The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-02-13

for citizenship, most approximately persevered In,
have, together, made that peculiar creature, Lord
Broushsm, especially vsgs sI The three
10 have affected his head. The overthrow Of mon
archy in France filled HIM, as Baron Pompolno says
in ''Clnderells," "with amazement and stupefac-
ton" He Processes that he understands the great
material law of gravltatlon; and has gone from
physics to mathematics, and back again; but has
been so badly instructed and situated, that he has
the bllnd-mans eye with reference to every ques-
uon which Is to be resolved by moral or intel
lectual process. There is nothing TO prevent his
being reformer, in the political sense except the
capacity and the inclination In applying his mind
to that and kindred SUBJECTS he has been for long
and useless lite toing against nature. lie mas
principally figured In reforms OF the law, which
he began when respectable commoner, and now,
on occasion, talks about as President OF the
society for that purpose, and as one OF the
forcible feebles OF the Upper House. HIS FIRST
speech the essay, rather the disser.
tation, of clever talker, on points presented
for amendment by the reading and practice OF the
profession. II Is one OF those compilations whose
size denotes industry, and whose arrangement
speaks of red tape and official habits. But all that
he has attempted since was then included; and II
you will compare what he has actually done with
the statutes Of the remotest and newest OF all the
thirty American States, you Will be amazed that
he should put himself forward In competition. he
is one hundred years behind the constitution OF
California. The truth is, his success in intro
ducDg improvements into the arbitrary legislation
and the nls-caled constitution oil England, are
perhaps the best commentary extant upon the OBJ
servatlon Of Mr.. Webster, IN the great speech on
Foote'S resolution, to the effect that II Is not often
in the history of human affairs you see the rlgor
of the war come up TO the high and sounding
phrase Of the manifesto And the manifesto itself,
on law REFORM was made to the House OF Com
mons, as before stated, quarter of century ago,
long before his decline commenced, when the
very ordinary bar of England To his credit, 1t
should ever be said that he was always foremost
of the unblushing FIRST, and has never lost, under
any circumstances, the original husklness OF his
voice and the barshness Of his face, his rudeness
of manner and his voubity OF utterance. This
capital made him peer, though It could never
make HIM common low lawyer; and as TO his
knowledge OF equity, no one has ever questioned
the decree of SIR Edward Sugden. That eminent
Chancellor used TO say OF him, that " it was pity
b. Oueham did not know a little of chancery law,
tor then he would have smattering Of every
thing"
name of an economist, by reduction of his salary
during his seat on the wool sack, il was not dis
covered till after his retreat, that he had craftiy
provided for rainy day, by getting an increase OF
have gone TO the speedy oblivion Of library shelves
and miliners boxes, after passing through the I'M
mortality of one edition. He, however, threatens
the public with fresh revision of natural theoo-
ey, for the special purpose OF putting down mes
mensm and its phenomena in the same way that
he has eXtDguished the French revolution by his
leaden letter 10 Lansdowne. The last accounts of
the mountebank are, that he is as promiscuOusly
engaged as ever IN the south of France, where he
purports to be proprietor. He was up to the arm.
pits in coils Of wire, bits Of tin foil, and newspa-
papers, periodicals., manuscripts and glass retorts,
keeping up red heat in a portable furnace with
the asihmatlc bellows held in his left hand, while
his right was engaged at correspondence with Sc
yeral "noble friends" and promising addresses,
reviews, speeches, opinions, and efforts against
anarchy, as soon as the opening of Parliament
brings round his privilege Of universal abuse OF
liberal ideas, and the corresponding glory Of chan
ticleerng for the noblest Of his friends, because
the richest and most despotlc-the Emperor of
Russia. THIS miscellaneous creature has his out
door recreaiions, of course. During the day, he
chases soap bubbles on the lawn, and Is said to be
trying also, under Russian auspices to find out the
qualities Of light, and the most rapid mode of ex-
ungulshing il in the day time, but of reproducing
IL at midnight, for the honest Of those who, at
that time and in the several European capitals, are
conspiring against the human race At late
hour the other day, some peasants, it is said,
nmentor took but part of the applause to himself
instead Of the whole II il were not for the early
acquired fame of Henry Brougham, the present
lord would be less detesrble but Justice now re-
quires that his fall should be FATAL for he hes under
that mmovabe weight Of reproach which over
whelms degenerate old age. His last lettering
steps on the public stage trip over the dead body OF
some days gone by, which were hailed, even in
America, as days devoted to truth and Justice, to
progress and virtue; and he enters the grave ac-
cursed by all good men for having SO dreadfully
apostatsed, that the butchers Of Europe can have,
without asking, their defence ready made by the
hand ot the youthful defender Of her who sleeps
under her own eptaph -" Here hes the murdered
Queen OF England" MARCUS.