Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-07-17
LORD BROTGHAM.

The following sketch Of Lord BRouGHAM from the Lon
don correspondence Of the New York Mirror" 1t is very
like caricature, but Of that faithful description which
veys better idea of the subject than formal proessed
portrait
"Al this time you will fancy Brougham tongue going
the rate OF forty smokeacks in Seated the first
Of the opposition, with Stanley side Of him, Lord
Ashburton the other and Peterborough in the rear he
puts halt dozen questions breath to many Minister'S
and proceeds them himself of hand, gancng
of into half dozen fresh topics in the of each reply
to his queries then dropping down his with
protest that Government should be prepared with the noma
ton ne sought and finally starting up again and declaring he
will have speeches, there business before the
House; and forthwith he proceeds to make speech upon
that challenging every body around call him order,
TO point out in what he does strictly conform parliament
ary usages few peers shmen, Of course) accept the
challenge to their subsequent trbuaton One Lord Mount
cashel, "a pious NOBLE who compared the Prophets
OF the Scripture to the sproutng of the potato but he
speedily finds himself bewdered in his attempt 10 follow the
exclamation, who catches him at the very first trip, and
pours out torrent of words upon him about law and pho
sophy and logic, and thousand other things that are SO
much high Dutch TO the mystfed Palander. The second
leader Of the foon hope will generally be the Marquis Of
Londonderry who is to start with bull blunder Of
some sort another, which Brougham, with the ra
pidiy OF kite lays violent and ressess claws upses the
fiery coaowner amidst universal derision and then cooly
says he should like to know what the intentions Of the
Cabinet on immigration, transportation education, and
bankruptcy business ending with a pretty broad hint that il
would be well if the Marquis of Lansdownc took his notion
Of law from somewhat competent authority than Lord
Campbell
''rhere is exaggeraton in this. literal report of the
proceedings Of any night when Brougham figures would
eclipse extravaganza any invention But such exhibitions
not reported fully, and abridgmen is destructive
Of their rich groesqueness. The understandable part of
Broughams oratoy is his action Instead Of speaking from
his place. other persons do he goes right TO the table,
and only that but places his elbows upon it, balancing
himself foot and looking with intense eageness at the
individual he addresses varying his position by starting up
every other minute hump the box before him. and turning
round TO ask questions direct observations to any one in
any other part the House that may strike his fancy and the
chances that the moment he about receive the nfor
nation he requires he sits down beside OF the clerks and
writes letter two which he dispatches on the spot,
without paying the slightest seeming regard his inform
ant though at the time syllable escapes him. as
any one very quickly finds out who presume on
his apparent inattenton
"Iet with all this eccenrcy Of manner, this nexpessi-
bic love of talking for the sake of talk there about all he
says and does speahundn evidence of the highest order
mndsuch soldity Of information the Heterogeneous
and out-ohe-wny subjects perpeualy peeping FORTH and
such endless play Of fancy that he EFFORTS admiration when
he fails win respect Flattered feared and spoiled he
hures along goaded by memorable Demon who orbds
all quiet his victim, and mpes him ncessan occupation
of tongue hand, and brain from morning till night and fire.
quently all night long"