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LIFT; OF SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH.-2 Vora.

Moron, London, 1835.
There is one besetting defect in this biography,
tlamely, that it is too prolix—too much spun out by
epistolary episodes. The letters of Sir James Mackin-
tosh, in particular, addressed to his friends in England,
at the period when he held the Recordership of Bom-
bay, might very reasonably have been brought within
the
compass of eighty, or at most a hundred pages ;
Instead of being allowed to occupy, as they now do,
the largest portion of the first, and about one third of
thesecond volume. The most interesting part of
m refers almost exclusively to European matters ;
811_01 as comments on the politics and political actors
of the day, all which is, of course, very properly re-
tained, as also are the ably-drawn characters of some
of the moralists and historians of the eighteenth cen-
tury ; but the editor should have rested satisfied with
the in§ertion of this valuable portion of Sir James's
correspondence ; and not have introduced his account
cds his excursion to Poona'', and his tour in the Dec-
eau' which contain scarcely one feature of novelty
writer being of too indolent and contemplative a
of mind to make an active and inquisitive traveller
'ond those which a hundred journals of Travels
have already made us fully acquainted with.
I e editor omitted these uninteresting portions of
times, he would have had space enough to.,4nake
notations from the " Vindiciw Gallicm," which
mce.highly prized as a successful answer to
's Reflections," is now almost unknown to the
;y of readers, and which many of them there-
ad have been glad to meet with in these vo-
,owever numerous might be the extracts from
blication in question. The Memoir of Sir
up to the period when he quitted England for
full of amusing matters of information,
;idering that the subject of it is a scholar,
beings whose lives seldom abound in vicis-
:ull of incident. Sir James, like Crabbe,
such of his success to his seasonable friendship
Burke, which took place shortly after the publi-
!atinn of the " Vindicw Gallicw," and was the means of
ng
nitrodu_.
el him into the best circles of the metropolis ;
and what was more important still, of occasioning a
Considerable alteration in his political principles. For
this apostacy, as his Whig associates called it at the
tle--and it must be confessed with some truth—Sir
James was visited with the high displeasure of Dr.
Parr' who was not thoroughly reconciled to him for
Many. a long year afterwards. It was during the pe-
riod that he was in the habit of almost daily inter-
Courset with Burke, that Mackintosh made the remark,
t" Gibbon might have been cut out of a corner of
Burke mind without his missing it,"—an observation
In which there is far more adroit flattery than justice or
Iscrimination. From him also we hear, for the first
time, that Burke was a punster, which we should
lofty,
have suspected him to be, considering the
impassioned, and poetic character of his tem-
perament. It is not often that such men are ad-
-- -F4ldt t4O. the vice of punning. Next in interest to
Sir James's account of his friendship with Burke, is
},
,I 8 journal of the conversations that took place, and
1118 sketches of the various eminent individuals whom
hel met, at Holland House, after his resignation of the
".".ecordership of Bombay, and his acceptance of a seat
rn the House of Commons. His description of
and Lord Plunket's uniform veneration for
1118 character, is very strikingly given. If we except
thedrawbacks to which we have already alluded, the'
ilea of
are full of readable matter, and give us a lively
ea of the public and private life of the subject of
them,v who, if there be any truth in the old Spanish
..__"age, that " Hell is paved with good intentions
its
sust have _
materially contributed to tile formation of
literPaveinent, for he was constantly projecting new
tutio 3', speculations, scarce one of which,. from consti-
exennt!l indolence or some other cause, he carried into
,s_w9tion.
If we try him—not by his conversational
Fiatriers, but by the works he has left behind him—Sir
with the Mackintosh will by no means stand so well
" the next generation as he does with the present.

.LIAMENTARY SUMMARY.

tt ~.0 Loans sat again yesterday. The House. was opened
t eleven, when was resented before their Lordships'" the
bearing of evidence " pßath, Sutton Coldfield, Arundel Lla-
te"e"Y, East Retford, Boston, Poole, Bridgewater, Donca..s-
-b I'. Shrewsbury, and Rochester, with town clerks and WA-
ZSses, fully occupied their Lordships for several hours, when
ttldernsinster having been c tiled for, the wish of the Town
levtlierk to represent all the corporate characters of that place
W 311" complied with. Sir C. WETHERELL then came for-
Id and announced the conclusion for that day.
the CommoNs' several petitions on various subjects were
!I/resented. In reference to the arrest for debt of an indivi-
htell who had been summoned from Cork to give evidence
ItAtorse..,tlte. Timber Duties Committee, the ATTORNEY-GENE-
retn. g that the individual was protected both in coming and
11-x,,'lntg by privilege. Mr. HOME gave nonce that he shouldillo
the -ionday next move that the inquiry by the Committee t
tne siebject of Orange Lodges be continued, so as to embrace
,g and. Arr. FYNN gave notice that on Monday he would
f;edetitohlie sense of the House as to the legality of the Orange
eie-gcs in Ireland. In relation to the Great Yarmouth
mwereit t
e e
calind P • HARDY said the three witnesses
Committee
xhatl a to the bar yesterday came before the
oth 'aY.; they answered some questions, but there were
tender..S,which they refused to answer, on the ground that they
Lord fe• to el-inmate themselves. In answer to a question,
j• RUSSELL said the Report of the Irish Church Bill
would 1,.
1 brought up that night. Some conversation took
purselsac ou the business of the House, and the course that should be
;ucd if the Lords rejected the Municipal Reform Bill : in
lbe an event (said Mr. HOME) the House of Commons, asr
the
Peat council of the nation, should be summoned. M. •
,4aucit suggested that the House might adjourn for six
trmks, while the farce was going
on in the other place.
-me ATTORNEY- tiENERAL announced
his intention to prose-
'ctelpus_,moo Ail,r. PILGRIM and three other persons for bribery at
tin and stated that there was no evidence of the late sit-
g Members having been guilty of that offence. Lord JOHN
Itussna. carried his motion for restricting the Committee
from entering
into the circumstances connected with the
Court-martial upon Captain ir O'C • '
• ONNELL, s amendment The debate was animated
The H
and interesting. Robison by 3, in opposition to
oumsiehet:nhetnhe
went into Committee on
the Irish Church Bill.
"appropriation" clause
:tsaa asrived at, Mr. 1.1
-.ohm moved, but did not press to a
Itlvision, an amendment somewhat similar in effect to that
which Mr. D. W. HARVEY proposed a few nights since, and
Which was negatived. Considerable discussion ensued re-
°Petting the justice and propriety of remitting the Pay-
'tent of the million lent to the Irish clergy. The
honourable Member for Southwark concurred with Mr.
Bums, and considered that the people of England had
b,..c?il• right to pay this money if they could possibly avoid it.
R. PEEL at the conclusion of a smart and facetious speech,
tdeclared his 'readiness, as ene of the English Members, to re-
....Titit the million. Subsequently, in the same vein of humour, on
r
• Toorta proposing that provision for superannuated curates
ratould be made out of the "reserved fund," Sir R. PEEL said,
he thought Lord MORPETH was quite right in not acceding
fundproposition, there being in reality no surplus or reserved
Lund • .
!Intln existence. On clause 89, Mr. FRENCH moved an
7lesendment which was negatived. Mr. B. BARING moved
olutions to invest the property of the sequestered parishes
p,he hands of Commissioners, so as to provide a fund for the
~„ell`eious wants of the increasing number of Protestants, and to
tle•ve these Commissioners the power of altering the limits of the
lidnefices, and prescribing the amount of salary to be paid to
officiating clergy. The liberal principles here evolved,
til some interesting conversation. Lord MORPETH and
Foode CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought the principle very
. Mr. SHAW said it would be impossible to assent 'ilteb propositions without a great deal more consideration.to
earY. HOME said, when he proposed the same plan fifteen
s°rs back the Gentlemen opposite were ready to tear him
j.41/eees• The remaining clauses were afterwards agreed to.
othßor d JOHN RUSSELL moved the second reading of the Bill for
eduction of the Militia Staff. Mr. BROTHERTON and
Z 3. ers (ineffectual)
allow a ion y) opposed the measure, and endeavoured
ger time than the 10th of October next
oo_r the reduction. A great deal was said about the efficiency
.1..th4 foe and its utility, to which Mr. WALLACE inciden-
u
0: 'a I,IY
Corporations Bill to pass, there would be such rejoicings
drummers would he found in every part of the kingdom.
hereupon Lord STORMONT said, perhaps the Hon. Member.-
4_,ltnself would then become a drummer. During the discus-
ort it Was stated by Lord MORPETH that the annual expense
26 the militia, without calculating the dead weight, was
th 'l3OO/. a year. The amount of the dead weight was no less
'0;42 243,0001. per annum, and the total amount lavisbedon
~,` -,-,r.1 ~. si!,, the peace, when the militia was disc,eb,d:l4l,
we 42.. no less than 6,084,0001. The Music and Dancing Bill
'4l.ead a third time, acid the house aditairned at three o'clock.

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