for the most part is coarse and declamatory, while nothing could be more inconsequential than some of its reasonings. The present personal appearance of Lord Brougham is just what it is represented to be in Mr. Mayall's full-length photograph. His white bushy hair looks a little thinner, and the crown of his head is quite bald, which, however, is not seen when he stands erect, A night or two after the Exeter Hall meeting I saw him at a discussion on international law, at Burlington House; he came to the door of the room assigned to this department of the Association, very few persons having arrived at the time; he looked in, then drew back and stood in the door-way; some one coming in mentioned that he was at the door, when Dr. Travers Twiss and M. Garnier Pages went out to him, and he came in and sat down. In the course of the evening M. Gamier Pages delivered an animated speech in favour of the reforms in international law which are now becoming popular; and this called up Lord Brougham to express his admiration of the "extraordinary eloquence" of the French orator, who, he reminded the meeting, was formerly "one of the seven kings of France." On this occasion he
