New-York tribune., 1869-01-02


INDIAN QUALIFICATION.
prom OUR OWN COsaESPONDENTl
LONDON, Dec. 10.-As soon as it was known that
Hr. Dsraeli had retreated on the approach of Ar.
Gladstone it was known that the British Parliament
would have nothing to do at is December session,
and members, some fonr hundred strong, assembled
to do t-and did it with discretion. Mr. Ayrton, one
of the new Secretaries for the Treasury, moved the
new wrs for the elections necessary in consequence
of certain members accepting Office On Mr.. Ayrton
rising 10 make these notions he discovered timid-
ity and awkwaTdness and hesitation unusual with
him. He bad been remarkable fora jaunty loquacity.
His announcements had, however. interest if his
manner had not. When he CAME to The -----'
"The Right Honorable John Bneht'-an un0ccus-
toned designation Tor the great Quaker-thc House
chCercd as that name was northumberland as 1t
did bir Gladstones lIr. Bright in tight-i.tting
Court dress and a sword is presentment Of a Qua
ker which gives tho British public comic sensa-
tions. When Mr. Bright mado up his mind to take
Office and be presented aJ court he, as might be ex-
pcCtcd from his decision q character. made MP his
mind to 90 through with it The consideration OF
the Queen Cancelled as is now known, some details
Of ceremony.
In speaking in my last Of Mr. Brights reception at
Court, forget whether l mentioned the interview
with the Princess Royal Of Prussia, and as il is not
fully mentioned i'm q uo,icn first made public here,
ID ne AfUCiottt lJQ.J ltiOhtlC ld jour "
the ell-knOwn son of SIR. Joseph CONen, NJ p. for
Newcastle-upon-Tyuel / may add thai Her Royal
Hipluess desired that Mr. Bright should be pre-
sented 10 her. This was done and the great Quaker
was told by Her Royal Hghness that she read
all his speeches which came in her way, and
that herself and al the members Of the
Royal Family were deeply indebted TO Mr..
Bright for the kind way in which he had spoken Of
their mother. Ia reply, tie gallant quaker said that
II her ROYAL Highness would allow him he would
tell her what Mr.. Buchanan. when American Minis
ter in London, said to him, namely:
=" Your Princess is the Queen OF PIin-
cesses and wherever Her Royal Highness goes she
carries sunshine over all her path" These details of
Court life which do not usually Tanspire in England
were no doubt provoked 10y Lord DeIby's intimatiOn
some few years ago that Mr., Bright was an imposs
bic person to take the place Of any Minister against
whom he might carry motion, by rea-
son of his UnaCceptiblty at Court No
sooner did Mr. Bnghts friend learn what
did actually take place than it found its way to the
public and has been well received, and no doubt has
tended very much to increase the personal popularity
Of the Queen. Her conduct in this affair shows how
unchanged she is in her individual interest IN pubhc
nen Soon after her accession 70 the throne, MIR.
Joseph Hume went TO COurt-the Mr. Hume then so
Tidculed. aud lately praised an economist No
sooner did her Majesty perceive nm, than she |
stepped down from her throne and went and SPOKE |
TO nm, as one whom she had known ana ana \, reSeC.eu
Ana later still, some ten years, when LORD heiDOuine
presented the late Robert owen at Court
dismay OF the Bishop OF Exeter heI Majesty greeted
Mr. Owen very kindly as the friend OF her father |
(the Duke Of Kent. Before Parliament adjourned,
writ was moved IN lieu OF Capt. Calcrait. VINO mas
died since his election. Calcraft is the name of the
common hanCman here-a name hateful IN the ears |
of the nation, as the names OF all hangmen are IN
all ages and amid all European peoples. Although IN
England there u no law, and never was against any
person changing his who no longer liked IT, !
Capt COcIaft retained his and chose to live aud die
under the accents of the There existed pop
ular belief i'll England, until few years ago,
NlaN aTNNl 0Ng
royal license, which. as all royal things are made TO
do cost a considerable sum of money. But, upon
the fact being questioned IN Parliament, Mr koe-
buck stated there was no law upon the subject,
and any one could take name at Will. giving,
at his discretion, public notlee thereof 10 save
himself from inconvenience, and since change OF
names in England has been common Inc i3nly oI
the Bugs Tor instance, assumed the grand patfo-
nymic of Norfolk Howard" which august combi-
nation Of terms has since been employed TO denote
that animated insect Though anyone might & desire ,I
gallant Captain and III. p. died with the hangman's
name. :, ,
Mir Reverdy Johnson seems equally incapable OF
letting wei alone, of doing what most people pre-
fer to do. of letting bad alone. Not content with
being privately told that the WOrkngmeD OF London
declined TO dine with him, he has actually thought
it necessary to the dignity OF an American Minister
to write to me Times and tell the public so. The
Manchester GUARDIAN, which does not rank among
Mr. JOhnsons unfrendly critics. Is compelled to say
that. attracted by what appeared TO be the Ameri-
miscuOus hOSpitalitles certain persons claim
ing to represent the wolkingmen OF. Lon,
a
1t must he owned that this is not very dignifed
description TO have provoked Mr. Beales, the we'll
known and able President OF tho Reform League has
made wel2hty speech Of reputation OF any respOn-
sbility part IN the orlginaon OF any proposal 10
give Mr.. Royerdy johnson dinner, avcrring that |
the League preferred some other mode of renewing
their eXpressiOno deep sympathy foI their American
brethren Mr. johnson has made bis gustatory dis
appointment the talk of town, and every morning |
and evening journal or another has leader upon
It, Mr. COningsby then appears to give point to the
fascO, and Informs everybody that it was himself
VIII N reminds
the public who had overlooked the fact that Mr.. |
Beales advised the working class not 70 send an ad
dress to the people Of America through a tainted
medium And this blunderlng act OF concentrated
disseTvce to Mr.. johnson, Is the work of his own
proposer Of the dinner think the matter may rest
here.
There does not need the lofty and fiery manifesto
from Mazzini, which appeared IN The Star, in the
English dress day or two ago, 10 assure the world
that the great Italian pnblcist is not dead, as a
French Journal lately insisted, and persisted III pro
claiming afUeT ms cOnvaescence was announced. lie
is residing stall at LuganO letter to-day from
friend who is with hn conveys the welcome assu-
rance that he Is cOnya esCent and wo1d he cease to
work, as il is his wont TO work, be would be we'll
But that is not possible 10 one whose nature 1t is TO
sacrifice himself.
The composition of the new Ministry is deemed
OH the whole, "a great Improvement on the old plan
Of Cabinetnaking. which selected all its materials
from few families of GTeys, ElllOtts and Russels
Oh Russells, Elliotts and GTeys. Still the Wing and
Peel mixture is pretty abundant, Mr. Lowe, who so
gratutOus,y and Indignantly hbeled the working
men who created and peOpled the Cave of Adullaln,
who put the utmost public discourtesy upon Mr..
Gladstone, gets the highest place next TO Mr. Glad
stone. This is felt TO be very encouraging 10
public men keep tho line of party allegiance r.
loves character the Colonies was not calculated
to create pleasant eXpcCt t0ns ilero. Mi NICHOLSON
known as the Father OF tine Ballot in Australia and
wrote TO England. 70 tue Hon. Mr. Berkeley, NJ. r.,
10 advise him 10 caStion any Government in which