THE " UNNOBLING" OF BARON BROUGHAM AND VAUX.
Loan BROUGHAM is reported to have told the canny Scotch Mem- bers who treated him to a dinner the other day, that lie would give all he possesses, whether in fortune, reputation, or influence, to undo the patent by virtue of which he sits in the House of Lords. The Chancellor's declaration does not surprise us. He is con- stitutionally unfitted for the soil into which he was so injudiciously for himself and the public transplanted ; and it is becoming evident that the soil is no less unsuited to him. The Broom is naturally a hardy plant, which thrives best in the Northern blast,—the very reverse of the delicate exotic, which lives only in the artificial climate of a hothouse. Let us see what can be done to remove it from the unhealthy atmosphere, where, from numerous indi- cations, it seems destined to wither and decay.
Does a patent of peerage, like the imposition of hands, stamp on the receiver an indelible character, from which no subsequent act of his own can relieve him ? This, in Lord Bnououvm's case, would be peculiarly hard, because as Chancellor he was the maker of his own patent ; and ought not the creator to be allowed to destroy his own creation ? Can be not, like other Peers, "do as be likes with his own?" Anciently, peerages could be resigned ; but the House of Lords has resolved that a Peer of England cannot fling away his coronet or doff his ermined robes. What then can be done for poor Lord BROUGHAM? A Bill, not of Pains and Penalties, but of relief from Pains and Penalties, might be introduced; and certainly without fear of opposition from the Lords, who would gladly get rid of their chief; whilst the Commons would rejoice at the pros- . pect of recovering their most eloquent, if not most consistent or most logical leader. The King might, we apprehend, be induced to give his consent. Thus the wish of the Chancellor to be relieved from his Peer-like state scents easily attainable; and if he is not gratified, the sincerityg of his desire may be doubted. All that would remain to effect the viinobling of the noble Lord, would be the ceremony of conducting bins out of the House. This is to be accomplished according to the following programme.
CEREMONIAL OF THE unNOBLING of Till: RIGHT liONoVRARLE LORD BROUGHAM AND VAUX, AND FOR CONDUCTING HIM SAFELY OUT OF THE HOUSE OF Loans.
Kettle-drtuns, muffled and covered wiflt crape, beating a dead ni irch.
lierakb:, their tabards inside out, their sword-knots, collars, ac. covered with crape, and wearing black scarfs.
Black Rod, in deep mourning, wearing a black scarf and crape; his Rod being double japanned fur the occasion.
Garter King of Anus, his tabard reversed ; Crap? on his collar arid sword-knot, and wearing a black scarf; holding in his hands n black velvet cushion, thereon the Patent of Lord Broug ha ni and Vaux, surrounded by large margins of black, and having. the Cleat Seal, using the last time it was used by land Brougham, rein-tressed on black wax.
The Clerk of Parliament, in deep mourning, liabiterl in a long black cloak, and beating the Bill of Relief, on a black velvet cushion. The procession having reached the Woolsack,
The Bill of Relief is to be read ; and then the Patent; but beginning with the latter at the cad, readiro, it backwards. Lord BIDMIWIAM and VA-ux is then ttrfall into the procession, balked in deep mourning, wearing a black wig and a velvet cloak ; his coronet being loft on the Woolsack, with wearing Peer's and Chancellor's robes, covered with a pall.
To conceal the joy with which his face must be animated, which would be Indecorous to the House, he is to wear a mask, adapted to the movements of the face by a mechanical process, which Mr. Ban3AGE could easily contrive.
The procession, followed by the Officers of the House, and such Peers as thought proper to join it, is then to march, bachwards, to the mid., Lord's proper place on the Barons' Bomb; where he is to take his seat. Lord SHAFTESBI7RT (being seated on the Woolsack) is to rise, take off his bat, and bow to Lord BROUGHAM; who is to return the compliment, then Ilse, and with the procession in the same order, retreat to the Bar of the House. On reaching the Bar, the Ex-Lord is to make a speech extempore, de omni- bus rebus et quibusdam aliis, with a handsome episode in praise of the Here- ditary Peerage, and of each of their Lordships individually. At the conclusion of his speech, the ceremony shall be considered complete ; and the quondam Lord IlnoucHAal and Vaux will then remove his mask, take off his wig, and give three loud huzzas ; which are to be returned by the Peers; and whilst their late confrere cuts a few capers ci-la- Grimaldi (as a contrast to the scene of the " bedded knee " acted by him a few years ago on nearly the same spot), and retires through the folding doors which lead to the House of Commons, their Lordships will chant " Te Denim" accompanied by an organ, placed near the Throne, at which Lord BURGUERSH will preside.
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