‘To have read all the papers I pretend not to brag!’
Says my Lord Gardenstone[113] with a snuff and a wag.
Up rose the President,[114] and an angry man was he—
‘To alter the judgment I can never agree!’
The east wing cried ‘Yes,’ and the west wing cried ‘Not;’
And it was carried ‘Adhere’[115] by my lord’s casting vote.
The cause being somewhat knotty and perplext,
Their lordships did not know how they’d determine next;
And as the session was to rise so soon,
They superseded extract till the 12th of June.[116]