New-York daily tribune., 1857-04-16

At the time We write this the din Of election
strife which, for the past few weeks. ha' re-
soundcd throughout the length and breadth o'
Great Britain. has no doubt been hushed, and the
curtain fallen on the contest If l-57 From tho
scanty returns received when the steamer left
of course unable to build up any positive calculation
of the strength Of the two or three contendihg
parties, but even those we have received. scanty
~ they are, are not in some instances without
deep significance. and 90 far to justify the fath
which from the commencement Of the contest
We expressed, that Lord Pamerston would have
in tle next Parliament good working majority
Golden Bright, Walmsey, Layard the sterne't
and bitterest Of the Premer's foes have already
fallen, and Lord John Russell who stood third upon
the poll for the City of London owed his escape
from defeat entirely to the memory of his past pot
ica services and to bis promises Of future good
behavior. Then one Of the ablest, and the only
champion Of the Peelite party who had taken the
field at the last account, Mr. Cardwcll, had
been cut down, verifying Palmerston's pleasant
prediction that " he feared he should not have the
pleasure Of meeting many Of those (Peelite) gen.
" tlemen again" On the whole, judging from the
returns already received, We should b. inclined to
give Lord PalmerstOn a gain on the election Of
fifty votes, which, counting on divi'iOn for one
hundred, will place him in that position Of absolute
dictatorship to which be is said to aspire.
Neither does il seem probable that the Premier
will be harassed by any formidable array of ability
from the opposition in his front or, what is still
more dangerous from his own followers in the rear.
Whatever the Premier may gain in numbers it is
evident the House of Commons will lose consid-
erably in character. Among the new names, we
look in vain for even a dawn of distinction or the
eeblest promise Of augt to replace the stern vigor
Of Bright, the calm, clear reasoning OF CObden or
the keen intelligence and financial ability of Card
well. There is not one tall ear in this whole new
crop of Palmerstonians. They ara all of the
Brown. Jones and Robinson school, doubtless ex-
cellent people in their way, but not especially fitted
for any higher duty than that assigned by Walpole
TO perfect member "to cheer, vote and hold hi'
tongue" Palmerston detests what are termed
rising men.
From the first we have not entertained doubt
Of that result which has now come to pass. 1t
required, indeed, no deep diyination or wondrous
insight into the English character to see its shadow
long before Pride is the strongest feature in the
English character-and of that pride ia lis most
arrogant FORM Lord Pamersten is the representa-
tive. He is essentially the popular pet, and has,
beth in personal bearing and mental character, all
that naughty puck which wins the English afec-
ton. With all the memories of the Alma and
Baaklava his name s identified, and his picture
hung, like William Pitts in other times, alongside
the sketches of the death Of Cathcart, and Of
Adams, or Sergeant Reilly arresting three Russian
soldiers, on every cottage wall. Every man IN
England thinks he knows him, looks proud when
he speaks Of him, and calls him with playful fond
,,os, 8. our por, u 4" d" - thar than
10 any strong conviction on the justice injustice
of the Chinese war, which is made the immediate
battlc-cry, that Lord Palmerston owes his VIC
tory. And We venture to predict that in the
counties, where prejudice has the largest and rea-
son the least sway, Lord Palmerston will find bis
greatest gain.
From the new House of Commons the Premier
has nothing to fear. There his reign will be abSo.
Lutte and undisturbcd 1t is from outside pressure
he nhs Ihost olIiicuI'! w oh'OlP"'o' VIC S"ou'u
have been far more inclined to predict for him a
long period Of official rule, had Messrs. Golden and
Bright and Walmsley and the other members Of that
school been permitted to find vent for their opinions
in the natural channel of Parliament, instead being
thrown upon the country to raise a new agitation
and stir up an anti.taSation war. In lSil Sir
Robert Peel had q larger majority than PalmerSton
will now have, and his reign promised to be as en-
during. His fall points moral that Palmerston
would do we'll to read.