The Sun.
London, England, 1827-11-09 00:00:00

SETS. A. HART'S LEVEE.

DUBLIN, Nov. G.—This city has presented to-
-11- ari-CiiuSually crowded and brilliant. appearance.
Therei were two levees held this morning—one by
Lord Plunket, and the other by Sir Anthony Hart.
This is the first term day since the appointment of
Lord Punket- to the Common Pleas, and; as is cus-
tomary, he held his levee. From the circumstance
of his Lordship having sat during the last Term, it
escaped the recollection of many of the Bar, and
these the most leading of the body, that a levee was
to be held, and in consequence, a number of indivi-
duals, eager to pay their respects to his Lordship,
were absent, , This forgetfulness was the theme of
universal regret in the Four Courts, when the Bar
began to congregate there. Still the levee was
most numerous and important. The Judges and the
Sergeants at Law attended. Sir Anthony Hart must
have been.amazed at the assemblage of rank and
wealth • that paid homage to him on the occasion of
his levee: Sackville-street, in which Bilton's Ho-
tel is -situated, although a spacious and mignificent
thoroughfare, was blocked up from an. early hour by
equipages .of the richest kind. His Lordship re-
ceived the Bar with great propriety and respect,
and, as far as his own deportment was concerned,
of self-possission. He may be less dignified in his
bow than Lord Manners, and it is not unlikely that
his lip is not screwed to that precise angle of aris-
tocracy-that was remarkable in the contour of that
:Noble Lord. Nevertheless, despite that coldness
of manner for which . your countrymen are re-
markable amongst us, hia.reception of the Bar,
has given unmixed satisfaction: " According to
usage," there was a sparklingdispersion of wit and
langhter amidst the decorum, that prevailed in the
reception roosaiianilthis disposition to be exhilirated
suffered no dimmation from- the sight of a curious
wade meaum,, which presented itself through the
heap of visiting and invitation cards that encumbered
ece of the tables. The voltithe which excited so
much observation was Sir Jonah Barrington's lately
published work t. Sir Jonah Barrington, who it ap-
pears is selected by the new Chancellor to enlighten
him on the subject of the Irish Bar, exceeds im-
measurably, in the estimation of the profession,
Ferdinand Mendez Pinto.
As the Chancellor was retiring, that man of in-
flexible muscle- the Master of the Rolls, made his
appearance, and was just in time to be too
The Chancellor's cortege moved forward to the Four
courts about, one t-eclock. His Lordship sat in a.
plain carriage with the .Chief Justice of the King's
,Bench and his Secretary,. Lord Plunket and the
other Judges of the Common Pleas followed, and
the carriages that, succeeded were belonging to the
ether -Judges, and the profession generally. Lord
Plunket appeared a; if he rallied his spirits for the
occasion, and, felt neither chagrin nor disappointment
at the treatment Which he has received.
On dit, that 'the Master of the Rolls is disap-
pointed that he IS not the new Chancellor. His po-
litics could not retard his advancement, for they
have never exhibited themselves. His orthodoxy,
too, is -unquestionable,• as he renounced Popery
many a long year since.