The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-11-01

lST X FceIl THAT nc pre-
pared 10 declare he would never propose change IN
the corn laws but he certainly should not DO 30 unless
al the head oil united cabinet In that case ooNhh ~
the persons who formed his administration, venture
fald Lord PaimerstoIl To predict that he must wait
something near toe before he do IT, enrorsly
enough, in just four years and eight months from the
date Of this speech sr Robert Peel brought forward
with united cabinet his measure for complete repeal
OF the corn laws
Lord ralmcrston has been y.seyen years parIla
meni, and forty. nine az them in ofice. or these
orynne years Of Office forty have been OF peace
though IN the period France twice violently changed
her form OF government and nearly all Europe has
been shaken with revelations
among treaties concluded by Lord Palmerston. one OF
the most remarkable il that with the United states and
Nicaragua as TO any lassac that may be made uniting
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans the ratification OF which
has been agreed 10 by the Senate OF the United states
and which guarantees forever, upon equal terms,
OF way by this passage TO all nations and also the free
settlement OF all PEOPLE along the route that
Nerro,s shan be sac there, and coored men secure
from tie tyrnIes OF prejudice AGAINST color No treaty
has ever before laid this principle of kindly ntera-
tionai neutrality az TO commerce and settlers
foresn araiFs were the Ia, theme oil Lord Palmer
fion He was al tho head Of the Foreign nice for IN
wards Of eighteen years. Al his best speeches
review OF England foreign policy In September 1884,
being ont Of Office, and reviewing the session he med
TO have handed honorable gentlemen opposite
and al much caicniat q TO inspire Just confidence, hey
country
awe was his genuine English pluck An instance Of
falmerstons own estimation Of this quality is widely
and Savers at Marlborough subscription raised for
| Tom benefit. happened friend who relates
The incident 10 he In Of the corridors OF the House
| OF Commons when gentleman came along with hat
IN MS hnnd and, alter ticking several soveregns from
passing mcmbcrs he approached the iaunty Premier"
hoding ot The hat he ad, A sovereign II you Please
Tor Tom sayers.' by g means The brave fellow.
let me make II five And Lord Pamsrstcn dropped his
subscription into the hat.
! PERSONAL APPEARANCE AND CHARACTERISTICS.
or full height well knit in figure easy, seifposscssed
and commanding in all his movements, except when
~ usiae alone was .u uoinb,e rre in the British Par
lament Kis countenance always wore air Of genial
oehness and eandor hardly 20 be expected in so wary
dp!Omatst Even ia his most sarcastic moments the
expression OF good humored bcrJ.dnis never left his
mouth and eyes. In his youth he dressed with adj
mabc taste and care and even in mis- later yars the
Marquis OF Normandy, thai prince Of ancient dand.cs
hardly exceeded him in the scrupulous neatness Of his
attire. Age failed eace his gallantry. AT sixty years
of age he vas called cupid the juvenile whig y and at
| eighty be seldom made an aiterdinner speech without
bringing down the house by wel-tmed, graceful
| compliment 10 the fair sex.
| Much o. his wonderful vgor in old nge doubtless
| due 10 his habits Of life He thought nothing OF
thirty mile galop horseback before dinner. At
ing, wnlng ard all athletic exercises he adept,
and even in the soverest weather at or two O'Clock
in the morning, after long and anxious Parliamentary
debate he would often trudge home on foot the
House Of Commons to his mansion in Piccady, dis
lance OF two or three miles frequently unattended and
unnoticed.
One OF the Herald correspondents-Dr. Alexander
! Jones-oncs encountered him in ono of his waks and
had forcibe illustration Of bis strength and activity
pedestrian. Shortly after landing in England, Dr.
Jones wont 70 Hyde Park 10 witness the skating on the
SerpsHtirc Lake On leaving the Park be fell into
ycrsaton with Lord palrnertcn, whom he did not know.
His lorslp also foot walking with great rapidly,
little disposed TO talk until DR. Jones incidentally 10
timated that he was an American Lord Palmerstdn
| immediately sackened his pace TO suit that
Of his less vigorous though younger companion, and
evinced his interest in American affairs by plying the
Doctor with numerous questions points Of CONNER
cal and political interest He showed himself possessed
OF very clear Ideas OF American domestic and iVfegr
policy, and gave his companion valuable ideas "
the then great Egyptian question which was the et
citing topic OF the day. Dr. Jones became impressed
with the familiarity Of his companion in The VARIOUS
1 questions introduced, and was about to inquire pig
avns s % II a
miles from the Park He expressed TO the Doctor his
qualification Al meeting him. thanked him for his nior
natcn few points or interest," and entered his resi-
dence. DR. Jones' anxious TO learn whom his companion
had been, retracod his stepe end inquired Of policeman
whom be had seen very quietly but respectfully salute
Lord Palmerston he had passed him. IL he knew the
gentleman who was lately his companion. The police
se epeary Of SURPRISE enn b.
well imagined He rushed 10 his hotel and wrote out in
fun the conversation az he remembered IT, and declaring
In tho document which still in existence thar had he
suspected for a moment who his companion was, he
should have buitonholed him for three hours longer
AS A sPEARER
PaImerston trenchant md 10 the point cfs dise
than RUSSELL less ornate than Gladstone and much less
eloquent than Bright but frequently effective than
them all. Some GOOD thing or ocosc saying always
expected OF linn and whether they got IL or not mem
bors always laughed and appiauded At times his inoa
cae approached the borders Of insult and was resented
accordingly More than his overbearing to
the House Of Commons brought upon him Parliamentary
defeats But he recovered from these rebufs and
quickly restored to favor II is related OF him that
| when some honorable gentleman indulsing In
avolcnt philippe against the Prime Minister, Palners
Of his nnser sece,ases cave him nudge when Paimeps
ton and replied II he Ind heard every
word. In fact nothing could disturb his impenctrablc
! coolucss. AT his little borough OF 1Eerton there
| was radical butcher named Radcliffe who thought,
with great many better men, that Palmcrston was no
friend TO the aborng classes and had betrayed the
4
speech 20 the electors OF Tverton this obstreperous
politician assaiIod him from the crowd with much viiu
perton and considerable humor and Ian
gunge. Pnlmenion at last was Obliged To take him In
hand. One day he asked Mr. Radcliffe TO step upon tho
platform, listened patiently TO all he had 10 say and
then, meeting hun with his weapons him baf
blow for blow, and punished poor Radcliffe worse than
| Hecnan punished Sayers The butcher acknowledged
the corn, shook hands with the Prime Minister, and
afterwards att mpted to beard tho non in his den
| RELATIONS win THE COURT.
q rsa'Ins s WIZ, 9een cso,@ were never
and the Prime Minister and the Prince OF Wales
there Till recently an open feud fhe arrogant bear
Ing OF the Minister at the bottom OF this dislike At
times he assumed almost the functions Of royalty In
1850, when Lord John Russell Prime Minister and
Pamerston Foreign Secretary the Queen addressed to
/ Lord Russell the following piquant note
The Queen requires first, that Lord palfnerson viii dis
Ss sS n BE u S what Ease she sar hs
royal sanction secondly having once given her sanction 70
m" such an act sSe must failing Is nser
The 1 rs ' T. :. % sy @n sase sS
expects to be kept informed Of what between him
Foreign Minister before important decisions
taken based upon hat nteroue 70 receive the foreign
dispatches good time, and the drafts for ap.
| prevail her sufficient make herself
quaned with their contents before they must DO sent OF
The Queen thinks best that Lord John Russell should
show this letter TO Lord Palmerston.
| Russell did The impcrturbable Pamcrston sent
word back that he had taken copy OF the memorandum
and would not fail % attend 20 the directions given aud
went Just the before, few months later he
recognized Napoleons coup detdt without authority
| from either Queen Cabinet The Queen Indignantly
demanded explanation and Palmetston cooly replied
by renewing his despatch OF recognition, leaving por
little Russell aghast nj his tcmcry After this me Vuevn
had option but dismiss her rebcllous Mrst IT. ana
she did But palmerstons object was accomplished,
aud Napoleon has since held undufbcd possession of
the throne Of France
| MS MARRIAGE.
| Lord Palmerston was not married until he was nifty
I've years of age Ills chosen we the widow of the
Earl Of Cowper. AZ the time q Their marriage Lady
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