ng his reproof by an allusion to his Scottish nationality,
"Cur[=a]tors, Mr. Crosbie, Cur[=a]tors: I wish _our_ countrymen would
pay a little more attention to prosody."--"My lord," replied Mr.
Crosbie, with delightful readiness and composure, "I can assure you that
_our_ countrymen are very proud of your lordship as the greatest
sen[=a]tor and or[=a]tor of the present age."

A very young Scottish advocate, afterwards an eminent judge on the
Scottish Bench, pleading before the House of Lords, ventured to
challenge some early judgments of that House, on which he was abruptly
asked by Lord Brougham: "Do you mean, sir, to call in question the
solemn decisions of this venerable tribunal?"--"Yes, my lord," coolly
replied the young counsel, "there are some people in Scotland who are
bold enough to dispute the soundness of some of your lordship's _own_
decisions."

* * * * *

Sheriff Logan, when pleading before Lord Cunningham in a case which
involved numerous points of form, on some of which he ventured to
express an opinion, was repeatedly interrupted by old Beveridge, the
judge's clerk--a great authority on matters of form--who unfortunately
possessed a very large nasal organ, which literally overhung his mouth.
"No, no," said the clerk, as the sheriff was quietly explaining the
practice in certain cases. On which Logan, somewhat nettled at the blunt
interruption, coolly replied: "But, my lord, I say: 'Yes, yes, yes,' in
spite of Mr. Beveridge's _noes_."

In the days of Sheriff Harper, Mr. Richard Lees, solicitor, Galashiels,
was engaged in a case for a client who was not overburdened with the
necessary funds for legal proceedings. However, he was thought good
enough for the expenses in the case. The action went against Mr. Lees'
client, and then Mr. Lees rose to plead for modified expenses. But the
client leant across to speak to the lawyer and said in a hoarse whisper
audible over the Court: "Dinna stent (limit) yoursels for the expenses
for a haena a fardin'." This was too much even for the gravity of the
Bench.

Not many years ago, in the High Court at Glasgow, a case was heard
before an eminent judge still on the Scottish Bench, in which the
accused had committed a very serious assault and robbery. He was unable
to engage counsel for his defence, and the usual course was adopted of
putting his case in the hands of "counsel for the poor." There was
really no defence; but the young ad