New-York daily tribune., 1856-05-24

=. 6o-o;cn cnunt"-possibly with name more
Iustriens than that Of two-thirds Of our peerage.
your Mr Dallas made most admirable apnpar.
.,re t'other night, at the Literary Fund The
most popular authors here are on bad terms with
it-cOpJlsnlng that their class is excluded fr,yn
il. MANAGEMENT. But there was gOodly show
there Of men Of weight, if not Of wit Mr.. Dallas
alluded to The spread of American literature in
England-a fact to which !, as literary man. am
able to bear my testimony LOngiellOw, Has-
fhorne and Zoe are constantly turning up in ed-
tlons, IN periodicals., and in music shops. Nor is
the sale OF American books confined 10 men so
FAMOUS; but reprints appear pretty frequently OF
the ordlhary books current from your presses. /
wish Macaulay (whose name appears among the
stewards Of the dinner in question: had been
present-as a friendly speech from him on the
general relations between the countries would
have had good effect. But 1 can account for his
absence from several reasons. Not only is his
health afflicted by asthma, and his distance con
siderable Che has moved out to the suburbs 10 avoid
bOres) but his name has lately been before our
public in disagreesble way. Ills hostility to the
Quakere-eydent a. ever in the last two volumes
has vastly provoked the body. and people have
been writing 10 the papers, sayiBg that his mater
nal grandfather Thomas Mills "a bookseller in
BristoD, was Quaker whom the Quakers dis.
owned. Hence, is the cry Mr. Mscsulay's ami
mus sgainst the Quakers! Literary journals re-
peat the story, though have not seen even the
facts prored: and given the facts, it would still
remain to prove the inference. But il is annoying
enough to have the story going about; and Macsu-
lay is not the kind of man 10 like the world TO
know that he is the grandson Of tradesman
should not be surprised if he stayed away from the
dinner in consequence of this eyent-the event
itself does not surprise me- for he is an arrogant,
cold, tuft. hunting kind of man, who makes the
common mistake here of fancyng that to mix
with the aristOcracy makes one an aristocrat
This was the secret OF poor Tom MOOre's want Of
sympathy with his brother authors. The two las;
volumes ofhis "Diary" are just out, edited in the
usual bungling manner by Lord John, and give Il
melancholy mixture of piquant gossip, pecunsry
trouble, seHity and decay MOore's fame has
been seriously damaged by the Diary though
the boeb Itself will be useful to students of the
periOd Ills funkcysm OF the Hollands a9
ie calls them, is ludcrous. lie seems to have
thought them high nObiesSc though Lord Holland
WAS descended from fOOtman, and Lady Holland
was demirep and dirorc(e.
Our greatest philosopher, Sir William Hamil.
ton died at Edinburgh Oh the 6th. There ended
its human career (howevcT little the general pub
lie know it) one OF the finest minds IN endow-
nent and accomplishment OF all this age Sit
William was the head of a branch OF the great
Hamitons-a race that produced more feeble
heads and more clever branches than most houses
Of renown He leaves no successor-l believe,
indeed. no secOnd-among our students OF Phlos
ophy.
Our May has begun in the coolest, bleakcst way
yoB can conceive. ! write with fire in the room
at this moment-the heavens are full ofclOuds-ahd
only trust to avoid rain (fOr | am going out to
dinner after posting this,) from knowing that it is
cold and windy l saw the Lord Mayors coach,
Yesterday, in Pail Mall, as he was returning from
presenting nn address to. her Majesty and tue
rumbling, gaudy, glariug enormous tub Is enough
TO make Il man revOlutionist. London is plac-
srded with bills advising people against illumna-
tons on the 29th But people will always 90 10
show, aud we are promised some fine fireworks.
So our anonymous friend must be content to know
that neither crowds nor fireworks will prove tina.
the peace is popular. Ministers are burking the
fact that there is not even peace in the large
seEse since Russia is bent on subduing the eau.
cssus bow that sbe has perfect leisure. 1t is
amusing to The Times pOohpoohng this, aside,
now that IT is committed tOa satisfactory Con the
whole) peace, aud that il has no longer chance
Of threatening revolutions as consequence OF
mismansgemcnt. As for Pain-when the Cauca-
sus comes before Parliament, he will give us joke
about Arurat and the Ark Pam is u lively old
h-inb-g. The sOlemn humbugs like Grunt of
The AdreriiScr and Co, tell us that Russia las
bought him, and 1 dare say, If You asked them,
would pretend to show the receipts.