Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1866-12-18

brought NNEelltf the EeSlllla OF u4uCll OuL-Oi- i
the-way reading, including some 'things !
not generally known" and a good many
anecdotes which, Il they had been told be-
fore, are too good for any one TO mind
hearing them again. One Of the best an
eodotes in the fnst volume is this old
story Of
WILKES AND THURLow.
Like his friend John Scott, Thurlow
could shed tears and be wondroTs pathetic
whenever tears could aid his eloquence.
After deXterously cOquetting between the
queens and the princes parties in 177S, he
delivered in the House Of Lords his
memorable declaration Of gratitude 10, and
affection for, the afflicted king. Having
broken his harangue with several distinct
fits Of nervous agitation, and at one point
having Wept copiously, he resumed the
clearest melody Of his sonOrous voice, and
concluded with these words q A noble
viscount has, in an eloquent and energetic
II. manner, expressed his feelings on the pres
ent melancholy situation Of Ills Majesty
feelings rendered more poignant from the
nobleFiscounssh having been in the habit Of
personally receiving marks Of Indulgence
and kindness from his suffering sovereign.
Ny own sorrow, my lords, is aggravated by
the same cause My debt Of gratitude is
indeed ample for the many faVoTs which
have been graciously conferred upon me by
his Majesty and when | forget my soyer-
eign may my God forget me p As Thur
low sat down the sensation among his
brother peers was profound; but Liberty
Wilkes who had been an auditor Of The
speech, was less deeply affected A vicious
light burned brightly in his squirting
eyes, and as a more than usually dia-
bolical sneer played upon his hideous face,
the peoples friend Missed out "God forget
you He'll see you - first"
Among the gossip Of The book are the
following
ANECDOTES OF THURLow.
A solicitor had made a series Of state
ments in a vain endeavor 70 convince his
lordship Of certain person 8 death. Real
ly, my lord, at last the solicitor exclaimed,
goaded into a fury by Thurlow's repeated
calculations of" That's no proof Of the man.
death = Really, my lord, il is very hard,
and il is not right that you won't believe
me- ] saw the man dead in his coffin. NV
lord, l tell you he was my client, and he Is
dead" "No woHder,0 retOrted Thurlow,
with a grunt and a sneer, since he was
your client Why did you not tell me that
sooner? II would kill me TO have such a
fellow as you for my attorney" That this
great lawyer could thus address respect
able gentleman Is less astonishing when il
is remembered that he once Mortified a
party Of aristocratic visitors ct a country
house by replying 10 a lady who pressed
him 10 take some grapes, "Grapes, madam,
grapes DID 1 not say minnie ago that
| bad the Rfipes !" Once this ungentle
lawyer was fairly Worsted in a verbal con-
dict by an Irish payiOr On crossing the
threshold 81 his OrmOnd street house one
morning, the Chancellor was incensed at
seeing a load Of paving stones placed before
his door, Singing ont the tallest Of a score
Of Irish workmeIl who were repairing the
thoroughfare, he poured upon him one Of
those torrents Of curses with which his
most insolent speeches were usually pre-
luded, and then told the man 10 move the
stones instantly. Where shall / take
them 90, your honor p the payior inquired
From the Chancellor another yolley o.
blasphemous abuse, ending with, You
lousy scoundrel, take them 20 he'll do YOU
hear meY' Have a care, your honor, "
answered the workman, With quiet drollery
don't you think, now, that If took 'em &c
the other place, your honor would be less
likely 70 fall over them ?"
The famous Lord Kenyon is pictured as
an ignorant and absurd person, and these
anecdotes are told:
JUDICIAL BLUHDERs.
One day he would silence an importune
sutton or loquacious barrister by exclaim-
ing, Z" Ea modus ~ nebass, or a. the verna-
cular hath Il, there must be an end Of all
things;2 on another day he would clothe
his face with the wisest Of his judicial as
poets, and observe. ain advancing to q
conclusion on this subject, am resolved
stare supra Gnfiquas gias" When glaring
case of fraud was brought before his OBJ
seryatiOn, be exclaimed, " The dishonesty
is manifest; in the words Of an old Latin
sage apparently Ldtet dnglas IN herba ; {"
60 a deeply-edihed grand jury he remarked
in tone Of solemn pathos, Having thus
discharged your consciences, gentlemen,
Won may retire 10 your homes in peace,
with the delightful consequences of having
performed your duties well and as you
compose yourselves for nocturnal slumber,
YOU may apply TO yourselves the words OF
the heather philosopher, Am Cesar ala
aullus'"
Without the assistance Of Latin, some of
his remarks uttered from the Judgment
seat were provocative OF laughter. The
allegation he exclaimed during the ex-
animation of an unsatisfactory witness, is
as far from truth as old BoOterium from the
Northern Mama line / have heard or
met with God knows 'uheer." + /
On another occasion, when he repri-
manded an attorney for cauTing needless
and vexatiOus delay in a cause, he observed
in boldly meiaphorical language: This is
the last hair in the tail Of procrastination.
and il must be plucked out :" and he il
Ieported 20 have lectured twelve gentle
men in the box" thas: aft an individual
can Jneak d0loR any Of those safeguards
which the constitution has wisely and eau
tiously erected, by poisoning the minds Of
the Jury At a time when they are called
upon 20 decide, be will STAB the administfa-
lion Of justice in its most vital psrts."
But Keayon's grandest Grafton was made
at the trial of Williams for Publishing Tom
Payne's "Age Of R>ason," when the learned
Judge, in bis summing up, observed:
"Christianity, from its earliest institution.
met with It's opposers. The professors were
very soon called upon to publish their
Apologies for the doctrines they had en-
braoed. Ia what manner they did that
and whether they had the advantage of
their adyersaries, or sunk under the supe-
riority OF their argument, mankind for near
two thousand years have had the oppor-
tunity Of Judging. They have seen what
JulimS Jastin Martyr, aud other apologists
have written, aud have been Of opinion that
the argument was in favor Of those publ
cations" Telling this story in his own
way, and improving it--as he was fnllv
justified in doing-ColeTidge in the liable
Talk assures his readers that Lord Ken
yon, in his address to the jury in a trial for
blasphemy, said: "AbOve all, gentlemen,
need name TO you the Emperor Julian.
who was so celebrated for the practice of
every Christian yirtne, that he was called
BdiGf he apostle p
To several later judges, as well as 70
KENYON, has been attributed the memorial
HE judicial address to the dishonest butler
who had been convicted Of stealing large
quantities OF wine from his masters cellar.
"Prisoner at the bar" The judge is reported
10 have said, "you stand convicted ON the
most conclusive evidence Of 4 crime Of in
exprcssible atrocity-a crime that defles
the sacred springs Of domestic confidence,
and Is calculated 20 strike alarm into the
breast Of every Englishnan who invests
largely in the cloicer vintages Of Southern
Europe. Like the serpant Of old you have
stung the hand Of your protector. Fortu-
nate in having "A gesierous eFnplover van