New-York daily tribune., 1865-11-16

WnIes and the Personal Characteristics
Of the DE sd Prime Minisfer-Eari Rus
cell and the New Cabinet-Roynliy-T
Cattle Plague Returns-English Opin-
ion about American Repubii-
cation OF American Books-Ttems.
Prom Our Special Correspondent
LONDON Nov. 4. 1865.
We have nearly done talking about Lord
p,lmerston by this tme-or there is hardly any event
in life TO which folks accommodate themselves more
readily than the enc of il in ohs-and nearly al OF the
papers have come down from the high ropes upon which
thew performed many lofty capers in honor othe de-
ceased nobleman yet are there few conversational
gleanngs ABOUT him worth binding Up into sheaf Tor
TIE TRIBUNE in default of other very engrossing top
ics especially as made way for the funeral IN my
LAST letter 10 the exclusion Of mere gossip So tAs
week l will begin by making amends;
Long ago q familiar fable by the venerable tsop IN,
culcated the impossbility OF pleasing every eho
most recent illustration Of the axiom. You know tnat
in compliance with the late Lord Palmerstons request
it was originally intended to bury MN IN Haul wmeh
he rad purchased in Romsey Cemetery. Hampshire
bn the Queen with her usual tact and appreciation 0i
,uhlc feeling offered National obsequies and west,
Minister bbey which proposal was Immediately closed
with by the widow and her family. This created di.
yided opiniOn here IN London, some people Wecohn1
the decision and spectacle Othersa very greet mum
ber too-esteening IL as btle less than sacIHtge 20 X
more what they believe to have been dying man :
wishes and deprive his native place OF the LohoF o
giving a resting place 20 his bones One @ smiles i ai
and tipuating for home burial sbonid he oie
Nltu bi is an evidence that the same ieellng IS
Te M modern England which Is but OF YESTERDAY so 10
sneak compared with antediluvan Calhay, "heIe Tue
freshest literature is about cO years Oll thlhk
ambition and love Of power and popularity people might
make themselves quite easy on the score o Inc
ton Of the nObesi place Of seputnre in all England or
a acomparatiyely obscure one. he "ouiu nave "Aeu ~
well enough. indubitaby. .,. a..
Then there Is another matter which mas eNercsru the
London public. apropos oil the event ol tne
ueek Whlle the Queen manifested her respect ior the
ts in the manner aforesaid and by ordering
= letter OF earnest coincidence 10 De Wlltteh 70 Cau!
Palmerslon (she tssd him no more thah 1G rlncs s
Ahe,t and prohablv for that reason the Prince ana
Prncess of Wales were COMFORTING themselves just as
ifrothinp had happeDedeOing 70 heacr3 nearly every
consecutive night ana amusing Ike1 ahont and con.
demDed though nobody as far as am aware OF hau
te pluek to put il into print except Edmnhn laes IN
his Fl6asHr Tie behavior OF koyaiiy III hDglanu y
serutluized with very jealous eyes peoPe e1Pect
great deal nom il on the side OF ropIlel{ nd ~
20 national sentiment another fTihce ol "aeS i 1Ie
Last Regent Of that name womb DC no more POsslo.e
o., o,sc,her Charles II-wth his Court OF srumpeta
rakes uimpg parasites and ALL Ana Tue present
"Waes" has offended in more than one instance az
rs5v II is suggested that the young man had better
..,ste core Apart rom Her Maiestys un9uesuonaoy
,eeI nooalarity biased her personal characterl ~
not traditional feeling Tie sentiment OF tLe people
g. in favor Of H. 20 be sure and all the fameWOih o
sety based upon it, bat II Is noteworthy bow bow Itte
nrcuustauee viii c0nspiTe 10 trouoe IL. AAe iiiuoo
sbould be aware OF these things. -, o.
A little gossip about him whom the 1urKs Ks ana ana
Bedouins had heard OF as IsineIs'on n caiied
...nat as,I paIfnerstOp.T - whom the Germans IN
popular distich compmented a. "the ue.nS i soni
and TO whom, but week OeiCro ,asI tos Pvcpr
al PuCland looked up 70 win htOetttb'i 'Aovg ~
,ionai trnst and favor. AL through his long NE
biS nationslty was a subject of dispute thoueh the
Peerage that British bible as Ihsckeray oate 10
Al, nj
pst he was willing enough % accept the popularity ae
oruinc 20 him either ne an lrish or an i,
iike t6e Duke of Wellington who Tepudiaed hs iiloSi
- ord PalmeTstOn. however, was hllesnh py
Gony oenerafons Of Anglo irish descent. ana by MS
,nofhers side As Miss Mee' OF heehaD llsI l%,noi
a roll to.do Dublin halter dropped INC atIi - iuD.o
=, ac"ordonce with the AnglO.mana OF the keep
ers of the Irish capital past ana pfese 9ne WI & o
heart of the papa OF the lhtey uIo.aeou ~ & ,J
pan Uo was therefore, cross DetWeeh lAe ceI ~ anu
s, aiso hetweeu the 9ristOcTatic ana traulhg cats
M harey middle size, but splendid pnscuIal eossor w -.
o.Dt Ic measured 46 inches round the cnesi uP 70
~ ~. ncrind az his life and in his yOutblu ue!s nau
a vaist ike a lady lie was once one % tno ~, ~ -
dancers in England and the inIodec9I "a VIZ Snt not
1iIs He rode well. like most BriOhs, pus uo'
@ hoidIv ana preferred Rotten ROW 10 ne nu'lIis
GeH generous. but not great eater 10 hv nc biob
was good cOnGniDg DIS lneulgence ~ 20 d,ont ouy ono
,s 80 eherry al dinner, but be bad coitoln "a tI
10 ,,yetcraie gout in the days oi the Isgeh,vy 49,
he lad been gay liver men, D9c n. e PnIace 70 thai Of
,nh,,ion and thus secured his ioheo'lty; S I 49, nr
smoked and like many of The 3id sehooi o ~ snIso
haIeu ,ne soid bar of sleep between each day let INN
srs never so late BE neyer fought Guoi though nc
.I a. G,e-eating tmes. when most OF his cOntehp
h'ed IN "a been 1ontbe never n good hatcr, but
iber remarkable for the warmth OF bis fricndsps
t bis Old age wheD following Dr Johnson ADVICE
~ nn0bf 10 gather "the boys" about him ana sue
eo5eS Dr. Cumming has tried 10 represent nm as
model Christian mainly because be was very c,, % 70
the reverend doctor went 10 hear MN preaen Sn
rmsnted lin on his sermon. but the genera cohtlc,
tion Ia that like grandfather GihenoImand, ne bau
yery little belief God. He "chaied' Original si,
derare1 tIot all babies born good and sdVlhe1
,,rt,o,fc commission Of miserable sinners "ho
wanted a day nominated for fasting and prayer 10 aS
vote their energies 10 draining ana other saaiSis
measures--hus practically adopting me nuer A9n & ~
CromwelPs famous axiom. whatever ne NAV na.o as
thought OF the first And taking Of ms inc tT1tn @ "~s
struggled into punt already ',0 has
overdoe itself and provoked reaction Hear re Pa,s
MAI G01eie in an article which cauSsS decided scSi
D0B 49,.
Lord Pam,fstoo WA ,AfesIosn and pslTiot On whose