Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-12-01
MISCELLANEOUS.
BROOKS LETTERS.
from the Portland Evening Adverti.er:
ID THINGS IN LONUUN-HOCSE Or ~

BROOKS LETTERS.
1F,om the Pouland, Evening" Ad Ss i 1opns
MEN AND THINGS IN LoE 10 VI NoiD''
,,. ,o., into tho flnnse of Lords As the gallery
into which strangers are admitted not SO large Us tha
mart of the Senate gallery over our wee ffrsurnt
head-and it holds the Reporters, to"-it requires osn
neyttiation to get in when an important DEBATE Is c"
mn wanted to hear the discussion upon the MuhiePn
Corporation Bill; and began my negotiation some gay
ahead By the politeness OF one OF the eoitols VI e
Times who of course stands high among the 'noo'r
Lords | obtained excellent seat, without being
oblaed to come hours betoeland as others ND
MANY even of whom got seat nor eye's'ght e'hef:
such the crowd By the way there is no accom o.
dalion for the people here They expected 10
hear debates-but only read them-wich are reported
after ALL as have learned by watching win less acGr
racy than MIR. Stansbury often reports LOT Inc ~
pencer The house OF Lords the room, meah) n"i Id
nnt On limo ar lonurr than our Congressional Library
not much wider There is but one gallery lot Vsuis
There two where the Lorus ST. wneH .e o,;,a 80
are full below The gallery for visitors Is not quite >"
nrye AZ that IN the House of Commons; but TINS wi
soon be smaller the ladies' are to share part OF IL
with the genemen-a board PARTITION however, u
rate them The Lords sit as the Comnoners d"-the
Who's on one side of open area the Torres OIL the
oher with no desks notetaking places, no benches
to lean upon The Bishops have bench OF their own,
compartment rather where ihey SIT part OF them IN
wigs, all in white gowns or surp!lces They look very
like old women in their morning gowns when they hrs
ce, out of bed-perhaps The Lord Chancellor sits wig
ged on woolsack, before the throne, which is soIe-
hnt like watchuans box; but the woolsack is covered
over with red CLOTH very neu therefore, but not so COLL
Portable as armchair as it has no arms, only an uncou'
Portable back The Clerks sit in front OF him, wgged
too and then there winged Masters IN Chancery
The Earl of Falmouth began, popping questions At the
"nobe viscount" Melbourne. What an excellent idea
this is Of bringing the Ministry face to face and thus
popping questions at them, and demanding answers
II keeps them Ia ordei aud ies their calbre. should
senate or Se House How often % %oud nv
mer 1t is fine experiment; and if the genius of our
Government admitted oft, think it would work vel;
with u.s. 1t makes men responsible. This popping OF
questions led to debate. Fiscount Srangtord In a
school boy tone, seesawng up and down. let Oil speech
against this Corporation Reform Bill. The Duke o!
Cumberland the Hustrous Duke, the Kings DR. Their,
spu,tered lutte, hut he has nearly lost his vore,
which is very lucky. as it would not serve him
much if he had it. Lord Wharncliie spoke very
naturally for British Senator, very coo!ly, We.
~ reasonably. He did not mouth his words, as
arose. / felt much curiosity to hear the Prime Minis
ter. He spesks rapidy often involved in his sensen
ces-Inouths some thrasles the bench little Viii; t-
guar thumps-nnd passable speaker, but nothing re.
markanie here i (! manly sense tn0ag. iii
what he uttsrs that commands attention Ills air and
tone are quite decisive He commanded great attention;
and phrase, that 'no body OF men could now tribe
with the people, brought forth the " ht"r -" hear,
very bois,rrouslv. One in the gallery me,
so very frantic with appoballon that the door keeper was
Obliged to take him The Duke Of Wellington g't
10 a,,er this | should have known him by his nose,
as we'll as Broughan, for both have very remarkable
noses Saw what please about the old Dukes want
of brains as Senator ne is fool Speaking is not
lis trade, ! see. lie drags has ideas out BY main
torce-and as he has lost his teeth, and therefore
speaks indefinitely appearances are against his elo-
oueuce-bu;, nevertheless, can that he is the soul
Of the Opposition. They rally around him. They rely
upon hun The "hear, "hrar' him, when he
doe. not say much to be heard Such leadership not
surrendered 10 man of no Senatorial talent. The
Duke talks, too. much in the style in which he
would rally Brigade He does not argue, much
he commands He jerks out his words when they
hard. He is energetic in his manner, but there IL no
mJuthing about him. regular blows upon the benches
He talks If he had job do: and the quicker
done, the better When the words stuck his throat
he sputters them cut. When he dnrs not pronounce
them plainly, he sounds them again. The English Ian
guage and he are no friends Verbs with nun "i'en
have nonlnatve cases, aud The cases sometimes Siro
through whole paragraphs alter the verbs. Such is a
little touch Of the oratory OF the man who made Bona
partc miss one figure.
Next we had that odd genius, Lord Brougham -
The of him, the more am puzzled TO classify
him met him the other day i'll strange antics.
This nigh, be made figure again and again lie RAM
bles about in the House OF Lords like wild colt q. an
all rue all systeIn you cannot calculate upon what ht
sat Now he would hatrr the Duke OF Wellington,
and anon he would cuff him without much ceremony
He goes off like rocket, at times neyer So brilliant
Then he will founder and founder. If a man cries
hear at him, Just likely not he il stop and thank
HIM. II one says mo- he II debate the question by the
v,ay and lump right out of the middle of
found h. once all wound up in OF his gnared sem
tences and he himself was hunting for Corner to get
all the pluElng n,-anu deeper
and deeper did he get in, working up language IN all
Of parrntheses, when despairng al last oi
getting out OF this maze. he burst out by cutting the
gordian knot Nobody report him, follow him
At such times, but the jump. Association leads him
off every sidcand then at last he will come back
again. But he is always interesting, always Instructive
too because he seems to know every thing He mingcs
in every body's talk "hearins this one and uOstng
that one now crying "oh, and anon crying yes. Ii
this Lord says goud thing he tells him OF If that
q bad one, he lets him know it, He will say bitter
thing with most good na,C1ed voce,-and for .or-
der" or for doing other people do tina, the last thing
he thinks Of No commands more attention.
but few have more inAuence,-and yet no trles
more with his own power or hazards 1t more. He is
f,sss nature | can't classify hm-but 1t were the
House Of Lords, would give him any thing to get on,
of it, for he is spelling their rade first, making them
seem by way OF contrast with him, aud next, mp
setting all their dignity Lord Broughan belongs to the
The Duke of Newcastle, who. | believe, IS not very
bright, had something to saybut what that some
thing was don't remember, it did not make much
impression. Lord Wharncfe again Earl Falmouth
again. Earl OF Rpon next each with short speeches Of
two OF three minutes Lords seldom hold out long
Speaking in public is out of their line, hereditary le
pslators they The Earl of Wnchelsea next
got the hoor-a real sehool.boy orator now SO loud
that he split his words TO pieces-now low YOU could
not hear misunderstanding thus up and down, mouth.
ing words and mangiiug tones abominatly-I rather
think tho Earl of Wnchelsea has zeal than sense
though what be said tonight was not bad. except
ing his favore phrase: from the bottom OF my heart
interviewer in 6is speech always when ideas did not
Rseughsn again., and an intss!ads with the Duke Of