Mat. — Ma'am, not any of my relations could offer an excuse for such barbarous treatment of a. Poor little innocent suckling, unable to open its mouth in its own defence. Heavens, madam not content with permitting my helpless infancy to be outraged by the name of Matthew, you, with out a murmur, permitted the additional in?iction of Gregory twofold barbarity, ma'am I repeat, twofold bar barity.