New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-30

remind hon. gentlemen OF WIZ VIA. 10 toLaa n fresh
swing puts his hand in the bosom OF bis eoa t v
shows consciousness OF the gatherts r VI ,1es
frowns ON his BROW. :" Last night there vas was =. q
meet,n, in a large town in the North n-Sanotsssr
panse. n fresh swing and the hand is s9Wly VII VII
drawn from the bosom OF tue coai i. @m meetn
uPom eIo III took YIaee at Leeds Pause and
the hand slowly seeks the shelter OF the poso; he e
seaguls hide themselves IN the valley nd listen
coming storm The House is quiet now, anu the
| ing The expression of intensity deepens on iTno
face of the orator. Captain GoSsei cinhind the
! sword Ormsby-GOre buries his chm oennnd 'ne
| barricade.l "An alderman was IN the cnar ,,,,.o
That is all we hear for some time. Tor the tio,sci
highly ticked by this absurd antl-chsan, ~; neal
to produce quite other effect, breaks forth IN po
of laughter. which resounds again and again. anu
| makes an end of Macdonald for the present. ,
curiously graphic picture of Stafford North-
cote's manner in speaking follows:
Stafford Northcote is bigger man tnan Iio "a
He rs indeed big enough to forget himself when au
dressing the House in the sense that Gladstone anu
Bright forget themselves. and IN the sthsc eii
Stansfeld. Shaw Leievre, and other oie,dn icnit
| fry do not His task tonight was most dllGuIS
his accomplishment OF 1t lett ittie 10 10 ni ~
Nothing could be clearer than his maIsna,is %
facts. He possesses few natural elts Oh Ir
| save the prime one of capacity TO make tlcs ~
statement on an involved case ana IL Is pIG..s ~
note that his solitary aiectaton OF oratofeal graoo
| is strictly copied from Dlsraehs manner. VIZ. njn
| the Premier has worked himself up to certain
pitch in his argument he INDUCES III a culi iod
gesture, which he in ms turn must na ;n With
elbows pressed closely against his SIDES hands oPGn
| ana slightly turned inward toward each olneI; 10
accustomed in the heat OF his oTa1OlGd ;eTklV
toward the House, as II he were sp,asnle M; 10
water which reached up to his own breast ins -
gesture which Northc3te mas ~ " consider on
aesthetic grounds whether II was worth tho Vi''O
| of acquisition. -.
| Chamberlain's first speech and the sensation MS
| appearance in tho House produced upon the more
case-hardened Tories is thus amusingly referred TO-
IL would be interesting to know exactly woat
| impression Walter Barttelot formed OF Chamber
| ain's probable appearance and manner before ne
had the pleasure of meeting him face TO face IN lhe
| House Of Commons He bad evidently, evolveu
some fancy picture for his surprise tonight at sec
! ing the Junior member for Birmingham in conf
and even waiscoat, and on hearing MN spfine
very good English in quiet, undcmons11Iat.rH;e W.
| manner was undisguised. 1t IS reported that 9lI
Walter expected that this fearsome Radical would
| enter the House making" cartwheel" down tue
| floor like ragged little boys do adown the pave,
| ment when a drag or omnibus passes ne goou
Baronets acquaintance with the forms OF tle ouso
! convinced him that there would be no use III
Chamberlains presenting himself in his shrtseeNes
| and with short clay pipe in his month 5nt on
the score of there y no haye pad he
necessary homage to respectability by buttOhlig
his coat across his chest while he gratited MS nat
| ural instincts by dispensing with the superhutJ
When, therefore, there uprose from a bench
below the gsngway opposite slightly mace YOUTH
III.
fearlessy unbuttoned to display the walstc9at anu
| disclose the shrt-collar and neckue. SIR wafer
began to stare and to cast side ganGes az inc
endeavOr to "knOw what he Thought OF TINS
| Moreover, the Radical wore. not speetaeies WIN
| tin or brass rims as Felix Holt would inevitably
have done had his sight been impaired. but-an
eye4lass Positively au eyegass, ana. rs iar as
one might judge looking across the House an eye.
glass framed IN precisely the same style as that
which Colonel Corbett himself wears when ms
good humo red face is turned toward a distant
object Surprise deepened when the Radical IN
V" manner anne an sepossessed Without beng self
| assertiye proceeded 10 discuss the Prisons bii
opposingI 1t on tho very lines which Sir Maitr
himself had mado his Torres NcdTas when he be-
| sieged the bill last session.
This was very remarkable; but there was only
one thing for an English gentleman 10 do, aud that
| Sir Walter promptly did. lie rose when Chamber
| lain sat down. and, awkwardly conscious OF Gis
guising his car.-wheel and no-walstcoat theory.
publicly abandoned It, and held ont over the hoada
! Of Henley and BeTesfOrd Hope the right hand OF
fellowship TO the Radical member for birmingham.
The account Of the great Tichborne demOnstra-
ton, in which Mr. Whalley played the part of Lord
George Gordon In the Gordon Riots, is very inter-
| esting but too long for extraction There Is much
of course regarding the exciting period of tho
Russo Turkish war, aud the scene IN the House
when Layard's dispatch announcing the advance
of the Russian army upon COnstantinope after the
aImstiee had been arranged, is dramatically pre-.
| sented.
| Mr. Lucy makes this epiRTammatc observation
upon the oratory of the present Sir Robert Peel /:
"Whcn hear Peel speak think Of what Dr.
| johnson said about Coley Cibber: As for CIbber
| himself taking from his conversation all that he
ought not to have said, he was poor creature"
Gladstone's "pcmatum pot is an interesting ac-
cessOry to his oratory and posteriy will be glad TO
| know all about it as here told by Mr.. Lucy:
| Never during the existence Of the present Para-
| has lalg tO a Ina 10 use
of his pomatum-pot measure OF dellberation equal
| to that displayed tonight This mysterious vessel
| which exercises modest but important influence
upon our principal Parliamentary Debates is
| brought into the House only upon great occasions
It Is OF glass. oval IN shape two and half inches
| high, and closed with cork with wooden top
| These details may appear minute. But dwell upon
them for the sufficient reason that cannot further
| describe the contents than 10 Say they resemble
| preparation for the hair as 1t might look IN bultry
| weather. Members who aspire TO OratOrcal success
have wasted much valuable time IN the endeavor to
| ascertain the precise qualities of the substance
| with which Gladstone lubricates his vocal organs
during the delivery of his Oratons There ale some
| tanned by boiling down healthy infant selected
! from the bosom Of family of "a COn6cryati5 20
eector. But this Ia evidently the outcome OF pre-
| tudlce, and OF an Inclination to believe anything
bad Of Gladstone. Whatever the bottle contains IL
is carefully brought into the House and cautiously
deposited corner of the table where it is likely
| TO be free from the sweep of the orators arm.
Thence at convenient intervals ii Is produced, and
| Imperial Parliament looks on in wonder as Glad
stone putting inc bIOub neck OF lhe uugany DOttle
| 10 his lips, draws in the nourishment and starts
again like giant refreshed but not before he has
carefully corked up the bottle and replaced il in
situation of security on the table.
So much by way of sample. The whole book Is
Of equally good material and there is many pas
sage much better than here extracted but too long
to be used Mr. Lucy has q remarkable power Of
dashing off clearly recognizable portrait of public
man few bold strokes and his analysis Of chaTac-
ter are often brilliant and just ashis physical de-
scriptions. All the most notable men of the time
find pOrtraiture In these pages and it would be
possible to obtain anywhere else good and trust
worthy picture Of the British Parliament as it ia
to-day. Mr., Lucy IS not disposed to pay reverence
to mere forms indeed. his inclination is rather the
| other way. But he sets down what he sees and