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Ginx's Baby: his birth and other misfortunes; a satire by Edward Jenkins
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the Rev. Mr. Valpy to second the resolution."

Mr. Valpy, incumbent of St. Swithin's-within, insisted on
speaking, but what he said was known only to himself. When he
had finished there was an extraordinary commotion. On the
platform many ministers and laymen jumped to their feet; in the
hall at least a hundred aspirants for a hearing raised themselves
on benches or the convenient backs of friends.

The Chairman shouted, "Order! ORDER, gentlemen! This is a great
occasion; let us show unanimity!"

There seemed to be an unanimous desire to speak. Amid cheers,
cries for order, and Kentish fire, you could hear the Rev. Mark
Slowboy, Independent, the Rev. Hugh Quickly, Wesleyan, the Rev.
Bereciah Calvin, Presbyterian, the Rev. Ezekiel Cutwater,
Baptist, calling to the chair.

A lull ensued, of which advantage was taken by Mr. Stentor, a
well-known Hyde Park orator, who bellowed from a friend's
shoulders in the pit, "Mr. Chairman, hear ME!" an appeal that was
followed by roars of laughter.

What was the matter? Why the proposal to hand over the baby to
an Anglican refuge stirred up the blood of every Dissenter
present. It was lifting the infant out of the frying-pan and
dexterously dropping him into the fire. But the chairman was
accustomed to these scenes. He stayed the tumult by proposing
that a representative from each denomination should give his
opinion to the audience. "Whom would they have first? "
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