voice is raised to the pitch of which it is capable a sort of on occasion even when most and attacked have i ever known him betray a this is the source of great mortification to his have often seen sir robert labour with his might to the temper of i� rd john but never with effect in ct sir robert and hia party see � g the to be hopeless have all hut ceased to bo severe � rd i i admirable his judgment ji good as to the best course to be pursued in all cases of i am satisfied he in this respect no l in the house am persuaded there is not a man out of the six hundred and fifty seven who would had he been in his situation of leader of the opposition before the of the have acted in the circumstances in which he was then placed with equal judgment and discretion the difficulties of hia position during the did not chiefly arise from the number and ot the adverse party these were enough certainly but the principally arose the of the most zealous and honest of the some of these were day after day intent on bringing forward special motions to bring the question as they said of which party waa to triumph m the house to a decision at once one expedient with this view suggested by a very large number of the radical party and in many others was that of proposing a formal vote of want of confidence in sir robert s government lord john opposed this as step and one which there was every reason to fear would be the means of establishing the very government it was intended to overthrow inasmuch as many sincere r� would have against such a motion on the around that as sir robert demanded a fair trial it would be advisable to let him have it � as then in event of his failing to forward liberal measures the of his government would be hailed by all classes of in the country while the mouths of hia own party would be shut as to any charges against the liberal party of unfair conduct or of sir robert s government being condemned unheard then came the proposition of mr founded on a of sir john in an speech at to stop the supplies mr gave formal notice of a motion to that effect and he was encouraged to in it by a considerable portion of the liberal press and by a very large proportion of the liberal members of the house of lord john saw that the result would f e the very reverse of what mr and others had anticipated � that instead of a majority for such a motion there would be ft considerable majority a it he saw clearly that many would vote against it on the ground that were anxious lo avoid everything which could be into a opposition to sir s government while would be equally adverse to it from an apprehension hit spring tliat if carried it would be attended with serious consequences to the credit of the country sir robert himself saw tlie matter in the fame light and hence to use his own words he panted for either motion being brought forward as the of it could not fail to be the salvation of his government ix rd john in both these respects evinced judgment and also a decision of character which but very few possess for on the one he was to bring forward some such motions himself by means of the most flattery and on the other when he expressed his of such a course he was charged by many less reform members with purposely betraying the liberal cause and playing into the hands of the he wisely determined to wait the first opportunity which would be the of joining issue with the government by sir robert himself bringing forward some motion some great principle the irish bill of sir robert furnished that opportunity as it made no allusion either to the actual existence of any property in the church of ireland or to its lord john determined on moving that no bill for ireland would be satisfactory to the house which did not recognize the principle of to the g purposes of education any in the irish church which might be found to exist this brought the matter to a bearing at once no could shrink from asserting that principle there was no room for the of motives on the part of the liberal party the opportunity of asserting their principles was not of their own seeking however anxiously they may have longed for it the necessity was in a manner imposed on them by sir robert himself as it would have been deemed by the country a cowardly of their principles to have suffered the bill to be read a second time without with it the record of their sentiments on the question of both subjects being so closely associated together in the case of ireland the event proved the of the judgment and the excellence of the of lord john mr spring the of the and member for cambridge is perhaps from the prominent part he takes in the in the house the next member of the cabinet entitled to notice like lord john he is of stature though not nearly so made mr spring rice though small in size he has a rather handsome person of which however he is proud he is somewhat of a he wears a profusion of rings on his fingers i think i have counted on more than one occasion seven or eight though i will not now be positive as to the exact number he usually wears a green and a smart black stock the collar of his shirt is of unusual height james the shepherd in his that the first time he 