New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-04-29

tactics j., which previously. he was supposed 10
have transcribed his contemporaries. Bat we
must submit patiently 10 the good The gods pro-
vide" and even when il IS little satura;ed with
evil we can more fully appreciate the merit OF that
cardinal virtue-reslsnsuon
Discussions continue as 10 row the Tariff viii
fare il the Lords. TIE opinions OF some 500 meui
bers OF that House are asceriaIued. Il Is said and
they are nearly equally balanced; but the views CT
some 20 more are osciiating. pon these the fa;e
OF the measure and OF the Government depends
II i asserted. with good deaof confidence BY the
advocates of the Tariff that majority of a: leas,
25 will affirm The bill but that some amendments il
committee may endaDger lis existence. There Is
still much speculation aaoai the subject for. in
ruth II one respecting hch the tendency 70 COS
sin is almost irresistible We sill incline TO the be
lief thst the Peers will pass the Bill but il would
be useless 10 conceal the fact ihat much epprehen.
sion exists respecting It's ultimate fate. Betwixi
the cup aud the lip'-the proverb Is somewhat
n1stv II is underiable, nevertheless tina. 3 great
national question which bears upon the pecuniary
interest OF every man in this country. and many
of il. is not raised By lis importance, above the
vcissitudes that attend upon more ordinary matters.
Railway speculation Is the evil senius-the cu-se
OF the age Il taunts Members OF Parliament and
holders Of scrip: follows them ike their shadow.
oppresses their dreams in sleeping and nladders
their brains awake. Its monster 700 unwieldy
TO cope with 100 strong 20 be put down II has ab-
sorbed the finances of the country. and ruined men
who were as rich rs Croesus Sir Robert Peel COW
e-s in its presence and tacitly acknowledges him
self paralyzed its power. Projects the most vi
sioua-v scheme the most futile. have been devised
10 keep !, within bounds Some urge the Govern
nent to buy up at once all the lines with which the
country is gridironed and work them for the ma
,ional benefit. the proceeds from which, they say,
would pay off the national debt Bat the difficulty
is not with the completed but the projected lines;
and the pressure has al length become intoerabe
that the InultiIudinous parliamentary committees
have suspended their aoors. They could go
longer-they broke down en- nasse. The unfortu-
mates who compose these Committees are to be
pited they are the ghosts of speculation visiting
the gimpses OF the rail in perurbed agony, without
au aim or an object. But they are TO have respite
until the eth and may in tine mean time, get into
flesh. Ii is an extraordinary fact that the momenta
railway company obtains an act. lis shares become
valuecss Extracting sunbeams from cucumbers
is no; greater physical impossibty at the present
moment Than raising funds from the holders In most
of the ephemeral specuations of the day and Par
lament seeing its time thus wasted TO no purpose,
seems bent upon throwing up its functions in dis
gust bill is 10 be introduced after the recess, 10
enable majority Of the shareholders in scrip CON-
panes 10 insist upon the directors winding up their
affairs and dividing their funds-a pleasant opera
ton. provided there are funds to divide.
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