The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1857-04-10

! hc i-oH!oh correspondent OF the Man
chester Guardian gives the following spirited
account OF the scene in the House Of Com
mons on the evening Of the Sd inst, NOR,
! strlin" contrast than the spectacle prescn!r.
10y the House at o'clock and at nidnicht
can be scarcely imagined. Rouu,!cll Pal
mcr began the debate The p,cli,cS from
an army co'nposc' Of four generals and three
(>"nc say tw"l private s"!,Iicrs. The nfii
GERS are Grahaln Gladstone Sidney Herbert
amt Hunn'lrli Palmer, and they aI al,i,cs.
scd the House on the China debate. The
honorable at.d learned nlc,nhcr for PIvrlouth
Is chan,"ry lawyer in great practice and
addressed himself To the legal ,cchnicali,irS
OF the case with much ingenuity. The
House WAS tnlcrably fall at 5 o'clock, and
; members remained until Mr.. Palmer sat
down. The lluuSc then became nearly emp
~, and when Mr.. Henley declared ta, h,,
had ''inurdrrrd' untold numbers OF pcr>or,
ut Canton, the House might have been
counted o1t for there were not thirty mcm
brrs present.
Eut the library, the rcsrcSlmcnt rooms,
Tie smoking room, the tea room, and the lob
bics were crowded and Mr.. IIaytcr and
over this man, sounding that, urging To- thos,:
w!'"~c seats w.'rr d",lh,lul the Inconvenience
OF 4 di>>rIu'"n "i l';rli;:nrn in the Sprit.r
OF tie year, an'l every now am hen :l,>Lil!y
INT" the !:tl'. room app,op'; to The pat
ioEaT" Secretary To rcgi>tcl go. any
d"nhi;ul member whom the. .ccccdcd
i'll "hagying." To the nu injuries
addressed To linn as I" the r,>u.. Of the di-
vision, MIR. liaytcr returned hopeful replies !;
but aS the evening wore on his cuutltr,!lncc
became "rcanNuus. Members Of the most
opposite politics were discussing i'll group,
the policy ard probable rr>;lll of Il general
election. Everything denoted that Great
events were AT hand. The honorable mem
bcrs for Little Pcdliinyton am! MulIIchor-
"nsi. who were chatting, smoking, p,rizxiny
ll"yy:rr AMI Specializing upon ",Johnny's lit,
Tie @ain",' were within the next two hours
to supply snmc future Nacaulav with an ..x-
citing rl'"r'cr for his history OF i:n-!and
Within the House, the few nlelnbcrs who
remained '!i>cc,lc, IL significance in Bcrnal
O>h"rn"s speech. Whatever the mlminis-
'r;tion is i'll jeopardy the horor.bl. member.
mindful Of tn" hu>'ing>, and tia, he repre-
senls popular constituency, makes u rough
show .! independence. Las, hight he. Lord
iainers'on,, Secretary to the Admiralty.
took occ:'>i"n to say, Il differ from the no
bic lord Oh nany points ,iii!rr from the.
course ie took the other evening" ("u Lock.
Kings mn';rn.) The rats were DESERVING
the sinking ship.
About ~ O'Clock tie House brYan to fill.
Members came away early from evening par
ties. lhc white wal>tcuat is now IL ,Ilium Of
the past, AM Gentlemen in the evening al
tire can only be distinguished from clergy
men by the 'loud' tic otihcir white cpkcr<.
Foreign Ministers and attaches dropped in.
he i'iusSlan Minister Coun. Won l;vrnstorif
has been an as>hlunuS attendant upon the
Commons debates this session, ari We have
never lad an American Minister who watch
ci with such rn"rosSing interest the pro-
ccc'iing, OF the British Senate as Mr. Dallas.
!'rr'. ll.: been but one draw back to his keen
enjoyment of the strife Of parties, and ,l,a, S
the absurd i,nctuai,y with which the En-
ba*sil"r for Ilay,i enters the iip1n,nalists'
gallery when the venerable American Min
lister Is there, or is expected. The lla:licn
is "God's in,a.rr cut III ebony" az / Mr.. Dal-
las instinct TO giv: him the widest possible
berth. a"l la" '!,'a>urc wl,c. nur :,liv ,s tI:,
w""!!y har and Wilt: .ccl!. evidently has in
making he Aucrican sensible that, here in
t"g!and at least, they meet on terms OF so.
cal equality, supply no lille all.,isrlrcu, to
III" haf'i;u'n~ o. The l!nu>c
prcscmtI, il.r runor runs that ''l!c Lords
ar" mp" Lpr'i Derby comes into the Peers
I,.rr a., a, ~ 4
his party move, and to see how many re-
cru''S j":nSth" mnlinccrS Of his camp. Talk
about the excitement Of gaming. Clarlc,
James Fox lid no, come into office early
enough tfpar'i"s had been nearly balanc-
cd in his day, and l,csbad becn always on
the threshold Of Office, the throw of the dice
would have been a feeble and ignot,lc aoita
ton compared with the shifting chances and
varying fortunes OF the noble game Of poll
ties.
Then Iii, Royal IIyhncss the Duke of
Cambridge enters the Peers gallery or the
opp ,s'le side to Lord Derby. His Roval
liIghn"ss should be, Of all men, interested in
this debate for if the Ministry escape the
mpcnd'ngsdcfrat upon China, their next
great ba''le will be for the army estimates :
and if they 20 out, any other Chancellyr Of
the Ex'h"qnsE vii il.s 81. down the cxpsddi-
turc Of the VA depaft,nontfswi!h ruthless
hand. Lord MontSagls, Eord Ovcr%,onc,
General Fox, the vShcfsbls Marqdis Of Laus,
'lswpee Lord WeusIryaalc, aud the Bishop
Of 0xfcrd, were among the other spectators
The body Of the House WAS now crowded to
excess ly members and those who could
not find seats betook themselves TO the gal.
leries. The members gallery opposite to
MIR. Gladstone was especially filled for every
one expected great Grafton from that right
honorable gentleman, and they were not dis.
appointed.
Some of us felt certain that Gladstone
was studying Lord Derby's speech in the
House Of Lords. with the intention of sup
cradding higher rhetorical impressiveness
TO his avn clear aud persuasive method
We were not deceived. II the attempt was
not entirely successful, it shows that the
right honorable gentleman desires to OBJ
tam that rhetorical mastery over tile passions