Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-10-16
trromhc Now York Amcrean.l
NGLAND.-RA RAN DO NJ SKETCHES
Lospos -HousE OF LoRps.-BRouGuAM.

deck OF the Pocket ship NJ. the lovely a
ternoon she was towed down the bay of New lor
by n little wheszlng s,oameri "while in Europ'
write and tell me OF all you see, and think, and feel,
said you. al will" said /. Our last words, as "a
spattering ire-tug cut loose from the gallant ship
and headed towards the home city, were, "Remem
Der, write 80 al will"
And can you ever forgive me for having so lon
delayed the performance OF that parting vow An,
such performances as | now tendetl A few scatter
cd leaves from Menory's notebook ;-randou
sketches with my coarse crayon-thcse are al m,
effects. And when they are surrendered, bankrupt
like. | shall demand a discharge IN full.
You ask me TO send you my first English thoughts
Icannot. IL would be in vain to attempt Il. Whcr
my foot first pressed the soil OF this wonderful
country, my emotions were strange, understandable
sacred. To disturb the deep, the indelIble ImpTes;
they have made on my inmost soul, by cSsayIng tC
tronscube ~, would bc sicrllcse. The thrilling
events in the history of Britain, from the days o
the DruidS tn the dawn OF the nineteenth century
were enshrined among the halbowed associations OF
our childhood. When school boys, YOU and | had
read and dreamed a thousand times of the heroes
ami bards of this land of chlvalry and song, and
longed 10 Inhale ITS masic air. And here was,
trosdns the very tuis which they troj, and gazing
at the very skies which look down on them. As
memory ran through the long vista of eighteen
hunlrei years which stretched between me and the
INVASION 10y julius Cesar, she gathered up and piled
upon the passing hour a load of events which had
ceuscd centuries TO lend. | was intoxicated with
mn undchnHble enthusiasm. IL was not the time.
nor Nll l the aOlltN, 10 AnttSZe my thoughts. |
gave myself up to the full tide Of feeling which the
OCCASION unsedled, and for successive hours spOricd
on rs sparkling bosom. As | was borne unresisi-
ing.y onward by the wild current, confused visions
o. Alfred Inc G. elt and William the Conqueror, o.
turrctel castles and Wondering aObeys, ui BIrnam
wool and BnSworih field, OF mall-clad knights and
murdered princes, of Doom sday book and NIGGA
Chlrra, of E tzabojh and Cromwell, OF Bnrlcjsh
and Bacon, of Shakespeare and Milton, OF Mansfield
md Chatham, whIried IN may dances before my
eyes. IL seemed like one Of those romantic boy
hood dreams which used 10 haunt our pillow after
We had read ourselves TO slun.ber with Walter
Scot's last novel.
At ,cnsth, from sheer physical exhaustion, occa.
STONED by a long and exciting ride towards tie me
Iropu Is, | became quite sober and calm; and, ere
nlsa,'iH, / could look upon the moss grown towers
Of the old Golh'c churches which we passed on the
road, with "A philcsOphIc eye.
Nor shtjI attempt to give you my first impress.
sionS Of London. We touched the outer circle of
the great Naestroom just as the setting sun was
unsins its waves with gold. As We slowly urged
our G. onhtd way for mics through ITS dense mass
Is, | was overwhelmed by the currents and counter
currents ut living beings which rolled past me in
successive surges, and was confounded and Devil.
dered with the vastneSs Of the scene. And this IS
London : And here ! am, a lone stranger IN the
midst Of It's tccmIn. millions, not one soul of whom
knows or cares for M. | descended from the coach
TN shook hands with my lasi fellow passenger
Uc-oSS The Atlantic; and as the sound OF the wheels
died NV y N the distance and was lost m orher
echoes, | tel hi the asst ipk was 20 ken 'ha:
bound me TO iAr- of Kindred and friends. The 5 lent
servant OF the hotel lei me through a long daskv
avenue, aud | tu'gg-d my dark, cherries apart
mems Now clrla the s ckenIng reaction Of NV
mornings Iutoxi,uiln. Dear c., | would have
gwen the world n yHu had been with me. / was
sld-doSua;e. A gentle How soon came 20 my
rel cL. Blessed be the man that invented sleep
Though you will not look TO my pen Tor minute
descriptions, you viii expect nc TO tell you some
thing Of these London wonders, which, 10 our
youth, loomed To such q towering height Iu the Eor
zon Of our mag nation, Challenging our juvenile
admiration and awe.
! have been often at Westminster Hal and :.
Stephens. There are no places in London which
! have so frequently visited. | love 10 .Inger ur-
der their venerab.s shadows, and read he history
OF Eng.and's Jurisprudence and .sslS atom inscribed
IN hoary characters on their walls. The hrs: time
! entered the House Of Lords, was surprised 5r-
disappointed at rs dimIuUuvs SIZE aut Eau-y ar-
pe'rance. Ii Is hut .rtic larger ,H-n your Supreme
Court room at New York; and It's val ana c.
ing, as WEI as its seals and WOO. sack. are Of O.
blazing scarlet color, trcked of wth fasHy e..
trapp.ngs. How far removed from lie severe gran
Geur for which was looking.
The parliamentary IIOns-BrougEam, We Ing
ton, LynfhuTs', heloourne-are m their places. An
exciting debate IS gong forward. 1OuIsr Is Brougu /
nm, - e ched out haifhIs length on one OF The min.
isjorIaI benches; now listening 10 the Earl OF Win. b
chelsea, whom he cy. S with 4 portentous scow and
anon whispering a hurried word TO Lord Melbourne.
What an uugai My figure! Those long leyS, and
arms loosely hung in their sockets, give him an "
iy, siouching ar. HIS Iron-grey hair bris,ies over
his .ow, broad forehead, like the quilts of the fret
ful p0Tcupine. HIS eyebrows seem alive with
nerves. lie must be deeply agIlated with the de.
bate, for he wrtheS as though his red cushion were
n sheet of hot IRON. He suddenly starts up, as n
impatient at the prosY speaker, walks hastily to
wards the door, and while saying a lew pleasant
things 10 one Of the peeressts, his tormen,er stops,
and The ex Chancellor cries out with startling cm-
pelsis, only Lords ~ and slowly advances towards
the wooI-sack. An audible h-u-s-h runs through
tie house. Listen TO that inst sentence. How II
p,unges into the very centre Of the subject. Every
word is an argument; every line a demons,fa.
ion. The FIRST blow knocks the keystone from
the Earl Of Winche'sea's argument, aud the whole
fabric tumbles on his a~fughIed head and shoulders.
And The dandy young lord, who, IN the speech he
Tected so prctuiy an hour ago, travelled out of his
way to sneer at Brougham-See the blood flee from
his checks as his rice little bit Of rhetoric comes rat
Ting IN fragments round his ears. As the ion fixes
his eye on hin, he would give his CcronGt aod his
cuds If he could sink into a nutshell. a fiery
glance or two wllhers him, and the monarch of the
debate passes On to gr1pplC with wOrthier untago.
TIs's. What compact rSUmCntAtOn-whIt fertli-
~ Of Illustration! What subtle distlncti,ns-wha,
nice discrimination among the shades Of thought. -
How large the field Of his Omprehension-how ex-
haustless and rich its resources. Great in matter,
his speech is equally powerful in manner. Vio.a.
ting every law Of rhetoric 8ni OratOTy promulgated
by the schools, he IL law unto hImseIf--oIsina
commanding, majestic. "Brougham's powers are
falling, say the Tory papers. But, he still towers
head and shoulders above his compeers, like SauI
among the lsraUltes,
Lord b .oughhm has been described a hundred
times 10y American tnvcIorsj-so often, indeed.
that not only his public history and mental chlrac-
]ter,tirs. but his personil pecuIartes, yea, the ner.
vOus t~wltchlng OF his eyebrows, are us fnmi.lr to /
our cOun'rymCn as 10 the nightly ioungers in Tho
gallery Of the House Of LUids. How often he B.
compared with Webster. The attempt is unjust ~
JJtl. Each has his own sphere Of greatness. The
BOsto1Ian never enters the fed Of controversy IN
less clad with mail 10 bis very fingers ends. A
safe and strong debatsr. Not so the Londoncr. lie
often tushes sword In hand, without sclbbard or
shield, into the thIckest Of the conflict, and gets
sJrcIy CALLED. Nor DO lTtls arrows pierce WEB.
5'cr, nor ordinary occasions summon forth his pIsut
weapons. B]rougham will fight viii any body,
aud on any terms. The smallest Lilipu, Do the
House can sung him into terrible paroxy ms with
ls nCCdle-spCaE But wO 90 the ass.i4rtl The
equally heavy with that which strikes down Lord
JyndhursL A. d whole, Brougham Is unlike auy
one of our public men. When disscciCd, many Of
his parts have their simiIiuirs on our srIc Of The
Atlantic. Could We NIX into one COMPOUND. Wei.
BtCr, Clay, and Adams, and divide the mass into
three equal ports, We might, by adding a tncture OF
Calhoun, have three very good Henry BrOughlms.
a portion Oi The London press IS won, TO declare
that Broushnm's popularity Is gone, iuctuevaD.y
gone. GiuslyCrs. The country will cell them "a
different story. There are two men IN England
who can never lie unpopular with the people, say
or do what hey may. Though every geography
and dictionary IN the kingdom were annIhlatsd,
WATERLOO and REToRN would be household
words, from John orc oats house TO Lands End
forever. The vcrcst sans. eulOfis Cbuuist in Great