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many ninble and airy serv,ors, trip about him a,
command, and in we'll ordered files, 40 he would wish.
fall aptly into their places His voice, though nch-
or sonofous nor capable Of varied expression, is
aged with much skill, and rendered subservent TO
the speakers purposes to make him, il not pow
erful, at leas, delightful and exceedingly interesting
talker.
He greatly enjoys having to reply to opponents
who may have laid themselves open to fair retort, or
to dexterous bubble, or an ingenious rhetori-
cal pcrversion. Let some blundering speaker make
some awk ward admission or obvious exaggeraton-
lie, some philosopher wander out Of the ordinary
track, and draw arguments for annual parllaments
from the annual revolution Of the earth-then Sir
Robert Peel treasures them all up gives them ludi-
looks round 10 enjoy the bursting laughter and the
ringing cheer which echo behind him. HIS enjoy
ment Of this kind Of thing has BETRAYED him into that
habit Of rhetorical evasion which has too much char
acterized his parliamentary speeches, and procured
for him the reputation Of being the greatest master OF
pausbilites in the House of Commons. He is sha-
king off this habit and taking fairsr, and, therefore,
e'0' MR.. GLADSTONE.
BY the way there is the rising hope of the Conser
va.ves, and Pees RICH, erm-Willam Ewart Glad
stone Vice President Of the Board of Trade and Mas
That young man what a disappointment! In
person he is Of good stature, and like Stanley has
n pretty, good naured, rather poutng mouth, while
the upper part of the face, like SANKEY'S has knit
ted if not frowning aspect But what dsappolnts
me most is the smallness Of the head. Under stan.
leys careless locks you see hidden good solid
mass of forehead; but this noted young man this
phlosophic worker out of church principles-I want
| for him capacious skull and breadth of face. Can
such small head carry all he knows?
We must take men as they are, and not as we i'm.
agne them. The head is small but it is well shaped
You notice that the upper part of the face rather ex
presses severity; and am told that old Gladstone
and the family generally, have been noted in Liver
pool for what is called 'crusy' temperament. Il
this be 60 and this young man nheri,s it, he is an ex
his temper singnary under control. His voice, too
is sweet and plalntive; he has amazing c'earness o.
speech and volubity of utterance but with tenden
cy to run into meliflcrous monotony which he will
| probably correct.
Are his abilities as great rs they say, or is he ar
example of being cried up1
'Oh, no man can doubt that his abilities are great
do not refer to his books church, and state with
which he first established his reputation, but his
duct in the house. He proved friend in need ,t
Peel in conducting the the tedious business and dc
tails Of the new tariff; in fact every thing devolvet
on the prime minister and his vice\Presdent of tn
Board Of Trade; and though Pees eyeat business IA
clity and long practice in addressing the house ena
bled him to expound, state and defend the principles
and details Of the tariff with more nlness force ant
weight, it was universally acknowledgement youn!
Gladstone shone in the department of facts and fig
utes, and dsplayed!a capacity for official buSness
the very first order.
'Yes; the Gladstone family like the Peel hmly
furnish evidence of the power of our trade and com
merce to throw up individuals from the bottom of so
cety, to disport themselves like eviathans, on tn
, surface. Old Gladstone made his money in Liver
pool, as Morrison the member for Iverness, made hi
huge fortune in London.
5 LORD PALMERSTON.
is not palmerston fop7
Tut, one has patience with these vulgar ideas
people, which vulgar fools propoga,e-Certain
t Fanny was ounger once than she is now and Tim
r works changes. But look at Palmerston sitting OIL
those front benches; you all the signs of ma
Of high breeding, but foppery there is none.
is it not singular that Palmerston and Peel shout
not be pted rivals?
I! is ra.hcri but, remember though Pamers,o
, and Peel commenced public life together Pamersto
was in advance of Peel on such questions Caloli
, emancipation and parliamentary reform.-Palmers
ton is four years older than Peel being SO. Blu
he seems in excellent keeping; his vgor, mental an
bodily appears unimpaired- fine looking man he i:
( But is he really man of taentl
3 The question is superfuous. His family, tn
1 Temple famy-has an hereditary reputation for abb
T ity; and Palmerston does not belle it, To be SURF
c his opponents say, as Melbourne said of Lyndhurs
that his talents are from God but the application
them is otherwise.