What Everybody Says.

Thames Star, Volume III, Issue 1688, 1 June 1874, Page 2

What Everybody Says.

" In multitude of counsellors there is lafety — Old Provkeb.

There has been another holiday~will they never ceaso—and consequently leas than ever to say about everybody. Somebody has been writing about white belltoppers, with unkind references to sharebrokers. Safe the mark. ' Brokers are not "as thick as leaves in Valambrosa ; " but they' do "not appear 'to take " Corner's " disquisition on wliite belitoppers to themselves, while some cf the - smaller fryiook'upon it as a personal attack. With their usual discrimination they fit the chapeauupon their own heads and wear it, but it would be -much more pleasing to see the same small fry disporting themselves in wlute.bell-toppsra: it *m>uid !bVla sure' indication that the good times so long promised had corae. "Corner" eyMenfly doesn't visit the" corner very frequently or he would have seen that his inferences or deductions or ■ what-you-inay-call-'ems were wrong. The business won't run it just now, and "Corner" was exceedingly unkind to' make such invidious remarks about !a much-maligned class, who do all they can to keep up the credit of the Thames, and their bw^n rin|particular,'% requiring an." entrance fee of five guineas as a qualifi-f cation for admission to their honorable" 'guild, 1 and^cfr3ajn( personalHca^bilfies besides To the tune of the King of Jth'e Cannibal Islands they now sing < .

For Bvight;Smileiii<jw-iir^aH the go, And Old Whaus haw gono down you know j ! Whilis CuleHoniac-s are so so •f* ■ $Mo.ng3t tlijar brpker^at the Oiruer; ''' Exchange dv fch'o market soon "will telf; ! „ A'iti Bird in Hand you Jong since knew ; I Was worth tw#,.Jn,..the bush—'tis perfectly ' trvip. '■■ j An<l (he Wa:o-laraka claims will do ■ .j^i^ F<>r,thp, J brokera;afcjthd|C(Mf^i.. ; .- The holiday and the weather at the beginning of the,.week seriously interfered with ordinary business, and.asbefore remarked, causedalamentablewantofinci.;den<t&ofthekind for eyerylibdy,to discourse upon. At the holiday loyalty was in the ascendant, butvthle,weather had a dowikward tendency—especially the raini; it put a damper on the loyalty, which 5' ;W,owld(;haTe 4 beeii; more''conspicuous had the weather been less troublesome;" i EKery,b.pdy;imissedvthe gallant major at the volunteer "display. His sonorouV Toice and gorgeous^ sjtaff uniform were equally necessary at the pageant to make it a success; and when the customary ex-' pendjtufe ofipow3er-had:been indulged in, it struck one as being a remarkable oversight orifthe parfcoflthe Government th^t' such useful articles as umbrellas had not been provided for our volunteers as apart The Defence Department should really see to this; and not' require that men shall expose themselves to wind and ruin without fa'dequaterfprotection. * ■ Shakesperesays^hat In this 1 world man plays-many parts';- and of all men governors of colonies seem to play the moßt. parts.;_ One night! president of a Bible Society 3 meeting—the-'next, ' doing tb!e honorsj at a , birthday bal 1. To #11 both •these parta^ neatly 1-must require great tact. But oar present Governor seems 'equal; to the; becafiiiihi and whether as ; chairman. or host he „ appears^ equally isat home. If !h& couldn't tolerate the. ; twaddle of countryymayors it must be a great trial qf his endurance to preside at prayer riieetings.' "The present Governor, however, seems to prefer appearing *ih the latter position.

The Borough Council has not earned & reputation for loyalty. On Monday last, ' when everybody that could was holiday^ making thfe laborers, of the Council were working. 'N& holiday could be %iven them. It may have been from motives 6f economy—ppssiblyr from; necessity; biit 'the-fact;remains.* ' While other loyal subjects were_ trying rto enjoy themselvefe, ■the Council's'wfifking- men were busily,, probing blind drains which led to nowhere, and exploring; the inlet and" outlet of culverts 6rdoubtful usefulness in a sanitary point of view. The working may,have.beeirusefiil from.^an economical point' of Tiewi^whilff 1 its' expediency may perhaps be questioned by soirie who think, the local government should set an. example of "|oy|lfji:# the s \, \ *; a Itf tfie" matter 6f loyal y 1 how is it that no attempt has been jtade at rejoicing in.th»;Duk ; e f ,o| Edinburgh's v marriage; WKenhis eider Brother took unto | Jiin^self a : .wife,,.ttie of^| Ibyalty '"and rojoiding " were generll ,ihroughout,*h r os colony.,.,,iNp.yr the sailor; Prince ha^^tyrTarried ho" bn§ Veems to care a bit. Iri; the,ff i r.a| r .in^«|ce the Prince was a comparative stranger; but the Duke so. le^enjtly;imated has been 4 amongst us arid male "himself as>populir and familv«r ; va«? T a^Jßoyafc^^uke could be 'expected doV * "The" neglect f^T 018 * S^i Jfeii deolipe "In loyal ebul-^ htion of feeing, arid is only to be, accounted for. by reflection that tHeDuke, being now married and done for, has ceased to possess any interest for the fair sex in the colonies. The ladies being somewhat disappoiated have'not ex-, ercised that pote,n[^ influence on society which generally finds a vent in manifestations of a decided character. |S,: ;

A ; decided case of' • -self" has arisen out of what was at first intended to be a loan, and the, person sold is-also the buyer. A citizen whose business conlists in making advances, of money to persona in temporary embarrassments, taking as security any description of personal effects which can easily he transferred to his shelves after being duly ticketed, in a weak monunt was induced, to lend a considerable mm of money on the stock in trade of a cabman, which consisted of a shakey cab and, a horse somewhat the worse for wear This security could not bo conveniently laid up on musty shelves amongst ladies' attire and other ordinary pledgee of*affec»

tion left with mine uncle; »o it was arranged that the borrower of the money should continue to ply his vocation and hia one-horse shay, paying interest for the loan at the rato of half-a-cr ,wn in the pound per month—tweire and a half per cent, per month, or one hundred and fifty .per cent', per annum. Of course in these dull times no cabman on the Thames could stand against such a rate of interest, and the one who had agreed to do it basely deserted' the place—-hooked it—leaving mine uucle with the cab and horse and fixings^ Some ' people: would imagine that the obliging money-lender, would have found himself in,a quandary —in the possession of a white elephapt; but no; he is a man of. unlimited resources, and it is said,, that, he-intends. goinn on- the stand and" combihfng the business of. cab -driver; withrthat:!of a public benefactor in another line, whose occupation is indicated-by the three-balls over the front door. • -