The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-03-16
From the Carlisle Examiner
THE LAST NIGHT OF THE PALMERSTON
GARlNEr

SAblNEI.
MT. Miner Gibson is speakng-Ooking and sneak
my very much as he did when he used to meet il
up-Stalr rooms of back streets in the Strand Il
consult about war on the newspaper stamp laws
no one would mistake him for a Manchester man
winch he certainly is not thouoh q leader of III
Manchester Party. There is the leisureIv ease an,
quiet force OF the Eastcountry gentleman abou
nm, despite his long and close association with thu
!estiessly energetic men of the North His "tact'
Is proyerbial-and the fortune of the resolution h,
IS now supporting will make it historical See how
ms earnest but undemonstrative manner takes witt
the House, commanding the attention of ALL and of
lenalng the preludices of none
There is more cheering when he sits dournard
then there Is momentary hush; for the gentle
man at hls left-and who is none other than Mr.
brlght-rises to second the motion But o'clock
Is not the hour for orator to address the Honse.
and, moreover, Mr.. Bright will not vet risk his late
~ recovered health in the excitement of debate -
The next speaker is from the Ministerial bench
nlr' baines, son and brother of the great Leeds
journalists, but sadly fallen away from the ponular
! side. lie speaks but for a few minutes and soys
httie From the other side the table rises Mr. Wal
! Pole-with exactly the voice and manner of a poru
iif preacher before preaching made the test of
physical strength it now is. But he has the excel
fence so rare IN preachers, that of brevitv
! Sir g. Grey is up the instant that Walpole is
uoWn-and sets Off with rapid, energetic utterance
| to demonstrate that neither has the honor of the
country been sacrificed the liberty of the sub
lect attacked. But honorable members are too busy
oy this time, calculating how the division will 90
10 care about the ministerial defence; and thouph
| they sit out the Home Secretary's sneecb from 30
spect to the speaker, they flock off to dinner as soon
as he is done. Yet Mr.. Mcmahon, the Irish gentle
! man who, rising from back bench below the opno-
Slton gangWay Is so fortunate to be singled out
oy the Speaker from crowd, makes really inter
esung and important speech-a legal demonstration
OF the Sir Matthew Hale maxim, quoted by Miner
Ul1son that conspiracy is net to catch coves as
He refers to a number of law books in support of
MS assertion; and Sir James Graham is one of the
several who go out if to consult the authorities
IN IN the library. There is again sharp competition
Tor the Speakers eye, but Mr.. Byng gets it-per-
hIaps because he rises from the first bench behind
'the minister His speech is worthy of a better
pIace-worthy of Byng, and member for Mid
ueseX; FOR he says that having learned to love the
common law OF free England, he will vote for the
amendment " "
Another crowd of competitors-and this time a
loud raspng voice informs us that disagreeable Mr.
5Poone Is IN possession Of course, he goes for the
DILL as does also, after him. Lord H. Vane from
Whom more justly than said Cromwell of his name
sake-the Lord deliver us! At least dozen honor
able gentlemen start to their feet, and among them
a a iavorlte, who is greeted with cries of 'Peel!
reel Then there is a shout of laughter for the
Speaker has disappeared from the chair. to obtain
that brief substitute for a dinner which must he
sorely needed at 0 O'Clock
When he returns not Peel, but Bentinck is indicat-
ed, ana the pleasant-looking Tory member for West
Norfolk proceeds to differ from his leaders as he al
ways does when they do anything sensible Ben
tlnck down, there is again general rising but the
cries lor Feel are too strong to be unheeded: and
young ROBERT launches into series of indiscretons
that keep the House in rOars of laughter First he
speaks OF Mr.. NJ Gibson the ''late member for
ManGhester'-which is thOughta good joke, though
decidedly unparliamentary. Then he raises laugh
by his manner ofsayng EAIr. Bodkin-lawyer Bod
kln,-which is scarcely either jocose or gentle
manly.
Next he says Count Waewski was himself twen
W-lve years ago, member of revolutionary com
mlttee-and that Persigny and Baroche have chanU-
ed sides Better still, he rdicules the evidence on
which Mazzini and Ledru Ron, were found Gull
ty IN a French Court of conspiracy to murder and
SHOWS now the same evidence would convict Louis
Napoleon himself. Then he quotes the ascription to
Napoleon |. Of divine honors, which, he saws. with
evidently unconscious but not ineffective humor 81
think rather far fetched" From the addresses of
Louis Napoleon he quotes: ''Sire YOU are too fond
OF liberty! which convulses the House Then he
drops upon Lord Palmerston, as the mRoman citi
zen who allowed Engshers to 90 mad in Nea-
potan dungeon
To him succeeds the Lord -Advocate-an able man
but not a remarkably effective speaker Neverthe
less, he puts several points with a cleverness that
may prove damaging to the amendment But as he
winds up, there is hat removed that covers head
worth score of MOncrieiis. A hn male Somewhat |
worn man, sitting beside the stawart form of tha |
Netherby baronet and consulting the books they two
have fetched nhalf rises as the Lord Advocate sits
down. and instantly there is cry of ''Gladstone' |
No one ventures to dispute precedence with him
His first sentences show the acuteness of the skiul
debater-setting the last speaker at odds with him
self; the whole speech is that of a finished orator |
ana now the House enjoys it.. How the doorway !
and the galleries fill as the teleprapb has |
told the clubs who is up! Gentlemen in evening
dress come in, crushing their gibut hats under their
arms and lean over the rail to look and listen as if
they had really to make up their minds. 1t seems
impossible to vote against man who speaks so
wel-speaks such noble sentiments and such lofty
language. The "hear, hear" in cases like this
really means vocerous applause, shouted from side
to side of the crowded House. and cruelv aoitatino
the silent strangers.
The AttorneyGeneral was brave man to follow
after this. He gained kindly hearing bv referring
to recent iness but when he went on to argue that
the Oil was an innocent measure of law reform pre-
pared before the arrival of Walewsks dispatch the
House became listless and impatient. Mr. DIsraeli
restored it to attention and animation. He was
brief and not very brilliant-feeling, indeed that
now the majority was safe, n early So the least
said the better. But he uttered some telling SEN
tences, and concluded with terse defence Of the
amendment.
And now Lord Palmerston is on his feet-at half
past twelve having sat there since four and seeing
but too clearly his fate in the faces of the Oppos
ton. What wonder that he is hot and angry ? But
there was something more than excusable feeling in
the speech which was to close his Premiership. The
language was bad enough-the reckless statement
and the vindictive personality. But the tone was
far worse-the tone Of rage with gestures to match
Such an exhibition the oldest members could not
recollect and the Youngest could not brook
Cries of Question" q Order and 'sTime -
cries very rarely uttered while a minister is
speaking, and least of all when he is known to be a
falling minister-the ominous cries rebuked his in
1ecorum, and recalled him to selfcontroI If was
past one before the House divided Great was the
of suspense. As one after another who
might have been expected to go into the left lobby
went into the right, calculations wavered and Min
sters seemed to have gained. But when the min
sterial telers came in, and the opposition came
not, it became clear that the majority was with the
after The agitation rose to its height, and found
vent in a cheer when Gibson and Bright re-entered
The House. The cheer renewed when the clerk
handed the paper to Mr.. Gibson, and he advanced as
s the usage, the right of the four tellers Then
here was a hush of silence that the numbers might
De heard; andhe readthem out somewhat nervouslv,
Then arose such shout has not been heard
nce the old COrn-Law time-a shout taken up and
echoed along the lobbies in Westminster Hail.
Some of the young members actually waived their
lats, which is quite unusual and not to be encour-
lged Only on and behind.the Treasury bench was
here silence. Palmerston himself sat covered and
With his face bent down. As the original motion
lad not been put he might have called for another
ilvlsion, but he made no sign of dissent when the
speaker called for Yeas and Nays. Then Sir j.
Shelly began to move for leave to introduce a toll
)ar bill, and everybody fled out of the House-the
eaders of the ma orty to find themselves cheered ;
md congratulated as they passed out into the an
ent, noble hall which has been the scene of so many
fight for English law and liberty.
HE FRENCH PRESS ON THE MINISTERIAL
CRISIS.
The absorbing question of the dav the ministe
ial crisis in England, engrosses the attention of :
he Paris journals. The ConStUtionne in the course ;
f article the subject, refers in the following :
erms to the publication in the Jfoniteur of Count
alewski S dispatch, which was repeatedly alluded :
o in the course of the late debate 9
''The publication in the Uoniteur of the dspatch
ddressed on the 10th January by Count Walewski ;
o Count de Persigny, was the object of certain OBJ