ROYAL LADY'S LADY'S MAGAZINE. A FINE LINE ENGRAVING, BY C. ROLLS, FROM A PAINTING BY R. WESTALL, R. A. A COLOURED SPECIMEN OF THE TULIP, CALLED PANDORA, IN THE COLLECTION A COLOURED SPECIMEN OF THE HEART's-ease, CALLED AJAX.“ Contents. Page 1 TO CORRESPONDENTS. Our readers ought to know that, through one of those combinations which disgrace the working classes of England, we, among others, have been deprived of our intended plate for the new series, the journeymen copper-plate printers having struck for wages; and the most liberal and respectable masters literally left without hands to execute their orders. We trust that the apology and our pledge to supply the omission in our next number will be sufficient. We are much obliged to H. H. for the offer of gratuitous services, but we have found them so dear in general, that we prefer H. H. to name a price. We once had to pay a young lady £25 for friendly assistance, after earning £25 ourselves in correcting her trash; and a Brighton correspondent was too deep for us after the same fashion. The mercenary old German brute, who with one foot in the grave, nevertheless did all he could to ruin a struggling family, will never live to enjoy the fruits of his extortion. "Poor Jack" cost £35, but then he was sold by a gentleman. The lady's tears at parting with him were, however, worth two-thirds of the money, and poor Jack was surely worth the rest. We have no doubt of a single fact mentioned in the complaint against Mr. Cheesman, but the writer will see that it would subject us to an action for libel; and as he seems fond of law, and has a very handy coadjutor, we should have short work of it.—Leave the man to his own reflections. The young lady who was riding about Windsor, is a poetess, as she calls herself, and although her vanity is like her wants, without bounds, her acquaintance indulge it. In the literary world, she is peculiarly what Romeo Coates was in the Drama: those who have seen him die a second time, while thunders of applause rattled the house almost about his ears, can imagine the kind of applause which the young lady appreciates. If A has employed B above a year to serve hats or coats, or any thing else, at four guineas each; takes two a month and closes the account; and, after a lapse, employs him again, and nothing to the contrary is mentioned, there can be no doubt that the contract goes on at the same price. But if B happen to be a scoundrel, and chooses to extort half as much again, we do not know how A is to help himself. Our correspondent therefore, has, in our opinion, acted wisely in submitting to the extortion he mentions. |