The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-08-12
Another English Gsupowder yro..


According to our news through the Atlantic
cable from London, of Thursday last, there
was great excitement created in the English
metropolis that evening by the discovery Of q
supposed attempt TO blow up the two houses
Of Parliament 1t appears that ten packages
of gunpowder, with fuse partially burned,
had been found near the entrance to the Lord
Chemberlain's Office, in the House Of Lords.
Naturally enough, with this discovery the
members of Parliament had visions Of ano-
thor Guy Fawkes with his gunpowder plot; or,
in other words, of some dark and desperate
conspiracy for terrible coup d'etot in view of
a revolution in the government
II may be that these ten packages of gun
powder we're placed near the entrance to the
Lord Chamberlain's Office as ga guy" or mere
trick to frighten the two houses; but even
with the mystery reduced to this solution, there
Is still an oninous warning in it to the powers
that be. In 1905, in the reign Of James the
First, the year of the Guy Fa wkes gunpowder
plot, the fierce and deadly war between the
Catholics and Professionals in England for the
possession of the State had not been fought
out The Protestants were in possession of
king, lords and commons, but Catesby, Percy,
Garnet, Fawkes and the other conspirators OF
the Catholic party concerned, deliberately went
to work to put down She Protestant king,
lords and commons, 10y bio wing them up in The
air
Remember, remember
The fifth OF November
The failure of this diabolical scheme, how
ever, and the disclosure of the objects of their
conspiracy, were fatal to the English Catholics
as political party, although under James the
Second, foolish fanatic in their cause, the con-
test between thea and the Protestant party
for the ascendency was particularly violent,
bloody and protractcd in England and Ireland.
1t ended, however, in the complete triumph Of
the Protestant party, with the firm establish
ment of the State under William of Orange,
upon the corner stone Of the Church OF Eng
land.
Parties in England since thu. day have not
been divided between the Old Church and "NO
Popery," but upon political questions and ideas.
The rights of the people and popular institu-
tons as against the prerogativcs of q feudal
aristocracy have been steadily gaining ground,
and they have been given new impulse IN
the Old World from the success OF the
American Union against the most formidable
rebellion in the history OF mankind. Hence
these late Omnous popular outbreaks in Lon
don known as the Hyde Park riots: and
hence--serous or COME in its character
this new gunpowder plot. Hence The warning
of John Bright that the question a. to what
are the rights of the English people. though a
hard one, is still question which must be
answered. But it reminds ia OF The old Cor
nish warming
And must rfeiawncy des
And shall Treiawney dief
Then twenty thousand COrnfh nae..
VIII Know toe reason why.
The Derby ministry, however, will, We are
| inclined to believe see their danger, and viii
not only seek to avoid it, but 10 gain the conf
dence Of the English people by large and iibe-
raj concessions in their behalf. II is an inter-
cstng crisis-at all events this of l866-to the
tory party and the British government.