 out in his bosom, the desire to benefit the human race in
preference effectually quenched it. The praise of mankind was his Swing;
philanthropy was his insurance office. (Vehement cheering.) He had felt some
pride - he acknowledged it freely, and let his enemies make the most of it - he
had felt some pride when he presented his Tittlebatian Theory to the world; it
might be celebrated or it might not. (A cry of It is; and great cheering.) He
would take the assertion of that honourable Pickwickian whose voice he had just
heard - it was celebrated; but if the fame of that treatise were to extend to
the furthest confines of the known world, the pride with which he should reflect
on the authorship of that production would be as nothing compared with the pride
with which he looked around him, on this, the proudest moment of his existence.
(Cheers.) He was a humble individual. (No, no.) Still he could not but feel that
they had selected him for a service of great honour, and of some danger.
Travelling was in a troubled state, and the minds of coachmen were unsettled.
Let them look abroad and contemplate the scenes which were enacting around them.
Stage coaches were upsetting in all directions, horses were bolting, boats were
overturning, and boilers were bursting. (Cheers - a voice No.) No! (Cheers.) Let
that honourable Pickwickian who cried No so loudly come forward and deny it, if
he could. (Cheers.) Who was it that cried No? (Enthusiastic cheering.) Was it
some vain and disappointed man - he would not say haberdasher - (loud cheers) -
who, jealous of the praise which had been - perhaps undeservedly - bestowed on
his (Mr. Pickwick's) researches, and smarting under the censure which had been
heaped upon his own feeble attempts at rivalry, now took this vile and
calumnious mode of -
    Mr. BLOTTON (of Aldgate) rose to order. Did the honourable Pickwickian
allude to him? (Cries of Order, Chair, Yes, No, Go on, Leave off, etc.)
    Mr. PICKWICK would not put up to be put down by clamour. He had alluded to
the honourable gentleman. (Great excitement.)
    Mr. BLOTTON would only say then, that he repelled the hon. gent.'s false and
scurrilous accusation, with profound contempt. (Great cheering.) The hon. gent.
was a humbug. (Immense confusion, and loud cries of Chair and Order.)
    Mr
