, 1877-11-11

Whnt He Wrote About Lord Isrou.han
Harriet A1nrtineau, Lord jeffrey, Carlyle.
and Joanna lsailtie.

! What lie Wrote About Lord Isroucl,au
] Harriet A1nrtineau, Lord jeffrey, Carlyle
md Joanna lsaiitie.
| From Eercc's Life Of Sumner.
After six months in Paris, which VIC will pas:
| over, Sumner crossed the Channel to England
In Paris he had seen Brougham, who was on.
| of his idols: i'll London he made his acuuaint
! ancc. and soon aftcrwara went up into tic
North to visit him at Grougham Castle. Here
We will quote Summers own words. written
scpt. 6, 1saS, to Gcorsc !. lIillarl:
II was thoroughly wet and covered with mud
when arrived. On my mentioning my situa-
tio1 to his Lordship, who kindly received Mc
in tho hall, he himself at oncc showed ,ue to
my bedroom, where | enjoyed the comfort Of a
complete change ol dress. After came down
stairs, he left Inc in the library and went about
writing letters, which were to leave by the
than the number which he could
irank,-tt,at is, tcn,-anl at 6 o'clock was III the
library dressed lor dinner. The only pcrson be-
sides myself was an ol lfamiliar friend, clergy
man (Sl!o brought with him as Il present to The
ex-Chaurclor bottle of rum upward OF fifty
and Lord MoncrciT tthe latter the great Scotcl,
Judge and lawyerl were expected. Tie
truly venerable and interesting mother OF
his I.ordship-now 66 years old-was
entered, and presided at the table. Never did
sec 4 person who bore her years SO welt. She
seemed lit mother for distinguished son.
Her manners were easy and eycn graceful, with
very little OF the constrant Of age. She refused
my profreTed assistance in hell ing the SOUP,
though she afterwards condcsccudcti to allow me
to mansle 4 partridge. She is tall has sharp
features, and an a0uilinc nose. Her countenancc
is much more refined aud intellectual than her
sons. fon doubtless know that size is the
ham and her daughter ere at watcring-placc at
the South. During thu dinner, his Lordship
w2s constant i'll Ills attentions to his mother, aci-
dressing her as Nothcr,' and urging her to cat
Of particular dishes. heard Mrs. Brouyhan ad-
dress her son as Lord BrouGham.' Icould hard
y make up rly mind and my tongue to address
this venerable woman as Mrs. Brouehan,,,
which is all TINT belongs to her, and then speak
to her son as My Lord Al table the CONVEX
sation turned onlight rnatters,-the great scarci-
rift OF Cutiar Fergusson), OF black cock fthe
gilt Of Lord Auglcsey), aud Of the ruin {the val
liable contribution Of the clcrgyman}. Besides
these there was variety OF topics arising from
with the parson and "reminiscences
Of common acqnaintanres. Mrs. Brougham re-
tired very soon after the cloth WIS removed.
His Lordss!ip took very lttlr wing, less titan !
have seen any gentleman take ut the head OF his
table i'll England: but ii he have not that yicc,
which has been attributed to liim.-and fully !
bad: certainly it is bad and vulear beyond cx- !
preston, / mean seeariny. | have tiincl in !
company nearly tv.ra day since have been in |
England, and do not remember tn have met a !
,erson who swore half SO much as Lord !
8rongban, and all this in conversation with an
lged clergyman! His manner was rapid, hurried,
ND his Voice very loud, uc seemed uneasy aud !
'estlcss, and Of course made Inc feel the same.
lis language, as you may we'll suppose, was
'igorous and to the point. lie told some
apital stories OF King William, from
which 1 should infer, notwithstanding all
he reports to the contrary, that lie was on good !
erlns with that monarch. You remember Den
nan's famous appeal on the Queens trial,
1)nning to the ISLANDERS Of the Duke OF C!ar-
nee, 'Come forth, thou slanderer!' Brouch-
IN said that the Duke Of York. sitting in one
trner OF the house, safd to Peer near him,
There Is my brother William! he il always in
ONE serape,' while the Duke Of Clarence, sit
ng on the other side OF the house, WHISPERED
, his friend, My brother Frederick is always
aying some d-d absurd thing, ,'-each suopos-
lg the other referred to by Denman! After
inner the conversation turned upon politics,
nd upon Canadian Affairs in particular. His
orlship seemed to exult over Lord Durham and |
think that he had him ON the him. lie
raised Roebuck as q person OF great talent, and
ooke OF Erskinc rs very great man. When |
,kcd who at the Bar now were most like him.
, said: Nobody; there is q degenerate race
3W; there arc no good speakers at the Bar, ex-
pt Sir William Toilette anu Mr.. Pemberton.' /
e spoke Of Lord Iaugdale Us person yhohad ]
aver done anrthfng. and Who never would do !