At the inauguration of the Romsey monuments to Lord Palmer-
ston on Tuesday,—namely, a statue in bronze, by Noble, situate in the market-place, and said to be admirable, and a stained-glass window in the Abbey representing various matters exceed- ingly alien from Lord Pahnerston's nature,—Lord Granville's finished and most artistic speech, on which we have commented elsewhere, was followed by one from Mr. Lowe, not nearly so apt to the subject, for there was some exaggeration in it, and one could not help feeling that when Mr. Lowe spoke of Lord Palmer- ston keeping " the House of Commons in a proper state of mind by his untiring and inexhaustible good-humour," what he really meant was that he kept it apathetic about Reform. On the whole, the last thing we should say of Lord Palmerston is that ho kept the House of Commons in a "proper state of mind by his untiring and inexhaustible good-humour." He kept it, on the contrary, in far too indifferent and flippant a state of mind, and rarefied the political air for the gales and squalls which have followed. But Mr. Lowe said well that on subjects for which Lord Palmerston cared, no one knew better how to pick out at the end of a fatiguing debate all that required comment and explana- tion,—and what was quite as important, to discard all irrevelant matters.
