The Press.
London, England, 1855-04-28 00:00:00

IGO AND AGO.

"Ken ye ought of Captain Grose ? "—Rosser Buena.
Ken ye ought of Lord John Russell,
Igo and ago,
Since of Wien he left the bustle?
Iram, coram, dago.

Is he piping of his e'e,
Igo and ago,
That Crortschakoff should spoil his spree?
Iram, coram, dago.

Or sulky that the bruin Titoff,
Igo and ago,
Should at his doited blatherin' scoff ?
Iram, coram, dago.

But Johnnie is no birkio lad,
Igo and ago,
And Drouyn kens his French is sad,
ham, coram, dago.

Is he again to Brussels gene,
Igo and ago,
The auld nurse haudin by the wame ?
Iram, coram, dago.

The Colonies are in a fash,
Igo and ago,
And Gaffer canna stap their clash,
Iram, coram, dago.

Our Pam, sae unco' brave and cannic,
Igo and ago,
Says close at hame is leetle Johnnie,
Iram, coram, dago.
With Radical Reforms in store,
Igo and ago,
The varra same lang sync he bore,
Irani, coram, dago.

The Rads and Reds will sure be near him,
Igo and ago ;
Whilst Cobden, Bright, and Jew will steer him,
Iram, coram, dago.

Of Treasury Bench when in possession,
Igo and ago,
He'll vote perpetual retention,
Iram, coram, dago.

Then prent off this unvarnished letter,
Igo and ago,
Which will oblige your humble debtor,
'ram, coram, dago.

B. B.

THE PLENIPOTENTIARY'S EXPLANATIONS.

(SLIGHTLY ANTICIPATED.)
HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY, MAY 4

THERE was a very full attendance of members last night, it being
understood that Lord John Russell would attend in his place, on his
return from Vienna, for the purpose of offering some explanation of
the proceedings at the Congress. Several members of the House of
Lords were present, among them Lord Aberdeen and Lord Clarendon.
The Ministerial bench was fully occupied. Lord John Russell himself
made his appearance about half-past four o'clock, and was received
with tremendous cheering by Mr. Bright. The Noble Lord took his
place as Colonial Minister.
Routine business having been gone through, and before any
questions were put,
Lord JOHN RUSSELL rose, and spoke as follows :—I believe, Sir,
that upon the balance of precedents, which I have been sedulously
engaged in comparing during the last two days, it is more regular and
more constitutional for me to offer before five o'clock in the day the
explanations which I am about to submit to the House, than it would
be after that hour. The Noble Lord then adduced a long series of in-
stances in which explanations as to conferences had been given by
Mr. Pitt, Mr. Fox. Lord Castlereagh, Lord Liverpool, Lord Melbourne,
and others, and showed that these had usually been made at about a
quarter to five. He then pointed to the clock, and adverted to another
difficulty which he felt, namely, that this introduction had lasted so long
that the hour of five had now been passed before his explanation could
begin, and he proposed that a select committee should be appointed
to consider whether be could resume his statement at the same time
on Monday next. (Cries qf "Go on.")
The SPEAKER thought that the Noble Lord's speech might be taken
as a whole, and therefore that he might proceed at once. (Hear,
hear.)
Lord JOHN RUSSELL : I am most desirous to defer to the feeling of the
House of Commons. (hear, hear.) It will not be necessary for me to occupy
the House at any length, because, until the papers connected with the
negotiations are before us, I do not think that we can consider the
subject with any advantage. But, Sir, I duke to state briefly the

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