this last high office at three distinct periods of his life. Lord
Lyndhurst is remarked for the extraordinary lucidity and quickness of
his understanding. His mind has the utmost facility in grasping the most
intricate and involved points of any case submitted to it; and his
facility of exposition is as perfect as his perception is acute. Hence,
though not the greatest of the lawyers who have dignified the woolsack,
he has always been the most agreeable and popular of Lord Chancellors.
He is eloquent without labour, and convincing without vehemence--in many
respects a master of oratory. In his eighty-third year, his polished
intellect has lost none of its lustre. It has all the vigour, in debate,
which it possessed half a century ago. Lord Lyndhurst at first took side
with the Liberal party in politics, but he soon became a follower of Sir
Robert Peel, and with that Minister he remained to the last.
[By W. Behnes.]