, 1873-06-01
LONDON.
"reminiscences Of John Stuart
....- Mill; J:
4 Distinguished Group Of Persons Who Once
Rrequented Il Unitarian Chapel.
Sunday Billiards and Weekday skit-
tles---Beer in Po1itics---Johu
Bright:

Sunday Billiards and Weekday Skit
t1es---Beer in Po1itics---John
j.. Bright:
From Our 0.rn Correspondents $780,.
LONDON, A1ay 10, 1873
JOHN STUART MILL.
So largo place did the United States hold il
The esteem OF Ar. Mill that his English friend
we're sometimes Jealous about It. Not more tha,
fortnight ago, in referring to the revelation
respecting Mr.. Co1fa1, &C., he expressed tn
hope that public morality was higher ii th
West. Chicago excited his frequent surprise
He was not insenaiblo to. the deficiencies Of tn
Republic. He spoke with smile Of the eco
nonio fallacieB which obtain 20 considerable
ground there, and he regretted what. seemed tt
him tendencies toward. Capitalization Of power
But unquestionably Mr.. hill regarded the United
States as the great country OF the future, and
the hope and salvation OF an cyer-populated
Europe.
Tho papers deal freely With bis public life, and
thefr comments testify to his enormous inau-
ence. Some persons imagine thst Mr. Alllrs
Parliamentary career was injurious to his fame
but this will not be said at a later day. He was
in advance OF his time,-that il ALL Yet his
friends 1ejoiced when he decided to retire from
tho House. The late hours did not suit him,
and there were scarcely dozen men in the
House with whom he had any sympathy. It Was
amusing to note the look Of curiosity on the
faces Of tho country members as they turned
round to stare at him when he first spoke on the
subject Of woman-suffrage They were innocent
Of MIL, and didn't know what to make Of
him or Of his subject. A little later,
they got to be proud Of quoting him on their
side. Mr. Mills voice, though thin, was sharp
and clear; and, il bis memory had mot some
times played him false, he would have been an
extremely effective speaker. As it WIS, I had
learned to look to him, IN the House OF Com
mons, with something Of apprehension, for
more than once T had seen him stop and feel for
aph1ase He was frequently overcome by sleep,
hnd one Of the funniest sights have witnessed
in Parliament Was due to his fatigue: !. lLr.
Bouvarie VAS speaking, and, in the COURSE of his
argument, referred to something that had been
said. by Mr. Mil. "Now," continued
be, "there is the honorable member for
Westminster, one Of the most distinguished
members that have ever sat in this House; I
appeal to him land hero the speaker turned III
Mr.. Mills directionl whether ---Oh!" and
there he stopped. A1r. Mil was sitting at the
and Of bench, his head on his Breast in de-
Icious nap, and, as Mr. Bouverie spoke, uncon-
scioualy nodded q reply. The House laughed
good deal, but no one had the courage to touch
&r. Mill on the shoulder aud wake him mp.
Despite his slight, spare figure, Mr. MIL was 3
capital walker, as some who have visited him at
Agignon almost r1iefu1ly recol1ect. Lord Amberly,
believe, was dead beat after one OF Mr- Mills
good walks Of some twenty miles, though the
rf,s 1x1,n {or-
It Blackheath we're looked forward to by
his intimate frionda with an expecta-
ton which no other entertaipment will create
IN them again. Who else can bring together
that circle OF thinkers, differing widely in all
but love Of philosophical research7 The
world Of serious and accomplished minds for tho
moment seems beggared BY the death Of this L.
austrious man.
4 DISTINGUISHED GROUP
OF persons conspicuous BY their rank, or emf
nent by their qualities, might have been seen On
Sunday mornings, aot very many years ago, in
comfortable chapel, little like drawing room,
the Thames from the Strand. The Rev. Thomas
Madge, the Unitarian minister at Esse1-Street
Chapel. certainly addressed such aa audience as
no other Dissenting minister in the country
possessed. In . long line down the street we're
Byron, Of the Earl Of Zetland, Of III.
Justice Byles, OF Mr.. Justice Crompton,
and of half-a-dozen members OF Parlia-
nent, Lady LoEe1ace MAS regular in he- at
tendance. though she became annoyed by the
habit. came to the chapel in order that they |
might say they had seen Byron's only child. |
Death has broken the circle up. The white
headea, blue,eyed old man, who was at "Ada's"
the medium OF Lady Byron's never
his listeners have joined him: Lady
Byron's troubles are over, and her daughters |
sul1y with ineradicab1e stains the memory Of one
of the most brilliant Of the men Of genius Eng
Gsh poetry can boast Even the son, who sat
occasionally in the old-fashioned pew, by his
mothers side, has ended his strange career;
and though he still lives, and is devoted as ever
to philosophical pursuits, the Earl OF Love1ace
has, in a MEASURE retired from the public life
which it is in his power to adorn. Lord Zetland I
md bis eccentric Countess are dead and the
ss4eh has leng been deprived BY death ot the
+ living, but be does not sit upon the Bench.
Earl zetlsnd, who died On Tuesday
;ast, Was . curious compound. He
had strong liking for theology Of tho Chan
pleased him, always persuaded the preacher Ito
the Reverend gent1eman's aad pecuniary e1-
penence sometimes) to publish it. But tho Earl,
!. when out Of theology, WIS the head Of the Eng
men that ever lived; and, while he and The late
Lord Derby we're go active in sporting matters,
everything was done to conduct horae-racing in
IN honorable way. What Free-Mason, again, is
ignorant Of the name Of the Grand Master who
succeeded the Duke OF Sussex, and Who. for
twenty-ai1 years WAS in that distinguished Officer
He was active also in his support Of numeroua
philanthropic institutions. He was not wanting
certainly IN moral courage, Tor there is scarcely
3 Peer who dares to do anything so yuIear IA t.
attend Dissenting chapel Lord Hourhton ia
The descendant Of = Unitarian family, and, be-
fore Mr. James Martineau resigned, was seen in
Lord Belper, who WAS in the same position, cut
the chapel when he was made Peer mot before),
ind is now connecting himself with the Church
BY the marriages Of his children with the or
spring of Bishops. Nor is the example peculiar
e Peers. A!r. Motley, the great historian, ~as,
| be1ieve, Unitarian ut Boston !; but he never
vent near them in London. 80
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