CONTENTS. 1. Anecdotes of the Early Administration of Justice 2. Lines on Sir James Stewart, Lord Advocate, 3. The Poor Client's Complaint, 4. A Letter from the Ghost of Sir William Anstruther of that Ilk, once Senatour of the Colledge of Jus- 7. The Court of Session Garland, 9. Directions to Writers Apprentices, 10. Epigram on the late Hugo Arnot, Esq. Advocate, 11. Song intended to have been sung between the acts of a play, (acted by particular desire of the Dean 67 14. Epitaph on Charles Hay, Esq. Advocate, who lies interred under the Bowling Green in Heriot's Garden, by the Hon. Henry Erskine, 15. Notes taken at advising the Action of Defamation and Damages,-Alexander Cunningham, Jeweller, 16. Question of Competition,-Keswick versus Ulls- 23. The Petition of the Clerks and Apprentices of the 34. Her Majesty's most gracious Speech, delivered at the opening of Parliament on the 5th of February 1839, 150 NOTICE. O those persons who are familiar with the of Scotland, and its inmates, the various Pieces collected together in this volume cannot be devoid of interest. Even to those not initiated in the mysteries of legal procedure, a considerable portion of the contents will, it is hoped, be attractive; for no genuine votary of Momus can be insensible to the fun of the Justiciary Opera, the drollery of the Diamond Beetle Case, the exquisite point of the Parody on Hellvellyn,-the satirical wit of the Chronicles of the City, and the quiet humour of the Scotish Royal Speeches. As many passages required explanation, illustrative Notes have been given, and some few Anecdotes are introduced, the greater part of which, if not the whole, have never previously been published:-they were almost all taken from individuals connected either as practitioners or suiters with the Court of Session, many years since; and are,—at the least the Editor ventures to think so,-worthy of preservation, as exceedingly characteristic of the parties alluded to, and the times in which they lived. Although so few years, comparatively speaking, |