Sir Benjamin Stone's pictures; records of national life and history reproduced from the collection of photographs made by Sir Benjamin Stone, . measures do not greatly move him. He is interestedmore in the human problem—in the betterment of thesuffering human race—and in civil and municipalmatters. As a debater, Mr. Burns is something of anelementary force. He knows nothing of the tiicksof the rhetorician ; but his heart is in his cause, andwhat he says has all the strength, if none of thegraces, of appealing oratory. He can move theassembly also by bursts of genuine eloquence—theeloquence
Sir Benjamin Stone's pictures; records of national life and history reproduced from the collection of photographs made by Sir Benjamin Stone, . measures do not greatly move him. He is interestedmore in the human problem—in the betterment of thesuffering human race—and in civil and municipalmatters. As a debater, Mr. Burns is something of anelementary force. He knows nothing of the tiicksof the rhetorician ; but his heart is in his cause, andwhat he says has all the strength, if none of thegraces, of appealing oratory. He can move theassembly also by bursts of genuine eloquence—theeloquence that springs from deep and fervid convic-tions—which get added force from his powerful voiceand passionate gestm-es. Many racy stories might be told of Mr. Burns. Hisreply to an offer of a bribe is very in a debate on the payment of members, heevoked both hearty applause and laughter by mention-ing that ho got a letter offering him fifty pounds if hesucceeded in obtaining for the writer a collectorship oftaxes, to which he sent the reply— Sir, you are ascoundrel. I wish you were within reach of my boot. 47. !i^^ THE ROYAL GALLERY. The Royal Gallery i-;, with the exception of West-minster Hall, the largest apartment in the Palace ofWestminster. This spaciovis and splendid room seemsteeming with fighting men, and resounding with theclash of arms and the shouting of the Captains. Theillusion is conveyed by the intensely dramatic frescoesby Daniel Maclise, , of The Death of Nelsonand The Meeting of Wellington and Bliicher afterWaterloo, which, facing each other — forty-five footlong each and twelve feet high—occupy the walls ofthe great hall. Here it was that John Francis Stanley, Earl Russell,was on July 18th, 1901, indicted for bigamy before hisfellow peers. The Royal Gallery was transformed toserve for the occasion tlie purposes of a court. At thetrial of a peer by his fellows the Sovereign is supposedto be present. A throne was accordi
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