was much interested at these performances, and said, "I ought to be proud of my Scottish subjects, when my judges _ride_, and my members of Parliament _walk_ to the metropolis." On one occasion of his being in London, Lord Monboddo attended a trial in the Court of King's Bench.

A cry was heard that the roof of the court-room was giving way, upon which judges, lawyers, and people made a rush to get to the door.

Lord Monboddo viewed the scene from his corner with much composure.

Being deaf and short-sighted, he knew nothing of the cause of the tumult.

The alarm proved a false one; and on being asked why he had not bestirred himself to escape like the rest, he coolly answered that he supposed it was an _annual ceremony_, with which, as an alien to the English laws, he had no concern, but which he considered it interesting to witness as a remnant of antiquity! Lord Monboddo died 1799.
Lord Rockville (the Hon.