New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-17
DEArH OF LORD MACAULAE

protound rrsret in TIE intelligent classes OF t'ls
country no less than in the wide so;ial CIRCLE Of
which he was such brilliant ornament, IN DIS nsuve
land He had not yet attained tie fnlness Of years.
vhi.h would have caused his Departure TO DO antc'-
mated as Of speedy occurrence; his health, though
ssrts;py not Of the most robust character promised
no immediate interruption Of bic actiye and frutf Il
career; and the great historical wSrk, to which hs
recent labors had been devoted vas still so fay from
completion, as 10 excite the Uost poignant sorrow,
that henceforh il mast rerAsn an imperg ect frag.
mental monument tp he. fame. LORD Macaulay
had for several years b. sen sufferer from IA afse-
ton of the heart; bu this regular baVss and vigorous
constitution had p4ept at bay lis most formidable
ymptomsi wb IN about three weeks before his
death, the dveose assumed threatening aspect; he
soon raFies however, and noalsrm was experienced
among aus friends on Monday, Dec. 20, he was
able ~. entertain ajs family at Christmas party
whep tbeOnly circumstance about him that attracted
ate nton was c less exubeIaut flow Of conversation
u an usual; but on the evening Of the next Wednes
4-Say about O'Clock, he expired in fainting NJ
without struggle or any appearance OfPain'
Tbonss Bahngton Macauay was born Oct. 20,
1900, at R5.hley in Leicestersh re, and hsd conse
ausptly but little ore than entered upon MS oO'n
year at Sho time of lis death. His father was
Zachary aacallay, prominent member OF the
Evsnsef cal party in the Church Of England, WHO,
in csenection with Thomas BabiogtoD, Isaac Mil
per. Henry Thornton, John Venn, William VIII
bersrce. and others, of the Chaplain sect, so called
from the residence Of Mr.. Yenn, was equally dis
tineuished for attachment 70 the doctrines of Cal
vinis1n, and a jealous application OF religious Prn-
ciple to practical affairs 1t was in this austere
school, hat young Macauay received his earliest
Snpye.sions. The traces Of this are often visible
in the curious familiarity with the phrases Of Scrip
tue and the formulas OF theology which is betrayed
in his critical and historical writings. His educa-
ton legan in his fathers house He entered Tim
ity College, Cambridge, in 1918, and at once arose
to the highest distinction. In his first year ne re-
ceiyed the Chancenor's medal for poem on
"Pompeii; :" In bis second year he gained the same
p1ize for poem on Evening" both Of which have
been published; and on taking his Bachelors de-
.ree il 1922, was elected fellow of his college.
While at the university he devoted much time to
Debating Society, where he gave the first indica-
tons OF the aaence OflaDguage, Ingenuity OF argu-
ment, aud splendor Of illustration, which were TO
become the leading characteristics of bis STYLE La
1896 he was called to the bar at LineOlnS Inn ha7-
ing previously gained 'istterng reputatien as
writer by bis contributions to Knights Quarterly
Magaziae. These consisted Of poetry essays,
IMAGINARY conversations. critiesms in short, OF al
most every form Of literary composition. 1t was al
this time, that he produced bis ballads Of tie Span
ish Armada. the Battle of the League, and lyry.
HIS name had now become known as popular
writer Of great promise, and ne was engaged TO Wre
an article on Milton for The Edinburgh Rcplen.
This appeared in August, 1925. 1t at ence excited
wide interest both in Great Britain and the United
States: was almost everywhere admired; its daz-
cling beauties completely binding the eye to its
numerous faults; and was so highly esteemed
Jeffrey that he engaged the young esssyist as
regular contributor His own opinion of the youth
full performance, at subsequent period, was oy no
meaps too exalted. On repabishiag it with othe
miscellaneous writings, he made few alterations
but remarks, that the criticism on Milten, which
vas written when the author was fresh from col
"lege, and which contains scarcely paragraph
"such as his matured Judgment approves, still re-
s,mains overloaded with gaudy and ungrace!ul
ornament" The political squibs viii h he wrote
at about that time appear also to have been Singh
lariy effective, although he was unknown to the
public as their author An amusing passage relat-
he TO them is contained in Moore's Diary, under
the date CT June, 1884, describing conversation at
the breakfasttsble of Rogers In the course OF
conversation Campbell quoted astine-
aye diners out from whora guard our sPoons.'
and looking over at me said Significantly, You |
ought 10 know that line.' I pleaded not guilty; |
upon which he said, 1t is poem that apPesred in |
The Times, which every one attributes to YOU
But again declared that did not even remember |
it. Macaulay then broke silence and said, TO our |
general surprise, That is mine, on which we al
expressed wish to have it recalled to our memo
mes, and he repeated the whole Of it. then re-
membered having been much struck with it at the
time, and said that there was another squib still
better on the subject Of William Bankes's candi-
dateship for Cambridge, which SO amused me when
it appeared and showed such power in that style of
composition, that wrote up TO Barnes about it,
and advised him by all means TO secure that hand
"a an ely. That was mine also, said Macaulay,
thus discovering to ne a new power, in addition to
that varied store of talent which We had already
known him to possess
The political Importance Of Mr.. Macaulay was
soon recognized by the Wings, who obtained for him
the appoDtn emit Of Commissioner OF Bankruptcy,
and in 1880, he was returned TO the House OF Com
mons as member for Calne. Expectation was on
a. IN lor