The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-01-28

deI,ty Il the trst aud Indispensable requi'
site: but this does net'deDsAd al exposure
Of inaccuracies sd repeiitsons.
This IL obviously an account of camp
bells own practice, and he V recoro'n9
what he supposas TO bayc,been bs own eN-
pericuce when I've says "i oaunet conceive
more Improving exercise than ihis ior =
Young maa who aspiscs tobe an orator. "
Is wei, TO translate TIC 'oTattons OF Deihos
themes and Cicero; but itswo@'d De sun
better, II the opport1Sity eS's'eS, 10 repe,,
the oratious al ~ Chatham and Burke.
But this. sgaiu, IL too cicmly meant
10 challenge a comparison oe,"ee"
Campbell hi~seif ara Brougbaul. camp,
bell ret,orted. Il. not Chatham ano
Burke, sheridan swd Pitt. ,trougnaul
Translated assidueusly; the classical orators
OF antiquity. Uahappily for' Csmpbe'ls
comparison. Campbell was a poor speahei,
and Broughse, was q debaier aud N eaker OF
great powers who came near 10 teing al
orator Whatever the advantage OF re-
norting nav be in fforpsJng style. Camp
BELLS "reminiscences are,most curious ne
remembers being so much C lrried away 10y
Pitts lofty defamation On defsndSlg the
Peace Of Amieae ss 10. be unable TO hold MS
pen steadily enough to take note. s1et III
reporting this psit 81 the speech ne sl'sceeu'
ed best. And what will tte mouerh IT,
porter and reader say to tbi.s'
At that time IL was .Isual'for one Tetis -ter
| 10 fake the whole of u lion. spcecl, eA'rIu-
ing TO five or six eotGmns 81 "a newspaps'
;rnon this he was necessarily employee
<,ood many hours, and on theSiay aitet
| ono debate the pubic Atom of tke newSl$
I,ncr Was delayed until or O'Clock Ill TO-
La'ternOOn. i'll, =.
I ,T.uckjIy. while this system preS allied de-
La. pc were rare, and 10 the Ordinary routlpe'
LLg.iness OF Parliament hasf'y any %teh'lou
wss paid. Tierney, says Campbell Afas ine
.eas.est TO report we'll and pHt inc moe.
| dfBcu!t. He thought SHERIDAN tue no,,
briI.i,nt speaker IN the Wouse, ~ W.
adds our Scotchman. with I'M ihoSi 19s''
,wang. "the effect OF his speaking wa. In'-
haired by the recollection OF MS pfi'S'e
character and habits, now become mos a.
grading his preparation fof any sreate'iot'
being iaborious collection OF eUt G anu .
bottle qi.brandy." In the Lords oalhpoeh
never exercised his talents as reporter. 40
reDortipg at all was tolerated 10 tnal
august boeS; OF at least no note-'aA'nE
{. There was 10 gallery, ana no
one in boots was allowed TO enter the
snsce below the bar. All strangers were
doorkeeDers ware strictly eDioined 10 allow
NO one 10 take notes" In these difficult
circumstances tie public was indebted for
its knowledge O: Rbat went on among me
Peers TO the peculiar talents OF Mr.. Will
liam Observation-Disclosures WOOdiall whom
Campbell paints rs now very old gentle
man dreS sed IN a suit OF brown dutoS g.
with salmon.colored silk stockings, g0ld
buckles, n tie WIZ, aEd an amber-headed
cane" This old gentleman bad an eXtraor-
binary memory. Immediately after prayers
he took his post at the bas. leaning over II.
and there he remained til the House al
iouIned. He then went home and wrote
bis report, which he sent 10 The printing
o1sce. 1t Is CampbelPs opinion that the
Lo.ds were punished for their absurd regu'
lstions by very vapid and pointlesS ac-
count OF their speeches..
CALLED TO THE BAR At LAST.
When Campbell could no longer endure
the lrksomeness OF gallery-work he took up
aw-reporting and dramatic criticism and
paragraph. writing; and this he conllnued
iilI the end OF 1905, about year before be
was called TO the bar. lie does not quiz Tue
Chronicle without an acknowledgment that
Dir. Perry, the proprietor, behaved 10 MN
rality. During this period. as for some time
after. he received, 10 addition to his earn
incs by his pen, considerable sums from
his father and brotber-the latter espe-
cially. who was IN the service Of the East
India Company, and doing well. Ii was
from them that he had the large fees paya-
bile ON his entering Lincon's Inn; again on
entering the office Of the great special
pIeader, Mr.. Tldd; and so on. His long
stay with Tidd proved Of much advantage
10 him; even before he left he writes " At
present | know not whether there Is any
attorney who would bring me brief; but
il begins to be bruited abroad that there Is
a Scotchman with Tidd OF the name OF Camp
bella deru Of a feiio,o for Tagging, and
Hkeiu 10 act on" The words ltallclSe might
stand for de. cription OF Campbell at any
period OF his life. 1t is certain tina, no man
succeeds at the English bar witAOut plenty
of hard work. But Campbelfs success was
prominently owing to hard work. lie was
never a brilliant advocate. He was not
great Judge. But he could and would work
eighteen hours a day. and he worked almost
As hard in the fulness OF his fame and for
tune as in the days when both were to make.
The following letter to his brother describes
bis call to the bar:
TEMPLE, November TO- 1906.
.NIy Dear George, Behold me barI>ier
| at law was called yesterday. Oa Tues
day last was proposed at council OF the
benchers of Lincoln's Inn by Sir Weary
Gibbs. The order for my call passed on
| Friday, and the ceremony took place yes
| terday. This consisted merely in swearing
some oath against Popery and going through
the form OF Il legal argument There
were eight OF us called together. The bench
ers did us the honor 10 drink TO our success
in the Parliament chamber, after which
they withdrew, and our private friends
| were introduced, with whom we continued
over the claIet till midnight. Mine were
not the least respectable-four CantabS-an
eX.felow of Pembroke (Paey), fellow OF
Trinity (Coltmau), fellow Of Chris's Girls
dale. and a iellow-eect of Jesus (Tancred).
| The expense OF my call altogether will he
about C120, not much exceeding my depoS-
il. From your remitta6ces | am able not
only TO clear all this, but to provide myself
with avery respectable law library. | start
with all the advantages money could pro-
cure me. / shall not spare your dust to
make daShiDg appearance. have retained
hair dresser to cau!ifower my head, who
| has improved the twenty-five per cent. !
| lOOk ueNlIlsn kHo"iuS WIN III. SOMu, VS.,
and band, as you shaH see when Wilkes
portrait reaches Agra. ] go down to West
minister Hall tomorrow morning TO be
sworn in before the Judges OF the Kings
Bench. The rank Of bsrrister will have a
favorable effect upon me. This IS not child
ish vanity. but the result OF reflection con
fdence inspired by knowledge OF lite and
mankind"
| In which state OF hilarious contenlaent
/ pon.t leave (.amubplt for TODAY. having