Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-02-22
From the London Ne,0 Monthl Magazine.
LORD BROUGHAM.

Lord Brougham. as is well known, is of an an
Gent and respectable family in Westmoreand
He was educated at the High School in Edinburgh;
and even as boy gave those remarkable indlca.
tons of talent, which his life has fortunately af-
forded HIN the opportunity of developing.
A contemporary journal 20 The American Re-
yiew'0 supposes, from some favorite theory we
presume of the writer, that Lord Brougham was
not thought quick and clever but slow and
hard-readins boy; on which supposI'ion follows a
long TRADE against what is called in America "ge-
MUS: We think that this reviewer is at perfect
issue with the truth in the general proposition he
puts forth; we are perfectly sure that he argues
without foundation in the present instance. Lord
Brougham, as a boy, was remarkable for the al
most in;ui;ive perception OF what was place ed be-
fore him. lie was wild, fond oe pleasure. taking
to study again by starts, and always reading with
more effect than others. when he did read, be-
cause i, was for some specified object, the know
ledge of which was to be acquired in the shortest
possible time.
Even in his early years it happened to him. as
it has happened to many who have risen to after
eminence in that art, to acquire the rudiments Of
eluquence in that fluency and facility of expires.
sion which proceed from the habits of public speak
ing. Young Brougnam, in 1.-The Speculative
over his Youthful competitors, though some were
then and afterwards remarkable for their ability,
which the present Chancellor holds over his no.
Die rivals in the House of Lords. The late Mr..
Hurner, the late Lord Kinnaird, Mr.. Murray.
Mr.. Southey. the present Lord Advocate, were
the most distinguished members OF this society.
But these pursuits, active and engrossing
they more generally are, did not prevent this SIN
gular Young man from ndulsing in those fits of
abstract meditation with which they are usually
considered and found Incompatible. From the
noisy clamor of spouting club, it was not un-
frequent with him to retire to the study OF the
more abstruse branches OF mathematics; one of
the fruits of which was the we'll known etter to
the Royal Society, which an early friend assures
US that he saw when Lord Brougham was only
eighteen; Latin correspondence, which had
been for some time carried on with the most dis
tinsulsed snUans in Europe, who had, in all pro-
liability, as little idea that the grave professor of
science they were addressing with the most lavish
superlatives, was mere schoolboy, as they could
have had that he would one day be the Lord Chan
cellor of England.
On quitting Edinburgh, Mr.. Brousham, in
company with the present Lord Stuart de Roth
say, made tour through the northern parts Of
Europe.
The manner in which he announced himself to
the world on his return from the continent, was
as an author, in the composition of his work in
2 vols entitled. "The Colonial Policy Of the
European Bowers"
In 1902 the Edinburgh Review was commenc-
ed; MIR. Sidney Smith. we once heard in con-
but cannot assert the fact, wrote the
= of the first number) To this pub
pBrougham was an early and power
continued almost up to the present
Rquent contributor
ri rord Brougham came into Parliament, |
n,rodncsJ tIS.ss. was then said. to spite the
pr;ncs ;, II sh;s IN X~ke true. it was pretty !
early that the aeeJs Of that tter aui"osity were
sown, which the late King ws5 ssI WIS kh" as
to feel towards the advocate Of ~! wi.
Brougham had spoken in 1908 betor %ss.s %
with considerable effect. previous tt 80. rs
one OF its members. His fame for tar III
bar. considerably heightened by his WIFE, WIFE, a"e
the great conversational powers he posse 49,
cited much expectation. His first efforg "e'e'