The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-01-24
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.
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| IL may prove interesting TO some Of your read
ers to give the annexed brief sketches Of the char
acter and history Of some Of the prominent persons
who, it is supposed, will compose the incoming
wing ministry Of England,
/ Lord John Russell, who Is to DO premier Is quiz,
small man, with regular and intellectual expres
sion Of features. lie stands under five fee, eigh
inches in height, and is slender and light built a
that His eyes are blue, and complexion fair. A,
an orator, he has never ranked high for popular eo
quenes, but as ressOnsr he iS always logical and
foreible He hesitates some in his enuneiarion, and
therefore does not excite those who are pleased with
exciting defamation in place Of arguments. He i,
a finished scholar, and his speeches are alvey,
marked by great clearneSS perspicuiiy and dignif.
ed illustrations. His efforts always appear TO great
advantage when they are read and studied in print
His lordship was born In 1872, and is consequently
about 81 years Of age. He il the junior Of Sir
Robert Peel by about four years, who was born ia
1888 Lord John Is the third 500 Of the late Duke
Of Bedford, by his first wife, Georgiana Elizabeth,
daughter Of Viseount Tornngton. He has long
been distinguished a. The leader Of the wing party
in Parliament and this is the second or third time ne
has superseded Sir Robert Peel In the premiership.
He first came into Office psymsster Of the forces
on the formation Of Lord Greys ministry, and re-
esiyed tho seals as home secretary in 1895. To his
charge n,Tusled the introduction Of the reform
bill. In literature, he Is distinguished as the able
author Of the "Life Of William Lord Russell, - and
Of "Memoirs Of the Affairs OF Europe from the
peace Of Utrecht" His abilities as a poet were
-, r. Al !
first wife, to whom he was married IN 1885, was
Lady Ribblssdale, sister Of Thomas Henry Lister,
esq, Of Amitsge Park, and the accomplished su-
thor Of CRANKY. Lord John resigned Office in 1871,
upon which occasion Parliament was dissolved and
a new election ordered. lie stood for the city Of
London; his election strongly contested by the
tory interest," but he gained his seat by very mod
crate majority. believe he has continued TO repre-
sent the same constituency ever since.
Lord Paine rston--or, as he is frequently called
yiseount Pamerston-is an Irish peer, and was
born the Goth October, 1884, and H. consequently,
in the 62d year OF his age. He has been almost IN.
intenuptedly in Office since 1909. On the forma-
lion OF Lord Greys ministry in 1880, he became
secretary Of foreign affairs, and resumed the same
Official station on the return Of his party to power
in 1895. From 1906 to 1891, lie sat for the univer-
sty Of Cambridge, when, on account Of his ndyc-
caey OF the reform bill, he was defeated. He then
| represented Blechengly, South Hsnts, and Tve,-
ton. He was a sitting member for the last place On
the dissolution Of Parliament in lsII.
On his fathers side, his loTdship descended from
| the Temples, and on his mothers side, from the
Duke Of Buckingham. His family is said to be OF
Saxon descent. He is said TO have been man OF
laborious study, capable Of long-con,inued and in.
much pressed with government offairs during the
whig administration, and the pac6cation OF the
east, with the preservation Of the integrity of the
Ottoman empire, as that movement was termed
| only four hours at night. No ore equalled him in
this respect, except 1t was Lord Brougham, who
was regarded as another great Industrial intellectual
| operator.
| Ef,cfs Of aleohol-There are about 1900 pau
pers IN Massachusetts, provided for at the public
expense, Of whom about 5000 were made pauper,
by in,emperance. Over 5000 OF the whoe number
! were foreigners.
a child Of misfortune About a O'Clock yesterda,
morning, when the thermometer stood at only eigh
degrees above zero twentyfour degrees below III,
| freezing point, policeman found poor little CIR
wandering about the streets, without shelter, ant
| nearly stiff with cold She was only 10 years old
| and gave her name as Mary Fitzgerald. She sale
she had no home neither father nor mother, and
being entirely destitute, she was sent to the com
| missioner of the slms-house to be taken care of
| Here is a case for some rich mans charity. Who'll
come forword2
| One of the Oldest and most respectable New
| York pilots, has supplied me with the following
list Of vessels, and the distances at which they
were boarded at sea, east and south Of Sandy
Hook. The most Of these vessels which they took
charge Of far from land, and brought safely into
port, were, on going to again, taken from then
and given TO pilots created by the voluntary asso
citation previously referred to. These were as fol