New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-23

uIder the preteXt thAt DIS eAtnsion Oh tDe nou'c-
tax and Of the general area Of direct taxation WAS
10, il harmony with Wing and Peeli'e principles
Of .ound political economy The vote, howev'r
WAS in reality carried BY the Irish Brigade, whose
n otiyes a. il we'll known, are Of far less t1eo-
r,tcsl nature: and even the 80 called Liberals
ard liberal Conservatives hsd to belle their words
BY their acts when they repeated in their own
budget nsuy Of DiTselis proposals and most of
bic arguments At all events, the Tories were
,urned out, and after some struggles aud frutless
attempts, this Coalition was formed, BY which,
according to The London Times England had now
arrived 'st the CONNER cement Of tue political
"u1lerpium." This mi lennium ls.ted exactly
two Years aud one mouth; ii ended 10 universal
defeat and disaster, aloid the general Indignation
Of the Brt.sh people. The very Times which in
suturated the reign o. "All the Talents' as a
millennium, was, Of all journals the oae which
contributed most toward its downfall
The Talents me. Parliament on the 10th Of
February, lcj3. They recited over again the
identical Wig programme which Lord John Rus
cell bad already once insugurated in ESQ aud
which had then very soon led to a ministerial
turn eut. As TO the main question, Parliament.
ary Reform, that was matter which could ma;
be thought of before next session" For the
present the country was to De satisfied with mi
nor, but more plentiful and more practical ad-
ulinistratye reforms, such as law reform,
railway -IeeplstioDs ard improvements In eiucs
ton. The retiromt mt of Lord John Russell from
the Foreign Office, where lie was replaced by
Lord Clarendon, was the first of the changes
which characterize this talented administration
and which all ended in the institution ofnew places
new sinecures, new salaries for ts faithful sup
porters. Russell was for time member Of the
Cabinet, without any function but that of Leader
of the House Of Commons, and without salary;
but be very soon applied for the latter 'om-
modify, and finally was elevated TO the style snd
title Of President Of the Council, with a god
round rum per anDum.
On the 9th OF February Lord John brought
in his bill for removal of Jewish Disabilities,
which ended In nothing, being burhed BY the
House Of Lords. On the ith of April, he fol.
lowed it up by his Educational Reform bill.
Both bills were as tame aud iDDocuous as could
be expected from Do Nothing Ministry. Mean
while, P,lmerston, In hi, position as Home
Secretsry, discovered the new gunpowder-plot
the great Kossuth. Hale rookie. affair. Palmer.
son, il will be recOllected, bad Mr.. H,le's
rocket factory searched and quantity Of
rockets and composition seized the mat
ter was made great deal Of, and when dis
cussed in Parlisment, on April ID, Palmerston
gave it still greater Importance by his mysterious
language. But about one point he used no mys-
teIy; lie declared himself the general nformer
Of the Continental police with regard 10 refugees,
quite as openly as Sir James Grahsm had done in
1si5, on the occasion of the opening Of Mazzini's
letters At last, however the affair hal to be yir-
tually abandoned by the noble nfOrmer, inssmuch
as NJ Hale could only be charged With having car
red on manufacture ofexplosye matter at an IN
lawful proximity to the suburbs of London and the
great plot for blowing up all Europe was reduced
TO simple, fnesole contravention off police regu.
lations
II was now RIssel's turn again. On May 81,
In a speech in the House he offended the Roman
men who had put him in Office
in such a manner that the Irish members Of the
at once resigned. This was more
han the strong Government could stand.
The support OF the Irish Brigade was the first
condition Of its existence, and, consequently,
Aberdeen, in letter to one of the Irish men,
Der., had to disavow his colleague, and Russell
had TO retract in Parliament.
The main feature of this session was the Eas.
India bill by which the Ministry proposed, with
out any material improvement of Indian govern.
ment, TO renew the East India Compsny's Charter
for tw enty years This was too bad, even for
,uch Parliament snd had to be abandoned. The
charter was 10 be reyocable by Parliament at a
years notice. Sir Charles Wood, the late bung
ling Chancellor of the Exchequer Of the Russell
{ abinet, now proved his capabilities in the Board
Of Control, or Indian Board. The whole of the
reforms proposed we're confined to few petty
alterations Of doubtful effect in the jldic, sys-
TEN. and the throwing open of civil employments
and the scientific military service, to public COM
petition, Butthese reforms were merely pre.exts;
the real GIT Of the bin was this; Sir Charles
Wood got bis salary as Presiden. of the Board Of
Control rsised from II 200 to $4,000; instead
Of p India Directors elected by the Company,
there were 10 be only L. six OF whom were in
the gift OF Government, an accession Of patronage
which was the less despicabe as the Directors
salares were raised from $500 TO 1900, while
the Chairman and Deputy Chairman received
II, eco. Not satisfied with this waste Of public
money, the Governor. General Of India formerly
lt the same time Governor of Bengal, WAS nowto
have separate Governor Of that Presidency IN
der him, while a Few Presidency. with new