, 46,000l. This payment was made by a bill on the house of Drummond. The reason why this balance was paid by the Colonel and not by his elder brother Charles was, that the latter would not administer from motives of delicacy, because he had engaged himself so deeply in politics.

The following fact, which occurred about this time, furnishes a striking illustration of the liberality of Mr. Fox's mind.-A gentleman, high in the confidence of administration, was detected in a situation, the exposure of which would have degraded him from his species, and driven him into obscurity. The matter was mentioned to Mr. Fox, and his advice was asked wheth