Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-11-04
Sketches Of Noted EngIishmen.
puRSuITs or ENGIISH STATES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ENGLISH STATES
Macaulay achieved the highest
success, both as 4 debater in the House of !
Commons, and as-an essayist without a
superior, q historian without an equal.
Mr.. fDisraeii and Sir Edward Bull
werLytton were popular noyellsts, before
one became the financial leader of the
Tories and the other a Secretary OF State.
Earl Russellis known among literary men
as the biographer of Fox, and as a writer
on the Constitution. Mr.. Layard, his col
league, has written delightful books on
antiquities and is better known to Amer
siesRs in that light than as a minister OF
sthelOabinet. Mr.. Gladstone, the versatile
Chancellor of the Exchequer, commenced
his career by publishing n. admirable es-
say on Church and State, has produced sew
erahworks on finance, and Is eminent as a
translator and commentator upon some of
the best Greek classics. Sir RoundeIl Pal
mer, who is soon to be Lord Chancellor,
has recently collected Il volume of sacred
poetry And last of all, the Earl of Derby
who has long been the eloquent and vene-
rated leader in the Conservative party,
comes before the world with a rendering
into English blank verse OF Homer's
Had, which is pronounced equally, by
friends and opponents, to be the finest
which has ever appeared, not excepting
Pope and Cowper. Besides these we have
mentioned, there are not a few English
Peers who are entitled to the epithet, which
some book maker has used, of "noble au-
thors." Lord Stanhope, better known to
the world as Lord Mahon, is, perhaps, the
first of living historians, and has just pub
Iished a most entertaining memoir of
William PHI, his great uncle. Lord Col
chester Il the cIitor of the diary of his
father, the Speaker Sbbott. Lord Auck-
land has written the hfeC ~ his father, who
was a noted diplomatist of FITS time
The Duke of Argyll made an Spnony-
nous national reputation when d mere
youth, by a pamphlet on some leading
question of the day. The late Earl of Car
Isle was a pleasant essayist and Lord
Elesmore was a poet of no little merit.
PARALLEL BETWEEN DERBYAND RUSSELL.
There al beno greater contrast between
two men, in every respect, than there is
between the W noblemen who lead the
opposing parties in the house of Lords.
The only analogy between them is, that
each is descended from one of the Oldest
and most illustrious families of England.
In personal appearance, in manner, style
Of composition, in defamation, debate, in
political and private character, they are
entirely opposite. Earl Russell is a short,
round=shopldered man, with a large head,
broad at the top, thin hair, small, cunning
gray eyessia thin mouth, and features I'm
inently expressive of craft. The Earl of
Derby is tall and straight, possessing ano
bic form, a splendid, dark, searching eye, a |
beautiful and expressive mouth, a%quiline |
nose, and a countenanCe manly, open
and refined. RusselIs manner is timid,
hesitating, and simple; his words are not
we'll chosen, his voice is low and prosy,
and he constantly stammers in addressing
the House. He uses few gestures, and al
most invariably confines himself to the
number Of words Just necessary to explain
his meaning, snd in that he is seldom
clear.
The graces of rhetoric seldom adorn his
speech neither does he rise to passionate
defamation, except on rare occasions.
There is often, however, a queer sarcasm
in what he says which hits hard, and in
his calm way, he often uses language that
is bitter and malignant.
Lord Derby, on the other hand, is the
most entertaining orator in the House.
His manner is noble and naughty; he is a
fine specimen of the ideal aristocrat. In
every action there Is both pride and
strength; the step, the motion, the pres
ence of the Ran is admirable. He speaks
boldly and without the least hesitation
his voice is strong and musical, his action
graceful and forcible, 6is-&erds elegant,
his rhetoric rich and plenteous, his denrR
citation open and vehement, but never dis
The contrast between the two
is equally apparent in their style of COM
position, and in their personal characters
tics.
In personal character Lord Derby is a
whole-souled, English gentlemen. No
amateur sportsman has a keener zest for
the turf-my.Lord is always there, and is
rs full of sports as any. He is a great
over of horses and the rural sports, and
IS charming and enthusiastic as a conyers-
er. His mind is filed with. elegant lore:
md Is one of the most entertaining men
whom it is possible to meet. In other
words, to use a slang expression, "he is a
oily good fellow" and swell met" though
le is never forgetful of his rank, and is
llways the gentleman.
~ ff7~" rho other hand, Is re-
erved, serious, deeply immersed in affairs,
Ind althoughcourteous, is never hearty H.
5 hardly ever heard of in public except in
Parliament or at a political banquet-nev-
r at the Derby or otfrsr places of festivity.
Carl Russell is an older man than his an
agonist, being over seventy, while Lord
Derby is not far from sixty.