romance and chivalry, at Mathews's, bawled across the table,

"Mrs. T- -y, we've weaned little Caroline!"

If the father suckled her, and she dies of consumption, then is there no virtue in asses' milk!

A humorist of our acquaintance has on his mantel-piece a Sarcophagus of black marble, on which an inscription is carved in bold relief

This has no reference either to the martyred daughter of the Centurion, or to the shipwrecked Mademoiselle de la Tour, but contains some very tolerable snuff, which he obtained whilst visiting America.

On the death of Mr. Bacon, a publican, who kept a celebrated posting-house at Brownhill,

twelve miles north of Dumfries, his effects were sold. The snuff-box of the departed landlord was amongst the lots: a shilling was bid for it. The people present observed that it was not worth two-pence; and the lot was about to be knocked down, when the auctioneer, glancing at an inscription on the lid, read aloud,

"ROBERT BURNS, OFFICER OF THE EXCISE."

An instant competition arose, as to who should possess this relic of the bard: it was finally disposed of for five pounds.

It was made of the tip of a horn, the point of which was curled; its lid was mounted in silver.

Bacon had been the intimate associate and boon companion of Robert: they had, many a time and oft, snuffed from this mull; and in some toddy-steeped moment, when

"Rob luvit him like ony brither,"

Bacon had been presented with the Poet's pocket companion, as a token to keep alive his memory that

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They had been fou for weeks thegether."

The tops that such minstrel-fingers have lifted,

become

"Sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes,

Or Cytherea's breath."

Shortly after the breaking out of the French revolution, its advocates denounced our Premier

as

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an enemy to the human race;" that man, so easy to live with ;" who sung the song about himself, called "Billy Pitt, the Tory." His secretary one day told him that a foreigner, who spoke English tolerably well, had twice or thrice asked to see him; but, not looking like a proper applicant, had been sent away; the great man's time being too precious for him to admit every stranger, who, on frivolous pretexts, might seek to gratify an idle curiosity: but this person had said he should return in an hour; the secretary, therefore, thought it his duty to inform Mr. Pitt of such intention; and ask his further orders in the affair.

"Have the goodness," said the minister, "to open the top left-hand drawer in that cabinet, and bring me its contents."

These were a pair of pistols, and a morocco case; opening the latter, he produced a snuff-box, in which was set a portrait.