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e ' le Lord who brought forward this motion said he up, observing that that was the way in which he could
telrociersed the. Gove-nnee‘nt would prevent this discovery blow up a number of vessels.—(Laughter.) He said to
al„ Passing into the hands of other Governments. him, I don't care two straws about your expanses, but I
discover
he had heard from vary hich authority that the want you to exhibit to me the effect of the long range.--
s,sirery was offered to the Government of Prussia, (Hear, hear.) He was not sure if the Noble Lord was "wuntthe
ent at negotiation with the Prussian Government I not present when Captain Warner said he could blow up
Then' off on the very same point on which the Govern- I all the ships in Portsmouth harbour from the Isle of
home refused to have anything to do with it-1 Wight. He replied, "If you will prove to me that you
iton.s, that Captain Warner required a large sum of , can blow up a ship at a distance of five or six miles, I
sir e".3' beforehand. He hoped that, if any sincere de- I will stand up in my place in Parliament and give my
74 Was manifested by Captain Warner to test his expe- opinion in your favour."—(Hear, hear.) He must say
an opportunity would be granted to him. that Captain Warner did not accept his challenge ; he
the" ROWARD DOUGLAS said he was very glad always returned to the invisible shell, and shyed at
stovreorrespondence was to be produced. as it would questions ressecting the long range to take effect at a
-, that the Government had offered Captain Warner distance of five to six miles.—(Hear, hear.) He pro-
e -reef 0
tio,,, PPortunity of testing the full powers of his haven- posed that Captain Warner should place himself
5,,,(1 arilld
.that his colleagues and himself had acted to- somewhere near the Downs, and that he
eess 8
,ina in a spirit of the utmost kindliness and fair- should throw his shell from a certain distance,
taeits-kilear, hear.) He was glad also that an oppor- but findine. that Captain Warner was not to be easily
Y was afforded him of contradictine• in the strongest dealt with,' he had troubled himself no further about the
terra '''
kat.; It report which he saw in the Times newspaper, matter up to that moment.—(Laughter.) Now, the only
Wellig that there was a difference as to Captain thing of which he thought Capt. Warner was entitled to
Norrner' proposition amongst the Commissioners. complain was, that his request to have the Earl at Hard-
t there never was the least difference between them wieke and the Noble Lord (Lord Ingestre) added to the
ta., "lost perfect uniformity of opinion existed be- Commission had not been complied with. He had
eetie,ii Sir Edward Owen and himself ; they came to the such confidence in both those Noble Lords, that he be-
efhlillision that the only part of the alleged invention lieved the addition might have•been made without any
tak,,,c, ',was worth anything was that of the " long danger to the public interests.—(Hear, hear.) As
ft the
he i'' and when Sir Byam Martin succeeded him question of price, Captain Warner asked 400,000 . or a
he wad over the documents, and, on the 31st of March, improvement in war, which, perhaps as the Right Hon.
whetri°l!e a minute, stating that he entirely concurred in Baronet had observed, never could 'bFiusedn,ldinbeconse-
N„,_ is predecessor had done, and he stated his own quence of its danger, and which, even if tfcro used,
it was ins-
erl:nion that the only thing worth purchasing was the would soon become known to the enemy,
wed rdange." They asked Captain Warner what he possible that such a power could long concealedo from
opeuee. a 9 supposing there were twenty sail of the line the rest of the world.—(Hear, hear.) He would say
*114: log a roadstead like Torbay, for instance, nothing further on the subject, except that he thought
that 1%3 three miles, how he would close up the Government had give i Captain Warner a very fair
placed Passage—how far his shells were to be chance. He would have them give him a still further
feet en rani each other, whether there was to be a per- chance. Let Captain Warner go to Southsea, Castle,
to-1)e sialtounication between them, and how they were and when he (Sir C. Napier) had stationed a ship at the
the Old °M. They asked how this was to be done in Havant light, let him blow up that ship, and then he
do itfe of the enemy. Captain Warner said he would would be satisfied.—(Hear, hear.)
The "Y means of cutters, and schooners, and boats. Mr. AGLIONBY said the Right Hon. Baronet oppo-
lie 1.11 ked how he would do it against wind and tide. site and. the Noble Lord (Lord Ingestre) were, per-
Liles it,11,,e would do it by a steamer, and that he would Imps, the only persons who, from the knowledge. of the
larger-,^ OP the passage. He admitted that Captain circumstances, were competent to give an opinion as to
any tictund discovered an explosive power greater than the recent experiment, and they both expressed their
eapta;al,,,,was yet knoem ; but how was it possible that opinion that the experiment deserved further investiga-
81iite." "tamer could lay his invisible shells, and block tion. It was dangerous to listen to a speech like that of
Bleenrsage with them in the face of an enemy, with the Gallant Commodore, which had convulsed the House
tea tilrs, eutters, and schooners, and with perhaps wind with laughter. He thought they ought not to enter into
Put salt against him? It was worse than the attempt to the discussion at all until they had seen the whole. of the
thick "on the bird's tail.—(Laughter.) They did not correspondence. The mode in which the examination
which at the invention of the e invisible shell " was one of Captain Warner had been conducted by the Commis-
ts tite required a moment's consideration. With regard sion to whom the question had been referred, was, to his
he cudelPeriment which had taken place at Brighton, mind, far from satisfactory. The Commissioners seemed
'tad take think it was any more than what to have arrived at most extraordinary. and unfounded
,Iltlich;." Place on the punt in the fish-pond, conclusions from the answers of Captain Warner. He
sedraw
same drawn by' horses. It was nothing more than knew nothing of that gentleman except what. he had
:;B_,(lra, -e..!Perineent on larger scale. A vessel must heard in that House, but he must say that, with due pre-
lade ef.whe iii the wake of another, with ropes on each caution as regarded the public interest, he thought the
;aaptissee,itttuderii.,fbothwesrL the' force would cause them to col- experiment worthy of further consideration. He agreed
was explosive matter the force would with the Right Hon. Baronet that the point most worthy
tei,le e ueet4 "'arst ; but whe one vessel chased another, of consideration and of the utmost importance was the
alt:of-,e, generally pursued was not to follow in the long range. He thought the Government ought not to
'ouldne'utat vessel, but to tack in the wake. This power grudge some expense for the purpose of trying the es-
te„rn6e ~2l)e used to any great extent, notwithstanding the periment of the long range. He thought it was unfair
rlingtewwh„ich was said had been made of it in de- to Captain Warner to refuse to have Lord Hardwicke
. at the
,° French privateers. He therefore thought and the Noble Lord who had brought forward the
h4etheyuhari...Y thing worthy of seeing was the long range, question that evening, on the Commission. He hoped,
y'exped 'Posed to Captain Warner to proceed with though the question was dismissed for the present, it
ft: leis, but anat., and for this purpose they had procured would not be wholly lost sight of. If the invention
- bas e'aptain Warner wished to procure a vessel was of the nature stated it ought not to be lost by this
Lte4sels°4ll e ' •
undo
xPentaent They wished also to have the country.
lotwii wr their ownpersonal charge, and that Cap- Mr. BROTHERTON doubted, even if the invention
"ler
s 3' his shouldonot choose the place where he was answered all that Captain Warner proposed, the policy
sh . e .
L. slye to gcl3ertrnent. They did not mean anything of- of the Government encouraging, by premiums, these
ChitelY het„,"'ea'ePtain Warner; they wanted only to decide destructive machines. He thought it would be better
te . Wish n the public and Captain Warner. They that the invention should remain with Captain Warner,
esree "ati that Captain Warner should make his ex- than that the world should know anything about it.
hrd ellt
as if upon ar.i enem.y'svessel. Then, with re- Mr. WAKLEY said, if war could be prevented, he
81.48,. t 0 the
e material which was employed; if it for one should rejoice at it ; but as long as it lasted he
cet pe xplosive that it would burst on thought they should get the best means they could of
itililti,oa • reassion or concussion, he had no he- defence against their enemies. He was glad that the
thp'ea sad; saYing that a ball striking the vessel in Right Hon. Baronet was inclined to give an opportunity
41: Whole exPieeire matter was contained would blow to Captain Warner of trying the long range, because he
ten es P. With regard to the part which he had considered that he should have an opportunity of show-
eve Oaet-.oininissioner, they, of course, declined to ing what he could do. He did not think that Govern-
theriasjtttni Warner a guarantee for any sum of money, ment had acted unfairly to Captain Warner ; they had,
bY coolp had had no power of doing so. They said in his opinion, done more in this case than any other he
L:l4eiPle ':,llve nothing to do with any reward, either in recollected, because they had offered that he should try
iktiWeea t(4' amount ; that their duty was to judge his experiments at the Government expense. As
hleiridual, e Public interests and the interests of an to the experiments at Brighton, looking at what
thelltto the 'And to report their opinions of the experi- had been stated in the newspapers, he did not
h raotier, Government. He was necessarily called up by think it worth a straw, because Captain Warner had
tiee Ateteade in that House by the Hon. Baronet the been on board that vessel before the experiment was
eoe Was lie tuber for Wiltshire the late Sir Francis Burdett. tried, and he had the vessel in tow by a steamer. If
Is iereis . eessarilv put on 'the defensive as one of the Captain Warner could succeed in blowing up a vessel
,sacie , toners
r„ • Everything which had taken place in which he had not been on board of, by means of the
prier -0-...niti-! .
e., E. '4 !iications with Mr. Warner was new in long range, then he ought, in his opinion, to receive a
yillee .vie had never been any differences between the competent reward for his discovery.— (Hear, hear.)
Noe sslooers and Captain Warner except in refer- He regretted the subject had been brought under the
Let to th
wee e experiments ; and, as to any difference consideration of the House, because now the question
Ileip7l Anateert_Ptain Warner and himself all he-could say must be determined.
eseeee ".?' never saw Captain Warner except in the Sir J. COCKBURN hoped it would be clearly and-
Altd Das._p the Commissioner, and every word which derstood that any further experiments would
the Captain long
se contained in the correspondence. In all
(els_ eeretnunicat. range. As to the invisible shells, he looked upon them to
,t4,Yered b
b„,'")rtint). telling him that they were not desirous of Lord INGESTRE replied. After the statements of
„ei that e feuett Captain
in, , at tbp, Warner any part of his secret, the Right Honourable Baronet, he would leave the
,w• Lestinv, its merely wished to arrange the experiments whole subject in the hands of the Government.
_Poiw)ners and they advised him not to an- With respect to the experiment at Brighton, he
Orth HY quest- '
4).e-14a:crest. which might tend to elicit any part had no hesitation in saying that there was no
le;aleatesi to
.n the letter of 16th of April, they emu- explosive matter in the ship, and that the same
trataeteny.erelined t ,
him fully the experiments which they effect would have been produced upon any vessel.
have tried, They took. nothing for He thought the Hon. Member for Salford had acted
8f the u , they did nothing but insist on seeing the effect unfairly in repeating those accusations against Captain
Ise periments, and partieularthly with respect to the Warner which he had brought forward last year, and
I' reffits..ange. He did not know
nuectiaotn.
, had no objection to the
qing certain that they had de
°,.1137 sai, in Conclusion, that difficult thing for Captain Warner to contend single-
wt'lllt.e ample opportunity for theetrialail
of
of these papers, handed with all the prejudice which had been raised
Whilst provid. in their power to against him, but he felt confident as to the result of any
)Nts—(Hearinhge a fro)r the protection of the experiments, investigation which might be instituted, either as to the
5... Sir r. NAPIER. the public inte- character of Captain Warner or the merits of his in-
n, 0 the Noble Lord's s vention. There would be no difficulty if he were
said, that throughout the greater treated with confidence, and not called upon to expose
Witgeobt his sa ' speech he was almost inclined the nature of his invention without being guaranteed a
harbour Captain
h on nity ; but
)81.iserho- leegeestsieni
when he heard him say that reward by the Government, in the event of his experi-
Itthenpinion of S'i h would be able to keep ment succeeding. The offer which Capt. Warner. had
to
that an offi e must say he almost came made was that, if he succeeded, he should be rewarded ;
Lords strange Hussey Vivian.—(Laughter.) but that, if he did not succeed, be should not receive
.a
t, could set his head cer of such talent as the Noble single shilling, and that offer he, on the part of Captain
Ileatle- such . so completely wool-gathering as Warner, again repeated.
ttbs kisirJe.ispaitehr)in.go for a single moment.—(Laughter.) Mr. BROTHERTON explained.
Iretaes ever 1 oked upon it as one of the wildest The motion was then agreed to.
ttl‘'Sse.--erie Presented to the consideration of the INSOLVENT 'DEBTORS BILL.
ace '--Brieear, hear ) The Noble Lord had 'yen them The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, in moving the second
‘)lit'a had certainly certainly .of the way in which CaptainP
..War- reading of the Insolvent. .Debtors Bill, said that he was
li, StA7,l5 " treated by the late Government, and it all prepared to go into the discussion at once, should it be
III:: beclinots_Nv,ere. correct, he certainly did appear to deemed necessary. But what he proposed was—to take
treats,as irl tllequeiCett about from pillar to post.
and Sir
the second reading now, without discussing. it ; and
,two
..., hands of iThomas hardy Sir R. tot go into, Committeek on the Bill on Friday next,
tats, /1,i.,40at distinfruished officers.
"a. "lESTRI,` t'twelve o cloc .
ttN It Cam '.--The Gallant Officer was nais- a Mr. HAWES did not object to the adoption of that
sir% sort _ „se. to his knowledge in 1829, and he then course., but before they went into Committee he thought
%till 0. 141,.tustory of the thing.
.4,lll4t43l:ltlllteeruthmill6ln'E-Ren—atilw° it would be as well that some statement relative to the
hmenatttehre.s-elt did certainly appear Bill should be made. .
officers died not a Mr. WAKLEY said the Bill created great anxiety
hri%i Qe to ela.t was found amongst their papers in re- out of doors, and he wished to know if it was the de.-
\\, lism this invention.—(lfear, hear.) Such men of
1 4tOet• were not i tided determination of the Government to pass it
tetio_ then _ 11 the habit of losing papers. Catain during the present session.
t,:ll(l):aotfolijabewinengtoitoerePortu,,eal. He had some recol- The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said it was the un-
it Nal use th. •If he had found him there doubted determination of the Government to pass the
Nip Y have's destriletive machinery, he would Bill during the present session. .
Nixed tried it
w,ll),ti Y the lat.,. ,: The Noble Lord said he was The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to
r:li:,vl4:llnsetl.i:tieoVinig not to use his invention against be committed on Friday next at twelve o'clock.
_He
„.00bieetea
tOuld like to see the proof that King CASE OF MR. JOHN HEATHCOTE.
0 the use of this invention in favour Mr. M. GIBSON rose to call the attention of the
i;%s!.t"setoar.) The use
against a usurper.— House to the petition of Mr. John Heathcote, which had
lap %it, D_pfta.d. C,.
.I,le Noble Lord referred to Sir been presented a few days since by the Noble Lord the
1;,,,p, vu.ert Captains Warner was thrown overboard Member for Dorsetshire. Mr. Heathcote had been for
4 e hy •f Pierd because the Commission was too
No eat ' I that w ten years a superintendent of factories, and during that
64.._ 4 tho to redu_ were the case, would it not have time had discharged his duty with fidelity and zeal, and
.7 refo_extraerdine__ tllO number ?—(Hear. hear.) Then had given satisfaction to his inspector. He had
e ctatvita hl
narY statement that this extraordi- since been dismissed by the Government on
tOlttillowtt.) This" was upset by the Reform Bill.— a charge of having written an anonymous
lii44-N),,at all coin Was a sort of allegation which he
inl lif,C4_elbourir. Prehend. They were then referred letter to the Hon. Member for Knaresborough,
to 4,,.4l4:Utegbtrthom the Noble Lord teazed out of and having denied that he had written such letter. The
charge was so much that he had written the anonymous
(Sirelt er, . The ft,•-•hut the matter was still left letter as that he had denied it, the gravamen of the
SIY, that liZti 41d lielltuple Lord was next obliged charge being that he had been guilty of falsehood. He
,tc,,,iiat teer) ea errant named Webster. Why, he was willing to admit that in general no subordinate was
114„1-..ffigere r,.w Mr. Webster and he ventured to dismissed by the Government until the charge was
Sir resZrea.. t 11-tiZ was a greater driveller in this brought against him, and it had undergone a full inves-
t mess4r.„ L.,,ltiß c,:s"ler.) He need not make any re- tigation, and he believed that the present case was one
t xli t 7 Vhe -Ptain Warner's communication with
k4l‘lle erlalea tan' Well of misapprehension on the part of the Riht Hon. Gen-
tleiv4t (1,, t 8 Nit,:_, , then, he came at last to - In March
tlernan. The facts were these.lB43,. the
4 gip Vg "tabt that Were tried. He had not the Hon. Member for Knaresborough had received an
bta 4°' a st,ro7: Captain Warner possessed the
elleitl44essPiketiencedlig explosive power ; but was there anonymous letter, suggesting certain alterations in the
Factories Bill. The letter contained nothing to which
Oilo !It(' ••ie sa chemist in this country who did The Hon. Member
e, ride *he Ille ?
,t, vf. Of 4. WOnld, -'(Hear, hear.) Why, there were
eQ,„et iiii
iv itrocon tell them that a single drop of for Knaresborough gave the letter to the Hon. Member.
for Dorsetshire, who submitted it to Mr. Horner, the in-
Ne,t'lea et 7, eye Was so powerful, that they could
.1),,,e fly I Jiit.‘aie wall go near it. Now, what was the Spector of' factories, who said that thehand writing closely
Nti.two vgeeratandraer'S exploding power? He could resembled that of Mr. John Heathcote, one of the super-
intendents. Mr. Horner wrote to Heathcote on the
I'lli lb Th 4sels , how Captain Warner exploded
4 "It' e thin "" Which
1, eee reel. 4 ng the Noble Lord had re- subject, and Mr. Heathcote denied positively that he had
t,14 114 t oateshad been done forty years ao in
lilk %.4„1, of the --(Re-4.r, hear.) He - Iwritten an anonymous letter to Mr. Ferrand. Mr. Horner
. hand then authorised Mr. Heathcote to proceed to his duties,
4et, e I,_ ,ern
,eyty,e held in Ins and he had every reason to suppose that the accusation
,ot4 a tiloent ofr nineet. (The Hon. Member then had been met by his denial. Mr, Horner, however, laid
th mi. L10..._ a successful experiment which took
N, Pee react was in tu . . the correspondence before the Secretary of State for the
afrorpe NI of was , —O. es. large vessel was an-t tHome Department, without having had the courtesy to
qes fro aimer Castle, at a distance of two
pe 3s4nder , ore, when, by the runnince,of
se ati. ells u al the shoCastle,
inform Mr. Heathcote that he intended to take such
~, ~1,,_, r. 1,. her bottoma step. The Right Hon. Gentleman wrote to Mr. Heath-
tTo!it ',4: at.
,:•-satt a,.,
~.,. . , she was instantlybae-
ttN 40%14. t'here and Sir Sidney Smith witnessed the cote, requiring a justification or explanation of the
charge. Mr. Heathcote replied, that he had offered
Led
thin 14 earrielat7‘yder, which was attached to a
iNt Is 'the
t. of tunwas a large copper shell, containing no explanation, but had solemnly denied having
written the letter. He received another letter from the
N 0a,.., Neana _e it under the counter of the ship, Home-office requiring him to state that he did or did
,Ite ?Pert:,,t!art w. 211 vessels were blown up. He be-
-84 had "n at irPler had performed precisely the not write it, and he wrote back in these words :—" I
tst er th dro rlghten do most positively deny, that lam the author of an
1v4,4 tv„ PPed *--(CrieS of " Hear, hear.")
:i , ,,eek - whether the experiment was per •
ell by el sel, and ,cia° of his anonymous letter received by Mr. Fernand, and signed,
01', noIIW, h w°l'k or b
oh eap ,ow aid , y a trick made no difference.
invisible shells 'An Overlooker.' '' The similarity of the hand-writing
was, however, such, that in the opinion of the Home-
ii,i n rd. ) Tr tins en
4 /a ,'".e had copper work in practice ? offic, it counter. balanced the assertion of Mr. Heath-
er Ne„,__ to, served his time under C *
\ use ',Re r - month of Captain the highest testimonials
cote, a gentleman who had always borne the highest
he((lr 48een °ad; Witl November. they were sent to
Littt:st lah , Gemni, I,all kinds of boats which had. , from his superior officers, and from the residents
character, and who produced
,Itilitit't 411:v014er) il'aneer, and every other animal. I
had these coppers in the hdeistricrtee;
received
dd on thefin2al9th
doisfmAissparli.l,
The
Vtich'is 41 eoZlitlber Ilighr in
year,
nephewye of Mr. Heathcote, Mr. Gilbert, hearing of
th tiblr)te: On t.", (Rear.) Wlinen their teeth were chat- the charge which had been brought against his uncle,
4, wee' reads Ile second
night te first night they ran came forward and declared that he was the authorthef
4De tilt, t, but i4l order t blow they set out for the the letter. This declaration, however, did not shake
40 eeeklefure ire ° up the flotilla. Away • • They thought that
oks e3' had got in 'eh determination of the Home-office.
,t,,, th, swain••-(q Of one of the boats si, tof the yes- both the uncle and nephew had been guilty of falsehood
Ml,)sta,."hee reat laucrlit said, " See ! the notwithstanding the nephew's statement had been corro-
tq %ve, th coAppers ~ai el%) Overboard it went, as borated by gentleman ntlem n who had stated that it was at
tf ki 18t0ry eY floated cider:Pt and to their horror and his • • a -eMa ' '
Itit 001.5... end resale the boats. That was the
instigation that r. Gilbert had written this letter.
Vrroy• Meal. v,‘ of the expenditure of 20,000 Z After Mr. Heathcote's dismissal, he and Mr. Gilbert had
lieti lag a 'a "at) The Noble L d talked gone before the mayor of Manchester, and Mr. Heath-
iin _Lieet. pa .
let a • his 1 or
37, if he would just cote had made a solemn declaration that he was not the
It pier) to Piace and allow him (Sir author of the letter, and Mr. Gilbert had made a decla-
-0% II
h• `s• put Ito h wa. is b - a few ounces of gun-Gentle-
ration that. he himself was. The Right Hon.
ste_ e had- dre. ottoto_ , man said that the letter bore no resemblance to the
(Th • 4
ingl h. ^oed e remainder of tne
te, y ,iinseie repeated shouts of laughter.) ht ) handwritingof Mr. Gilbert, andthe Right Hon. Gentle-
he . .
Nee 7roe i taker, , g er. man had permitted himself and the Hon. Member for
t. Warne '
4120iferago. *'heanP h r a case ver.y Salford, to inspect the documents at the Home-office.
kin 14 Picture of e went to Captain The Hon. Member for Salford had decided that the
a whole fleet blown anonymous letter was not the same handwriting as Mr.

Yelling name. Nothing more occurred until a few months
afterwards, when the same Noble Lord paid another
visit to the same place. The woman already alluded to
approached his Lordship, and in a voice th-at savoured
little of insanity, said, You gave me a false name when
last you were here; but let that pass.' The kind-
hearted nobleman assured the poor sufferer that he had
meant no harm. She proceeded, No, you are too
warm-hearted to mean to act unkindly; but will you do
me a favour? lam mad—l feel it—l know it, although
often I am perfectly collected, yet I should not be safe
at large; but will you tell the King, mad, • insane.as, I
often am, I never was half so mad as he was when he put
his name to the Reform Bill: "- An electioneering anec-
dote or two may follow this; but be sure they are short
and pithy—always bear in mind"the Prince of Den-
mark's instructions to the players, vide Hamlet.
In some societies jocose stories tell well. The best
way of introducing them is to mention poor James
Smith, and the never-to. be-forgotten Theodore. Then
you may rattle off a volley of their best sayings—" Walk
ing one day with Hook, in winter, we passed a shop
with the name of Hawes: Oh,' said Theodore, ' fine
weather for the surgeons—a nice practice, I've no doubt,
during the frost—

`Perpetual freezings and perpetual thaws,
Though bad for Hips, are good for Haws.'
Before I had finished laughing, the name of Thurtell, the
murderer of Weare, was named, ' Ay,' asked Hook, ' of
course you know why he used an air-gun ?" No,' I
replied. ' Because he wished to kill Weare without
Noyse ; or,' he continued, ' like an old coat ?—because
he was the worse for wear' (Weare.) Our conversation
then turned upon the burning of the Exeter Theatre.
' Ay,' said Hook, ' that's quite theatrical—enter et fire ;
exit a theatre,' (Exeter Theatre.) "
Be careful of risking a pun as your own ; you can in-
troduce it in the following manner :—" A friend of mine
said a tolerable good thing last week," then give your
pun ; if it flashes in the pan, you of course add, " Well,
I myself did not see the wit of it, thouLTh all the party
laughed." If it goes off brilliantly, when asked, who's
your friend ? you may say, " One's often worst friend.
myself." Reader, study the above axioms, and I have no
doubt you will shortly become a truly popular diner-out.