New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-02
ruE MOVEMENT Is BRIrA.y.

A. the date Of our late news from Liverpool,
the gentlemen Of tie House OF Conmoos b,i
risen FIR grave and auxols recess. For
moment The voice OF Parliament 10 hu,hed; tbe
arena Of public life lie again lefs vacant for the
activities Of the Commons great riv1l, the never
aoj5urDiDg newspapers. II is more than two
months since the chef Of those newspapers pro-
clsimed the Bnti'b Cor stituiion TO be "the ss.
alike of our enemies and our A les;" two
mouth. since it said "the cold shade Of AtistOc-
"Iacy is over US all, and nothing cao grow up be
"rea'h its branches, ex ,ept iis off shoots The
present short moment OF suspense is opportnus
o. iLquiriDg whether silce then any practical
progress has been made in ihe direction indicated
By these sentiments
The British Constitution is cumbrogs aud
complicated machine, ard any notifications
thereof that are not radical OF revolutionary,
cannot be appreciated without an analytic com
prehen.ion Of the regular working Of the several
parts. Tie Press and public meetings are the
outside pressure Of the machines; they are the
democratic Fourth Estate Of the realm. In mat.
tiers legislative, this Fourth Estate presses upon
the obstructive House of Commons, aud the
House OF Commons, 10 its turn, communicates
pressure TO the more Obstructive House OF Lords.
Here the action ends, ss the Royal veto is. oJs)-
lete. In matters Executive, the pressure from
wi,hou. is exercised again, frat upon the House
Of Commons; that House a It's upon the Ministry,
and the Ministry acts upon the Crown. Here
the House Of Lords is left out Of account;
Ministry can disregard the Lords 50 long a. rs
Executive policy hss tbs confidence Of the Com
mons. The Fourth Estate, it 10 true, is frequently
brought TO bear directly upon the Ministry, aud
this especially when Parliament is not sitting;
and once last autumn it addressed itself directly
70 the Queen ard her consort; but We have given
i,s mos: remote and tortuous operation as a
simpler and more direc. process will then explain
itself. TIE present crisis Of British affairs turns
entirely upon matters Of Executive admas ia
lien, and the Government machine need be
viewed in this sphere and under this aspect
alone.
Fret, then, as regards the Pre,s aud the House
OF Commons. When Mr.. ROsbuck carried bis
Committee of Inquiry the House wished 70 re-
gard. as simply vote Of censure on the Aber-
deem Ministry, but in the interregnum tia. fol-
loved the Press advanced its position and de-
msIded that real inquiry shO1li take place. so
when Paluerston came before the House q. the
head OF bis reconstructed C,bine. and dOanng
the character Of Richard the ID, uttered these
gracious words, lie: me be your leader-I Will
" be your Committee, hstHouse less confding
than Wat T,ler and biz followers, because
driven on by pre,ure from without, refused to
sbaudon their demands. This decision toppled
down Graham ard Herbert and Glads one. In
Mr.. GlsdstoDes Observatory address Oh this occa-
sion, be declared that out OF the fifteen men
nomiDsted OF your Committee, eleven are
either overly or coverty opposed to IL. Had
"we the protection Of the bAllo. in thi. House l
know the decision OF the Hoase would DO differ
"en.." Protection from what The Editor Of
The London Times was looking down from the
gallery above, ard exercising silent terrorism
upon the honorable members belOg. Tell it not
in Gath That naughty Parliament, so long the
financial and judicial prosecutor Of the journals,
is now trembling before them, and sighiag after
the privilege OF iecret voting. This is another
French revolutionary precedent, enacted by
French-reyoutien-h hating Britain. The House of
Lords, which cow lies like useless old hulk in
the lee Of tie Houie Of Commons, puts up al