The Press.
London, England, 1856-07-05 00:00:00

THE WEEK.

4'.,..• - • .'••• 4.1
TkE days of the session are drawing to a close. The whitebait dinzter,,„
the Globe cf last night intimates, will come off on the 19th, and •tlth -
rising of Parliament is reported, on the same authority, for the 24th'."
It would be curious to have a return of the number of hours wasted on
subjects not destined to come to maturity,—as the Oath of Abjuration
Bill, the Maynooth Bill, Mt. Lowg's Propperty-is-Daleft;Bill, and Inver
others. Practical legislation had;nade, hut little way. All thole
leading subjects on which public atteritibn/has been fixed,—as India,
Army Reform, Law Amendment, and, above all, Finance,—reinain iq
abeyance. The Bank Charter has scarcely been alluded to, though it
is admitted on nearly all sides that. the aot is capable of amendment.
For administrative measures a very different Government from the
present will be required. _ _

The debate at the commencement of the week, urged on by Mr.
MOORE in Bashi•Bazouk style, was chiefly remarkable for the
searching speech of Mr. GLADSTONE, and the very singular
address of Lord PALMERSTON. Mr. GLADSTONE can now per-
ceive the want of party organisation. The acknowledgment from
him is instructive. How long is it since he made. the discovery ? We
hope he may be tempted to favour the public, in some shape, with his
views at large upon so important a subject The Premier's speech will
bear fruit. We imagine it impossible that the United States Govern-
ment can possibly overlook its injurious tone and insulting charges.
It will tend to much further embarrass the relations of the two
countries, and not improbably lead, after all, to a total rupture of
diplomatic intercourse. The difficult►es attending the Central
American question will increase the longer its settlement is delayed.
In that question are the seeds, as Sir HENRY BULWEII announced in
1850, of a war between the two countries. The speech of Lord PAL-
MERSTON has so materially altered the whole aspect of our relations
towards the United States, and so conclusively shown that a concilia-
to►;y policy is absolutely impossible, that we venture to think the
subject should yet be brought before the Legislature ere the quarrel
be allowed to make further progress.

Sincerity must always command a certain degree of respect, and 1
is often the more dangerous on that very account. Cardinal MAZARIN
said of CROMWICLL that he would go far, as he knew not where he
was going. With more sagacity was it observed of ROBESPIERRE that
he would distance all the other revolutionists, as he believed what he
said. One sincere man of our day shows both characteristics. Mr.
SPOONER would go far, not knowing where his course tends, and
would distance those who work with him, because he believes what he
says. He is one of those honest zealots who think that they have the
truth within them. The happiest day of CALVIN'S life was that on
which he burnt " Servetus." Such men would overthrow all idols
save one, and bending before that with worse titan Fetish worship
they exalt it into Deity—the idol of self within them. Mr. SPOONER
will prosecute his anti-Maynooth agitation, though sure to throw
Ireland into a flame, though certain to raise au agitation against the
Irish Church, which, joined in by Liberals and Dissenters in this
country, would end in its overthrow. Ireland is really improving, not
only in material prosperity, but in the decline—no doubt to Mr.
SPOONEICS infinite sorrow—of religions animositiet If ever any
question could be settled by a solemn decision of the Legislature,
the grant to Maytlooth was thus settled. By au act, passing both
Houses of Parliament, and receiving the sanction of, the Sovereign, a
certain revenue was assigned for ite,nupport—T, and now every year
there is a bill introduced to repeal that act. The agitation will never
answer. Let Mr. SPOONIIR gain what majoiity he niny, the Sovereign
will not sanction an agitation which would convulie her empire. The
question is impracticable ; it must be dropped.' If carried, the Irish
Caurch would not last five years beyond' it; land the agitation is
supported by certain parties for'l34i!"Ake'"ef the 'hope which lies
beyond it. The Dissenting interest think -" Spoonerism" a good banner
to tight under, but it will not do. The sound sense, the religious feeling,
the charitable sentiment, and the political sagacity of the country
repudiate it. It may excite some animosities, it may do some mis-
chief; but we say this advisedly—it is. a banner which never can rally
the Conservative feeling of this country. It would have been easy
enough for the Opposition to have made 4-1 f it a party question—to
have beaten the Government—to have expelled them from office. But
what then? A speedy reaction, and a religious .rerolution. The
Opposition Leaders never showed more
,principle than in refusing, for
the sake of a political triumph, ie,iftectioh plicy which they knew
must be either illusive or mischievous. or a' eminently both.

As every one must have anticipated, the Rhssians are preparing
for the complete subjugation of the Caucasus. A corps of 40,000 men,
pei fectly supplied with all material of war, is to be immediately
directed against SCHANYL, and the Russians are slowly arranging to
occupy the Circassian coast on the Black Sea, and re-establish the
blockade. Soon we shall hear of bloodyi,TßOcto; and if, as is likely,
the Russians concentrate sufacient.:Pcest p 4, ;effect their object, all
• , •
resistance will be subdued by the. n;tassapsp 1 pf, the chief part of the
population. How true were our forebodings! A little resolution on
the part of our Government would have prevented this cruel war
A great opportunity was lost of effecting a com.plete pacification of the
Black Sea, awl even the Cancasian,,phain. That it was lost, we
always regarded as the great blot of, 410, peapp ;an4; a blot it will be
for ever on the fame of Lord Cual.pripoN,,as,ti.statesman. His narrow
intellect, cold heart, and timid wpm, combine to hand over without
remonstrance the whole Capisapiiiktraca,N, 9utpercy of irritated
Russia.

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' M. es Minqqatintflitr hitV 86. • '
publis_ed a _is rtat on upon the
affairs of Italy, in every respect of a most remarkable character. His
opinions in regard to the position occupied by ;ngland towards the
Italian Liberals we have.discussed,in another portion of our Journal.
We have now to say a few words on tkin.leading idea of the whole pro.
iduction, which is not Italy for the Inilians, but Italy for the Pope. M.
Dn MoNrAtemeear should remember—when complaining of the
tone adopted by the English towards the religion of those parts
of Europe, and asking whether the alliance between France and.
England would endure for a moment if the former were to indulge in tha,,fri
same abuse of the Anglican Church—that the two communions arei
not in this respect upon equal terms. The French people have never'
suffered anything from the. ascendancy of the English church, but what
I have not the English suffered from the ascendancy of the Roman ?"'-1
The Romish Church represents far more than just one particular form
of religion, and the attemPt to get it treated as such by its adherents lid
is one of their most plausible artifices. We are sorry that M de
MONTALEMBERT should lend himself to the ultramontane agitation..
He is unquestionably one of .the ablest men and justest thinkers do
which France at this moment possesses, while his character of the„
PALMERSTON policy in the article we are now speaking of, is sufficient"
by itself to stamp him as one of the most billhant and epigrammatic} aA
political writers of the day. But most greatlnerti have their one weak' I
point, and unhappily de MONTALEMBERT is no exception to the rule.
Air t ')-!t t W.II JO,
.quit alliT
The Guards deserve a heart"), *C1664016 from the LondotiersA
Never have troops more nobly sustained their ancient -reputationique
In the days of the Romans every veteran of that heroic briqeder
would have had his statue placed in the Forum. Terrible and irre-
sistible in the assault at Alibi, they proved themselves as resolutely
tenacious i t file fence at Inkermann. That desperate and sturdy fight
of the " Sandbag Battery " is one of the glorious episodes of ,‘
the war. Without a gun in position, and with nothing but their
bayonets—for theyf fought at such close quarters that firing was im-
possible7—did the ,heroic band of 1,800 Guards defend that battery,
swept by a tremendous artillery from the opposite heights, and.efq
furiously assaulted by ten times their number of Russians. But we
have no occasion to recal the deeds of this splendid brigade, nor
detail how in atter m•onths they melted away from starvation and
cold. Will it not be written in history? But a few hundred of the
old veterans return ; nevertheless the places of both the glorious and
unhappy dead are filled by men of similar mould, and by men whO"
to-morrow would repeat the deeds of their predecessors. Let us, re-", 4
member the deeds of the brigade, and give it the welcome it deserve4:l
It has fought nobly, bled freely, and suffered submissively; and now; S
with the rest of the army, returns to receive in the welcome and a&-1
miration of its countrymen a better reward than the liberality of the
Government has yet afforded.

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Lord SHELBURNE has Lecepted the Chiltern Hundreds, and a new* 'ff
writ has been moved for the borough of Caine. Lord SHELBURNE iS to -v
be called up to the House of Peers. Sir W. Wiutama, the hero of
Kane ia.to,he aaafeandidate for Caine. I ii.io it
'TI- r1,(1 r-1 (.;!‘.':
..!if,,w rlo9lil t,s4 . A Ir ! . jft , I h,t,...brr. rr
tordlitifiatfitsx's Divorce Bill has been carried in tnei,-14.0tmee.fi
Lorda•tbi, iii'very large majority. While unable to deny, pat th (-.
BiisheplofOivokr. has considerable ground for his apprehensions that/.
the proposed change may underrnino the sanctity with which marrictgefi
hiiihitherto been regarded in this country, we cannot het • thinking
with Lord DEERE that it is the lesser of two evils..-It is,:'' • . desira7l
blntheresbould -be a much more accessible relief: thing L. ~presents
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sttiteof the lit* affords. In regard to the power given to womonAlodivoret
!their husbands, we think there is much to be said in its fitycntr,.,l);cl 3:Oifrfl,
sekdargumehti only goes to show that crime in the, w'ke Rt.: Avatar
inetinVenteilett to society Liman- in the husband. But,/ ,Reyer
imvio
it
Ihatis'illeged.that'our law of divorce was to be ,f0rme.p.4,417,1i9}
ptiffertplis'ils ghtit;! Either man or woman is equally guilty *ltkis 1 ,
itt
ofser*tc, *'both Should be-enabled to avail theniaelves eValty„og
DivinWiriOkniliditin tir separate. .1 .ii : i.,• . v.)11; , tile(' 11•10'1110 to silo&
. . ..i •,1 id,..0,1. .. :, ..h. 'l,m - 11111 'lOll,ll - '!,1111y1t. 1 "..!1111.1f.11
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Th 4141 lig'otittic'site for' the' /Ai National Gallery which seems to
hide *eh ilytsrl6 ed. • The opeitlepsee where Smithfield market %yea,
onde'llel4 sirtitild' ebnitnandthe Support of all who-, for various reasons,.,
oli,r Ois iti&to die itloia ilouse site. It is as near as possible in the centra
of trieti4oll42-./tis'surtelinited by U dense population. In the
init
ildiate•Helitiltr ire Mutton-hill, Cow.cr)ss-steeet, held-lane,:tiari
Wean, and '<Ali& loitYwtled localities. Why not erect the National,
Gallery here? The strongest argument against this site would be,, that
thifklitlidtkdai tidn'ferdeitly situated for those who eared nothing about
it,' and dry itidoieittkently situated for those who did. Ilfut.elitici
couvehic 'Of' thii' atitearent' has been held to pass, for Pctilli4gPM,l4
frokiitiy in the ,Hottbef' tif: Commons, they ought W fairiy,earryinut
theielitinclple)i,aididte fdr Smithfield. The fallacy running through.
the ar gilithentg it fitychir 'of a central situation requires a few wordso,
Mtpo.inre: F6t6t 'et'elasseg than those directly interested in it, a Nati
GarlerYJlspeeiklly as regard( choice examples of art, must be of very lit
use: .Me nitiltipae are net-to be educated in Art by gating on. your
" Illh-fielti3ObrregeolWittitt e,enff ;1 it requires both a sympathetic mint;
fitat ecyliing tiiiiiiitig ftwitridlerstand.•the ,excellence et, tile !highest
king of art ; arid' if , vitt make . such examples fairly accessible fe
students and profesebts, Mid to those fitted to take an intelligent in-
lireitliVilyhem,'yori havislonh all: theft it is poSsible to effeut.. ,What the
i dal' Will.atgaigt be erected on the Kensington Gore ,xite is
a hitkilS? eertitite;" but the deciiion of the House--tumweountable as
cd
V kiit-..ill'hrtie the effect of delaying all proceedin,gs for an, in,
thiftlictetime'?' I 're 'Mil* the public ought-to take the subject up, and
*At on something being done promptly.

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THE RETURN OF THE GUARDS.
go ! greeting for the brave loud and voiceful as the wave
That hath brought thpni,tr.) the silver-circled strand,
For the hearts that never quailed, and the hands that never failed,
For the noblest and the truest of the land.

Scarce thirty moons have passed since rang their stirring blast
On the streets that were throbbing to their tread ;
Then around wore trembling sighs and brightly-brimming eyes,
And hearts that seemed breaking as they bled.
Like a banner scorched and torn that hath gallantly been borne
O'er the bloody surging billows of a fray,
Like a scathed but stately oak that bath braved the levin stroke,
So comes that war-worn Legion on to-day.

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Oh ! some lie cold and still on the hero-haunted hill
Where Alma ripples downward to the main !
And some have found a rest upon Inkermann's dark crest,
Incarnadined with life-blood of the slain !
Then fling the blazon out, then raise the triumph shout,
For those whom we once again may see ;
And like a beacon-flame be the memory of their fame
To the hearts of the fearless and the free !

WHIGS IN A. DIARY.
A PAGE FROM THE JOURNALS OF A LATE POET, EDITED BY AN
EXTANT LORD.
JUNE 11.—To Bowood. Walked with Lord John Russell. He ex-
pressed to me his conviction that the country was in a bad way, and
that the people were losing what he cleverly called their " landmarks?'
He had himself received an impertinent answer from a chambermaid
in the course of the week, and some miscreant had written " No
Whigs" on the Duke of Bedford's garden wall. I endeavoured to
make him see that these were isolated cases, but he was melancholy,
and said he feared that he should scarcely be able to save the country
Lord L— kind as usual. Talking of the French Revolution, Lord
John said that one good Whig would have preserved France from all
the horrors of the period.* Sang " The Little Man "to him.
15th.—Lord John writes me word that Sydney Smith does not in
the least understand the questions he deals with, and that Sydney's
reputation is entirely due to the real knowledge and habits of logic
which he acquired in conversation with himself. Wrote back, advising
Lord John to fulfil his promise of composing the book which he says
no one could execute so well as himself, namely, a " History of the
World."
22nd.—The Duke of B—, I find, thinks Napoleon an inferior
man, and says that, if Lord John had been a soldier, Napoleon would
have been defeated in far less time than Wellington did it. Lord
John thinks that, had the Duke of B— been in Castlereagh's place,
Napoleon would have seen himself so completely outwitted in policy,
that a military struggle would have been avoided.
23rd.—To the Hollands, and in the course of the evening
broached the above Napoleonic theories as my own. They were very
well rived, but Lord Holland evidently thinks that Lord John's
insuperable modesty will ever be a barrier to his taking the place to
which his genius entitles him.
24th.;--kt Bowood : a dinner party. We talked of the want of
high and' tornriniuding talent iu the present day, especially in the
political-world, and we wrote each down separately the names of the
only men who, we thought, could fairly be called great statesmen.
When we came to compare notes we found that. all the names were
those of our own party, there and then assembled. I had thought of
adding Canning's name, but was not sure how it might be taken.
25th.—Lord John offered to walk with me, and he talked as we
went along with all his usual manly frankness. He said that the
country was drifting to the devil (which I do most potently believe) ;
and that—, and —, and —, were no more fit to be Ministers
than so many old women. He said that he should step forward when
his time came, put up the helm, and try to avoid the breakers ; and I
think he was pleased at my quoting the Oriental proverb : " It is
always time when a great man is ready."
26t1L.--A. visit from Lord Morpeth, who has always been pleased
to show "ride an extraordinary countenance. Read some of my last
things toliim, and he pulled out some poetry of his own, and, with a
little coaxing, read it. I told him I would give all I ever wrote to be
the author of those effusions ; and I think he was pleased with the
little tribute, which he evidently felt was well deserved. Lord John
thinks that Morpeth, had his poetical genius been developed, would
have thrown Byron into the shade. Perhaps this is going rather far.
27th.—What a noble fellow is Lord Althorp. He said the other
day, " I hate trouble, but for the sake of seeing such men as Lans-
downe and Russell in office, by I would be Clianceilor of the
Exchequer, or Lord Chancellor either." The devotion of the real
Whigs to their country is something quite chivalrous.
28th.—Letter from Lord Holland, who advises me to write an
" Annus Mirabilis " for the present year, and is good enough to give
me some hints. The fact that the Whigs were nearly in power, he
thinks, would offer a splendid picture—Britannia, struggling in the
waters, has all but reached the rock of the Constitution, on which
I meant myself, of course.—ED.

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Russell, Grey, and the others are steediegrivAdime-040-4010lasdar--
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but she misses them, and sinks.
29th.—Lord John Russell says he is not a great orator.* Surely
he must have been joking. Lord L— says that he reminds him of
what Demosthenes must have been, but the Duke of B— thinks him
more like Cicero. However, two things all agree in, namely, that inti:lT
the Whig body is the only hope of the na,tioo,4, ,1401099App.d.1414 bib
. ,_
dear Lord John is the present spea mundi.
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• I never said anything so untrue or ridiculous.—En. .
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Joti 1-I'o)Orifs
FROM " THE LETTER-BAG OF ,T t:,
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(This fragment was picked up on Wednesday night by a watchman lathe Liverpool DOl6Oll A
I'm fit to bust • • . - • •:turoirle
At Ed'ard Cust, ~ Jilt `Oll.-,u L•v 1,5111 n 81
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He's thawed up me and Dallas ,:no vinefipirriaii .to"
Darn him! But wait, 177trrtryt 9d 111 w inesertg

And I'll relate rruur 9dl in tiirde)l• oifF -
What fell out at the Palace: ;If.( xi,Fl el

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'Twas pumkina! some ! • .• 'et „_
° t• ''4cie4lllth'ilitt•
When the news come "iv.'" 1, u" "911'l'a
That Crainpton, that old figger, I'lto in" ell) "vie')
Had got the sack, • i.(11 e:t
And was sent back, • ; .",i(tr" 1-'ll- wlo4
The everlastin' nigger. ' 110(11i '14.1111 al"if
tlsi ii !Oftt;O:‘,lli Jim 11 -si.sd
It made me larf, •I ilt.q.d•isyss vldiess,q nu:,
Old Marcy's chaff, t lit &um buts Hi"
'Bout listin' sojers lawful ; •
t•sit hits ,r..ii•lssios
They kaowed we did it, '.•'/e•tro'nul4ii,.444ol.•,l.lSli
But then we hid it—' pectilstel.
At that the coons swore awful. rfl ~.,„ siujus„p 314/1.0/
And then that swag lo .Of AI
About our flag • rratin, •
'Twas nice : there's no denying 'l,fr• •
Them stars and stripes
Was as bad as gripes
To the darned old British Lion. --
Of course D. thought • •filis tsUsirt
He'd done with the Court, As fists
,itsflac,i
And tied up his toothbrush and slippers;;•uo .0 lo hies
I guess it's a fact is', ii giatnevemar
We were booked and packed
In one of the Yankee clippers.
We were giving the slip
To the British ship,
When Clarendon—what d'ye think?—
To settle the rout, is'
Chucked Crampton out,
Like Jonah, to swim or sick. •
ts,
1.1-itnir Pitt Jim
That acted like ile
On the national rile, :„„ntitnjni,ymnboom.
And quieted me and Dallas; deka
Says I, ill be -.; rT, fins hfuoit ,tflartoo
At the Queen's Levee, !iss•ros.ci Ilitth
If you'll take me along to tho.l.34o,capi,
Says he, we'll go ! colt-sails
Now, Boss, you know ••11 --IN P 7 irtimgorD
That coat with the buttons 29itito8
Tie and pants to match •• fi1.5057V1 Ciullask
(Excepthe a patch), ,• s shit !Lid azi toisritt
And the vest with thelailer liniasta Pd
r• 1 • • .17f:1,12n ns itoilqnste i(rft
„ I thought it right, . ..,•1 • • • •
To be smart and bright,. 4' 'I u°
Jute binon ~Llaqq.
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So started that first-rate fixing
And a fresh-cat nniai L 114411" Vd frirsoepisse•
sarrmi zri tmetsili stiT .Ji bitoxed'
In my hat I slid• ~ ailli no lau fil,o
crow ITOI'
rd
As we with the crow mwth, .- -
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Oh, carnal tht Ul •1119 A Xi:Ul Jl .1i 51CiblItI9Y
Oh, rage and wrati4ll•—ivi,4 &jib vii! 9w Mfg :I,,iff&
Spite of my smile puirloefd, .fstile4t svensvl4-41,,'.) stf*
Spite of my vest, : iNistscts
And all the rest, • • :tr,,toti ri7oo wft Tea,
Says Cust, with accents apitefal..9p, A 4:1191-it
"That aint costume !" noifienqqo
We both did fume, 1"11iiN B;l?9Ane "i
But couldn't git up stairs; 's7te JW1911319 -I"in
Were sent ontsidOw tarot 9no v•iws sA
And home did ri4eipisoisc.;i4dom s.P.Aspoos set
Darning all British air". Pa iinw b9ilgtitra v11a..;1191r
, . Just tell old Pierce .-171"H-"J8 uitifos bsis•i•Lin
akkl 7g;,..90
To rile up fierce,
sw itooa 91)6A•iold
And summon an " indignatiOteli
Shall a Yankee am tosons.s POItiftRUJI 914
Cut his coat and tie ssi 4nntlgie4i.
To the will of the British haled? woH noisalos:ocf
4 —ltuvel.4 ► .1110 lo ses
.D. has just been of rsn
To sec the Queen, !I Eli n 414 1 Ilk
Who said, not stiff' nor sarey; 'th as L'iri4i4" 8 QeMla
That she hadn't knowledge Juusi 1401074 TO
I came from a college— silos
Just mention that to Marcy. ;J"

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