The Arkansas advocate., 1834-11-07

plaialy dressed man, abont 55. His face. is pale and somewhat thin. his eyes are not remarkable in themselves and except whefi excited, are covered and half concealed by the upper eye lids; his nose IS only re- markabe, the end turning up very much, his mouth broad, with rather thin lips, which have more fexihiliiy and ease Of motion, than any ever saw. His coun- tenance Is extremely mid and good nuino,- ed; and he Is represented to be one oi tho most alnia ole men if the world; neyerthe- less he IS very irrascible. He has great deal in the expression of his face, like that ol Franklin; although Franklin's pinched lips are the antipodes of his free ones.
 He has the same smiling self possessed, knowing look that we find in the pictures of the great philosopher. And perhaps this very expression of countenance has done more to obtain for them both, the character of cunning. upon the acute policy which Franklin exerted, and which Brough- am IS now exerting for the good of man. kind.
 His voice, in ordinary discourse, is rath- CT low, but very smooth and cultivated: when he speaks in the House of Peers, 1t is clear and distinct; still smooth, but without sufficient volume. His strong sense, hls earnestness, and strikingly im- pressive enunciations, easy independent air which runs out to his very fingers ends, and the honest passion into which he some- times rises, make him, however, an elo- quent Speaker. But after all, the best British eloquence is polite passionless affair, compared to the fire of American oratory. In one particular, Brougham Is like Henry Clay. Self possessed, and respectful to antagonists, yet If a sharp unworthy thrust is made at him he flashes out upon the aggressor and withers him.
 His powers Of sarcasm stand him in good stead, as weapons with which he can repay some of the bitter attacks of his ene- mics; of which he has more than other men, and for the very reason that he more deserves them. No man can be more heartily detested by the whole hereditary arstocracy of Great Britain, than himself and though his foes are sensible how ne- .cessary he has become to the veal of the State, and to their own preservation, yet they cannot refrain from devising and plot ting his downfall. Like the sayages of New South Wales, race so debased and besotted in intellect, that, when winter pinehes them with cold, they rend their very huts for fuel. without considering that they destroy their only shelter. So do these foolish fellows, i'll their rage or terror, endeayor to pull down the reputation of him who is their protection. There is no meannesa or folly, hardly any crime, which islander has not imputed to the Lord Chan cellor. But however much detraetion may gall him, his good sense causes him to suffer in silence. lie throws the afrow aside, and does not often deign even to break t. h one or two recent instances, however, the imputations have been so gross, the insults so intolerable, that 1t was wisdom to resent them. Your readers are doubtless, by this time, familiar with the circumstance of the libel perpetrated by Bittleson, Editor oi, the Morning Post, tue CdteCifSHi anu FdaS-tHscHHl oi t0IYiStil,
 wherein he accused the Chancellor of falsi- fying a record, and absolutely dared the dignitary to treat this charge as libel and breach Of privilege. So provoked and so invited, the Chancellor caused the liheller te be arrested and brought before the House of Lords, showed the accusation to be false and malicious, and then, when the gross ness of the wrong had driven the Lords from their doers of dirty work, and he was abandoned by them to his fate; was con tent, himself to move, that he should be reprimanded and discharged, instead of visited with the full penalties of his crimes, which would have been heavy and ruin- ous.