My tongue some secret magic ties, I beg you will do me the honour to accept of the trifle that accompanies it, and you will oblige Your affectionate admirer, J. S. COPLEY, Jun. P.S. Pray excuse the writing." It is only necessary to add that the lady to whom these verses were addressed still survives, and retains in her possession both the letter and its contents. Lord Denman possesses poetical talents of no mean order, as the following translation from the Greek Anthology, published in Mr. Bland's collection, will show "In myrtle my sword will I wreathe, Like our patriots, the noble and brave, "Loved Harmodius, thou never shall die! The poets exultingly tell, That thine is the fulness of joy, Where Achilles and Diomed dwell. "In myrtle my sword will I wreath, Like our patriots, the noble and brave, And buried his pride in the grave. "At the altar the tyrant they seized, "In my profession," Sir W. Jones writes to Dr. Parr, "the reputation of a scholar is a dead weight on a person." Literary reputation is, certainly, not the best means for obtaining a practice. A poetical lawyer has described one more available: THE MODERN WAY TO GET ON AT THE BAR. "My Commons all eat, and my terms all past, To the bar I'm now call'd, my dear father, at last; To its profits I look, to its honours aspire, The first of our name ever titled esquire. That I'm proud of the title, I'm free to confess, I was starving-but think now my fortune is made! Some try to get on as great black-letter readers, Tho' first asked, when you're called, "Pray whose pupil were you?" I said I was Tidd's, though you know that the fact is, I laugh at translators, call editors ganders, Who were paid, as was Williams, for editing Saunders; What were Vaillant's great gains by 's translation of Dyer? But the way to get on I've struck out is much shorter, In the front of the paper, this holds a first place. And my name in large print stares you full in the face. This, half-news and half-puff, I take care sha'nt be lost, And in all other papers, all which you may guess, Those who crowd up the courts every day, taking notes, That your name shall appear, and you'll seem to have all, The way to get on, and it costs me but little; At chambers I now and then give them a lunch, Or, at night, a regale of hog's puddings and punch." VOL. II. G CHAPTER V. THE BENCH AND THE WOOLSACK. Independence of the Judges-the Bench in the Days of Elizabeth-Croke-Judge Jenkins-Mr. Justice Alderson - Sir Alan Chambré-George III. and the Judges-Dismissal of Judges-Judicial Corruption-Alfred-Judges in the Days of Edward I.-A Striking Punishment-Latimer's Account of the Judges-Edward VI. and his Judges-Bacon's Corruptions-Charles II.-Judge Yates-Respect for Judicial Dignity-Painful Duties of a Judge-Sir Giles Rooke-Severe Labours of the Chancellor-the Chancellor's PatronageClerical Lawyers-Ancient Court of Chancery-Lay Chancellors-Habits of the Old Judges-Anecdotes of a Judge— Chief Baron Thompson-Lord Eldon-Judicial CharacterJudge and Jury-the Bench and the Bar-Politics and the Judges James II. and the Lawyers-Erskine and HoltAppointment of Judges-Division of the ChancellorshipJudicial Studies-Dilatoriness of the Courts-PrecedentsJus dicere non jus facere-Honours of the Bench-Salaries of the Judges. "We read that in the case of Humphrey Stafford, that arch-traytor, Hussey, chief justice, besought king Henry VII. that he would not desire to know their opinions before-hand for Humphrey Stafford, for they thought it should come before them in the King's Bench judicially, and then they would do that |