The Press. — London, England, 1858-04-24 00:00:00

PRES h u mbly think, possible for Lord JOHN RUSSELL to become a subor dinate member of any Government." Hoity-toity ! where are we now? Lord Patmeastoit, the last Premier—Lord PALMERSTON, whom this House of Commons ivas chosen to support—i s now t o g i ve wa y to a man twelve years his junio r , and who could not co mmand fifty vo tes in the whole House ! ( Musing.) What way can we find out of this puzzle? Lord PALMERSTON-80 these gentlemen say—is not to be restored, even with a stronger Cabinet than the last ! He must take in Lord JoaN, who turned him out, as one sends away a footman, in Ism. He must take in GLADSTONE, who has got his own notions about the Church; and he must take i s BRIGHT, who has got a very different s et of notions. Now all this s simply impossible. Such a Cabinet wou ld split to pieces in a week. ( Reads again): " I do not deny that Lord PALMERSTON may be able to re-form a Cabinet. Very likely ho may. But he cannot, it is " clear, form a powerful Liberal Cabinet Toaccomplish that, he must " seek the aid of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, Mr. GLAD " STONE, and the more reasonable of the Radicals." And what is this powerful Liberal Cabinet to do? Make a Reform Bill? Do Lord Joss RUSSELL and Mr. BRIGHT mean the same thing by " Reform "? Will Mr. BRIGHT leave us any aristocracy or any Church? Will Lord JOHN surrender them both ? And does not this gentleman see that he is reopening the quarrel of 1835 once more? It was the cry that the Church was in danger that raised up the Conservative party, and broke down the Melbourne Ministry. That feud has been healed, and Lord PALMERSTON has contrived to get a good portion of the Church on his side ; but give BRIGHT and MILNER GIBSON their way, and you'll raise the Church, as one man, against such a Government. I can't see my way out of this. We are not to have a new Palmsrs ton Ministry, so says this " Old Whig " If we are to have a Liberal Ministry at all, we are to have a Bright and Milner Gibson one, with Lord JOHN RUSSELL at its head, and Lord PALMERSTON under him ! But what about Church-rates, which Lord JOHN has vowed he will never give up, and which BRIGHT and the Radicals will never tolerate? In fact, what about the C hurch itself? Then, again, this wonderful new Liberal Cabinet is to be one " which shall not condemn either " Mr. BRIGHT or Mr. Glaser( to proscription." Very good! If I under stand this Old Whig, Mr. BRIGHT is not to be proscribed, not absolutely shut out ;heisto be admitted, if he will behave himself. Now, does this "Old Whig," or does Lord JOHN RUSSELL, imagine that JOHN BRIGHT is coming in on any such terms? Do they mean to offer him a Lordship of the Admiralty, or a Secretaryship to the Board of Con trol? Are they really dreaming that such a bird as that is to be caught with such chaff? This is really too good. JOHN Bluetit must nut be " condemned to proscription"! How very generous ! ~rr~~. 'Orr,* TO A " TIMES "-SERVING POLITIoiAN:f!si, )00. Runimulk Ah! what are you doing, Bob Lowe, Bob Lowe ? RniKiffir,s Ah! what are you doing, Bob Lowe ? .# 0 ik "li " I'm writing long leaders ' n , ' )(11 •r fn' s 7rl r"- I: , ,tp 4,1 " For Palmerston readers, ••••.,nrfl• "Who're capital feeders ti " Of one whom Lord John won't know, won't know, "Of one whom Lord John won't know." ‘ ,4 :?.AAJ 'gm. You've two strings to your bow, Bob L3we, Bob Lowe;"` ) You two strings to your how, Bob Lowe, Your speeches unspoken, ‘, , „.„ With fresh virus soaken, . .111 • fl , .0 Are in articles broken, And neatly touched up, you know how, Bob Lowe, And neatly touched up, you know how. 4w .1 "'Tie a smart thing I do," says Lowe, says Lowo, "'Tie a smart thing I do," says Lowe ; " I butter my bread " Ou two sides, as 'tis said, ,1 .4 " For my leaders are read, " While my speeches by few folk are heard, says Lowo, " While my speeches by few folk are heard." You once were a Peelite, Bob Lowe, Bob Lowevii) Yon once were a Peelite, Bob Love, 1 " 01 ' But you ratted and ran; t.i. L‘• • Tho' a Parliament-man, t/i) ;ir You wore made by the clan Who followed Sir Robert, Bob Lowe, Bob Lowe, , Who followed Sir Robert, Bob Lowe. ~.,„,„,„.. WA I. "Yes! I change with the Times," says Lowe, says Lowe, "Yea! I change with the Times," says Lowe, " For a pen-and-ink job " You will ne'er get a nob fl• ,••:. 3(419 lit " Like the whitc-headed Bob, " Whose n ame an d w h os e style are both low, both low, / 1 *! " Whose name and whose style are both low." "" t t MAX PEPURI.T. LtiJJ 0 NJ bent tech hh, ; 24, 1858. THE QUARRELSOME FAMILY. " Read the Liberal papers—that is, nine-tenths of the press. They remind yon of the (Haan lions of a family party large enough to feel no shame at quarrelling in the presence of strangers. What touching entreaties to be quiet—what unconcealed piques and mutual aserbititm—what petty ebullitions of temper—what dull advice—what unprofitable sermons on warn-oat texts—ghat perplexities, thinly veiled under mechanical orasetaadd sad affacted scan..! - tr,a fit We all must have seen, in our rambles through life, Some knot of cross relatives, ever at strife : Their cash is ill-managed, their credit is low, Their manners unpleasing, their morals so-so ; Yet instead of disguising their pitiful plight, They think by loud wrangling to set matters right, And, venting their spleen in reciprocal sneers, ,cfs S ~:a"tfa~ I All* tit& Call names—let out secrets--and care not who hears. elik I 111-li neh They may get up impromiitui as well as B .0., And by galling allusion their cleverness show— May testify candour by "palpable hits," auto, , Each avowing the faults that another commits. ' l r - But their candour " means mischief;" their cleverness ends In disgusting their neighbours, and grieving their friends ; ,r And the Quarrelsome Family prove to all eyes i •- I'l That they're not very thriving, awl not very wise. 'I.!, .1f;1 inai Even such are our " Liberal" worthies just now, ' 4"4 .f . 1 r.. Self-excluded from Office, but ripe for a row ; They have sinn'd in Diplomacy, fail'd in Finance, + l7l Have been timid with Naples and servile with France ; They have drifted on IVar, and have plunged into debt, Till their exit awakes'not one honest regret ; And now, by the demon of discord possessed, . 3 v 1' tqof fthfr,EaCh comforts himself in abusing the rest. T n mrl'First Pam and his myrmidons lavish reproach 9w o• 41 4i tt THE rf " On " troublesome Johnny, who upset the coach ;" Then tho Pet of the City retorts upon Pam, " His appointments were jobs, his Reform 13il1 a sham" .11, The Peelites assign, as the cause of disgrace, , , . 1 " • •P tun. " The exclusive Whig clique, who monopolize place ," fwo row u•While Gibson and Bright, full of glee at their fall , V" Say " the country is happily rid of them all !" cis . ~'.'. ~ ~ 3U N! 'rrtn t 71 Zi I Ri f_f; ila 1, And still as they wrangle, not counting the cost, ' We learn the true worth of the men we have lust ;,„ Each eager to tell what the rest would conceal, •)- Pf They stand self•condemn'd, without hope of appeal. i X rgi, Broken pledges—lbirjobbery—falsehood Ned fraud, rislutt Our Quarrelsome Fainily trumpet abroad, ""`' h o4 Tit , ',me.' ole,'Art,r4 t'L'h Till the cap of their just degradation is full, -row setd.pve And their savour is rank in the nose of John Bull.' (.({'l ~ i t emitsb 119111.,:r 6. i I /1 1 j• Gi it (II II1911: sad ►if ~[ 1,1), 11;ff u,,•)Mnirr to Ind litho' Ie grit wen I fvf • 1 , r.1 r LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. Ir is announced that Mr. Coz, M.P. for Finsbury, is engaged on a continuation of Lord Macaulay's History of England. The honourable gentleman has already acquired considerable reputation by the complete originality of his views on our English Annals. Irlenqg ^(.. " Personal Reminiscences of the Last roar Beadles of Marylebone," by " A Welsh Baronet," has just been published. We regret nor copy reached us too late for notice this week. Some will think that its author was not a wise man in taking up so invidious a subject as the administration of Bunabledona. WO 11$ amongstour advertising notices, that " Original Memoirs of Joseph Miller, Esq," by , tha n author of " Meditations of a Silent Secretary," is upon the eve of ~; , t• A profeimd work "On the Incredibility of a Palmerston Majority " is said to be forthcoming from the pen of Sir Cornewsll Lewis, whose dissertation " On the Manage meug4tHipendent Cliques" has at Wt reached a second edition-Ira exceptional instance its llitiserolit writer, who is always too deep for his readers. • • i; • i ; 1 , 1 1 An Essay on Weathercocks, by Mr. Lowe, anti a new Mika et the works of Lord Halifax, by Sir Charles Wood, are also announced. It is said that the bills of fare of the Fax Club are to be soon given to the world, under.* supervision of the kuued author of " Thalit of Dining." . . •