attacked. My father went thither directly on foot attended by constables, and found his Lordship in the most tumultuous state of feelings, and utterly at a loss to know what to do. The mob had given notice of their intention to visit him, and a great concourse of people was assembling as spectators of the impending mischief. Sir J. was cool and firm: he advised sending for a military force; and while this was carrying into effect, Lord Mansfield asked him to go to the Archbishop of York, who lived in the adjoining house, and was under the same terror. The Archbishop, however, was more himself.

"The guards came; and there is little doubt that the attack would soon have been repelled, but Lord Mansfield insisted on their not remaining on the spot, but being ready when summoned.

My father remonstrated; he represented the inconsistency of such a plan, and the impossibility there would be of making any armed force of use, when not immediately at hand; but fear is very deaf, and his Lordship was, I may say, obstinate. He insisted that the guards should be stationed at the vestry of St. George's church, and though

* It should, however, be remembered, that Lord Mansfield did not really stand in need of my father's assistance, as the Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench is a magistrate in any county in which he is present.

this placed them considerably beyond the diagonal line of Bloomsbury Square, Lord M. saw no inconvenience. He would be obeyed, even though the commanding officer protested against a proceeding so absurd.

"He was obeyed; and the result is well known to those who had the misfortune to witness the scenes of this time. The mob kept their promise, and, in a space of time inconceivably short, his house had only its walls standing. One of the young ladies of the family staid long enough to see her grand piano-forte thrown into a bonfire, made of the furniture; and such was the noble spirit of these Protestant heroes, that a large silver tankard was thrown into the blaze with a con

siderable quantity of guineas in it. A cry was then set up, from the tone and temper of which it was conjectured, that all the mob were not of the same description; the audible words were, If there be any females in the house, send them away:' having given time for the execution of this charitable order, and consequently the evacuation of the house, they proceeded with the work of demolition." (Miss Hawkins's Memoirs.)

"A lady walking with Mr. Bacon in Gray's Inn Walks, asked him, whose that piece of ground lying next under the walls was He answered,

'theirs.' Then she asked him, If those fields beyond the walls were theirs too? He answered, 'Yes, Madam, those are ours, as you are ours, to look on, and no more."" (Bacon's Apothegms.)

THE LAWYER.

"The law my calling is,

My robe, my tongue, my pen,
Wealth and opinion gaine,

And make me judge of men.
The knowne dishonest cause
I never did defend,

Nor spunne out sutes in length,
But wisht and sought an end,
Nor counsaile did bewray,

Nor of both parties take,

Nor ever tooke I fee

For which I never spake."

(Maynard's XII Wonders of the World, 1611.)

CHARACTER OF A REVEREND JUDGE.

"He desires to have his greatness measured only by his goodness. His care is, to appear such to the people as he would have them to be, and to be himself such as he appears: for virtue cannot seem one thing and be another. He knows that the hill of greatness yields a most delightful prospect; but also that it is most subject to lightning and thunder; and that the people, as in

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ancient tragedies, sit and censure the actions of those in authority; he shapes his own, therefore, that they may be far above their pity. He wishes there were fewer laws, so they were better observed. Neither hope nor despair of preferment can draw him to wrong any man. He thinks himself most honourably seated, when he gives mercy the upper-hand. If his sovereign call him to a higher place, he then delivers his mind plainly and freely, knowing there is no place where dissembling ought to predominate less than in a prince's counsel. Thus honour keeps pace with him to the grave." (Sir Thomas Overbury's Characters.)

LORD KEEPER NORTH AND THE RHINOCEROS.

"To shew that his Lordship's court enemies, the Earl of Sunderland in particular, were hard put to it to find, or invent, something to report, tending to the diminution of his character, I shall give an account of the most impudent buffoon lie raised upon him, and with brazen affirmations of truth to it, dispersed from the court one morning, that ever came into fools' heads; and Satan himself would not have owned it for his legitimate issue. It fell out thus: a merchant of Sir Dudley North's acquaintance had brought over an enormous rhinoceros, to be sold to shew-men for profit. It is a noble beast, wonderfully armed by nature for

offence, but more for defence, being covered with impenetrable shields, which no weapon would make any impression upon; and a rarity so great, that few men in our country have, in their whole lives, opportunity to see so singular an animal. This merchant told Sir Dudley North, that if he, with a friend or two, had a mind to see it, they might take the opportunity at his house, before it was sold. Hereupon Sir Dudley North proposed to his brother, the Lord Keeper, to go with him upon this expedition; which he did, and came away exceedingly satisfied with the curiosity het had seen.

But whether he was dogged to find out where he and his brother housed in the city, or flying fame carried an account of the voyage to court, I know not; but it is certain, that the very next morning a bruit went from thence all over the town, and (as factious reports used to run,) in a very short time, viz. that his Lordship rode upon the rhinoceros; than which a more infantine exploit could not have been fastened upon him. And most people were struck with amazement at it, and divers ran here and there to find out whether it was true or no. And, soon after dinner, some lords and others, came to his Lordship to know the truth from himself; for the setters of the lie affirmed it positively, as of their own knowledge. That did not give his Lordship much disturbance, for he expected no better from his