Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-11-18
C;osslD About PaI,ncrston.

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A little gossip. about him whom the
Turks aud Bedouins had heard of as Pal
meTston Pasha; whom 1Ietternich, as he
1ed from Vienna, called "that devil Pal
merston;n whom the Germans in popu-
lar distich complimented as "the devils
SON. aud to whom, but week before
last, the people of England looked up to
with altogether exceptional trust and
favor. All through his long life his ma
tionality was a subject of dispute though
the Peerage. that "British bible" rs Thack-
cray called it, had him Born at Romsey,
Hantsp-and correctly. But he was will
ing enough to accept the popularity ac-
cruing TO him either as an Irish or an
Irishman-unlike the Duke of Yelling
ton who repudiated his Hibernianism-
Lord Palmerston, however, was Milisian
by four generations of Anglo-lrish de-
scent, and by his mothers side. As
Miss Nee or Meehan (her father, we'll
to-do Dublin halter, dropped the latter
syllable in accordance with the Anglo
mania of the shop-keepers of the Irish
capital past and presentl, she won the
heart of the papa of the lately deceased
Lord; hence Pam. He was, therefore,
cross between the Celt and Saxon, also
between the aristocratic and trading class.
OF barely middle size, but splendid mus
cular development, he measured 46 inches
rodnd the chest up to a very late period OF
his life, and in his youthful days had a
waist like a lady. He was once one ofthe
best dancers in England, and the intro
ducer Of the waltz at Almack's. He rode
well. like most Britons but not very boldly,
and preferred Rotten Row to the hunt. A
generous but not great eater, he liked
what was good, confning his indulgence to
fruit, of which he was extremely fond VI
late years he drank only one glass OF sher-
rv at dinner, but he had certainly earned
his inveterate gout in the Gays OF the Re-
gency. Probably he had been gay liver
then, but had pulled up short when the love
of pleasure began to give place to that OF
ambition, and thus secured his longevity
He never smoked, and, like many of the
old school of Englishmen, hated the smell
of tobacco. He always, as Emerson
saws. put a solid bar of sleep between each
day, let him retire never so late. he
never fought a duel though he lived IN ire
eating times, when most of his contempo-
raries had been "out'-he never was
GOOD hater, but rather remarkable for the
warmth of his friendships until his old
age, when, following DR.. Johnson's ad-
vice, he sought to gather the "boys" about
him and succeeded. DE-. Bumming has
tried to represent him as a model Chris
| tian. mainly because he was very civil to
/ the reverend doctor, went to hear him
preach. and complimcnted him on his ser
mons. but the general conviction IS thai
! like Grandfather Gilienonmand he had
very little belief in God. He "chatfed'
t,r Is. iIr,.I - laalora that oil babies were
born good and advised Puritanic com
mission of "miserable sinners who wanted
dav nominated for fasting and prayer t.
| devote their energies to drinking ant
other sanitary measures-thus PRACTICAL 4!
adopting the latter half of Cromwells ia
NOUS axiom, whatever h0 may hev
thought of the first.