Whose eye overlooking the clouds and the coil That grow with the darkness and din of the hour, Beheld from afar the reward of his toil, And hailed the bright promise that told of her power— Whose soul to its purpose and attributes true, Sublimed far beyond mere humanity's scan, Toiled fearlessly still for the glory in view, The rights, and the triumph, and freedom of man!— No voice in that cause was more potent or free,— No spirit more fearless, no feeling more strong, And its eloquence bold, like a stream from the sea, Bore down, all resistless, each bulwark of wrong. Oppression grew humbled—the tyrant grew pale,— Ancient Error, in fear for her temple and tower, Arrayed her foul agents, and strove to assail, But in vain—the brave spirit that grappled her power. And down went her bulwarks, and snapp'd was her chain, Her subtle pretences like webs, torn apart, Left man, as creation first spake him,—again, Unshackled by Error, by Power, by Art! And this was his triumph! The first of that band, The high, the unshaken, unselfish and true, Who dared in the front of the danger to stand, Defying its force, and defeating it too. Make his grave in the rock which the pilgrim may see, And seek, o'er the fathomless waves of the deep; But his monument build in the hearts of the free, The treasure most dear that a freeman can keep. And shed not a tear when ye think on his name, And mourn not his loss, who, in dying, has given, A record of triumphs, the proudest in fame, A charter of freedom as lovely as Heaven. BRITISH PARLIAMENT IN 1835. NO. III. THE HOUSE OF LORDS. Exalted as is the situation of the presiding officer of the House of Lords, particularly when he is at the same time high-chancellor of England, he has not, as speaker, the authority of the same officer in the lower House. The Peers address themselves to the House, and not to the presiding officer, when they rise to speak; this officer has not the power to decide to whom the floor belongs, or to call a member to his seat; the House itself regulates all its internal police. The mode of their election is the evident cause of this difference in the power of the two speakers; the one is chosen by the Throne, a power unconnected with the Lords; while the House of Commons elects its own speaker. At five o'clock the presiding officer of the House of Lords appears on the woolsack, escorted by the usher of the black-rod and the mace-bearer. If three Peers be present the speaker can open the session; so that three individuals may form a House of Lords. The votes of two of them may reject a bill that has been passed unanimously by the six hundred and fifty-four delegates of the people!