20 AUGUST 1836, Page 12

Before the Black Rod made its appearance in the House

of Com- mons to-day, Mr. Hume had found means to speak for nearly half an hour on the characteristics of the session—Lord LYNDHURST'S extraor- dinary exhibition on Thursday—the actual state of politics in Parlia- ment and in the country—the demand for Peerage Reform, which it would be impossible to stave off. This speech is pronounced by those who heard it, to have been (in spite of the attempts which the Tories made to stop him, before the Black Rod came to their aid) the very best that Mr. HUME ever made.