Chapter 3

"Mr. Brougham speaks in a loud and unmitigated tone of voice, sometimes almost approaching to a scream. He is fluent, rapid, vehement, full of his subject, with evidently a great deal to say, and very regardless of the manner of saying it. As a lawyer, he has not hitherto been remarkably successful. He is not profound in cases and reports, nor does he take much interest in the peculiar features of a particular cause, or show much adroitness in the management of it. He carries too much weight of metal for ordinary and petty occasions: he must have a pretty large question to discuss, and must make _thorough-stitch_ work of it. Mr. Brougham writes almost, if not quite, as well as he speaks. In the midst of an election contest he comes out to address the populace, and goes back to his study to finish an article for the _Edinburgh Review_, sometimes indeed wedging three or four articles (in the shape of _refaccimentos_ of his own pamphlets or speeches in parliament) into a single number. Such indeed is the activity of his mind that it appears to require neither repose, nor any other stimulus than a delight in its own exercise. He can turn his hand to any thing, but he cannot be idle. There are few intellectual accomplishments which he does not possess, and possess in a very high degree. He speaks French (and, we believe, several other modern languages) fluently: is a capital mathematician, and obtained an introduction to the celebrated Carnot in this latter character, when the conversation turned on squaring the circle, and not on the propriety of confining France within the natural boundary of the Rhine. Mr. Brougham is, in fact, a striking instance of the versatility and strength of the human mind, and also in one sense of the length of human life, if we make a good use of our time. There is room enough to crowd almost every art and science into it. If we pass 'no day without a line,' visit no place without the company of a book, we may with ease fill libraries or empty them of their contents. Those who complain of the shortness of life, let it slide by them without wishing to seize and make the most of its golden minutes. The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have. Mr. Brougham, among other means of strengthening and enlarging his views, has visited, we believe, most of the courts, and turned his attention to most of the constitutions of the continent. He is, no doubt, a very accomplished, active-minded, and admirable person."

Lord Brougham married, in 1816, Mary Anne, relict of John Slade, Esq., of Hill street, Berkeley-square; by whom he has one daughter. Lady Brougham's maiden name was Eden: she is nearly related to the Auckland and Handley families. At her marriage with Mr. Slade, in 1808, she was accounted an extremely beautiful young woman; and she was still possessed of great personal charms at the period of her second union. Lady Brougham had by her former marriage a son, who inherits his father's estate, and is an. officer in the army, and a daughter. Lady Brougham brought no property to her husband but her jointure of £1,500 a-year, and the house No. 5, Hill-street.

Lord Brougham was born in 1779, and is, consequently, in his fifty-second year.

[Footnote 1: We are aware of having already quoted these particulars, from the _Spectator_ newspaper, at page 412 of the _Mirror_, vol. xvi. but their repetition here is essential to the completeness of the present Memoir. Of Lord Brougham's family, in connexion with Brougham Castle, in Westmoreland, there were many conflicting statements at the period of his lordship's elevation to the peerage towards the close of last year. The Chancellor is said to have had a latent claim as heir-general to the Barony of Vaux, (whose arms are to be seen on the tower of Brougham Castle,) and hence his creation by that title. Some exclusive information, obligingly furnished, (at the Chancellor's request, in reply to our application) by a relative of his lordship, will also be found at length in the _Mirror_, vol. xvi. but for the reader's convenience we quote its substance: "Before the time of the Norman Conquest, the manor and lordship of Brougham (then called Burgham) were held by the Saxon family of de Burgham, from whom the Lord Chancellor is lineally descended. After the Conquest, William the Norman granted to Robert de Veteripont, or Vipont, extensive rights and territories in Westmoreland; and among others, some oppressive rights of seigniory over the manor of Brougham, then held by Walter de Burgham. To relieve the estate of such services, Gilbert de Burgham, in the reign of King John, agreed to give up absolutely one-third part of his estate to Robert de Veteripont, and also the advowson of the rectory of Brougham. This third comprises the land upon which the castle is built, and the estate afterwards given by Anne Countess of Pembroke, (heiress of Veteripont,) to the Hospital of Poor Widows at Appleby. Brougham Castle, if not built, was much extended by Veteripont; and afterwards still more enlarged by Roger Clifford, who succeeded, by marriage, to the Veteripont possessions. The manor house, about three quarters of a mile from the castle, continued in the Brougham family; and part of it, especially the gateway, is supposed to be of Saxon architecture: at all events, it is the earliest Norman. The chapel is also old, except the roof, which was renewed in the year 1659. In the year 1607, Thomas Brougham, then Lord of the Manor of Brougham, died without issue male, and the estate was sold to one Bird, who was steward of the Clifford family; the heir male of the Brougham family then residing at Scales Hall, in Cumberland. About 1680, John Brougham of Scales, re-purchased the estate and manor of Brougham from Bird's grandson and entailed it on his nephew, from whom it passed by succession to the Lord Chancellor."]

[Footnote 2: The reader will find a concise narrative of the case of Mr. Smith, at page 408, vol. iii. of the _Mirror_.]

[Footnote 3: In one day, during his visits to the freeholders, Mr. Brougham spoke eight speeches to eight meetings, travelled 120 miles, and entered court the next morning, wigged and gowned as if he had never quitted his chambers.]

[Footnote 4: _Spectator_ Newspaper, No. 126.]

[Footnote 5: _Metropolitan_, edited by T. Campbell, Esq.--No. 1.]

[Footnote 6: _Spirit of the Age; or, Contemporary Portraits_, 1825. By the late Mr. Hazlitt.]

* * * * *

INDEX.

ANECDOTE GALLERY, 35-358-378 COSMOPOLITE, THE, 282-299-405 EMBELLISHED ARTICLES IN EACH NUMBER, FINE ARTS, 158-265-278-300-363 GATHERER IN EACH NUMBER, ILLUSTRATIONS OF SHAKSPEARE, 136 MANNERS AND CUSTOMS, 104-140-154-206-246-292-367-372-424 NATURALIST, THE, 22-46, 70, 116-250-348-387-406-423 NOTES OF A READER, 13-23-105-118-133-158-171-219-261-314-328-361- 389-408 NOVELIST, THE, 71-228-323-420 OLD POETS, 103-284 ORIGINAL ARTICLES IN EACH NUMBER, RETROSPECTIVE GLEANINGS, 19-60-117-162-227 SELECT BIOGRAPHY, 99-121-344 SELECTOR, AND NOTICES OF NEW WORKS, 26-42-55-73-125-149-164-189-203- 213-234-247-279-301-307-325-365-382-393-411-425 SPIRIT OF THE ANNUALS, 6 SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY, 52-182-255-294-312-351-368-375-428 SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, 10-20-36-56-77-108-122-137-155-169- 184-198-217-236-251-267-285-297-316-332-349-364-379-397-409-430 SKETCH BOOK, 52-101-183-215-293-343 TOPOGRAPHER, THE, 5-18-61-153-201-310-414

Abernethy, the late Mr., 397 Academy, The Silent, 4 Actor, How to roast, 287 Ada, Lines to, 374 Addison, Death of, 419 Æolian Harp, Sonnet to, 404 Æolophon, the, 52 Al Amin at Chess, 36 Album, Character of a good one, 355 Albion, Origin of, 306 Alison, Archibald, his Autograph, 145 Ambiton, Simple, 340 Ampthill House described, 353 America, First English Colony in, 55 Anatomical Subjects, 432 Anatomy of Society, 249 Ancestry, 224-425 André, Major, Account of, 184 Anglo-Saxon History, 301 Anson, Lord, 144 Antiquarian Scraps, 99 Apsley House, Origin of, 192 Arcana of Science for 1831, 312 Arch Poetry, 79 Architecture of Birds, 279 Ariosto, Relics of, 193 Arquà, Petrarch's House at, 1 Arun, Sonnet to the, 227 Arundel House, Strand, 67 Ascot-place Grotto, 225 Atherton, a Tale, 393 Auberge on the Grimsel, 41 Autocrat's Prayer, the, 236 Autographs of Eminent Persons, 145-264

Bacchanalian Song, 122 Bad Company, 13 Bail, Origin of, 61 Baillie, Joanna, her Autograph, 145 Bald Eagle, the, 387-406 Ballot, the Greek, 19 Bampton Lectures, White's, 426 Bankrupts in 1829, 24 Bathos and Pathos, 31 Battle of the Cats, 251 Batty's, Colonel, Views of Edinburgh, 300 Beauty and Slander, by Harrington, 103 Beer Houses, Number of, 263 Beggar Woman of Locarno, 293 Billington, Mrs., 364 Birds, Architecture of, 279 Changing colour, 250 Economy of, 105 Birth-day Prayer, 319 Black Books, Ancient, 227 Blackwood's Christmas Carol, 22 Blue Beard, the Original, 391 Blunders, Ludicrous, 272 Boi, the Syracusan at Chess, 36 Bonaparte and the Koran, 379 Bondsman's Feast, a tale, 126 Boroughs, Three, 369 Borrowing Days, the, 213 Bostock, Dr., his improvements in Ink, 182 Boy, Story of a, 70 Bramber, Borough of, 369 Bray Church described, 209 Brighton, 14 Bristol Channel, Voyage up, 61 Britannia, Origin of, 276 British Institution, the, 158 Brougham, Lord, his Autograph, 145 Bruce at Turnbury, 16 Bull-baiting in Suffolk, 246 at Great Grimsby, 104 Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, 10 Burial in the Desert, 169 Burning Alive, 133 Burns, the Poet, 134 Byron, Lord, Moore's Life of, Augusta, Lines to, 81 Character of, 14, 109 Clare, Lord, 93 Detached Thoughts, 92 and Sir H. Davy, 91 Diary of, 93 and the Greeks, 95 and Guiccioli, 86 Journal in Switzerland, 26 Memoirs of, 91 Parsimony of, 90 Portrait of, 96 and Lady Byron, 29 Letters to Mr. Moore, 84, 91 Letter to Mr. Murray, 43 Poetical Gems by, 44 and Porson, 86 Byron, Prophecy of, 31 and Pope, 92 at Pisa, 93 and Shelley, 28 Sensibility of, 81 at Venice, 82, 83, 84 with Mr. Moore, 89 Execution at, 86 Palace at, 113 Visit to Arquà, 1

Cabinet Atlas, the, 330 Calculating Notes--Paganini, 364 Calendar, Antiquities of, 23 of the Church of England, 314 Cambrian Superstitions, 206 Canning, Mr., Character of, 118 Canterbury, Lines on viewing, 180 Care, by Constable, 285 Castellan's Sermon on Francis I., 304 Cats, Battle of the, 251 Chair of Ariosto, 193 Chalmers, Thomas, his Autograph, 145 Charles I., Epitaph on, 192 Charlotte, Princess, the late, 358 Charter of William I., 112 Charming Fellow, 432 Chemistry, Popular, 173 , Wonders of, 55 Cheroot, the, 69 Cheshire Enchanter, the, 98 Chess, Anecdotes of, 36 Chestnuts in Florence, 144 Chichester Cross described, 17 Childe Harold at Venice, 114 Chinese Ingenuity, 303 Cholera Morbus, the, 389 Christian's Magazine, the, 378 Christianity, Influence of, 302 Christmas Carol, 22 Christmas Tree in Germany, 154 Cigar-smoking, Effects of, 349 Clarence, Duke of, Origin of, 68 Clonmel, the late Lord, 351 Coach-company, a Sketch, 52 Coals, Mechanical Power of, 45, 55 Cobblers' Arms, Origin of, 372 Cockcrow, Origin of, 24 Cockfighting, Origin of, 23 Coinage, the New, 356 Combustion, Phenomena of, 175 Comets and Women, 192 Companion to the Almanac, 24 Compunctious Visitings, 352 Cooling Wine, Mistake in, 294 Copper Works in Wales, 5 Corfe Castle and Edward II., 291 described, 242 Corfe Castle, Visit to, 260 Costa Ferme, Scene on, 56 County Collections, 18 Covent Garden and Strand Crosses, 66 Cowley's House at Chertsey, 168 Cowslips, a Sonnet, 387 Cream, Why on Milk, 295 Croesus, a Sketch, 373 Cross the Prompter, 239 Cross-dialling, 393 Crotchet Castle, Letters from, 234 Cruelty to Animals, 172 Crystallization, Phenomena of, 174 Cunningham, Allan, 135 , his Autograph, 145 Cuttle Fish, the, 423 Czartoryski, Character of, 425

Damned Author, 328 Dancing Fish, 29 Davy, the late Sir Humphry, 63 Dawlish's Hole, an incident, 101 Day, Ancient Divisions of, 61 Dead Hand, the, 63 Death, Reflections on, 314 Death-beds of Great Men, 419 Devil among the Printers, 112 Dialling, 392 Dignified Reproof, 431 Dirge, 58, 140 Disagreeables, 430 Disappearance, Extraordinary, 304 Ditty by Queen Elizabeth, 117 Doncaster, Christ Church, 49 Dot-and-carry-one-town, letters from, 236 Dramatic Annual, the, 328 Dream Girl, the, a Tale, 189 Dreams by Whispering, 226 Duel, the, a Serious Ballad, 8 Duelling Customs, 135 Duelling in France, 286 Dunmow Flitch, Applicants for, 212 Dunwich, Borough of, 369 Dunstan's, St., Fleet-street, 99 Dyers, the two, 48

Early Rising, 36 Echoes, Remarkable, 221 Ei, the Word, 418 Electioneering Advice, 352 Electricity, Phenomena of, 175 Elfin Triumphant Song, 217 Elizabeth, Queen, her Portrait, 237 Elizabeth, Queen, her Prayer Book, 379 Elizabeth, Princess' Cottage at Windsor, 97 Emperor's Rout, the, 43 Enghien, (Due d'), murder of, 35 English Language, the, 240 Epigrams and Puns, 64 Epitaphs, 31, 48, 64, 208, 220, 223, 224, 240, 256, 320, 361, 400, 416 Equivoque, Royal, 158 Esterhazy, Young Princess, 63 Ettrick Shepherd, the, 134 Executions, Public, 133 Exeter Hall, Strand, 401

Fairy Favours, a Sketch, 183, 215 Fairy Song, 226 Fairies, city of, 215 Fairy Rings, 207 Fame, Lines on, 285 Family Poetry, 297 Fanny, Lines to, 196 Farewell to Spain, 419 Fasting, Lines on, 256 Fatherland, from the German, 149 Ferrand at Chess, 36 Festivals, Games and Amusements, 106 Finsbury in 1282, 164 Fitzherbert, Mrs., and George IV., 159 Flint Castle described, 136 Flowers in a room in Sickness, 156 Fountain Clocks, Construction of, 294 Four-and-twenty Fiddlers, Song, 210 France, Character of, 315 France, Kings of, 128 Freemasonry in England, 365 French and English, a Ballad, 7 French Gentleman's Letter, 6 Poetry for children, 391 Friend, the Last, 111 Frogmore, Hermitage at, 417 Frogs of Aristophanes, Scene from, 218 Funeral at Sea, 307

Gad's Hill Robbery, 431 Gambler, a Princely One, 192 Gambling of Henry IV., 223 Gamester's Daughter, the, 228 Genlis, the late Madame, 156 George III., Private Memoirs of, 159 George IV.'s Gateway at Windsor Castle, 273 "God Save the King" in Italy, 135 Goes of Liquor, Origin of, 24 Golden Bodkin, a Tale, 322 Goodall, the Musician, 239 Gower, Lord Levison, his Autograph, 145 Gower, in Wales, described, 152, 311 Grant, Mrs., her Autograph, 145 Greek Ballot, 19 Grief, Lines on, 285 Grimsel, Auberge on the, 41 Groat, Origin of, 336 Grotto at Ascot Place, 225

Halcyon Days, 48, 68, 147, 197 Hall, Basil, his Autograph, 145 Haller, Death of, 420 Hanging Committee, 328 Hardham's 37, 32 Harpe, de la, Death of, 420 Haunted House, by Mrs. Hemans, 239 Hawkins, Sir John, Death of, 419 's History of Music, 297 Hawk, Tame, Anecdotes of, 70 Haydon's Picture of Napoleon, 278 Haydon, R.B., his Autograph, 264 Heat, Phenomena of, 174 Heiress of Bruges, Scene from, 75 "Help Yourself," 315 Hemans, Mrs., her Autograph, 145 Henry VII., Wealth of, 427 Herons and Heronries, 281 Hervey, Death of, 419 Hippodrome Games, 292 Hobart Town, Panorama of, 265 Holborn, Ancient Topography of, 162 Holland, Lord, his Seat at Ampthill, 353 Holyrood, Ancient Palace of, 161 Homer, Controversy respecting, 118 Homeric Poems, Origin of, 119 Hope, Sonnet to, 342 Hope, Thomas, Esq., Memoir of, 121 Hour of Phantasy, the, 212 House of Commons, 197-258 Hood's Comic Annual for 1831, 7 Hunt, Leigh, his Autograph, 264 , Mr., M.P. for Preston, 217 Hunting Customs, 261 Huntingdon Jury, Remarkable, 399 Hustings, Origin of, 352 Hydrometer, Domestic use of, 351 Hydrostatics and Pneumatics, 294

Ice lighter than Water, 351 Indians, Traditions of the, 55 Industry, Fruits of, 390 Infantry at Mess, 8 Ink, Black-writing, Improved, 182-246 Inkstand of Ariosto, 193 Inn Rhymes, 208 Irving, Washington, his Autograph, 145 Italian at the King's Theatre, 297

Jeffrey, F., his Autograph, 145 Jerdan, Mr., his Autograph, 145 Jews, the, before their dispersion, 247 John, King, at Chess, 36 Johnson, Dr., Posthumous Ode by, 160 Jones, John, Poetry by, 108-172 Joseph II., Emperor of Germany, 378

Katerfelto, Who was he? 69-131-192 Kenilworth, Ballet of, 315 Kennett, Alderman, 223 Kicking the World, 329 Kilcolman Castle described, 233 King (William IV.) Old plan for capturing, 379 King's Secret, the, 330 Kiss, a Literary one, 224 Knave, Origin of, 191 Knowledge for the People, 23-105-173-261

Laconics, from "Maxwell," 13 Ladies in Parliament, 256 Last Sounds of Battle, 162 Latimer, Death of, 419 Law, Familiar, 314 Law and Lawyers, 133 Lawrence, the late Sir Thomas, 358 Laying a Ghost, 219 Leander, Female, 319 Legacy, a curious one, 16 Legacy of the Sword, 197 L'Envoy, a Poem, 137 Lengthening of the Days, 48 Letter of a Country Squire, 319 Letter-Bell, the, by Hazlitt, 186 Liberalism and Music, 120 Life, a Journey, 203 Voyage, 204 Lincoln, Grosthead, Bishop of, 379 Lines from the Spanish, 252 on viewing St. Leonard's, 396 Rural, 404 by Colbourne, 307 written in a Churchyard, 291 Lithography Ink, 267 Locke's Birthplace, 290, 307 Death of, 419 Long, St. John, 59 London Lyrics, 335 in the Seventh Century, 302 Longevity, 320 Love of Pleasure, 249 by Shakspeare, 103 Lines on, by Watson, 284 Louis XI. and the Virgin Mary, 303 Loyal Bequest, 303 Luxury, Laws for prohibiting, 191 Lydford, Ancient Borough of, 245 Lyttleton, Lord, Death of, 410

Macaw of a Lady of Quality, Memoirs of, 316, 332 Mackenzie, Henry, his Autograph, 264 Death of, 79 Magna Charta Island, 50 Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice, 205-213 Marriage Fees, 154 Mavrovitch, the Pole, a tale, 198 Maureen, a ballad, 169 May, Old lines on, 320 Mechanics, Phenomena of, 361 Melancholy, by Drayton, 103 Melancthon, Death of, 420 Memory, Power of, 119 Mercantile Life, 13 Metropolitan Magazine, 316 Middle Life, 13 Milk, Preparations of, in Tartary, 140 Miser's Grave, the, 410 Mocha and its Coffee, 257 Monmouthshire, Notes in, 201 Montgomery, R., his Autograph, 264 Monument, the London, 167 Moore's Life of Byron, vol. ii. 14-81 to 96 (_see Byron_) More-ish Melody, 111 Morland, the Painter, 167 Moriscoe Girl, Sacrifice of, 75 Moth, Last words of, 111 Mount St. Michael described, 129-164-181- Munchausens, the Two, 409 Muse in Livery, 172 Musical Literature in North America, 77

Napoleon, Picture of, 278 National Debt, the, 352 Nature Reviving, Stanzas, 115 Necromancer, by Mrs. Hemans, 110 Newspaper Duties, 25 Niger, the River, 368-428 Niobe, Lines on, 130 Normandy, Mount St. Michael, 129-164

Oaths, Royal, 368 Oberlin, J.F., Anecdote of, 219 Octogenarian Reminiscences, 239 Oculist, the Unsuccessful, 336 Orange, Prince of, 208 Osmyn and Zambri, a tale, 420 Osprey, the, 280 Ostrich, the, 423 Oysters, to open, when stale, 304

Paganini, the Violinist, 344-432 Paley, his Sermons, 203 "Palmam qui meruit ferat," 9 Pancras, Ancient State of, 227 Pandora's Box, 128 Paper, Extraordinarily long, 191 Paris, Boulevards of, 412 Bridges of, 412 City of, 411 Streets of, 413 Parliaments, Ancient, 244-287-339 of Batts, 272 the new one dished, 400 Origin of, 197-258-339 Early, Reform of, 413 Wages to Members, 418 Parliamentary Scraps, 404 Parr, Old, and Old People, 285 Parrots, Anecdotes of, 116 Patriotism, 208 Paul and Virginia, Tomb of, 281 Paul's Cross described, 373 Paul Pry, Origin of, 169 Peerage of Great Britain, 386 Penitent's Return, the, 40 Penn, Death of, 419 Pennant, Origin of the, 144 Penny, History of the, 60 Peter the Great, Statue of, 296-342 Petrarch's House at Arquà, 1 and Dante, 35 Physics, Wonders of, 45 Picking your way, 9 Picture, Curious Anecdote of, 80 Pigs and Countryman, 9 Pilgrim's Progress, the, 10 Pitcairn's Island, Natives of, 375 Pitt Diamond, the, 224 Planting in Germany, 220 Ploughing with Dogs, 372 Pluralities, 352 Poems by a King of Persia, 357 Poet, an uneducated one, 108 Poland, History of, 425 Epitome of, 211-277-325 Polish Patriot's Appeal, 116 Revolution, Rise of, 321 Political Changes, 287 Political Economists, 118 Porter, Jane, her Autograph, 145 Porters, Antiquity of, 144 Posterity, by Fitzjeffrey, 104 Posthumous Honours, 240 Preston, Lancaster, 32 Princes, Lines on, 284 Prisons in the Tower, 318 Professional People, 13 Proof, a convincing one, 144 Prophecy, Ancient, 31 Proverbs, a Lyric, 335 Public Amusements, 133 Punch and Judy, a Tale, 265 Pursuit of Knowledge under Difficulties, 73

Raining Trees, 46 Raleigh, Death of, 419 Ransoms, Account of, 147-340 Recollections of a Wanderer, 101 Reflection, Benefits of, 295 Reform Bill, the, 208 Rhine, Lines on the, 131 Rich and Poor, 134 Richelieu, Death of, 190 Rides, Long, 181 Riding, Unparalleled, 160 Robber turned Bishop, 379 Rode, the Violinist, 120 Romance of History, 125 Rosedale Abbey, Lines to, 210 Royal Academy, the, 363 Russian Burial Ground, 424