Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-06-01
NUMBER 1863.
From the New York Times.
Sir Robert IngIis.

II Is strange and almost omnous, 10 watch how,
one upon another, all the old trees of England are
| falling. But last week the old beadle at the Bur.
iington Arcade "a favorite with the many Ameri-
| can travellers who stop at the Queens, in Cork
| street, went the way of all beadlehood This week
we have to record the death Of another kind old
| thing, Sir Robert lnglis. Though we love not the
old things OF England IL wakes, we know not why
strange sadness to have to record their ruin II
| seems az If In sorrow for the departure Of Eng.
lands glory, and the surrender Of that contempt
for the Frenchman, which, along with hatred of
| the Pope, were the earliest and strongest passions
| OF their heart, they had sunk and passed away
Frenchmen no longer wear wooden shoes, and the
Pope, as host OF converts tell, has penetrated
even into the sanctuary Of Professionalism, the Uni
versity Of Oxford
OF this stronghold of tho established church. Sir
Robert 1nglis has long been the favorite child and
most unfinchng champion. Every cluster Of moss
which gathered on her walls outside, as every abuse
which crasted her education within, were alike
dear to him. Reared in her beautiful old classic
halls, Sir Robert conceived love for Oxford which
to his last hour found no competing passion In his
heart. She was all in all to him. Though he never
carried away as q student those high distinctions
which are supposed to mark men for the repre-
sentation Of the university, his hour was not with
out some academic garlands, and he was specially
distinguished for his accurate knowledge and taste
fhl translation Of the Latin Poets On the feld in
the ring, and on the river his generous heart and
| hearty manner won him the affection Of ALL And
to the qualities Of the heart, more than those of
the head perhaps he owed the distinction of being
called to fill tho place of representative Of Oxford
| upon the expulsion Of Sir Robert Peel He had
previously sat for Dundalk and Ripon, both be-
| longing TO that class of small family boroughs
which fonrished before the reform bill. The first
was in the gil Of his Oxford classfellow, Lord
Roden; the second of Miss Lawrence, lady Of
large fortune; both patrons being of the stannch
Protestant and stand-still principles maintained by
Sir Robert Ingls from the cradle to the grave.
When Peel, who had been returned for Oxford
University as determined opponent of all Catho-
| lie concession, commenced, in the introduction of
| the emancipation bill, that career Of recantation
| which he afterwards brought to perfecting eli
max in the carrying out of free trade his treacbery
fell like shell upon the camp of Professionalism,
| filling its soldiers with wonder and dismay II had
been not many months previous that he had de-
serted Canning for his emancipation proclivitics
and 1t was some time, with the fact before them.
that, as in free trade, his followers would be brought
to believe the stab was inflicted by his Brutus
hand
But when the truth broke clearly on her vision.
Oxford, proud as she was of Peel, led like the Pa.
triarch of old, her favorite son to the mount and
offered him sacrifice on the altar Of her Injured
ascendency. From her towers she sent forth the
war cry of"No surrender" and, like Dogenes of
old, took up her lantern and went forth to find one
honest man for a representative. The choice fell
on Sir Robert Inglis, and trustier or more vigi.
liant sentinel Oxford has never found No privi.
| lege, no abuse, no monopoly of the Protestant
Church, no matter how monstrous, was ever even
hinted at, that Sir Robert did not throw back his
ears and lift bark. He was in favor Of Doctors
Commons and opposed to innoculat'on; and had
he lived In the days of Harvey and Calico, would
have cheerfully turned those innovators upon the
n thaf hap nd haa
tors and Professionalism, were the component ele.
ments of England's greatness. Those who read
| through the papers his fearful denunciations of
Catholicism and the almost inspired wrath with
which he denounced wo to those who "consorted
at the corners with the unclean one of Babylon"
were always astonished and amused when Sir Rob-
ert Inglls was pointed out from the gallery. In
stead of finding, as they anticipated, pale solemn,
serious looking man. they a rosy, genial, kind
ly old gentleman, sort Of polished Piclwck, full
of benignity and goodness, smiling blandly on all
around His bald head glistencd like an iceberg
in the sun, and on his cheek good living had left
| its luscious bloom. Sir Robert was always a two
bottle man. and few scanned more closely or ad-
mired more keenly pretty glittering ancle. His
love of flowers full Of poetic rapture and every
evening as he entered tho house. a beautiful came.
lia looked brightly from his button. In manner he
was courtly and courteous with much Of the sweet
| dignity of the old school. In n word, he was a
school, and when, two years since he bade fare.
well to the house, few were ever followed with so
sincere and lasting a regret. The stand ng orders
were suspended, and in eloquent words the House
Of Commons spoke of the old man who left Il full
of all that should accompany old age, love- ODE
dience, honor, troops of friends
Sir Robert was n bachelor and lived with a sister
In one OF the old places, Brunswick square, which,
true to his principle, he could not be induced TO
forsake for the fashionable and gorgeous quarters
| of the West End. In his old house, which was
covered with ivy, and made pleasant with the song
ofbirds, he lived like fine old English gentleman,
and died of fine old English malady, the gout
Personally he was loved by men Of all parties. Pc
liticaly, like NIL strong politicians he was hated by
many. But those few who still cling to the old
institutions Of England, when next they scatter
flowers upon the tomb OF Eldon, may spare leadet
and lay Il on the grave of Sir Robert Harry Inglis
WHAT THEY SAT- IN KESrTCKY.--The Louisville
Courier thus alludes TO the Virginia election:
Now, that the result is said to be ascertained.
we must remark, we did prior TO the day Of the
election, that the voice Of Virginia is measurably
uninfuential, and, consequence, her State con.
tests afford no indications Of the national prefer
ence, either North or South The Old Dominion,
like Ichabod, has been long joined to her idols,
and were 1t not sort Of flial reverence VIC have
for her. and all that appertains to her. we should
| wedlock. Virginia, az all know, never has, within
fifty years, cast her vote for any candidates or
measures other than Democratic. Il would re-
quire ten generations, and the strongest means Of
publication known TO science, to rid the blood Of
the Virginia Democrats Of political impurities
While, therefore, we regret that Sam, heretofore
20 uniformly triumphant has partially failed Of
success in Virginia, we cannot express any great
degree Of disappointment. II was not to be cx.
pected that the American doctrines would meet
with immediate favor in State that voted by
large msjorities against four Of the most gallant Of
all her sons when they were Presidential asprants
Virginia eschewed her noble offspring, Harrison,
Clay, Taylor and Scott She preferred in their
stead New York political fox, Tennessee law
yer, Michigan lifelong Office holder, and New
| Hampshire attorney. No wonder, then, that Sam
is defeated by people who we're disloyal to their
| own famous children, when all the rest Of the
| world shouted their praises. Still we cannot des.