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body by nickname is well known. Where he
could not aflx roproach no would manage to at
tach ridicule by such opithcts rs Prosperity
Robinson. tho pink -nosed Liverpool" tho
bloody Times" the "unbapti2ed. buttonlcss
blackguards " Thy which phrase he chose to
designate tho disciples of ponnl
OF Canning. Lyndhurst. Peel. and tho Duke
OF Wellington good many anecdotes are re-
corded. but Lord BrouRham furnishes more
torse and pungent sayings than oil OF them put
together Canning. Of course, having no for
tune and no family interest. had to meet the
taunt OF being an adventurer. or. ns our Ameri-
oan dialect would have 1t. q pet-baggor."
His answer 10 this charge 10 well known, and
We cite only q single sentence. IT." he
said, TO depend directly upon the people as
their representative In Parliament. II to lean on
no other support than that OF public conf
dence-if that be to be an adventurer. plead
guilty to the charge. and would not exchange
that situation. to whatever taunts Il may ex-
pose me. for all tho advantages which might be
derived from an ancestry Of a hundred genera
tions." Touching the cant OF " measures. not
men," Canning laughed at tho idle supposi-
uon that 1t Is the harness and not the horses
that draw the ch2.fiot along" Brougham took
much the socne ground. declaring that so long
as a SET OF men can act secretly In ministerial
look at them and their character. as well rs at
the measures they PROFOUND. Canning. when
Premier. is said to have offered the post
OF Chief Baron OF tho ExcheQuer to
Brougham, who refused It on the ground
that it would prevent his sitting in Par
Lament. True" was the reply. but you will
then be only one stage from the Woolsack."
Yes" returned BrouGham; but the horses
will be on" Apropos OF Brougham's aspiration
for the Chanceorsbip. our author cites a gibs
of Lyndhursts. Brougham.' said ho. hero
Ia a riddle for you: Why does Lord Brougham
know so much about the navigation laws2 An
swer-Because he has been so long engaged in
the Seal fishery" Tho most crushing reply
which Brougham over received was after n pro-
longed and violent diatribe against the Mel
bourne Government Melbourne's reply was
comprised in q single sentence: MY lords.
you have heard the eloquent speech OF the noble
and learned lord. one OF tho most eloquent he
over delivered in this House. and l leave your
lordships to consider what must be the nature
and strength Of the objections which prevent
any Government from awaiting themselves OF
the services OF such a man."
From some remarks attributed to the Duke
OF Wellington. 1t is plain that he sometimes
expressed his mind in compact. telling
phrase. When George w.. for instance pro-
said. on his honor rs a gentleman. he would
not do, Pardon me- slro." said the
Duke: don't agree with you at oil. Your
Majesty is not gentleman" The King started.
Your Majesty. say" continued the imper-
turbable soldier. " is not a gentleman. but
the sovereign Of England. with duties to your
people far above any to yourself" Another OF
tho Dukes remarks has passed into an apo
thegm. Let 1t not" he said. be forgotten
that great country like this can have no such
thing as n little war. II We enter on military
operations at ALL we must do it on such scale
and in such a manner and with such deter
mination TO the Anal object. as to make 1t ABB
soutely certain the operations will succeed. and
that, too at the earliest possible moment"
Sententious enough was the allusion by which
the Duke once indicated his opinion OF Pal
merston. Called out OF the House. he whis-
perod to friend on his return: That was
Palmerston. who wanted to see me to tell me IL
Huskisson went out OF office he must 20 too.
said nothing" continued the Duke; e it was
not for me TO fire great guns at small birds"
Tho Dukes colleague. also. Sir Robert Peel.
though not by any means distinguished for
wit, is credited with occasional CLEANS OF quiet
sarcasm. When Feargus O'Connor was ch arged
in the House with being Republican he denied
it. and said he did not care whether the Queen
When the honorable gentleman sees the SOW
ereign of bts choice on the throne OF these
realms. hope he'll enjoy. and I'm sure he'll
deserve. the confidence OF the Crown"
AS might havo been expected. some OF the
best things collected In this volume were uttered
by Irish speakers who entered the imperial
Parliament after the act of Union. The author
directs special attention to Lord Plunket. who
was conspicuous in the advocacy OF Catholic
emancipation and to O'Connell and She'll the
great champions OF Repeal. Explaining why
he had become a Roformer. although he had
before opposed agitation, Lord Plunket said:
Circumstances are wholly changed. Formerly
Reform came to our doors like a felon-a rob-
Der to be resisted. He now approaches like a
creditor: you admit the justice of his demand.
aud only dispute tho time and installments by
which he shall be paid" Mr.. Jennings recalls
O'Connel's comment on tho defence set up by
Parliamentary reporter for misquoting the Lib
orators speech viz. that the rain had streamed
into his pockets and washed out his notes.
This" OConnell remarked. was tho most
extraordinary shower Of rain he had ever
heard Of inasmuch as 1t not only washed out
the speech he did make. but washed in another
and IN entirely different one" Familiar is
OConnell's sneer at the iewness OF Lord Stan
ley's personal adherents after some general
election:
Thus down thy hill, romantic Ashbourne. gNdes
The Derby dly carrying SIX insdes.'
Equally ready was his parody on three men,
bers OF Parliament Colonies Sibthorp. Perce-
val. and Werner. two OF whom looked as il they
never needed a razor. and the third rs il he re-
pudiated one:
"Thrcc Colonies. In three distant counties born,
Lncnlu, Armagh, Rnd sligo did adorn;
The nrst IN matchless tmpudencc surpassed;
The next buntry IN ooth the last
The force Ot nature could no further
To beard the third she shaved the other two.m
In speech OF Sheil's. during Peel's admin
occurred prophetic passage which
might now bo applied with singular pertinence
to the Gladstone Cabinet. Tho grievances OF
Ireland" he said have been fatal TO several
and even now" pointing with
Bonded form to that part OF the floor which lies
before the treasury bench. have dug tho grave
that is yawning before the present one" Fc-
licitous was Shells retort. when charged with
backslidng by Feargus O'Connor. who said he
could remember hearing Shell on tho hastings
tell tho people what their rights were. and that
If they could not get them by peaceful means
he would not shrink from leading them whom
other efforts must DO tried. But did you never
hear" said She'll. what the people said to mo |