Gloss'em declared the piece should be repeated, having been received with the most rapturous applause.

Winpebble roundly swore that the piece was ill got up, badly represented, and damn'd to all intents and purposes--that the author had more strength than wit--and though not a friend to injunctions himself, he moved for an injunction against Gloss'em; who was at length something like the renowned John Astley with his imitator Rees: "This great John Astley, and this little Tommy Rees, Were both bound over to keep the King's Peas." Gloss'em was bound to keep the peace, and compelled to find security in the sum of twenty pounds.

Thus ended the farce of _The Enraged Managers--Drury Lane in a Blaze, or Bow Street bewildered._" "Ha! ha! ha! an animated sort of vehicle for public amusement truly," said Tom, "and of course produced with new scenery, music, dresses, and decorations; forming a combination of attractions superior to any ever exhibited at any theatre--egad! it would make a most excellent scene in a new pantomime." "Ha! ha! ha!" said Mr.W."true, Sir, true; and the duel of Lord Shampetre would have also its due portion of effect; but as his Lordship is a good customer of mine, you must excuse any remarks on that circumstance." "We have already heard of his Lordship's undaunted courage and firmness, as well as the correctness of his aim." "He! he! he!" chuckled W.; "then I fancy your information is not very correct, for it appears his lordship displayed a want of every one of those qualities that you impute to him; however, I venture to hope no unpleasant measures will result from the occurrence, as I made the very pantaloons he wore upon the occasion.

It seems he is considerably _cut up_; but you must know that, previous to the duel, I was consulted upon the best mode of securing his sacred person from the effects of a bullet: I recommended a very high waistband lined with whale-bone, and well padded with horse-hair, to serve as a breast-plate, and calculated at once to produce warmth, and resist ~62~~penetration.

The pantaloons were accordingly made, thickly overlaid with extremely rich and expensive gold lace, and considered to be stiff enough for any thing--aye, even to keep his Lordship erect.