h talismanic pen, commence my spells,--and
charge thee, in the name of courtiers' bows, of great men's promises, of
bribery oaths, of woman's smiles, and tears of residuary legatees--

"Appear!

"By thy favourite works,--thy darling sinking fund,--the blessings of
free-trade,--thy joint-stock companies,--the dread of Popery,--the
liberality of East India Directors, and the sincerity of West India
philanthropists--

"Descend!

"By the annual pageants--by the Lord Mayor's show, and reform in
parliament--by Burdett's democracy, and the first of April--by
explanations, and calls for papers--by Bartlemy fair, and the minister's
budget--

"Come!

"By lawyers' consultations, and Chancery delay--public meetings, and
public dinners,--loyal toasts, and `three times three'--lady
patronesses, and lords directors,--and by the decoy subscription of the
chair--

"Descend!

"By the _nolo episcopari_ of the Bishops--

"Come!

"By newspaper puffs, and newspaper reports,--by patent medicines, and
portable dressing-cases, wine-merchant's bottles, ne-plus-ultra
corkscrews,--H---t's corn, C---tt's maize, W---'s blacking, and W---'s
champagne--

"Appear!

"By thy professional followers, the fashionable tailors, hairdressers,
boot-makers, milliners, jewellers--all the auctioneers, and all the
bazaars--

"Come to my aid!

"By thy interested worshippers by shuffling W---e, by Z--- M---y, Lawyer
S---ns, W---m S---th, T---l B---n, Sir G---r McG---r, and Dom M---l--

"Appear!

"By thy talented votaries--

"Descend!

"Still heedless!--Then by the living B---m, and the shade of C---g,
come!

"Rebellious and wayward spirit! I tell thee, come thou must, whether
thou art at a council to wage a war in which thousands shall perish, or
upon the padding of a coat, by which, unpaid for, but one ninth part of
a man shall suffer--whether thou art forging the powerful artillery of
woman against unarmed man, and directing the fire from her eye, which,
like that of the Egyptian queen, shall lose an empire--or art just as
busy in the adjustment of the bustle [see note 1] of a lady's-maid--
appear thou must. There is one potent spell, one powerful name, which
shall force thee trembling to my presence.--Now--

"By all that is _contemptible_--

"By all his patriotism, his affection for the army and the navy--by his
flow of eloquence, and his strength of argument--by the correctness of
his statements, and the precision of his arithme