The Sun. — London, England, 1851-02-24 00:00:00

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I* . o l. r bil t°b" 1 91 0° 9 0 11l il° ' l u 0 4 $0 )90 1' 0 0 $ lO 0 0 0 0 0° 0° 16, sly 2 4 ° el 263 40% ed 0° $0 0 4 $BO Do' 0 ko i 3~ o os iv 30 30 6 61 60 0 1 4 0 4 0 4 0 40 • 00 , • Al o 010 for 18 92 , re' 6 D ° so cos scr ease • .0o IsPeaking, the demand is in a very sluggish state, but w e have no change to notice in the ispotqions. At per stone by the Carcass. S. d. to s 2 . d. a. d. to s. n eer,inferlor....•• 2 0 2 Mutton, inferior •. 2 8 210 •• •• 2 4 2 6 middling.. 3 0 3 Primelarge .• 2 8 3 0 -- prime ••.. 3 10 4 0 prime small •• 3 2 3 4 Pork, 1arge........ 2 6 3 6 *1 " •• •• "•••• • • 3 2 4 0 small •• •••• .• 3 8 4 0 7107ROTYGEL AND SPITAMPIELDS. or the time of year, these markets ure heavily sup- PI fore,w ith especially ly in excellent condition. The demand, is as Bread is extremely low in price, in a very d e p resse d state, and prices are not supporte d. east week's imports were only 109 tons from Rouen and 10 sacks from Antwerp. York Per Ton. Per Ton. B oote sh-• Regents. 70s to 20s Essex Regents.... ... 55s to 75s Regents.. 60 s to 70s Kent liegents.... —s to —8 be Regents.. & Cain- Essex Regents... —s to —s p o br !dge ........ 60s to 75s Kent & Essx. Dlid. —s to —s Li _ r eign ..... 50 s t o 60 s K en ti s h Red Kid. —s to —s gent Shaves.. —s to - Cambridge ditto —s to —s eat Shawl ...... 55s to 75 Chats ......... —s to s riOELOUGH HOP IMAIMET. We have a steady, b u t by no means bri s k, inquiry for selected samples of Hops, at fully last week's prices. i.a.otber kinds v er y lit t l e i s d o i ng at late rates. Factors' Prices for rea d y money—East Knt pockets, 3/ 16s to 61 sPer cwt ; ditto bags, 314 s to 5155; Mid Kent pockets, , te 5 / 15s; ditto b a gs, 21 to 41 10s ; Weald of ~ent pock e t s, 3 1 6a to 41 2s ; ditto bags, 2 1 to 3 1 10s; 411186 e X pockets, 3l 2s to 4/ per cwt. WOOL. Si nce our l as t report the public sales have been well attended by buyers, and nearly the whole of the colonial o ali ties have changed hands at very full prices. Fine 4.1.te the Wools hav e me t a s t ea dy competition, but most e lop parcels have been withdrawn. The auctions z' terminate to-morrow. By private contract there is 713.. re doing in British Wool, at extreme quotations. /17tweek's imports were 10 bales from Ghent; 148 from Is n ill 3', 40 from Adelaide, 67 from Hamburgb, 67 from n'rt Victoria, 115 from Constantinople, 607 from the ` lll l 3 e, and 111 bags from Bilboa. Sin e TALLOW. tt v , e Monday last only a limited business has been " B loted in thi s mar k et , b u t we h ave no ma t e rial change i s 'notice in th e quotat i ons. T o -d ay , P.Y.O on th e s p o t littl e . iag at 37 3 6d per cwt. F or f orwar d d e li v ery very 8 doing. Town Tallow, 37s per cwt net cash; fat 2 ld per Blbs. 1847. 1848. 1849. 1850. 1851. St ott , N ee " ,"' day• • • • 12,089 e. ** I t 5.11 sod ,„ tto fi; last week .. ,079 arripai,T__ J Une 1 • 68.984 bu ° ~.st week . 1,031 " ut oTulle 1 70,414 te Of Town 52s Od Qb4 I PEEN'S BENCH.-J.HIS DAY.) i " e c ourt was o ccu pi e d d u ring the morning in trying k• t ere r 4r theard w hich was devoid of any public St. Mae, en u lvt (S itt rYlON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) r lgi at Nisi Prius, before Lord Chief Justice W E JERVIS and a Special Jury.) IT LONDO N RAILWAY COMPANY v. LONDON AND Th u % NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. bre a Z w " an action brought by the plaintiffs for a (1. 6 :1 of covenant. The declaration stated that the fit - "uanta had areed to lease the West London line defendants,gia le paying 60,0001. as a third of the- th e cost, 180,000/., an d allowing the company half ey ez ,P r ofit of working the line. The defendants, how tate,' from the period of making the contract, had never tone te d to work the line either with passenger or 5 traffi c • lik T e ,h e p r oceedings were at great length, and seemed 'Y to last through the whole day. Ex • 10,390 32,418 523 Od 40s Od tosls6d to OsOd 1,164 2,046 81,975 78,792 181 569 44,264 :103,377 40,147 36s 6d to Os Od 1,741 72,839 Ib6 87,515 388 6d 54s 6d i 43s Od (B ei() CHEQUER.—(THIS . DAY.) Thre, ga l arrest th e the LOR D C HIEF B AR ON and a Common Jury.) for as ille " `Jona was occupie details of which w erd this morning with e of an un an action .Port aat , nature. '44R IBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Chrk . - OCKETS AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—Joseph h Itt e w as placed b e f ore M r . Bingham, charged wit h pa r k Dun g to pick th e p oc k e t s of s e veral ladies in Hyde :l at P o e, i e -const abl e , 184 A, s t a t e d th a t ab ou t f ou r o'clo c k relay afternoon he was on duty near the Crystal foUas s - in Hyde - park, when he observed the prisoner d,,e ladies, and feel the outsides of their ta tii saes • several Witness watched him, and after following him e j s ddistan ce, h e saw t h e pr i soner put hi s h an d i nto a k SP's ih Pocket. Wi tness t h en rus h e d f orwar d, an d t oo k o R atio custody. The prisoner was searched at the n. but nothing was found upon him. • 1 4 .2 e prisoner, who stoutly denied the charge, was re 4uned until to-morrow. eLP. — sitliS of the PEACE, and J (ISTICES' CLERKS St TirE EDITOR OF THE SUN. kot t :' h ---, he Bill introduced into the Houie of Com elerk:Y the Government, for the purpose of restricting dtt et i n "." the Peace and Justices' Clerks from con .eise:sTerheinal prosecutions, is upon a correct . pring hoes' ci - ,! o , s hould go further, namely, to restrain • as ele r k s - i'' from being concerned (beyond their duty Feb 0 , a s solicitors in parochial appeals. , 185 1. OBSERVER. s rb TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. tio;7" - The house I now occupy_ has thirty-two win ood , and pay s near ly 12/. w i n d ow - tax. S i r Ch ar l es d oo , Proposes that I shall pay 8/. in fut u r e . M y next }'gu has a house with the same number of ii i i" l° ,wa but, being " wiser than the children of light," 'locked some of his until he reduced his tax to n a ;Pounde. He will now open up his windows, and collar• °°l Y 4/. a year for my 81., our howes being exactly in all respects. ji t a l lY help our Chancellor to explain the wisdom and dle of this arrangement.—l am, Sir, yours. &c. THICK HEAD. B, b TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Mathissaaving had my attention called to a paragraph e Sun newspaper o f Th urs d ay l ast , t h e 20t h i nst . , t et i Ya to a fi re on th e p rem i ses of M rs . Fl e t c her, a t prey of wherei n you state , " t h a t i t i s sus p ecte d t h at it Pre,,l ° t the result of accident," and that the same the n :'es were on fi re a s h ort t i me ago , an d t h ere were 10 14 strong suspicions on the part of the fire offices of fee i pla ya" I beg to inform you that there were not you for are at the present time, such suspicions as , t anuate an d h ave publ i s h e d to t h e wor ld. to IVY add that th e p rem i ses an d stick do not belong is ati r. Fletcher, as you state, but to Mrs. Fletcher, who b asi e :g e(l , widow lady, and has carried on an extensive arty 14 " 4 5, as a furniture broker, far upwards of ye a --I am, Si r , your obedient servant, Leeds, p - EDWARD MAUD. E T , eb. 22, 1851. P A 4 ,ragraph in question was copied from the av ertiser.—ED. Sun] S T . tdrarn, i . ° OS'S THEATRE.—On Saturday evening 83eu e ej`le Performance in aid of the Copper-plate Printers' ~."env : l t Fund was ' given at this theatre by "gentlemen ""ent e s e with and interested in the trade." The entertauoif tyoueeuirnenced with Sir E. B. Lytton's play of , the Lady , buorrin'oB,4Ported by Messrs Bustin, Thomas, 1 ringle, The - part of ' Pauline was sustained by Miss 1et548.1 whose imitation of an eminent actress was too close to e neb. ow„ 'erved ; had this 3 oung lady depended more upon b •'irs, Powers she would have pleased us much more. arxer, of iztcßellaerst, Drury-lane Theatre, was the Madame and is without doubt the best delineator of the the London stage. Tobin's Honeymoon, in which Hartwell, Bennett, Scares and Christian appeared, ` L eda long night's amusement. NATIONAL r o • th ,- ARCHERY MEETING. —The ',;t 4 tr t- r ,"` i e for conducting this meeting, whose last toxopho getinelser;aY was held at Edinburgh, have just officially an- Meri n their intention of holding their eighth annual ga- ItijshPe " eL g in t t Leamington in June next, in accordance with the ' 4 •'Pl'etised in a ' requisition signed by Lord Guernsey, the ord Leigh, Lord Newport, the Hon. C. Bertie Percy, P al 1 „ r ot' Buchan Mr. M. Wise, Mr. H. C. Wise, Rev. C. anus t'° r • C. M. ' Caldecott, and Mr. B. Granville. The Sioely Am -,e offered for competition will amount . in value to amongst which will be some local prizes, exclu eetbitylrf I l kdies . and gentlemen bond fide residing in the map_er4:_ed.MfOmt"TtaiewiticTl"AßLE CLOTH.—M. Suer has or quilton.h celebrated firm of Jeffery, Morrish, and Co., I, ws h u; ore:a iverpool, a table cloth one hundred yards . - " e " to cover the principal banquetting table in Symposium, at Gore-house. 4:vr PA LmansToN's ASSEMBLY.--Vicount and Bcoontes °TO S e ut d Palmerston gave a magnificent entertainment to -18 Bo LaY ev ening, at their house in Carlton-gardens, tr i t e . e Yal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and a .diqind circle of the aristocratic world. The guests . invite . Idster'et tlie Prince included his Excellency the Russian Mt- Ilion 4 . 4(1 the Baroness Brunnow, his Excellency the SaTcli- Clati!.4l4istr, the Marchioness of ' Ailesbury, the Marquis of th e D'earde, the Earl and Countess of Shelburne, Earl Bruce, eetin.-tV of Besborough, Viscount Jocelyn, M.P., and Vis klb son s ui?celyn, Lady Ashley, Colonel the Hon. George alnlePier and Mrs. Anson, &c. After the banquet Lady L i ' s 'Ain opened her salons for the reception of visitors. `utter oe 7 s Y Bll iP was honoured with the presence of la c characters nu of the da'3!tnPany, including many of the politics o Pa h ., • oberC sdlT rUL ACCIDENT AT THE WATERLOO-ROAD 111 °4t R ,n -- "This morning beetween nine and ten o'clock a tainu„---40113 accident took place at the Waterloo-road ter- Port e ; .nt‘ the South Western Railway. Richard Bangs, a ! a ged the employ of the railway company, while en %ree. some portion of his duties at the platform, endea k ip cross the line to the other side of the station, and the e ar t lng the engine and tender, by some means, caused e etn e P a gee to meet each other where they had been was e 'ed, and before he could get out of the way he was o f utineed between the buffers. His screams brought several fron t h`.)ther servants to his assistance, when he was released *bo ot 15 fearful position, having been completely crush e d fi at keyed i t be chest and abdomen. The poor fellow was re 'leen L.eot. Thomas's Hospital, and on his admission was whoMlTurdo the senior surgeon, and his assistant, eerioC'eertained that ' the internal injuries were of a most Still a i l ; end complicated nature. This day at noon he was T --- ve, but faint hopes were given of saving his life. for sialnßa DUTIES.—It is steted that the contracts t 'kea PPl Y it !g timber t o h er M a j es ty' s dockyards are to be ordeßt P ri ces which will not i nc l u d e the duty; in other Na v i n e ' that the timber is to be served in without any duty to sn o g hi b een paid upon it. The practice hitherto has been he to . ` ..3. duty -paid timber, and the result of the change will the she th- e navy estimates ' look lower, at the expense of 6"atnms revenue.— Shr . pping Gazette. ann ounce Op THE HON. Miss DE lios.—We regret te . _ ....ounce the demise of the above young lady, the dau.gh ,„`,..??Lord and Lady De Ros, and niece to the Duke of Rich- F t r. d, who expired at the Noble Lord's town residence, on Tee dlast, after a short illness, in the flower of her youth. un 4 .re. informed that the Marquis of ,:allsbury tht Ltoltfitcultlatiyrbicribeid. t4e sum of 201. to the funds of 91113-Altwen. 42,691 37s 6d to Os Od 1,911 74,519 1,111 91,02 398 6d CLOSE OF THE SAILORS' STRIKE IN THE NORTH. The strike amongst the sailors in the north against the Merean! de Marine Act, was abandoned on Satur day, the Boara of Trade having given up the new re gulations for the maintenance of discipline on board ship, and promisei to consider some other grievances complained of by the men. On Friday evening a large meeting of Newcastle and North and South Shields seamen was held at South Shields, and, after hearing the report of the delegates who had been to London, and had an interview with the Board of Trade, the following reso lutions were come to:— " That 83 the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Privy Council for Trade have abolished the 22 regula tions, and as Government is unable immediately either to suspend or cancel the other, and several pats of the recent Marine Acts, to which we neither can nor will submit, excepting in so far as such submission sball conduce to the eventual repeal of the obnoxious clauses in question, we resolve to proceed to sea, and to our usual employments, under protest, on Saturday, Feb. 22, afternoon tide, acting, however, in concert with the other northern ports, end in accordance with the princi ples of our friendly associations. " That the following persons he a committee to pre pare a form of protest, viz : William Snowball, Thomas White, John Williamson, Daniel Stewart, and Alexander Hamilton. That it be signed by masters, mates, and men, this and the following day, and that copies be left with the secretaries till every seaman now at sea has bad au opportunity of joining. " Resolved, that this meeting solemnly pledges itself to support the friendly associations in every legal way; and specifically that it will strain every nerve to secure the support and entry of all sailors sailing from this port who at the present moment are not members of the association, and aid in planting similar associations in every port of Great Britain aehreland, the objects of the associations being threefold—first, to main tain wages; secondly, to agitate this grand question of sailors' rights, and to petition Parliament for re dress; and thirdly, in case of Parliamentary inattention to or rejection of our petitions, to organise a grand and universal system of passive resistance, through which, by suspending the whole commerce of the country, we may compel Government tto do us justice. 3,000,000 British sailors, if united, would move the world, as they have conquered it before now." On Saturday forenoon an immense procession, con sisting of at least 4,000 seamen, paraded the streets of Shields with bands and banners, and after burning Mr. Labouchere in effigy, sung " Rule Britannia," and went `quietly to their ships. An immense number of vessels would leave the Tyne on Saturday and Sunday for all parts of the world. The seamen of Sunderland, Seaham, and Hartlepool, terminated the strike yesterday. The wages to be received throughout the district is 41. 10s. a voyage in winter, and 31, 10s. in summer in the coal trade; and 31. a month and small stores in the foreign trades. RIOT OF SEAMEN AT YARMOUTH. YARMOUTH, ►SUNDAY MORNlNG.—Yesterday a serious riot, arising out of disputes between the shipowners and sailors, took place i❑ this town, and so alarmed the au thorities that the military were sent for from Norwich. Since the passing of the new Mercantile Marine Act there has been considerable dissatisfaction among the seamen of this port, as they considered that they were thereby subject to unnecessary fines and other griev ances. Meetings of both shipowners and sailors have been held to adopt petitions for the repeal of the Act. These meetings led to dissensions on the subject of wages, and the seamen who have hitherto received 60s. per mouth or voyage during the winter, and 503. in the summer, formed an association in order to obtain an equalisation of wages all the year round. Relative to this matter a meeting of shipowners was held, pursuant to a requisi tion to the Mayor, presented by the committee appointed by the sailors of the port. During a long conference between the shipowners and the committee the latter formally, on behalf of the sailors, demanded 555. per month or voyage both summer and winter, instead of the old arrangement. There has been no attempt on the part of the shipowners here, as in Lynn and other places, to reduce wages. The movement has been entirely on the part of the sailors, to obtain an advance of their earnings on the whole year. The shipowners positively refused to accede to any alteration of the old arrangement, and declared that if any was attempted they would consider all understand ings between them and the men at an end, and they would feel themselves at liberty to obtain men where they could get them on the cheapest terms. The conse quence of this declaration was a general strike of the seamen. Yesterday morning Mr. Barber, # shipowner, preferred an information, before the Mayor and magis trates, against a sailor, who, after engaging to go a voyage, had refused to do so. The man was brought up in custody, and on being questioned said he would go if properly protected. Eis vessel was lying at Lowes toft, and under the direction of the magistrates a steam tug was brought up the harbour to a point opposite the Town-hall, for the purpose of taking the man to Lowe stoft. The mayor and magistrates, accompanied by the police, started from the hall with the man, for the pur poso of escorting him to the vessel, but were imme diately attacked by a crowd of seamen, and a regular fight took place. The authorities managed to get the man on board the tug, and to send him away. Ten or twelve of the rioters were apprehended and placed in the station-house. 'rho crowd of seamen retired for a short time to consider what was to be done, and they determined, if possible, to rescue their comrades. For this purpose, they turned out in great force, and, amid a concourse of 2,C00 people, carried the mast of a ship to the station-house, and began to use it as a battering-ram, in order to break down the door and to rescue the prisoners. The station-house was de fended by the police, about twenty in number, also by several men from the revenue cutters, and several of the coast guard, and eight or nine militia men. The tumult incresesed, the authorities caused the Riot Act to be read, and 100 special constables were sworn in. Not withstanding the efforts of this extra force the riot continued, and the seamen seemed determined to force the station-house. At this time there were only 20 policeman, 9 militia men, and 30 revenue cutters' men, with the coast guard, and the special constables, to oppose about 2,000 people. The mayor and magis• trates, fearing that the force at their disposal would be overcome, and that property and life would be endan gered, sent a telegraphic message to the commanding officers of the 11th Hussars, stationed at Norwich bar racks, stating that a serious riot had taken place, and requesting a sufficient military force to be sent by special train. This message reached Norwich station at 4.30 P.M., and through the exertions of Mr. Martin, the su perintendent of the Norfolk Railway, a troop reached Yarmouth at 6.15 P.M. Another troop followed imme diately afterwarth, both being under the command of Capt. Douglas. When the first troop arrived at Yarmouth, Mr. Martin found it necessary to clear the station, a mob of people having assembled there, threatening to pull up the rails and disconnect the telegraphic communication. The Mayor (Captain Pearson, RN.) was then sent for to the station; he soon after arrived, and authorised Captain Douglas to proceed immediately to quell the riot. The military at once rode into the town, and having received orders quickly cleared the streets. In a few hours quiet was restored, but the troops continued to parade the streets during the night. This morning all remains quiet, and it is expected that the military will return to Norwich in the course of the day. THE SMITHFIELD -MARKET REMOVAL BILL —OH Saturday the Bill brought into the House of Commons by the Government for the removal of Smithfield-market was printed. The preamble states, " Whereas for preventing the evils attendant on the holding of the market now holden in Smithfield, it is desirable that in lieu thereof a more spacious cattle-market with a meat-market and conve niences connected therewith should be provided in a suitable place more distant from the centre of the metropolis." There are thirty-seven clauses in the Bill. Iler Majesty may ap point Commissioners under the Act, and they may provide a cattle and meat market, and build slaughter-houses, &c., and lairs for cattle, and maintain and repair roads, &C. Among other things the Commissioners of Police are to regulate route and time for driving of cattle within the Metropolitan Police district. THE SEA SERPENT AGAIN.—The New York Journal of Commerce states—" Captain F. Bernssee, of the barque Frances Watts, at this port from Rio de Janeiro, in lat. 15 N., long. 55, saw a serpent that passed within thirty or forty feet of his vessel, and appeared to be about sixty feet on the water. It passed so near the vessels as to be distinctly seen. Its motion was up and down, like the swimming of a leech ; not horizontal like the motion of a snake or eel. It appeared to be as long as, and shaped like, the mainyard of the barque,' tapering off towards the extremities. Its progress through the water was very rapid. When first seen it was approaching from the S.E., and it passed the barque heading N.W., without any apparent alteration of its course. Its head differed from that in the drawings published of the one seen by Captain M'Quahe, of one of her Majesty's ships, nearly two years since, and its whole body was on the surface of the water, and distinctly seen. No fins were seen. Its colour was apparently very dark green. The gentleman who handed us the above is well known to us, and remarks, I have known Captain Bernssee for many years, and can vouch for his integrity and veracity.'" THE CENSUS, 1851.—A number of additional papers have just been issued relative to the census of the population to be taken by the 31st of next month. These papers include returns relating to public worship, to educa tion, and to literary and scientific societies. SUICIDE IN THE BOROUGH.—Yesterday morning, during Divine service, a female servant, aged 20, in the family of Messrs. Jones, Brothers, curriers, 194, High-street, Borough, committed suicide by nearly severing her head from her body with a carving -knife. It is stated that for some time past the deceased has been labouring under mental and nervous excitement, occasioned by peculiar religious scruples, which preyed on her mind, and produced such a change in her demeanour that Messrs. Jones had deemed it advisable to send for her family; and it was arranged for her sister to have come to town on Monday (to-day) for the nurpose of removing her from her situation. THE MARBLE ARCH.—At the time when Buck ingham Palace was first placed in the hands of Mr. Blore, with a view to its improvement, the arch was, as it has .con tinned to be, a subject of difficulty and discussion. It was at length determined to abandon the exnensive style of decora tion commenced by Mr. Nash; to patch it up at as little cost as possible; and, after finishing it in a plain manner, to leave it standing where Mr. Nash has placed it, satisfied with exclaiming, " Thcu canst not say I did it." Among the fragments of Mr. Nash's intention was found a handsome frieze, executed by some of the first sculptors of the day, and intended to adorn the upper compartment of the arch. Would it not be Worth while to consider, whether, in finish ing the arch in its new site, the original plan might not par tially be carried into effect, ,adding to the beauty and im portance of the work, by removing these pieces of sculptured marble, and others now scattered about, to their original des tination? A bronze Victory, or car and horses, resembling that on the Brandenburgh Gate at Berlin, would be a material addition to its general effect.—Builder. THE FISHINGS.—W e regret to say that the Ness still continues unproductive, and the other northern rivers do not seem to be much better stocked. Only one or two fish have yet been taken in the Club's waters. A few clean fish have been caught, we b e li eve , at t h e h ea d o f L e ch Ness. In the Findhorn, the season's op erat i one h ave it* ygt been 1319i1t WAVlCMlA — inverncio Courier. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY _EVENING, MINISTERIAL CRISIS. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—When Lcrd John Russell anneanced to the House of Commons on Friday evening the postpone ment of the financial measures which stood for discus sion at that moment, few of those who beard him corn. prehended at once the full purport of this intimation, and fewer still, even of his own adherents, knew that already, before the accustomed hour at which the pro ceedings of Parliament commenced, the Administration was dissolved. Doubt, indeed, hung over the result of the impending debate. The strength manifested by the Opposition on a recent occasion, the vindictive desertion of a small band of Irish Romanists, the separation of the Liberal party itself from the Ministry on the preceding evening, were signs of an embarrassing pr• sent and a menacing future. But the House of Commons have since learnt with a degree of astonish ment which still pervades the country, and wlsich has yet to be removed by Ministerial explanations, that in this important political conjuncture, and on the eve cf instant batt:e, the Commander-in-Chief had flung down his truncheon, and was apparently walking out of the lists. We shall not presume to anticipate the state ment, promised by Lord John Russell himself for this evening, of the causes which irresistibly led him to this conclusion. But without attempting to judge a great political act still so imperfectly understood, we shall en deavour to place before the public the facts which bear most directly on this novel aud perplexing state of affairs. Various causes affecting the general policy of the Administration bad no doubt their due weight on the mind of Lord John Russell ; but it may be inferred, from the answers given by h's Lordship to several questions on Thursday evening, when he pledged himself to bring forward different measures as head of the Government, that, at the commencement of the debate on Mr. Locke King's motion for the extension of the franchise, Lord John did not contemplate a spon taneous and immediate renunciation of power. It was evident, in the course of that debate, that the cold re ception given to the tardy pledge of a revised Reform Bill, to be introduced in the session of 1852—the with drawal of the Conservative phalanx from the side of Government—and the hostile votes of 100 habitual ad herents of the Whig Ministry, told with surprising effect on Lord John Russell, and that he felt the deser tion of so large a portion of his friends more keenly than the attacks of a host of adversaries. Under the in fluence of those feeling he appears to have acted on the following morning. The Cabinet was suddenly con vened; but au little was the momentous character of the situation of affairs known to the other mem , bees of the Government, that three leading peers in the Administration—the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Minto, and Lord Carlisle, were not present on the occasion; and the course actually adopted by the Prime Minister was less the result of a full and deliberate resolution by his colleagues than of the per sonal determination which he is understood to have ex pressed. That determination was necessarily unknown to some of his Cabinet—sad those not the least consider able—for they were not even present; and if in such matters rumour can collect ought of truth from external indications of opinion, that determination was no less warmly combated by some others who discerned the effect, rather than the cause, of so rapid a movement. The whole meeting of the Cabinet Ministers lasted little more than half an hour, and at the conclusion of it Lord John Russell proceeded to place his resignation in the hands of her Majesty—an act tantamount to the resigna tion of the whole Government in the person of its chief. It will be for Lord John Russell to inform Par liament and the country this evening of the powerful motives for his conduct which he has doubtless already submitted to his colleagues and to his Sovereign. But it may here be remarked that what ever those motives were they did not mainly consist in apprehnsions of the effect of the Pro tectionist opposition to the financial scheme of the Go vernment. If the First Lord of the Treasury thought that scheme worth any thing, sad if he hoped to stand fairly with the country on those important questions of taxa tion which come home to the universal interests of the community, the Budget was at least worth a night's debate and the chances of an adverse vote, which he realized by anticipation. But, in point of fact, at the moment when this sacrifice was consummated, no such apprehension forced itself - upon his convictions. The tone of the Protectionist meeting held on Friday at Lord Stanley's house had been extremely moderate. The tactics, if not the forbearance, of the Tory leaders taught them that a successful attack on the chief financial re sources of the Exchequer would prove a most dangerous approach to office; and it was known by the Government itself, before the House of Commons met that day, that Mr. Herries'- amendmsnt on the in come-tax would not assume a very formidable shape. That specific motion, therefore, can have had no more than an indirect effect on Lord John Russell's resolution, though it may not unreasonably be concluded that a Budget which every one condemned, and an anti-Papal measure which nobody approved, were matters to give additional impetus to the slight shock on Mr. Locke King's motion, and that but for the general embarrassments of Ministers that untoward iucidust would not have proved fatal to their stability. Perhaps the country may have reason to rejoice that a crowning struggle between Lord John Russell's Administration and its combined opponents was thus avoided, since a Protectionist victory might have brought into power such a Government as would convulse the nation. Nevertheless, the first effect of the dissolution of the Cabinet was to induce her Majesty, by the advice of Lord John Russell or of other counsellors, to send for Lord Stanley with a view to the formation of a new Govern ment. That nobleman proceeded to obey the Queen's commands in conjunction with Mr. Disraeli; but before many hems had elapsed the Protectionist leaders were understood to have renounced their undertaking, either from the invincible difficulty and peril of the task, or because the power of dissolving Parliament was not unreservedly conceded to them by the highest authority in the realm. It will probably be found that the firmness and judgment of the Queen have been exerted to save the country from the extreme in convenience and agitation of a general election at the present time, and to avert a contest of parties which might inflict lasting injury on the Constitution itself. At a later hour on Saturday evening Sir James Graham and Lord Aberdeen were summoned to attend her Ma jesty, and it was generally belieyed that those statesmen would take a part in the formation of the new Adminis tration. It was, however, desired that the communica tions at this stage of the negotiations should be made in the presence of Lord John Russell himself; and in the course of yesterday a protracted, and we hope a satisfac tory, interview between these eminent persons took place at the residence of the late Premier. Lord Aber deen was again summoned to the Palace last evening, but has not, we believe, hitherto consented to accept office. Wi'h personal or party interests we have nothing to do, but we express no more than the universal conviction of those who aro most anxious for the peace, the welfare, and the security of the nation, when we affirm that an arrangement which should place in conjunction with a portion of the late Government and with the Liberal party those eminent men who most nearly represent the opinions and the policy of the late Sir Robert Peel, affords the only rea sonable prospect of a strong, efficient, and progressive Government. A mere attempt to bring back to office the Cabinet which has just fallen to pieces under the leadership of Lord John Russell would stamp the whole of this singular transaction with the character of a des picable intrigue, and would only render the violent de struction of the whole fabric at no distant period more certain. The country requires an improved Adminis tration. The country asks for men capable of giving effect to the principles which Lord John Russell has professed. The late Ministry had too much of the spirit and narrowness of a coterie to conduct the people of England in their progress, and the executive council of the nation requires a wider range of character and powers than are to be found in a domestic circle. We believe that such a Ministry can be formed if personal pretensions and party exclusiveness do not mar the work; and we are confident that such a Ministry, pre pared to do its work with public spirit and genuine ability, would command the support of Great Britain. CHRONICLE.—The resignation of the Ministry, al though tendered on Friday, and known to the world for the !lilt time on Saturday morning, has already faded into the • remoteness of history. The public curiosity, which, in default of more exciting occupation, might have busied itself with the causes of so sudden an ac • k crisis prnDireos.ciLsu accomplishedll o e awc d tr eaik g nse l M ag in sß e oet n ini t ntnhgtgeh o , rrpofne exclusively result. The ees a a t fin gTvtu , hgehnlariyeeovisedtmi universal smoean s :m t . drcsoioj analysing nßnotgderuer condemnation tomye theattraction causesthe Bill i n e v o o m l li ved ait self scarcely admitted of any other solution. The sacri fice of Sir Charles Wood and the production of a more popular Budget might have satisfied the House of Com mons for a time; but the rapid spread of the Irish re sistance to the Aggression Bill made the entire position of the Cabinet untenable. The majority in favour of a lot. suffrage in counties was an expression at the same time of the discontent of the ordinary adherents of the Government, and of the resolution of the Protectionists to withdraw the support which they had so often af forded to the Ministry. We publish in another column a collection of the rumours which have gained more or less credence since the commencement of the crisis. Up to the present time it is probable that nothing is settled, and that the leaders of parties are little better able than their followers to foretell the final result of the various negotiations which may have been commenced. It is known that her Majesty has successively required the advice of Lord Stanley, Lord John Russell, Lord Aber deen, and Sir James Graham. Interviews have also taken place between various leading politicians, includ ing the late Prime Minister. It is just possible that Lord Stanley may attempt to form a Government with the aid solely of the " Country Party." It is, however, far more probable that some portion of the Whigs will retain office in conjunction with the repre sen t at i ves o f the policy of Sir Robert Peel. Whether Lord John Russell or Lord Clarendon will represent the Whig party in the new distribution of offices is a question on which, in the absence of trustworthy information, we consider it unprofitable to speculate. In any cm , it may be assumed that the supernumeraries of the Ca binet—the Mintos and (*yeses, the Ilobhouses and Cloarithi--will make room for more efficient and influ ential incumbents of the offices which they have so long enjoyed. The rumours of which we have spoken are only important as indicating the balsnce of parties, sad ffi the tendency of public opinion. Th e wishes of the country have already been expressed in a manner s u oiently significant. There is no doubt that a Ministry formed under the guidance of Lord Stanley, though re. pudiated by the country at large, would be welcomed by a single class of the community in a vague expectation of relief. The landlords and farmers in many districts ere • still unconvinsed of the impossibility of restoring Protec tion. Lord Stanley and Mr. Disraeli would, for the moment, present to their minds the image of wheat at 563., and possibly of the reduction of the malt-tax. But even in the counsels of the party at the Carlton Club and in St. James's-square, we believe that the political prospects of the proposed Ministry are already bet ter understood. The leaders, and those of their followers who are eager for office, are thoroughly aware of the necessity of abstaining from interfe rence with the tariff as it sands at present. By reductions of expenditure, combined perhaps with some minor financial changes, they would attempt to remove a portion of the income-tax without subjecting the re venue to a deficit; and they might still form the strongest numerical section of the House of Commons, if their supporters would unanimously adopt their views. But a portion of the county members, and a powerful fraction of the majority in the House of Lords, are more in earnest in their advocacy of protection. After the debate of last week, Lord Hardvricke and Lord Malmes bury would be compelled to form a new Opposition under the Duke of Richmond, in preference to following Lord Stanley in a neutral and temporizing policy. If the Cabinet is formed on principles which would give it a chance of enduring for a month, the bulk of the Pro tectionist party must be alienated. It is, we believe, al ready certain that the dilemma between headlong rash- Less and open desertion of the cause has already made the task which Lord Stanley took into consideration too hopeless to be carried any farther. Amongst other considerations, it is impossible to forget that although the recent crisis offers facilities to a Liberal Administration for dropping the impolitic and impracticable crusade against the Roman Catholic hier archy, Lord Stanley is personally pledged to advocate a more vigorous measure of repression than the Bill in troduced by the feeble and divided Government which has just fallen to pieces. The reports which have been circulated illustrate, as we have said, the wishes and hopes of that preponderating section of the community which cares greatly more for the general policy of an Adminis tration than for the persons of those who compose it. The union of the most vigorous and progressive section of the Whigs with the Free-trade portion of the late Opposition forms the obvious solution of the difficulty into which the forced resignation of the Ministry has plunged the business of the country. It is probable that many difficulties may be found in arranging the terms of a union which would be generally acceptable to all really liberal politicians. If we judge rightly of the indi vidual interests of the statemen who are likely to form any combination of the kind to which we refer, their personal wishes would have been entirely op posed to the precipitate dissolution of the late Govern ment. The country perhaps is yet scarcely convinced of the helplessness which characterized every act of Lord John Russell's Administration from the time when he unhappily lost his great rival andgenerous protector. Every fresh oscillation between rashness and timidity lost him the allegiance of some accustomed supporter, and alienated even colleagues who had long adhered to the reeognised representative of the hereditary league. The position of those statesmen who may now or here after unite with the Liberal portion of the Whigs would have been better defined, and more independent, if time had been afforded for entirely loosening the old ties of party attachment. It is doubtful whether Lord John Russell has been influenced by the motives to which a faithful adherent ascribes his resignation; but if, as the only Whig journalist asserts, he has thrown the busi ness of the country into temporary confusion on cecveessconsi derations exclusively f ac ti ous an d : p ers o na l, it can not be denied that a me l anc h o ly i ngen uity may ha ve been lt is forexhibited his or, s a n in saccessors, so whoever petty a t h f e e y a t m o a f y legerdemain. care not to imitate the cunning which party journalists ascribe, perhaps unjustly, to incapable leaders. If a Government can be formed which, with a prospect of sufficient support in the House of Commons, will agree on a large liberal policy, no party considerations ought to stand in the way of a result almost unanimously de sired by the country. The policy •of the new or re modelled Cabinet can at present only be defined by nega tives. A new and entirely different Budget must be produced; and it would be inexpedient to criticise by anticipation a financial policy which can scarcely fail to form an advantageous contrast with the project for which it will be a substitute. Even 4 Lord John Russell retains his seat, he will probably takeas little share as for merly in the fiscal arrangements of the Government. Whoever may be Chancellor of the .Exchequer, ho will at least not propose the imposition, of Sir Charles Wood's commuted window-tax. Tne anti-Papal agita tion must also be y abandoned by any Ministry which hopes for permanence. The present Bill, with its virulent frivolity, has incurred both the contempt of the zealots whom it was metnt to satisfy, and the indignation of the outraged Roman Catholics whom its authors hoped to cajo4. The new Go vernment will, we doubt not, commence its career with a determination to direct its legislative influence as well as its administrative energies into the channel into which they naturally flow. The financial interests of the country, though not the object. of their exclusive care, will occupy their earnest and constant attention. The rivalries and reciprocal encroachments of religious bodies will, we hope, be watched with a wise impartia lity, in the certainty that the State can never interfere in matters of faith without a violation of religious liberty and a compromise in turn of political independence. HERALD.—We were right in our conjecture on Saturday that Lord John Russell and his Cabinet had resigned. They have resigned; and her Majesty, on Saturday, sent for Lord Stanley. His Lordship waited on the Queen at three o'clock, and had a long interview with her Majesty, who asked his Lordship if he was ready to undertake the formation of a new Administra tion. Lord Stanley undertook the duty, and although very many rumours were yesterday Mat as to rival coalitions, &c., the fact is, that ata,he hour at which we, write the commission to form a Ministry remains in Lord Stanley's hands. Lord Stanley, returning from the Palace, did not reach his house until six o'clock on Saturday evening, and was occupied by necessary cor respondence until a late hour of the night. There is, therefore, no truth whatever in the rumour that a meet ing of the adherents of Lord Stanley took place on Sa turday at his house, and that a difference of opinion there occurred which induced bis Lordship to decline the duty which he had previously undertaken.: No such meeting took place. These are the simple facts in connexion with this important crisis, so far as the leader of the country and Protestant party is concerned. We hope we shall be enabled to publish the result of the nego tiation between the Sovereign and Lord Stanley in a late edition. ___ ADVERTISER. The intelligence of Saturday morning verified the report of the, resignation of Minis ters, to which we alluded in our impression of that day, as being in circulation on the previous evening. So the Whig Cabinet has at last fairly stranded. It was visible to all that it was among the breakers ever since the in troduction of the Premier's unfortunate Bill for repel ling Popish aggression and punishing Popish audacity. Eventually, and that at no distant day, it must have perished amidst the storm of public indignation which the temporising measures of Lard John Russell had evoked in tho country; but the moment Sir Chatles Wood's Budget was ushered into existence we foresaw, and the very next morning, as our readers will remember, we foretold, the immediate dissolution of the Whig Go vernment. Our prediction now stands fulfilled. The Russell Administration has ceased to live. It heaved its expiring groan on Friday afternooa. Never did Ministry more richly deserve the fate which has befallen it. It was a Ministry of false pretences. It professed to be a Re form Ministry—an Administration which identified its ex istence with popular progress. Itsevery act belied its pro fessions. Its deeds were at irreconcileable variance with its words. From the first hour 9f its existence till the last, it was engaged in warring with those very prin ciples, to the promotion of which every one of its mem bers had previously pledged himself, and on the faith of which they severally, for a season, enjoyed the confi dence of the public. It is a remarkable circumstance that the very last act of Lord John Russell's Ministerial life was that of strenuously oppiesing the extension of the elective franchise, though *Omitting that the mea sure of electoral enlargement proposed was, abstractedly, just and reasonable. It was " the ruling passion strong in death." Such a Ministry, with such a head, could not fail to lose all character. Its continued existence was a perpetual outrage on all our notions of moral rectitude, or even of conventional propriety. In such a Govern menthmaavteiohn o ha confidence. dlat t e r I l y t s comedissolu tion to devoutly to be wished. occurred, no ene is Andre ga I. regard n h found to shed a tear over the demise of the Whig p N e o rso e n n a e l interest regrets iintsits continued existence. was a thing which the country o es w sn a thattaion consummation the lud I 2 event departure, except such p t e a rsens will,doubtless, lament its decease, but they 81.70nrrd-Stanley is flowers over its grave. In vain, would we look for the man who regards with reverential feelings the memory of the Ministry which closed its career on Friday last. The public mind, as " a TC r ha e beh n isane o de t the class of men to strew of the Noble Lord. might be expected, is now fillede with profound anxiety, w as ish to is Opinions vary on the a point. I James Graham by many instances the in most quarters to be the embryo Premier. Lord thought who fath others. Just now the thing is all speculation. Nothing certain is known as to eristotothbee tthhoeugsut. who will be the future Premier. The revelations in Parliament this evening, will probably Clarendon is named by some.. Sir throw some light on the subject. I n the meantime, were we to follow the example almost universally set us, and to indulge in conjectures, we should hazard the pre diction that Lord John Russell will be his own successor. The expression may sound very much like an Irishism, but that matters little. W e are strongly impressed with the belief, that the Noble Lord sustains just now the somewhat contradictory character of being at one and the same moment the past and proximate Premier. A very little time will suffice to show whether we are right. Let us not be misunderstood. We are not ignorant of the fact, that Lord Stanley was sent for by her Majesty on Saturday. Nor do we deem it impossible that the Noble Lord will be rash enough to undertake the con struction of a new Cabinet. But we have no idea that a Stanley Administration could last. A month or two probably less, would be the limits of its existence. We canhardly think that Lord Stanley himself could be weak or vain enough to suppose that a Government formed by him could exist for any length of time- If formed, it can only live to die. It can only come into the world to go out of it again. It can but breathe tc expire. In such circumstances, we should expect to see Lord John Russell re-called to the councils of his Sovereign. If we are correct in the assumption, that Lord John Russell is destined to return to office, the nation have a right to demand that he shall give them some guarantee that he will pursue a. very different conrse from that which he has hitherto done. Sir Charles Wood will not return to power. That, doubtless, will be one happy riddance; for, in addition to his having betrayed all those Liberal poli tical pi inciples which he previously professed to enter , tale, he has proved himself to be the mast incom petent financier that ever made any pretensionp t? a knowledge of Alum Ira own COA01)02$11 wOtdd have framed a better Budget than that which has made his name ridiculous, ever since its development on Friday week. It is, therefore, no small mercy to get for ever rid of one so utterly unfit for the management of the financial affairs of the country. But it is right Lord John Russell should be reminded that the Chancellor of the Exchequer was not the only defec tive stone i❑ the Ministerial structure. The whole build ing was crazy; and no member of his Ministry was more so than the Noble Lord himself. Even had Sir Charles Wood not made so bungling an affair of his Budget, Lord Joh❑ Russell's own conduct would, ere the lapse of a fortnight, have brought down the edifice about the ears of himself and colleagues. The country has, therefore, a right to insist, before he is re called to the councils of his Sovereign, that some security shall be given it that he will not persist in treading in the same steps as before. It' he is allowed to come back into power without eorne such guarantee, the nation may be doomed to witness a repetition before the Easter recess, of the same state of things as now exists—a state of things most disastrous, socially and commercially, to the country. Let the Noble Lord only return to office without any pledge be ing erected from him, of his readiness to pursue a dif ferent course, and we shall see bim before many weeks resisting, as he did last year, those motions for further retrenchment in the public expenditure, for triennial Parliaments, and for amendments in the representation of the country, of which notice has already been given. We shall, in a word, see him, -as much as ever, the st,reuu ,, us opponent of popular progress. This must not be. The nation have the game in their own hands. Now is the time for them to speak out. Let popular constituencies bring the 'Pressure from without to bear on their representatives. Lot the elec toral body insist, that those whom they sent into Perliaineet to promote popular principles, shall exact from Lord John Russell, before giving him the slightest countenance, much less their votes, a distinct positive pledge, that he will introduce, without delay, and stake his Ministerial existence en them, such measures of re presentative reform as are confessedly desired by the country. POST.—As we have uniformly predicted and demon strated, the expiry of the income-tax, conjoined with the existence of a surplus, has brought to a crisis the Government formed on the basis of free trade. Although there was no vote of the House of Commons actually passed in condemnation of the Budget produced by the free-trade Chancellor of the Exchequer, still the feeling shown by Members of the House on the subject of it, — the opinions expressed by the public press of all parties, and most of all the reception given to Sir C. Wood's pro positions, by the city Of London, the stronghold of free trade—were warnings sufficient for a high-minded Minis ter; and Lord J. Russell, in the conviction that his Budget was a failure,aad probably for other reasons as cogent, though less obvious, laid at her Majesty's feet the resignations of himself and of his'Cabinet. He ad vised her Majesty to send for Lord Stanley; and, although since the boy Jones was sent to sea, we have no means of knowing what passed between her Majesty and this nobleman, the result is nevertheless matter of notoriety. Lord Stanley felt that with his own party unaided, he was not yet in the condition to undertake the for mation cf a Government. Were he to do so, it would be necessary for them to carry cut fully the principles that he and his friends have been advocating; and with a House of Commons pledged, as the present is, to the principle of free trade, he could have little hope of com manding the requisite majority. On the other hand, the boldest Minister might well hesitate to recommend an immediate dissolution; nor would it be constitutional to resort to such a step until the temper of the House now sitting should first have been tried and found irre cencileable with the satisfactory conduct of public affairs. We may well suppose that Lord Stanley's declining to undertake the' formation of a Government at this junc ture was based upon considerations such as we have thus briefly stated; and no one can refuse to him the praise of following, in this instance, the dictates of a sound discretion and a high-minded regard for the true inte rests of the Crown and of the nation. What, then, is to follow? The facts, which will be found duly recorded in another part of our paper, respecting the audiences granted by the Queen to various statesmen, whose at tendance at the Palace her Majesty had been pleased to command, do not enable us even inferentially to afford a conclusive answer to this question. Lord Aberdeen, it is said, has acted only in his capacity of Privy Councillor, having expressed a strong disinclination to take any office. On Saturday evening, it would appear, that after Lord Aberdeen and Sir James Graham had been in the royal presence for a considerable time, Lord J. Russell was, by her Majesty's command, added to the conference, which lasted until a very late hour. If we were to draw any conclusion from this circumstance, it would be that some ground had been discovered on which the joint Ministerial action of Lord J. Russell and Sir James Graham might take place. But assuming this, it would be unfair, and indeed impossible, to offer any opinion of the merits of a Cabinet, the result of this combination, until we should know something of the principles on which it might be based. The voice, however, of Parliament, as far as it has been heard through the medium of Mr. Dis raeli's recent motion, and that of the public, as expressed by the press of all parties, would seem to forbid a lengthened existence to any Cabinet which should re fuse to give fair consideration to the condition of the owners or occupiers of land, or which should make the continuance of the income-tax the basis of further financial experiments in free-trade finance. Another free-trade budget of this character would infallibly share the fate of Sir Charles Wood's. It is impossible that a statesman of Lerd John Russell's experience and saga city can fail to see this. A new Government, in which Peelite Free-traders should replace the Free-traders of Lord Grey's school, would have to work out of port with an adverse wind rising and daily increasing, and to steer the vessel of the State amid shoals and breakers sur rounding her on every side. He must be a bold and skilful pilot who shall attempt a task so full of fearful hazard. Will such an enterprise be undertaken by Lord John Russell? No one doubts the courage or the ca pacity of that statesman, but there are difficulties which amount to impossibility, and these, we think, are of them. The country will refuse the income-tax as a permanent substitute for import duties levied for the purposes of revenue. For the purpose of class protection, no doubt, the country would refuse import duties too. But the struggle is not between free trade and ex cessive, or unfair, or partial protection, but between taxation based on injustice, and levied by a process un equal, inquisitorial, and intolerable, and taxation which is collected from imports, so as not to check the pro gress of international commerce, nor to cause the price of commodities to press on the means of the consumer. Who are they who are strongest in their opposition to the income-tax of Sir Robert Peel?—the middle classes of England—all those who depend on their own skill, industry, and intelligence to furnish them maintenance, and to better their condition. All these have declared strongly against using the income-tax for any purpose but to meet a state exigency; they will not allow free trade to be further carried out under cover of what was granted for a different purpose. They will never approve a Budget which makes the cheapening of ar ticles the paramount consideration, and throws the burthen of the public expenditure upon hard-won in come. A secono Budget on this basis must, we repeat, share the fate of its predecessor; or, if carried by dint of great exertion and influence in the present House of Commons, it will be so by such narrow majorities as must make the Government ashamed of the measure. And out of doors how will such a Budget be received? Those who vote for it will be marked men, bearing the 'tamp of the odious tax against their names; their vote in its favour will not be forgotten when they present themselves again to their constituents to solicit a re placement is the positions they occupy by the favour of this offended middle class. But if a reunion of all who have taken the free-trade pledge be not a combina tion of parties that will meet the crisis and satisfy the country, what have we to look forward to? Is Lord John Russell to flounder on through the session with an ad interim Government? God forbid that he should be induced to the necessity of accepting such an undignified, degrading miller. his the duty of Lord John Russell, in the great position he occupies, to cast about and watch the signs of the times, as well as the sentiments and feelings of parties. The great interests of his country should be his study, not the means of satisfying this public man or that, and carrying votes in a House of Commons by tact, and a skilful avoidance of treacherous ground. And what is it that a broad view of the finan cial crisis we have just passed, and of its antecedents, must suggest to a reflecting mind? Is it not a warning to halt in the headlong course of free trade? Is it not a proof that the country will not have the income-tax substituted for more customs duties—that it is beginning to recognize the wisdom of the American and of the continental policy, which uphold customs duties on im ports for consumption of all kinds, as the first and least objectionable of all taxes for a commercial nation? Having this warning—and witnessing at the same time the growing strength and increasing confidence of that party in the House and in the country which seeks openly to promote confusion and bring about revolution— must not a statesman in Lord John Russell's position, and of his known moderation and good sense, see strongly marked before him the oatline of the time when the friends of order must range on one side, to stem the tide of atevolution, and maintain the happy constitution, in Church and State, which has given to this United King dom such pre-eminence amongst the nations of the world? Is this time only approaching, or has it come? If only the former, is it not the part of wisdom to an ticipate, rather than to wait until the vessel is actually among the breakers? And does not the present crisis both make apparent the real sources of danger and give the opportunity of making provision against these threat ened consequences? A Government of due strength to meet the exigency can only be formed by an union of the moderate Whigs with the whole Conservative body, whose sentiments, habits, and associations bind them indissolubly to the cause of order. The country wishes for an association on this basis, and everybody sees and hopes that sooner or later it must take place. What now stands in the way of such a combination of the friends of order? Nothing whatsoever but the single disagreement upon the question, whether Customs duties that bear on prices are or are not proper taxes to levy on this commercial nation? This is purely a question of political economy; yet it has divided states men, high-minded men, whose views upon all other ques tions very nearly coincide, with a bitterness equal to that which set the red and blue factions of Constanti nople together by the ears in the days of Justinian. Has the time not come when public men can view this question rationally, so as to agree upon a middle course? DAILY NE W S.—Within the last e ight-and -forty hours the needle has gone round to all points of the political compass. Lord John Russell havi n g declared that his Cabinet c o u ld not go on, and that it was not him to reconstruct another. her Maj est y summoned Lord Stanley, as the chief of the most numerous el part y f in opposition. His Lordship, it is said, t himself wore pier plexed than flattered by the offer, and de clared, that not havingplaced the Ministry in a minority, he had no t i ncurre d th e responsibility of ,providing for the administration of the country. He would, however, consult his frends. Rumour continues the story, by alleging that the Marquis of Granby was the principal friend to whom Lord Stanley had recourse. He repre sented to the Noble Marquis, that in the present . failure and impossibility of other parties to form a Ministry, it was possible and open for the Protectionists to form one, with the proviso, however, that they should, at least for the present, waive protection. To this Lord Granby and his friends very honestly, we think, de murred; and Lord Stanley forthwith returned to the palace to resign into the Queen's hands the trust with which he had been honoured. On the same even ing of Saturday Lord John Russell and Sir Jamea Graham were together in the Queen's cabinet, for the purpose of trying if a joint Administration could not be formed. Yesterday (Sunday) they were again at the Palace, and it was known that Lord Aberdeen strenuously exerted himself to bring about a fusion. Lord Aberdeen, in doing so, is said to have waived every idea of the Foreign-office for himself, and, indeed, was averse to taking any office. The terms, upon which an accord and a coalition were proposed, were said to be the introduction of a new Budget by Sir James Graham as Chancellor of the Exchequer, and some modification of the anti-Papal Bill es regards Ireland. Sir John Hobhouse, under a n ew ti t l e , h as b een a l rea d y pre cipitated up to the House of Lords. The Duke of Newcastle, it is supposed, would take his place. Mr. Sidney Herbert and Mr. Cardwell were also to have seats in the Cabinet. To make room for them and for their seconds requires, however, a very considerable change of fittings, much more easily pro posed and agreed to in the gross than accomplished sa tisfactorily in detail. There still remain, however, many great and serious difficulties, more then possibly may be overcome before the speaker takes the chair to morrow. The greatest of these, no doubt, are the reluct ance of Lord John Russell to sacrifice any portion of a Bill which he considered the minimum of dignified resist ance to Rome, and to retain office by the admission of a new element and a new party into the Cabinet, which, however liberal on questions of free trade and of public economy, are still no friends of either electoral or eccle siastical reform. On a great many questions, indeed, the Peelites have had the tact of not committing them selves; so that we know much more of the ability of these men than of their principles or views. At presentehe public and the Premier must, on a great many points, take them on trust. Whilst had Whigs, Peelites, and Reformers served a campaign on the Opposition benches, a much fairer estimate, and a much stronger amalgamation of men and things into a party might have been accom plished. There is, however, one idea dominant in the Parliamentary, and even in the extra-Parliamentary mind, and that is, the dread of a dissolution. So many politicians are for the present without principles, and so many more without money; so few parties have behaved well, and so few men have entitled themselves to the gratitude of the public, that no good, it is thought, could come of facing it. A Parliament newly elected would cer tainly excel the existing one in religious zeal. Whigs would be ousted by fanatics, landlords by tenant-farmers. The Irish elections would prove a resuscitation of Donny brook Fair. A general election would dim the glassy sur face and disturb the tranquil atmosphere of the Crystal Palace. To the dissolution, therefore, every one cries avaunt. And yet, if Lord John will not lend his coun tenance to the coalition, Lord Stanley must again be called, must dissolve, will be beaten, and a Liberal Mi nistry must re-dissolve, and England present throughout 1851 the aspect of a prolonged political tempest. Change, however, there must be. If Lord John Russell could, like the vizier in the "Arabian Nights," steal forth in disguise, and perambulate the streets and clubs, and in dependent circles where men of business congregate, he would, amidst a variety of impressions, discover a mani fest gladness and exultation at the idea of tho Family Compact being broken up, and at the number of Whig names in the list of placemen being thinned. Whilst saying this, let us express surprise that at a moment when it was found necessary to strengthen a Ministry and give it a broader basis, the hereditary statesmen of the empire should not recur to that party which first upreared the banner and fought the battle of free trade. At a crisis like the present, through which free trade came triumphant, and to put an end to which reduction of expenditure and electoral reform are pro mised and invoked, it does seem preposterously ungrate ful, that their most popular, most energetic, most ta lented, most true and sincere champions of this principle should be overlooked. The Duke of Newcastle is a very good man; and perhaps a dozen or a score of voters might follow him to the field. But we do not see that either his presence or his party are of that resplendency or magnitude as to throw into the shade those who muster one hundred upon all questions of progressive reform. We are now speaking without book. We do not pretend to be the organ of any party, being con tended with representing those broad principles which bind Liberals together, setting aside the peculiar views and predilections which separate them. We have had too many causes of difference of late with eminent Re formers to pretend to be the depository or the organ of their personal sentiments. They would be the first to repudiate a wish for office, the foremost to deride the possibility of their making part of an aristocratic Cabi net. But, in despite of what they may think or say, we do maintain that it is a disgrace to England and a con tempt of its popular justice and discernment, to see that men, who achieved the greatest of social and economical ameliorations, should be sedulously thrust and spurned from the threshold of power, which the possession of an aristocratic name daily enables even the political tyro to overlook. A philosophic statesman like Lord John Russell, who can overlook the dull routine of official life and public service, must see that there is something fun damentally wrong in the working of a political system that perpetrates such ingratitude, and that in the middle of the nintecnth c:ntury persist* in confiscating popular eminence and talent, for the exclusive illustra tion and enrichment of lordliogs. FEBRUARY 24, 1851.2 MINISTERIAL CRISIS. The Marquis of Lansdowne arrived at Buckingham Palace from Bowood on Saturday morning. and had an interview with her Majesty. Lord John Russell ar rived at the Palace thordy after the Marquis of Lans downe, and bad also an interview with her Majesty. At half-past 2 o'clock, almost immediately after the departure of the Marquis of Lansdowne and Lord John Russell, her Majesty wrote a letter to Lord Stanley, commanding his immediate attendance at the Palace. The letter was forwarded by a special messenger to the residence of the Noble Lord, in St. James's-square. Lord Stanley arrived at Buckingham Palace at 3 o'clock, and was immediately admitted to an audience with her Majesty, with whom his Lordship remained in close conference far more than an hour. After Lord Stanley bad left the Palace her Majesty wrote a second letter to the Noble Lord, who bad not reached home when the Royal missive reached St. James' s -square, Lord John Russell returned to his official residence, in Downing-street, at 3 o'clock. During the afternoon his Lordship had interviews with Viscount Palmeraton and other members of the Cabinet. At five o'clock a letter was addressed to the Earl of Aberdeen by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, re questing his Lordship's immediate attendance at the Palace. Lord Aberdeen was not at home when the letter reached Argyll-house, his Lordship having left town for Blackheath at two o'clock. The Noble Earl returned to town at six o'clock, and immediately replied to the note of the Prince Consort. At half-past five o'clock a " private and immediate" communication was forwarded to all the members of the retiring Ministry by Lord John Russell. At six o'clock Lord John Russell proceeded to Buck ingham Palace to have a second interview with her Majesty, with whom his Lordship rcmainedin conference nearly two hours. Immediately after the departure of Lord John Russell, a dispatch arrived at Buckingham Palace from Lord Stanley in reply to her Majesty's second communcation to that Noble Lord. At half-past nine o'clock the Earl of Aberdeen ar rived at the Palace. The Noble Earl had an interview with her Majesty and the Prince Consort, and re mained at the Palace until nearly midnight. On Saturday afternoon a communication was received at the residence of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, in Carlton-gardens, from Lord Stanley. In the evening a special courier lett town with dispatches for the Right Hon. Gentleman, who was to have arrived at Paris on Friday last. Mr. Gladstone is expected in town this morning. A Ministerial dispatch was forwarded to the Earl of Clarendon, at the Viceregal Lodge, on Friday night. A meeting of about eighty of the Protectionist Mem bers of the Lower Home took place at the residence of Lord Stanley, in St. James's-square, on Friday after noon. At this meeting the Ministerial crisis was not even anticipated. Yesterday morning the Marquis of Lansdowne received visits from Lord John Russell and the Earl of Carlisle, at Lansdowne-house. Sir James Graham paid a visit to the Earl of Aber deen at an early hour yesterday morning, at Argyll house. The Earl of Aberdeen IT ibited Lord John Russell yes terday morning. The Noble Earl was accompanied by Sir James Graham. At a later period of the day the Earl of Aberdeen visited Lord Stanley, at his residence, in St. James's square. At five o'clock last evening a letter was addressed to the Earl of Aberdeen by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, requesting the Noble Earl's presence at Buck ingham Palace. Lord Aberdeen arrived at the Palace by appointment at nine o'clock last night, and had an audience with her Majesty and the Prince Consort. COURT CIRCULAR. Lord John Russell and the Marquis of Lansdowne had an interview with the Queen on Saturday at Buck ingham Palace. Lord Stanley had an audience of her Majesty on Sa turday afternoon. H ol o i n s e R I o t y b e a I th A n e s P a nrdi !et e G A ? l r b d e o r u t attendedt oyu b L h i o e r u s t. e : C li back on Liaturday morning. The Royal Family took their usual airings cn Saturday The American Minister and Mrs. Lawrence, the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Mar quis and Mai chioness of Douro, Earl Fitzwilliam and 1,, 1 dy Charlotte %Ventworth Fitz willia,m, end Viscount and Viscountess Enfield had the honour of dining with her Mcjesty on Saturday at Buckingham Palace. Ycsterday,her Majesty and Prince Albert walked early in the garden of Buckingham Palace. Tho Royal Family took their accustomed exercise yesterday forenoon. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prin Albert, their Royal Highnesses the Princ e of Wale: and the Princess Royal, the ladies and gentl emen of the Court, Service and the domestic household attended Di v i ne yes terday morning in the Private Chapel of Buckingham Palace. The Hon. end Rev. Gerald Wellesley officiated. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fumy lieword and the Borehole do thvilli left town on Saturday morning for her residenoo, Frog. more. Tho Margis of Lansdowne arrived in town at ari early hour on Saturday morning from his Feat, Bowood Park, Wilts. The Noble Marquis soon after his arrival paid a visit to Lord John Russell at his residence in Chesham place. Mr. Headlam, M.P., had an interview with Earl Grey on Saturday at the Colonial -office. Major Hill, 2d West India Regiment, had also an interview with the Noble Earl. Sir T. Fremantle, chairmain of the Board of Cus toms, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer on Saturday, at his official residence, Downing street. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council at on Saturday. Present—the Master of the Rolls, Baron Parke, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, and Sir Edward Ryan. Judgment was given in an appeal from Canada, " Quo bre Fire Insurance v. Molson and St. Louis." An ap peal from Bengal. " Baboo Shcodass N ara i n v. Mussu mat Khawalbas Iiooer" (part heard), was concluded. The Dulre of Wellington attended the early service yesterday at the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the sermon preached by the Rev. W. Cureton. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Wednesday the 19th, some proceedings were taken in the way of providing for the removal of Smithfield Market. The subject must to a car tain extent be known at Bradford through the inter vention of Punch. Even the inhabitants of your distant town must have some conception, that when they come to London, it would be convenient that they should not meet fat hulls of Basan trampling through the principal thoroughfares, and charging over the bridges, followed by a detachment of pari s h boys taking their first out-door lessons in the plea sures of malevolence. I am certain that it' the citizeas would leave the matter to your northern genius, you would suggest that the sensible site for a live cattle market, was to place it on the circumference of the densely occupied ground, where land is com paratively cheap, with access by sea, and a passage to the other side of the river which it might use without marked inconvenience to the public: all of which is only a description of the ground in the neighbourhood of the Commercial Road, with the Thames Tunnel stretching out its arms and crying " Come use me." The access by sea, is of daily in creasing importance ; for the fact happily is, .that there is a growing importation of cattle from abroad, which at the same time gives cheap beef to the Lon doners, and is paid for with Bradford goods, as by this time I hope I have taught your little boys to know. On Thursday great events began to show them selves above the horizon. Mr. Locke King moved for leave to bring in a Bill to make the Flanchise in counties in England and Wales the same , as that in Boroughs, by giving the right of voting to all the occupiers of tenements of the annual value of ten pounds. The explanation came out slowly, and there was evidently something that nobody was anxious to say. The first thing which might occur to a super ficial observer, was that it looked like a repetition of the blunder in admitting the Chandos clause. But by degrees the principle appeared admitted, that in most cases the less a man's rent, the less he is under the influence of his landlord, and that the occupiers of ten-pound houses not in boroughs, are principally small tradesmen, who if they were turned out of one house would take the next and be no worse. A con firmation of this was, that the agriculturists and Conservatives showed no intention of supporting the proposal. _ _ The Prime Minister in replying announced his intention next session to propose a Bill for the Exten sion of the Suffrage. So here is a new Reform Bill within view, to set off against the efforts of the Pro tectionists at the General Election. The reason for the Bill's being deferred was plain enough, namely that it should have time to work, and there should not be a General Election now. Upon so fair a state ment, policy and courtesy would have prompted not pressing the proposed Bill. But there is little of either among Reformers. A vague desire to try a Protectionist Government, like the little boy who puts his toy into the water to see if it will swim, appears to be their leading guide. Everybody knew there were a hundred Reformers in the House, and scarcely anybody else. So they had the pleasure of carrying their motion by 100 against 52. Reform will come, like heaven, when it pleases God. But truly it will be of grace and not of works. On Friday considerable sparring on the subject of Puseyism. What is plain is, that bishops are kept to do very little, even when they are disposed to act. At half-past five the Prime Minister rose and put nff the consideration of the Budget till Monday. Nobody seems to have any certain clue to the cause. am afraid it threatens Bradford goods being at a dis count. If this i 3 the end, the feult is with those whom nothing else would serve. You will have the Pro tectionists on Sou yet ; and the Free Trade and Radical leaders have done all they could to promote it. Wby did they do you this mischief ? It may be sport to them, but it is death to you, who in six months will be all on thin porridge as the result. The Income-tax too, as I have often told you, is an effort to make the rich pay a portion of the taxes ; And bee how, when a Government proposes it, the men sent on pretence of guarding popular interests, rush to expel the Government that takes your part. The House immediately afterwards adjourned. On Monday night more will be known, for which you must with patience wait. _ _ I am, Sir, yours very sincerely, AN OLD REFORMER. London, 24 Feb., 1851. The Right Hon. the Speaker gave his second Par" liamentary dinner on Saturday The following gentleman were present :—Mr. Disraeli. Mr. Bankes, Mr. 'ferries, Mr. Beresford, Mr. Forbes Mackenzie, Mr. Miles, Mr. Stuart, Lord Granby, Sir John Tyrell, Mr. Packe, Captain Boldero, Lord Naas, Mr. H. S. Waddington, Mr. Alderman Thomp. son, Lord Bernard, Lord John Manners, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Grogan, Mr. Henley, Mr. Pole Carew, Colonel Knox, Mr. Christopher, Mr. Newdegate, Mr. Quintin Dick, Colonel Taylor, Cecil Forrester (the Hon. Colonel), and Sir Edmend Filmer. The Right Hon. Sir Francis T. Baring has caused a notice to be put up at the Admiralty, that he will not re ceive officers on Tuesday next, the 25th instant, the day in tended for holding his first levee. The Rev. Ilibbert Binney, Fellow and Tutor of Worcester College, Oxford, is appointed Bisnop of Nova. Scotia. We are informed that, had the discussion on the income-tax been proceeded with on Friday evening, the fol lowing resolution, as an amendment, was to have been moved by Mr. Disraeli :—" That the tax upon property and income having been proposed with a view to supply a then existing deficiency in the revenue, that deficiency having now ceased, and an rctual surplus now appearing, the said surplus shall be applied to the reduction of the said in come-tax." THE ORDNANCE ESTIMATES FOR 851-52.—The total estimated amount which will be required to defray the expenses of the ordnance department, ii.cluding the non effective services for the year 11 , 51-52, is 2,4 0,497/.—viz., !2,238,249/. for effective services, and 178,243/. for non-eaec five. The amount voted in 1850-51, was 2,434,4171. The increase for 1551.52, compared with the preceding year, is 30,2831., and the diminution 53,203 L, making the nett'de crease 22,9201. fur the coming year. The 30,283/. increase is on account of works, buildings, and repairs at home. The following are the deductions :—Commissary and barrack sup plies, 5,580/. ; ordnance-office, 11,011/. ; establishments at home, 8,0761: wages, 6,203/. ; ordnances stores fur land and sea service, 16,7221.; scientific branch, 1,1501. DON'T BELIEVE IT UNLESS You LIKE.—It has been rumoured that Messrs. Pickford and Co., the great car riers, have been desired to send in a tender for the carrying of all the Government measures during the present session. It is expected the saving of time and expense will be prodi gious, if the arrangement can 'be effected ; for it is found that there is nothing so dear, slow, and uncertain, in carry ing the Government measures, as the present Parliamentary train.—Punch. MALICIOUS ATTEMPT.—On Thursday evening, about seven o'clock, a fire broke out in the house recently constructed by the Fire Annihilator Company at Battersea, for the purpose of demonstrating the power of the fire anni hilator. Information was speedily conveyed to the works of bdleonexfiteeen,tt,heancdeiltihnegs;Vsfiooonl: rfiinineOff; the company at Vauxhall, and Mr. Alley, with others of the company's servants, proceeded premises in question are three-quarters of a mile from. the works, a considerable time necessarily elapsed before they through. to BatTtehrseeaaipnpaliccaatb:osr twothe arrived. They then found four out of the six roomy " may, we understand,Y o abn whichudr the nitn away s h t ohamenedh o - p m rloa a eca c ei b ssc i oco n bn e us s mr , indpteorsae however, have led to the mischief; and the damage occasioned by the fire, which, but premises, e can b e assigned be repaired pt to destroy for this timely assistance, would prolsabl on the invenY the for .the fire, bat tics building, and if pos sftiohbrai aet obf d e struction efrwina gwodu o ii sl t n ' feud t r h sl e. e da tittNeumop [ADVERTISEMENT.]—After Thirteen Years of Suf fering a Bad Leg has been cured by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—Mrs. A one Smith, of Hemel Hempstead, suffered with wounds in her leg for thirteen years, during which period she was under some of the cleverest surgeons of the age, both in town and country, and notwithstanding all their experience none of them could heal this dreadful bad leg. Mrs. Smith, finding all their remedies useless, was persuaded to give Hello way's Ointment and Pills a trial, and these medicines cured her in an incredible short space of time, and she now feels pleasure in boasting of the wonderful efficacy of Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. IMPROVEMENTS IN PARlS.—During the years 1849 and 1850 the number of houses demolishedin the different amounts to districts of Paris for the sake of ote e de V ille comprise 323, Of which the approaches to , th e e . H vers price paid by the 88 ; those to the Louvre 98. h city to the owner was , 415 francs for one metre ; the total 00 francs. The houses 115 outlay amounted to 28, c pulled down had formed 9 ; bout 4,845 abodes or ti lodgings, nsheeaci ermdsoiwut amounts, oc cupied, at an average, by three p y,o ers oacl o i n ipu s e : oe a ps c l h eto . frtoh l m ' e h therefore,qo an expu p is i i v o ss n l of ings. The French providing the people, thus ojf.usl removed from their abodes, with others of an improved character.—Builder. The mansion-house of Sir Thomas I.Vhichcote, Bart, of Aswarby-park, was breken into during the night of Tuesday last. The thieves effect e d an entrance by boring a h o l e through a panel of the door o f t h e steward's office ; they then got access to the cellar, where they regaled theraselroil but we have net heard - wilqber any article of Irsll4o wee takes ARV. ey•~ ' re / I. .00 I 0 ' ~,,, I• 0,0 ~ I pig' ' •••• to ' a o 3 , a 4 4 0 0 3 0 _f 0 40 0 I 01 „40 r ,