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LORD SANDON'S ORATORY.—Lord Sandon's claims as
an orator may be very summarily disposed of; they do
do not constitute his greatest merit. Considering his'
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king a man of sound
mated, and with very extensive
ter of his speeches is generally of a

prepossessing speakers there

common sense, highly ec

information, the r

superior order ; and on questions of a higher interest than
the ordinary political topics of the day, he displays an
earnestness, at once_ religious and philpsophical, which

be attained

some patience and observation to detect these
merits under a perpetual hesitation of speech, and an
apparent confusion of utterance, which at first produce
unfavorable impressions. A little consideration satisfies

require

you Luau mese aelects are of physical origin only ; teat
the mind is right although the organ of speech does not-
immediately perform its wonted duty. You see that
theie is a high tone of moral feeling, combined with great
practical knowledge, and that the noble lord has a highly-
cultivated and well-regulated mind, which has been well
and assiduously applied to the elucidation and manage-
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ment of even the most minute details of public business.
On subjects which have a religious bearing, such as

education, or matters connected with the church, he
is earnest and impressive, animated by the most exalted
views for the welfare of mankind, and sustained by
principles which he will not compromise, although ready
to yield the most liberal acceptation to the views of
opponents. On questions of practical lezislation. involv-

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irig the social welfare of the people, he distinguishes
himself by a mode of handling them which is at once
statesmanlike and philanthropic, With much upright-
ness and ability, a middle course between the harsh

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and the rash, sympathetic ardour of some political phi-
lanthropists on the other. With mild manners and
benevolent purposes he has a manly spirit, which will
not suffer itself either to be led away by delusive hopes
of legislative perfectability, or to be quelled by the threat-

congregated opinion. At the same
although on the more vital principles of govern-
ment, as connected with religion and morals, he displays
an unyielding spirit, he is fully alive to the importance of
party combinations, and to the necessity of occasional
compromises in political affairs. His high character pre-
serves his motives on such occasions from suspicion. The
most striking sacrifice he made to expediency, within a
reeptit rtivrinfi

pvi-Lou, on the sugar question. It-Will be re-
membered howhis motion on the subject of the sugar
duties jeopardized the Melbourne Administration : it
might naturally have been supposed that, having taken so
prominent and decisive a part on that question, he would
have felt it necessary to adhere to a consistent course ; to
have been indifferent altogether to party considerations.
Yet the result did not justify this expectation. Lord
Sandon, having given steady support to the great mea-
sures of Sir Robert Peel's Administration. in 1841, did not
choose to peril the existence of the Government, E L S far as
his ejample could have affected it, by opposing the new
P,remier on the sugar question. Yet, when we remember
what were the grounds on which his motion in the first
instance proceeded, we shall see that there was gross
inconsistency in such a course. On the other hand, it
should be remembered that Lord Sandon steadily refused

to accept offi

from Sir Robert Peel, although, °from I-

could -lave done so wit}

THE SICK WIDOW

(From Hogg's Weekly Instructo49

Sweet at every time is a benefit, but still more swe
when it is accompanied with surprise. Whilst a pers(
of exalted rank was passing one morning, early, unknov
and quite alone, through one of the suburbs of Vienna,
youth, apparently about twelve years of age, accosted hir
who, with downcast and tearful eyes, and with a tim
and desponding voice, began to ask some relief. T 1
genteel air, the composed bearing, the blush which ci
loured his face, the suppressed tears which bedimmed h
eyes, and the faltering and broken accents of his voic
made on the mind of this gentleman a very lively impre
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" You have not," said he, "been born to ask alms ;
what is it that has brought you to this ?"
" Ah I I was not certainly born," replied the youth,
with a sigh accompanied with tears, " in this miserable
condition. The misfortunes of my father, and the preient
unhappy state of my mother, forced me to it.'
" Who is your father ?"
" He was a merchant who had already acquired some
credit, and had begun to make his fortune, when the fail-
ure of one of his correspondents entirely ruined him at
one blow. To heighten our misfortunes, he was unable
to survive his disgrace, and in consequence died a month
after of a broken heart. My mother, a younger brother,
and I, are left in extreme misery. I have found shelter
with a friend of my father. My mother has struggled
hitherto by her labours to support herself and my little
brother, but this night she has bemi suddenly seized by a
violent malady, which makes me fear for her life. I am
destitute of everything. I am totally unprovided with
money. and I cannot succour her. Unaccustomed to

can recognise me. You, signor, seem to me a stranger ;
before you, for the first time, I have taken courage to
overcome the shame which I feel. Oh, have pity on my
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