The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-08-13


1udes OF friends. He was never ashamed of it,
and never had reason to be.
LORD LYNDHURsT.-Lord Lyndhurst was
porn IN this place, on the 2lst of May, l772,
ana consequently is little more than eie hty Fl We
years old. He was the son of John Singleton
Copley, the eminent American painter. Mr..
Copiey was loyalist, and of good family, being
descended, on his mothers side&rom the Wins.
lows, two members of which family were Gov
e e4, OF the Old Colony, namely, Edward
"lnslow, IN 1888 and 1914, and Josias Wins
low, MS son, from 1913 to 1880. Both were
men OF eminent talents. Edward Winslow was
one OF the signers of the first instrument of
government ever adopted by the English race
In America, and on many occasions exhibited
the qualities of a statesman. His son was not
only skillful civil ruler, but distinguished
himself as soldier in the war with Philip. He
commanded the army which the United Colo.
MES sent against the Narragansetts, and which
won victory of the first magnitude over that
valiant tribe-an action, all things considered,
equal to any ever fought on American soil.
Governor Winslow lived in much state at
Careswell, where he exercised a liberal hospi-
tality. His wife, member of the Pelham fam
ny, was woman Of great beauty and accom-
piishments. The family continued prominent
throughout the whole colonial period, the most
distinguished member of it in the last century
being General John Winsow, perhaps the
ablest soldier our country ever produced while
it belonged to England. Altogether they were
the first family" in New England. in every
respect; but the Revolution proved fatal to their
greatness They were royalists, and fell with
the royal cause. Since then the name has been
little known here, and Mr.. Sabine is right in
saying that " the Winslows of British America
are probably, at the present time, the nearest
direct descendants of Edward Winslow, the
Mayhower pilgrim" He might have added,
that Edward Winslow was one Of the founders
OF the first American Union, The United Col.
onies of New England" which was formed in
l643.
Descended from such family, Mr.. Copley
was naturally loyalist. He was married to a
daughter of Richard Clarke, Boston mer.
chant, and prominent on the same side. He
and his sons were among the consiguees of the
tea sent here in 1873, and it was at his ware.
house in King (now State) street, that the ia.
nous interview took place between the Wing
committee, of which Warren was a member.
and the consignees. ~ shall have nothing to
do with you," was Clarkes rough and peremp.
tory answer to the requirement that the teas
should be sent back in the same bottoms in
which they were skipped. Mr. Copley was
present at one of the antitea gatherings, and
asked the question, "Will it be safe for the con.
signees to appear in the meeting" which was
answered unanimously in the affirmative; but
they came not.
He left America forever before the American
nation had an existence, and when the future
chancellor Of England was but a little child.
FROM all that we know Of him, he was, like
many of the loyalists, not only man of cult.
waited mind, but very amiable. Hawthorne
introduces him pleasingly, in one of the best of
his stories, Brownies Wooden Image" His
merits as an artist were early acknowledg ed,
and many of his works, or engravings from
them, are to be found in all parts of the world
where people are cultivated. Both America
and England are proud of him. He died in
1919, at the age of seventy. seven, before his
son had attained to high honors, but not before
his talents had been recognised and admitted.
The Clarke family it may be added, were harsh.
ly treated. Richard was prescribed and ban.
lshed, and went to England in l775, where he
died, twenty years later. His son Isaac was
mobbed at Plymouth, when there on business.
IL may be safely asserted that no party was
ever more thoroughly exterminated than the
American loyalists.
Lord Lyndhurst, then Mr.. John Singleton
Copley, was here more than sixty years since
Mr.. Sullivan, in his Familiar Letters, describes
him "as tranquil, quiet gentleman" and
adds: He had the reputation of being good
scholar, but he gave no indication at that time
that he was thereafter to be Lord Chancellor
de was rather above the common stature, of
thin person, light complexion, and large blue
eyes, and OF very courteous manners. He was
born In Boston, and Was carried to England
uuh or n f-Isn LII 1-r
ton. he had many friends here and in other
places at the South, and was much esteemed.
Even now he is said to be an emineptlv hand
some man. Besides other high legal offices, he
has three times held the post of Lord Chance
lor in the Ministries of Canning, Goderich
and Wellington-when Sir Robert Peel was
first made Premier, in l834-'5-and when the
same statesman was in power q second time,
from l94l to lS47.
Of all living English statesmen, he is unoues-
tionably the ablest, his mental powers having
experienced no decline. The noblest speech
made on the Russian war, in the British Par.
lament, fell from his tongue. A youth of
eighteen, when William Pitt sought to stay the
march of the Czarina Catherine II upon Con-
stantinople, he after the observation of more
than sixty-four years, urged his countrymen, in
words OF reason and eloquence, to undertake
e~AN w PoAooNSAO III thob CApCuItiOu WHICH Lao
for its object the destruction of the city which
Catherine had founded, with the view of ena
bling her successors to have a point whence
they should be able to strike an effective blow in
the realization of her policy. In this respect,
his career is quite without a parallel Boston
Eyening 1rapeLier.
The GREAT EAsrERN.-The half yearly meet.
ing of the shareholders and proprietors of the
steamship Great Eastern was held in London
on the LIST of July, at which statement of the
progress of the vessel and the financial condi-
ton of the enterprise was offered. 1t was an
nounced in the report, that the vessel was sub
stantially completed as to her hull, and that no
doubt existed that she might be successfully
launched in the early part of September that
although the best time for making a trial trip
to Portland would be in the month of October,
the directors felt that it would be difficult, with
out adding largely to the cost to complete the
ship by that time; but that they had no doubt
che could be completed and properly equipped
by April of next year, the ne t most favorable
season for the voyage; and that the total cost of
the ship and engines would be about ESQ, 900;
on account of which there has already been
expended f460,838, leaving balance to be
provided of 9l59l62 To meet this balance,
there are calls in arrear, estimated good, and
cash in hand, amounting to $4,000, leaving
q balance to be provided of about E67,l62 to
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