The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-04-19
A Story About Lord Hroughau

~ SHOEN AOO"N llOEN
In pamphlet just published in London in
reply to some OF the "misreprese ntations"
contained In Lord Campbell's last volume of
the "Lives of the Chanoellors," Lord st.
Leonards tells a good story of Brougham.
Lord st. Leonards (then Sir Edward Sug-
DEM had attacked in the House Of Commons
Brougham's appointment Of his brother to a
sinecure. The next day Brougham resented
the act in his .-own court, by suddenly rising
while Sugden was speaking, and leaving him
in the middle of sentence, without init
mating that he was obliged to go elsewhere.
The next day Broughsm made vehement
attack upon Sugden in the Lords. The morn
ing after the debate Sugden had to open the
first case before the Chancellor, and a crowd
assembled to witness q quarrel. Brougham,
however sat with his notebook before him.
and did not raise his head until he rose in the
afternoon.
For long time he preserved this distant
and constrained manner, until at length Sug-
den was compelled to visit him in his private
room, to demand q certain privilege for the
bar. AS he was going to do so, Lyndhurst,
who was then Chief Baron, called, and offered
him, on behalf Of Brougham, the place of a
baron of the Exchequer, the Privy Council,
and the Deputy Speakership of the House of
Lords. Sudgen declined, and said "Tell the
Chancellor that whilst things remain as they
are, there is nothing which ne can ever have
to offer that l would accept" The interview
on the business of the bar then took place.
"When entered his room," Sugden writes,
"coming towards me with both hands open,
he (Broughsm) saluted me as an old friend"
The business was soon settled, and then, in
the words Of Lord ST. Leonards, drawing a
little back, said, 81 am afraid, before leave
this room, must say what may be disagree
able to you.' "Good God what can you
have to say that is disagreeable to ms!"
"When," said, 81 entered this room, you
| held out both your hands. Taken by surprise,
| accepted one of them. l am compelled to
toll yOu that whilst things remain as they are,
"Good God! have you not seen Lyndhurst!
| Have you not received letter from me?"
told him Of my interview with Lyndhurst,
and that had received no letter. "Well,
then" he said (it was so like him), 81 will
give you secondary evidence of its contents.
At eight o'clock in the morning, in bsd,
called for pen, ink, and paper, and l wrote a
letter to Lyndhurst, but which was intended
for you, in which / told him that l should
think it the best act of my legal administra-
tion If could prevail upon you to accept the
offers l desired him to make to you" l re-
manned perfectly still. He then said, 81
think il had been in your place should
have thought such an offer and such letter q
fun satisfaction Still 1 remained silent
Gathering himself up, and turning half away
he said, swell, think when man feels tha
he has done wrong, the sooner he says SO th'
better" l went up to him and gave hin
my hand, which he grasped kindly, and
said, 81 am much obliged to yeu, and
shall never again think upon what has passed.
He then said l should have the letter in
tended tor me through Lord Lyndhurst
assured him that / did not desire it; but b
persisted, and accordingly wrote to Lyndhurs,
| xpln nir and hn tha on
me, excusipg himself for having left tow
without showing me the letter, but desirin
me to return it to him. accordingly did &c
but informed him that, as Brougham state
the letter was intended for me, I had kept
copy of it. From that to his death Broughar
and were good friends, and cannot but loo
with displeasure at Campbell's life OF him.