Biographical and Historical Sketches of Earl Grey, Lord Brougham, Lord Vis. Melbourne, Lord John Russell, Earl Spencer, Lord Durham, Marquis of ... Passing of the Reform Bills, a View of the S

Excerpt from Biographical and Historical Sketches of Earl Grey, Lord Brougham, Lord Vis. Melbourne, Lord John Russell, Earl Spencer, Lord Durham, Marquis of Lansdown, Lord Palmerston, Lord Denman, EtcThe minister, he hoped, would not imagine that he acted from any personal prejudice towards him, or from any party view. He believed the good of the country was what Mr. Pitt had most at heart, and he trusted that he would render him the same justice, by believing that his conduct, in this instance, was not in?uenced by any sinister motive. Inthe speech, of which this is a meagre outline, we descry the infant Hercules. Mr. Grey was then a mere stripling but in knowledge of our foreign mercantile relations, which he had carefully studied during his recent tour on the continent, and in ability to describe and reason from them, it was easy to discover the germ of the practical statesman.