25 JULY 1952, page 16

A Prize Of £5 Was Offered For Irregular Degrees Of

comparison on the model of" liar, dam' liar, expert witness." As I opened the envelope containing the entries for this competition' the sound of the grinding of axes was loud......

Spectator Competition No, Ii8

Set by N. Hodgson A prize of £5, which may be divided, is offered for soubriquets (on the analogy of " The Swan of Avon," " The Rupert of Debate," Itc.) for Mr. Winston......

The I§pettator, 3utp 24th. 1852

Thomas Collins, an old man, has been twice examined before Mr. Arnold at Westminster, on a charge of having fraudulently obtained a great number of portraits from " the nobility......