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the Peerage solicited me, not the Pesrace.
Nay more. can SAP, and will say, that e5
Peer Of Parliament, as Speaker OF this right
honorable House, a. Keeper of the Great Seal,
| 9s Guaro!an 4Ir J. OF HIS Aajessy's conscience, IS
| Lord High Chancellor Of England. nav. oven
IN that character alone in which the Duke would
think it an affsons to ba contldered, but which
none can deny meas man, II an at this mo-
ment ~ respectableI beg leave to add ae7
St this moment, as much 1espected-as the
proudest Peer l now look down uaon." .sThe
effect Of this speech" saws Mr. Butler. IDOL,
| within the walls Of Parliament and without
them was prod.eious. It gave Lord Tnurlow sn
ascendencv in the House which no other Chan
cellor had ever possessed; it invested him in
public opinion with character OF Independence
and honor; and this. although he was on tho
popular side Of poit1cs, made him alway po3u-
lar with the people"
POLITE JUDGR-
Mr. Baron Graham invariably e1empl16ed his
peculiar notions Ct pollteness. even in tue very
act Of sentencing poor creatures to doath. Il Is
manners on such occasions would often have
been laushable. but for the deeply affecting sit
uatlon in which the unhappy prisoners stood.
very singular instance Of the Ba1on's excessive
and il-tlmed p0liteness occurred on one occasion
after the closo Of the trials at country assize.
Slne unhappy men neso all appointed 70 receive
sentence OF death for burglary, highway robbie
r1es, and other oneuses. 1t so happened, how
ever, that IN euter'ng the names OF the unfortu-
slip Of paper, Baron Graham omitted ono OF them.
The nine men were brought up to receive ;ude-
mcnt, and the eight whose names we're on lis
paper we're aevera!ly sentenced to death. They
then quilted the bar. The ninth s:ood in na,ta
astonishment at the circumstance that no sen
tence was paased on him. The clerk Of
the court. perceiving the mistake, immediately
called aloud to his Lordship. just AZ he OPEN
ing me door TO leave the court, that he had
onaltted T. TO pass sentence On one unfortunate
q T1N fIY1ty 14c t0fu
pE1se at the unhappy prisoner, he hurried back
20 tne seat ne haa JUST vacated, aud taking
plnch OF o. snnH-he was one Of tue most lnretor-
ate snu1 takers thst ever liVed-and putting On
to9 olsck cap, 40 aoaEossea the prlsoner IN the
tolto"lne STRAIN, elVlng at the same time pro-
lusloo oi po~s: NY eood man, really bex
souI patoom lor Tue Mslase II was entirely
m1atahe-a!togethe: mistake, assure you.
ne sentence OF tho Court on you IS. that you 20
.il .aken 20 tue place whence yon came, thence to
neck until you are dead;, And the Lord have
mercy on your soul 90 neg your pardon; IN
very soIrs Tor tue mistake, l assure you: so
SAYING ~ naae anothef 10" %" 10 cue unhappy
man AMI then quilted the court.
FIVE MINUTES FOR DRESSING.
learned Sergeant kops the Court waiting ono
morning for few miautes. The business Of
the Court commenced ut 9tN.ock. brother"
said the Judge, you are b I'D your time this
morning. The Court has beci waiting for YOU
geant. :" am afraid l vas longer than usual II
dressing" "Oh!" returned the Judge, - can
dress in 5 minutes as any time" Indeed"
; said the learned brother, little surprised for
the momsnt but in that my dog Shock beats
your Loraship hollow, for he las nothing to do
but to slase h!s coat and taiuk hlnlsely tit for
any company"
ALAwYER WHO WOULDN'T FIGHT,
Davy. although OF , very iolly cLa,a ter. does
not appear to hive been tight1ng map. lie
..ur, n-o,k ofy,.ao ,p,, A.,
gentleman whom be abused With the due license
Of an advocate Not understanding tie free
masonry Of tho Bar, this angry person sought,
both At Winchester, where the ofrense lappeued.
la:es that the Sergeant eyaded all his attempts.
Upon winch tho challenger actually went to Dor
chester. and "knockins at a very earlv hour at
the door where the luwyer lodged, upon its being
opened. he walked into tho house. and walked
ftom room to room TIL Le found himself
bed. He drew open tho curtains, and
sa1d that tho LAWYER rnu, we'll know
what his errand vas-that he .4no to demand
satisfaction-that he, too. we'll knew that the
unwilling to comply with it. but that satisfaction
be munt and would have. The Sergeant began
to apologize. The gentleman said Le was not to
be appeaaed BY apologies or ,uords his Honor
had been tarnished. aud the satisfaction which
gentleman owed to geutlem IN whom he Ind
eann1nia:ed he came to demand md insist upon.
Well said the Sergeant: surely YOU don't
mean TO fall upon = naked man, unarmad. in
bod? tOl no. sir, Sid the gentleman: YOU
can't but kuos in what way this sort Of business
is conducted between gentleman aud cept:etpau.'
tVer7 right. tleo,' saws tho Serg -ant. If Won
oya me- vour honor that Won duut mean to fail
upon me naked anu unarmed IN bed, will give
you naina that will not get out OF bed TIL You
seoins you again."
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