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inhospitable. Mr. GRANT, however, with the native
courage of u Highlander, accustomed to the rigour of
the seasons, and the sports and labour of a country life
in his native mountains, was roused to a pitch of mili-
tary ardour which does nut appear to have descended to
many of the forensic tierces of the present day, or in
which we should rather say some of them appear to be
deficient. As an officer in the colonial militia he
served during the remainder of the war, with some in-
terruption to his professional career, in which, how-,
ever, he obtained there the rauk-of AtisnierGeneral ;

and, retaining to Westminster Hall, renewed, with a
considerable accession to his fortune, that pursuit of the
higher honours of his profession, which he had been
bethre obliged to abandon for a long time.
He was somewhat noticed by Lord Merlon); but
steady friend an I patron was his countryman Lord
Melville, then the more celebrated Harry Dundas, who,
we have been informed, had the highest opinion of his
judgment, and consulted him upon every occasion. We
are indeed told, that upon subjects of politics those
two very able country IV VII were often claietted for many
mornings together at Lincoln's Inn, where Mr. GRANT
then resided.

In point of business in the Law we believe Mr.
GRANT never attained lunch practi.•e till he was made
a King's Counsel and Solicitor-General, but what he
had was of the most respectable kind, and must have
sufficiently evinced the general character of his ability.
It is in parliament, however, that we must seek for the
principal display of his talents, and it is to his parlia-
mentary exertions that he owes the chief cause of all
his promotion. Ills parliamentary career we shall there.
thre endeavour to trace with accuracy and attention,
and to enable our readers the better to judge of the
merits of the subject of this memoir, we shall notice his
most remarkable speeches as the most important eras
of his life, and the certain steps by which he has ascend-
ed to one of the highest ranks in the Law.

IO he Continued.)

ANECDOTE tbi'llze GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS.

His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Nicholas is
returned to London after his tour. The following cur-
rent tale, may afford some insight into his character.
On leaving Chester for Montgomeryshire, he perceived
one of the outriders to be mounted on a good horse ;
being a fine morning, his Highness felt disposed to
take a ride, and requested to change place with tlle
courier; it was a 14 mile stage, and, on descend'ng a
very long and steep hill, his Highness did not like to
crawl down so slow as the others, and told his suite
that he would ride on and order some refreshment and
horses for them. On his Highness arriving at the inn,
he desired the landlady to prepare some beef-steaks and
mutton-chops thr the Crazed Duke and suite. The
landlady obsurved, that they should be immediately got
re.•ady ; and, taking his llighness fits the courier, asked
him to accept of a glass of something:, which he polite-
ly declined; observing, that he would wait until the
company arrived. She then took him to shew the room
she had prepared for the Grand Duke, and asked him
if he thought it would do? His Highness told her
that it would do extremely well. The carriages shortly
atter arrived ; at this moment the hostess begged his
Highness would have the goodness to point out to her
the Grand Duke ; his Highness smiled, and said that
she would be sure to see him. On Generals Kutcsre
and Munsel getting out of their carriage they saluted
his Highness, and asked hint how he liked his ride.
He said that he had never rode a more pleasant horse,
sad asked General Kutitsoff to examine his mouth,
in order to ascertain his age; which, when don', his
llighness asked the post-boys if their master would sell
the horse, and what would be the price of him. The
boys said, that their master had no objection to sell the
horse, and that the price was (30 guineas ; which sum.
his Highness in :tautly agreed to give. During the in-
terval, the hostess lost no time in asking the servants
which of the Gentlemen was the Grand Duke. When
they pointed him ost to her, she said that was the cou-
rier, nor would she believe them until General Mansel
introduced his Highness to bar.

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