So scarcely had he spoke,

When a loomin' thro' the smoke,

All a flashir' and a bangin' 'nough to kill yer, O;

Comes Murchison and Owen,

With a jolly squad in towin',

Bearin' down to help John Murray's ship, Gorilla, O!

Smart "liners in variety

As hail'd t' the R'yal Society,

All a ridin' so majestic, on the biller, O;

Aloft the signal ran

The R.S. 'spects every man

"Will show fight for stout John Murray's ship Gorilla, O!"

Fire flashed from Owen's eyes, sir,

As he gave the martial 'Tizer

A hot shot twixt wind and water, like to fill her, O;

And Sir Rod'rick com'd and chaff'd

As he raked her fore and aft,

Side by side with brave John Murray's ship, Gorilla, O!

It would take a week to tell you

How they went at it pellmello,

And the Blazer and the 'Tizer got a spiller, O;

How gallant Captain Gray

From a roar, changed to a bray,

And tried the long-bow on John Murray's ship Gorilla, O.

So I'll leave it an hiatus

For S. Hubert, his afflatus,

And with Owen a curvetting fit to thrill yer, O,—

Chally tootin' of his horn

Gray still sticking to his stern

Drop the curtain on John Murray's ship Gorilla, O.

[AS TOLD BY AN ANCIENT GLADIATOR TO HIS GREAT GRANDMOTHER. ]

"East and west and south and north,"

Said Richard Mayne, "ride forth, ride forth,
"And summon mine array."

II.

"Ride forth by heathy Hampshire,

"Of chalk-stream-studded' dells,

"And wake the beaks of Eversley
"Where gallant Kingsley dwells;
"Spur fast thro' Berkshire spinneys,
"The broad Hog's Back bestride,
"And if the White Horse is scoured
"Mount up amain and ride:

"Spur, spur, I say, thro' England

"As the Giaour once spurred thro' Greece,

"Tho' Sayers were six he cuts his sticks,

"And Dickon keeps the peace."

III.

Fast, fast, thro' town and hamlet
The smart Detectives flew-

East and west and south and north

They watched the long day thro', West and north-east and south

The word went flashing by,

"Look out for Sayers and Heenan, "Policemen-mind your eye!"

IV.

Sir Richard's bold moss-troopers

Looked out uncommon keen,

From park and plain and prairie,
From heath and upland green;
From Essex fens and fallows,

From Hampshire-dale and down
From Sussex' hundred leagues of sand,
To Shropshire's fat and flowery land,
And Cheshire's wild and wasted strand,
And Yorkshire's heather brown ;-
And so, of course, the fight came off
A dozen miles from Town.

V.

Then first stept out big Heenan,

Unmatched for breadth and length; And in his chest it might be guessed, He had unpleasant strength.