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have two other little greens (in fact, at one time we
had quite a bunch if greens) Nun-green and Goode-
green. Very suggestive, both these named. Thie gave
us a smack of village life on the borders of an over-
grown town. In reference to these three places one of
i our vestries has just dune a eeneible thing. It has just
It is very common to overrate the importance of the I bought all the manorial rights appertaining to them,
times in which we live ; and in political, as well as I with the proviso that the three places shall be for ever
other matters, we are always apt to regard the present dedicated to the use of thi; public an recreation grounds.
state if things an critical ; but there is now no doubt I If the vestry only carry out this agreement they will
that we are in a critical position politically, and that ' eeafee a lasting boon, not only on the Londoners Of
the Government is in a very critical position. The 1 the present generation, but on the millions who will
Liberal party in the House of Commone has not only ! successively come from all parts of the country to
a large working majority, but they have recently ex- I make the metropolis their home,
hibited signs of taking a merciless advantage of this in ; 'Die anniversary meeting of the Newspaper Press
ether matters over and above the Irish Church. 'fhere Fund; which will take place on the Gth of next month,
are rumours, too, of a motion of want of confidence, , bids fair to show at mice the growing importance of the
thus precipitating the resignation of the Ministry. I
- ! preen and of the association. The Duke of Cambridge
merely note the rumour as it rifles, and offer no opinion ! takes the chair, and a number of gentlemen, eminent
on the policy of such a step, even supposing it to be'
i in literature, science, and eft, besides a goodly bode' of
contemplated. What would suit the country bent' ' thoroughly representative men, specially appropriate
there can be no doubt, would be an appeal to the new !to the occasion, will be present. The young society
constituencies, and it is to be hoped that events; may I has been as en very fortunate in its succeesive presidents at
take such a turn, that the bill which is said to be in !
, it... anniversaries, and some of its members are looking
preparation to effect this earlier than it could otherwise to the Prince of Wales taking the flair next
forward! ' !
be made, may be paesed, and that previous to this we ! ," ~
may at least have the Irish and Scotch Reform Bills ! ' '
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and the Boundary Bill carried. ! DEATH OF LORD BROUGHAM,
It has been announced though unofficially and !
therefore unreliably-that a marriage has been er- IWe have the painful k lilt yof annoknicing the death of
I Lord Brougham, which took place at his seat at Cannes, in
ranged between the Crown Prince of Denmark and the 8011111 of Frallee, suddenly, on Thursday night, the
the Princess Louise, her Nlajesty's fourth daughter. I eili instant.
)eThe venerable peer, who would hmei keakilickl ids lama ieth
Princes and Princsei; have a knack of getting I
married, like other people, and, though their choice is i e:egintttriea"letfit, !:',IV; rithber tilt tt!lfettietni;y':,nl"X
much restricted, yet there is reason to believe that in airings every day since the fine weather set in, anti even did
the case of our own royal funnily, " reasons of state" ! r,,,Tri Tairrt`t3:ralLej.:"r"?,li ~,litewre'rellt"ta,lt "r"l ',II"V
hays not entirely obviated sonic little pommel ehoice. 1 When Ike retired he is stated to have la..':e:k ih Ilill'ulsleal"Ittlti1
The bride elect can have seen very little of the prince I itinkri spirits. As wa.s customary, some of the amnesties,
who is to be her husband, but it is more than probable aste'irl'islititeteiittitlim"eir lanii"tSeatiliViblstlint' .IqiuelarsieVi.i!iti
that he has bean the sulkiest of conversation llially a inquiries made late kin Saturkist Met at his town residence,
time, considering the relations already formed between ',1.e1e,1, ,r,;jelLY-;*„lmai tes,:',„tgij,n,ata9„l,eot,ler'etiria!,-'l' l'"4 Ir,,s
the two royal families. The reigning family of Den- with him at Clialitel. stated Mtn to have ':diettin‘lirs dte.‘:!"g
The billowing summary of the deceased noblea's ong
snack is already very fortunate in its matrinioniid and disthrmishea career is sligh mn
tly condensed frunk .1/l
en er
relations. England, Russia, and Greece have among the Tieo. :.'
their royal families member, of the royal hon. of Den- ,f. itrofriiam and Vans, Lord, Henry Brougham, PILS.• &el
mark, and the alliance with the former country, ea tiff, Seal. Heil',ilfUngeurlalult,haenclßro' ulgitu'rlk illaTtettoktili;n'a.
is now to be strengthener]. Them considerations must, at by Eleanor, daughter iif the itev. Jana:B4mo, maternal niece
least, be some coirsolation to the king mid Queen of I,r„V,,Vol,ttl,":=L:.fflii M1,.,1",," ,Ani,l'" first
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Deinunak. If their country has been unfortunate on seeds of las education at the High school,..Ekti'l'aSU'rgli, uiler
the field of battle, it has been, at all events, happy in tIIL
elettetkeeloiraiise etereiiktiy tit:7ft under Dr. Adkuki, author of
its matrimonial alliances. There will not be, in the High School he Pasta, in'tll"&co=liftitt:t ttrCVnie-
case of this marriage, that of ijection that aOlllO peolee tetirsity of Editiburiat, where he was a paid of Dugala Stewart,
urged in reenact to another one a great difference of Tie.tlikyibil,enisittkwoilkil,TxL,2r,rwaterovenelikiroefisessoeo,ri:t. .
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age—for the Crown Prince is about twenty-five, and after a lengthened tour in Prnssia and Holland, lie wasn6Al
tiltitiika li,aillitetatTet:iki aet tells, Sok:Latish latt• in 1100 Resitting at
the Princess in her twenty-first year. And so we may
make up our minds to another Parliamentary allow- Speculative Society of It'lM't ‘l'iTttroritakits,inanid°wd-uasi'k‘ktk'ke* of the
titre
alma In 1857 a dowry id 1:8,000 a year Was settled Zef etrl iters in the Editiburgh Review while that periodical
on the Princess Royal, then about te be united to the foiiesyteieesineittisigNii,kcilidiuteii
iilii:
Inquiry in only
Prince of of Prussia. In lttell the Princess Alice was Polio!, ht the hue-peon Fetes 's, a at"•,rikia 'e 'n
fv.:l,!sit Colar'ctl
presented with £O,OOO a year as a marriage portion. The iti.iftftraiaitifhTir,sf =tit to exchatme the Scottish
Princess Helena, on her marriage with Prince Christian, in louden. In the yeu leits.l7;ist'i.:itlicuerthi!'tLe:V:r"Zt
hail the same sum voted to her; and this precedent ! flgri;pflifs
..,Inft and entered urn practise as A liartister in
will no doubt be adopted in the cam of the Princess I sio'n with letat a ter.; iNii'ePitlterfnantillitiatirittio titeeeT:'
Louise, xi whenever her marriage may take place. Uiritish public w. his advocacy of the cause of"the'initehre-
Britielt taxpayers may poasOdy shrug their shied- geg,t,sd
~ (iifr,!7‘x,;l:
df.,!,,,ifidi,itaf ;el Manchester, who con,
dens when they think of all this, and call to mind like famous Orklers)in Council,'fkytr::grr,lTz(o:tvea,,lti;',l,,,,,,
that there are four more royal allieVances to come ; but lil:,c,:afieflfift
,if.u.
laden:de oil the decrees (lift Though
gives
it
eniee.,...stie
eze,kiktakiii.i,i,izat4l;e4. repi:eaititt the
fnetious
after all John Bull Call afford the money, and
en advocate, and soon awrwarda eaS refuel-till' It'?;neaurs-
wAls that eneelmatured fieldnees for royalty whkli is
Hamm es member fkkr Camelford. a pocket borough in the
auußaleristic of him. patronage of the late Make of Cleveland, then Earl of Dar
!intiotti Ile made his first speech in the 'liaise (IC ..min.;
An (her iiari lessim has been given to Mit, igimble
!tinny of martyr,. who essay to afford amusement to an of ceairsair'esinaks:;;S 11;atrl'ot.ttlha'in' ilai "plr'itt''lt;.fit'r.rdli9t"
hug to the It ing his narrative of the expeditfon. fArthe-.
insatiate public, risking their own lives. Worthington,
.fefe,eheolii,liti
~,,,,
hi
,„Lei, hi„ contemporaries Canning tras
the so-called "Stax Diver," has leaped into a watery
gjave. In presence of a crowd of spectators he equal Dalin:. s l't'. s,"-,ll,inites%pouTilLe,"ViT.ti with
:''.:,'.le°_,inf
!jumped off a wall II into the river Dement, from a tiligtrittc;e, to give anything like a complete accountPiif the
height of sane 120 feet. 'The terrific dive WaS accom- ILI ii.ensrait;efeit'otntin'airiist'TtalZiewhstilinictetithttiel nay that.
a ter the deal et the war in-isle, the hit;enti of the Govern.- ,
plished anti hat the breathless excitement of the crowd,
who waited fir his re-appearanee before they gave out ,rfifteafemi,ftlteitiieeketneklikeial4litlemistik:nit;tioo domestic affaira and !
that thundering applause which Was to have excited these subjects Mr. iir;.-Steavtlik l'orikoughiMat atlillkkleis'rinusestr 111111
,a.4,..rsalitiil,e mind au en lightened philmahrophy, IMeral opinions,
41im to deeds of greater daring; and admiration et the
*el -lath of time which he staid under water gradually I; is etfo'g.sZl"keg..itllgVltiettr !olig;n7;7l/6.l4lintr: ar;',
,changed into fear for the result, and, ultimately, into foie ret.eal ofCatholic disabilities. reform ilk the goven;n-
jhorror, when the crowd saw him brought up dead! pris"itn"f„liatii:.eitill'it.'„7P'Te ‘.1„T,',12",71:1,',24;it.veTtn;.;,
Vim' now see what wisdom the directors of the Crystal and the independence of the public press, will neverroe. "o'kr-
Palace showed in prohibiting this unfortunate man T,-,,tftleirfini,?-naf ifanteffiVh.eple.
.. Mr. Brougham remained out of
:tll:lll',%l'riltlctlll'ilse'anl:yet'llrkeneilliflik'irentle'kee
leaping from the water.tower ; but can we not sinks disfratwhisleti:orki
also see the injudicionmens --to use no stronger tia,litiiis klil friend and patron the Earl of Darlington, and he
evord—of other sensational and dangerous performances when' 1:.,,-Itri,;L,ellef..7eattlias;lirit:.ixcLifTetigta:ly k ,
y ie'leic;ed
;being allowed at a place winch is no abundant in member Mr Knaresionkugh. During this thne he siSkke
amtural and artificial attractions? It is difficult to if cli,reirif oft tifn,
f!ii, na,tl Ide :fel :Lei ur c Ifiiiz
fi :fdtaxttii ei, the repeal of
see how these dangerous performances can be pre- obtainer atiarliamentary cone ; t i
mike „o'rualit;ititi4 titntdo in
uhrsteBs
vented by law, but every effort should he made to to,i,rredet,,e.:tfLitlf;,rstifi,e, eilitisitiollaiffeliations of the United
Influence public opinion against them. It was not of p7mula'reducidion'•utetr=sL:ttidetlr atutilillerr'a 1
in Westminster Hall as 'At- 1
long sines Millie. Az lie the "daring female gymnast," wa' mainl.Y 'Waged k"i"nallY
( ifoifeiutheni% I
fell during one of her " terrific flights," and was laid tekAr‘nisiy:i-itieedner,iailetioleifi)Maeje„siitiLytt
treit.elg'are kikVke;,Ttlltiose
... attse lie
asl.le for weeks; but the very same week another still more than the zeal of a common advocate. ind his e.
ionkre daring lady performer took her Ihme, end now iai,l,l aar:,!Tfi,ilefrift.rteiteet in securing on her behalf, as a woman
them; are three of them hazarding life and limb in firougham 'aa=lii:Atiftee,„lif.rifttlfi 1,710e1i:g1e...,w ItitiiliSere,ilr. i
London nightly. The tribe of contortionists, gymnasta sfiisoi, met
it:ft nreciattun of Ilk real in thin cause of canc.::
funambutists, trapegista, and other tempters of the junition with if
the
;tile% irtr iflirlite,ectisanieriffsguitieestfilla efrin-
King of Terrors, have had many among them who foundation of the society for the Diffusion of Useft4 Know!
Lave met frightful deaths. Scott, who in his time int% tof
wtticitthie.
..w,as Be.ttr.et,tie hpers stir,. in the
was a "star kliver,' and wt.: IdaYed Iliad tricks with a ot being. choicil to represent the CoUllry gf York., ruttiltict'al
rope round his neek, "aecideutally" hanged himself ; ' ,isslii.,.-I,?:=lniLtlfloenternowliedyed chatuni 111 l of the cause of
tiAm Patch made a voluntary '' terrific descent" fir his initio on' the s•kkbjAeL,t7al:%l:l:nDaiT7kitY4'llVnirod
of Niagara, and was kill in the act ; Cocking wail septa in Ids resignation to the King. and Earl Grey was apn•
stilled through hie own daring in trying to descend eirkienitireitil,tierzemiet•hein,idlt rillrLiettelviiing to a cionibination of
from a balloon in a parachute ; and many the Gaieffe. a 'few days afterwards, thalutTenMailicellelorshfirplan 1
other sensational performers have produced a painful ~liie.ne.iv,asAiiminifilififstaixiflijanilbeer a sittfusted to Mr. Broughank, I
menention on which they never counted. Peron?, et Brougham and Vane. From ..;to'v-ettli;ert.,ll""S'ar, V"....!:tmekilai;er•rd
f.optantifur can scarcely be regarded as their motto .-- Ist Lord lll:lngham was thoroughly identified whit the ,
~,i2 icoutanthr would be nearer the mark. what has iTe.iilrtr ir..::',`,l Nic?ibtrlVe;!eLTi'llie",fltekrZtt.l'al'ullYshuip7un't'V;lr'
become of ?hat yi eine an " &wing e-ymnast," who, II II in the Upper House tlevolved almost entirely,: !
costs lime ago, fell from a trapeze into the orchestra, or eni:,,eanj,sr,nl
,li.fi.;;;lii,,,r,efti,n,,,,•eifell,q Ilai.setigukiiankg:lhkeirelhe series
and was taken up seriously wounded? Where is Mrs. ". The abolition of slavery in all our “Ilonles ; the k-kiiveenlrn'g'—of .
young, " the heroine of the Maness," who hail eo 1
tioi.e.t.o.l;t4Millti-Li,%a.ll,i,Lt,hai;
ilertietri;el,. of the eimpany's
terrible a fall in crossing the river on a rope ? And provcatents in the whole inunicit:al j'urls7kTkittliesii"SO, ruktthinems-
Where are the thousand and one sensationalists svivms .;.lir.`,lt,. lew ad 1
f.ar,114;
.tlle sett limeta Of the Bank charter ,
premature old age has laid hy, to make room for the entire 'altreera'li:b‘lh's tolletZ"teongieV.,•(,,,lort,„.: 0.
X pie coao
heroes and Ii nines of the in ? me, neement made in reforming the Irish Cht.rch, lw the
It is a long time since. I read that kind i-4 paragraph tftoff;firoirif%.t,eftetlee,leeniff;
yeleliess arcieecittiseri4 the ['Anse of
which used to be very common, under the heading the entire collection, as published in llanha;:i.lln"tvetil
0 Sale of a Wife." The custom appears to have died itis,;,tini 14,11;Z:re:it,
,l'ellenesk,kim.litt.!krthriegs,of '
St and
pot, and we may be spared the indignity aml Act of Ministre of foal thebourne, however, reitluereiriolpO'hilrl
Parliament directed against each a semelahme prac- twheictitottyliienigeitii4lt Ltskired Brougham was not reappointed
(ice. But, it seenoi that in America they occasionally contioni•d to. hold 'an flealtlictilik.:llr ITSSid,"arldsWr ix',',
resort to this oirtragei us M elo of g ,tting rid a a 21l 1.1. lipase, freely crithising the measures of Whig.
wife. A man in Beffalo has publicly advertised to sell mil rrlirg„ls'itet=titelit't„alitkl'ie legal illYtiill'gs, tr'n'ttar
his wife by raffle, tite tielrets being twenty-five cents Ifkkkkse as one of the ',law hads " lit 1-1 S his Zusshiopfi v,ilT,
each The model husband ahrsrtises, " This woman 10Tlit'i.'"„Vr'girllicsfi.:d;;iiifestate at "(fanned, ie the anal,
is a good housekeeper, and is stilling to ritay with any public to lie natt“kr)alisca as a.ci
liTesee'ilikikisvret.ilistler licillittt;i
erte who may draw her!" 'llia Wolliai/ I HO Ile fieepily to llis,upplication Ike was informed that his wish CIRIId
0.8 any 1110 re to dispose of in the same 'way? Why loarra:til!e pentrii?:ii:vilLitita:erainstil('sititie. al'' EntltsilPeer.
Le ;14 release from
this is worse than a slave auction ! the duties of Ow senate and (lie if orlon Lon Brougham has
=rlilaptt.el targsaY i•k• the list 14 modern pulklications. In
In the days of our granafathere. and even in that of I fished the eaneeteil ctlition of his speeches' with
our fathers,life in London was very different to what it notes and introductions, and a die: arse I I
u on 1 ke e mitiewe of
the andents . •
UMW is. What mai be called the legitimate highway- After the Pass' .1
of the Reform Bill, 81111 sin ti r since his e re.
Men and footpads have nit long diial out ; and corn. ment trim e 114.0 We! loot Brougham has eserteLlhis
paratively young nien can very well remember the ennzifleifsfil *awhile; silt his favonrite scheme of late amenkb
1 in the establishment et ;seats ,a 1 Width cheap
first appearance of the song - justice might be dealt out to the middle and lotier. chimes.
So early, indeed, as in the month of June, Diati, lie intro-
". The new police have just come In, duced lido the House of commons a measure, " the declared
And I never will marry a charley.. imeet of which," in the words of it contenkpormy memoir,
We have a right now to regarkl the freaks of -rola and " asii is imetvlestice home to every man'socal door at all times
alieltsllunent
.of l crawls. By this
Jerry, and the more deeperate brawl,. of the Mohawks VittgAe:wr a attrt
and the Bloods, as things if the past ; but now and local jurisdiction estaltildust In"tl:7,qtkirtt,:kliliettelteeeigintieer:lt
then eome half - drusiefn hml tkr another contrives to ik:er.,o:o he intriluced." This measure, somewhat modified,
show what sort of a life ixe should have to lead if we almat'twei'vle'‘illf lornriVllTutchcli's= oYtei?t
ire; atsaiittLi
were again 'demi a the rimecy 14 the afiersaiil Vormbof prreedeigs 0. Lene reeky were afterwards hare:
" Charley." Two young fellows have hen brought be- '4ll:iltipperbilidelitser°,llassm.latirierillPitlit iiit;p'rnitentn" tnt;,‘;
fore one of our magistratee for being engeged in the law with a zeal approaching to enthuslasni." . *.tlt.t7'
highly intellectual pastime of wrenching off hiseckers. J.rn I:pialdliZ,l}tri°,"gainlmelrsTtileikt „ira?: klr InWELle'f
They were caught in the act, or just after it, and aith Esti Depaty:Autlitor of G‘reertwich llnts'iata'i bir't7thea; of aklk;
the knockers in their possession. The Mug (rat late 'Lord Auckland :mkt Henley ,by whom Ike had an only
finest them for the unlawful p0.e.,;;,m; but he might li,j,‘;‘,ttice,j':lrs'e`,!W„d„,,,',l"!fi i'ifeTZ),.',",,,,',L 1,.:„19,„.1,; n,,,, ,t 1
have imprisoned them fir theft. The punishment brother, Mr. William BroughaMi 'and Ids issue nude:. --s
would have been severe, but perhaps not too much so. !
It would have gone much harder with them had they
imin ragged rascals, known te the je;lfee. It is worth
noting, by the bye, that the criminal clams. uoyer
risk punishment without something to be gained, If
they succeed in escaping detectinn. Your regular
rough never does ;such a stupid thing as wrenching off
a knocker for pure sport.
Poor Mr. Train is doing his beet to go through the
process of pecuniary whitewashing, but he finds it s ery
difficult. How has the mighty (in his own estimation)
halm! Ile came kkver here with the reputation of im-
mense wealth. We avers nutter the impression that
a great part of Nebrarka territory belonged to Idni, and
people who heard of hie riche.; found virtues in him that
they had never discoverekl before. It now turnsout that
Mr. Train has been in durance vile in the Ilarshalsea at
Dublin, and, like Sterne's starling, mayhem exclaimed,
"I can't get out ;"__and all fie want of a little motley,
But then he has no less than eloo,ooo on die right side
of his ochedule—money which 1,4 1.0 Come (when two
Thursdays come in one week, as the French my)
from the British Government. as menpensation for m,-
Lawful imprisonment. Poor Train ! 'Lima be wish he
may get it? While he has been pondering oaths! ease
and means of getting out of prison (and which now 1
reehe haseffeeted by giving bell) we are putting his ideas
trite force. Train and trams...aye are inseparably con-
nected. Whether he is the absokte inventor of street
tramways I cannot say, bnt I know that the teara-
ways he laid down for us here, a few years ag-t, nevut
had a fair trial, and that they were an immense im-
provement on the previous state of thinge. lanelon
and Liverpool are lath to have street tramways on
improved principles to those a the celebrated G. F. 'l'.;
but in his misfortune let us not fe•rget what we owe
to him.
For many years past Londoners have bad fo leeifent
the gradual abolition if almost every common, field,
hedgerow, and breathing place which we once enjoyed ;
arid this has naturally caused us to lenk with fear and
trembling upon such little owe* in our dosed as have
been still spared to us. Specially have We had Lars
for Peckham Rye—a charming, open epace, with Ile
delicious backeiround of foliage ; for a hroad road has
been driven sight armies it, sad whets there is a road
houses are apt to apring up at either side of it. We

ANOTHER SKEAVII OF LORI) BROUGHAM.
The following is from the grapiiii, pen f 4 one of the
correspondents of the Morning Adrertgxer
Is the early part of the year 1777 a young Westmoreland
sqpire was standing upon the esplanade of the Castle of
glloloislJi tnrveving the niagniticent panorama which com-
prises the fertile l.citi;ifins, the busy Firth of Forth, the hills
which siersluislow the base, from castellated islet of which
gallant Scottish gentlemen roamed Hods im.arekratcot queen,
and the more distant mountains which tower over Losth
Katrine and the TrOSACIIS. This squire of the English North
country was the immediate progenitor of Lord Brougham.
Mr Brougham. of IBMllghnlll Rll4l Scales Halls, respectively
Situate in Westmoreland and Ctunberland, had entertained
a passion In, ~•,'.otug lady resident in his OWII neighbour-
hos el. Friends and foti,dl_r. favoured their wooing, end a
day was Axed for their thg etinointed marriage
day the lady sickened and died. and 'lice a;
nearly distracted. He was counselled to remove himself
;peg localities, every scene of which was identified with his
u iitelao4ol7 recollections..
Hence it seta Dm. renaired tip Eslinlinegh. Having
arrived at the Scottish inetioo,ll., !old established his
tentportult heasl-quaeters at an ion, Itt sauntered tips sh ta see
fluc ijits of the city. Entering Intii Conversation on the
' "sae " Pith a fellow .gazer Of respectable aspeet, he
inquired p 1 11011 Wbpre 4 Cotild find respectable lodgings.
ills shame companion pimento' him that a Mrs. Syme, the
widow stf the parish minister of Allow *eta a hoodpighouse
at the top of the Cowing., where that th.rroughttire theft of
undoubted respectability, but now the it Diles's of Edin-
burgh adjoins the 0r:ow-market Mr lirongbant need un'
ill
the recommendation and boar. an Inmate of the house of
Mrs. Spite. In course id time lie obliterated his former
piissmo Move with his landlady's slaughter ta.nor.
lie co.sessing moderately fOletillate means,
11° was ohnitied ix make his ',dr, 00 to his place of re-
sislenew Eleanor synte, Lord itivgichao,'4 AtiothO '• `.. a
niece of Dr. Robertson. tile well-known 1.1,1, whit,. 'Prt0..4.1
of I,linburgh Citiversity, and the twknowledgea Mad of
society in the northern capital. This distinguished family
congretion, with all its involved social advantages, in
al! probability affected Mr. Be.,lWham's sicterininat lOU
as to elpacv of rcsidene, At all events, he determined to
1..0111C a houSi,liold,,r a:, the city where he sv.os Ids bride.
fle Selected as his abolo th /sods, at the north-west owner of
St. Andress's-square, ,me of 'the kaiiictadmq, ;pi rtionscf the
uksgnja,..gor New Town sit Edinburia ' Ti1^1,11,412.0t s!! son,
floury Bronocsm, seg. born, on the 'l9th of SNlitclids,r, 1775. ,
Many authorities fin 1779 as tilb year of Lord trouglimn's 1
birth and he himself Is reported to bays said within the last
seven or eight years,—" I hardly know whether it was '761 or
'79 if nip poor sister had been alive she could have told '
ikst. !o"'tirds the close of 1803 Brougham split a copy of his
last-deliver,d Social Science Address to his distinguished
friend Hereyee, al.s.c.inpanied by a note, in which he talked
of his betng .i • n his olattsy,Lth year." And as this note
was dated subsequently to Sepfetubui •J` 'the acknowledged
slay and month of his birth, Whatever its yew V..; 'taco 1778
authoritatively given by himself as the year of his nativity
Jt,.
oughant's father was represented by Edinburgh citizens
if pa,.! gensTations RS " au easy-going, good-natured, un-
olitrusivn nom " His mother was a woman of spirit sail
genius, who had ill. extreme gratificatbm of living to see
her sou lord Chaiteeller. iffa genius and e"eria certainty

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