capacity and nis learning entitled him ough his reputation at the bar was firmly - a long course of years, it was not till he ge, hardly till he became Chief-Justice, that e fully known. It then appeared that he rly judicial understanding, and even the had kept him in the less ambitious walks sion-his caution, his aversion to all that ntal, his want of fancy-contributed, with alities, to give him a very prominent rank ; our ablest judges.

In

alone he had, which was likely to impede owards this eminent station; but of that he cious as to protect himself against it by effectual precautions. His temper was ; it was hasty and it was violent; forming trast with the rest of his mind. But it was what success he fought against this, and red the rebellious part of his nature. a study to observe this battle, or rather the conflict was too successful to be many occasions. On the bench it rarely it there was observed a truly praiseworthy ularly becoming in the demeanour of a tever struggles there might be carried on ocate during the heat of a cause, and how might be the asperity shown on either

tion

the

1 how ecially gh the by the

in the

sight to en visibly

e had not described ng himself erfect calm

atician pur, as if there

in existence, ne elucidation

ord Tenterden's Mr. Townsend, eagerness to cut opel despatch he of the long-robed

courteous.

counsel, who had ddicted to oratory, My client's oppona mole underground,

The advocate shifted his gro
"It is
thought, a safe position.
Pandects of Justinian." "Where a
"It is a principle of the civil law."
the judge, with a tone and voice wh
fied his assertion, "we have nothing
law in this court."

At another time Mr. Brougham
the amount of a wager laid upon
through some unwillingness of do
been brought to an issue: "We,
advocate, "were minded that the
"Then I," replied the Judge, "am
more of it! Call the next cause."

Correct, appropriate, and succin
ments, he could not endure conceit
language of others. He was irate i
warehouse, or a shopman dubbed
gentleman pressing into a crowded
he could not get to his counsel.
asked the Judge. "My Lord,

solicitor."

"We know nothing c had you been in the respectable should have ordered room to be country apothecary, in answer to using very unnecessarily high-sou ology, the Chief-Justice roared out if you can; or I must swear an int (132)

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safe position. "It is laid down in the Justinian." "Where are you got to now?" nciple of the civil law." "Oh, sir!" exclaimed with a tone and voice which abundantly justiertion, "we have nothing to do with the civil court."

er time Mr. Brougham opened an action for I of a wager laid upon a dog fight, which, me unwillingness of dogs or men, had not ht to an issue: "We, my Lord," said the I were minded that the dogs should fight." replied the Judge, "am minded to hear no Call the next cause."

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appropriate, and succinct in his own stateould not endure conceit or affectation in the others. He was irate if a shop were called a ɔr a shopman dubbed himself assistant. ressing into a crowded court complained that t get to his counsel. "What are you, sir?" Judge. "My Lord, I am the plantiff's "We know nothing of solicitors here, sir, en in the respectable rank of an attorney I ordered room to be made for you." A thecary, in answer to some plain questions innecessarily high-sounding medical phrasehief-Justice roared out, "Speak English, sir, ›r I must swear an interpreter."

the circuit at Hereford:

"In the noise of the bar, and the cro
Though destined still longer to m
Let my thoughts wander home, an
The dear pleasures of beauty and

In the noise of the bar, and the crowds of the hall,
Though destined still longer to move,

Let my thoughts wander home, and my memory recall
The dear pleasures of beauty and love.

The soft looks of my girl, the sweet voice of my boy,
Their antics, their hobbies, their sports;

How, the houses he builds, her quick fingers destroy,
And with kisses his pardon she courts.

With eyes full of tenderness, pleasure, and pride,
The fond mother sits watching their play;
Or turns, if I look not, my dulness to chide
And invites me, like them, to be gay.

She invites to be gay, and I yield to her voice,
And my toils and my sorrows forget:

In her beauty, her sweetness, her kindness rejoice,
And hallow the day that we met.

, August 6, 1800."

an anecdote related by Macready, the celeedian, which shows Lord Tenterden in a very >int of view. The narrator is describing a he had paid to Canterbury Cathedral, under of a verger, who, by reading and observation, ed a large amount of architectural and local ; he thus proceeds: "The guide directed on to everything worthy of notice; pointed he detective eye of taste, the more recondite of art throughout the building, and with conuracy shed light on the historical traditions with it. It was opposite the western front od with me before what seemed the site of a