The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-18 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1858.

We are a very busy folk, and our House of
Commons with all the business of the country
resting on its shoulders ought to be busy indeed ;
but, the busier we are the more we need a little
pastime by the way—" All work and no play"
makes old boys as well as young ones rather dull.
All of us, therefore, and our senators as much as
any of us, will have our sport in some shape.
Boxing and cock-fighting have long lost the coun-
tenance of men of legislatorial rank, but both these
and horse-racing which survives in all its glory,
cannot be enjoyed on the floor of the House. Nor
could the performance of tournaments, if Lord
EsurNroN could revive them, find accommodation
in the House itself. Our senators, therefore,
wisely contrive to have every now and then a
regular senatorial fight, or race, or boxing match,
or tournament, according as fancy may please to
regard it. A contest purely for the contest's aake.
Nothing in the way of business is expected from
it. It is made to look like business, as the mailed
knights with their spears looked like real com-
batants, but no harm is meant. The prize is not
to carry any practical motion, but to see who can
lay about him best with the weapons of political
satire and sarcasm, raillery and repartee.

Such a tournament of modern Civilisation came ' into unreasonable subtlety or astuteness. As
off in glorious style on Monday night. It was a Mrs. GLA.ssE authoritatively announce; the first
capital fight. The hon. member for Dover, after thing to be done is to " catch your hare." Now
a long, hybernation in office, name forth almost as that has not yet been done. In the eye of the
fresh for his work as when he was the
mbar for Middlesex ; his rou h popular English law, Dr. BERNARD must still be considered
tae
g— and ready !as innocent. He may have been on terms of in-
t°,2zle, silent so long, seemed quite at command ; i timacy with ORSINI, may have relieved the pecu -
atrzotnoiatthehtedarzs it must have seemed as if his an- niary wants of Rrnio and his wife, but it does not
confbssed that the h.nce at all ; but it must be therefore follow that he was c3gnisant of
did better in the same hen. member for Bucks never their cri,ninal designs. It will not bo suf-
BERNAL OSBORNE was no.Yticleuhiti_m:, and if Mr. \ ficient to show that he know of the
completely foiled,
and
for
ever?
horsed, he was order for the " infernal machines," unless
thrust received thoroughly aware of the sanguinary purpose for
another.
the hold
deraand. which they were intended. He might have sup-
Mr, OSI:ORNE rode into
they were to be used in Italy. If so,
thg posed that
Of \I Itasiznrnoulidu etztainly net be held amenable for their
from Mr. Drsiltimr, a declaration of the polled./
itia.lo
anita lei Lepelletier.
the new Government, and to work he Went to
show that the House had a right to know the I,
policy of a new administration, and by a well con- first must be raga:deaf.
wzahaoysiebielaitinfeoo,ext::::iilniacetedt,e.rw.hTohaes \
trasted exhibition of the diverse views of the new evidence, unless eot,firula,ii.
le! entitled to bat little ,w 4
_ev.ery respect, can
Ministers, showed that no policy could be deduced
is the
wife of the approver,
was trembling
frona their known sentiments. Mr. DIS3AJLI
in the balance at the very moment when she
received all his adversary's well aimed
thrusts, and as coolly said to himself—get our ,came forward with the fresh evidence, which c,_
d the cLuirgsfropa one:of misdemeanour to it.
policy °At of me if you can—you thought to catch Torte