The New Hampshire Gazette

Sir Robert Peel.
The following notice of the English Premier is taken
from a Parisian journal, and is evidently the work of a
very friendly pen. Sir Robert Peel is the son of a rich
manufacturer. At the age of 21 he entered Parliament
and in 1812, when but 24 years of age, became Secretary
of State for Ireland. In 1821, he succeeded
Lord Sidmouth as Minister of the Interior. He remained
in the ministries of Castlereagh, Canning, and
Liverpool until 1827. At this time Lord Liverpool
died, and Canning, again Prime Minister, formed an
alliance with the whigs. Sir Robert Peel and Lords
Eldon and Westmoreland then resigned, though the
former continued for some time to hold a neutral position.
At length in consequence of great provocation
from Mr Canning. Sir Robert Peel took his seat in
the opposition ranks, and has ever since been considered
the leader of the Tories in the House of Commons.
In 1828, he became a chief man in the Wellington
ministry. In 1830, this ministry was superseded by
that of Lord Grey, Since that time, he has been in
the opposition, with the exception, perhaps, of a few
weeks in 1839, when called upon by the Queen to
form a new ministry-but without success. He is
now firmly established, by a decisive majority, as Prime
Minister of the British Empire. His politics, of course
are well known. The writer of the paper from which
the above is condensed, gives him the following character
for ability:-
"At the age of 53 Sir Robert Peel is without doubt
one of the most consummate statesmen that England ever
possessed, and one of the most worthy to conduct the
affairs of a great country. He is not a first rate orator
and his speeches in general have little chance of being
handed down to posterity as models of classic eloquence;
but he has a clear, straight forward and methodical
way of expressing himself,which produces great
effect without aiming at it. He also possesses a merit
which, as chief of the cabinet or of the opposition, is
of great value-viz. that of treating all subjects with
equal facility. General policy, political economy, finances,
civil or criminal legislation or war, all is equally
within the knowledge of Sir Robert Peel, and on all
matters he shows himself possessed of the clearest understanding,
and the most remarkable clear-sightedness.
Thus after a long discussion, where losing sight of the
principal question, many orators run into a thousand
digressions and transform the debate into a kind of tournament,
it is delightful to see Sir Robert Peel rise, and
by a few serious and firm remarks call back the attention
to the real matter under discussion. He is equally
unmoved by the offensive provocations of his enemies,
and the injurious suspicions of his friends, and proceeds
in his argument with the same sang froid; but when
once engaged he never retrogrades."