at do you
think my son had better do in order to succeed in the law?"--"Let him
spend all his money: marry a rich wife, and spend all hers: and when he
has _not got a shilling_ in the world, let him attack the law." Such was
the advice of an old Chief Justice.

MDXC.--CAUSE AND EFFECT.

IT is too true that there are many patriots, who, while they bleat about
the "_cause_ of liberty," act in so interested a manner that they are
evidently looking more after the _effects_.

MDXCI.--A FAIR DISTRIBUTION.

WHEN the British ships under Lord Nelson were bearing down to attack the
combined fleet off Trafalgar, the first lieutenant of the "Revenge," on
going round to see that all hands were at quarters, observed one of the
men,--an Irishman,--devoutly kneeling at the side of his gun. So very
unusual an attitude exciting his surprise and curiosity he asked the man
if he was afraid. "Afraid," answered the tar, "no, your honor; I was
only praying that the enemy's shot may be distributed in the same
proportion _as the prize-money_,--the greatest part _among the
officers_."

MDXCII.--SOMETHING SHARP.

WHEN we heard ---- say a thing of some acidity the other night in the
House of Commons, the honorable member reminded us of a calf's head with
a lemon in it.--G. A'B.

MDXCIII.--AN AFFECTIONATE HINT.

A NAMESAKE of Charles Fox having been hung at Tyburn, the latter
inquired of George Selwyn whether he had attended the execution? "No,"
was his reply, "I make a point of never attending _rehearsals_!"

MDXCIV.--A SIMILE.

VANE'S speeches to an hour-glass,
Do some resemblance show;
Because the longer time they run,
The shallower they grow!

MDXCV.--A WIDE DIFFERENCE.

ROWLAND HILL rode a great deal, and exercise preserved him in vigorous
health. On one occasion, when asked by a medical friend what physician
and apothecary he employed, to be always so well, he replied, "My
physician has always been a _horse_, and my apothecary an _ass_!"

MDXCVI.--ASPIRING POVERTY.

A ROMAN Catholic prelate requested Pugin, the architect, to furnish
designs, etc., for a new church. It was to be "_very_ large, _very_
handsome, and _very_ cheap"; the parties purposing to erect being "very
poor; in fact, having only L----."--"Say _thirty shillings_ more,"
replied the astonished architect, "and have a tower and spire at once!"

MDXCVII.--A TENDER S