New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-04-03
FOREIGN MISCELLANY.
RrpuBl,CANIsM IN PARLIAMENT.


IRON AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THK rRlBuSEl
LONDON, March 90" Do you mean to say
that going to hear that dreadful man. sir Chares
Dnkei astonished. Why he is traitorl lie mas
assacd the Queen, and is doing more harm tnan any
man in England If he wants to attack abuses why
does Mt he attack real ones instead OF bringing up
motion to investigate the Civil List" Thus sp"ke
lady of high degree hut without effect NOT only qua
GO 20 hear the dreadful man." but upon arriving at the
House OF Commons yesterday, at o'clock, lfound the
Ladies' Gallery llled and the Speakers Gallery, Ike
wise devoted TO women, was not long empty
Ever since ms speech at Newcastle, sir Chares
Dixie has been an object OF curiosity
not OF interest to women. To be a Republican IN En-
gland he very brutal, very ugly very dirty ana
very poor At this the opinion prevalent in high
circles so that the idea of baronet proclaimng him.
self ANYTHING so exceedingly outrageous and vulgar,
sends Society into spasm Nevertheless as Society mas
nothing in the world 70 do Society is curious ana from
the opening OF Parliament Sir Charles has been the non
the House of Commons. He is the member who must
he exhibited and one lady has enjoyed no little notOr
ETY. being able point out the monster ana TO state
that she actually knows him! Such was the temper
OF the ladies' galleries yesterday-WIth non
oable exeeptons-and the fair danes had
every opportunity Of gratifying their curiosity, as Sir
Charles early his the front row below the
gangway. evidently absorbed in the speech he was 10
deliver Petition after petition was presented; notices
given; Disraen, persistent In his nagging, was
pheercd
under the consideration Of the House England rela-
lions with the United States; Mr.. Baltic Cochrane
CTory wanted to know something about the lnterna-
tonal Society, and, usual, Mr.. Gladstone couiu not
answer the question without notice :" Lord e. j. Haii-
ton Tory) INDUCED in personal explanation; lords
came in and took their customary Seats the strangers
gallery WAS filed TO overlooking; among the diplomatists
deserted Gen Woodruff and Mr. Moran. our Goodna
tured and most efficient Secretary OF Legation lRhe"
that Gen. Schenck somewhere III the House. ieao!
20 listen most intenty.
As the hour on. Sir Charles took the upper corner
seat Of his bench which was occupied by James White,
Auberon Herbert, W. NJ TOrreDs, Sir Henry hoare,
Henry Fawcet and one or two others AFTER inc las'
question had been put Sir Charles removed his nat anu
rose TO bring forward his motion on the Civil List Then
began the reign Of pandemonum Viscount Bury, a ta'
ford man oc cupying commanding seat introduced an
unexpected dramatic effect by holding alor copy Oh
the oath Of allegiance and wanting to know "hether
the honorable BaroDet, having declared minsei
20 be a Republican, not guilty OF an infringe
ment Of a solemn VOW. Auberon Herbert rose
10 order and cheers, followed by couner-cheers, rang
through the house. The Speaker said Lord Bury was IN
possession OF the house. whereupon the irate Loru
wanted TO whether before hearing the honorable
member for Chelsea, he might not be called upon 10
repudiate or acknowledge his republican professions
As the Speaker understands his business the noble lord
was told that part of the Speakers duty 10 say
what ia or what consistent with the oath at when
information the melOdramaic lord sat down ana slr
friends bat cheers drowned in Niagara
az groans proceeding from Conservative side. Such
bowling never heard out Of menagere Thought
was in a den Of wild beasts; it seemed as If the In
habitans OF Geological gardens had suddenly been
let loose in the House Of Commons. The victim for
whose blood wild animals appeared to thirst did
not once exposulate even alter his POSITION
He with his hands behind him and his bOdy bent
forward-an attitude that seems 10 be characteristic and
II So is susceptible of Improvement for speaker Is
never so commanding as when his shoulders are thrown
back and makes of every inch of his stature As
even Homer has been known to nod and the ZOO to
lie hushed silence the bulhes finally ceased from
bowling and Sir Charles allowed TO speak to Slow
ruRbhng accompaniment OF voices that did not prevent
him from being heard. Sir Charles has good voice and
distnc, utterance and when he has acquired the ait
Of being collooual-an which is known 10 Mr.. Glad
but which generally ignored III this country-he
will make excellent speaker
The speech nearly hours long, 1t was Satire al
from beginning to end; ii was intended TO be nOthing
else Tie object to crowd many facts as possible
into certain amount OF time.
Not Irrelevant word, not one word about repuD
lie The Tories sadly disappointed at the prOsalc
of the speech and Sir Charles sat down cheered
by minority OF friends hOwed al by the representa-
tives Of 200" All through his speech Mr. Gladstone
and Mr. Lowe had been taking notes. and from the at
tack upon Sir Charles by Mr. Lowe out of Parlia
ent his iutimatiOn that lie would dispose OF the
Chelsea member when brought face TO face with him in
the Exche1uer would DC good as his word, but he
failed 20 realize fond expectations Mr. Lowe kept his
seat aud Mr. Gladstone rose to reply Now, everybody
here knows how tenderly Mr. Gladstone treated Sir
Charles in his Greenwich address, delivered shortly after
the Newcastle bOmbshell But Mr.. Gladstone is an IN
teeotua flea. You never know where TO have him;
seoueny surprises the initiated TO the Prime
Minister indulge in somersaults IL was singular
spectacle 10 behold Liberal Minister received
by his own party with silence and by the opposition
with uproariOus appreciation. He had 1t all his own way
and took of the hostility TO Dixie 1t is easy
for man like Gladstone TO DE sarcastic. to make telling
hits to denounce 1t far TO be brilliant than to
dsprove facts consequently Mr. Gladstone INDUCED In
the rhetoric of abuse. He tried TO Wher Slf Chares Dy
calling him instructor OF the people, when appel
lation excited dersve laughter from the Tory benches
In one instance replying to a statement made by Sir
Charles he declared il TO be of the most wanton
errors into which a member Of Parliament ever FELL
But apart from this insulting denial of single charge
Mr. Gladstone in no answered Sir Charles Dixie.
He parted with glittering generaities" He paid
warm eulOgy TO the Queen. thus insinuating that
Sir Charless motion was a personal attack upon Her
Majesty. He declared that the motion nseparaby
connected with the speech at Newcastle therefore
should opposed and sat down after earnestly trusting
that the House would meet the motion with negative
voice the House only too ready TO heed
MIR Giadstones invitation and when Auberon Herbert
rose TO second the notion the wild animals rOared more
frightfuy than Standing like patience on monu
en the brother Of the Earl OF Carnarvon showed
an amount of pluck that combined with his welmered
popuarty as thorough gentleman and genial opponent
should have given him the OF the House, but England
4, FREQ country aud therefore will not tolerate free
speech Having waited in vain for a cessation OF
bostilitjes Mr. Herbert hit upon q stoccdto de-
livery Of his speech which made every word
an inteeeton heard distinctly by the reporters. very