The Press.
London, England, 1855-12-29 00:00:00

FEBRUARY.

The Aberdeen Cabinet falls, on principle, and is reconstructed out
of the same materials, with a few unimportant exceptions.
9th.—Houses adjourn that the new Premier may dye his whiskers
and get re-elected, both of which feats he performs with success.
14th.—Lord Aberdeen receives the Order of the Garter for his
brilliant defeat of the British army.

17th.—Houses reassemble, and it is found that Lord John Russell
has once more made it all right by hurrying to Vienna, with
nineteen nurses and seventeen babies, to insist upon Sebastopol being
destroyed.
20th.—Lord Palmerston and his colleagues having previously
resigned, because they could not yield to Mr. Roebuck's motion, they
naturally determine to assent to the same, now they have again taken
office. _ _

22nd.—Lord Palmerston makes his first and only appearance as
King Richard 11., and calls the Parliament " rebels."
23rd.—The Peelites explain that really they cannot act under him.
24th.—Lord Palmerston reforms the army, by appointing Lord
Panmure to do, by himself, what the Duke of Newcastle and Mr.
Herbert could not do together.
MARCH.

The next Coalition is completed, and at the news that Sir Charles
Wood is to have the Admiralty the people illuminate all over the
country.
Bth.—Lord Palmerston reforms the Marriage Law, by announcing
that the moral sense of the country is in favour of marrying your wife's
sister.
11th.—Lord John Russell, being in Vienna, buys a French voca-
bulary, and gets up his verbs.
14th —The Sebastopol Committee consider how, if the late Coali-
tion be executed on To'Over-hill for destroying the army, it will effect
the present Coalition, and decide that it would be awkward for the
latter.
19th to 27th.—Lord John Russell masters avoir and etre.
APRIL.

Lord John Russell, having perfected himself in the French lan-
guage, lays his views before the Congress, but, owing to his want of
familiarity with the new accomplishment, contrives to reverse all he
has said at home.
sth.—Easter holidays, after which Lord John Russell hurries home,
and is dreadfully abused by his colleagues.
17th—Sir G. Lewis provides pleasantly for the war, by laying new
taxes on income and necessaries.

MAY.

I ord John Russell takes the government of the Colonies, and,
with his usual energy, buys a Pinnock's Catechism, and in four days
knows the names of nearly all of them.
24th.—Lord Palmerston assembles his supporters, and intimates
to them that he will dissolve, if any of them dare to vote with the
Conservatives on the negotiations debate. They are terrified, profess
that they never thought of voting with the Conservatives, and by a
majority of 100 show their idea of the safety of their seats.

JUNE.

Administrative Reform is discussed. Lord Palmerston puts up
Sir G. Lewis to declare that Government has done all that is safe and
necessary ; but, finding which way the wind blows, accepts Sir Milwer
Lytton's amendment, which pledged the Government to inquire into
the real state of things, and to reform a great deal more.

JULY.
6th.—Lord Palmerston cleverly " sells" the Irish Brigade
(which he had previously bought), and throws over the Tenant
Right Bill.
20th.—Lord John Russell, on account of the unfortunate result of
his want of a pure French accent, is obliged to resign, and is supposed
by all the world, except himself, to be utterly ruined.
The Ministry have a frightfully near thing of it on the Turkish
Loan Bill ; but are saved by 3 in a house of 267.
AUGUST.
6th.—Mr. Vernon Smith astounds the world with the worst
speech on India that has ever been delivered within the memory
of man.