New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-19

ent men they are r,hmen Of the old type but Amer
tsmined than their piedeceor They have gwen up the
old devotion for the priest" They have given up the i,n
their tongues aud keep their powder Dry In America they
spout and write, and quarrel and talk trash with touching
rsr the Wind merely 10 excite 70 generosity the copirDu
tory Isbmen scattered through the sstes Here they scheme
@sn Knows that epssn. < in Dublin yet despite
Of 3200, quadrnpe what was offered Tor smith Obr1e
other manufactures and stores OF aud ammunition in
Dublin beside those already discovered and yet they cannot
find them out.
A para graph on an entirely local matter, evolving
delightful bit of genuine British funkeyisn toward
aristocracy. Americans familiar with THIS metropolis
will remember Northumberland House. or rather the
bi9 screen which, shields it and its grounds from the
Vulgar traffic Of the streets. more by token ina tne
stiff tailed lion snrmounting 1t Said to be modelled from
one BY Michael Angelo) is popularity supposed to wag
his canda appendage-f only wait Icing enough 10
behold the phenomenon. We'll, the Board OF WORKS.
plating the construction OF fine, new street
from Traftlgarsquars TO the new Thames enD,,hK.
meDt had the fearful audacity to think about pulling
down this ducal residence or at least making ioad
through its i've acres OF invisible gardens-of course
paying the thereof magnifcently for the priv:
ege. t hardly claim to be type OF the grand old
mansions that lined the river for, built by the
contemplate Henry Howard. Earl Of Northampton.
10 the poet Surrey 1t resembles compromise oe'
tween brewery and w0rk-house. slightly Elzapeth-
auized) Bat 4" the stout Earl Of Northumberland -
who only inherited his title through female ancestor
and whose family name IL Smithson Instead Oh Peiey-
u,
fully wroth at the sacrilegious proposition Naturally,
the Board wited and backed down. They oxplainsd;
they apologizsd they did MT mean it: they would n
do so again they would agree TO clause that no part
Of the ducal woIkhouse shond be touched without the
consent Of Smithson; they were ready TO strike ou o,
the bill everything relating to the building; they womb
plan another street to leave those sacred bricks
and mortar untouched But did that save them from
rebuke' Not bit Of It, bless you How dared they to
takto mink II interfering with the property OF real
live dukei There was quite a scream Of indignation
over 1t in the House of Commons For want OF better
standard the Tories rallied round the tail OF the hon u
the Peroies, which, like the brazen pig.tal OF King
George the Third. regarded by Jerrods Lord Slap
they TO consider OF the sacred institutions Of
the country" Lord Echo (the gentleman whose blood
boiled in behalf Of Gov. Eyre OF Janalca) and Mr.
Beresford Hope in particular force the latter
sounding sort Of archaeological clarion and declaring
that Northumberland House must be struck out OF
the bin Of once. peremptorily ana forever or Mts
more nould be hard Of an awful mysterious threat
involving imaginable possibilities. like the Speaker
calling ~ 7. BY pane the contingencies OF when
nobody has fath0med. SO mauger It's apology, the
Board got snubbed and the Dukes house stands where
1t did and Is likely to do So while we shall stink Thames.
wards by of the Sums AT the same time destruo,
ton Of a most wholesale character Of thousands u
tenements (not occupied by dukes, but radesfoks and
others IL going on In London, IN the rsi"ay anu
similar interests.
Let me cali your attention to two articles appearing
IN English magazines for the current month. on very
Inherent subjects In The CornhM (the designer OF the
Of which, by the way died the otner day. there
appears paper~rtteD, II is generally believed by an
oicer of disinction-about the all but completed Suez
Canal He gives very graphic picture Of the voyage
along its whole course asserts thai II will very 5000 De
finished and as open for navigation IL In the time
Of the Plaraohs This despite English and the
Judgment Of George Stephenson. In Temple Bar Ia an
article by real casual" not an amateur one. who
slept at Lambeth Workhouse on the same night that
| Mr. Greenwood made his famous experiment The mar.
ra,iyc reprinted verbatim from the mans own . copy
is almost Defoeke IN its native simplicity aud power
and fully explains why men and women DESTROYS of pre-
serving their human instincts prefer to sleep ont in the
parks in Winter rather than at the cost Of the Official
SaInartaps Of the London parishes.
We talk about Bencros GRAFTON here, and write fool
ish and angry editorials about it. T. O.