Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1806-12-22
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LORD THURLOW.

luIN AlOiS AA'|Sl y 800 hlib
bale, was founded bis popularity as
a chancellor 1t was not in his ma
ture to fully, much IelS TO abufc his
authority. His decilhor5 in his court
truly equit able. No man on earth
durf have approached ThurIow with
a bride = The influence Of all the
peers in the realm would have availed
nothing againlt ihe right Of the poor,
Ell cottager. In hi: court he was in
h'selement.--lt was there he difplay-
ed grea; patience, great knowledge
and the foun'ett judgment. The
ttrength Of his mind enabled him eaf-
lily to comprehend, aud clearly to
diicuis, the mott complicated and in
volved cafes & without any parade,
elucIdate with perlpicuity, and to de-
eide with promptitudc. He had all
the wlidom and n,ne of be eunning
OF me lawyer. lie had nor a fpiCe
OF vanity in him; but lie was amb-
tlous, mott gloriouly ambitious Of
being great chancellor, ard ne was
ore. The blfe quality Of envy 70
common among thole who aG7ire to
d'itlnctlon, found 10 aGyum in the
breaf of Thurlow.-Thrre WIS che
man indeed whom he profchtd to en-
Wy, but il this even III. envy was
virtue that man was the Lord
chancellor Hardwicke, who he'd the
ieaIs upwards Of Re years, and never
rad decree reverted. He ardcntly
with Z y emuiate the example Of
Hardwickc.
As fp1aker of the Houle Of Lords,
he had a commanding dignity, that
imPoied order on that augua aAcm-
BY But it was always with tie
greatet reluctance that he Quilted
MS ieat n Court for his feat in the
houie' he infinitely preferred the
cu'hion to the voolfolk. The long
iPeeches of the projected orators con-
tanned no muGc for his ear and he
thought The hours fadly waited that
ne could have employed 10 much more
to Pucllc advantage in his own curt.
When he did condelcend TO mix in
the debate he never failed 10 thew the
great iuPeriority Of ftrength and bre-
Why over ingenuity and expansion.
he was among Lawy rs and Orators
what his contemporary Johnfop was
among Wits and Authors : a mighty
genius, proudly elevated above all
! the htrleness OF common minds.
lie was not Of the family of the
famous fecratary lburlow. When on
! taking his feat among the Peers. the
obfcurity of bis birth was ridiculed by
the duke OF Richmond, he did not
deny himlclf being the fist Of his
family, who bad ever held any i'm
portant office i'll the fate bur he
made moi farcafic alluiion 70 the
arms Of tAe nobe Duke, which his
grace probably remembers 10 this day
In the early part of his life he was
much Of a lounger, pafiag a great
Porgion Of his time at Nando's. 1t
was BY mere chance, ard at this very
coffee houfc, if we miilake nor, that
he was engaged in the. Douglas cau(e
de had NOT been retained, nor was
th1re originally any idea Of retaining
hIm.-But it was neceAa y that
complete fatement Of all the facts
lhould be Drawn, from which 10 form
the briefs and two Of the council
being at Nando's, and both declining
thus office, one of them propoied that
lhurlow, then idiing in the coffee
room, or toying with Mifs tiervey at
the bar, lhould undertake il. This
he accomplished in 70 ma(srlv
manner, that he had a retaining fee,
and at the trial 70 diltinguifhcd him.