F. S. de Schmidt de Sacerdotihus Sacrificiis Ægyptiorum. COLERIDGE made a very fine speech, when he was only 18, which is inserted in the Friend.

An original Sermon of the Rev. ROBT HALL in the Evangelist, No 1. New Series, Nov. 1837. Simpkin.*

CCCXLII. Jekyll-Lord Kenyon's spit.

Some one spoke of the stingy Lord Kenyon: a friend had been over the house and premises and was particularly delighted with the kitchen, and specified the bright spit. "Well," said Jekyll, "nothing turns on that,-it is Lent all the year round, except on one day, which is Good-Friday."

CCCXLIII. THE SIX PHYSICIANS.

Of six Physicians, who dwelt and practised in a large city, two were remarkable for stinking breath, one for his tall emaciated figure, one for his quarrelsome disposition, and two for ignorance of their profession. A wit set upon them the following names Plague-Pestilence-Famine-Battle-Murder

and Sudden Death."

CCCXLIV. SIR E. COKE.

Sir E. Coke was wont to say to a friend who came in accidentally to dinner "Well, as you gave me no notice of your coming, you must dine with me. If I had been informed of it in time, I would have dined with you."

* It is of course needless to remark that these are mere memoranda, many of which no one but Mr Barker himself can hope to understand.

CCCXLV. ARISTIDES.

When Aristides was deciding a cause at Athens, the plaintiff, thinking to bias the judge, said, "Oh, Aristides, this man did you such an injury at such a time." Aristides replied "Friend, I do not wish to know what injury he did to me, but what he has done to you."

CCCXLVI. MILTIADES.

Miltiades, being asked whether it were more honour to be Achilles or Homer, replied by asking whether it were more. honour to be a commander or a trumpeter.

Andreas Maro, called Archipoeta for his skill in spontaneous versification, when dining one day with the pope, endeavoured to give his Holiness an idea of his powers, and amongst other lines, repeated the following,

Archipoeta facit versus pro mille poetis.

To which the pope subjoined another,

Et

pro mille aliis Archipoeta bibit.

CCCXLVIII. STOLEN GOODS.

A negro, in Jamaica, was tried for theft, and ordered to be flogged. He begged to be heard, which being granted, he asked: If white men buy stolen goods, why he be no flogged too ?' 'Well,' said the judge, 'so he would.' 'Dere, den,' replied Mungo, 'is my massa, he buy stolen goods; he know me stolen, and yet he buy me.'