The Sun.
London, England, 1836-04-26 00:00:00

The forming is the speech of the Queeit of Portligal at
the cloAng of the Corte; (Yu the 10th inst
"My Lords and Gentlemen—Subjects of txanscendanty
importance were under the consid4tiOn of the Cortes at
the commencement of the ordinary of the preso:sl
year, the object of which was the forhi4fierr-d-11Weid7s
necessary to give to the Constitutional a1ii144(4.10+ to the
different branches of the public service, that readirieii, and
regularity of operation which they so much r3eded. The
duration of the session was not sufficiently long for this
important labour to be completed ; and the budget, ivithoitt
which the affairs of the finances of the country could not
be brought into that regular and legal order which is so es-
sential, and so much to be desired could not be examined,
discussed, and approved of. Nevertheless, clear statements of
the various exigencies of the public service, and of the
state of the the several departments of the executive Govero-
ment were presented to the Cortes. Laws essential to those-
departments were prepared, and the past accounts as well
as the estimates of future expenses, and of the calculated
resources of the Treasury, were presented, if not with that
regularity and clearness which can only be obtained by
time and from repeated examination, at least with as much
explicitness as was necessary to enable the Cortes and the
nation to form a correct judgment -of the state of the
national finances. Liberty and publicity of Parliamentary
discussion have enabled the nation to understand its mai
interests, and its representatives to give those interests their
due consideration. The time thus employed was therefore
neither lost nor mis-spent ; but the national interests and
the public wants Loudly demanded the completion of these
important measures, dart of which have merely been pro-
posed ; and my constant solicitude for the good of the na-
tion makes me see clearly the necessity of an extraordinary
session, in order that the most important of those labours
may be completed. This consideration, gentlemen, is and
will be present to my mind, and with tha.t promptness which
s compatible with the good of the State i shall satisfy the
expectation, the wishes, and the necessities of the nation.
The session is closed."

LORD LYNDLITJRST'S SELF-POS-

SESSION.

Lord Lyndhurst is a noblemau of the most perfect cool-
ness and self-possession. I never yet knew an instance in
which an opponent disconcerted him, or elicited from him
any ebullition of passion. He is always as cool and col-
lected as if he had not a particle of feeling or passion in his
nature. Even on those great and absorbing questions
which agitate all other bosoms, he invariably maintains the
utmost calmness and composure. His clear and musical
voice is never raised, though it manifestly has ample com-
pass, to anything Jike a loud, or indignant, or energetic
tone, nor did any one ever yet witness in him anything ap-
proaching to vehement gesture. Seldom indeed does he
use any gesture at all, furthef than a very gentle move-
ment of his right arm. He sperm sin that calm and col-
lected tone which you might expect: in one who was ad-
dressing an audience of ladies, and who was afraid of giving
utterance to anything which might grate on their ears; or
in the slightest degree agitate their gentle bosoms. Not
even the most violent and furious attacks of Ms great ene-
my, Lord Brougham, can betray him.into a loss of temper.
I have seen him quite cool and seemingly indifferent, while
Lord Brougham has been pouring out on him his oust vi-
rulent vituperation ; and I have also seen him rise up and
ably repel those attacks, without affording the slightest in-
dication of an irritated temper.
It is not to be inferred from this, that Lord Lyndhurst
is either deficient in political feeling, or insensible to per-
sonalities. No man is more decided in his opinions, or
more attached to them and his party ; neither is any one
more alive to personal attack. His apparent coolness on
the one hand, and his indifference on the other, are doubt-
less the result of a severe course of self-discipline, to which
he subjected himself ib early life. A man of his great
shrewdness must have perceived, before his appearance on
the theatre of public affairs, the immense advantages
which self-possession, and apparent coolness and indiffer-
ence under attack, give to one who has to take part in the
conflict of politics, over an opponent ; and the,'efore the
Noble Lord determined to repress every symptom of warmth
of political feeling or sensitiveness to personal.attack. Last
Session he furnished some wonderful instances of this. The
substitution of the Peel for the Melbourne Ministry, at
the commencement of the Session, and the discussions on
the Municipal Corporation Reform Bill, at a later period,
gave to the personal attacks of Lord Brougham, on the
Noble Lord, an unusual degree of virulence and furious-
ness. Lord Lyndhurst, however, to the great annoyance
of Lord Brougham, bore them all with the most imperturb-
able equanimity. At the same time, he took special care
to return the blows of his deadly enemy with equal effect,
though with infinitely less apparent energy. On the very
first night of the communications and explanations respect-
ing the ejection of die Melbourne Administration, he hit
Lord Brougham some hard blows, and yet seemingly in
the'coolest manner, in retitro rur a nertre uttaek which the
Litter Nobleman bad that even,:ng made on him. He pro-
nounced it to be the flippant attack of a flippant person,
and went on, without mincing his wog ds, but with the most
perfect coolness, to give him blow after blow, until, after
writhing in his seat until lie could no lonjer endure it, he
rose up and called out, " Order, order!" There was some-
thing amusing in this, as the only person who had the right
of correcting any one who trespassed against the rules of
the House, was the Noble Lord himself who, its Lord
Brougham conceived, was guilty of such violation. This
was like appealing from Lord Lyndhurst, as the person
speaking at the time, to Lord Lyndhurst, as the Lord
Chancellor. The Noble Lord, however, heeded not the
appeal : regardless of Lord Brougham's exclamations, he
proceeded with the same ease and equanimity of manner in
the work of retaliation as when his opponent first inter-
rupted him.—Random Recollections of the House of Lords.

CHARLES X.—The Illustrious Exilelives at Prague
in the most unostentatious manner, and is still the same hos-
pitable, good-natured man that he has ever been in public and
private life, awl quite as popular with the good people of
Prague as he was at Edinburgh. He was looking extremsly
%yell for his age, and if we might judge from the tranquil smile
that played around his month, is perfectly happy in his retiro-
ment. The Duke of Bordeaux has grown up a handsome boy,
but rather short of his age, and his form, which is robust, ex-
hibits more of strength than gracefulness ; his complexion is
ruddy, with light eyes, Grecian nose, and a very expressive
mouth. He is said to possess an extraordinary capacity for
learning, and altogether promises to be a most accomplished
Prince, for which he is much indebted to the tuition of his go-
nor, the Duke de Blacm, who is acknowledged, even by his
opponents in politics, to be one of the most intellectual men
of his day. There is hardly any restrainst imposed upon the;
young Prince, who is seen, every other day, riding on his little
pony, or sauntering through the shops or public places in
Prague, and is not only the idol of the Court, but of the citi-
zens, wl:o are loud in his praise. His sister, Mademoiselle, is
equally popular; her countcraance is interesting and expres-
sive, Cut she appears very delicate. I scarcely observed any
titeration in the appearance of the Due d'Angouleme, but in
that of the Duchess grief has anticipated age, and she appears
to exist merely for the sake of her youthful relatives. How-
ever, in none of the Royal party are the ravages of time and ad-
, ersity more distinctly perceptible than in the Duchess de
Berri ; her restless, ambitious mind has not adapted itself to
the severe reverses her fortunes have sustained. At the time
I visited Prague, she occupid a small villa a few leagues dis-
tant from the town.— Sketches qf Germany.

A TACITURN PAIR.—Art individual, not abun-
dantly gifted with that amenity which is as necessary for self-
entrfort as it is pleasing to others in the perpetual intercourse
of social life, fancied that he had justifiable ceuse for long_
continued, unbroken taciturnity. His wife, after sitting tier
slate time in the same room with him in annoying and gloomy
silence, suddenly started up, and taking a lighted candle, com-
menced a busy and seemingly anxious search after some missing
object of deep and overpowering interest ; looked over the
mantel-piece and removed all its ornaments, opened every
drawer and closet in the room, searched under all the chairs,
lifted up the rug, turned up the edge of the carpet, raked itu
the ashes, ransacked the tea-tackle, rummaged the cellaret, nn I
repeatedly scrutinized the same places over and over again.
At length, fidgetted beyond endurance, his nerves wound up
to such a pitch of curiosity as to be on the point of cracking,
his impatience absolutely boiled over; and at last, after many
severe struggles to maintain his dignified taciturnity, and posi-
tively unable to hold out any longer, he relieved himself by
giving vent to the exclamation, " My dear, what are you
searching after—what have you lost?"—" My dear, I was
seeking for your tongue, which has been missing this fort-
night ; and, if you had not found it for me now, I should have
supposed it to be irretrievably mislaid."—Anecdotes of the
Family Circle.

A modern writer, alluding to the effects of education
in the United States, says, " if the inquirer singles out the
learned, he will be astonished to find how rare they are ; but
if he counts the ignorant, the American population will appear
to be the most enlightened community in the world."
The number of debtors who rendered in discharge
of bail during the first week of term has generally averaged
from 200 to 300 ; but during the present term it is said there
has not been more than a tenth part of that number.

A FRENCH ADVENTURE.—THEATRICAL ARAN-
'
noN.____The new piece now in representation at the Ambigu
Comique has given rise to numerous pilgrimages to the tomb
of Abelard and Eloise in Pere Lachaise, and, no doubt, to the
s sce
tnt co :
remained O n Sunday
1(mi; time knoeli'
a young man, sic-
(f!roslnllopwa•innigedtrahgyi-acofznlill!eg
riebefore the tomb, apparently absorbed in devotion. Suddenly
her the girl started up, and preented her arm to 1 • •
l companion,
who pierced it slightly with a lancet, and then delivered the
an iastrument to the girl, who, in turn, made
incision in his
arm, which produced a snore copious fountain of blood. This
accomplished, they placed their two arms together, so that
the crimson stream might be
mingled. They then resumed
their attitude of prayer, and
having continued in this position
for another quarter of an hour,
retired, entered a fiacre, and
disappeared from the vi •
ew of the astonished spectators.