Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1835-11-26

language and he are no friends. Vert.
with him often 90 for ~nosainatise eases
and the cases sometimes stroll through i
whole paragraph after the verbs. Sacl
IS a little touch Of the osatosy Of a mar
who made Bonaparte miss ono fire.
Next We had that odd genius. Lord
B~tougham. The more | see Of him the
more | am pozzled to classify him. mel
hum the other day IN some strange antics
bis might be made a figure again and
again lie Tambles about 10 the House
OF Lords like a Wild cob. AS an Aus,ri
an General once said of Bonaparte he des-
pises all rule, all system. you cannot cal.
culaic what he is. Now he would II liter
the duke Of Wellington, and anon he
would cuff him without much
He goes OF like a rocket, at times, never
90 brilliant. Then he will founder, and
lounder. liza man cries hear at him,
Just as lik.ley AS not he'll stop and thank
him. IL Que says : no. he'll debate The
question lsy The way, and jump tight oul
OF The middle ola sentence. | found him
once all wound up in one OF his gnarled
sentences, and he himself was hunting a
corner TO get oni, but all the time was
4 fftt tAtlfNl ~AfA ALtliNt VIII tG
get IN, working up languages in All man
ner Of parenihescs, when despairing at last
OF ever getting out VI this maze, he burst
out ty cutting The gordian knot, Nobody
can report. or follow him al such timcs,
but on the jar.c. Association leads him
oil on every side,-and then AZ last he
will come back again. Bot he is always
interesting, always instructive too, because
be seems TO know every thing. He min
giles in every bnd,'s talk. hearing this
one, and 'noeing' that one. now crying
Oh aud anon crying syes' If this lord
says a good thing, be tells him Of il. II
that a bad one he lets him know il. lie
will say a bitter thing with a moet good
nsiufcd voice --ani IA Cor order. for doing
as other people do. that is the last thing
he thinks Of. No man commands more
attention. bat few have more intisencc-
and yet no man ~triilrs more with bis
power, or hazards il more. He is a insus
nature. can't classify him-hnt il j
were in the House of Lords | would give
him anything 10 get oul oft. for he is
spelling their trade. first making them
seem mean by way Of contrast with him,
and next, upsetling all their dignity. Lord
Bfougbam belongs TO the House ulCom-
mons, lis a pity he ever left there.
The Duke Of Newcastle, who | believe,
is not very bright. next had something 60
say, but What ihatsomething was don't re-
member, rs II did not make much Impress.
ion. Lord WiiarncIiife again. earl of Fsl
month again Earl Of Isipon next, each
with short speeches Of 2 or 5 minutes Lords
seldom hold outlang Speaking 10 public is
out oftheir line h1-- litury Legislators asthey
are. The Fxfl Of Winchclsea next got the
floor: a real school boy orator, now 80 loud
thut he spit his words 10 pieces, now so
low, you could not hear him-Alternating
thus up and down. mounting words, and
managing tones ahominabiy,-i rather
think The Earl Of Winciclsea has more
zeal than sense, excepting bis f~avorite
phrase " iron, the bottom Of my hearty in
terwoven in his speed, always when IDEAS
do not come up as fast as be had words 10
| cloihe them in. Brougham again, and an
inlerlude with the luke Of Cumberland,
who can't be a wonder, except % bis grey
mustaehios. Then Lord Lyndhurst IN a
plain, natutai w~sy--nothiug oratoficaI a
bout BIN, with some few sensible enough
remarks. Wellington once more. just IN
anger, with MelbourDe's threat, the Lords
must not tfJle With the people. Melbourne
IN reply, that il was no threat, only an all
moHi,lgn Lord EllenlDrough, with a small
I voice, and a few iniistinrt remarks Ford
! Mansfield nothing remarkable. Lord Piun
kct, clear and lawyer like, natural, and no
mounting. Lord Fitzgerald tripping ~
his heels and quite adroitiy. Earl Of
Wicklow plain and sensible. Earl OF
Westmoreiand saying, I" we cannot debate
this further this late hor Of the night."-
and a laugh.--ior it was only 8 o'clock,
and probably he had been asleep ne
yer knew much OF these men-some oil
them al least. | should like TO know how
near ] have hit their real characters The
Lords met at 8 O'Clock and adjourned az
8 o'clock. The question was upon hear
ing counsel upoa the Corporation Reform
Bill. We should have debated the qucs
ton a month in Congress. They settled
it al one sitting. Counsel we're admitted.
The tories ware in favor Of it. The Wings
were opposed 10 it, but made no opposi
lion. The Tories sought thus 10 delay
The bill, The Wings wished 90 push il
ahead. Sir Charles WetLereIl, and MIR
Knigh, were the counsel admitted.
did not get any particular impression
Of any extraordinary dignity in The House
Of Lords,-Dukes. Earls, Visconnts, Mar
quises, and Bishops are men, like the res
Of us, with warm blood. and hot temperl
at times. The excitement was not ligh
on this party question. Since this nigh
il has broken out in the House Of Lord
with some violence. The Earl OF Winch
elsea has been a little raving. There /
more dignity and more order than in tb
Commons, probably because the men ar
older generally speaking. and becaus
there are not so many OF them, they mum
bering at the most 425 (never all there. a
: they vote, if they choose, by proxy) am
the Commons numbering 626. beard NJ
remarkably impressive speaking but tina
: Of Lord B~rougham, and he was not elo
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