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SKETCH OF SIR ROBERT PEEL, BYA ToRY.-

 stranger to the House of Commons who, having

 heard of Sir Robert Feels influence there, had con

 ceved some ideal portrait of great orator, would assnredy be disappointed He would observe in his

 speeches want of strong reasoning fixed princi- ples, lax, loose, many sided mode of viewing the most vital questions, and great command of that sort of logic which takes in common minds by clever fallicies.-He would look in vain for vivid imagina tion or profound thought He would find no outline of a complete scheme of policy, any one ruling idea with which his views and political sympa. thies could associate. The style he would pronounce rnartifcia; that there is attempt at consiruc- ton, but that the speech is crowded with exiran- eous matter and the speakerI has many ends to gain, that perfect plan would be impossible, He would complain of verbosiIy, of repetition of ideas, nay, whole arguments, in different words, and then imperfectly expressed, ofa pervading pretenson to something very profound which constantly falls short of accomplishment. Ofthe action used by the speak eI he would he tempted 10 say that it was neither modest. as becomes an unassuming reasoner, mol commanding, as ought to be the action of great orator. A

 He would see at one time pompous solemnity leading nothing, another, the most trivial post ures of everyday after dinner conversation ushering in the most important topics. Ills elbow resting on the table before him, while his pointed finger shaked ominously at hs opponents, and one leg is crossed the other, the posture of man laying down an argument to familiar friend; or, thumbs buried in

 the pockets oi his capacious was,coat, while eis coat

 is thrown back ostentatiousIy as foreigners do 10 show their fine velvet Things; or, Is more mony the case his hands hidden under his coattails while he stand much he might with his back to ire these moi the positions gestures ofa great orator. But. on he other hand, whatever the defects of Sir Robert Peel when his speeches his actions are looked at critically, you cannot fail to admire his ease and self possession, the thorough knowledge he has, even to the minutes detaiIs of every subject he undertakes, the adroitness with which he enters into all the different feelings. prejudice, and interests winch surround him. and the wit he evinces in weild. ing them 60 as to produce all the appearance of 'husiasm, and in moulding them to his purpose, of subduing their varieties to harmonious of action. In the art of managing the House of Com mona he is indeed unrvalIed.-fF Fraser's Mag.

 The New York True Sun says, the Sicilian fri gate Urania has board 50 or 60 young men of the principal families in Naples, who have been sent to learn naval tactics. Among them are one Prince, two Marquises, and an indefinite number of Counts