JOHN J. DREDGE.

_Sirloin._-Whence then comes the epigram--

"Our second _Charles_, of fame faeete,
On loin of beef did dine,
He held his sword pleased o'er the meat,
'Rise up thou famed sir-loin!'"

Was not a _loin_ of pork part of _James_ the First's proposed banquet for
the devil?

K.I.P.B.T.

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RIOTS OF LONDON.

The reminiscences of your correspondent SENEX concerning the riots of
London in the last century form an interesting addition to the records of
those troubled times; but in all these matters correctness as to dates and
facts are of immense importance. The omission of a date, or the narration
of events out of their proper sequence, will sometimes create vast and most
mischievous confusion in the mind of the reader. Thus, from the order in
which SENEX has stated his reminiscences, a reader unacquainted with the
events of the time will be likely to assume that the "attack on the King's
Bench prison" and "the death of Allen" arose out of, and formed part and
parcel of, the Gordon riots of 1780, instead of one of the Wilkes tumults
of 1768. By the way, if SENEX was "personally either an actor or spectator"