Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16
} LOrd Eld0n aa n Man

Apart from his great abilities, un- wearied industry, and natural gifts for political intrigue, there was much in the personal character of Lord Eldon to render him one of fOrtune's favor ites. He was eminently 8 kindly be- nevolent man, prone to much chat and
 gossip, and liking nothing better thar
 to talk over old days with friend, or
 to draw upon his large stores of anec-
 dote for the benefit of an appreciative circle of the fair sex. His manners
 were very fine = dignitied without effort. In society he!was much liked,
 and though his wife-mindful of the times when she had to keep the house.
 hold books on a very slender allow
 ance-was somewhat stingy in her hos
 pitalities, his house in Hamilton place
 was always one of the popular places
 of resort in town for fashion and pOli-
 tics. As man he was very handsome,
 his features regular, his eye bright and
 full, his smile singularly sweet, and hls figure, though not above the middle
 size, light and we'll made. But it was as the humorous companion and the
 genial wit that Lord Eldon, away from
 the precincts of Lincoln's Inn was best
 known. Fond of the comforts of life,
 keeping an excellent table, indulging with the freedom of his day in the grape of Oporto, he dearly loved, when
 the women had retired, to pass the bot tie and keep his guests merry with stor-
 ies that fell from his lips. These stories generally related to the struggles of his early life or to tue verbal duels be-
 tween the Bar and Bench, or to the
 Court of George III. Like many men
 fond of anecdote, he had no objection
 to story that told against himself. He always liked to relate how when he
 went down to the country, wandering
 about with his gun in quaint, unstud-
 jed attire, missing every bird he fired
 at he was constantly being taken for a
 poacher or a game-keeper, or for the
 very servant of himself. One day he
 asked a gentleman who was trespas-
 sing upon his preserves to show his cer-
 titicate. ''Who, are you9" said the gen
 tleman-''one of old Bags keepers7''
 "NO, ,"rreplied the Chancellor, "I am old
 Bags himself" Another time he. saw
 two gentleman in an adjoining field
 calmly shooting his birds. He went up
 to them and said; "Gentlemen, I appre- bend you have not Lord Eldon's per
 mission to shoot on his grounds" Oh
 permission is not necessary in our easel!
 answered one of the sportsmen. May I venture to ask why, gentlemen r Because" replied they, i've flushed , our birds on other ground. and the law entities us to follow our game any. ,. where. Ifyou ask your master, LorC EldOn, he'll tell you that is the law , Whereupon the Chancellor said, e | don't think it will be necessary to trou ble him on that account, since, to tel
 you the truth. am Lord Eldon him . self" Then, on seeing the confusion of the gentlemen, who were profuse il apologies, he said, "Come, our meeting ) has begun in good humor, and so let i end; pursue your pleasure on my grounds, only next time don't be quit, ) so positive in your law. Other storie l are related-all to be found in tn, t pages of his amusing biographer- man, : of which evince not only his sense o : humor, but the possession of warm = generous heart. Now we learn of hi
 assisting struggling barrister, then 0