religion and justice, they adopted a course which brought
such misery on their own subjects, as well as those of a neighbouring
state--they made war against that unoffending country, which
found little reason to felicitate itself on its conquerors being
distinguished by Christian feelings. The war against Poland, and
the subsequent partition of that devoted country, were prefaced by
language very similar to that which this treaty contains; and the
proclamation of the Empress Catherine, which wound up that fatal
tragedy, had almost the very same words."--The second speech to
which we allude was on the abuses of ancient charitable institutions.
Speaking of schools, the funds of which were landed and freehold
property, Mr. Brougham remarked, "In one instance, where the funds of
the charity are L450, one boy only is boarded and educated. In another
case, where the revenue of the establishment is L1,500. a year, the
appointment of a master lying in the lord of the manor, that gentleman
gave it to a clergyman, who out of this sum paid a carpenter in the
village L40. for attending the school. The funds in the country,
applicable to the education of the poor, cannot," he added, "be less
than one hundred and fifty thousand pounds." The result of these
and similar representations was the appointment of a committee to
investigate the state of the various charities of the kingdom, and
inquire into the application of their funds; from which measure great
public good has already resulted.

In 1818, Mr. Brougham was invited to become a candidate for the county
of Westmoreland, where his family have been settled for the last
sixty or seventy years: he could not, however, withstand the powerful
influence of the Lowther family, and thus lost his election. He made
another effort, at the dissolution of parliament, consequent upon the
death of George III., but was again unsuccessful; and a third time in
1826.

We are now approaching one of the most eventful eras of Mr. Brougham's
parliamentary life: we mean his intrepid defence of the late Queen.
Mr. Brougham was the first to dispatch M. Sicard, the old and faithful
servant of the Queen, with the intelligence of the death of George
III. The Queen immediately replied to Mr. Brougham, that she was
determined to return to England; and on February 22, 1820, Mr.
Brougham received from Lord Castlereagh an assurance that no indignity
should be offered to her Majesty while abroad. Mr. Brougham w