The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-13

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Although no one probably would rank Lord
Paimerston with such statesmen - Canning.
Peel. and Gladstone. II 10 certain that he en-
loved extraordinary popularity In the later
pprtoA OF his life and that his personality was
a weighty factor. not only in English. but III
Epropsan politics. His life hsa bssn recount
oh at length By Lord Dalling and Mr.. Evelyn
Ashley. but some manuscript material not
available to them has been turned to account
tn the Marquis Of Lorne In the volume con.
tributed to the "Queen's Prime Ministers"
sssiss. now in course Of publication BY the
starpers.v This short biography has received
l.abnie dukrtsrs less praise than itdeserves.
sF,itl At once sympathetic And discrimna-
,,NS. and the author has sktfnlly discharged
OK extremely delicate and difficult for the
,sen,s son .in-law In relating the causes OF
si.imnrston's summary dismissal from the
s,inistry Of Lord John Russell In 1851 He
las not Indeed expressed his own Wow con-
c,tnine tho merits Of the constitutional oues.
,lonl involved In that memorable incident. but
bo has set forth tho facts and enabled the
reader to judge for himself As regards sub
st,ttce. form. and spirit. this little book 10 not
iii,WSrthy Of Q place In tho series which Mr..
lroude has enriched with sketch OF the Earl
u feaconsneld. and Mr.. Justin Mccarthy with
IN estimate OF Sir Robert Peal
Lord ,Palmerston was link between two
erochs which at tho first glance seeru; TO
haze scarcely anything In common. HS was
horn i've years before the meeting Of tho
Tronch States General and he died stthe age OF
St, after witnessing the end OF the American
civil war The length and continuity OF his
political activity constitute ono OF tho most
striking facts in tho history OF this, century.
lilo Vas but % years old. and few months
wsfe vet to intervene before he secured seat
in the House OF Commons. whom he was made
~. Junior Lord Of the Admiralty. and
Ito died In harness while holding the
post Of Prime Minister for tho second time
At one time or another he was associated with
four ofthe most important departments OF the
Administration. and he discharged with credit
ali OF those various functions. although he
was neither great reformsr like Lord John
Russell. nor deep student Of political econo-
my like Sir Robert Peel nor o consummate
fnancier like Mr.. Gladstone. He did not shine
in dobate like Disraeli nor In tho oral exposi-
ton Of policy like many Of his coeyals OF his
competitors. yet his speech IN the Don Pacinco
case mado deeper impression at the time
and has been moro tenaciously remembered
than Perhaps any other uttefance made In the
House of Commons in this century. Through
out the later fraction Of his life, which coin
cided with tho period OF his greatest elNva-
ton. no neither shared nor comprehended tho
Democratic aspirations Of his country, yet In
his foreign policy he steadily maintained
tho liberalism which since Canning's day
had been the traditional characteristic
Of the, British Foreign ONCE and he
maintained at q great. height tho dig
nifty ahd Influence OF tho English nation. He
was 20 years old when he flrst became Prime
Minister. yet. II we except one short intermis-
sioh. he kept for eleven years his ssoendancy
over opponents and colleagues alike. and made
them all Acknowledge that Sir Robert Peelwas
right In describing ralmerston as statesman
ofwhom Englishmen were proud.
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Henry John Temple. afterward Lord Palmer
ston. came in direct line from, the younger
brother OF Sir William Temple. Tho friend Of
william, III. This younger brother was
Speak err OF the Irish House OF Commons and
his son Henry was made an Irish peer In 1882.
The son o! the first lord married q Miss Nee Of
Worcestershire family who by this marriage
became the mother OF the future Primo Minis
teE:BdrA At Broadlands. in Hsm pshire. In 1884:
young Henry Temple was sent at tho age Of
eihSento Harrow. Here, according to the tes-
timony ofa school friend Sir Augustus Clifford.
no acquired the reputation Of being the
best-tempered and most plucky boy in the
school, lean remember Temple" said Sir
Augustus" fighting big boy called Salisbury
twice his size but he would not give In. and
was drought home with black eyes and q
bloody nose" He evlnced in boyhood the lack Of
reverence for royalty which became q marked
trait in later years. Writing to his mother
about d visit to London he said: Il saw tho
King. Queen. and five Princetses but as they
are in mourning it was not very brilliant: the
Queen gives me tho ideu OF a housemaid."
Tho author Of this book reminds US that at
tho beginning Of this century. 1t WAS the Gus
tom to soad boys. after they had left school. to
some intermediate place OF learning before
they entered the English University. Thus
Btousham and Russell were sent to Scotland.
not to take their chance In lodgings. as did
other students. but to DO placed with profess
sors OF the Universities OF Glasgow or Edln-
buryh. In 1900 Dugald Stewart was at the
height OF his reputation, and 1t was to him at
Edinburgh that young Temple was sent For
three years he carefully copied out tho profess
sor's lectures and declared long ntterward that
At that time he laid the foundation OF whatever
useful knowledge and habits Of mind he pos
sessSd. In a letter written In 1901 Prof. Stew.
art said Of his pupil: His talents are uncom-
monty good and he docs them all possible JUS
tics by assiduous application" In 1903. Palm
erston having In the mean time 3ucceed-
cd to the family title. removed from Edin-
burRh toSt. Johns College. Cambridge where
he remained till 1900. when. although he had
not vet taken his degree, he hasl the temerity
to stand for tho sent for tho university left
vacant BY the death Of Mr.. Pitt, He came In
last at the polling. his rivals being Petty.
afterward Lord Lansdowue and Althorp. after
ward Lord Spencer. 1t is amusing to read, q
letter written by Brougham to Macaulsy dur
ing this canvass: Tho Government candi-
data wrote Broucham. lis Lord Paimerston.
a,young man who only left coleGen month ago
and'is devoid Of all qualifications for the place.
where no was at college for sew
ernl' years. and what I know OF his
family and himself increases a hundrediold
my wlah for Petty's success. The family are
enemies TO abolition in degree that scarcely
oyar was excee ded. I presume that he is 90
hiMsoii His maxim is that OF all tho objects
rfhmbittou in the world tho llfeof courtier is
nh.vk brilliant. Don't you think Tint the