, 1869-09-24
'LOHDOA n.
The Byron Controversy.
The Future of the House Of Lords.
The 0John T. Fordn and Her
Present Owner.
(Fgox oER own ooRaxsroanxNr.1

,ue who las children Is getting kiekened u the
Of the cou1oTe11J. The letters md Hta-
Ties are getting wot1e and worse and coufess to
strong wish at present. on my OWL part, that 4ld-
Stowe had he,d her peace eeaspod haa been
stirred, ssys one Journal A ghastiy skeleton
haa besn exhibited. saIa another. And
III for vanity, e1elaims third.
THIS much, at an events, II eeEtaan:
Mrs Stove quite miHconceises the character Of
Iaay Byron, and Of her daughter aud soo'ta'law.
Her ladyBh1p was An excellent person, but she LAO
not nhon1 he1 one bit Of thas Evangelical sorf Of
pletisu which Mlz Stove 80 ferrenttJ hscrioes
10 her. On the contrary, she was Unitarian Of
The Rattops:stfc section, and always toot Tue
deepest feterest In spreading her views. The mo-
u ca, a Clergyman IN the Church OF England Has
reported 10 be hetezodox, Lady Byron hasteued to
Tee what stpE ne wAA nsdt of, Aud, II the report
proved correct, she gave him her support When
her daughter 1ay dying Of cancer, Il WAS
= Unitarian minister who was constantly
tn the honse, and such religious
consolation - Was administered reached the suf-
teneg lady through him Lady BsFoub religions
opinions have no particular interest to the public,
and but mention them to ahow how wide Mira.
Stove Is tzoya hes mark. TIE ahAnriess psrt Of
her sketch Is The account Of Adar husband. Lord
King. now The Earl OF Lose!ace, happep, IN the
coutBe OF my literary experience, to h8ge seen not
Mtfie Of tne scholarship ard thought Of this 30
benaD, aud to have read metaphrs!cal tssays
IRON his pen AZ treat Mss. Stowe has got Il tn-
to her head that he was aEd Is u,eEe man Of
fashion, and tha1 Tho marriage waa
CAME Of g1tef 70 the mother. donr
think remember Iii literature 30 complete q mis-
take, You might With equal trlth, call Mr. En-
erson man OF fashion. Lord LovelAce Is Peer
certainly: bus he Il, asoEe everything, a nao Of
oooEf, and Is utterly unknown in the world Mrs
Stove B thinking about sThese e11or1 have
greatly annoyed Lord Went worth ard his sister,
the only surviving grandchildren Of Lady Byron
Slngulsrly enough, they had been urgtpg Miss
May Carpenter and another Of the trusteea 10
publish thelr gruEdmoiher's letters and poems,
when Mrs.. Stoves narTauye butst upon the
world, aud now ;uty zee sIse,r father aad mosneE
csrlcasured. Mrs. s.oxe'A ignorance on this
head IS 1naIrellorg. ANY London publisher could
have undt celved ner. Her marriage WAS the one
consolation Of Lady BJronta Hfe, sud she sntked
OF It necessarily ~ her Joy and prda. MTs- Stove
may be right As 10 the one d3nnng fact Of her nHI
rattye, but she IA uaeTelouay wrong In everything
eise. Further explanations are demanded Of her,
md, no touhs, she has 1ireadJ heard Hrom mem-
hers Of the family. Lord Lindsay has published
narrative bJ Lady BIron herself, written privately
Immediately after the separation, and this account
secns ,.econtfable With her belief at the time n
her husbands guilt al to incest. Every day brings
something new. At present, the bias OF opinion Is
against the Uuth Of the story, though Lady BylunA
excel!eness arc sesy generally acknowledged.
TIE BoCsE pP LoRDs-guALL II Be ABOLISHED
Lord Wharucline, the famous Confederate sym-
pathzeT has been publicly claiming credit for the
EaRna1imlty OF tie House OF Lords In passing
She Irish Church bill, and has mixed the world 10
acknowledge that the existence Of the House ts
thereby more than justified. This Is charaeterts-
tic begging Of the question. The public feeling
moves In smother dltectionnot rapidly OF noisGy,
but 10 IN 0minoQA manner nererthelesz Somt-
nally, the House okLords has co-equal authority
with fhe House Of Commons. but TITS Authority ta
practically e1erIed IN capticious and Irregular
way. When the House OF Commons Is strongly cx.
cited on q great measure, the Lords give in, b1e
they pefsittsnty oppose useful projects as long as
they tLInk they can do 80 without danger to them.
eelses- What the5 do ach1ere Is only to compel
that every question shall pkss through period Of
agitation. and be na1lI settled BY considerations
which have nothing to do with IL mer1ts- Heredi-
tArJ le9islatosshtp Is l11llng into contempt The
privilege rests eolely On tradition, and every day
makes the more Of III exception IN civilized
State. But the remedy: The creation Of life
Peers, say some: hat there arc difficulties. The
life Peers would be men Of sbltty chosen Gor their
superiority, aud the country would not e0f1et that
a measure supported BY them should be relected
by the hereditary reens and any CONFLICT with the
Commons would be but made more per1lous. A
mixed house Of hereditary and lie Pecrs might
answer, but 1t Il m experiment Of which the tasue
Is uncertain
In France The Senate Is composed Of Cardinals,
Mal8ha.s and AtmtrA1s Of the empire, as t1.g$se5o
members, and OF 100 other members, nominated
fos ufe By the Emperor, but with power Of res9u-
ting. hut Prince Napoleon denounces even this,
aud calls for the election Of Senators By the Pro-
vincia, Councils, In Italy the Senate Is CON-
pcSed solely Of members nominated by The King
for life, subject 10 report By committee OF the
Senate on each nomiuhhOu, stating the public
services or other rcasous tustify!ng It. In ros.
tugal the Chamber Of Peers "a composed sotelJ OF
members nominated BY the Ktng for life. ue-
feltaty peeragc WAS abolished Ia 81 The Belgian
Senate u elected directly By the people, for eight
ycars. Ia Holland the lfst chamber Is elected BY
the Provincial Diets for nine years. The D3nlsh
Lardsthlng Is composed Of slxty-slx members,
twelve nominated BY the King for life, the re-
naainder elected By indirect universal suf
fsage, for eight JeazA Tho frustsar
House OF Lorts Is composed OF hereditary
members, certain et-e@eio m emoefH, repro
Eentausea Of uuivergt..es, cnarsers, towns
and Of the provincial landowners, And members
nominated by the King for litc, or for shorter
tine The Upper House 10 Austrla Is composed
| Of Hereditary Princes, limited number oi
for lie bJ the Emperor for Distinguished services.
| Nowhere IN tho world "a to be found the respect
which the English pay to The pure artatocratc ele
| Encut, and the system Of personal nomination
fast dying out, The question II treated most ab',
! In the new number Of the Fwtniahsig Resfee. The
| writer pzunounclug against double chamber Il
hny forul A single CHAMBER. which shalt Rathe'
into Itself the representative Of every claas is TIT
xTter contends, tie simplest, the safest, md tut
| wlsest form IN which the government OF Eug1an
can be carried On. at Is piatn," says the F'efs
nightly E<r,ett, "tnst publc optuton IL EapidI
| r!penlDg III this direction. Before many years AI
| past The constitution Of the ueuse Of Lotsls mus
| inevitably be altered in eo!nc way, 1t IL ouI o
the quest!on that We eau have the time devote
! 10 public business absorbed To 20 gEeat IN exten
a it has lately been IN repeated conflicts With
house which We ali knew must field 1t last
But 1t would not be very wise tnat +
shunla acek to amend the evil by strength
cning that house and weAkenfn
the other. The es8ieat way will be the EtUplest-
that we should ceAso to ny BY nice mtchan1c'
| devices TO peftufn or arrest the Steady action {
| the great motive force OF our coaStlLuhon IN
sooner We recognize tnAs IN educated people
the sole sovereign power III the Ssste, the soont
We shall bring the constitution 10 permaneE
adjustment. When We aee that truth wo ennl
Instead Of our Annual disputes with tho House I
1otda, In which we Et1toally Auofist Il roa1J time
| over, settle once fot m that no clats shall hAl
predomiuAncc, but that ali shall hare liberty. An
when We have thus nnssy arranged our naachlneE
! eY ieg.slxs,oD, We tnsu rot nee3 to Waste moE
time In pulling It to p:eces for fcar2nEenent br
shall BE- al,ls 70 devote AL our tho1gats to II
WORT, st1il heavy and l1rgo enough, which 1. hl
10 do.H
The appearance OF xh,x article ID startling fsc
II ii written In cain and philosophical spirit, n
expresses tie conviction Of many 1ea.Ing mind
The Rrusn Peers have Ind their golden daJ1
I suE "JoHS :. PoRp''-Tu9 LITTLE CRAFT TIL
CROSSED TIE ATLANTIC.
Some of our reAieEs MAJ remember t!
the vutsse Aerpss the .Ats1tic in 1881 Of the u
lie craft, the John 7. Fort Sue left Balumore
! the ed 0! June, that san1e gear, with crew
: four persons, and when on the 1nah coast, al
she hAd been upwasda ol t*o mootns at sea, ca
| sized. Only uoe EoaD, named Armstrong, II
pasfcd three days &ud three nights clu&tng 10 I
bottom Of The boat, VS. saTed. The John 7. Fu
u about S31 tons burden; y feet inches
. | !epRth, and feet beam The object Wis 70 6
TO HsyEe and thcree up the Seine to Paris. Arl
LsTpnE xA pIcknd up oy ship named the -Etoll
. and the boat WIS wnateu ashoft about nine mi
. nom We1sort, Ireland The hull w1s hardly
!. tIrrd nj IL, Acd one nsst was standing The vea
wAs brought to Loctou through the kindness
!. ! tie Rev. .. GEeslorex, chaplain Of the Salso
, Home, aad WIS exhibited At the Crystal Pals
:, for The benent OF the kufvtEor and the widows 4
+ orphans Of the lost Slnce ny tast tetzor N
= despatched to TU CHICAGO TRIBUNE, hare b
d eeycfa. dcltght10l sailing tips In her, and c
q | give sa1atsctoEF Acco1nt Of her coudltion-
On The highest Of the cuns between FoIkessc
= and Dover, familiar to the eye Of every {
n Who ha1 c1o4sed the enamel bet&eeu EnXs
], and ffaoce,-stands . large naaston, visible
u the naked eJe, miles awaJ II seA ltls built y
= tnEense blocks Of nasouII. Eresy e.nt3oR
n double, acd ths za1is are OF enormous th&cEns
Il AND every ktane u needed, for In winter The "
| blows there In huft1capes OF almost goptcSl nef
Y: Less Below arc Two ella. between which II
- line Of railway, looking, from "AboostscN
/: Ike part Of ehuIS toy. The higher cild b q
q. t<d With rabbits holes and foxes not lnfreaue
- escape from The mooss, and /
Y: ] permanent refprB in the cs1AIf TIN 1f1e