The northern tribune. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1847-1855, 1848-02-05

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Mr. Bancroft, the American Minister, to
whom had letter, received me kindly and
with republican simplicity, and furnished me
with cards of introduction to the two Houses
OF Parliament. | went to the House of Lords
at about five o'clock in the morning. and after
showing my card to as many as five or six
officers, found my way into the stranger
gallery. The room is in the New Parliament
House, very magnificent gothic edifce now
in process of erection, and is truly splendid.
The seats are arranged on opposite sides of the
room, so that the Members sit facing towards
the centre, in which is left broad space ex-
tending the whole length of the chamber
At the head of this open space stands the
Royal chair or throne, raised little on plat
form, which is occupied by the sovereign when
Parliament is opened or prorogued. A little
in front of this is the large ottoman or Wool
sack on which the Lord Chancellor sits in
presiding. without any support whatever at his
back, wearing his gown and enormous wig, and
presenting altogether grotesque appearance.
Still farther, in front Of the Chancellor, are
the tables of he Secretaries or Clerks. The
Members sit with their hats on, but uncover
when they address the House. I heard
speeches from number of their Lordships
and among the rest from Brougham, whom l
instantly recognized from engravings of his
likeness, and especially from descriptions of
his nose. | asked for the Iron Duke" the
conqueror of Napoleon and was pointed to
tall, slender, feeble looking man, who at the
moment was leaning upon the back of chair
and apparently asleep. Afterward he stood
and walked, STOPPING little, and appearing
like one whose arm once mighty, is fast be-
coming feeble as child's. What, in few
days, will be all the glory of thousand
Waterloos to him? He will lie down in dark
ness and in dust passing to that unseen state
whittier no merely earthly distinctions can be
carried, and in which there can be neither
honor nor happiness of any sort without those
moral excellencies, which constitute a title to
the "gory and honor and immortality" which
God himself confers. Has Wellington true
greatness in the sight of the Most High ,
The day that shall try all hearts will show.
1t is Gods alone to Judge.
The next afternoon l went to the House of
Commons. This is not yet removed to the
New Parliament House. Here l saw Lord
John Russell Sir Robert Peel, T. B. Macauley
and other distinguished persons. The Premier
is a SMALL neat man, with nothing about him
that carries the air of greatness. He spoke,
but with no great fuency or power. The
general style of speaking struck me as not
much to be commended it wanted the quail
ties of commanding eloquence and on the
whole, l saw nothing to remind me strongly
of Fox and Chatham and Burke, in any of the
Right Honorable Gentlemen.
About nine o'clock one evening, heard
that the Queen and Prince Albert were at the
Oratorio at Exeter Hall. With my friend
made all haste to the spot; but we were told
that it was then too late to procure tickets, as
the exercises were nearly closed; and that of
course we could not enter. On our stating
however, that we were strangers, and wished
especially to see the Queen, one of the mana
gers who stood by politely told US to pass in.
We found the Hail. vast as it is, filed with a
splendid audience. The door by which we
entered was on one side of the Hall, and as we
stood, the Queen and Prince Albert were di-
rectly opposite US, in gallery appropriated to
them and their suite exclusively. In public
assemblies in England, the greatest liberty is
taken in the use of Opera glasses. A lady
within few feet of you will turn around, and
with her glass deliberately examine you from
head to foot with the most perfect cooness.-
Falling in with the prevailing fashion, ] bor-
rowed a powerful glass and inspected the
Queen to my entire satisfaction. She is rather
below the middle stature, has light, fair
complexion, we'll rounded face and bust, and
in front view she certainly looks we'll On
this occasion she wore plain light dress, with
a light silk or Grape shawl, and nothingto dis
tinguish her, except white coronal wreath
around her head. Prince Albert sat on her
left hand aud looked finely. Albert and the
Queen are both exceedingly popular. The ex-
ample and influence of the royal family is in
generall unexceptionable immortality is not
tolerated about the Court. and good people
feel that the Queen is worthy of affection on
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