The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-07-16
Tory Rute An IRELAND.
THE LONDON TiAEs' OPPOSITION TO EARL DEgBY' o
FIRST LORD IfyrryS

From the London Tines July Al
In every stroke Of wit be discerned say the meta
physcians the elements Of suddsnness ana nconzruty
and II these Ingredients be sufficient Il must b, allowed
that Lord Derby medi,ated very witty thing Tho an
Of Ireland was rrssstibc No one could have dreamt
OF H. and the only that could bc advanced FOR s
fitness tho cxtremciy Irish that was utterly
UNIT. Speculation has not been idle in nlng up
every ONCE that becomes vacant on change
q Of, government ss aud we might have supposed
made every possible chance had been exhausted
But nobody guessed Lord John Manners Lord Les.
might 20 anywhere Mr.. Disraeii might become Lord
High Chancellor instead OF CHANCELLOR OF the Exchequcr
General Peel control finances and SIR John Paking
ton undertake tho government of India or any otbor
task Of sutncient importance and emolumenL We
io'ce, however to announce s md y whot ssemsd cniy
amusement with which the news that Lord John Man
nss was TO DO appointed Lord Lieutenant Of Ireland
Lord John himself The projected appointment has
BON abandoned and We beevo Lord Absrcorn will sue
tho posi- Of Lord Lieutenant has been sometimes
thought merely ornamental but the experience Of the
last twelve months has shown that still has ia uses
Ireland is as much difficulty now when Sir Robert
Peel declared 70 be the especial thorn In his flesh
AFTER ali that has been done, We nnd ourselves almost In
pus cot suspended but the ssprcs o.
the La OF September that unless be continued by
new :nacsment the Lord Lieutenant viii ind himself
rallied upon almost Immediately after entsring once
~ deal with crowd OF prisoners now In confinement
on suspicion, but who VIII then demand their
may DO appointed must meet, and yet the question
Of political prisoners s q sinai matter compared with
The II lcultlce Of which Il g the symbol Fenansm Ia
bind Irn,eSt ignorant peasants axainst evils they
feet bat taf tHren9r which they Incompetent to
s..reii isHt a im,sine that Lord John Man
ncff ttt f - NIiit better qualified than they
'utest SIZE srriuys % thcIr mscrys The model
rsr u ireland should be dispassionafe impartial nrm
and prrsient sncidcd BY prcjudsces phsfhev favor
Of landlords tnanf distrusfu OF sentiment capable
~ ng evidence, OF judging mon, and of pursuing tho
threads OF an intricate argument and yet was seri.
ousy proposed 10 appoint man possessed OF the good
qualities which would lead him wrong devoid Of those
which would keep him right We have wish 20
call the youthful foles OF Lord John Manners but
forced 10 do because point OF fact he In what
be called his turn Of mind youthful still lie s OF
fhe generous temper of the Princess Of France who
would feed hungry populace with cakes and we are
satisfied that he would not have attempted 10 get rid
- Fenisnsm by the erection Of Msypoles and pau
sn by the multiplication OF holidays His grand.
lr was indeed, once Lord Lieutenant; but the ONCE
D rot hereditary, and though Mr. piu appointed the
Iuss OF Rutland the sole incident Of his vccroyaty
vhsh lives In human memory 10 that freak OF kngh,ins
The ippkceper some ''high jinksn a, the Castle,
which Mr.. Lever has embodied In one OF hs novels
There among the habitual followers OF Lord Derby
the Upper House band OF dukes several marquisce
and indefinite number Of earis better fitted with all
their defects, whatever they may be- 70 oil the post OF
Lord Lieutenant thsn lord John Manners, with all his
acconDlsbmenis We are clad 10 End that Lord Aber