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 ¬not help smiling to myself at the ludicrous idea of all Palace-yard in an uproar at the astonishing sight of our judges coming out of Westminster Mall in such shabby fiocks and brown scratches, as would infallibly subject them to be rejected as bail, in their own courts, even for ten pounds, though they were to swear themselves black in the face. ¬" In England," I said, (recovering from my reverie,) — "in England, we view this whole sub- ject in a very different light; we do not regard it as lit to be governed by the idle fashions of the day, but upon principles from which our government may receive substantial support. Distinctions amongst mankind are inevitable, and when left, as in ruder ages, to an unbridled course, arc degrading and destructive; but when adjusted by a wise and liberal policy, each order stands (as you have yourself so well expressed it) in its appointed place, society then forms a dig- nified, harmonious phalanx, and, instead of slavish subjection, or contention in the ranks of ¬ /n