Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-04-22

ken on the debate, and had been called to order
nv that gentleman, who followed him; but he had
not advanced far in his speech, when Sira boyie
started up and called him to order. Mr.. Yelver-
ton sat down; a pause ensued, after winch VI SIR
Boyle said, g. Sir, YOU may go on, Mr.. lei
yerton resumed, and had Just arrived at an inter-
resting part of powerful, eloquent and impas-
stoned appeal, when he was again cale.: to order
BY Sir Bowie. The latter, as On the former &C.
casion, did not attempt to point out where the
orator was disorderly. Mr.. ielyerton, VINO
was man of warm temper, with difficulty re-
strained mis- passion within the bounds OF decorum
and demonstrated loudly agsinst such extraordi'
nary conduct; but Sir Boyle, as before, oo'
served with perfect comPosure, ''slr, you may
60 On.'' Mr.. Yelvert0n was now approaching
the close Of lis speech. when Sir Boyle rose again,
and called him to order in 4 still more earnest
tone. This was 700 mlca for human endurance.
Mr.. Yelvertop afiai.ued this irregular conduct
in the most Indignant terms. The speaker en-
pressed strong di,ayptobation of these Interrupt
tons, and Sir Boyle aas peremptoriiy required
to explain, which he did, by simply stating, and
without the least apparent emotion. . MIR. Speak
er. | do not conceive i'll what my conduct Is more
disorderlv than that of the honorable member
He called me to order, and'whp should not be at
liberty to call him to order in my turn?" The
gravity and apparent simplicity with which this
excuse was offered, had the desired effect of en-
citing laughter in which the friends of Sir Boyle
heartily Joined, conscious that by the course which
he had pursued their formidable opponent had
been perrIexed, and the force of his speech i'm
paired, if not fritted away. Sir Boyle was tall
handsome man, of mild and very gentlemanly like
manners. He had been an officer in the army,
and had seen some hard service in America. The
gravity of his experimentation he never appeared
sensible of his blunders, nor shared III their effects
rendered his efforts to excite merlment the more
efficient. He was a native of Kerry, and pos
sessed in an eminent degree the rich brogue Pc
culiar to that part of the country, which harmon
lied admirably with the matter and manner of
his harrangues. Happening to be in the neigh
borhood when the late Mr. Fox visited the Lakes
of Killarney, he politely offered to become his
cicerone, an Office which furnished him with the
following anecdote of that celebrated orator.
{" When he arrived at the top of Mangerton,"
said Sir Boyle ''what did Charles Fox do but
strip off his. clothes like Newfoundland Log,
and plunged into the lake." Mangerton is
mountain of considerable altitude on the banks of
the lower lake, with winding road along its sides
up to the summit, on which is lake Of great
depth, called 'sThe Devils Punch-bowl." The
weather having been sultry, and Mr.. Fox being
fatigued and heated by his exertions in ascending
the mountain, on his arrival at the edge OF the
lake he stripped of his clothes and leaped in;
but the water being intensely cold at that height,
he was taken suddenly i'll, and fears were enter
tanned for some time by his companions that his
life would be the price Of his imprudence.