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Random Recollections of the Lords and Commons, by the Author of 'the Great Metropolis',
Random Recollections of the Lords and Commons by the Author of 'the Great Metropolis' Author:James Grant General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1838 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: '27 CHAPTER II. MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS. Reappearance of Lord Brougham in the House -- Lord Holland -- Regular attendance of the Duke of Wellington -- Decorum of their Lordships' proceedings as compared with those of the House of Commons -- The Clerks of the House, and the Petitions presented -- Immense size of a Petition -- The proceedings in the Lords less lively than those in the Commons -- Remarks on Lord Melbourne. Ix a miscellaneous chapter on the House of Lords, let me first of all congratulate the country on the reappearance of Lord Broucham among that body. Whatever may be the political views of individuals, all, I am sure, will rejoice to see him once more restored to the seatwhich he was wont to occupy in his capacity of legislator. The nation must have felt and regretted his absence from the House of Lords in the session of 1836, when reading the reports of the debates of that period; but those only who were accustomed to be nightly in the House, could form any idea of the dulness of the proceedings, in consequence of his Lordship's absence. It was, indeed, a sad change to those who had heard night after night for years before, the tones of his varied voice, and had witnessed the endless entertaining episodes and lively sallies to which his hot and hasty temperament was ever and anon giving rise, -- to be doomed to witness a whole session pass away, without his ever crossing the threshold of the place. Not much better was the session of 1837; for though then present physically, he may be said to have been mentally absent, having taken no part in the proceedings. During these two sess...« less