The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-10-02
LITER AT U r E.
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS.

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The interest deepens as this work goes on. We
have In the present volume the great State trial Of
Queen Caroline, described py her leading counsel,
the history OF the Orders in council and their repeal
$50 intimately connected with The question Of our
! embargo and the war OF 1912 with Great Brittany,
ana great deal Of pleasant Information about the
ways OF politicians and lawyers courts and parlia-
| nents In England half century ago. The volume
embraces twenty years OF Brou9ham's life. opening
In 1905 and closing with 1928. This autobiography
OF the greatest talKer in England IL
T, wonderful performance, considering that 1t was
not begun lin after its author had BECOME an oct2.
genarlan. With all its occasional looaeness Of style
and maccuracy Of statement and Brougham was
never remarkable Tor felicity OF dictfon upon paper
however great his trumphs at the hastings or In the
forum, the book still remains monument OF
capacity.
1t 10 book which all lawyers onght to read. as
giving much Insight into the ways OF the British
wearers Of the black gown ana supplying new infor
nation TO the qualities aud the standard OF sue
cess Of conspicuous members OF the profession. The
fees that prevailed ty years ago at the bar though
somewhat lucrative do not appear to have been
quite up to the high STANDARD OF to-day. Thus
Brougham records as very handsome thing
that In 1921 II made $4,000 In q stur
gown.n On the defeat OF the bill IN
In which Brougham, with others. was counsel for
Caroline he relates that he waited upon her TO offer
| his c0ngratulations whereupon she told him there
| was $1,000 ut ner bankers, which she desired him
tBrOugham) to accept, giving $4,000 OF 1t TO the
| other counsel. This he refused telling the Queen
! that they would oil receive the regular fees. ana
could not take anything further she pressed 1t
| upon HIM, and insisted on his telling his colleagues
Next day she demanded II he had done SO, and,
D~a,,r
the counsel had refused she asked what DE the
| reason. "IendcavOrea TO EXPLAIN says Br0ugham
! "tkat professional etiquette made it impossble."-
similar nice sense of honor, it appears prevailed
| In Parliament rs appears from the following ex-
tract which comes in after the statement that votes
OF plaie, never Of money for his patriotic services
| were made to Broughan and accepted
1 on the Reform bill passing in 1882 there was a
penny subscription for four silver gilt cups 10 be
presented 10 Gray. Authorize Jonn Russell and N.Y.
self La those days he practice SAID 70 rave pre-
| ana other companies among members OF the Two
| houses had not been discovered. and as The above
bore a premium az the time Of distribution more
| Objectionable practice cannot be imagined. have
| known members OF both houses reject the offer with
| indignation; bat none there were VINO accepted
them, Justifying the practice by conendlng that 1t
was nothing more than the custom OF giving shares
OF loans TO different PERSONS but il these were given
! TO any one having u discretion in settling the terms
| as giving shares TO members while the bill was in
! progress through Parliament
Certain members OF Congress might wei, take o
lesson from Brougham as to legislative proprletes.
! 1t appears from this narrative that Henry
Brougnam once came very near being Minister
Plenipoteniary to the United States In 1872 when
the Just irritation the pressnent Of American
seamen and the British Orders in Council had led TO
I our declaration Of war, Alexander Barring, always
friend Of America, urged Brougham as Envoy to
washington, to bear the olive branch OF a repeal OF
| the obnoxious Orders In Council. due TO the srenu
GUS efforts OF those two prominent wings more than
| to any other cause Brougham was lvady 70 SO,
and wrote Earl Grey his conviction that my con-
| Quoting the negotiation would extremely hamper
| the war party and encourage the peace party in
America" my proposition" ne continues,
s'was laid before the Prince George w., then
REGENT and from Castlereaghs answer 1t appears
that the Prince is the cause or It's being for the
present rejec.ed which, Of course, means Alto
gcther. But Ministers had better now make IL up
with Anerica, for the merchants and manufacturers
| will in no other way be satisfied" That Brougham
was right IN this vlev was fully evi1ceI by the
event OF that war IN which Great Britain gained no
glory aud lost very considerable amount Of
honor sss-esss4
In 1912 Drousham slccsa f?E Parliameay from
Liverpool, but was defeated by Canning. Money
flowed freely, as customary in English elections.
He writes:-"we run them amazingly hard. but
100000 were required they were resolved to do It,
They gave twenty and thirty guineas q vote, and
the thing was DONE Our friends have not spent
e. O0o.n rM a t.fs s.,sq
The same year came on the trial OF John Hunt ana
Leigh Hunt for hbeling the Prince Regent IN the
Examiner. They called him, among other things
equally true ana equally lIDellous "A fat Adonis OF
| 1ny.' Brougham conducted the defence OF the
luterates and Of course lost his cause. He writes
~, f,rt, ,o,oe
| hard into the Prlnce.n
The following, written by Brouyham during his
residence in France ana many years before the fan
of Louis Napoleon, Ii striking instance OF the pro-
pneac instinct which led him. in common with
many Others to forepode the downfall OF the French
empire:-
may add that the surprise then felt at the con-
duct OF the French people was much modified when
afterwards, during d long residence In France,
acquired more intimate knowledge OF the ma
tIonal character and OF its DISTINGUISHING attr
butes, vanity and 1ckleness-a knowledge that
has impressed me with the strong conviction
when Napoleons successor may by dynastic aspira-
tons by no means unnatural, or, more probably by
hts lie captive in foreign prison, and despite
the substantial beDehis he has conferred upon his
, country, may find himself, ike his mighty piedc-
cessor, abandoned, vined and forgotten.
This volume goes at great length ana very MI
nutey into the history or Queen Carolnes trial in
1890, as well as the preliminary persecution OF the
Princess Charlotte. The letter books OF Lord
Drougham are freely drawn upon for contempora-
ncous records OF the case
The public Will look with interest fer the closing
volume OF tAc life and times OF one Of the most
remarkable men Of England III the present CEN
tury.
HrBERNIA, OR IRELAND TIE WORLD OVER. BY
George waterton. New York: The American
News COMPANY.
This Is campaign document In which an
itcmizer OF the antiTammany party attempts a
coarse order OF satire the lrlsb whom he credits
with extraordinary powers Of shIewdness and poll
tical sagacity. Hitherto, when this much be-wrtten
people were the objects of hostile invective, they
were denounced as shness, brawlng and thick.
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