to do so, as I fancied I heard the voice of someone within a short
distance of the top of the chimney; we both listened, and heard
someone faintly say, "For God's sake, take the chimney pot off, or I
shall be suffocated." With some difficulty we tore away the mortar,
and, having removed the pot, we beheld the poor boy Arnold, who kept
crying out, "Oh! pull me up, pull me up!" My friend then thrust down
his arm, and, laying hold of the little sufferer, succeeded in
extricating him from his perilous situation.

Mr. Rawlinson: Was the chimney, at the time, still on fire?

Complainant: It was, Sir.

Mr. Rawlinson: In what condition did the boy seem when lifted out of
the chimney?

Complainant: He seemed almost in a lifeless state, and when carrying
him in my arms downstairs, I was fearful he would not recover. After
the lapse of a little time, I gave him a small quantity of brandy,
and he, in a great measure, revived; Riddle then took hold of him,
and leading him to the roof of the house, insisted upon his
descending from the top to the bottom of the chimney, which he did,
and he and Riddle then left the place.

Mr. Rawlinson (to Riddle): What answer have you to make for
ill-treating this poor boy in so shameful a manner?

Riddle: The boy is not an apprentice, and he was not sent up the
chimney until a quantity of water had been thrown down.

Mr. Rawlinson, after remarking upon the atrocious nature of the
offence, ordered Riddle to find bail to answer the charge at the
Sessions; at the same time expressing a hope that a severe example
would be made of him.

From 1838 to 1841, there was exhibiting in London a famous lion tamer
named Van Amburgh, and, in January, 1839, the Queen went to Drury Lane
Theatre to witness his performance, with which she was so pleased, that
she commissioned Sir Edwin Landseer to paint a picture of Van Amburgh and
his lions, which was exhibited in 1839, and is now in the Royal
Collection at Osborne. If I am not very much mistaken there is another,
by the same artist, of the same subject, in the Duke of Wellington's town
mansion, at Apsley House.

We can see how long it takes to carry out well-known and wanted
improvements--take the Thames Embankment for example. Originally
suggested by Wren after the great fire of London in 1666, and afterwards
by William Paterson, the founder of t