The hustings were erected upon a very convenient and commodious green, at the southern extremity of the town; and thither might be seen, first on its way, a little after eleven o'clock, the procession of the popular candidate--Mr. Titmouse. Here and there might be heard, as he passed, the startling sounds of mimic ordnance, fired by little boys from house-tops. As they passed the church, its bells rang their merriest peal; and, at a little distance farther on, the little boys of Mr. Hic Hæc Hoc, each with a small rosette tied to his jacket, struck up a squeaking and enthusiastic "hurrah!" while from the upper windows, the young ladies (three in number) of Mrs. Hic Hæc Hoc's "establishment," waved their little white pocket-handkerchiefs. Next on their way, they passed the "_Reverend_" Smirk Mudflint's chapel, which was in very queer contiguity to an establishment of a very queer character--in fact, adjoining it. Against the upper part of the chapel hung a device calculated to arrest, as it _did_ arrest, universal attention--viz. an _inverted_ copy of the New Testament; over it, the figure of a church turned upside down, with the point of its steeple resting on the word "Revelation;" and upon the aforesaid church stood proudly erect an exact representation of Mr. Smirk Mudflint's chapel, over which were the words--"FREEDOM OF OPINION! and TRUTH TRIUMPHANT!" But I do not know whether another device, worked by Miss Mudflint--a skinny, tallow-faced, and flinty-hearted young lady of nine-and-twenty--was not still more striking and original; viz. a Triangle and an Eye with rays, and the words--"_Titmouse_! _Truth_! _Peace_!" Three cheers for Mr. Mudflint were given here; and Mr. Mudflint bowed all round with an air of proud excitement--feeling, moreover, an intense desire to stop the procession and make a speech, while opposite to his own little dunghill. First in the procession marched a big fellow with one eye, bearing a flag, with a red cap on a pike, and the words, in large black characters-- "TITMOUSE or DEATH!!! "LET TYRANTS TREMBLE!!!!"