The Sun. — London, England, 1852-02-23 00:00:00

r London were 152 bales from Constantinople, 109 ditto from Gibraltar, 628 from Sydney, 10 from Rotterdam, 22 from Hamburgh, and 102 from Galatz. TALLOW. Since our last report the demand for most kind.; of Ta the spot, has somewhat improved, and really flue parcels have advanced 3d per cwt. To - d a y P .Y.C. is steady at 35s 3d to 358 6d per cwt. For forward de livery nothing doing. Town Tallow is 35a to 358 6d per cwt. net cash; Rough Fat, 2s per Sibs. 1848. 1849. 18M) ltlsl. lbh2. Stack this day •• .. . • Price of Y..C. •• .. 10,390 623.0 d , to 5136 d Delivery last week • • 1,164 •Litto from June 1.. • • 81,975 Arrivals last week 181 Antto from Jtuio 1 ... -84,264 Price of Town •. •• . . 643 6d 32,414 , 40,147 40s Act 37e 04 to osod,to OsOd 2,046 1,741 71.,792 72,839 42,691 52,785 375 6d to A5B 3d Os (d tt,358 6d 1,911 2,480 74,519 82,913 1,111 1,003 91,692 99,104 39s 6,1 38s Cd 569 156 103,377 87,515 433 Od 38s 6,1 CRIMINAL COURT- 7 (THIS DAY. OLD COUR7. The February sessions of the Central Criminal Court were opened this morning, befre the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Alderman Sir John Mus grove, and Alderman Lawrence ' attended by the Sheriff's, Under-Sheriffs, and ether civic functionaries. The calendar contains the names of 71 prisoners, being 17 froin Loudon, 39 from Middlesex, two from Essex, live from Kea, and eight from Surrey. The grand jury having been selected and sworn, The RECORDER proceeded to charge them, to the fol lowing effect. He was very brief in his remarks, and simply observed that the calendar was exceedingly light, while, as far as he could ascertain, none of the cues presented any legal difficulty. There were, it was true, some serious cases, but the majority of them were of the ordinary character; and, on the. whole, he was happy to congratulate diem upon their labours, this session, being exceedingly The grand jury then retired, and shortly afterwards, some true bills being returned into court, the trials commenced. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) The February adjourned sessious commenced this morning at Westminster. John Garrett, aged twenty-three, a young man of re markably respectable appearance, was found guilty of stealing two half-crowns, the monies of Peter Squire, his master. The prosecutor is the eminent chemist of No. 277, Oxford -street, and the prisoner was ono of his BE sistante. Ttle ABSISTANT•JUDGE, in passing sentence, observed that the education and character of the prisoner aggra ♦ated the offence, and called for a severe punishment. Re therefore sentenced him to be imprisoned six months and kept to hard labour. MAN SION-HOUSE.—(T HIS DAY.) HEARTLESS ROBBERY.—Mary Simonds wag placed before the Lord Mayor, charged with the following cruel robbery : Mrs. Robson stated that six weeks since the prisoner . came to her house quite destitute, and she, out of kind ' 'new, took her in, and she had been there ever since. Yesterday the police told her that the prisoner was locked up for stealing a shawl, and upon making an • 'examination she found that several things had been stolen. , The prisoner said that she took the things not with the intention 'of stealing them, but intended to return them. • • The LORD MAYOR remanded her until Thursday. MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.) • • CAUTION TO ,RUNNING NEWSMEN.—Cornelius Riley, 'William Hargrave, alias " Nimble," and James Powell, ij three " flying newsmen," were placed 'at the bar before ' 7l llr.l3ingham, charged with creating a' disturbance in Rill -street, Berkeley-bquare, during the hours of divine 1,, service yesterday. Telibe-Constable 191 C 'said, that about three o'clock yesterday, afternoon he .was on duty in Hill -street, when his attention was called to the defendants, who • -,''Were calling out at the top of their voices, " The last .9dition—the Earl of Derby's interview with her Ma , ; ' • Jesty;" and as - there had been repeated complaints 'against the newsmen calling out at unseasonable hours, , .'s: • be. toluthens to the station, where they had been locked 3%,/ yap ever since. 7`" , l'he'defendants having expressed their sorrow for their 7 • BrNmazt said the defendants' voices were very : musical, DO doubt, and they might be hard pressed to get a living, but still they must not call out their papers at Unaeasonable hours or during divine service on a Sun -1441: With this caution, he should now discharge them. he defendants ,bowed very low to the magistrate. ,"P‘ at i t stepped out of court in double quick time . 4 - ATING DEAR . FOR A SPREE.---Mr. John . Broadhurst tat, merchant, 51, Finchloy New-road, was charged ..73t ith being drunk and riding his horse on the foot , Pavement. Boyce, 181 C, having proved the case, the defendant Waa fined 207., which sum was immediately paid. SVORTING NOTES. No. CLXXIV. THE LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE CHASE. (Continued from No. CLXXIII.) TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sits,—ln continuation of my analysis of the Grand National, having already disposed of the heavy division, I shall now make a point of considering the chances of the„ middle weights, commencing with Mr. Deacon's Half and Half, lOst 61b. This horse has run respectably several times, and was well up in this race last year, but is, Much better suited to the two miles of a hurdle-race , t 'sali to the four miles odd of the present steeplechase. miptain Smythe's bay mare, Joan. of Arc, lOst 61b, once a great favourite at the list houses, is so badly " in" in C omparison with others, that her chance is completely 111111ified. Mr. Talbot's Simple Harry, same weight r t the preceding, is an animal belonging to ' . 'mediocre class, and not destined to accomplish any e Xtlnordinary feat on this occasion. Mr. Mason's bay 1 1 1 311 1% Mi s s Mowbray, lOst 41b, within the last few days ~,S4 l become a rattling favourite, and upon the strength r her rperformance last year has been backed for a large ieunt of hard cash; her condition is first rate, and she sloe lately given some creditable signs in several journeys has made across the country of being a very danger ou, .. • vo .empetitor. I, however, have no penchant for her "Atever considering, and not without reason, that her c hance i x s held perfectly safe by several others weighted ite 4 ter in the scale. Mr. S. Thompson's Hardwick, st 21b, within the last three or four months, upon m strength of his performances, has made no M lulae aliderable stir in the steeplechasing circles. It was in one of his races that he would have won had he alit tilet with a slight accident in approaching the finish, 414 „0f his other race he was made a certainty , and won b I Zi.Y enough. His pretensions are certainly above u i , t , • Vet % ruy, but from past experience I should say he tra, ll3 , capable of getting the distance ho will have to •11 7 :„. % on this occasion. Mr. Maguan'e ch m Dolly's S yrs, lOst, has figured very well on the flat in „ sli d, b ut s h e i s scarcely of that class of animals re rite for the Liverpool Steeplechase course. Mr. li rtney's Silent Friend, 9st 121 b, I cannot fancy for 6 414 Siult. Mr. Goodwyn's b in La Garza Ladra, f o ps, 9st 121 b, for two or three weeks the first favourite Llte this popular steeplechase, and by the Englishers 7 1,1 ked for enormous sums, principally upon the credit tte a solitary p er f orma nce last year in the Irishm ,trk , °l)°litan Free Handicap Sweepstakes , whic h, a well, was over a course scarcely thre e mi l es 4. 02 ." lelagth, when carrying 9st 111 b, she beat 9. , u George, 12st 71b, cleverly by two lengths; Daphne, eL71 1 13 . , being . a very so so third; Gridiron, 9st 41b, , Conn, wi t h net up; Prosperity, lOst 91b, 4 4 11 7 3 13 4 , Ilat 21b, 9ot, and The Young Tom, 9st 61b, Maid of Rohan, Now this race e ann t C t. i pier, Bst 101 b, were beaten off. any criterion of La Gan viewed properly, be taken as plechase sa f Ladra's pretensions to the Liverpool Stee course was a three-miler, the first place, that nearly four and a half, and, in te he one at Liverpool is second, she carried Oat 111 b, receiving only the t r i fl i n ts second. 0 2 n s d t . 11 Allb fr oza I,ord George, who ran a vergyZogodh_ In L e C t orrig, were `l / , t h i lintl Lord George, with the exeep ,11:4! .rery wretched' lot, and he was au ;sliteen pounds; consequently, it must be e o rtie ve n her Fill °Qe versed in such m atters that th e raw, in Irel a nd Word no clue to that which is abou t to ensue • t She is a rema rkabl y fine ba y mare, is b .a p r i : 2 PLo, da m by Drone, very g ood blood, an d has bee / a, par ed by Harrison of the Curra g h. If not al ready `edi from the Emerald Isle , she will be here in a fe w days.Cha 13 Et is much fancied o n the other side of the sh but has land. not that great number of admirers th at g ' l6 in En ) (To be concluded to-morrow.) ' • I am, Sir, yours, &c. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. ~e 2 1, 102'. • I,olllnc,s, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST 4 r a fa . RAIL AY .. s Tram e n -- W_eek ending Feb. 21, 1 85 2 ... £7,430 10 8 tot it i s 7week ending Feb. 22, 'lB5l 7, 513 5 6 °L the half-year, to this date, 1852 61,094 1 6 .44 of the half-vear to this date,62,683 7 10 Total nuinber , of Passengers—Week ending Feb. 21, 1852 ... 45,027 „.:-.,asseug ers ...Z .- 5,239 12 11 uoOda 2 190 17 9 Total_ , Total £7,430 10 8 4 40nd" open, 1852, 173 q ; ditto, 1551, 171 1 4. Tenni, ws, Feb. 23, 1852. vi az m James, Q• - td •" has been requested to kt fC ' with kt. ohn or e Villi Borough of Westminster, in con j unction Pn~"ers Shelley. "XBENT FROM THE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE...-. Louis Napoleon has just sent, through the French h a " t eelY in London, to Mr. J. Laurie, of Hyde-park-place, tio-egeificent gold box, which bears the following i . nscripi l'i4i;-esf.'.4 Presented by rince Louis Napoleon, President . o N tit ei to John Laurie, Esq., of Hyde•park-place, magmis..- Np.,'" the counties of Middlesex and Essex, as a reme +04...,"' of the very gracious gifts received by him which be ri to the EuperorNapo-leon.-1852.,, ' fit, to THEATRE.—The "Amazon" bene tittlluich takes place to-night, under the patronage or a iestY, who will, we understand, be present, occupies blittlilblie attention to an unusual degree, and will produce eOlelAfter a series of disappointments, occasioned (tird-'4,7 ill-health, Mr. Sims Reeves re-appeared on Sa- PNJ.,and attracted a crowded house. He has made . so ' 4 ll a Alt in Fra .Diavol'o, that, we see, he plays it twice' " /v eek. tQ 121114 d l4 Or THE QUEEN OF MADAGASCAR. Her s s loop Pantaloon, which arrived of Portsmouth fi t oal b ~- 4‘ k oeuday) reports the death of this troublesome siowt.,r ,ovoter,keintuiltate, afLr the defeat and degradation 0f,..t13.ie uer array in a contest with a belligerant chier, :r t t: THE COURT CIRCULAR. Lord John Russell had an audience of the Queen on Saturday morning. His Lordship had also an audience of her Majesty in the afternoon at Buckingham Palace, after the breaking-up of the Cabinet Council, held at the Foreign-office. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back on Saturday, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel the lion. A. Gordon. _ . TheirßeyalHighnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, the Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, and Prince Arthur, took their usual exercise on Saturday, in the grounds of Buckingham I Palace. The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Coun tess of Mount Edgecumbe, the Hon. Lucy Kerr, Lord Elphinstote, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, and Lieut- Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, honoured the Princess's Theatre with their presence on Saturday evening. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service yesterday morning, in the private chapel of Bucking ham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley of ficiated. The Earl of Derby had en audience of the 'Queen yes terday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. At her Majesty's dinner party on Friday the band of the Grenadier Guards wee in attendance at Buckingham Palace, and performed the tenoning selection during dinner:— Overture—' Ali Baba" ... .. Cherubitti. N.4chtigallen Duilt—" Es war die Nachtigal ditSang," (Casilda). Walfz—" lioun,ge A Le qldreb" Kuhner. Selection—•' Cenerentola"... Rossini. Music de Ballot—(Casilda). `Marsh—" Alexander" ... Guugl. After dinner her Majesty's private band attended, and performed the following compositions:— Overture—'' Naudeville" ... Maurer. Scents du Rondo—" Ii Crociato" Meyerbcer. Fantasie sur des motifs do Mozart et do Beethoven. Lord John Russell had a Parliamentary dinner party on Saturday, at his residence in Chesham-plaue. The company consisted of Captain Seubell, M.P.; Colonel Watkins, M.P.; Mr. Mitchell, M.P.; Mr. Morris, MT. ; Mr. James Marshall, M.P.; Sir William Molesworth, M.P.; Lord James Stuart. M.P.; Mr. Osborne, M.P.; na Mr. Horsman, M.P. ; Mr. Rollly, M.P.; Mr. Tapered, M.P.; Mr. Kershaw, M.P.; Sir Benjamin Hall, M.P.; Mr. Leach, M.P.; Mr. John Evans,. M.P.; Colonel Thompson, M.P. Dispatches wore received at the Colonial-office on Sa turday, from the Governors of Hong-Kong, Ceylon, and the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. Dispatches were also received from the Governors of North and South Australia, New Zealand, and the Mau ritius. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat on Saturday in the Council Chamber. The Lords present were Lord Cranworth, Sir J. L. Knight Bruce, Sir J. Patteson, Dr. Lushington, and Sir Edward Ryan. Lowe's petition for extension of patent (part-heard) was concluded, and Taylor's petition for extension of patent was heard. _ _ _ The Duke of Wellington attended the early service yesterday at the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The ser vice was read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the sermon was preached by the Hon. and Rev. A. Phipps. At the daily service the prayers were read by the Rev. T. Hel more; the lessons by the Rev. Dr. Vivian, and the Com munion Service by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The sermon was preached by the Hon. and Rev. A. Phipps. --- TIIE MINISTERIAL CRISIS. Immediately after the defeat of the Ministry in the Commons on Friday night, Major Beresford, as whipper in of the Conservative party, dispatched a telegraphic message to Swindon, and thence a special messenger to the Earl of Derby, at Badminton, where the Noble Earl had only arrived the same day on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort. The Earl of Derby returned to London by the mid day train on Saturday, and arrived at his mansion in St. James's-square at six o'clock. A special messenger arrived at his Lordship's mansion at seven o'clock on Saturday evening, bearing a commu nication from the Queen, commanding the attendance of the Noble Earl at b'uckiughtim Palace yesterday after noon. Yesterday morning a variety of communications passed between the Noble Earl and the leaders of his party. The Earl of Derby proceeded to Buckingham Palace at half-past two o'clock, and had the honour of an inter view with her Majesty. After leaving her Majesty the Noble Bari had an in terview with Mr. Disraeli. LORD PAL MERS T 011' .5 RECEPTION. Viscount Palmerston's " reception" on Baturday evening. was again attended by a brilliant circle of the corps aiplomatique and aristocracy. Previously to the assembly, the Noble Viscount and Viscountess entertained a small party at dinner, the guests including—the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, Viscount and Viscountess Mahon, Vi sco unt Melgund, Lord Broughton and the Hon. Miss Hobhouse, Lord and Lady Stanley of Alderley; Hon. John Fortescue, M.P., Hon. Spencer Ponsonby, Mr. Mouckton Milnes, 'M.P., and Mr. H. Fleming. The company invited to the " reception" began to set down at 10 o'clock. _ _ Tho Duke of Wellington, as usual, paid his respects to the Noble Viscountess, arriving about 11 o'clock. Among the members of the corps diplomatique present were the French, the Turkish, the Netherlands, the Sardinian, the Neapolitan, the Belgian, the Brazilian, the Russian, the Bavarian, the Danish, the Greek, the Portuguese, the American Ministers and their ladies, the Spanish Cbar,6 d'Affairs, Count Louis Corti, Count Benteroghi, M. de Veillat, M. J. L. Urbiztondo, M. Both man Hollweg, Count Penponcher, M. Serrurier, the Secretary of the Portuguese Legation, Baron de Geer, &c. A great many distinguished foreigners were present during the evening. Al. Thiers was among the early visitors. The general circle included, among others, the Duchess of Inverness, the Duke of Newcastle, the Mar quis and Marchioness of Clauricarde, the Marchioness of Salisbury, the Marchioness of Aylesbury and Lady Hermione St. Maur, the Earl Fitzwilliam and the Ladies Fitzwillian3, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Earl and Countess of Glengall, the Earl of Carlisle, the Earl and Countess of Dels,warr, the Earl Jermyn, the Countess Tankerville, the Countess (Frances) Waldgrave and Mr. Harcourt, M.P., the Earl and Countess of Desert, the Count and Countess de Flabault,Viscount Hardinge, Viscount Chelsea, Viscount Chewton, Viscount and Viscountess Milton, Viscount Jocelyn. Viscount Anson, Viscount and Viscountess Canning, Viscount and Vis countess Eastnor, Viscount Emlyn, Viscount and Vis countess Torington, Viscount Galway, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Lady Brougham and Miss Spalding, Lord Claud Hamilton, M.P., Lord Norreys,M.P., Lady Williams, Lord Ernest Bruce, A1.?.,r Lord Robert Grosvenor, ALP., and Miss Grosvenor, Lord Harry Vane, Lord Ashburton, Lady James Stuart and Miss Stuart, Lord Campbell and the Ba roness Stratheden, Lord and Lady Delonteag Hobart, Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, my., Lord Crewe, le, Lord Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P., Lord and Lady Foley, Lady Morgan, Lady William Russell, Lord and Lady Beau mont, Baron Lionel Rothschild, Hon. C. Howard, M.P., Hon. George Herbert, Hon. C. Spring Rice, Hon. W. F. Campbell, M.P., Hon. Cecil Forester, M.P., Hon. H. Fitzroy, M.P., and Mrs. Fitzroy, the Right Hon. the Speaker and Miss Shaw Lefevre, the Right Hon. W, E. Gladstone, A 1.?., the Right Hon. 11. T. Corry, A 1.?., a nd Mis s Ml', the Right Hon. Sidne y Herbert, Corry, the Right Hon. Tennyson D'Eyncourt, M.P., Sir Robert Peel, M.P., Sir Hesketh Fleetwood, Sir E. Cole brooke, M.P., Sir Thomas Birch, M.P., Sir William Molesworth, Sir G. Brooke Pechell, A 1.?., Sir James Brooke, Sir Roderick Murchison, Sir D® Lacy Evans, Sir Benjamin Hall, Sir James Matheson, M.P., Sir Mon tagu Cholmeley, M.P., Mr. Rich, M.P., Mr. Pinney, M.P., Mr. J. Duff, M.P., Mr. H. Drummond, M.P., Mr. H. Adair, M.P., Mr. Baring Wall, M.P., Mr. Osborne, M.P , Mr. Roebuck, A 1.?., Mr. Stafford, M.P., Mr. Heatilam, M.P., Mr. John Towneley, M.P., Mr. H. A. Herbert, M.P., Mr. George Repton, M.P., Mr. Disraeli, M.P., the O'Gorman Mahon, A 1.?., Mr. Mackinnon, M.P, Mr. Chisholm Anstey, A 1.?., Mr. Chichester For teson.e, M.P., Mr. John Stuart, M.P., Mr. Calvert, M.P., Mr. H. Berkeley, M.P., Mr. Tancred, M.P , Mr. H.Baring, M.P., Mr. P. Howard, M.P. , Admira l Bowles, Ca p tain Loch, M.P., Mr. Tenison, M.P., &c. &c. LORD JOHN RUSSELL. -, ("con A. CORRESPONDENT IN BEDFORDSHIRE.) th f uk r 'X h P e t eintettde dLord John would have a tumble, and I ehoiee of a very proper occasion to retire well with the country. ana H e wi ll come i nto office again at some fut ure was spiteful of Lordn distant time, a greater man. It must try ; and Imust Palm ers t on . N ow L or d D e rby for the Protectionists 14i 8 i rthat_l feel glad that he will, , trade until their friend h ever sit dow n quiet with free suro as he attempts to to* . tried a what he can do; but so shape, out he will go, and then bread, no matter in what down. Lord Derby is not an bon : farmers will settle ac tions prove that. One thing is certain ; his past • Mi nister, the same course of Liberal Poll whoever is pur sued. As to th© new Reform Bill, it ir ml must be nonsense. No new Reform Bill will be of se7vicuerablet of country without the ballot. Whoever is Ministerto this' on in tho Property must make great alteration ._ and Income-tsx Acts, or they wont carry it. Lord John always shone i l in opposition, and so he will again. I Suppose Glad atone will be one of the new Ministers. ------- . 8.--The Right Hon. the THE SPEAKER'S DINNER: present :—Lord Burghley, - Speaker gave his second Par liamentary dinner on Saturday; when the following Members were Lord Alexander Lennox, Lord John Manners, Lord Naas, r H H. cro n. .G B e onoetrha sLiyrg Johno n , H rdr Buller, John n pal Forester, iug t o S n i It Major Bere s f or d, M r . Ch r istopher, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Banker, John Mr. eAslrA.lPr.acke e B ; l o i 1 , , M S t r u . a i r i t e , nl ll e l y r , . l A ' i o r T una M m ac i k n t, g , nz ß ie r , u C ce a , ptaiirnßold. Baillie, Mr. Philip Bennet, Mr. W. Cubitt, Mr. Whiteside, Mr. Napier, Mr. Bramston, and Mr. Hamilton: CABINET COUNCIL.--A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign-office, Downing-street, on Saturday afternoon., The Ministers present were Lord John Russell, the Lord. Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Mint°, Si r George Grey, Earl Granville, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring, the Right Hon. Fox Manic, thd Right Hon. Henry Labouch ere , the Earl of Car lisle, the Marquis of Clanricarde, Lord Seymour, and the Hon. R. Vernon Smith. The Council sat an hour and a half. LISBON AND THE BRITISH SQUADRON...4f i re ported that so much have the authorities at Lisbon been ac: customed to rely on the protection afforded by the presence Q j a British naval force in the Tagus, that, to prevent the, usual applications for the delay of departure it was given out, when Commodore Martin left the Tagus, that ho was under sealed orders• S U N, LONDON, LITERATURE. HORACE GRANTHAM; or The Neglected Son By Charles Ilorrochs, Esq. Shaerl. Ainoug the many works of fiction with which the literature of the present day abounds there are few to be met with containing a higher purpose than the one before us. From the proverbs of the wise King to the last educati ona l design,f sag es, philosophers, the training of yout h has engaged the attention o and statesmen. A s i n t h e wor ld o f se nse "Man never is, but always to bo blest," so in the world of action it is to the new generation that all look as a pillar of trust. It is a natural impulse of human' nature to turn from present failures and disappointments to the contemplation of future successes and glory. Hence many have indulged the dream and entertained the hope that the children of their care would be as shining lights to the world, and gain the applause of their fellow-men. But what right they have to form such an opinion of the result of their labours, or how such an hereafter can proceed from the now, might puzzle the wisest to,determine. The work in ques- I tion ably depicts the utter heartlessness Of many parents, exempt from care, immersed in pleasures, possessed of boundless wealth, who consider their children as encumbrances that interfere with their progress, and are only too happy to escape from all further annoyance, by entrusting to the hands of unknown, and perhaps unworthy persons, those heirs of immortality, for whose care they must render up an account. How, it is asked, can the young be protected from danger and temptation, if no encouragement is held out to them. It is the fashion now-a-days to hold in derision all feeling and senti ment; but the cold caculations and levelling doctrines of materialism will never supply the place of warmth of heart and loftiness of spirit. If harmony cannot prevail at home, is it likely to be met with amid the discords of the world ? The story is very interest ing, and there are some characters which form a pleasing contrast to the above, exemplifying the truth of the principles laid down, that good is stronger than evil, and that the apparently hopeless may be saved by timely aid. Mr. Cecil is the good spirit who in terferes to rescue the unfortunate hero from the effects of his folly and error, occasioned by neglect and mis management. Amy is a delightful heroine, full of grace and intelligence, although, as will be seen, she is led away too easily by her feelings. Altogether the perusal of this work insures satisfaction, and a higher admiration is accorded, when it is remembered that it has an end and object in its pages, whose im portance none can deny, and whose improvement all must desire; for, after all, the past is over and the pre sent passing, then it is to the future that we look for the day-spring, on the fulfilment of its promise our hopes must rest. Therefore this narrative espe cially concerns the coming, for, as it has been ably expressed by the author of ".Sybil," " The youth of a nation are the trustees of posterity." The fol lowing extracts will serve to show the object and style of the work : " How many youths there are wandering about amid the busy scenes of life whose parents, though ;,afliluent and even powerful, never bestow a thought on their moral training, far less cultivate that natural feeling of love and duty iu their children which all orignally pos sess, and which only becomes blunted when the know ledge is at last forced upon them that they aro nothing more than stumbling-blocks in their path, that they are looked on not as boons from the Most High, but as in terlopers who must indeed be fed, clothed, and -educated according to their different grades in life, but who are not worthy of consideration, affection, nay, even com mon regard. "Fathers, fathers of the present generation, ye are all ; addressed, though some, indeed, form a gladsome con trast to the above. Pause and reflect. Do ye, blame the dissipated, the erring, and the lost; are ye estranged from those whom God gave and whom in re ality no crimes should sunder from ye, for no father should detest his son—his own flesh and blood ! Pause, reflect I Is there no neglect on your own parts of those numberless duties which it should b© the pride and in clination of ye all to perform? Has there been that fond affection, that watchful care in boyhood, that gentle though firm guidance in youth, which at once attack the hearts and ensnare the respect of sons. If there has not think again, and recollect that yo, ye alone are to blame, and that it is never too late to relent and 'receive the lost sheep to the paternal fold again. "At this glorious moment, with the moon shining above them, in the midst of the most splendid scenery, and not a sound audible save their own low voices and the distant murmuring of the waters, it seemed to her —romantic by nature, and wound up by the iptensity of her own feelings, which were greatly excited by the impassioned tone in which her lover had related his dream—as if they alone wcre inhabitants of the globe, that all misery and unhappiness had vanished from the earth, and that in reality they were about to visit toge ther some celestial abode of divine love and magni ficence. " She laid her head on his shoulder, and Horace leant against a tree which now 'overshadowed them, in the full enjoyment of all that superhuman happiness which can not be described, but is well known to those who have had the good fortune thus to love and be beloved in return by the one single object of their worship, and without whom life and all its pleasures would be a worth less blank. Oh, glorious moments! immortal seconds of time! never to be forgotten periods of incomprehensible joy ! when the senses lose he power of thought for aught but the present, and the conventional modes of life are buried in an absorbing and overwhelming sentiment of mutual love! why are ye so fleeting? why is it impos sible to prolong your existence, or to court ye oft and again from the realms above?;" NEW MUSIC. The. Stream and the Wit2ow. Duet. The Wandering Stars. Duet. . Farewell ! remember .111 e. Duet. Say, where shall we Roam. Duet. The Flower Gatherers. Duct. The Warrior Page. Duet. The Angel's Song. The Vision Romances for the Piano-forte. By Brin ley Richards. Recollections of Wales. By ichards. Robert Cocks Brinley ßr ian dnle Co. The words of these songs are written by J. E. Carpenter, the music is composed by Stephen Glover. " The Stream and th e Will ow " i s a very pretty duet in Mr. Glover's peculi ar s t y l e . " Farewell! remem ber Me," is the next in m er it. " Say, where shall we Roam " and " The Flower Gatherers" are not re markable for novelty, bat are pleasing. " The Wan dering Stars" and " The Warrior Page" are inferior to the others, especially the l a tt er , w hich is very si milar to the old duet of "My pre tty Page- With these exceptions the collecti on i s ver y g ood, though the words of Mr. Carpenter are worthy of more va riety than the music gives them. " The Angel's Song" and " The Vision" are written with Mr. Brinley Richards's usual grace and elegance of style, and will bear comparison with the best of his com positions. "The Recollections of Wales " are founded on the oldest national airs and well carried out. " The Rising of the Lark" and " The Ash Grove" are the best, though the others will amply repay the learner for the difficulties he will encounter. LONDON AND NORTII-WESTERN RAILWAY. An error having occurred in the report of the pro ceedings of this company's half-yearly meeting, on Fri day, in respect of the dividend declared, a corrected copy of the following resolution, as passed, is sent herewith:— " Second, That a dividend of 31. per 1001. stock, and so on in proportion, on shares of a lower nominal amount, be now declared out of the not profits of the company, up to the 31st of December last, upon the stock and shares of the proprietors entitled to the same, after making or allowing such deductions as are di rected by ,the Acts relating to the company in respect of amounts net paid up, and deducting the proportion of dividend payable in respect of any period of ,which the proprietors,of shares are pot entitled to dividend." A genekal meeting of the inhabitants of St. Paul, x:99 11 4,0n Friday even ing,ll.for Parliamentary S ha d , w , e t 1 0 1 , t a t took place into pla considerationce iin th eir v es t t ry he , Bi ßeform introduced by Lo rd John Russell, and now before the Legislature" ; Mr. Allem, churchwarden, and President of the Shadwell Parliamentary Reform Aasociation, in the chair. Mr. Sutton, overseer, in an able speech, moved the following resolution, which was seconded by Mr. Foley, and' supported by Mr Skillet :—" That in the opinion of this meeting, the Bill recently intr oduced b y Lord John Russell, is both defective and unsatisfacto r y , as it denies the right of the franchise to tha.greater number of the producing classes, Makes no provision for the vote I by ballot, - triennial Parlia ments, or equalized electoral districts. It, is, therefore, t 07 ,, tally unworthy of acceptance' Mr. W. E. Corner trustee,' then moved, and Mr. Sheldrick, overseer, seconded—" That a petition, embodying the foregoing resolution, be prepared, and signed by the chairman on behalf of the meeting, and . shat Mr. George Thompson and Sir William. Clay be re quested to present and support the same. in the. Commons House of Parliament," Both resolutions, were unanimously carried, and, after a vote of thanks to the chairman, the three o'clock, ttiT sTEn.— meeting separated. immediately •.- . • ATTEMPTED MURDER AND ROR.BERT IN TICToRIA §TREET WESTI attentiono n of th Saturday eewl i m ee orn w i a n s g a , half-past t a t t racted by the cries for help. in Victoria-street,' Pimlico. . The consta bles Wilson, aged f o rty - two' proceeded to the spot;' and found John Ro- Cliff- highway, InYa-tw° years, residing at Albert-street, Rat -43d. ; He wao . epesi s i tre, of lasensibility.ori the ground bleed where every attentio4,conyeyed to Westminster tlospital, isicl , r . lies ia precarious state: s ta tid to the unfortunate min, who he had been just paid hi 4 ' lt appears from his statement station, and had been to see wa ges ; on his return from a foreign hood of W estminster d a few f r i ends in the neighbour . an on his return Victo ria -street, at the corner of Orchard - street, 'home down by si.,x.. men, who kapeked him d-street, he was attacked soldiers belonging to the Grenadier Guar d s ; when.' ens 'of the throat, and kneeled on his breast, whiletisieized him by the him of 16s. Being a powerful young man "h'ethere robbed perate resistance, and would have secured-one o e f m h ade a des nists, had they not used some instrument, and left is bun sata i g n ° ,: state of insensibility. Hearing foOtsteps . approaching, —"- managed to get over the palings, and made their -- lh--- across Elliott's-green ; and although the parties are well known to the'police, and every exertion has'be been nsed, to bring the scoundrels to justice, up to the present title no clue has been obtained_ of their retreat. Fortunately, he had left 71. in the care of Ulicensed.victualler in' the neighbour hood of the Strand. One of the monkeys in Wombwell's menagerie, . which was exhibiting at Bristol last week, escaped from his 'cage, and running along the bars in front of .. the adjoining 1 cages, was seized la Osoparcl, drawn into. his den, and devoured, MONDAY EVENING, SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. THE NEW MINISTRY. HERALD. —We are happy to satisfy the doubts with which our contemporaries have been tormenting them selves for th e last forty-eight hours, as we shall doubt less satisfy th e w i shes and expectat i on s of the na ti on . Lord Derby, b y special command of her Majesty, has been instruct e d to form an A d m i n i s tration. The Nobl e Lord arrived a t hi s res i dence i n St. James's-square shortly before seven o ' c l oc k on S a t u rday, and a few mo ments afterwards a messenger from the Queen arrived, commanding his attendance at Buckingham Palace at half-past two yesterday. The Noble Lord remained with her Majesty about three-quarters of an hour, and with that zeal and ability for which he has always been conspicuous, has undertaken the formation of the Cabi net. The names which we are enabled to prefix will, we think, be a sufficient guarantee that Lord Derby has set about his task, thus imposed on him by his Sovereign, with assiduity and earnestness; and that the arrange ments which he has made for conducting the govern last few hours meat of the country will meet with general satisfac tion. The speculations which have been afloat for the nese or exorcise the i to certainty. ingenuity of the loungers, either t b a e in n , ahnitl'hwiyhoainaMsianigi 3 and which served to amuse the idle st the clubs or at journal offices, may now give way assumptions of learned quiduuncs with regard to l- listened,to o c those h h o e t s m h e o s s e e l who;surmis es e w u e b r were e t e ) eh ) the principles and tho appointments of the Noble Lord. i n to d must t'h thee havegra tuitous Protection; he does not intend to form a coalition either with Whigs or Peelites; he does not intend (after the approved tashion.of the present day) to abandon those principles to which he has long given in his adherence, and which will form the basis of his administrative policy. Sound protection for British industry in its several branches is what the nation desires, and the adjustment of those difficulties and. the amelioration of those evils which have, imperceptibly almost, gathered round our social system. The weekly organ of the late Ministry, sad, like another Othello, when "his occupartion is gone," vents his spleen by predicating that Lord Derby is in no better condition for accepting office now than he was last year. He is ready to stake his credit on it ; he speculates on the chance of Lord Derby's intent to cajole " his confiding followers." Our contemporary's connexions have not in this re spect been of the most reputable kind; he has thrown in his lot with a set of politicians to whom the act which he would attribute to Derby Lord has become familiar; and he judges of others by himself and his own acquaintances. The Noble Lord will not gratify him; and it may cure his biliousness to be told that he is a false prophet in both his speculations; Lord Derby will not forsake nor deceive his his party • • Administra tionlB is nearly formed, and is in working trim. We ac cept our contemporary's cry; the Protectionists are ready. We accept also the challenge which he would place in the mouth of the people—so are we. We wish nothing more than fair play and no favour; that the people of England should weigh well the measures to be proposed to them, and test the statesmen whom Lord Derby has called to share in the Administration, with those who have retired from, or with those who are can didates for office. It is an ungracious task to trample on the fallen, and one for which we have not the least inclination. Still, when the task is forced upon us, and " progressive prosperity and peaceful success" are claimed for the late Administration (can we believe our eyes I) we must ask, where are the proofs? Is this praise undeserved a satire in disguise? IS there any party in the nation who will take up this cry of the late Ministerial advocates, and venture to respond to their hollow voice, which can create no enthusiasm, no sympathy, itself devoid of both? "Peace, prosperity, success" —they sound strange-, where are they ? . Perhaps we are to look for them in Kafraria, or in our colonies, and their satisfactory relations with the mother country. Perhaps, they lurk nearer home; for lurk they do wherever they are; unless they exist only in the brain of the writer. Perhaps, he finds this peace and prosperity in the condition of the agriculturists, or in the relations now existing between masters and work men. Perhaps, what all others have been trembling at as indicative of war, to him wears the asp ec t o f peace and prosperity. Who can account for such perversions! Equally are we at a loss to discover the progressive success that he boasts of. We have been labouring fer several years past under a Ministerial incubus, dreaming sometimes of great, sometimes of horrible things, but realising nothing. We have scarcely vegetated—rooted to the spot, and it is the bitterest of all sarcasms to ridi cule such a state of things by the name of progress. The Ministry could scarce hold together, an unsual activity would have shaken them to pieces, a step more rapid than ordinary brought on a crisis. Their progression has been to the rear; their success is chronicled in the budgets of Sir Charles Wood and the dispatches of Earl Grey. If such incapables can command the admiration of our contemporaries, that ad miration does not require any great things to fan it into being ; and the Noble Lord who has now been called to direct the councils of the nation, may rest perfectly sa tisfied of the applause of such easily-contented indivi duals, if, like his predecessor, he does no more than bring in measures which he has no intention to press, or pockets the salary of office, without being over-solicitous about the duties. Of this, however, we have no appre hension. A strong and a vigorous Government is re quired, and such a one we shall now have; one, too, that shall not fall into the drivelling, captious indif ferentism of its predecessor. The nation knows what Lord Derby is, and what it has to expect from him. There can be no mistake; no sailing under false colours. There can be no hypocrisy or deceit with respect to the principles of the Noble Lord, or of those who are asso ciated with him. The nation will recognise in the names of more than one of them men of talent, long expe rience, and well-earned reputation; men, also, to whose temper, firmness, and prudence, those re forms may be entrusted which have been so long and so vainly desired. Unquestionably Lord Derby has a hard task before him; he has to repair the evils and correct the errors of his predecessors in more than one department of and evils the State—errors which have taken deep root, and will not very easil y be eradicated. Ho w ill have t 0 retrace f a l s e steps, com mitted by men who will h responsibility escaped the of their misdeeds. He will vigour where before there was nothing I have to diffuse and incapacity ; but weakness he will have to grapple with difficulties, which have be come more perplexed in consequence of the inef f iciency tampered with thesedifficulties. of those who have nseguence o At the same time he has the carrying out these various functions with abilitysleans for ___ a B will be supported by colleagues wie and enerogy. e at all events, is as great as that of any o their competitors for office —with the exception of Sir J %T haw; reen,leise, who are neither doctrinaires James crude theorists. But nor . more than-all, he will be supported Judgment and by the good sense of the nation; which • lon; which notwithstanding occa sional aberrations, has always shown itself favourable 0 have to those of its se rvants who have been ea rnest in their duty, and has always been willing both to hear and to judge with candour. TIMES.—The consequences of the vote on Friday night have been much morn rapid and decisive than those which followed a similar strange to say, on the very same day, Februar event, ear On Satur day afternoon, after a meeting, 20, last Cabinet, y Lord John Rossell proceeded to the Palace ' l sf the and laid before the Queen the resignation for whicha ace, he had prepared her Majesty by a note the previous - ht. Yesterday, at halt-past two o'clock, Lord night. Derby had an audience of the Queen, and accepted the task r of forming an Admi nistration. For that he was fully prepared, though of course open to such modifications particular as the cir cumstances under which h e From the Palace he proceeded require. took office might to the residence of Mr. Disraeli, and afterwards, vote of Friday night, h e ee might be expected from the vote Lorde Palmerston, from 'which, had an interview with We may add, that the distinguished resulted. however, nothing ). h . whom ho hoped to obtain as financial ll ;Authority whom Exchequer is, it is understood, his unwilling cogua to l give the up for that anxious and ood, . as post his present honours and ecario e moluments as the head of one of the first commercial • houses in the world. Rumour has been n• the names of the new Cabinet, and has laced thearrandging Duke of Northumberland at the Admiralty and Lord Malmes bury at the Foreign-office, besides y, legal a - the obvious- . p • tmente A' few houre; h porn • whole Cabinet, which is will give us the ?wever, will present the list to her already ma.iee formed. Lord Derby 'afternoon, and kiss hands a n J ty at half-past two this Thus three days, including a his Sat u r day and to office. will settle the question, by h and u i r e uey and a Sunday, from a Whig to a Conservative Cabinet.over the country ,weeks since her Majesty opened the lt is not three was rather more anxiety than usual session, and there work of that session was to be, Hea t i o de k e no w what the express pledges were approaching maturity,that several decided accumulation of arrears, a n d abi there was a common character. The address from also crisis of no the Ministerial announcements cam e in the . Throne and and, though critioized, wor received with h usck succession, Legislature soon rush dine e r e leas res, and respect. The since we were, deep in Chancery and Militia-' a few hours served meats and ventilation ; in itia;' in pre of all . sorts and qualifications. That is a,, p a s t. electors the , merest touch of his Wand a • beie l l s With quin has changed the whole scene, and " , rated harle bakers and butchers, contractors, and variiinstead of cheap formersoye find eurselyes in green fields aa rnentary re with sturdy yeomen and hobnailed labourers farmyards, on the scene, as. if they had always been ther once more old original harlequin has been snubbed es his If the r is politics, he has his revenge in the freaks of our stet esmen and the pantomimhanges of St. Steph eo , „ The result, if that be a reiult which is nothing . at all, is that, after a false start, the session begin! again. It is no" longer 'the Queen's Speech, but Lord Derby ' sthat 'we are gaping for. How will he open Parliament? But first let us inter the dead with decent solemnity. There have descended to the tomb 9£ all the Capulets the n ow R es forin Bill, the impending Kafir debate, and, half a dozen ether Ministerial encumbrances. What a vast 1 amount of research, what cleverness, what stationery, is ren dered worthless in a moment _by the little vote' of Friday ! Here are the Sunda y the Patters, full of of •s v k clever leaders on the topics ee ,—all now out of date. Besides heaps of letters, besides remon strances of. boroughs unequally yoked, and our own " illustrations" of the new Reform Bill; —besides Mr. Wylcl's borough map of England, there lies before us the prettiest blue book that ever was printed at the cost of the nation, w i t h ma ps of every county,. and therein the 'boundaries 'of every borough, and the changes to be made. All these, with the valuable lucubrations of all the country papers on the same subject, are now waste pittier. Nobody who thinks five minutes worth rescuing from time will read one line of them. They aro as thoroughly ',gone to the bottom as the contents of the Amazon. The Cape question, it is true, is not so easily set at rest. The Kafirs will go on fighting, a n d we shall goon paying, and every now and then Lord Grey will be evil spoken againate but:he can no longer be culled to account for the mischief, After a change of servants FEBRUARY 23,. 1852. everybody knows that it is useless to ask why so I little remains of that china dinner service, aed a change lof Ministers equally cuts the thread of offi c i a l responsi bility. , A single fortnight of Lord Derby would de stroy the identity of the past and any future Russell Administration, as the return to of of the very same men would whitewash the blackest political insolvency. Lathe flows over twenty, embryo debates. Except, perhaps, for a philosophic censor, like Sir Wil liam Molesworth, whose criticisms attach equally to the Colonial-office past, present, and future, operations of attack and defence are now equally obsolete. The scene is changed, the actors are in new parts; it is a 'new drama that is about to be performed. So, bidding good by to the past, we may now task, what will Lord Derby do?' Of course, there is a good deal which he may safely , leave alone. It is not to be expected that he should take up Lord John's Reform Bill, or that he should have one of his own in his pocket. He has right to at least a year's law on that subject. As the Committee on the locome-tax has not oven reported, he may ;reasonably be allowed a year more of the In come-tux. Law reform will probably be as safe in the hands of Sir Edward Sugden as in those to which it has been hitherto committed. As for the Cape troubles, though Lord Derby hi mse lf i s by no means blameless of them, he will pro pose the necessary change of policy more gracefully than Lord Grey. Oa a review of all the questions as yet before Parliament there is only one which thrsatees any immediate difficulty to a Derby Administration, and that is the very difficulty which has brought him into power. Should Louis Napoleon give further proof of a dangerous ambition, that would compel on the country a more available description of force than Lord J. Russell has ventured to propose, and would therefore justify Friday's vote. In the absence of that Deus ex machine, Lord Derby will have to devise some measure which will reconcile conflicting opinions, and, in the spirit of Lord Palmerston's amendment, will probably have to start rather from the idea of a general than a local militia. Should his plan present no very sub stantial difference from the confessedly hybrid measure of the late Ministers, they will be bound to give it that general and patriotic support which they ex pected themselves from their usual opponents; and we can hardly suppose that any difference on mere working details will be allowed to interfere with a great measure of national defence. On this point, therefore, though the difficulty is specific and immediate, we do not see why it should be insuperable. Unless the House of Commons is so far bent on the ruin, of the State, or at least, is so wholly indifferent to its wellbeing, as to have resolved against any possible Administra tion, it certainly is bound to give a fair chance to Lord Derby and the men of whom his Cabinet will probably be composed. The strange in and out work of the last two sessions has already done mischief enough, and by this time no sensible person can suppose the late Ca binet to be the only body of statesmen capable of ;governing this country. There must be some where a possible Government, unless we are on the high road to anarchy, and that possible Government may be once more found, as it has been before, in the remains of the Conservative party. As we will not anticipate the verdict either of the House of Commons or of the country at large on the Government now formed, so we will content ourselves with a mere passing glance at the difficulties presented by its political opinions. Lord Derby dues not enter office by virtue of those opi nions, or on any question connected with them. He is raised to his present position, as Lord John Russell was raised to his, by the dissensions of the opposite party, brought out on a question not so much of opinion as of confidence. There is, then, no need why Lord Derby should at once attach to his Administration a character which it does not derive from its origin, or import pledges from which, as a whole, it is free. As it is quite clear that little can be done this session, or with the existing Parliament, so it would I be madness to provoke an early doom by renewing pro fessions which are neither recent in date nor capable of an early fulfilment. On the other hand, it would be I thoroughly gratuitous and unfair to force, or attempt to force, on Lord Derby . a more explicit and positive de claration of his financial policy than the actual necessi ties of the nation may require. If we demand a for bearing policy from the opponents of the new Govern ment, much more may we expect it from its friends. Such of the new Ministers as are in the Lower House will have to present themselves to their constituencies, and, unless the agriculturists really are as infatuated as their libellers represent, they will not press for any ex press pledges on the subject of protection, particularly as all the more judicious of the party, after the experi ence of six years, are content to stand by the verdict of a general election. The event which so abruptly terminated the exist ence of the late Administration had not only been long foreseen, but it had been distintly shown for many months past to be the certain and inevitable result of the course to which Lord John Russell adhered. On Friday, February 21, 1851, the First Minister threw up the Government with as little hesitation as he exhibited on Friday, the 20th of February, 1852 ; bat though a twelvemonth elapsed between these two events, the ex istence of the Cabinet in the interval was precarious and unreal, and the delay has proved chiefly advantageous to those who may now succeed it in power. Unhappily for the party which Lord John Russell has so long led, and for the political interests of which he was thus consti tuted the chief defender, the lesson which the former of these occurrences might have afforded him was turned to no account. The more the spirit of the nation and the exigency of the times required breadth and boldness in the policy of our rulers, the more Lord John Russell wrapped himself in the tightened folds of his persuasion, until his power of serving the country was narrowed to the resources of a coterie. Ile was brought back to office last year by the failure of his opponents; but he came: back with no vigorous determination to re mould the elements out of which a mote liberal Administration might have been formed. Nevertheless, so favoured was the head of the late Government by cir cumstances independent of his own will, that after the failure of his opponents had again placed the direction of affairs in his hands, the country submitted to pass a year under little more than the semblance of a Ministry, with provisional finances, hypothetical measures of reform, and many infirm or superannuated states men. In such a condition the only act of vigour which Lord John Russell performed was likely to cost him dear, unless he found means to follow up the removal of Lord Palmers ton by the introduction of new elements into his Cabi net, or by a complete reconstruction of his Administra tion. It was in no hostile spirit that these necessary changes were strongly urged upon the First Minister for several weeks before the meeting of Parliament; for the adoption of them was the only course which could have averted the catastrophe which has now occurred. A few weeks would show, we then observed, whether Lord John Russell was really one of those men of mark who have gloriously governed the British Empire, or whether he was to be judged as a mere Parliamen tary tactician. Yet even his Parliamentary tactics have not been successful. With the certainty of an early defeat staring him in the face --with the fresh animosity of Lord Palmerston burning for revenge . —the steady opposition of the Protectionist party eager for office—and the decreasing confidence of the country, nothing could be more injurious to those liberal inter ests which are dear in the main to a large majority of the people of England than the inert fatalism or apathe tic courage of their chief. An attempt was made to ob tain the co-operation of some of the adherents of the late Sir Robert Peel. But these proposals were so faint and indefinite that they offered no attraction and no means of usefulness to men of spirit, character, and ability. Lord John Russell, unable to increase the strength of his Government, seemed intent only on in creasing its duties and its burdens. He met Parliament with no recruits in his army, but with measures which it would have required the whole strength of a powerful Minister to carry. To carry a Reform Bill and to re form the Court of Chancery were not tasks for a Government which had repeatedly failed in much humbler undertakings. Accordingly Lord John had no sooner laid his Bills on the table than his wonted resolution appears to have forsaken hiss. He had, indeed, the encouragement of more than ordi nary success on the two perponal discussions which have taken place. His triumph was complete on the ,first night of the session in his vindication of the dismissal of the Foreign Secretary; and the admirable speech he de livered- in defence of Lord Clarendon the very night which preceded his fall will be remembered by those who heard it as one of the most spirited and effective of, his oratorical efforts. the Militia Bill had hardly been reckoned amongst the difficulties of the Cabinet, for the general necessity of some such measure was all bat unanimously admitted, and, with the exception of some h details, it appeared to have been concurred in by -the HoUse. No preparations were made to meet a hostile division on that occasion . Theatsperity of Lord Pa rsi ton's (speech took the Treasury benola by surprise, yet Members usually devoted to the Government continuedthat to leave the House, and returned to it only taloa: n eeme the Administration had ceased to exist. burden hour suddenly brought to Lord Johnbaßassell an opportunity to free himself' from a he could ill sustain—to Lord Palmerston a trium ph their over a colleague who had dissolved connexion—to the Tory Opposition . an easy un looked-for victory. It must remain uncertai n h a ve ended and whether the expected 'debate on the Kafir war w ould in a defeat, and we suspect the dangerh of t Ministry on cross sing responsibilities that occasion was overrated, howeverseverely and justly the policy of Lord Grey might have b e en condemned. ' But it was less hard for Lord John R us sell to face a co lonial debate than to bear the in scheme of reform which of his position, aggravated by a no single party in the nation accepted or approved. He acc ordingly ran the vessel ash o re and jumped from the helm. We know not wha t part LordPalmereton will personal resentment claim in this sudden evolutioh,efeorejt would redound but little to his fame if, upon his former or more vengeance, he had tu and hurried first opportunity : from motivesr n e d of on a cal effect is to place a col leagues Prote ctionist at the very e k laeti office. The relative merits division, of which th Government in organizing the national psi_ of two sc h emes for forward by two men y discussed 'this ver y who lately labs, brought fo rw measure in the same sly discussed binet, will not suffice account for BO keen so striking a result. Nor had it difference and ad it escaped u s, i n discussing two month s ago the Conse quences of Lord Palmerston s separation from the Cabi net,s not to the side of the extreme Lib era l that it wa _ bat to the advantage of the Tori es party, b and Protec tionists, hostility would tion i ste , that if Openly manifested, be turned. That event has now taken place, and Lord Palmerston has opened the gates to the party which was then d es ignated as " the common enemy." But the service he has rendered to one side is scarcely inferior to that for which the other must be grateful ; and L or d John Russell was probably as ready to escape from an untenable position, as Lord Derby is to ac cept the arduous duty imposed on him. It will not be forgotten, however, that the Protectionist party in the ,liouse of Commons, won their easiest and most decisive victory from the me , meat that Lord Palmerston casually placed him . self at their head ; and his position as teller . of • the votes on the division of Friday night connects his [ name with those of men loug opposed to his own. From such a casual service to a nearer connexion the transi tion is neither long nor impracticable, and though dis claimed effected hereafter. Upon the future course of events we do not speculate here, but the lesson of the past is already , ' legible and distinct. Lord John Russell's Administra tion has come to an end from causes which were clearly ,ascertained beforehand; and which might, in our judg ment, have been counteracted or suspended; for it is not [ the principles of the late Government. which have lost their weight and ascendancy in the country, but, with . two or three exceptions, the men who composed it. Those principles'will doubtless continuo to moderate the 1 policy even of their opponents, and will ultimately bring back to power a party more worthy to represent them ; for wo hope that party will not be framed on the narrow and exclusive basis of Whig traditions, but that it will embrace and consolidate in Opposition the most active anal inteliiei•nt political servants of the country. 1 CHRONICLE.—Lord Derby has had. an audience of her Majesty, and has undertelsen the formatiee of a Cs , - hinet. This will occeeien no surprise, EI , it has long timn evident that some new Ministerial combination must he ; eff.eted. Th e s i m il ar ity w h ic h at first sight appears to ; exist b ,, t,ween the prf‘arnt Mini,,terial resignation and the crisis of 1851. is oniy buprtieial and casual. 0., bo.h occasions Lora John li.assell threw up office suddenly, after a defear,.in a thin House, on a point of stcondery importance. On both oeetiiions. also, the mannPr of re cae hsiigsnoabtojitoncntt hi7ltdopiZatteno:lifcaitphmaetiexPurir,loridte.fr. piqueier tintby ,an a n sdt yearpreparations, i manage ment was and to satisfy the Crown, the country, and the mal content adherents of his own party that no other combination than the old Wh ;g league could, a t th e moment, conduct the Administration. The scheme so far succeeded that it led to the recall of the ex-Minis ters, and to the exposure of Lord Derby's intrinsic weakness; but it failed altogether in rallying the Liberal majority of the House of Commons round their former leader. The second resignation might be thought equally insincere, if the causes which led to it bad been less obvious and substantial than they are. A return to office, at the present moment, would not shelter Lord Grey from censure; nor would it make the new scheme for enfranchising rotten boroughs popular or tenable. There was an evident convenience in resigning on a point which few have troubled themselves to understand, and in which no important principle was involved; and a falling Ministry seldom waits for defeat on a vital question. There can be little doubt that the withdrawal of Lord John Russell from office is, for the present, defi nite and final. Under the circumstances, general appre hension at once pointed to Lord Derby as his successor; and although some may have thought that a Go vernment imight have been formed from the ample elements presented by the various sections of the Liberal party, there has been a prevalent disposition to acquiesce in the postponement of that inevitable event. The Pro tectionists and their organs are naturally expressing the exultation which they partially feel, and the confidence which they would willingly assume. Even their oppo nents are for the most part inclined to accept the result for the sake of the remoter consequences with which it is fraught; for they know that, however undesirable and dangerous, it can only be temporary, whilst they anticipate from it such a cordial union of the whole Liberal party as will ensure the formation, at no dis tant date, of a strong, progressive, and efficient Govern ment. With the errors of weakness and selfishness which have brought matters to their present crisis it were at present useless to deaL Their causes and their effects may both be summed up in the pro position that the Government has been thoroughly and ruinously weak. Yet it is to be replaced by an Administration which must be weaker still, and which the country only accepts because there is not the smallest danger of its perm.nenee. Both in Parliament and out of it Lord Derby will be weaker than any pre vious Minister of the present generation. Since his public confession, this time last year, of inability to form a Cabinet, what additional strength has he acquired? Half a dozen votes may have accrued to his cause as the result of isolated elections—to be set off against a twolvemonth'a additional experience of the triumphant success of that -free-trade policy which he is irrevocably pledged to reverse. 'Even agricultural distress, themain resource of the Protectionist party, has already almost disappeared. The importations of foreign corn have diminished, and prices have advanced; barley and oats bring remunerating prices; the cattle fairs are cleared before mid-day; and, above all, the lapse of time has enabled farmers to adjust their arrangements to the change of circumstances, and has carried them almost beyond the state of transition. There is now more dissatisfaction among landowners than among te nants; and even where it is strongest, it is no longer unmingled with hope. At the most, the cry of distress would have been useless when it only expressed an unreasoning desire for an unjust and impracticable mode of relief; but, whatever force it might have given to those who undertook to be its organs, that force was at its maximum when Lord Derby acknowledged his in capacity to form an Administration which could main tain itself. Nor are the personal resources of the party increased. Last year the want of official experience among its more prominent members was, as their leader declared, fatal to his prospects; and the same difficulty exists at this moment—and at least to the same extent— although Lord Derby may at least be willing to over look it. The Premier of the new Government is a powerful speaker, experienced in office, but singularly deficient in businesslike capacity, whilst he has ben re markable, throughout his career, neither for discretion nor for success. The law offices may be filled by creditable occupants; but it is scarcely too much to say that the remaining and more important offices might as well be distributed at once pretty much at random. Yet, however, Lord Derby may di!" tribute his patronage, he cannot avoid th e unwelcome prominence of an ally w h o m he has openly distrusted and slighted. No conventional arrangement can prevent Mr. Disraeli from leading the party in the House of Commons. Indiscreet as he may be thought and utterly insincere as may be, his sympathy with the prejudices of the party to which ho has attached himself, he alone among the Protectionists possesses abilities be yond the humblest mediocrity; and the House, though remarkably tolerant of commonplace in the common rank and file, still requires in its chiefs some trace of superior intellect. Some " large-acred" squires may possibly be disguised for a time as Ministers; but no magic can transform into Parliamentary leaders. Yet a Treasury Bench constituted of little better materials will have to face an Opposition including every orator but one, and, without an exception, every states man and every man of business in the House. So feeble a staff could not conduct a Parliamentary cam paign, even with the aid of such a majority as that which Lord Althorp wielded after the Reform Bill. And what are Lord Derby's forces? A moderately large minority in the Lower House, and a useless ma jority in the Upper. Before a dissolution can take place he must probably undergo more than one damaging de feat. Questions will be raised for the purpose of bringing his policy to a test, and of forcing him either to avow, or publicly to renounce, the intentions which his sup porters attribute to him. With a now election before his eyes, he has obviously no alternative but to adopt the bolder, the more consistent, and the more dangerous course. He has often trifled with Protection, and en deavoured to escape from it, but he can appeal to the hustings on no other ground. In fact, to abandon Pro tection, to shelve it, or to treat it as a secondary question which may be postponed for the convenience of Party, would be to acknowledge that his whole course since 1846 had been one sustained, continuous, of action deception—that he has been virtually co-operating, weak and in the meanest spirit of faction, with a into confusion, and to make all useful inca pable Government, to throw the business of the le g country ia impossible—and that he upon the prejudices, an on Lord Derby's of his own followers. An y attempt the only part to palter with this question—the par scheated systematically h question which gives him the slightest claim to office—would, at once stigmatise his past conduct as a s tup en dous ' orga nized hypocrisy," and mark his future career as au enormous living lie. Yet on this point, as he well knows, the mind of the nation is finally made up. To say that free trade must be maintained were but a feeble expression of the firm conviction and the unalterable determination of the country. It millustnoteven be now.with which the ren dered an open- question,etongoalrerrdetxtdpioownsed to a moment's un is as incapable of is unable to retractcarrying out A c e dr un certainty. i i depend on the uni versal s :I :I t :9 t.raorprtisociTnohameoplwiPdstbellslaibisve it them without incurring political infamy. or modify per haps, sufficiently remembered that, in the It is not, advance and development of co mm - ercial policy meantime, all will be at a stand-still. We have long been o r nothing done, bat" i t will ben accustomed t o see littl e to have even a promi se or ho a step d ownwar d no t pe are the prospects of a of improvement. Such Government which the country may deem endurable because it carries in itself the seeds of speedy and final extinction, and because, after a brief, though, we , it must leave the ground a stormy and baneful existence, and united Liberal _. clear for a strong, powerfutol, A, ol mistration. It is not for us _ point out an egress from the labyrinth of conventional necessities in whichthe nation has for the moment lost itself. But in the meanwhile we must labour to secure whatever public advanta e incidentally be derived from an untoward g may The combination of circumstances. first result to be attained is, that all friends of political and commercial progress must " close their ranks." The country demands a strong Government, c omposed of all its le ading statesmen, and there can be no doubt that, after some waste of - time, and perhaps some for midable agitation, the national desire will at last be realised. We will only add that in the improbable event of Lord Derby's eventually declining to assume the responsibilities of office, we earnestly hope that none of the leading supporters of Free-trade will refuse the Crown that assistance which may be required of them. There may be difficulties and party embarrassments in abundance; but it would plainly be their duty to try, and ample materials exist at this moment for the forma tion of a Liberal Administration which would command the confidence of the country. It is by no means certa:a that the experiment would fail, even for the moment; and even failure after a gallant struggle would infallibly prove the harbinger of future success. DAILY NEW S.—Lord Derby has been sent for by the Queen to form a Protectionist Administration. A Cabinet of any other character it is not in his power to form, nor would it bo in his will. No man of political mar k or station who is s i ncere l y attac h e d to free-trade principles could with h onour acce pt confidential offi c e u nder his Lordship. Th e man w h o brae with his col leagues iu the G overnment o f 1846, b ec ause he could not conscientiously surrender the tax on bread, and who after a five year s ' expe . the 'working of free oce lof - trade, told h er M a j esty i n February, 1851, that if ap pointed Prime Minister he would endeavour to impose a fixed duty on corn, is not likely to wane in his fidelity to the question which, above all others, has knit together the sympathies of the party whom ho leads. But had it. been supposed possible, a recent itteidene.hes served to quench all doubt. At the.meetiugof his.adherents, held a few days since, to consider and decide upon the course to be pursued by them in Parliament during the present session, a Noble Lord who occupies a prominent position in the Upper House put to their chief the pointed question whether, in the event of his coming into power, Lord Derby w as prepared to redeem the pledge he had deliberately giv en last year of attempting to renew the tax on food ? And the unhesitating answer of the straightforward champion of the landed oligarchy was an explicit confirmation and reiteration tithat pledge. At the same conference if is equally well known that the resolution was taken to oppose the second reading of the proposed Reform Bill, not with the view of outbiddin g it by another, but We let avowedualy. Vp on the ground th a t any democratic concession would destroy t h e l ast li nger i ng h o p e o f a re t urn t o Tor j is v Teich ' i theref t o he new d re' ar ting ia A dministration i 1 fl in i s d to s htssed. They are, in r ,vvore. reststtaice relour,, - principle s and return to protection. It is undoubtedly Lord Pah2..ernton whom thr• Protectionists have to thank for !lice. BF themselves they have teen enough, hit never si:Pcessfully, to over• :to-ow ih,ir Whig rivals. But never in pitches battle i(tnut'sie:g h bix - ye,.r;:in; years wore they able hich t t o im s e e t z wl seize the was attributable to th c . porter, ra<her tha n t h e strongth of the lu a t i l' z ' a ll ilin o g fo fsli tc p e . . Bitt now, uedPr the skilful - and unscrupulous guidance of tin unlooked-for leader; the rese.tienists have stormed the heights of uffice. Tile banner planted on the stim uli', Is the old bread-ttx flag; but the hand by whom it has been planted there is the hand of Palmerston. Wby not, then, deck his brow with the appropriate crown? Who so fitted by natural leanings and acquired accora plisbments to head the landlords of England? Lavish in his notions of expenditure, a thorough aristocrat in temperament, and the hero of the militare clubs, Lord Palmerston could do for the new Administration in the present House of Commons what few other partisan chiefs now living could do. The thing to be done is the greatest possible amount of mischief to the friends of peace, economy, and reform; who, for that purpose, s o capable—if willing—as the ex-colleague of Lord John Russell? Of Lord Palmerston's willingness we say nothing. That remains to be proved. Previous to the division on last Friday night, we own we should have hesitated to utter any misgivings we may have felt as to his stability of purpose, where great principles and the maintenance of a great policy were at stake. But after the performance on that occasion, the faith of every liberal man in the country can scarcely fail to be staggered—and we await with more curiosity than con fidence the Noble Viscount's next political exploit. Lord Derby also may have his mistrust;—and for rea sons that we need not here enumerate, may fancy it un safe to take such a magazine of combustibles on board. Very prudent, perhaps ; but what will happen, sup posing the said magazine should fall into other hands? Then there is claim on gratitude No. 2 , in the per- SOD of the (about to be Right Hon.) Member for Bucks. If the avenging Viscount consented to ride as jockey, and jumped " protection" over the double fence wherewith office is circled round about, equally undoubted is it that Disraeli trained the inarticu late animal successfully, when every other hand had failed. Lord Derby can scarcely this time pass over the man who has rendered him such inestimable ser vice. Last year ho did not scruple to disown his useful follower, and even publicly to sneer at his own official destitution in having no men fit for high administrative post—though Mr. Disraeli stood by listening to the selfish and supercilious disclaimer. This audacious prank of highborn affectation cannot be re peated now? There was a story current that the Member for Bucks wished it to be understood that he was ready to play the magnanimous. and that he did not wish any personal consideration on his account to stand in the way of the formation of whatever might be thought the strongest possible Tory Government. If this was only meant gracefully to yield the leadership in, the Commons to Lord Palmerston, it would be suffici ently intelligible; but such self-sacrifice seems little likely to be needed. Mr. Disraeli may well assert what is due to his position from the chief whom he has con tributed so potentially to thrust into power. Until the official announcement of the new appointments shall be made, any attempt to analyse them as a whole would be premature. The list of those said to be the New Ministry will be found in another column. We shall doubtless have not long to wait for the authoritative promulgation of Lord Derby's own cast of parts—and we shall then be ready to examine in detail their various pretensions. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. (PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY.) Sir,—On Wednesday the 18th the House was prin. cipally engaged on Public Houses in Sootland. On the 19th it was occupied by the charge brought against the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, on the subject of his employment of the Irish press. The simple fact is, that the Lord-Lieutenant, acting it is presumable on imperfect knowledge and leaving the management to subordinates, got entangled with an individual of that kind which ever and anon aro heard of in the courts of law, who ask for money as the condition of withholding what they call " exposures;"—that is to say, bring ing forward business transactions, which may have been described in confidential letters in terms not exactly in tended to meet the public eye. There is no man who ever was engaged, for instance, in an election, who can not frame to himself a perfect conception of the case. In brief terms, the charge was naught; and as such was defeated by a vote of 229 to 137. On Friday took place events which shake the condi tion of England, in a way which would cause terror if it was nut known that such things often shake them selves down again. On the introduction of the Govern ment's' Militia Bill, Lord Palmerston moved the omis sion of the word " Local;" which was carried by 136 against 125. It dues not appear why anybody should have seen more in this, than an expression on the part of the popular branch, that it wants more defence instead of 1088, and that it had rather trust itself to a regular Militia under the old statutes, than to a Local Militia, of which the character was given, that in the old war nobody ever knew where it was. And it has strongly the air of ill humour in a Government of grown men, than there should be talk of throwing up the reins of Government, btuoot taih T iusc h hi e s. r t e hTe i s hfie s r o lls m t oteuitmeheienogi it because the country wants more militia than the Go • vernment under the pressure of the English Bona partists had ventured to propose. Instead of thanking his stars for being delivered from this thraldom, is ludicrous , in a Ministry going out, martyrs to a local for e w om ar m d en w e i e th s Militia. It is conceivable how a Government may re the Minister to gettingpfooturoto getting little, a corner? Tswi wantedgoa s r n y efv p o er r rincdipo therefore, nlees and wa s to Protection co me Commons says it wants more defence; all that was a it wi be smiling face and say it should have it. It the ' reign of High because the Ministry resigned in a pet. And ' will be wonderfully encouraging in F all this announced that the English Government is our aisois, and every drum-boy will be 13 - g g t h o usand francs which are kep t for him for the nine t hi s goes on, the Governmentor him in London. If after all, will hav e b een c rushed by the E ng li s h B onspartists. But a pillow sometimes gives good counse l s. What the co un t ry will foiled in its expect, is this, a nd if it is expectations it will call some people less wise than w as l ooked f or ;— it will expect that the two Noble Lord s who havethe been separated by an indiscre has ' been in fact indiscretion is past and gone, and redeemed by taking the bolder Lead of the two in the direction where former doubt was raised, give up their quarrel, and like two good children, kiss • and be friends e that does most towards, this shall be the wisest b oy. n Some fallacies were given into by the Government and its supporters. For 1 they perpeauall . exam le , . . y talked about " a state of peace;" the question being whether we might not be startled in• our beds some morning like the Algerine generals, by finding ourselves at war, and a hostile force in some very undenirable place as proof. Much also was said about a regular militia being "an , aggressive force." In this sense a policeman is "an aggressive force;" for by k ee pi ng things quiet at home, he may enable an army to go abroad. Half the game of life is what men call chance ; mean ing thereby what human care can neither foresee nor alter. • Theologians call it Providence, in which they pre sumably, are r i g ht ; and iu the hands of that, we are. There are not wanting those who talk of moth& rea son for the Government's wishing to withdraw; -- to avoid the question of the three millions spent is the Kafir war. This would be what the ring call , fa llin g to prevent being hit. But there was no secessiq for such a desperate course; th ere was b a l m in Gilead:even for this. All that was wanted was to sieve;:out the insane element. There is evidence 0f a P nliiimi ' Mrs. Cumming. Men who throw away the value of forty sail-of-the-line upon the coast of Safraria, and then publish that " the British Crown and nation have no in terest in maintaining g any territorial dominion i n Southern Africa beyond the very limited extent of ter ritory required for the security of the Cape of Good Hope as a naval station," are not men who ought to walk the streets by themselves, still less implicate men of sound mind in their proceedings. They must be sieved out, and quickly; and then the old firm may go on. What would be thought of a Manchester merchant, who spent 300,0001. on unprofitable buildings, and then said be never wanted anything but a counting-hous e to put his books in? Hi s partners would get rid of him, as the London bankers did of the partner who stood up cannot be to preach the New Jerusalem a t tha .., Crowe The ' allowed to " iudispensable" men d to do above a certa in amount of -mischief • The course here is plain. Drop the insane element, and put the Noble Lord below the aangwaY into the place; and then the ship may go ahead again. I am, Sir, yours very sincerely, AN OLD REFORMER. Blackheath, 23 Feb. 1852. Th e Queen has been pleased to direct that the honour of Knighthood should be conferred upon Dr. Charles Nicholson, Speaker of the Legislative Council of New South Wales. Mr. Cosmo hints, advocate, Sheriff of the Shire of Elgin or Moray, is appointed Clerk to the High Court of Session at Edinburgh ; Mr. R. Bell, advocate, is appointed Sheriff of Elgin or Moray, in the room of Mr. Innes. Frederick Madge, Esq., has been appointed First Clerk in the office of the Solicitor to the Treasury, in the room of Mr. Raven, who retires. 111. r. John Palmer is appointed Trea surer of the island of Dominica. Mr. N. Robson is appointed Collector of Customs at the Gambia. —Sunday Paper. DEATH OF A COUNTY CORONER.—DanieI Esq., one of the coroners of this county, died after a short illness on Thursday last, at his residence, Rushmount. Se veral candidates for the office are spoken of. Cork Con , stitution.