Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-10-27
URDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 81, 1927.

drcn. II was about this timc that he published
his defence Of the French Revolution, in ans
wer to Burke, pamphlet which obtained great
celebrity.
I'm 1892 hc commenced the practice Of the
law, and soon rose into notice, but the origin
Of his fame is to be ascribod to a course Office
lures on international law, which he had per-
mission TO deliver in Lincoln's Inn Hall The
cloquence, research, and learning, he displayed
in those lectures gave him great reputation,
and they were attended and admired by poll
ticians, statesmen, and lawyers Of all parties.
" Some time after the death Of his first wife,
he married Miss Allen, one Of the daughters
Of Captain Allen, Of Pembrok cshire, by whom
he had several children. The defence which
he made Of French emigrant in England,
named Peltcr, q hbeller of Bonaparte, and
who conducted paper called the Ambiguous,
and the evidence which he manifested Of q
change of opinion, and devotion TO the minis
try, procured him the appointment of Record
er Of Bombay, where he conducted hhnself
with so much propriety, and displayed so much
talent and courage in favor Of Europeans and
natives, that he merited and re ceived the high
est encomiums. While there he formed lite
rary society, and was made President of 1t.
"In 1914, after his return from India, he
was elected Member Of Parliament for the
county of Nairn, and made his first oratorical
effort in behalf Of the little republics and in
dependent states on the shores Of the Adriatic.
the Mediterranean and Grecian ocean-thus
showing that he had returned to the opinions
and sentiments he had abandoned, and to
which he has ever since adhered.
"ln 1916, on the third reading Of the Alien
Bill, he seized the occa sion to animadvert very
severely on the conduct Of Lord Castlerea gh,
whom he charged with constant inclination
to establish unlimited power. The Legislative
assembly Of France granted to Sir James, by
a special decree, the title Of French Citizen,
in consequence Of his " Reflections upon the
last productions Of NJ. dc Calonnc." Sir James
is said to have written a numbcr Of critical ar
ticles on Burke, Cibbon, &c. in the Monthly
Review, and he is known TO have been large
contributor and co-laborcr in the Edinburgh
Review.
"As a parliamentary speaker, Sir James
does not rank among the first orators, nor can
he be called prominent debater. As compo-
sitions, his speeches are said TO be very per-
feet, and are snowy, without fecbleness or
atIectation. His voice and appearance opc-
rate against him, for when excited, the former
becomes harsh and painful, and the latter too
much constrained. His language is thought
by some to be by much TOO rhetorical, and his
manner too artificial. 1t Is (says Smcaton)
the moral rcasoner, and not the partisan, who
addresses the House. His speeches are lessons
of political wisdom, not party or personal in
vectvc."
"Cam the fields Of heaven his sapent eye"
II is not in public life only, that Sir James
M'Intosh, has acquired degree Of cnviable
fame but in the social circles of life, in all the
private relations offricnd and parent he is sait
to be eminently interesting often exhibiting
all Of those kindly and benevolent fccling
which characterize the good man, and the
christian. Entering on the busy scenes of life
as he did. labouring under all the accumulated
evils which the absence Of alluence and infu-
entail friendship can afford, il is singular, that
success SO brilliant and complete, should have
attended his efforts. But the events Of his
life, prove, that talent properly dire cted and
employed must ever succeed.