New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-05-23

~ ~ tie lovslie,t flowers in the gard Of ariste-
cro,;e English beauty is the third puck from that
Conservatory bv the same sensual hand, noto mention
numerous ravages in more lovely parterrs' h's III"
wife he eloped with from her husband, MAJOR 'on''-
stone of the 9th Regiment Of the line; LIS next VIC
tim was Lady Lesson, the wife OF Sir Wnia" Lcesoh'
Chamberlain of Dublin Castle who died shortly al'er
her guilty flight on board of his yacht ON tue coast Vi
Scotland; and the third, his present wne, VINO
daughter of one Of the oldest houses In England,
he also carried of in his yacht during the me-
time of Lis late wife, The poor girl seems TO CHING 70
her Lrazen, acknowledging lord for protection and
shrnks from the gaze Of the passerssy with that look
of settled sorrow, which, to sensitive nature, the
CONSEQUENCES of her false position brings.
The dullness of the House Of Commons which had
seemed to have surrendered itself implicitly TO the
ma,tersLip of the Chancellor Of the Exchequer has
been lately envened by few exciting scenes. The
first cause of enlivenment was not by any means a
nepsant one to sundry of the older members OF the
House. and which, though passed over as piece Oh
gallant play by the English press surpassed IN savage
losterousness anything Washington has yet seen, ana
was certainly one Of those jokes which, if per-
petraed by any Legislature in this country would
have proyoked whole series of essays on our bar
barty from the other eide II appears that during the
debate on the Reform bill member rose and called LOT
count there not being over forty members In the
House BY the rules Of the House OF Commons,
when there are not forty members in the House, any
member has right TO call count, and II on reckoning
FORTY are not found the House adjourns, and the
measure at whatever stage it may be- drops, and IL
again introduced has to go through all the stages
had passed when thus extngushed AT times, this is
very convenient mode Of getting rid of an obnoxious
| measure or man. Mr.. Spooner and other bores are
constantly killed of in this easy style; but any
Government measure, especially measure OF such
moment as the Reform bill il Id feat almost lmpossi-
bic TO accomplish it is the duty Of the whippers-n
TO keep House. and if there are not forty INSIDE, they
invariably maintain outside in Belamys or the smoS-
ing-room strong corps dc reserve to bring up In AL
emergencies az on count being called, the bella,
| which reach to every apartment, are Obliged TO he
rupQ for three minutes before the doors are closed On
the count being called by some Opposition member on
this OCCASION and the bell rung number OF gentlemen
forming the division of Mr. Brand the present
Government whipper-in, made rush Tor the doors,
where. much to their astonishment they found their
entrance barred by strong battalion OF young Tory
members, headed by Dir. Thomas Connolly, an Irish
member of the rotous school, nearly all OF whom pa
tronized the Marlborough fight, and were favorte pu-
pills Of Nat Langham's, and frequenters of Owen
Swifts. In tie melee which ensued, many admirable
Reformers had their ribs punched in the most perfect
pugsc STYLE others lost their wigs and one old gen.
tleuan of wealthy somachc proportions, was removed
from between the door panels, squelched and suho-
Gated IN the strife. For tme the Speaker was quite
as helpless as Pennington. All this came off in the
first assembly of gentlemen in the world.
& oh how t1p an.
peared on American institutions in speeches in the
House Of Commons and outside may be seen the natural
SPAWN Of the shoals of tourists who have been thrown
on our shores during the past two Summers All these
criticisms, without exception almost, unfayorable
to the character of the people and institutions of this
country The TRADE of Lord Grey in the House Of
Lords has been followed by from Mr.. Gregory in
the House of Commons, if possible, of more bitter
hostility, but which from its ability has excited more
attention Mr. Gregory, who is at present member for
the County Of Galway, has hardly equaed in the fruit
of his maturer years. the promise of the blossom of his
youth. The grandson of the Right Honorable VIM.
Gregory who for many years. Under Secretary, di-
rected the government of Ireland he obtained at an
early age the Peel medal at Harrow and was so high
" distinguished in the sts Oxford to be selected
almost before the close Of bis University career and
when he had but few months attained the eligible
age Of twenty -one contest the metropolis of Ireland
with Lord Norpeth, upon the Tory eide. In that
memorable contest he defeated his popular opponent and
entered the House Of Commons under all the auspices
calculated to insure success. passion for the turf
however, on which lie has expended large fortune,
most eminent abilities and some character, aienated
his time and taste from those more elevated pursuits in
which he might have attained the highest distinction
In ls47, chiefly from negligence, he found himself de-
feated for the Irish Capital by Mr.. John Reynolds an
Irish demagogue of coarse ability, bat most damaged
reputation, in contest which might have taught him
that there are other places beside NewYork in which
a man like Fernando Wood Lac been preferred to one
like Messrs. Opdyke and Havemeyer, Circumstance
Which appears to have filed him with the most gloomy
foreboding as to the future of this country. From
IS47 10 1856 he continued out of Parliament, but
returned that year for his native county of Galway.
Since his reenrsnee to the House. he has made any
speech Of mark until that just delivered the political
working of the Republican form of Government The
speeoh rather essay, for it partakes Of the
character of essay in the Quarterly Review than
speech is very ngenously constructed, and the facts
most judcously CLEANED frsm a surface Of many years
20 tell against the working # Institutions. One
main error lies beneath ell Mr. Gregory's arguments
and illustrations Like most other Strangers he de-
river all his ideas Of American institutions from the
working Of the system i'll the large towns in which
bali of the population is foreign, and chiefly the
dregs Of bis own country, who, without the education
TO fit them for sefgovsmment, are driven over here
by misgovernment and find themselves suddenly in
vested in our principal towns with power which it
could hardly lie expected they would exercise at
with moderation or Judgment. This foreign element
il one Of the dangers which Republican institutions