Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-07-12

mob, was Ia one OF his obstinate and efips,,
humors, with nothing oil the plIshility or mr,k.
ness of the volunteer battalion in MS compo,i.
ton al that moment, The insis ed, ard no, CON.
tent with invitation, chose to indulge in no liz.
tie Of con umrly, and somewhat Of menace. r
was then that, il the frank aud manly m anne,
for which Mathews has ever been distinguish.
ed, he declared, that when he had encharp,d
himself with The part 10 the 6tst ms ance. h.
had bern far from supposins offence nigh,
have been ak, n in any quartz; but the conlr,.
~ having bern surgesied 10 him. he would he
the las, man 10 evince di.respecl, or To attach
rid ,cule to the constituted authori les Of bis
country, and he must beg to declin. compliance
with the public wish No, il would Mt DO
John Bull was in one Of his Thurlow or Lon.
donderry mo,ds; h. would have 1t all his own
way, like Mr.. Herries, he would not be paci6,
ed, and roared out as Justify as lion a, The
sight Of the me acs OF refrcli u; so that il SEEM
I'd with Mathews, Ike Hsrdyknu,e in The
s\Vood- D mon,' that if he cou.d no pro, ide
victim for his master at The app tinted s-asnn
he must Just consent to b. devonred himself
Yet he i, nor the man to vino; so when Johns
lungs really could stand no more aud hy
stand some, ing Of exercise when HI, b cath
began 10 fail him, and his voc sbuIsry 10 b. *.
haus:ed-whrn look and ges urr were EeSv
substituted (Iike Ciaremont iorYoung in Him.
l. y for words Mathews. as energetic Iy IS
emphatically, observed, THAI no pow IN
earth should compel him to the pc form ioce.'
Would that he had had the mans gemen' o. re
procrastinated 'uitima,"m' with The D,,sn! no
would have Just settled j., like Codri,g On, IN
the RICH, Engl'so bulldog style. John was
now content per force. After grumbing, there
is nothing the animal likes SO well as 'onra.
dic,ion. All his sym2a,hies apparently! lie that
way. The erowl Of anger was changed to
grumblr Of applause. MATHEWS was "a home
and Lord Peterborough spared. But his, all
this, was nothing to what happened when his
Lordship and Sir Soulden Lawrence rsisd
heir voices togelh'r in any thing bu' concert.
Waterloo was nothing TO it. trafalgar scarce.
ly offered a comparison. Navarino was bur
puddl. in storm; Lord Londonderry himself
mighiIrss mite. Sir Soulden was good man,
and sound constitutional lawyer; hut to his
other constitutional qualities added irresurain.
able irriIabIh'y of nerve, he was frank, bold,
and generous, but readfully irascible, and
puny Judge in any thing but temper. Full Of.
ten h. came into contact with his chief; aud
his difference Of opinion was sometimes a,
great as that which exists between earth and
n, aven. He, too, was not seldom in com.
hitting humor; would fearlessIy entrench on
what his colleague might deem his exclusive
prrrogative, and thus they would thunder away
together-'U sher, keep order;' 'Tips,aff, take
hat man into custody 'Crier preserve silence
1t wa, a brosdside from twn irst-rates at once.
1t was he creaking Of ninety.eight's cannon
stocks in a storm; and verify The old Hall seems
ed as il it too would be down upon them. Psrk
used to look most solemnly sanctIhed; Garrow
was ever 100 fond Of mischief not to enjoy it;
Erskine got an epigram ready 10 send round
tue bar; while Topping looked awfuIly magnl
6cent, as il he were umpire to the rival hriori.
Al las, Lord ElIenborough (eithrr uuaffeetedly
or 10 annoy hrs nrighbor) conlrved so 10 man.
age and restrain his temper when Sir S"ulen
was excited, that the exasprration Of the later
was increased beyond human bearing, and he
al last gave in. He got permission 10 exchange
to the Common Pleas, where, BY the side o! Old
Heath and Sir James Mansfield, he wen, % .
smoothly for a time; but al last died, il ie'
member, by bursting blood vessel. He was
a man, with al his faults, loved and respected;
and he died as sincerely, as generally regretted
II you wish to see likeness Of him, go and look
a, Fawcett's performance Of King Arthur: his +
traits bear an extraordinary resemblance 10 4
those Of the spirited judge; but the latter had &
much dignity of manner, and was better In per.
son than The actor