H. B. has depicted the In and Ex Premiers, Lord
Grey and the Duke of Wellington, as a pair of dancers rivalling one another in extra- ordinary feats of legs. The " Phantom Duke" defies any man to turn round quicker than he; and Lord Grey sets off against that qualifica- tion (by no means a rare one) that of standing for a long time on one leg, Some Ministers have remained a much longer time with no leg
at all to stand on.
H. B. has also recorded a pleasant adventure that happened to Lord John Russell, die other day, on the occasion of the fête given by Lord Mansfield. Lord John, accompanied by a friend, was on his way to Caen 'Wood; and being desirous to take a short cut across the fields, asked permission of.a countryman to go through a gate ; but it was re- fused, and no bribe would induce the man to let him pass. At last his Lordship bethought him of trying the influence of his popular name ; but it failed of producing the desired etrect,-for the bumpkin, looking very suspicious, exclaimed doggedly, " Lord John ! Lord John ! I never beard of Lord John ! who's Lord John ?" and obliged the herald of Reform to turn back. Lord John Russell, it seems, told the story as a good joke : the Anti-Reformers chuckle over it as a mortification, and would willingly have it thought that the ignorance of the elodpole is a sample of the knowledge of the people. The people, however, are apt to be better acquainted with their enemies than their friends, as the said enemies can testify.
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