On the 2nd of January 1824 was issued the prospectus of the _Lapsus Linguae_; _or_, _the College Tatler_; and on the 7th the first number appeared.

On Friday the 2nd of April '_Mr.Tatler_ became speechless.' Its history was not all one success; for the editor (who applies to himself the words of Iago, 'I am nothing if I am not critical') overstepped the bounds of caution, and found himself seriously embroiled with the powers that were.

There appeared in No.XVI.a most bitter satire upon Sir John Leslie, in which he was compared to Falstaff, charged with puffing himself, and very prettily censured for publishing only the first volume of a class-book, and making all purchasers pay for both.

Sir John Leslie took up the matter angrily, visited Carfrae the publisher, and threatened him with an action, till he was forced to turn the hapless _Lapsus_ out of doors.

The maltreated periodical found shelter in the shop of Huie, Infirmary Street; and No.XVII.was duly issued from the new office.