The Barrister’s Favourite Hymn.—“‘Brief’ life is here our portion.


Legal Query. (From an Earnest Enquirer.)—“Sir, I have often heard of ‘The Will of the Wisp.’ Was this will ever proved? Who was ‘the Wisp’? Why so called? Because he was a man of straw? Wisper your answer to me, and oblige yours,

“Colney Hatcher, E. I.”


The Gas Companies’ Lawyer.—Coke.


Two Sorts of Police.—The Detective—and the Defective.


Criminal Query.—Can a prisoner who commits himself, also form his own conviction?