immediatey took it, being convinced that it must be serviceable one way or the other.

CCXVII. LEARNING.

A short man once told his little boy that, if he did not learn, he would never grow tall. The child replied "Then, I suppose, Father, you never learnt any thing."

CCXVIII. DEATH.

A Lady, of great age, once observed to a very old man, "It seems as if Death had forgotten you and me." "Hush, ma'am," said the gentleman, "if he hears you, he will remember us."

CCXIX. THE SIGN OF THE BEAR.

A painter, unable to pay his reckoning at an inn, agreed to paint a new sign (the Bear) for his Landlord and said that he would recommend a chain to be attached to the animal. The landlord, to save the additional cost, refused. Some little time afterwards a storm washed out the bear, and the Landlord, meeting with the Painter, reproached him for his dishonesty. "Did I not tell you that there ought to have been a chain ?" said the Painter. "The bear would have been there still."

CCXX. COLMAN.

An antiquary asked the origin of the phrase "Ill give you a cheque on Aldgate pump." "Oh" said Colman, I suppose it's because persons go there to take draughts (drafts.)

CCXXI. ROGERS.

Rogers, speaking to Wilberforce of the naked Achilles in the park, said it was strange that one who had made so many breaches in Troy should not have a single pair for himself.

CCXXII. WEDLOCK.

A Barrister asked a witness if he was born in wedlock. "No, sir:" said he, "I was born in Devonshire."

CCXXIII. ON OATH.

A barrister, trying to bully and brow-beat a Coachman, reminded him that he was on oath and adjured him to speak the truth. "You drive the Barnstaple coach, my friend, do you not ?" "No," said the Coachman, "I drive the horses.'

CCXXIV. BOOK-BINDING.

An Irishman, being asked whether he would like a book bound in Russia or in Turkey, said he thought it might be done quite as well in Ireland.

CCXXV. NOTE OF INTERROGATION.

Pope, who was deformed, superciliously asked a gentleman, with whom he was arguing, if he knew what a Note of Interrogation was? The gentleman replied "Yes, sir; it is a little crooked thing which asks questions.'

CCXXVI. NOTE OF ADMIRATION.

A wit, being asked to define a note of admiration, replied impromptu :

It is, it is I know not what,

It is a dash above a dot,
Presenting to one's contemplation
A perfect point of admiration!

CCXXVII. IRISH REGIMENTS.

The King of France complained that his Irish regiments gave him much uneasiness. "Sir," said their commander, " your Majesty's enemies make the same complaint."

CCXXVIII. Sir R. Peel and Lord Morpeth.

Aug. 12, 1837. Amongst the points of comparison between the Speeches of LORD MORPETH and SIR ROBERT PEEL are the allusions to the Queen: how different the taste, the feeling! Sir Robert avails himself of Burke's much hacknied and very theatrical description of Mary Antoinette,—how ill-omened the allusion, how repugnant in every way, all that is not fulsome flattery, being morally disparaging; but Sir Robert could not resist the malignant temptation of darkening the back-ground of the compliment with Revolution,—to drag in the idea of the Revolution an innocent and admirably educated Sovereign is likened to the light and ill-fated Queen of France. Compare the exalted moral views opened by Lord Morpeth with the mixed clap-trap, and tolling-bell of Sir Robert Peel.

He did not believe that there was ever a Sovereign, who possessed in a more eminent degree the attachment of her subjects of all parties than the present Queen of England. All hailed the advent to power of her present Majesty as a great compensation for the heavy loss, which had been sustained in the death of the amiable and lamented PRINCESS CHARLOTTE. Indeed he thought the beautiful and eloquent description given by the great Mr Burke of the Queen of France might with great justice be applied to their present Sovereign. 'I think,' said MR BURKE, 'it was about 16 or 17 years ago, I first saw the Queen of France, and never did there light ou that orb, which she scarcely seemed to touch, a lovelier vision. I saw her just above the horizon, glittering like the morningstar, full of life, and splendour, and joy!'

LORD MORPETH :

Reference has been frequently made to the reigns of our former female Sovereigns, and indeed every Englishman must fondly look back to the vigor of ELIZABETH, and the victories of ANNE; but in shaping the desired career for their fair and young successor, we do not wish that her name should rise above the wrecks of the Armada,-we do not seek to emblazon her throne with the trophies of such fields as Blenheim, or the yet more transcendent Waterloo. Let her have glories, but such as are not drained from the Treasury, or dimmed with the blood of her people. Let hers be the glories of peace, of industry, of commerce, and of genius, of justice made more universal,—of virtue more honoured,—of religion more beloved, of striking the last manacle from the limb of the slave, and holding forth the earliest gospel-light to the unwakened nations, -the glories that arise from gratitude for benefits conferred, and the blessings of a loyal and chivalrous, because a contented and admiring people.

CCXXIX. Dr Parr.

The Writer of the Memorabilia in the LONDON MAGAZINE, who acts the part of an enemy in the name of a friend, describes Dr Parr to have been an Epicurean and almost a glutton. But I, who lived at his table for many successive months at different periods, and who saw him both in the presence of company and in the absence of company, declare the statement to be quite exaggerated. Dr Parr's general health was good- his animal spirits were most lively-his constitution was most powerfulhis appetite was keen. I have often breakfasted with him at five, at six, at seven, at eight in the morning, as it might happen. He did not make a hearty breakfast in general, and was very quick about it: sometimes, however, he was tempted at a friend's house by an inviting dish of ham. He grudged the time spent at breakfast, hastily seized his first pipe, and then was impatient to begin the business and the labours of the day. He would call me away from the table, to follow him into his Library or into the little room at the end of his garden, and charge me to be ready-armed with pens and provisioned with ink. He would continue to dictate to me for several hours, sometimes for seven successive hours without intermission, and with such intenseness of application, that he forgot to treat himself with his antemeridian pipe. He would order dinner at 3, 4, 5, or even 6, according to his calculations as to the time at which he might finish his performances for the day. He would, when they were concluded, smoke his pipe, and then ask me to perambulate with him in the Village, till the dinner was ready, thus taking no luncheon, or, as he called it nuncheon, When the dinner appeared, he was, after such exertion and abstinence, quite ready for it. He would eat heartily, but not glutton-like, or even voraciously. His great culinary delights were a sop in the pan, and he used to laugh, as he told me that the present Duke of Devonshire, when he, Dr Parr, was at Chatsworth, accompanied him into the kitchen for that purpose,