New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-01

Having thus disposed OF the small fry, and Ia que
obedience to the bards summons,
Let fan tAy blade on vulnerable eTests,"
! turn abruptly 10 the British Parliament, Whch
has again appeared on the scene Of the worid. A.
we are 70 believe the French wsg who sad. "a
parem,Ht est IN lieu on Ton pare Il r7ent, we snah
hear speeches and lies enough The Tunes news
paper asserts that eoquence Of Use IN England.
At all events, there is not much of il now curren ~
the country. If that want could induce individuals "
remain silent, We should be very well saus1ed;
but unhappily, every Engishman is inclined 70
speoch-makiug, aud all We derive from II Is listen
ing 10 uneloquent adopts of specialization. Tue
Cabinet Of course, is very fond of short harangues'
especially Of the monosyllables aye and No, !he
Ayes having the preference. For the remaining
business, Lord Palmerstons organs say to the he"
members, Ike the witches TO Macbeth,
Hear bis speech, bu, say thou nausht"
The death of the lamented Duchess Of Gloucester
has given to British loyalty, or rather snoolsul'
fresh and welcome opportunity for an ostehV.uouS
display. II is certainly not III the least my lh'eh
ton to say ANYTHING disrespectfu tO the memory OF
the departed lady. Precisely because she was al
tos ether unknown, | believe her to have been en-
lowed with many precious qualities, IN aecoru'
ance with the SAYING that the best women are those
of whom nobody speaks. But how the departure
Of Duchess Of eighty years old, OF whose very
existence three.lOurths at least Of the nation We're
totally unaware, become a matter oil deep
mourning for whole people, we declare ourself uh'
able Ia understand Prince Albert spoke, 700,
at Manchester, Of the 'inscrutable DEGREES OF
Providence" as if the aye Of eighty-One was MOI d
natural period for diving. However that may be,
for whole week past the drums and bands OF
tie regiments remain silent the hshlon@oie
tradesmen put black ribbons on the elegant
bolnets in their shOp-windows, and none Dlt
black dresses are seen in the streets. We
J;epar.ouOlv Of tho fair half oi
kind but truly We can attribute this afectation OF
grief 10 nothing else except that tendency when
makes such great bores Of the majority OF English
men. namely, "gentity." The aristOcracy mOurns;
therefore the m0neyOcrscy 1iH mourn and all the
snobs must mourn, and the usual Nlctorolatry
crowns the whole. Was the ungalnly SAINT Eyre
mond right when he called women des condolences
doMiction9 Let us comfort ourselves with the
thought that every one has his peculiar hobby, or
as the Germans say roughly
.'Jedwedem ist hienedeu,
Sem Esel uud sein Sack bechielen,
I'm ODER vie i'm Uuterhaus'
Every man has his donkey and his bag in the Upper
and the Lower House,
Passing now TO the Art Exhibition at Manches-
ter il is an event Of which every citizen may well
be proud in the country which has witnessed the
first industrial exhibition Of all the united nations.
An undertaking which has brought together ooVo
works Of art, viz, l,09S pictures of ancient mas
tiers. 65s modern pictures, 337 portraits 800 pc
tures in water cOlors $50 engravngs and ~
SCULPTURES cannot be too highly spoken Oh In
gland proves that her collection Of art treasures
incxhaustible, and masterpieces are here eAhoiIed
of whose existence the most learned cOnn0isseur
WAS unaware. There are c. g. portraits by
Vundyke which have never been mentioned in any
catalogue. The true lover OF the beautiful VIII
scarcely if ever, find again such favorable 0pp0rtu-
nifty for Judging OF the progress and development OF
English painting, for admiring the portraits of the
great men whose names adOrn the annals OF Great
Britain, for studying OH one spot the chronological
history Of the fine arts in England from the middle
ages down to the present day. As feel for the
present unable to add anything TO the descriptions
gwen by all the English newspapers, l had better
abstain altogether from the attempt
The inauguration has naturally offered welcome
occasion for oratorical display We arc afraid to
reckon the number of speeches which poor Prince
Albert was sentenced to hear i'll single day.
When every municipal artistical, mechanical in
dustral and commercial official in Manchester
had completed his irksOme task the proceed
ing was renewed at Stafford. II one takes
tap. say the French, one cannot take too much
of it. Henry ". Of France was also once
condemned to official harangues, and got so weary
that when at last kind OF alderman sd-
yapced IN his turn and began, when Alexander
the Great entered the City of Bsbyon, the King
interrupted him with the exclamation, My good
man. when Alexander the Great entered Babylon,
he had dncd snd i should be glad to do the same.
How lucky il would have been for Prince Albert il
such proceeding were constitutional in England.
! can merely mention that the exhibition OF the
works of the late painter Delaroche has been
opened at Paris and must now pass from art TO lit
erature leaving the London opera fer future
letter.
A German newspaper Of New-York, the ". Y.
Stats Zeitung, announced. on the faith OF CORE
spondent that the democratic review which is
published at Hamburg. under the title OF Dis
Jahrhundert, was started by Dr. Arnold huge, the
well-known philosopher and reyolutlonst, once
member of the Parliament of Frankfort, now an
exile at Brighton This statement Is erroneous
the periodical in question having been founded by
committee of liberal merchants, who manage II 10
the present day. DR.. Ruge was, indeed, an active
contributor aud the best articles on speculative pol
tics were from his pen; but he has not only broken
OF AL cCiBection with the publication, but Is even
already attacked by other writers VINO joined the
review especially by the communist and maierialst,
NJ. Hess The acute logican has in these last years,
declared himself the great champion OF ideallsH,
and waged most formidable war, both IN Ameri-
can and German papers against "Materiallsm ana
its adheTents, who, IL use his own expressions
make use Of language III order 10 aoollsh Tue
spiritual privilege Of man, just as men nave Al
"ways philosophical in order TO demonstrate the
" emptiness of philosophy" The managers OF the
Jahrhundert being rather on the SIDE oil the mate
riaEsts. Dr. Ruge withdrew his cooperation, being
convinced that this tendency corresponds with the
dreadful nfatuation for d" material interests the
great drawback of our time. He asks, Shall We
!" allow this madness to change Germany INTO mad
" house D.
la order to fight his enemy more Vigorously the
sharp metaphysician has resolved 20 revive phio,
ssphical and Literary periodical when was louiueu
by him in lS3.. and which contributed greatly dur
Inc FIVE v.ars ~ rouse tine public spirit IL Germany