St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-03-28

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outtrascs them all. The too, ie
richly dight; her whole dow keming
to be Piled upon her in cloth d and
ornaments of gold. The vedl Ute
is performed at st. Nlarylebene CA(
two miles from the Strand. aInopg the
lanes and suburbs windil4 ~toVara the
fo,os of Hampstead Hill zlhas is
: blessed with any share Af mpathy on
spass4 n1sslat scs<fowishss esAd aud silia-
ing party ride to the rural church or that
sunny tenth of May? how the girls will
laugh and Sir John will joke, as the wind
thro' lanes now white with the thorn ard
the bloom of the pears; how the brides
maids scatter rosemary and the grooms-
men struggle for the kiss. Who cannot
imagine that dinner in the Strand though
the tiny hunchback Earl of Salisbury has
not come over to Sir Johns lodgings to
taste the cheer or kiss the bride! We
know that tho wit is good, for Bacon is
there: we may trust SIR John for the
quality of his wine.
LORD CAMPBELL REBUKED.
Of all :he sins against Francis Bacon,
that of Lord Campbell is the last anu
worst. | wish to speak with respect Of so
bold and great man as oar present Lord
Chancellor He is one who has swcp, up
the slope Of fame by native power of heart
and brain; in the proud course vf his life.
from the Temple to the peerage, frou the
reporters gallery to the woolsack, l ad-
nilre the track of a man of genius-braye,
circumspcct, tenacious, strong; one not
to be put down, not to be set aside; an
!cxanple to men of letters and men of law
But the more highly | rank Lord Camp
bells genius the more | feel drawn to
regret his haste. In such case az the
t.iaE of Bacon's fame, he was bound to
take paius; to sift every line to its root, to
stay his conacmnihg pen till he had salts
fled his mind that in passing sentence of
infamy he was right, beyond the risk Of
appeal. \ statesman and a -reformer
himself, he eught to have felt mere sym
pathy for the just fame of a statesman and
law-reformer than he has shown. Not
that Lord Campbell finds fault Will, Bacon
where he speaks by his own lights. In
deed, there he is Just TIc has no words
too warm for Kacon's rcfurms rs lawyer,
for his plans as 4 minister, for his rules as
a chancellor. When Lord Campbell
knows his subjec: a: first hand his praise
of his hero rings out clear anil load. But
there is much in the life of Bacon which
he does not know. He has not given
himself time to sift and winnow. Like
an easy magistrate on the bench, he las
taken the pleas for facts That is his
fault, and in such uian il is Il very
grave fault
BAcON's ENEMIES.
To three such sclcmers as an old chief
justice, master Of the court of wards. and
an ex-chaplain to the lord chancellor
urged By the sharrest passions of cupidity
and revenge. and backed by the whole
tribe of |illiers, an accusation against
the holder of the seals is easy enough to
frame. The courts cf law are full Of abu-
ses. The highest officer of the realm has
no salary from. the state Custom i'm
poses on him host Of servants: officers of
his court and of his household: masters.
secretaries, ushers. clerks. receivers, por-
tcrs, none of whoa receives a mark year
from the cr"wn: men who have bought
their places. and who are paid. as he him
self is paid, in fees and fines. The
amounts of half these fees are left to
chance, to the hope or gratitude of the
sultor, often to the cupidity of the servant
or the length of the suitor's purse.