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much.” The discourse was truly evangelical and im- 
pressive. He is the best preacher I a heard in 
England next to Mr. Noel, and is more eloquent and 
striking in manner than he, but has not the gentle 
pathos ae sweetness of Noel. 
Tuesday evening, February 26. . Met Mr. Put- 
nam! at half past four. We had ‘peered before- 
hand that he should attempt to procure some orders 
for admittance to the House of Lords, and that we 
should go down together. I found he had been suc- 
cessful, having sent his clerk with notes to some half 
dozen peers in order to make sure, and he thus ob- 
tained more orders than he wanted. For me I found 
he had addressed a note in my name to the Bishop 
of London, who very promptly sent me an order of 
admittance. 
We set out accordingly. The room which is occu- 
pied by the House of Lords temporarily, until the 
New Houses of Parliament are built, is inferior in 
size and accommodation to that of the Commons; 
indeed there is nothing about it at all remarkable. 
There was no business of very absorbing interest be- 
fore the House this evening, and it adjourned as 
early as eight. Still I had the good fortune to hear 
nearly all those speak that I particularly cared for 
except Wellington (who is sick) and Earl Durham. I 
heard a long speech from Brougham and a very good 
one, except that he took occasion to trumpet his own 
good works. There was some fine sparring between 
an Irish lord I do not remember, Lord Roden, Lord 
Westmeath, and Lord Normanby, the late viceroy of 
Ireland, a young man apparently, and a man of talent, 
1 Mr. George P. Putnam; the American publisher and bookseller, 
at this time established in London. 
