_A Chip in Porridge_.--What is the origin and exact force of this
phrase? Sir Charles Napier, in his recent general order, informs the
Bengal army that

"The reviews which the Commander-in-Chief makes of the troops
are not to be taken as so many 'chips in porridge.'"

I heard a witness, a short time since, say, on entering the
witness-box--

"My Lord, I am like a 'chip in porridge'; I can
say nothing either for or against the plaintiff."

Q.D.


_Temple Stanyan_.--Who was Temple Stanyan, concerning whom I find in
an old note-book the following quaint entry?

"Written on a window at College, by Mr. Temple Stanyan, the
author of a _History of Greece_:--

"Temple Stanyan, his window.
God give him grace thereout to look!
And, when the folk walk to and fro',
To study man instead of book!"

A.G.