The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-06 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1852.

JACK. slew the giant BLUNDEUBOBE. Why, there-
fore, should not Mr. MACAULAY succumb to the
prowess of Lord MAIDSTONE ? Why, indeed ! It is
only necessary to draw the sword of irony, and to
take the shield of impudence, and to " lay on" with
the audacity of MACBETH—shouting " damned be he
who first cries hold, enough"—and down must come
toppling the colossus of modern literature. People
have before now been made to sleep soundly enough
under the influence of a few hexameters. Why,
then, should not the historian be laid low by an
abusive letter—like the order-book of Mr. MOULD,
the undertaker, carried to its long home in the iron
safe by his children. Acting upon this notion,
Viscount MAIDSTONE has forthwith penned a com-
munication, addressed in the vulgarist spirit, to T. B.
AlecauLay, Esquire, M.P. for Edinburgh, instead of
to the Right Hon. THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY,
the ex-Paymaster of the Forces under the lVhig
Government. As well might the latter retaliate by a
note directed to GEORGE JAMES FINCR-HATTON,
Esquire, commonly called Viscount MAIDSTONE, in
posse Earl of NOTTINGHAM, Baron Firma of Daven-
try, and Earl of WINCHELSEA. But the noble cor-
respondent is not content with twitting the statesman
with that Esquire, which has in reality long since
lapsed into the Right Honourable. He delicately
reminds Mr. MACAULAY to his face that he has be-
fore now been designated a " book in breeches."
Having taken upon himself the forlorn hope of an
onslaught upon the elected of the capital of Scotland,
Lprd MAIDSTONE appears in truth to have adopted as
h,:town war-shout the rallying cry of the Bloomers,
To the Breech !" Therefore, naturally enough, he
To
to
mind the circumstance that his antagonist
Duke be termed uke of a "book in breeches,"just as the
Nv.inaarierrox was called the other day " a
PITT on,
sPokenof abs the or as Doctor JOHNSON was
Soulayua,_ walking Encyclopaedia," or as Mrs.
our ingenious
1%, once upon a time, depicted by
Goddess of wornanir linrcr as a sort of scientific
but " by little icnooodwi
a, attended not by little Loves
the epithet quoted by ViaeB"l"
tollllt MAIDSTONE is in any
We don't know that
way so discreditable
that that gentleman talks:. lalci33"/- It implies
g "like a
hook"—a propensity some"whtahtemaoarYeincorn.
by the way, than writing books in the 1-
t the illustri-
mendable,
conversation. It intimates, moreover, 1
appearance
olio
of
OW author is rather more modernizr ia'n
however,
Highlander. -Viscount baaans•roise
than a
does not by any means content himself with this
rhetorical brick-bat of a "book in breeches:, saxme
he. Tne "Esquire" is not enough. The "book ;It
breeches" is not enough. There must be something
g
triore tosatisfy the cravings of" the stomach of hisgreat
reveng3." What shall 1, Let us see--Oh . there
is a misprint in the " History of England." JAMBS
GRAHAM is spoken of, inadvertently, by the annalist,
as JOHN GRAHAM. That surely gives room for
something like an accusation ! It reads to us rather
like the sorrows of poor Tom Hoon's veteran, who
found on his return from the wars, that bia lady love
" Had got another BEN
Whose Christian name was Jogx."
Here, however, Mr
• MACAULAY has had the atrocity
to mention Another Joiza
whose cluistip name was