, 1872-12-28

OF Paris still went on, sounding always to foreign
sooa Seee ooens ot o tho wnao% that
interested most, tho curtains were drawn;
the window WAS opened, cnd form appeared in white
robe 1hava The Emperor before In night
gon1 but should have known him among thousand.
The Man Of Destiny had OIL white cotton nightcap,
with peaked top end no tassel It the most nat
url thing in the world he was taking laSt look
his restless Paris before he turned in. What II ho
should sec nc respected that last look, and With
to reflect upon tho pleasures Of the gay Capital.
There are some capital stories in this number;
among them, the Eggleston's Ct Christmas Club"
SAKE Holms One-Aegged Dancers" Frank E.
Stockton's ''I The Pilgrims Packe.s.''
Tho Galaxy.
Justin Mccarthy sketches
EARL RUSSELL
III the January Gata1y. Five years ago, that
statesman, then Is years Of age, eeenlod to have
revived his youth =; but now, at 80, he is
wreck.
Lord John Russell Nt WAS thus he WAS Known during
the longer and brighter part Of his caree must have
been brought into more or less intimate association
with all the men worth knowing in Europe since tho
early part Of the century. He was puril Of Dugad
Stewart st Edinburgh, and he sat- youth at the feet
snc:essivey through Years Of Parliamentary warfare.
He knew Mettcrnich and Talleyrand !; he knew ca
and p" WAS % ally of
Moore the poet; he knew Byron, aud WAS one Of the
poet which were rather unfortunately destroyed by
his friends Lord John Russell had tastes for htcra-
ture for ar for philosophy for history for politics
but not great capacity for culture in most Of these
fields. His education ut the best was poor indeed
when compared with that OF his great apostle Fox and
be had always rather dlghy inclination for trying
his hand At this, that and the other experiment in
he M
aud appreciate the worth of men Of literary genius
and he never became nero politician like Pitt or Pal
of one Of the highest English families, = house full
Of ancestral and historical hono7s A cadet,
cadet, Of such family IN England begins his
career with advantages and in position which it
would takc low-5orn man Of genius half lifeline to
attain, supposng he ever did attan them. Lord John
Nifty his willingness enter political life in order to
have speedily placed at his disposal higher post in
n
seen IN England q place In tho cahin.t given to
Anonymas and the administration OF one Of the most
difficult part of the Empire conadcd to another in order
to gTs him to d. very odsssto S
IVES young, ho regarded By soma Of bis
marvellous genius.
Earl Russell, then, entered public life very young
He at identified himself with the politics of the
great Whig party. Taat party bus since mscrably de-
generated, and indeed has now Utmost altogether
into the ground. But at that time it represented great
principles, ind was represented by great men, 1t
the party Of religious liberty aud Of liberal suffrage
opposed to tho >" Vcuetian olgarchy Of King and
aristocracy. The whole OF tho middle class may DO
said Mt that time to been without the suffrage or
any representation in Parliament. Not only thn but
the great English cities, the manufacturing towns
which made England what she was, had Representa-
ton at ALL To this question, and the emancipation
Of the Roman Catholics from the cruel bondage Of
ue had much Of advantage over his master,
Fo1-a msn ct 1ncomparably greater glfts-t:at ho
timentalisms Of the French revolution. RnsselI made
motion after motion in favor Of this and that detail Of
reform but it was not until 1881, when he nearly
80 years ct age, that ho had any chance Of propos
ing VIDE and systematic measure. Ministry WIS
then formed which pledged to reform. The Primo
a IN h
parchment OF Warren Hastings. It included, among
other men Of mark, Lord Broughaln, Lord Palmer
wards the leader Of Torssn,), and Lord John Russell
The latter was commissioned to prepare Reform bill,
PRODUCTION OF that bill the grand triumph OF bis fe
ue addressed House crowded almost to suffocatlou
and Ind the eyes Of all England h1ed upon him.
The SUCCESS Of tho bill prevented revolution,
and made Lord John Russell hero.
Earl Russell has never been popular; ho has
none Of tho elements in him for the peoples
darling:
His manner waa singularly cold and repcIing.
People said that his arisocrac hnueur inlou1it-
nble. The joyous bonhomie with which Palmerston
voters utterly foreign to Rusaes manner
Lord John said to be miecrahly parsi1onious He
seemed only formal bloodlcss, and hshy sort Of it,
tic Hc is very little man, aud he has or had
why of folding bis arEs and expanding Aia chest and
deepening his voice, and in fact trying swell him.
soH into physca dignity which oddly but inegitahy
reminded ono Of the frog trytng to rival the His
speaking which suited the House OF Commons. Rus
sells voice is at once weak and husky; he is hardly
taller than Louis Blanc and he has the bright eyes
and the wonderfully mobile and expressive Of
the French orator. But he studied the waya Of tho
Houcc Of Commons, resolved to become good de-
batter there and he succeeded. He always watched
with keen eyes, for flaw in the reasoning tncon-
slsency n the statement OF an adversary and he made
| and ready kind Of slow fluency, Of forced
readiness but however achieved, the result there
to speak for long time was necessary His Ian
gnnge was eear precise, and e1prcssive; there Was
toner's attention like the steady dropping Of chilly
water. Russell bad broad and general knowledge Of
history, aud vas sure to remember something which
and which hamo tn with unexpected and
damaging effect IN IN argument illustration. He
gcnce, and h4d pity for tho enthusiasm. or the
crotchets Of anybody. He had the grea. advantage
the spirit II politics to be principle. and tcic guid
! ance d science. Thus he always seemed to speak
from higher intccctua! platform than Pamerston OF
| thla D:rbg, and e'ea crotchct exrouuded by him
had an apposrance of ealr1 dignity and wisdom. Ho
often sa'd sharp and bitter things in dcnate He had
not CLEAN OF Lumor, hs had sort of gli,tellpe
Nothing is more dticu. than to convey to foreign
1e3de, any isa A q The eject of happy ht in poa
touches may bc easily appreciated. Ho WAS once &C.
! cused in tho House Of Commons Of falling back
| on tho I" cant Of patriotism" Tho acc,,ser was
| man who, having originally been 4 Lib
sra1, had :: deserted his ra1ty, aud turned Tory.
RUSSELL IN tie Of his reply, colby said I
quite agree with the honorable Baronc t.t the can't Of
patriotism is bad thing But need hardly remind
him that there is something worsc-the 1ecant Of pa-
triotism." More lately, when Earl Russell was intro
ducing one Of his unsuccessful Reform bills the then
member for Edinburgh ye1y warmly opposed it, on tho
ground that by lowering the suffrage the voice OF ill.,
telgent and educated constituencies like that which
| he represented would be drowned by tho voices OF
III mind that Lord Macauay had not very long before
been unseated by majority Of votes in Edinburgh.
Scottish member, he looked that personage composey
In the face and said in his slow and freezing wny
The honorable member h:s spoken Of the peculiar
! question whether it is well to say too
| much about tho intelligence OF a city which
| rejected Lord Nzeaa aa!ay and subsequently
elected the honorable gentleman" It would be hard