New-York tribune., 1868-12-30

p,;Lt the exrressiCns of good will which lhe queen
s n!+d bich nrcsnmably did not chill the sen
.;t n'o ~ F fdal,tt Ia tbc crown which Mr. Bright Is
i,t IN rntertain Subseuucutlv the green sent
Wr Artbur Helps. Clerk OF the Pryy Council 10 say
I-o+ b1 Ljd rudcr,tood le had some scruplcS ABOUT
i','eoiinO fo kiss hands iu receiving H'3
n1,N9jrtInc,it. She desired. therefore, tHav
tie ceremony should be mi.niIvu In
whatever way might Toe most GgTceapIt 10 ~" ~
fact Mir Bright when Dee decided 10 tahe o'yo H'
made llp his mind 10 go through ihe IoiINa,'S W.
,,t il, f,r,.iro ,r,- oiirctiOu which was not y h't,
t,' t 80 ~ ciri il y,is clad. however, to be relieved
from, tle Luceliup and omitted me PioNli-"l.o' - n
U,,Iur hands The Tory gossI5 al tIr CIu' w 49, ~
have 10 tuat the omission was IciL ~ lHe N.yTn.5
au a0rout but the truth is eA'c1iF 7 as i' ;,, fot
IT, Mr. Euuhts letter 10 M ,Iot.s"D' soy dcorlJ
he accepted Office with gict ltcl.', tc W. it,s 1,o
NOT Withstand tbe pressure pD' 'lVI' ~: f,,,,s an
srIr,-i.p among those VINO nave hIo" ili' iN'''-- va
ti,is srbipct. .4:-
T. ,-os NOT an imposing or even N'iF iii't4'5.i"-
I..,,r,,,- !. -, tbc oucuiug of the new Iarlancut on
Thursday There was the usual cIoNH III -3tN ,..,.
TarI and Westminster Hail. the oid lolH3iltrH N'Io
eone through. and the Commons eeCtcu II oP.1rhr
i'm obedience TO Her Naiesiys pleasure LIclS 'I'a
was formal and dry; there was 40 P3sIaiI "',I % i"
enthusiasm. only iouii4e pH''ii,tA. "iii VIZ ~ ,io =,
The real session VIII not DeSh tlu Llc "aI"' '''' "
February. ~, t;-,
Now tnat the l.onSe oi OoiAHi"ia ~ guy. ~. ,i:.T
power OF the Kingdom thc an, 'qIG iQ]ll,e' ] ~ 49,
compel it 10 attend upon The Lords hrgn 10 Ill'o q
suporiluous look. HcI Majesty ''iu C Co''Il"i's i
assemble IN their own Glan3eI 10 !l,c h,,,
funcuonary called the BACK hou pIt,C p Cii,ri ~ aud
delivers the request of the Royal Comm .or '4e
attendance OF the Commons III ,he Gers llo,au; u"
near inc Ooliiss"n In - ,'y,er tbc n,nr Of
Parliament IN person. HHc p'4SS u'-'i @ '' -,
Lords C0nmhSohtlN, 40 IL iVi nv vi ~ 81 tLT
their summons by the mouth 9l blacA Hou' t"o
faithful Commons rush U'oidciy 20 lu5 ON" "l"-.
Chamber. Black fod. HiarShaIiht 'lDn IL. ~ EI
that they should GO. AINeu ln 'hc I"l',, ~, M ct
the Loids-C commissioners ho'oH On q H., IN 80 - o,i
OF the lhToht-Whlch be s'iv yUui ~ ~ IL nj,
tai The five are the new Iold-C Ch9nctll3 me b1iho
of Argy4 toecTetaE Ior IhoIa IN % t ~ i,
tine L0i1 &-oeall run @ - oo "I VI Gln,b,iirl
The LordCharceIOr' because MS Pltl, ~ l' ii-I
not yet made ont wears MS pam p'ON @ J9'o, ,i ,"i
robes. The other unhappy, IouIi ~ S'o'Dv . ".'u
eTmine robes WIN cOcheu h3lS' louG't - 3l,,I, v'
Portable as sensible men mIeht III ,Hat I,.O"ro ,ri
array Luckiiy, the ceremony Is Il sl,uu Ui'' a. thc
loId-I iianGeIlo., Hdu pcN .y.l,iS -. i ,-,s,nt
Peers that nGf Majesty llp' uCinS ~ % L;iF and
IN her royal person h'I .appul',vI -.
his colleagues her ComhiSSIottS Dy Ir,''as I,
which were tIeIeupOh Ifau ~ Eo''IIn' @ n' fi
then been summoned, the LOid Cnalictliot cohii"'S
TO them that when the members OF D0h toGs'S Si;H.
have been sworn me cause ol IieI 'gS'S G
tins Parliament VIII DC occHieu' put u"t 'HC unl %
mons first choose their speaker IN every I1HE
the royal style is still preserved Inc. L0id
Chancellor with all gravity, declares - IL IS hcr
MajestyS pleasure that you. gentlemen OF tle rouse
of Commons, repair 10 the place WheTe you are 10 SI
und there proceed 10 the choice OF some proper per
son 10 be Your Speaker. and that yOu present such
uerson whom Won shall choose here tomorrow, NJ
o'clock for Her Maestys royal appreciation -
which once meant something but mas long ceased 10
be ANYTHING but idle chatter,
Having Tins rot the royal warrant TO choose their
Sneaker tbe Commons trOOpod back to their own
Mace In the Lords the Commissioners retired TO
XII themselves of their tnasaierade costume, then
turned The Lord Chancellor took hIs seat on the
w0olsack: prayers were heard; then each peer took
fine oath subscribed the roll of Parliament. and
banded the writ sunmonng mm 10 attend 10 the
clerk Not many peers were present. OF the new
Ministers except the two on the Commission; there
1vos only Earl Granville Secretary TO the Colonies.
The other side mustered in stronger force. but all
nrpsent had been sworn by 4. o'clock, and their
HrdShins adjourned
xt.-.l t1ao oft W
and luto the sacred precincts of the House itself
strangers were permitted TO enter before the begin
-, ~ hueness Mr. Reyerlv Johnson was Conspc-
- a,noug Tho outsiders and drifted naturally,
over to tho Tory benches The Liberal chiefs
were of couTse, absent their seats being vacant by
.i;r occ.ntance az office For Sneaker IL was known
.boro tvonId Lr M cnntest and il is believed that
~ 1,;on would e0naIlv have been chosen had
-. Loen a Tory instead of n liberal majority Sir
George Grey a Kind of pre- Adamite Wing nominated
Mr. Ieniso1 and Mr. Spencer Wapole the most lu-
SSritb he dne udasura Of commitment and of those
Enc ycoTls which are soid 10 Lutter no paTsnips Mr.
Den,son is reelected for tbe fourth time is rather
popular personally and very good presiding oincer
aver n Honse where honorable members do not throw
ink hotties at each other and which probably does
not contain a sinrIe Dounellv The peakership is a
,nncb less i,nporfanf office than the spea ershp Of
he Uonse Of Represe1tatIvcs for the simple reason
fhat the machinery Of legislation, the appointment
of such committees as there may be- and the routine
and order of business are all in the hands Of the
Ministry What il wanted is principally a good
fiaure-head 10 the House. which Mr. John Evelyn
Denison, with his wig on. uudeniably is
Uahitlles of the House missed many a familiar
taco beside tbot of Tho Minister whose absence is
only temporaTy' The seat al the upper end of the
fourth hencb below the ganQway which should have
% - f,Id ~ NJ Nh, ,yae VScant and there rs no
Ionger anv hone that Mr. Mill will resume IT, Mr.
Ber1ar Osbornes genial face was not 10 be seen and
if that were gone il was q little comfort to miss
the heavy and rather scOwling visage Of Slr. Roe
buck Mr. HoTsman and Mr.. Laing, the great Adu-
lamites they too are ont, and Their places on the
bench below the gangway shall know them more.
Ibe al Ministers 4. appeared
not more melancholy than they ought. Mr. DisTaeli
had rough reception from the crowd outside. and