_"Populus vult decipi"_ (Vol. vii., p. 578.; Vol. viii, p. 65.).--As an
illustration of this expression the following anecdote is given. When my
father was about thirteen years old, being in London he was, on one
occasion in company with Dr. Wolcot (Peter Pindar), who, calling him to
him, laid his hand on his head, and said, "My little boy, I want you to
remember one thing as long as you live--the people of this world love to be
cheated."