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THE SORROW-DISPERSER. 9

by Governor Hunter, a dispute arose between two ladies, who wished to take precedence of each other. 'Ladies,' said Barrington, 'patience I will just consult the Newgate Calendar, and the lady that was first transported shall take the highest place in the room. There was no occasion for George to consult his register; every lady who heard him pressed to the lowest seats, and the upper part of the room was left untenanted. A modest lady, who was a passenger on board a packet-ship, it is said, sprang out of her berth and jumped overboard, on hearing the captain, during the storm, order the crew to haul down the sheets. It is a historical fact, that Charles I. was beheaded with his own consent. How was that? Because he was axed whether he would or no. 'That may be a very good portrait of Boz,' said one to another, while looking at one of the numerous engravings of the renowned Dickens--'but what a curious nose it has! It is turned askew.'So it is--the artist certainly had not drawn a nose worthy the face of the author of Oliver Twist! 'I don't know that--for the nose itself is decidedly all of a twist.' to foto Why may Prince Albert be considered a saving and frugal personage? Because he lays by a sovereign every night. 'Think there's any danger, mister meanageeryman, for that Boy Contractor?" Oh no, said the man, the sarpent don't bite, he swallows his wittals whole.' 'Don't be so taking,' as the thief said when the officer arrested him.'