_For the Table Book._
An inhabitant of the parish of Clerkenwell being called upon, a short
time ago, to fill up the blanks of a printed circular under the
following heads, in pursuance of an act of parliament passed in the
sixth year of his present majesty’s reign, entitled “An Act for
consolidating and amending the Laws relative to Jurors and Juries,” sent
in his return as follows:--
“STREET.”
_Baker-street_--badly paved--rascally lighted--with one old woman of a
watchman.
“TITLE, QUALITY, CALLING, OR BUSINESS.”
No _title_--no _quality_--no _calling_, except when my wife and sixteen
children call for bread and butter--and as for _business_, I _have_
none. Times are bad, and there’s no _business_ to be done.
“NATURE OF QUALIFICATION; WHETHER FREEHOLD, COPYHOLD, OR LEASEHOLD
PROPERTY.”
No _freehold_ property--no _copyhold_ property--no _leasehold_ property.
In fact, no _property_ at all! I live by my _wits_, as one half of the
world live, and am therefore NOT _qualified_.