We have received a communication from a gentleman who was
pre- sent during the delivery of Lord !Notion AM'S last speeds of the session, when he abandoned (in a modified sense, as he himself expressed it) his Education Bill to Lord Min.notnesE, and when that extraordinary burst of feeling occurred, whiell the reports in the newspapers attributed to Lord Bnot:onaat's recollection of his attachment to Lord MELnototxE. Our correspondent—who is himself a reporter of undoubted respecta- bility—assures us that a gross blunder has been committed by the re- porters. They were indignant that Lord 131tOCUJIAM should select the eve of the recess to make work for them, and therefore resolved to " barite " his speech. They were lounging and chatting in the gallery, instead of attending to their duties, when they were startled by sobs from Lord Bnouonam. They then suddenly suspended their gossip, .and, hearing Lord Boom-mast earnestly inviting Lord 'MELBOURNE to take up the subject of National Education, they at once concluded that he had wept at the remembrance of his former friendship for the Premier ; whereas Lord BnouGnase's feelings gave way when express- ing his strong attachment to that lung-cherished measure, and the ex- treme pain it occasioned him to relinquish it to another. The gentle- men in the gallery laughed ; but our informant assures us that not the slightest inclination to smile was visible on the countenance of any Peer in the House.
We are obliged to our correspondent for the trouble he has taken to set us and the public right upon this matter.
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