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Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 5, 11 May 1872, Page 2

A celebrated general, in one his reports, vrote " the best and last point in the battle." >ot the printers made it "the best and last )int in the bottle."

LVlil'TS OF i'AitLJA MEJS'TAJ.tY LEADERS. It was an understood rule in tlic House of (\>mmons lo civc a patient and attentive hearing to tlic maiflon spccch of a new member, On the oilier bnt;d if was expected l)ijit 110 should comport hjmself' modestly. I remember bit two exceptions. One was the case of Mr. I/Israeli, who entered Parliament as the Tory member for Ma'dslone in this' year It wns said that he had formerly pro. fesH'd Radical principles, it'"' this, 1 think, ' hy itself would have occasioned an unfavour- : able reception, had not his too confident and presumptuous manner offended his audience. When he found that he eould not gut a hear- ; ing he threw himself down on the bench behind him, exclaiming with vehemence : , " The time will come when yon shall hear : me!" This was an exceeding contrast to the graceful, harmonious, modest, and almost . timid maiden speech of Mr. W. E. (Gladstone, ; a manner which J never saw excelled except ; by Lord Derby's when he was in the House ; of Commons. The speaking of theso two j was like a stream pouring forth ; or it might , be described as if they were reading from a| bonk. I h;ive heard, Pitt, Fox, find other ! great speakers, but never any to equal Lord i J.)crby, when Mr. (Stanley, for elegance and : Kweeltiess of expression. His manner was ; most gi'aeefhl and his voice harmonious. I never missed a debate, and observed his : speeches and his conduct on every occasion. ; I eoidd not help thinking rather that his i object, was to become a Prime Minister than j that he was actuated by any definite political j principle. ()f IM r, (Gladstone wo all agreed! in saying, " This is a young man of great j promise, " —Autobiographic .Recollections of 1 (!eo Pryrne, Esq., M.A. : Edited by his ; '-Daughter. !