Charles Wynn was brother to Sir Watkin Wynn, and from a peculiarity in the utterances of the latter, and the shrillness of Charles’s voice, the two went by the nicknames of ’Bubble and Squeak.’ Sir Watkin was also known as ’Small Journal’ Wynn, from his extensive knowledge of Parliamentary rule. William Cowper, falsely accused of having married a second wife whilst his first was still alive, was known as ’Will Bigamy.’ Strangers formerly were not allowed to be present at the deliberations of the House; now they are admitted to the Strangers’ Gallery, but never to the floor of the House. Yet sometimes there will be an intruder. Once Lord North, when speaking, was interrupted by the barking of a dog which had crept in. He turned round, and said: ’Mr. Speaker, I am interrupted by a new member.’ The dog was driven out, but got in again, and recommenced barking, when Lord North, in his dry way, said: ’Spoke once.’ We are near the limits of our space. Let us conclude with recording a few of the strange designations given to Parliaments. The Parliament de la Bonde was a Parliament in the reign of Edward II., to which the Barons came armed against the Spencers, with coloured bands, or ’bonds,’ upon their sleeves, by way of distinction. The Diabolical Parliament was one held at Coventry in the thirty-eighth year of Henry VI.’s reign, and in which Edward, Earl of March, afterwards King, and several of the nobility, were attainted. The Unlearned Parliament, held at Coventry in the sixth year of the reign of Henry IV., was so called by way of derision, because, by a special precept to the sheriffs in their several counties, no lawyers were to be admitted thereto. The Insane Parliament, which was held at Oxford in the forty-first year of the reign of Henry III., obtained this name from the extraordinary proceedings of the Lords, who came with great retinues of armed men, ’when contention grew very high, and many things were enacted contrary to the King’s prerogative.’ We might add to the list, but the gas is being turned off; so _vale_! *V.* *FAMOUS OLD ACTORS.*