The Sun.
London, England, 1834-06-14 00:00:00

A SCOTTISH JUDGE.

The late Lord Hermand was of an excellent
constitution, and, when upwards of seventy years of
age, had the appearance of a hale, hearty old man.
Few could compete with him at the bottle, and
many younger, and in their prime, were obliged to
own that the old lord was too much for them. The
members of the bar who were most intimate with
his lordship, and companions of his convivial mo-
ments, finding it was in vain to contend with him
single-handed, formed a plan whereby they con-
ceived he must be overcome by numbers, and do
away with the reproach that attached to them of
being beaten by a man twice their age. One even-
ing, as the venerable judge was sitting over his
bottle of sherry after dinner, and nobody but his
lady with him, in drops one of the party, then a
celebrated advocate, and now holding a distin-
guished office under his Majesty's government,—
" Come awa, Francie," says the judge, and
orders in another bottle, and the two fell briskly
on the wine. In half an hour in drops another,
" Harry, I'm glad to see you," was the salutation,
and a fresh supply ordered in ; and at intervals the
different parties appeared and took their places
at the convivial board, and plied their host with
the juice of the Tuscan grape, who, nothing loth,
took " measure for measure." The whole party
soon attained that state of elevation which, among
refined minds, produces the " feast of reason and
the flow of soul." The scintillations of wit and
genius sparkled with unusual brilliancy, and many
a time the table was set in a roar with the broad
humoui of their host. At length the potency of
the deep draughts began to be manifest upon seve-
ral of the guests, and one by one they fell into a
state of quiescence ; at last his Lordship had the
satisfaction of seeing the last, feeling himself un-
comfortable in his chair, choose to prefer measuring
his length on the carpet. Then rising from his
seat " like a prophet in drink," and maintaining
perfectly his equilibrium, the venerable judge, lock-
ing the door of the chamber, betook himself to re-
pose, leaving his guests lying heads and thraws.
Next morning, at nine o'clock, Lord Hermand
drove up to the Court of Session, as was his wont,
and took his seat on the bench at the right hand of
the Lord President. Several important cases were
to come on that day, but on being called, none of
the senior counsel were present. The President,
not a little surprised at this, wondered how the
learned gentlemen absent could trifle with the time
of the court in that manner. His brother judge
whispered in his ear, " My Lord, if you send the
Macer with this key he will find the learned gen-
tlemen in my dining-room. I am sure I left them
there this morning."—Seotch Paper.

We believe we may confidently assert, that,
in case Mr. More O'Ferrall had been prevailed upon
to accept office under the present government, Mr.
Barrett would receive the reward of his repeal mar-
tyrdom, by being elected to the vacancy that would be
created in the presentation of Kildare.—Dublin
Register.
Mr. STANLEY'S REASONS FOR THE PRE-
SERVATION OF THE CHURCH PROPERTY.-The follow-
ing paragraph is copied from the Liverpool Albion,
but we know nothing of the authority upon which the
statement rests:—" It is known that two of the
richest livings in the English Church, Bury and Win-
wick, are in the gift of the Earl of Derby, grand-
father of the right hon. gentleman, and are held by
members of the Derby family. The Rev. Mr. Hornby,
brother-in-law of Lord Stanley, is understood to have
had the promise, through the Cabinet influence of his
nephew, of the next Irish bishopric which may be-
come vacant. The reverend gentlemen being trans-
lated, not to heaven, but to Ireland, the Rev. Mr.
Hopwood, who is on the point of being married to the
Hon. Miss Stanley, was, it is added, to succeed his
uncle, by marriage, in the fat living of Winwick. If
thi* on dit be true, Mr. Stanley has, or rather had,
the most substantial reasons for resisting the proposed
appropriation of the revenues of the Irish Church ;
and his conduct, instead of deserving the praise of
being actuated by religious, may more properly be
supposed to have been actuated by selfish motives."