The Press. — London, England, 1858-03-20 00:00:00

THE PRESS, over it. Lord MACAULAY questioned the political relation ship rf Lord STANLEY to the Earl of DERBY, and so did Mr. OSBORNE ; Lord MACAULAY tilted at Sir FITZROY KELLY—SO did Mr. OSBORNE. Even the best point in his speech was an adaptation. Former speeches of Mr. OSBORNE have taught us that the Honourable Member i s a great reader of SYDNEY SMITH, and he makes desperate attempts to copy the graphic ideality of the Canon of St. Paul's. The illustra tion of lEneas, Dido, and Anchises was got up while Mr. OSBORNE was fresh from the study of SYDNEY SMITH'S speech on the Reform Bill : " The eldest son of my lord is just come from college ; he knows a " great deal about iEneas and Dido, Apollo and Daphne, and his "father gives him a power of making laws, just as he would give him " a horse or a double-barrelled gun." On Sir JOHN YARDS Ber.mca's famous motion in 1840, Sir R. PEEL used the ZEneas and Dido illus tration at the expense of Lord MACAULAY:— MR ROBERT PEEL. MR. OSBORNE. If their native tongue will not suffice for It is true wo have had the speech of the this classic constituency, you have taught noble member for King's Lynn, but he them where they may find in the passionate occupies a very peculiar position in the exclamation of Dido, &c., &c. Cabinet ; but at the same time I very much Shall there be no fruit of our mutual doubt whether this reforming ,Eneas will be love, no little bill stamped with the image of able to carry the _:lonse►vatire Anchises. Nu, the father, and reflecting in its face the Sir, I much fear that he will find some paternal vigour and intelligence ? • • • Ditto of Conserratism to obstruct him in You have nothing to return but the answer carrying out his good principles.—Debate of iEneas seer all his coquetting in the of March 1511*, 1848. ;seem—Debate of January 31, NW. The silence of Mr. OSBORNE in office may not have been compulsory. It is only when in Opposition that the Honourable Gentleman would have leisure for manufacturing his patchwork. Mr. OSBORNE'S hits at Speaker DEN►SON, however, were decidedly his own, and borrowed from no one. "If you, Sir, had not decided it to be Parliamentary, " should have said it was highly irregular; " and again—" I bow at " once to what you lay down as law, but it is the first time I ever " heard it enunciated." These are touches of the genuine Osborne stamp. The Honourable Gentleman, also, reproved Lord PALMERSTON for his "somewhat careless conduct, and regretted that " the " Walewski despatch had not been answered." The Noble Viscount took his revenge with an archness of irony worthy of a Canningite in sarcasm. He pretended to think, after Mr. DISRAELI had made a most brilliant and crushing rejoinder to the clumsy assaults of Mr. Ossoass, " that it wo►►ld be difficult to say which knight in the jousting "match had the advantage." In the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER'S reply there was not one maladro►t or indiscreet stroke; while Mr. OSBORNE never can make a thrust without uncovering his guard, and leaving himself open to his adversary. The notion of an equality in eloquence between the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER and Mr. Os. BORNE is almost as ridiculous as finding out that Lord PALMERSTON himself was a "modern Chatham." After having been for seventeen years in the House of Commons, Mr. OSBORNZ ought to ho more skilful in fence, and ought to have other attainments than those of a raker up of Hansard. The private details from Dublin rather confirm tho accounts which represent the police as having been extravagantly fierce in their recent struggles with the students of Trinity College. Lord EGLING TOUS has ordered au investigation, and we trust that justice will be done. We may observe that it appears beyond all doubt that several persons not connected with the students were cruelly treated. The contrast between the calm bearing of the Crimean " Scot Greys " and the hot-headed wrath of the Dublin police appears very strange. If the mounted " Peelers" had been in the Balakiava charge, would they have rushed as fiercely on the Russian guns, a 4 upon unarmed college youths? We shall suspend opinion until the investigation has con cluded, but we surmise that some of the police authorities are in a " serious scrape." THE BRASS HORN. (AFTER COWPER.) By Baron Munchausen a story is told, That his Horn was once frozen and silent from cold ; And as through the thick of the forest he played, The tunes were congealed and no melody made. But at night, as the Baron sat down by the blaze, How breat was his wonder—how deep his amaze ! When the instrument thawing struck up with a din Of mazurkas and marches that shook the old inn. E'en so for five years has our Osb-Horne been mute, A brass instrument once disagre'bly acute ; Till rusty and rough its coarse tones are renewed, As it holloas when safely escaped from the Wool). MARCH 20, 1858. POLITICAL BEARSGREASE. Oh, why is "Bear Ellice" so busy? And why does he trudge to and fro? He'll bet you a bob to a tizzy That's more than you ever shall know. Hem bet, for he's perfectly willing To pocket your pewter, no doubt ; But what if he loses his shilling And we tell what the Bear is about? He's striving to cure the disaster That capsized the Palmerston eggs, And labouring, with balsam and pluister, Humpty Dutnpty to set on his legs. He's furbishing up the old image, And dressing the rest of the blocks, And ranging in ranks for a scrimmage Dukes, Marquises, Williams and Cox. He's telling the Whig Lords at Brookes's They're worshipped by Marylebone pigs ; He's telling the Radical Snookses They're greatly esteemed by the Whigs. In fact, he declares, though he's blabbing it, On one point they're all quite allied, — To leave to each other the Cabinet, And make themselves happy outside. lie says the extreme Liberal section Would be sadly and sorely distrest To take from the great Whig connection Their Tavistoek, Caine, and the rest. He says the Fitzwilliams are pining, That Lansdowne is restless o'nights, That Bedford has given up dining Till middle-class men have their rights. The Fox Club, so free and fraternal, Will limit themselves to salt fish, Till Wilson, and Bob Lowe, and Bernal, Dip again iu the Treasury dish. If nothing should happen untoward, --" 44l `a eft° Nor Liberal Reformers say "nay," Phipps, Elliot, and Tollemache and Howard, Will give up their places and pay ; .7, And Shaftesbury yearn for Clanricarde, •, And Osborne hear Horsman with glee, And, though they have quarrelled and bickered. That Roebuck and Butt will agree. r And so the good Bear's in a bustle, 14 And full of his " shaves and his flam, That Palmerston may not vex. Russell, And Russell may not " worry " Pain. Till they settle which chief shall be leader, And which shall be put on the shelf, And join in some common procedure ft + To elevate Ellice himself. Thus striving to bring them together, And coaxing extremes to agree, " Bear Ellice " expends his shoe-leather, To what end we shall presently see. OSBORNE REDIVIVUS. _ I 0 • Can it be true, and have our fears been vain? It is—it is—and Osborne speaks again! Silent awhile, he licked the Trees ry spoon, And in the placeman sunk the loud buffoon. But Fortune fails him, and, adrift once more, He spouts or puns, a patriot and a bore ; Prepares the neat impromptu, and extracts Wit from his meary, from his fancy, facts ; Darts the rude taunt or aims the two-edged jest, To foes a laughing-stock, to friends a pest; In varying cadence, grumbles, rants, and rails. While Slang and Slipslop load the tainted gales. So, in the land of Venus and of yams, His cross-grain'd cur the Otaheitun crams';; Till faint bow-wows in plethora decay, And into wheezy dumbness sink away ; But if, escaped from too redundant food, He change the threaten'd pie-dish for the wood. And in a wilder haunt and purer air Grow lean and nimble upon casual fare, Vocal once more, his noisy throat he clears, Curls his stiff tail, erects his bristled ears, Tries the brisk yelp, rough bark or piteous howl, And wearies Echo with exhaustless growl. • The Oteheitans feed their dogs (e favourite aiticle of diet) upon yams, tin they tease tolbesii :