Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-11-28
LORD BROUGHAM.

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curious changes. 1t is difficult to fol-
low him in his oscillations and tergiv-
ersations. Tie extraordinary evolu-
tons of his fertile mind escape the
most sharp-sighted vision. His ever
varying physiognomy is the type of his
mind. The rapidity of his sensations
is only equalled by the volubility of his
speech. He is all parenthee;s, aid his lis
crotchets are innumerable. He is me-
yer still. His moving mind is desert
bed by his perpetual motion. He has
talked more, perhaps, than any human
being breathing, not excepting that
greatest but one of takers, Louis Phi
! lippe. The King of the French and
Lord Brougham are sworn friends.-
His citizen majesty likes his original
'ami .AngIass.' The ex-Chancellor in
one of his freaks took a chateau at
Cannes. This is small harbor on the
Mediterranean, in the department of
the Var, only 238 leagues from Paris
Napoleon landed at Cannes in 1916,
after his flight from Elba, and Brough-
am dropped anchor there after his
quondam friends the Wigs had de-
prived him of the cares of the
the woolsack. Some person remarked
to Chateaubriand, Why, what can
possess Lord Brougham to choose his
country-house at such an obscure gulf"
'Ah!' replied the great statesman and
writer Gees .anglais are singular beings.
They select the most out-of-the -way
places for their meaisons de conpqgne.
| know one who had his country re-
sidence in Greece, whose habitation
was periodically pillaged during his
absence, which did not prevent him
from gong there regularly every year
to make his promenade
Lord Brougham is the most indefat-
igable Of men. When he visits the
Cannes he generally seizes the occa-
siou to pass two or three days in Paris,
and then everybody is sure to see him
somewhere. From the earliest hour
he pays his visits. If he finds French
man In his bed, no matter, he will see
him; and if his friend be in a bath,
n'inaporte, Lord Brougham talks to
him as if he were on parliamentary
bench, instead of floating in marble
or a metal vessel. At breakfast or in
his study,it is all the same, in his lord
ship bolts, having no bar to his discre-
ton. AS he can pour forth larger
quantity Of words within given peri.
Cd than the most voluble of Gallicians,
Lord Brougham disposes of an i'm
mense number of visits within brief
space. Men Of no parties are exempt
from his visitation. Al the Tuilleries
he is a most welcome guest. The
wordy warfare between him and Louis
Philippe is generally very animated,
although, strange to say, the Republi-
cans once contemplated asking Lord
Brougham to be their counsel before
the Court of Peers, in one of the process
neonstres which have taken place since
the Revolution. If his lordship had
pleaded, it would have been amusing
to the French, for although fluent in
the language, his pronunciation is ra-
Their ridiculous. Lately, some persons
began building opposite his villa at
Cannes, and Lord Brougham had an
opportunity Of judging law in France.
On his inquiring whether, by the terms
of his lease, he could not abate the nui-
sance of being overlooked, he was in
formed there was no remedy. What!'
exclaimed his lordship Indignantly to
an English friend, eare there no laws
in this country?' ooh, yes replied
his CONSIDER, there are thousands of
laws, but there is little justice for the
natives, and certainly none for an Eng
lishman'
Lord Brougham is, after all, one of
the most agreeable of men, despite his
gossipping propensities. He is uni
versally admired in society, and is an
especial favorite Of the faier portion. =
Lord lyndhurst and Lord Brougham,
with their rivalry of position and poll
tics, are sworn friends; and it would
not be quite decorous for the world
generallyto be aware of the greatpranks
and practical jokes these two chancel-
lors have committed together, and, for
aught we know, are still perpetrating.
They are like two schoolooys in their
Jokes and In their affections.
We question whether Lord Brough-
am, with his universal knowledge, has
very patient investigation Of first
principles. His perception is rapid,
but it may be doubted whether he looks