The Express. — London, England, 1852-12-28 00:00:00

IMPEItIAL PARLIAMENT I HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAE, DEC. 27. THE NEW MINIS Fill. The LOUD CKANCELLtIIi took his seat at 5 o'clock, when •he house presented a very animated appearance. The galleries appropriated tc the nicuibers of the House of Commons and the err amen were crannied, and there were also I , :veral ladies present in the stile gal ..... nu th e qua rare to listen to the declaration' at the Prime Minister, and to hear an outline of the p 'Loy of the new give rumens 'flu Earl of Aberdeen, the Isrqui. of Lansdowne, the Earl of Ciarendor. the Duke at Ne*.ss•le, Earl Deauville, the Eail of St. Denman. ' and L v.l Cranwurth occupied the tryst nunineriat bench. The Earl al Derby, the Earl of Loasdale, the Hulot klahniehury, Lord Chichester. and other Ise rain re tat the late government sat oa the lower op position ben, Is aO.ottly not'. r five o'clock. The E irl tar ABERDEEN roe to present certain papers by the eunitnaud at her Majesty, and proceeded to *ay — My l.rds, Notate moving the adjournment of the house it l. my duty, as It is my &dry. to give to your lordships the re. quisite inform dim respecting the recent construction of her Majesty's mini.tty, end to indicate, although Nary bendy, the principles which will occupy our attention. and the general policy which we pope., to pursue. My lords. I behoove it has hewn usual for many who hays hero placed in the situation iu which 1 sow have the honour to stand to pretest the ehlfidenee and reluctance with which they have undertakes' the ta.k in posed upon them. I doubt aot they have donr so in perfect truth and sincerity ; but, if this has 'nen the est with tethers, your htedships may es.ey imagine thou muck more largely I must share in then feelings. Your lordships must be aware that I hate taken but tattle p let in the Idea:ceding. of this 'woe, except on such 01‘1181totts as when they have been h, nmarily can nett. el with the deportment in which I have had the &mow to bold office ; and y our lordships envy readily be lien that my last., habits, std pursuits have laid in ano ther way. Artiste; at the very serge at that period which has sees asaigned to human Ate. it might seem that other datum, other hooks, anti other occupation. might more naturally b .ve been my eltdce. Neverthe less, I have I.l' it to be my duty to obey Ike mamas& of her Majesty. lily lords, before I describe proceedon• which boys rsceutly taken place, I wish to advert too circumstance which I understood w eaned a few day, ago in this Amite, whets the noble earl opposite, at a time not altogether usual, mewed me sad Mc*, who acted with me at having entered into a species of combination or co...piracy to overthrow his government. )1 hied*, I behave :hot actuation was answered at the time by my noble tri, nil, the noble duke near me; never theless, I wish to add that my share in such a coompirety woe not ter the urpme of ejecting the noble earl from ottice, but for the purpose of keeping him in office. When it appeared from the equivocal and stubigumul paragraph in her Majesty'. speech that it was indispeusebly necenary that some fesolUttell should be moved—roue decimation should be made of the advantages of tree trade, my wily enemy was the the terms of that r. solution should be such as that noble lords and their colleagues might accept it without doing violcuce to their own feeling., sad that it might be consistent sahib. policy they meant to pursue. Those terms were framed and adopted, and sinaularly enough they had the effect intended by those who prepared then., name:y, that of enabling nt,ble lords to re tain the offices they held, and, in fact, enabling them to de so by the :wont/met and votes of the very coaspiraton themselves. My lords, it any further evidence were re quired of the nature of this coneptricy, I have to sta•a that, precisely at that time, I had myself takes meseurestoragar a residence at Nice, with the firm determination of pomiug the few winter smooths on the shores of the Mediterranean. Su much for the conspiracy. My lords, oar Saturday week 1 teceived—alter the vote of thee previous Thursday night in the House of C. 10111311111, and the resignation of the noble lord and his colleacues—l received oar Saturday week a menage from the Queen desiring my attendance at the Isle of Wight, and infurnnag me, st the same tune, that her Majesty had been pleased to monnina my noble friend the noble marquis near me (the Marquis of Laasdowne) to attend at the saute time. On comenuaicating with my noble friend, I found that, from indisposition, he was un able at that time to leave his house. I there fore thought it incumbent ow me to w..it her Majesty's further <inaction. I received this on the hollowing day; and, my lords 1 cow fess it appeared to mo that the time had arrived when it era. possible for men whose political differences the course of events, and meat legislation, had al most. it not altogether, e ff aced, and Acne per sonal respect and friendship bad never been ia ternipted—(hear hear)-1 say I thought the time had come when it was possible for such persons to act together in the public service. (Hear, hear.) I thought that the public—that the country—wu tired of distinctions with out meaning, and which had no real effect on the conduct and principles of public men. (Hear, hear.) My lords, it appeared to me that if my noble friend, the member for the City of London, should entertain the same views and feelings, 1 might !attempt to undertake the task which I now have uodertaken, but without his aid I should in vain have attempted it. 1 had neither the youth, the strength, nog the ability suificieut for the task, without his assistance ; but having had an interview with my noble friend the day before I went to the Isle of Wight, I ascertained that his sentiments were entirely in accordance with my own; and I therefore had so difficulty in assuring her Majesty that I would endeavour to fulfil the task which she had been pleased to impose upon me. My lord*, on my return from the Isle of Wight, I lost no time in cool iog to fulfil the injunctions of her Majesty; and I do not say that this task was attended with no dif ficulty, but this I will my, that I found in every quarter the greatest desire to lay aside all personal views sad objects, and cordially to unite, as far as possible in the promotion of th mottoes desire which we believed to be shared in by the country. (Hear, hear.) My lords, in the course of the week I succeeded in prepormy a Mat for her Majesty's approval—a list which was enough to receive the approbation of her Majesty, awl whim% sow stands for the judgment of the . (Hear.) The noble lord opmrite stated that het= I might have done this is twenty-four boor, bet I can assure him that I found it could sot he so quickly and wily oneomplished. Hear, hear.) Proceeding, very Misty, te touch on the different polide ports esseemsd with the objects and policy of her ffirg in iq ii t 's • askinteire, I weed not de beia your lonishige at any upon the seers of our relstioss with heefga pe r z wei. troth is, that tor the lest thirty yeses*, et the Mega main of this comity bees same Them ham bees differesem to its ariedid. aseselhe te the heals entrusted with the illeedies of diet podgy& hada barb& non of the hedge play of thh ematsy ha he het *My mass Wless de sede—lit hen bus the semat des eD all Isdopeedsat states—a dole le ideliii. es melt as perilis. he. the Maisel AIM of salt esaddes—sa meardes of ear ewe beam and beleeeele—mil. *ems* an sees* dodos be seam the mewed paw of Berme by all sash amen es wenh is sew powellier.) las am sly that dillassees ray set line Or OM Wes' thy may ass lam bees emit* ea adds Oar he their ealeames se peamm emasYmsYmaldiked sad CMIIOIIIIOOIII ersammed het Me priesigh et ear podgy hes always Isms te raped the W mbar oats, pest oe assll, sad so tto te er a t e re a tili l their internal stairs. This I trust will be still the use, widths% we shall maim the bisseddip mg Mena Use geed will of all awileisa et every deaddles, *mew may be the mature of theft givimmeat asentlistlea stall if era It *Mile the Ye of Oh smeary ta be es to Werke& say wed* st hedge lates, my earnest desire eat swat baps had we *all sever be called epos to set MOP M amoshe the Meese elk* et pease-maker.. (Hear)) get. my MA* earassey es I desire to see a em am mess of pow% mil sexless m lam se prosier at the ewes ids. lus tri se meats Owed to reCir ac ti; the.. dogaseee pegginems• while ham bees nesady usdatelma. mind *bid, pis de* had bees bee lint Mewed-+a that these is eat espastelbee of the seer et Is Motile * pea c e es the essisery. they are ~ad is the et Melt; eat se ken peeparatiess an semi* defensive they ought set a* mast give as my power wisatever. 11y beds, the peat of ha hm t *Ws meant meenimed. die meet dreseledetis of this emir asst is de 111.111111 with *l* My me sawed* le the mkteasses sad the eater NOS of bee toads sad the iswaswill amt Mamba sprat hi by the kes Mibert Peel. I d• set esier hie say direaseka et the reepethe mite et diem or Wheat Meths. The miss of bath I Mime be be irlieemeelie. heripmer My stay be waded is disk apilleales. teethe el therweatey. With • MUM sash es eels bellt detl P T l Yesedies me is eel it h te *sled *redhead' ead eppiheiles ef ga = "k pelaskise that we are le lash he the meowed, a the eareaky. • deassial est* peshably—l derdisea my sesemelly—eriss W the arl eased= ef • her Wei* et ear remesse. It e is y the dm eldest he *deb tee shoed pleelle. It mast Is sad diabtlses It will tan the legetuity sod e set, *or omen* is this en he that meet with asesedise Se Mm pielphe of Methe sod equity. My leek *us h sardreir sidigie b aIM I may refer. as erbildi the aseaday k deeply kilesseled, sal ea wit* a general trupartedes aMmiles et sashed edu cation. This bee Maar a tresl—• west whbalt the mummy smugly Mime to see supplied. and which lies mgreesed OM ahead= of all who have reiseadois the dheelka of pub& stairs. I me sad asset* te member the taroks*. into this 11,101117 et the MI sal Irairadr system of eM. cares, sod 1 wall mamba dr segmbealismes it esidled. the emesides h.at with ;• bet. by degas* the sak dIF WRY torsess mss/at •1 mm wm.Mr fr r 41160.1811 should be pastel sad tailwind, but the *de la Wish It ma Ma be eardsd We Ord I Mart Mt the= tell of diesehiss. sal imaded with easy pest It is ssiesheally my meat desire. resagekkg es I de as elide allighes elensat is di 111•111416118 ▪ die • la ri r e teme ldissase et the dorsi enmesh* le • m o ms' er earkiestly with that were* debt et Med* of obi* all ass see essided mser es is mash usessor e ser s oseatey. sad whisk It bits has dis gelds talssevt mike. My has. wasehre twat *Mb Ism fay thereto lam sew bent dedeadieg fa seem gm. beea g rs t a it them kw 'sheer whlib. hardened ly Mr timenimest, \ambushing' up themble bird iimdthe teselma. sad *lb so meat dem sod Ogg" a*Mwerat i. bh bands. Th ese Mame mat odd be siallme* *I as dead they will meet with the sammeass et yew Istrehlps. ma will Ilually tend Ss sallibillss of thejablis- /11y lords, by revitensioa of sisistisk .... thirkr . kw t o' , I trust that die medal eosin will be materially immersed ; mt that, by the peeper which M will be oar be make la all damn for the THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28. 1852. that subject la terms which lead me to hope la that soma of his eolleagut s have already reeaseidere d l* :l iv. th ' e extreme opinion' which they exressed In the other house en the principle of the badges, which they thee : rated they heti, vied would destroy public credit and endanger the nation,' honour. Sincerely do I hope that the noble earl sad his colleague., when they Whig forward their ea n budget, may he walled to frame the renewed income-tee on such • looting of justice—l cannot say of ab so ate nod positive equity to all classes—but of justice in is general amngements—such as may indut.e the Home or comm. , .. to COIIMInt to the requipositiou of Om tea; for I can 140 , 111.0 the noble earl that nu men is more desirous than 1 am to preserve inviolate the faith of the country, and to minim due supplies for the exigencies of the public service ; and no man can be more entirely convinced than I am, that, without • renewal of the income tax, in some shays er alter, neither the present nor any other government cas obtain the requisite revs nut. (Hear, bear.) I make them• remake with • very general auplication, and speaking only of the vague programme of the measures of the nuli:e earl, solar as he has yet developed them. I must, however, tike occasion to protest against the linguae which the noble earl has used, as applied t i now his colleagues—thot between them there is only a dis tinction without a differenet—and that there ere such emus teriai points of difference hetweee all parties as to make the "sentry at last sick of seeing nominalseperations between public men. The noble earl must forgive me for sating that either on this or On a former occasion he has been greatly mistaken; that be is misteken in respect to there being no differeuers between himself and his colleagues ; or that he was mistaken who n he stated that between Wined( end me there was only a diffaeme with respect to recent cum mereial legislation. I will nut enter into a consideration of the personnel of his cabinet ; and I will not discuss noe mu' oat concession. which may have been nude of private and individual feelings. In • free country I know it is nee ..... y for some extreme °Maine* to be conceded, and fur gentlemen acting together In a political party to consent to such suppressions or modifica tions of their own views ae, without a violation of their pries:plat, tend to the harmonious, safe, and sue ce.siul action of the wtmle body. But when lam told that the present cabinet esnyriaes the names of all the meet im portant men, the heeds of all the principal parties in this country, then I say, it seems to me that concession must have been carried to a very contederable degree—to • degree, at which I cannot help doubting whether the ad vent/ego gained by temporary If 01On. as members of the seine government, may not be counterbalanced by the crea tion of a distrust in the public mind, as to the prim ciples on which that alliance is vs be conducted. I must say I was umeished at the noble earl when he stated that fur the last thirty years the foreign policy of this count,.. had substantially been the same. I quite concur in those views of foreign policy which the notate earl his this evening developed They are, I believe, precisely the sling views which I expressed when first speaking for the late government from the place which the noble earl now occupies, and when I was fortunate enough to obtain the noble earl*. approval. But when I look back on the recent history—when I consider the antecedents of the noble earl —sad when I recollect the language in which the noble earl eonamented on the system—not on incidental episodes, but on the system in which the foreign puiicy of the country was at one time oonducted by statesmen who are now the colleagues of the noble earl, I must say that we are going very far indeed if we agree with the noble earl now that there is only a distinction without a difference between the foreign policy of the pre sent g mint, and of the government against whom the noble earl, on the ground of its erreueous foreign policy, has so often, so ably, cud so eloquently inveighed. (Hear, hear.) The noble earl hoe intimated to us that be intends and he desires to promote and to develope the national education ; giving Sue weight to the authority and influence of the religious views of the country, but at the same time basing the system of national education upon equality and toluatton. fhe idea is mast praiseworthy ;it is one in which I entirely Concur. The difficulties in the way of earryint out the wish tau great, as the noble earl is evi dently well aware ; and I only hope and trust that the noble earl may be enabled to surmount those difficulties, and to plus before the country a plan of national education in which all parties may concur ; and I express this hope because 1 agree with the noble earl that in the extension of education—by which I mean education governed by rel.- Rion, as I fun sure the noble earl 'swain, tou,—lite the best security for the social and political safety cud prosperity of the empire. (Hear, hear.) The noble earl also announces his drain to proceed on a system of administrative reform ; and upon that again there can be no dtfference of opinion, and the noble earl will not aoticipate in that rupee any opposition from me or from my friends—at all events, with regard to the prin. ciples—the details, of course, depending on the skill with which the measures may be constructed. The noble earl also tells its that be intends to deal with the laws affecting the representation of the people. On that subject the noble earl spoke is a toile somewhat oracular ; fur be said the noble lord the member for is city of London must b. a conservative, us he would nut have joined that noble lord isi a government ; am: that, on the other hand he must be a liberal, or the noble lord would not have joined him. Perhaps he might have mentioned other members of the government on whom he might have de pended for even a larger degree of liberality than charac terised the noble lord; but the antidassia was, perhaps, complete: and the noble earl has contented himself with stating tha. his measure of parliamentary reform will be couservativety liberal, and liberally conservative, which is all the intimation we are to have with resets' to the future policy of the government. I confess that that does not convey to my mind ary very distinct idea, and I hardly think teat it Can be satisfactory to the coun try. The advantages to the noble earl are obvious from this vagueness; fur whatever his unwire, he can say that he had described it. If it is extreme, and people complain that it goes too far, the noble earl will say, " Well, did not I tell you I meant to be liberal ;" and it other parties say ". Oh, this is nothing at all—it is a distinction without • difference," the noble earl can tura round on them and my, " Gentlemen, I told you at the outset I would be extremely conservative." (Laughter.) The noble earl and his ealleagaes, in fact, so tar as they are pledged by hie description es given this evening, can do what they like. They may go the length of the right hosourable beat. in the ablest, wine is favourable to the consideration of the Wet I Of ahoy law make some paltry alteration is the eenetibeennek fee wkfsh they would receive ne thank,, gad because ill would be a useless, would be a mischievous change. ffi,p herds, I say the existing system is not perfect ; it is capable el amendment and improvement. But every thing deposit WOW whothor the improvement be one in principle, OS the ooklell with which the measure is intro- duffed, and on the skill with whieh the plan is adapted to its object. Unless there be a clear benefit, without oorrespoading danger, then I say the noble earl and his out leagues do not act wisely in entering on a field calculated to raise so mach difficulty and apprehension, unless they clearly me a palpable en d manifest advantage. The noble earl kis alluded to language of mine at various times, and which I repeat now, conveying my apprehension of the ex- tension of the democratic principle in our constitution. The noble earl says that he knew the country more contented, or less disposed to listen to agitation; and be says that he sees nothing like the preys- Lace of "deaseereey ; " and that although there an some ladividuals who entertain visionary ;eon ties' sebum' be does not believe that the peat body of the people sympathise in them geberass. I eustrely concur with lie wide end; I think the great body et the people do set wane la Oboes schemes i end I hollow that if they Imam the peak seassepessess of asap sebum ea the isseesimest they amid admit ken then awl flea their enehere with better. Bat when be eels sa it the great near et Me gsegle—theee, I mean, whey la paint of posi tion and Made% enemy tar below the mimeos now entitled be the bendare—ere, from their Intelligente and far eyeing, gegalie of well the effect, of alters- PP In OP elenstitatkimal system, or of ex teenve and essigliteeted gilded measures, this, I say, madding es I de Mally is the good faith, and in the loyalty of may consilryname there is danger in entrusting with 1 poligeal pewee these who have too little—mark, not of intaglios" bat at acquired information, and too small a stake laths matey, for them fairly and impartially to °on side, lawdess se political change. When I speak there of the ogees; of the democratic element in our eineffinteleneeend Sat lathe phis.* I have always used—l de set my ham& the loyalty of rayeemetrymen. but I eestsed, great as die influence of the Besse of Commons Is at peesist, and great as it mush be is the unstitution of the enuag, pnerally, that there le a aerials danger of Musing the dieSsaisr alas Howse et Oesaammes by throw ing We large a prevents& of the revemeneadea of that body into till blob of the lower sad lies bekesesd doom of society. I seams% however, antieivate epsilons I. the moan the wales earl may brie, dimmed ; Irma his lan- pegs it is at premst iesporible is swain what the cha- ' POP ef that Mame nay be. The amble earl says that the preseedielp of dee realist general simian twavineed kiln that the mew* system Is ansetiefasesey. If ha can find a remedy deaths serreselea of these evils ta which he refers —and let bile observe that the remedy le not to be found in l ' the mere ealwedes el the framehbe, fee it le is the large con. stimenciee Melly that these M i n ham been pereelved— then I say there se no one from whoa he shall receive a wire medial support, ia strengthening th at remedy, how- Per stringent It may be, than from the man whom the serge earl very semeseseely supposes to be hostile to his ad- Minfetrettlem lOM my, in conclusion, that I have no ' haft& lISONEIII Of hostile to the noble earl. I e e. Nona say whew I at the compontion of his govern ment, that I entertain any confidence in It, for I have as conception of the principle upon which the com- hiaation ha bus Imes& about. But if the noble earl is prepared, and bee pew la his own cabinet, to act on those winch I hens Wien, believed to be his own principles, he may rely se A, set only that he will receive no evidence of hostility tree Ea. but that it will be satisfactory to me to find that—ode, whatever persons—the government of this country ass be sallsiy, steadily, and constitutionally carried ' on, in the true conservative sense of the word, not avoiding or shrinking frem useful and nuessary amendments, but strongly and determinedly resisting of changes, and firmly opposing any interference with tea just bala n c e which at present exists In the constitution. (The noble earl was warmly cheered by the few partisans around bin on resuming his seat.) Their l ord ship immediately adjourned to Feb. 10. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MoNDAY, Dtc. 27. The house met, according to adjournment, at 2 o'clock. There were not many members present, probably from the expaatatioa that, with the exception of the moving for the new writs, there would be no business brought on. The treasury bench wan empty, as a matter of course, the new ministers being no longer members of the house until re elected. Mr. Disraeli, and several of the late muddiers, welfare and happiness of the ceuntry—by cautious gad r steady program in this direction—that both in tellecteally and materially) alt. coodiMa of the people may he advanced. My lords, them TO. ; forms will not exclude an amendment of our represnota. tire proem—an amendment sot rabbit s nor beefily takes ; bet safe, will considered and efficient. My lords, it sea scarcely be denied that son.. amendmeut of this system is required, and unquestionably the eyrOlll of the last election have not been such as to render any one more enamoured of the system which actually exists. (Hear, hear.) My the noble t arl on the occasion to which I hive alluded referred to the existence of • consererive govetrinsent, said expressed some surprise sad curiosity se to how I should be enabled to carry on the service of her Majesty, ser roauded by those persona with whom I was likely to be associated. Now, my for Is, I readily declare to the noble earl that in my opinion no government in this country is now possible except • coos/treaties government ; and I add another declaration, which I take as iuduhitebly true, that no reiveniment is possible in this country except • liberal government. The truth is thew terms have no definite meani. (Hear, hear.) I never should bare thought of approaceing my noble friend the member for the City 01 Liedon (turd Johns Russell) unless I had felt he was .conservative, and I am sure he would 'neer have associated himself with MI 1111104 he tnought I had been a liberal. Ily lords, them terms it may be coneenient to keep up for the purposes of party faction—thear, h. ar)— but the country is sick of these el etinctions which have so real meaning, and which prevent men tram acting together who are able 'o perform good service to the crown end the people. Therefore, my lords, I trust that in every just arose and in the reputation of the world, whatever the measures proposed by her Majesty's present government may be, they will be conareative Niemen& as well as libsrel measures, tor, my lord., I consider both to be indis peneably necessary to the 0041Mtly. Tee noble lord (the ii I of herby) nisi refereed to the dangers and the neees e,ty of reeistiog the encroachments of democracy. Now, my lord., I run quite ready to trade is resisting the en croachments of democracy or any other encroach tunit., but I am at a loss to see Islam there eacroichniente exist, and I look in vain for any such indication at the present moment. I should say, on the contrary, that I never recollect this country more tranquil, more centented, less abounding in subjects of danger and alarm, than at the present time; and this pros perity, this contentment, and this happiness I believe to be mainly owing to the eysteen of Sir Robert Peel, which it is our business to uphold. No doubt sper.lative men, end thoughtful men, have at all times in this country, in their closets, eons* to the eoneinaloa that the democratic ham of government may be preferable ta the monarchical; but thew are not the men to overthrow states, and are, there fore, not to he feared in a state of sociry like ours. There must ski always be men reckless and violent, unprincipled awl ready for any exam sad outrage, it is true; but, at the tame time, I repeat that there is kill 1040111 to enter. bun sueh apprehensions at the present moment than I ever recollect in the course of my life. (Hear, hear.) I have great eantidenee in the peopll of this couutry—(hear, hear)—and I do believe that the imputation, and [TOO the existence of alarm, at this moment is almost • lible on the people of England. (Hear, hear.) My forte, I regret to have been informed that the sable earl (the Earl of Derby) expr essed i himself its tones which ind.cated hostility to her ajestv's present goveinuient. I regret it deeply, beano* I well know the vast powers of the noble earl. I ant well aware of all that he is able to do ; but I believe and trust that, if it can only be made truly manifest that we are sincerely animated by a real desire to proteute the welfare of the great body of the people, that we shall have the support of the country, so I am sure we shall have the approbatios of our own consciences. My lord*, I now beg to move that this house at its risiog do adrurn until Thursday. the 10th February next. The EARL of DE RBY—My lords, there is little in the programme of the noble earl, so far as he has explained it to-ni4tst, with which I, for one, feel I have any cause to complaia, and I !should hardly have thought it incumbent upon see to say • single word, had not the noble earl alluded to me persenally in • manner which renders it impossible for me to remain silent. I would not have risen et all es this occasion if the noble earl had not referred to the eirounstastes which occurred the .;her evening, in a manner which Makes it impossible for me to abstain from some remark, and in a t , also, which convinces me that it this point the noble earl mast have bees greatly misinformed. The noble earl has spoken of the " hostility " whiek I manifested on that occasion. I can assure the noble earl that anyone who has led him to believe that I expeeseed " hostility" has greatly misinformed him. I said, on the contrary, that -it that moment I was maxim, to forbear from a stogie ex pression, is commenting on that which had takes place, which could is the slight est degree raise a controversy or prejudge what was se; and I promised the noble earl —and I trust there was nothing inconsistent with my re spect for him in so qualifyiag that promise —that if the policy of the noble earl should be that which I hoped it would pm* a be—although from the essoeistioos with which he werinrrounding himself, I necessarily had some iloekts—he should receive from me, and from my friend', if not • cordial at all events a sincere and a conscieutious support: that he should meet from so more forbearance than had been exhibited to us; and that he might rely on not being stet, ea our pert, by any unpriocipled combination. (Hear, bear.) These were the sentiments which I expressed ea that Octagon, and these are the senti ments which I am happy M have an opportissity of repeat ing. I felt, sad I Sul se Motility to the noble Earl personally. I am eau tint be bimetal would never suspect me of it; sad en pablis pomade I did set feel, and do not feel, what am be sailed Melia y to his administration; and I shall be ingsked es Sad him 416abled to conduct the government ea prinelpise seal as will permit in. to give him my rapport 1110111116 lest Meek, used—not ones or twice, but Am If lin dillie-ibe berm, as pro. ceediag from far, ef Nasseplamy,"_ iragrassatiag that I bad Mira that a May bed hem entered into the L My lords, se ma tepees km ray Os the best of my judgment, to my belief sad seavistissi mod as sash plants. (Bear, hear.) What I mid wee ellbsuries ; and as the noble earl wee Mime at the perhaps be will permit me to repeat it la lids presents leesses I em coaelseed, aetwithatandiag some dasiels with whisk mj statemests Mee bees met, that to the email be whisk I seated I semi flama, sad net, as they have hew arpeammealte be, mess brume dells. felt it was inembest m me on that navies to OM and to pow Is year lordships that I did sat and without mire throw up the heavy lily whisk had devolved ea me is sessgssitse of sty assigemse ef @Moe ; for • air ea lleked see that a seen leay ressessiblik7 ameba up • ennesim 410 ask a trait sem am ens& I stated that we bed bass tbdasted cm my asenal sr betsbens imerSes, es apse my mom af saber impertmss. I amid nut knee emideeed judged la sedigelag elm hawsers meth I nig= felt that s guesiment seam ask eirinmsemess mold te a aortal& extent be dialsit dim pedbming its duty ia the maim whisk timid Is deeindits - MOM the poli ties et the Ileme of Oseamme at lb, dm sr the bet= • eiselles; and I sheetel BIM di. al WM wee is* Mat of Mee geossmest hod the sesidsmes by far the let party, woman. as reerstresp saw separate party, yet that set the datise of • NI moiety of the Home, P r st i ll saimassely be In the pewee of all the ether parties, • sumbirthag en a Ms. be pat the gevernamt at any time In a rem•it , whisk maid render the nelorstrea of the gevarament if not bapsestive ; ang I went on it state—and I am tarry that I Amid have it repeat this—that frets the period of the general eieMbet Ewa it ode sae, I bed lesse of a easiest mem diarist parties in apposition ta the gemesment. swam Ladd am amid seam and ma as slobt heel ft the emit I Mu rotated sm. Atm what has, bees mid by the sari this evening, I. soot,.. small him s& beta ac tuated by that grave, wbkii & attributed y to that amen of pa ea. Bet I ant same Me setts sari will =we me. sad thas year BMA* aot I am needlessly wombs year Mee. 11 1 mint eat the rem& ea whisk I ilansed that rwith whisk I did set tumble year lordships cer ireimer eureka, sad whisk I would set state sew had set Os aside art Menet ge veal se broadly to what =t Ndy Mims the spinersl Medea, WINS it was thM a general elesisa wee IMMedierely mime addressee were of seem Wood Ss eagle= titmice by gentlemen regesseatisi all time mdmiss of opiates, between ski* I emset site., with Ike mile met is thiokiag there wee a illsdistion wishes& • Mamma —(laughter ) end seams ethers a right hex helmet wilts trios fee some yam I had the plume mil the beam of Uri./ is terms M the (mate* faitimey nod friend ship—who bad fenserly, is his early years, bees the rezer s tative or the very radial tassumeney of Carlisle. restaegneatly lad wafts plisse, aml been sennested with AMMO eiselliimmles is Ike inemels, retuned at It M hl bums smelltemrssf Oarlisie, stalleeed the mar of his ways as inhistend ismervatire, sal pesimeed Ids Menem at MapitataehMe We obi Mrs the sedum of beibte. with wham be VA* Wad : Ind MENU. I think that Ike mite earl admit that betties: SX . hem Mama esd as theme wee a diem mee of out IMMO a very great and very diabolism addrusing his stimel taw% rolarker ft &Age at that time made egahmt boar Naivety's ISM gmemmert. that they were • gievernmeat pelasigke, sad that the baggage mad by ask emmettes et ferent Susi m veep dlainedent. and breseasileshim the *IS hem ha a rem. mid that be wield plant w ism the sue try wee saki it it Maids es me BUM, sad eis. pie pseud. CealidiMes. be said, had Ina Mimepdlu feems Ike Cluiref the llett af Derby ; and be maid Os ai n a Mein waft agar--04, the of gip ties the gevernmat at the Lai et Deft = . Ins the quietism an whisk the right hem beirmet limited all dans st wises to Pia i.e.., and that wee the single pried* whisk that right ben. baronet avowed wasld_ gem* his esndset Be stated that for yeen his Ilk hall bees Mies W pakiie—he stated what he was : se Midst seismer, a Mend ta the Wank end ether things whisk I don't remember; bat i mo de leMelllo be e that be ebbed by saylasititis sealmeed to—that he me • &aided eggenest Lead Derby% gra. veransest• beim theselbseA mesginlbs Med hes. bereset—~ this. deeisra New h ad I minion* bin le esg, le dm asesenalhe make. sad esmisimbeidsg. se! Mew, 'Mt isstismes Mea n eememaides 'MMus, whoa egesisesst wlthathr maw of tke keels eras neerseary to plies the gevessmast he • mineetty—l= . l on set sunmies Ise emelt when tut, I amid set en the ihrbessesse Maw deN hos. bereset. W I heard the Miele muse at pee• using which Ink pia at Se at the eseits, and it is sot ken the of clubs, which I de not bequest, It it is set from the tittistattle of private sememetisei, whisk I will r set repeat, but from the declarations sad stetementrmade In hie plans is yarliiiMent by that right bee. gentleman, that I mimedinfer, , and that 1 do art a eesepiney, but a eetterrt titre's different persons an d partieefor the purpose, at the comrsestement of the session. of plaits/ the late go verasseet in a minority. That is the whole latest of the etateusest I mode on a banner oecesio6—that frees the NW. menossent of the session I saw that diff.mnit parties, in cluding among them gentlemea of ..eoeeerestive" se they professed, were concerting together for toe purpose of putting the late government In • minority. fbe noble earl asp that there was Le such concert, and that as far as he was conformed there was no such otsjost ; and I believe all that the sable earl stave with regard to himself. Bat the feet. as to others are plain. The right hos. baronet to whom I have been referrisg states that he arrived in town at a late hour of the evening revive to the delivery of the Queen's speech ; and that he mamediaMly milled on the noble earl (Earl of Aberdeen), with "them, he said, he was in the habit of having unre served NA kisser ementunieations on political mutter.. I do Um IMO Is voting this, to identity the noble earl with dm ;Mimi *ors and opinions of the right hasssalis bosom t keel of all do I desire to identify the wale mud with the right honourable baronet's &Wendell at Carlisle fir the differences may suggest to the noble earl that there may be some dis elmeiggem is I matters even between men sitting In the sues eskiest. (Laughter.) The riot; hos. barunet's stateless; however, Is that be called on the noble earl and vonsellail hiss as to the Name he should pursue with re gard to that peressepb be the Qom'. speech which rehned to the esemeselel edieref the country. The right bee. bermes. I as bees/ te say, seems to have des played 'Mt activity es Me INKOI4On ; for, aweigh arriving in toss late at night, be had had an opportunity, before two o'clock no the billowing day, of communicating with and ascertaining the sentiments of the noble earl and his friends, the noble lord the member for the City of London and hie friends, his " hos. fr i ed,' as he called him, the member (or Manchester and his friends, Mr. Villiers and his friend.. (Laughter.) With all them difforent persons and parties the right hen. baronet con. suited with regard to as amendment or no amendment on the Mccee's speech , the introduction or the Lon-introduc tion of a substantive motion, recording the opinion of par liament in favour of free trade. It was, it appears, agreed that there should be no amendment oa the Queen's speech ; and the member. (or ae West Bullies and Man chester, and the followers of those gentlemen, although they would have preferred an amendment, yie lded to the objections of those with whom for the time they were eo.ope. rating, and abstained from bringing forward neat amendment, leer, if urged on them, we are told, discord might be thrown into the tanks of the opposition. The I : eech from the throne was delivered; sad there was a paragraph in that speech, torichieg on the nati nil commercial policy, which the noble earl has told us was in itself ambiguous. I do not agree is that interpretation ; but I think the noble earl will admit that if there was any ambiguity la that para graph, the declaration which I made and the declaration which was made in the other house by the late Chancellor of the Exchequer, should have removed and did remove say possible doubt aS la the intuition', in this (Uremia, of her Majesty's governmest. (Bear, leer.) That explanation, however,wee not waited for in the Houle of Commune; flee the mover and seconder had made their remarks in urging the address in answer to the speech from the throne, we have it, on the declaration of the right hos. baronet, that Mr. Villiers stooped across to him and asked his advice and hi counsel whether he should or should not give notice of a substan tive motion on .he subject of free trade. The right boa. baronet gave the advice—which was, that Mr. Villiers should bring forward a substantive motion; and, in conse quence, the requisite notice was immi diately given by Mr. Villiers. The notice woe given is very general terms; and it was not until late in the following week—not, indeed, until three or four dip' of the day fixed fur debating the motion—that . the . distine . t . terms of the motion were pet en record. Of coarse Mr. Villiers being the per am who pee notice of that motion, it there wean° concert with other parties, Mr. Villiers was the person by whom that motion was framed, and framed, of coarse, acting on his own principles and his own views, without coasslting say of the conservative members of the House of Com mons. Bat no; the motion was not prepared by Hr. Vil line; but by the right hon. baronet the member for Cu ff/de, who tells us that he took great point in framing it, elasiderieg himself responsible for it. What was the neat step ? To consult as to the language of the motion with the noble lord the member for the City of London; sad having obtained the sanction of the noble lewd to what the right bon. baronet hid himself drawn up, W noble lord neither adding anything nor taking away snythiog, the right hon. baronet neat proceeded to the erenservetive section of his friends in the House of Com mmes, sad those who had been his eoll. agues in Bir Robert Puri to consult with them how far they intrallgenisar in the terms proposed by himself and adopted SAN Red the member fur the City of London. =let these different parties, the right bon. short: and Le has not told the House of OnllWaisa -. 1E17 wee the canse—eia what ground it was, that, having taken these great pain. in shaping his resolution, and having obtained the concur rence of the noble lord tho member for the City of Lewdest on one side and of the colleagues of Sir Robert Peel ea the other side, that motion wee not made in the House of Commons, and why another motion instead of that was made. I am here speaking of facts. At what time the alteration was made I know not; but that a 00inatunieation was made by the right bon. baronet to the gratimes k whine hawk thi mensihed hen ori ginally pined there see he sumarse Siena ; and those geminate MIMS es the imettes of *male wen. which, to thelejedgmen—eed they were quite right—rendered it perfredy Impenble he the government to accede to the amiss. Dot these mei me se Meted, and to them new viii the nem{ was elm of the other patties with when the right hen. baronet was is this Meter Iberia'. Now I have said asthiag of . eonspiney"— I may have used the weed emshleatioa ; but I know not whet is the saming of wooden Maas If the negotiations I Yaw maw, end whin I bets Imailed on the authority tithe right hes. balm% digest man end imply a coiteert Mono to the ociveransat Wawa three totally different mos l a the House of COMMlllaelrill of those partial pea hung amervative *Oaks" hy the ISM& GC the 1111418 eillir si ts: Mt they bed se different, Sniffs with her . 's lete severemet. ems es see gel& (Si.., soa r . noble seri says Se hem of the mem la were ffediously framed, net he the e mud hem it—est he the MI set dm penem of petting • al.esltt In the way of goveremest—bet he thiri= et of kris. sea words, es , while mserm She s the frame. might, at the Ism Wee, clime Ye of the late roma meet. My lards, I gin the nth sari impish unit for the inserity of his dedereffes; hat I emit bey saying diet if it wen only the also et dime pathos. to Stain the reensition of a pelmigie he seek a ismer and is seek tem as the late genie sees would amen to, It Is that before &k gmelee dthe meths, the wily F ws when lbw gellisesea did set aessek nee the el ihe seemensnt themselme—Ster,lear) ee SW party meek the goverment bad their yaps of (Hear ' ben) I dotal ray that to ._s. as • hag as risible the terms seek UMW hem the goverment was sot geed in as admit eggentim ; bet I do say, that es for mal • mein jes==l a t ed ewevr i l d =tie the he useignin M C=reemeesieste the hems at that neekstles le the t, and them Msay that their esly Sleet wee MS =7 sweat of the lowermost to their peepaities. ersa a onset issemistest with friendly mehriess ; wt, mot andeleat Mb en mon with the go v erment; but is maisten. end NS be sessisien any, with • insert between MI She Mire mks' of the gem of Commas he the engem senbarrsesksc the goverenest at = ism) DM. amis ef . why woe it. I sake ff these won theeneives saddled with their meeleties. sal W their eler dog vs what they preassed. that they Mew windy emested le alter the term asd to gin en their eirlthsrlisre=arireiassedbelightrar ofte n = p l eg i a alP il ! Insee--sed hewed for the merest purpose of is =ILSet the gmenmsat meld mole to it ? ippon, Oloweestio),_ entredieled me the sights fa the hen I me ~sr ; its Sa mu a pt, risk, bag the* eltheigh the with Mem he was mid with elm be h WI sensed te r..... . tram& by the tight ben. with tut whin the l aseerstoksl Saall7 r2.lt.tt th is resole*. la lest Mime wee pa ' by them at all. end Set they led wise le a MS . a . Sd made that Miles pretty publicly Mtn, list Wtwo resendeas was to be divided es, the sense that of me. Iflllien nil the ether the emsdeme 11. late Chandler of the heranwer, they nee per te she *sir wipmet MI their met he to Medea free asesniessat. (Hear, hser.) Those are the sem se I Ind it ; sad Weed the noble duke bhmlf wlll set peened that he neared the wells of 1 „m a ma swag the pemest miss nth l ib e t t sli Wk. tirade tbe sentsmes wil em sut h a ma me bang homed Ma k i sperhanity of rat i m d ie opssa hi s mberityewe! aot pretend that he did set paddy iargen—set l es in pr. Ilaniek bee IS • 111011111 r arssatlag to aelginy—l =ma that be ask se sweet a Winks to dad is Nei, miler nos tuaiemmty of el of Se Senn die loallimatW gennesset. sad that. helm no m 1 hiff. hil Mown ninon that the budget would SW a Ineuraffe of ellsidai m eat obieS (" Rm. hur." laeghter.) 'fhb the hake will set May ; and no see see deny Oat them wee that mewl between hams paths as to the einem et the neintlens it Mr. Valois, sad that, when k wee speed se by them Shinn potties, it was knows sad Sweets that seek a resolution meld cot hay. the meet of the govermsent. I have sow, g aleede, stated the. fasts whin SUM Me the ether tto declare that, from the sex esemessement ef the _,l Wined there was • oemet Inn s& daises penes NW the per. I pose of Westin the 1011111111114. I NM molly 'mein that it might hats been mere enemies* m seem poetise it her Majesty's gewerennest had cm boss Wm is seedy is confer defeat, and if they had watesitted only after Man in order that their raffle might ham be en made' mare dieneditabh beim relkin. Ise midst* believe Set k was net the Mb of ems gentlemen she rated to• miter es the essesies I We shunt to—oed I ma bend to believe it was net the wish of the noble earl lieself— that the late germinal.. previous M Christmas, should he compelled, because tbes were le a mi&ority, to mien. I will sot *ow enter lath a damasks as to the merits or da write of the budget Aka was prepesed by the lets Chan- cello, of the Eachequer. The sable earl has adverted in the speech he has made this imaiiip to the 11110 of eon. 'Acting the very important question which fo ra mate rial element in that Uascial scheme; and he has spoken on ocespied the freest opposition bench. Most of the op. position and ministerial members also sot on the sole of the house to which their respective leaden had gone over. but In one or two instances the members Placed themselves in the seats they had bees accustomed to occupy since the commencement of the session. Amongst others, Mr W. William" took his scat on the opposition aide, close behind Mr. Di.raeli. Mr. llayter also, on coining into the house, was proceeding towards the oppo sitlee benchip, when he made a suiden stop, and, amidst some laughter, took his seat on the Treasury beach, of which he was the nnly occupant. Ti., SPEAK Elt said he had received from the examiner of reamnisances a notification that the sureties for prefects. Sing the election petitions for Bury St. Edmunds and Peterborough were unobjectionable. NEW WRITS. On the motion of Mr. HAYTEIt new writs were moved fur the following places--Fur the City of London, in the room of Lord John Russell, who has accepted the office of one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State; for the borough of Tiverton, in the room of Lord Palmeraton, who hoe accepted the office of one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State ; for the University of Oxford, in the room of the Itt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone, who has accepted the office of Chancellor and Under T of her Majesty's Exchequer ; for the southern division of the County of Wilts, in the room of the Rt. lion. Sidney Herbert. who has accepted the office of Secretary at War ; fur the City of Carlisle, in the room of Sir Jam , . Graham, who has accepted the of of First Commissioner of Lord High Admiral; for the Borough of Halifax, in the room of Sir C. Wood, who has accep'ed the office of President of the Board of Control of the affairs of India; for the borough of Southwark, in the room of Sir W. Molesworth, who has accepted the office of Chief Commissioner of Works; for the borough of Leeds, in the room of the Bight Hno. M. T. BANICS, who has accepted the office of President of toe Poor Law Board; for the borough of Nuttinaharn, in the room of the Right Hon. E. Strutt, who has accepted the office of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ; for the county of Cavan, in the room of Sir J. Young, who has accepted the office of Chief Se cretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; for the borough of Marlborough, in the room of Lard Ernest Bruce, who has scented the office of Vice-Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household ; for the borough of Scarborough, in the room of the Earl of Mulgrave, who has accepted the office of Treasurer of her Majesty's Household ; for the be:Quell of Hertford, in the room of the Hon. W. F. Cow per, who has accepted the office of one of the C,:rn missionere for executing the office of Lord High Admiral ; and for the borough of Morpeth, in the room of the lion. E. G. Howard, who has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Manor of North East. PETITIONS PRESENTED. PARLIAMENTARY PAVERA.—My Mr. W. J. FOX, from au institution et Oldham, praying that parliamentary papers may be sent free to all literary MALT TAX.—Mr Mr. WORTLEY, from a place not heard against the repeal of the malt duty. The house then adjourned until two u elt.ce this day. erams.s. TO CORRISB PON OENTS. - - - ------- --- t strnd Glictoe •("m. Kir . ..," seatel•tne tee ea•no e'• "f. orrtte,^l- , tettsliothq every Tweet., ea-1 Yr: • • eldltt, In tang P.e pot. for " The Fiero.," Loot , ote .e.. 4 he .t tie , tithes, IV. Bouverie-otrelet, 5 1 Two ",tote Ca ti,, -tay of publiesties. MOH WATIM. AT LONDON BRIDGE. 114 Dot —llltornior. 3h. 3b. 27E6 To.ionsauw—Motolar. 33. Naf Andreu et. do. 3hk. LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28. YESTERDAY we had the first two indications of the probable political future of the pew Ministry; one given in Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S address to the elec. t..rs of the City , of London, and the other in the Earl of ABERDEEN s speech in the House of Peers. The 1 song in both minis terial s one of " progress," and is so far good. Th leaders both in Lords and Commons speak of a reform of our representative system as one of the things they propose to undertake. Lord JOHN RUSSELL says to the City of London electors:—" I then" (in May last) " stated that the progress of the work " ing classes in knowledge and intelligence ought to bo accompanied by an increased share of political " power, while I was aware how difficult a task it is " to adjust, in any plait of representation, the respect " due to ancient prescription with the claims of "advancing trade, increased population, and growing "intelligence. To this task the Ministry of the Earl of Aberdeen will anxious'y apply thenisekes" This is satisfactory as far as it goes,—but very, very vague. The Earl of ABERDEEN—after talking of education and low reform as means of promoting the intellec tual and material condition of the people—went on to say, "Thew reforms will not exclude an amend " ment of our representative system —an amendment " not rashly, nor haitily taken ; but safe, welt eon " sidered, and efficient. It can scarcely be denied " that some amendment of this system is required, " and unquestionably the events of the last election " have nut been such as to render any one more "enamoured of the system which actually exists." Replying to Lord DERBY'S rash and insulting decla ratiou of his wish to stem the encroachments of the democracy, the new Prime Minister said I am " quite ready to unite in resisting the encroachments " of democracy, or any other encroachments, hut I "am at a loss to see where these encroachments " exist, and I look in vain for any such indication at "the present moment. I should say, on the con " triry, that I never recollect this country more " tranquil, more contented, less abounding in sub " jests of danger and alarm, than at the present " time; and this prosperity, this contentment. and " this happiness I believe to be mainly owing to the " system of Sir ROBERT Peet,which it is our business to " uphold. No doubt speculative men, and thoughtful " men, have at all times in this country, in their "closets, come to the conclusion that the democratic " form of government may be preferable to the mo t. narchical; but these are not the men to overthrow " states, and are, therefore, not to be feared. In a " state of society like ours there must also always " be men reckless and violent, unprincipled, and " ready for any excess and outrage, it is true; but, " at the same time, I repeat that there is less reason " to entertain such apprehensions at the present " moment than I ever recollect in the course of my " life. I have great confidence in the people of this " country; and I do believe that the imputation, and . even the existence el' alarm, at this moment is " almost a libel on the people of England." All this sounds well and ',remising. May deeds follow ! The response of Lord Dewar to Lord ABERDEEN MIS More fall of temper than 'ease, but with all his desire to say all that might be urged against parliamentary reform, he could only contrive a few sentences in which vague fears took the place of sound reasons, and selfish desires were apparent where patriotic self-denial should have been shown. At present the Earl of DERBY might have spared himself this displa since both Tories and Reformers must perforce be pa t ient till it pleases the new cabinet to let us know what they may be pleased to offer as parliamentary reform. This time we want a real measure. We want something that will do what it professes to do, and not a mere mockery which under the guise of electoral purification shall simply change ono manifestation of abuse for another. A good reform will be hailed with gratitude, and be carried with enthusiasm a bad one will re ceive the treatment and meet the fate of the late Tory budget. By a good reform bill, the ministry may prosper and hold offiss with national honour and public usefulness for years—by a bad one they will inevitably be overthrown. It is difficult to conceive that Mr. GLADSTONE can agree to anything likely to be very acceptable to the country ; but in this age of conversions nothing is impossible, and the new CHANCELLOR of the Exentneea is quite clever enough to see how needful a reformation of our repre sentative system really is. Should his prejudices fail to give his better judgment fair play his col leagues must not permit a good ship to be lost by the presence of one parliamentary JONAH. Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT'S name suggests similar doubts. He has whims and crotchets, and is apt to let his feelings usurp the mastery of his cooler and calmer self. But Mr. SIDNEY Rammer is by no means either overbold or excessively impracticable. He may be inclined to allow his real know'. dge of the condition of the people to guide him to the conviction that thousands now deprived of the suffrage are fully entitled to enjoy it, and that there are manifold anomalies in our electoral system which must be removed to encourage the ra tional progress, in which alone resides national safety. Should these members of the new Ministry, however, prove impracticable, the only hope will be, that they may give place to better, bolder, and more far-seeing men. They must feel the need for reform, or bow to the necessity of resignation. More than a hundred scats are at this moment in jeopardy, biding the result of inquiries before election committees, and the decisions of those tribunals lu ny ! —and in all probability will—very materially change the character of that house by which th e present ' Ministry were called to (Mice by a majority of only nineteen. Twice or thrice that number of vuu may, two months henve, be lost by the present Ministry, and be gained by their oppu..ents. Iknce I they who give prudent rind timely cautions are the best friends of the new Ministers. The quest iun really is—electoral reform or ministet ial annihilation. If m i . nisters ti uly and honestly advance, they :July be sate ; if they falter or pause, they must hill. lii.itm goiw , FRAIL, and such like 'supporters of the old system, have brought things to such a state of utter corrup tion that persistence in it seems impossible even to Lord ABERDEEN; and the time has come when ministere, parliament, and people are alike deeply in terested in the preparation of a really sound, honest, and complete plan fur the reform of the mina senta tion of the people. Such a plan must be prepared and be pat before the House of Commons; and if that assembly, with i;3 llEßEsEtikb nominees, will not vote its own wholesome purification, it will become the evident duty of Lord JUIIN itI.7Z•SF.I.I. to follow a recent example by appealing to the people fur a decision on reform, just as Lord DERRY appeared to the same great jury fur the final verdict on Free Trade. With the present House or Commons it must be a formal question of self-reform or --disso lution. FRANCE PARIS, SUMMT EVFNINU. The bureau of the senate went y ....tertiar to Com piegne to present to the Emperor the &nut*, COW(l'luni voted on Thursday last. The official promulgation of the changes in the constitution will doubtless appear in the Monifrur to-morrow. In consequence of the holiday yesterday there is no Mot tear to day, and several of the other journals have likewise withheld their usual puldieatl,n. It is, I believe, certain that the Emperor will return from Compiegne tomorrow. A report that he was going to La F. , re to witness some experiments with some newartillery of his own invention tscontrudicted. The Minister for Foreign Affairs has informed the Pope's Nuncio that the Emperor will give kilo an audience at the Tuileries on Tuesday, at one o'clock, to receive his new credentials. Madame Pauline ltenimid, one of the victim,' of the 2nd of December, whose sent( nee of transporta tion was lately revoked, is just dead. She arrived in France a few days since from Algeria. but was unable to proceed farther on her way to l'aris than Lyons. there her son, a pupil in the College of St. Bark, went to see her, but he arrived too late to ho recognised by his :motile.., and ire time only to see her die. Generals Bouses.ren and Yustif have been promoted to the rank of grand officers of the Legion of Honour; General Peliseter has been made to officer in the order, and moat of the officers, nos-commissioned officers, and soldiers of whom honourable mention WWI made in the report of the taking of Leghouat, have received crown or =dal& The Emperor has ordinal that the new copper money shall be distributed exclusively to the army in the first instance, so that every soldier mar ten lee at least one decime before the coinage shall be issued for general circulation. Boa Maze, who has hitherto been a state pf isener interne in the town of Ham, has received a qualified pardon. He is to be at liberty to go to any part of Franco that he may choose, but he will not be per mitted to leave the country. According to the Neal'. i , te de Marseille a scene of an oriental character occurred at the Hotel des Empercurs, while Abil-el-finder was staying there. One of his wives, unable to repress a feeling of curiosity, came to the window to gaze at the crowd collected in front of the Emir's residence. This in fraction of the laws of the seraglio was punished by a decree of banishment from her lord's presence. She was at once sent to Algeria. The legitimist journal of Nantes, L'Esip'eai,ce do Peulde, says, in reply to a recent arti c le o f M. Granier de &pagan in the Conefitatioune/ This journal affirms that same eighty odd legitimists only have responded to the Count de Chanslaird's and reasoning from this @karat imperceptible numb, r, he concludes that the legitimist party is dead and buried. We reply to the writer in the Constilwitonnel, either you are ill informed, or the truth, for you, is enveloped in a very thick cloud. What, you say that in all Fiance little mare than 80 legitimist magistrates have responded to the appe al of the exile. Know, then, if you are ignorant of it, that the department of the Loire Int4rieure alone has fure:shed the number you mention. At different times since the oath exacted by the new constitution, 17 me ethers of the Council Umeral of one department have gen: in their re signations, and in support of what we advance we will not only cite figures but names. They are MM. de Goulaine, Ernest de la ltochette, du Feline de Thiman, Victor de Cornulier, de Montaigu, de Coislin, de Grandville, de la Guibourgiqe, de la liaye Joussclin, Berber, Ber nard des Champs-Neufs, Meriadec-Leennee, Alphonse Galbaud du Fort, ArsZne de Go7on, Poulain, Hippolyts de Cornulier LuciniZre, ,:e Regnon. The municipal council of :Cantos contained five legitimists, MM. Delon, Victor de Cornulier, de la Tour do Pin-Cliambli, de Saint- Peru, de Goudelaine, and all five have resigned. What would it be it we were to go into the country, and take an exact account of the councillors of arrondissement, mayors, and municipal councillors, who on account of their reload of the oath have abandoned honourable functions, which they owed to the esteem and confidence of their fel low-citizens ? And, if quitting the Loire Infiricure, we were to appeal to La Vendt , e and the other departments of the west, we should find the same results, and sLauld arrive at a sum total so enormous that M. Grainer de Coa lmine would be eli.mayed at it. (Signed) Estnuat . o lie La It, The Semaphore of Marseilles gives the following account of a desperate attack by pirates upon a Prussian ship in the Straits of Gibraltar: Captain Witt, commanding the Fru.sian brig Fora, 175 tons, who arrived yesterday in our port, with a cri wof nine men, left Shields on November 2nd, with '3:io tons of coal. On the 7th, being in the Straits of Oibra:tar, he was boarded about half-past four o'cloik. in the afternoon by a craft of ten men, nation unknown. The weather was (sir. While boarding, these men tired upon his crew. They at once ordered Captain Witt to make for the Mo. roccu coast, but in consequence of the calm, it was t, and impossible to obey this direction. These indieiduals, t: en, attributing the non•execution of their orders to the un willingness of the helmsman, shot him dead, and threw his body into the sea. The effect produced upon the rest of the crew by this assassination MAY be conceived. In their terror they retired b, low. The captain and second mate alone remained upon deck. The pirates then pillaged the ship torture the eyes of these two men who were powerless to interfere with them. They left the ship about half-past 9in the evening, taking with them all the provisions, sails, and ship's storm, that they could carry away. They went off in the dm thou of Morocco. This audacious act of piracy, committed is MI frequented by the shipping of the whole world, con cerns the commerce of all nations, and calls fur speedy and exemplary reprisals. The Journal do Mere of the 23d says: The abundance of freight at Havre for the United States, among other places, is such, notwithstanding the recent departure of the Franklin, and the presence of the Humboldt, outward bound, and in spite of the competition of the English and American steamer., the sailing vioels still go out full. Thus the packet belonging to the new line, the Irene, 1,800 tons, sailed today for New Ywk, with the largest cargo that has ever left the port of Havre for the United States. It consists of 1,587 bales of varous merchandise, and 4, 511 hampers of champagne. The Irene, moreover, takes out as passengers 435 emigrants. PARIS, MONDAT IiVENIN(i. M. °collier, professor of mathematics, is expelled from France. . The Pope's Nuncio will present his credentials to the Emperor at the Tuileries on Tuesday. The &flatus Consulturn, voted on Thursday la%t in accordance with M. Troplong's report, is to-day pro mulgated in the Moniteur, and has become the law of Franco. . . Count Caroli has arrived in Paris on a mission from the Emperor of Austria. The Moniteur says: 11. Jervis d'Atouguia. Minister of Foreign Affair 01 the Queen of Portugal, in his reply to the notification of the amnion of the Entperor of the French, has cap? s , ed the lively satisfaction felt by her Majesty, and has announced that new credentials will be immediately forwarded t the minister of Portugal at Paris. Louis Napoleon deals with the liberties of Franco as the lion in the fable did with the carcass which he summoned the beasts to see hint divide. The king of the forest, after claiming all the portions but one, for various assigned reasons, took possession of the remaining share, upon the principle that no one would dare to dispute it with him. So the Emperor of the French, not content with the confiscation of nearly every liberty, upon hollow pretexts, furnished by his livened legislators, seizes upon the few that remain without troubling himself to invent a legal excuse. M. Geuiller, the well-known professor of mathematic., and a man of the highest respecta bility, has received orders to quit Paris this day, and to leave the French territory with all steed. Why this decree of banishment has been i ,, ued nobody knows, except that M. Ccuillcr's political