The Mysteries of the Court of London — page 378: what you’re looking at

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THE MYSTERIES OF THE COURT. On one side of the board sate the Rev. Mr. Na- thaniel Sneaksby, looking more sanctimoniously de- mure and puritanically miserable than ever, in spite of the exhilarating influence of the potent beverage whereof he was partaking. Facing this pious map, sate the equally estimable | Mr. Ichabod Paxwax, who was making certain al- | terationa in a manuscript which lay before him, and in which task he was guided by the suggestions of ' On Mr. Sneaksby’s right hand was placed Mr. Go- tobed Tumpkins—that chosen vessel who fulfilled the duties of Secretary to the New Light Tract Distribution Society. Honoured he no doubt was— but honorary he was not: for his secretaryship crougbt him in 300J. sterling a-year ;—and in ad- dition to this lucrative office, he held a few other pleasant and remunerative little posts — such as Chairman of the New Light Coal Club, at 50/. a- rears Teeiuae to the New Light Blanket and 869 Soup Donation Society, at 352 a-year—Auditor to the Salem Heligious Extension and General Prose- lytism Fund, at 60L a-year—Corresponding Secre- tary to the Botany Bay New Light Branch Society for the Conversion of Felons, at 100%. a-year—Sole Manager of the New Light Interment and Funeral Procession Society, at 60L a-year—and Asaistant- Secretary to the New Light Society for the Intro- duction of Moral Picture Pocket-handkerchiefs inte the Army and Navy, this last office producing the worthy gentleman a salary of 25/. a-year. It wil’ therefore be seen that Mr. Gotobed Tumpkins had some very strong and substantial reasons indeed no! only for sticking as close as wax to the New Lights but also for praying morning, noon, and night, that their prosperity would endure for ever! Next to Mr. Ichabod Paxwax sate Mr. Jonathan Crick, an outline of whose career was given in Case the First in the Secretary's Report at the grand meeting of the New Lights in the Straud. Ile wav comicbooks.conn