radical in the ward. Ain't _he_ a liar, I should like to know?"

MDXLVII.--GOING FROM THE POINT.

CURRAN, in describing a speech made by Sergeant Hewitt, said: "My
learned friend's speech put me exactly in mind of a familiar utensil in
domestic use, commonly called an _extinguisher_. It began at a point,
and on it went widening and widening, until at last it fairly put the
question out altogether."

MDXLVIII.--DEFINING A CREED.

A FRIEND of Sydney Smith inquired, "What is Puseyism!" To which the
witty canon replied: "Puseyism, sir, is inflexion and genuflexion;
posture and imposture; bowing to the east, and curtseying to the west."

MDXLIX.--A BIT OF MOONSHINE.

BROUGHAM, speaking of the salary attached to a new judgeship, said it
was all moonshine. Lyndhurst, in his dry and waggish way, remarked, "May
be so, my Lord Harry; but I have a strong notion that, moonshine though
it be, you would like to see the _first quarter_ of it."

MDL.--EPIGRAM.

WHEN at the head of our most gracious king,
Disloyal Collins did his pebble fling,--
"Why choose," with tears the injured monarch said,
"So hard a stone to break so soft a head?"

MDLI.--A KIND HINT.

LORD GREY complains that he cannot succeed in pleasing any party. He
should follow the example of duellists, and by _going out_ he would
certainly give _satisfaction_.

MDLII.--PRIEST'S ORDERS.

AN actor named Priest was playing at one of the principal theatres. Some
one remarked to the Garrick Club that there were a great many men in the
pit. "Probably clerks _who have taken Priest's orders_," said Mr. Poole,
one of the best punsters as well as one of the cleverest comic satirists
of the day.

MDLIII.--SHERIDAN AND BURKE.

AFTER a very violent speech from an opposition member, Mr. Burke started
suddenly from his seat, and rushed to the ministerial side of the house,
exclaiming with much vehemence, "I quit the camp! I quit the camp!"--"I
hope," said Mr. Sheridan, "as the honorable gentleman has quitted the
camp as a _deserter_, he will not return as a _spy_."

MDLIV.--ALWAYS THE BETTER.

A CAMBRIDGE tutor said to his pupil, "If you go over to Newmarket,
beware of betting, for in nine cases out of ten it brings a man to
ruin."--"Sir," said the youth, "I must really differ from you; so far
from ever being the worse for it, I have invariably been _the better_."