The Express.
London, England, 1852-03-08 00:00:00

THE NEW HOME SECRETARY.

(Sum the Emily News.)
Nothing but the dearth and poverty of his ma.
terials could have induced Lord DERBY to convert so
very respectable and rising a Chancery barrister as
Mr. SPENCER WALroLE was some three weeks ago,
into a Secretary of State, es he now strangely is.
Yet, on Friday, at Midhurst, when and where, by
the grace of Lord HOMONT, Secretary WALPOLE
was re-elected, he flatteringly suggested of himself
that, in consenting to succeed Sir 0. GREY at the
Ifome-office, he had in all probability renounced
the romps and vanities of the Great Seal itself.
But instantly correcting this " pride of the flesh,"
the St :Rh:TAM" seriously clasped his hands, and
added, "Ile had no wish, no desire, but to do his
duty,"—a rule of cur.duet and a principle of action
that would, we suppose, have induced him to assume
the conduct of the Burmese war, or to command the
new expedition in search of Sir JOIIN FitASELIN,
had Lord Dt.imY 'Wad him to do either one or the
other.

To such political self-sacrifice and equani,nity as
this of Secretary Warmotai, we know but one parallel.
In the early part of the reign of Granint: 111.,
and whilst Mr. l'eer's great war with France was
raging, that inveterate plaimmart, Lord HARRINGTON,
1.0 reconciled himself' to the responsible and arduous
office of Citsxent.tani of the Exclitatt•fat which the
court forced on him. " Fortune," said the then
rising politician,
Fortune may at last make me rope. lem equally tit to
be at the head of the church as of the eaehrge.-t. But nu
man knows what i..good for him. SO MY invariable rule is
• • • • to refuse nothing.
Though fortune made Lord Banntxrrrox's son
Bishop of Denifam, it never made his Lordship
Pope ; nor, —considering that he would have let
loony all the common infbrmers and the qui
non plaintiffs of the realm on the papal epis-
copacy,—is the blind goddess likely to place
Mr. Wst.rot.r. in the doubtful, but pontifical,
chair of St. Peter. But Ice has c‘aninenced
his official career on the BARRINGTON principle of
"refusing nothing," however inexperienced and un-
fit he may be. "No man knows what is good for
him." Lord HARRINGTON'S " only wish, and only
desire was to do his duty "—by :always supporting his
• Sovereign's prejudices and obstinacy. But what Mr.
SPENCER N 1 ALPOI.E may think it his "duty" to do
as Home Secretary it is not very easy to discover
from thOrpeceli he made at Midhurst. It is, us wo
shall see en a few minutes, a rare specimen of con-
tending doubts and struggling perplexities.
It is the peculiar business of a Home Secretary to
preside over, direct, and he responsible for the do-
mestic state of the country, to be thoroughly in-
formed of its internal condition, to provide for tho
easy and facile administration of its affairs, to have a
keen eye over its magistracy, to be familiar with
the details of its industry and its poverty, its means
of communication and etc crime, and to prepare all
those minor measures of local organisation the bunt
total of which make up good government. The office
does not require a man of brilliancy so much as of
sober judgment, great impartiality, comprehensive
liberality, constant courtesy, and prompt decision.
Now, it would by uncandid to deny that Mr. 'WAL-
POLE has some characteristics which use and experi-
ence in a subordinate position might have developed
into a fulness and ripeness that would in time have
qualified him for the post. But, to suppose that a man
who has passed twenty years in all the intricacies and
subtleties of the Court of Chancery, can, without any
previous preparation or acquaintance with official
busing high or low, leap into the Home-office as a
heaven-born genius, is to Fet at nought the lessons of
experience, to disregard the long preliminary course
of instruetiou which a PEEL., and a GRAHAM, and
even a Stmtotrto underwent, and to place the in-
tricate internal affairs of this realm on a level with
the details of a suit in equity—thing,' and circum-
stances to be mastered by perusing a brief and iook-
ing up the cases—mere work to be got through.
And,—fully. recognising Mr. WaLrolm's great
abilities, conscientious spirit, and fine temper, and re-
garding his appointment to the Home-office as less
unjustifiable than the kindred nomination of 1 ord
MALMESBURY to the Foreign, and Sir Joint
EAKINGTON to the Colonial-offiee,—it is impossible to
read his Midhurst spwch without coming to the eon.
elusion that he is very much at sea in taking all of a
sudden to statesmanship. For not a 1111 dile that
was practical came from his lips; scarcely a word
did he utter that had any real bearing on the position
of the government, stiil less on the duties of lees office.
Yet in the few brief sentences and vague generalities
in which he indulged I.ntd EGMONT'S voters, ho
managed to confirm all the ill impressions of the
DERBY administration which the characters of its
members and the indiscretion,. of some of his more
blundering colleagues have created. First, he gave
them an almost apocalyptic sketch of the principles of
Destruction and Conservatism into which he divided
Christendom; reproduced all the old bugbears of
" kingdoms and empires shaken to their founda-
tions;, of "storms" and "changes," of " old anchor.
ages " " liberties destroyed," "despotism established,"
"old customs," "order and progress," necessity for
adhering to antiquity in all we do; and wound up
the first division of his sermon with deductions which
did their duty, and far more than their duty, when
SIDMOUTII passed the Six Acts, seduced the radicals
into treason, and thanked the Lancashire yeomanry
for the Manchester massacre.

Nor, on descending to the duller realities of this
world, was Secretary IVALPOLE more to the point.
protection was "tt most difficult question," yet
" something must be done for the agricultural interest."
Free-trade, however, was not denounced; for the
SECRETARY knowing (and that is more than sonic of
his colleagues do) the value of words, will proscribe
nothing formally. But he was for "free trade for
all," he would have "all equally weighted." And,
holding up the balance like a cheesemonger, there was,
he thought, ten per cent. in favour of trade ; so to
that extent he would take off some of the local bur-
thens on agriculture. No sooner, however, had ho
uttered the words, than they fi ightened him, lle
drew back; he qualified, he retracted a little.
A reduction of local burthens lie " admitted the
difficulty of." But there were such things as " coun-
tervailing duties" on the produce of foreign land.
They, however, in their turn, required deliberate
investigation." But, on the whole, this rival of
WASHINGTON levesc's immortal Doubter thought
that " one or other must be resorted to." We must
either reduce local burthens, or return to protection.
And whilst thus splitting hairs, thus shilly-shally-
ing, now advancing a little here, and then seanqwr-
ins off much more there,—whilst in the very act of
repeating, " he did not say he was for protection,
but he did say it was unjust to leave one class
hurthened, and the other free from burl hens,"—
whilst so occupied, out spoke an hottest Sussex
yeoman:

AN Eczema—Let us hare a To-adjustment of taxation.
The suggestion was a godsend ; it saved the SI:till
TART of SfATE from an ocean of perplexities.

MR. 'W.u.roLr —His own impression was that such was
the best of the three courses.

llut—for there was a hut even "in this best of the
three courses;" Gat "he pledged himself only to in-
vestigation on the subject."
And so with a prayer to Con, that " he might
faithfully and honestly fulfil the fearful, the awful,
the anxious duties he had to discharge," ended the
first discourse of the Right Rreerewl Secretary
WALroi.E. To which prayer, if to nothing else in
his sermon, we say Amen I Amen! And they who
arc disposed to the incongruous, may append thereto
the Da.rahvy, God Sore. the flues n, Rule Britannia,
or anything else equally inappropriate.
Why, what a folly is not all this weighing out in-
terests, all these nice calculati nn s, all this mathema-
tical investigation, all this affectation of extreme con-
scientiousness and scrupulousness! It ran deceive or
delude no man. It simply arcane, "Protection, if
we can get it; some other mode of fleecing tho in-
dustry of the country it we cannot." And are we,
by our quiescence, to encourage such a policy ns this;
that failing to pick our right pocket, will slyly
attempt to take what it can from our left? From
‘. Protection" we may be wife wo guard ourselves.
But compensation for the loss of their monopoly
is what the landlords will first go for. And that also
would be an injury to the community. Against it
too we must then be prepared to protect the coun-
try; for, says Secretary WALeoLE, " ono of two
things must be resorted to:" protection or a trans-
ference of landlords' burthens to our shoulders.

DUST OF SCIIELLING.—King 11 -Bavaria,
has commi,sioned the sculptor :l
..itnitklt, to
model fnu the life • bust of tI 1 philemopher
Schelling.
is,
0. 4;1
4! .

SPORTING.
INTELLIGENC it EXTRA.
NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, Mt
I k
FORE •lANDICAP BTAILEO Or 25 NM each, 15 ft, with
100 added, fur three year olda
et lb
Grey Tummy 9
Longbow
Maidstone
Miaow
Mr. Moon
Fiction
Knight of the Shire
Fledgeling
The Old Lad
Mountain Flower
FREE If •241)1Car BTAXIA
100 added.

Age. at. lb.
Mrs Taft
Nutshell 5 8 5
Officious 5 8 5
Necklace 6 8 I
Little Jack 5 8
lion Pedro .... 4 710
Artisan
Accept.wees to be declared
fast.

EPSOM SPRING
RAILWAT PIATIL Of SO DOTI
winner of .n race after publii
two more 101 h extra; no
mote owner may start for thr l
Ch f by Y Lochutvar out of
Madears dam, 3 yrs
Water Laly, 3 yrs
The &ma'am ill 6 Yr,
Ilambletonimt, 3 yrs
Iluttvrtlr. 3 Pm
Noutch.Girl, 6 yrs
chaplet, I yrt
Etitairia, :1 yrs
lisresfoot, i yrs
finogertod. I yrs
Tights inst, I yrs
The Isrehione.s, 0 yrs
Timid Fools, I 3n
Applcton, 3 yrs

it lb
Orpbetis
llop-Picker
Horner
Aitehbone 7 1
Pluck
Maria
Jewel
Seam
Leas

of 25 tors each, 15 ft, with
Age. at. lb.
Phlegm
4 7 6
Presto 4 7 6
King Chorusing 4 7 t
Candlewick_
Follow-me-Lads
, Irene
on or before Tanilay, the 9th

MEETING, 11332.
s (handicap) for all ages ; the
canon of tho weights slb, of
number the property of the
Is plate.
Taus-pa., 1 yrs
Frei dim, 3 yn
Ssrus, 4 yrs
Ilcroine, 6 sn
Ercestone, 3 yrs
The Incurable, 4 yrs
Thornhill, 6 yrs
:Marry, 3 yrs
Forlorn Hope, 4 yrs
The Iletint, 4 yrs
Longreach (h b), 4 yrs
Sprig of Shillelagh, 3 yrs
Iracundus, i yrs
Knight of the Thistle, 4 yrs

MANCIIES
NEIILLA% IIA.DI
Osbal.l;-too, 5 In
Naintr, yn
Bottom, 3 yrs
May Pay, 3 yrs
Tidy. 5 yrs
Evicts?, 3 yn
Ch f by Itituriol, tios by
ttadaler, 3 yrs
Ta.l.ty Bled, 3 yrs
R.'..0.1ry, aged
ihroine, 6 yrs
lI6SII.ICAP ST/An.
Orlublistan, 6 yn
llolton, 3 yrs
Entine. 3 yrs
Teddy Bird, 3 yn
Unity, I yrs
B e by Melbourne out or La
. t4.te, 3 yrs
At... I yrs
11. y Dry, 3 yrs
The Proctor, 4 vs
WiLito% STALES; for two
C by Ass.sult. d by Loner-
co.t out of The Nona %Ts
Br f Es.t.lne, by Fancy boy
out ..111orewe, 3 yrs
B f MA, by Puyntou out of
Florese.., 2 yrr.
B f S,:er to Mountain De,r,
2 yrs
II c hi Irish Birdesteher out
of I lower of the Tees, 3 yn
Bk clime Tommy,byostue-
boy out of Abaft, 2 yrs
Br f by Charles XII. out
of Emotion, by Emilius, 2
In-
B e Whalebone, by Heron
out of of Lichfield, 2yn

NEWC,

NUkT111:311111;K1.1XD.
Biril•on-the,ring, 3 yrs
Reasbaso, yrs
Trielsstri..., I yrs
Russburou&i, yn
Musician, rs
Time, 3 p.
Gaiserst, 3 yn
Br g by Mogan Rattler Oat
of Countess, . yrs
The Calculator, 4 rs
Backbiter, aged
Bonestrr.s, 3 yrs
Orelio, 31
litorytiller 4 yn
Dusbary, 5 yn
Snowdrop, 3 yn
lack Leming, 4 yrs
Constellation, 4 yn
Stilton. 3 ps
Chief Justice, 5 yn
Bided, 3 yrs
Cossack, aged
Conrad,3 yn
&Rhin*, 6 yrs
Pelopidas, 3 yrs
Colsterdale, 4 yrs
Englsild's Glory, 4 yrs
Tilt. Alp, 6 yn
Gholab Singh, 4 yrs
Buthurpe, 4 yn
Young 'rronli:teume, 4 7n
The Cast:may, 6 yrs
Chattrrboz, 4 yrs
Miss Ann, 6 yrs
Riogleadtr, 4 pa
Bally, 3 yn

Illisorrima, I yrs
Stilton, 3 yrs
Azeth, ors
Eesdne, 3 yrs
Burodele, 3 yrs
The Proctor, 1 yrs

STEM, 1852.
MAP. One Mile.
Chatterbox. 5 yn
The Castaway (late Captain
Grant), 3 yn
Louis Napoleon, 4 yn
.
tilr 7 ,''','2lPau3glirs-s-13allagb, d
by Voltaire, 3 yrs
Peuanl, 5 yr.
Min Flyaway, 4 pi
The Cutler, 4 yn
Lady Agnes, 3yr'
mile and a distance.
I Ch r by Faugh-a-liallagh, 3

BEVERLEY, HULL,
IiOLIAIINVie HUNT ST/

yn -
The Cutaway., 5 ynn Ch f by Ithuel, 3 yn
Heroine, 6 yrs
Alias Flyaway, 4 yrs
The Cutler, 4 yrs
Penang, 5 yn
The Surveyor, 3 in

mid three-yr-olds ; T.Y.C.
Br c Proughtnn. by logo out
of au unknown inure bought
by Mr. W. Wise or Mr.
!funeral, of 1141 ton, in
MP, her pedigree un-
known, 2 yn
CA f Exact, by Irish Bird-
catcher, 2 yn.
II f by Fati.th-a•Ballagh out
of 'be Ihne,2ln
CA f by Orlando out of Maid
of Avon, 2 yrs
B c Nestor, by Fusty Boy
uut of Therms, 2 yn
Br f Lady Agnes, yn
B c Lauilnun, by The Cure
out of Elphise, 2 yrs

f LE, 18:r2.
['was ur 200 Sues.
Phantom, 3 yrs
Misserrinvi, 4 yn
Vimadiere, 4 yrs
Gollah, 4 yrs
Rachel's, 3 yrs
B fby Lanercoil out of Je.
lama, 3 yn
Ischia, 4 yrs
Ilungerford, 4 yrs
llaresfoot, 4 yrs
The Sutler, 3 yn
Kuook Knoll, 4 yrs
Young Hawthorn, 3 yrs
Captain Flash, 3 yrs
Mouse, 5 yn
The Confessor, 4 yrs
Nancy. 4 yrs
The High Sheriff, 3 yrs
Lady Eden' 5 yrs
The Proctor, 4 yn
Merry Bird, 3 yrs
St. Michael, 3 yrs
raracary, 3 yn
Paquetta, 4 In
Skamere, 4 yn
Goldfinder, 4 yn
Stafford, 4 yin
Young Altuidora, aged
licthgelcrt, 3 yn
Tragedian, 4 yn
11 c by Dirdeatcher—Flower
of the Tees, 3 yn
Meek Tapley, 5 yn
IGalvanims, 3 yn
Haricot, 5 yn
John Dory, 6 yrs
Crr.
Nancy, 4 yrs
Betbgetert, 3 yn
Lane, 3 yrs
Songstress, 3 In
Miss Am 6 yn
14alleleut4Ti 4 In

EAST RIDING, 1852.
of 6 was. each, with 23

Bk f by Piearoon oat of Vre7r
Halloo's dam (h b), 4 yrs
Diana (h b), 5 yrs
Little•thought•of (late The i
Colonel's Wit), (b b), 6I
n 111:11T0,1 STOLES o
added for
B e Nestor, by Fancy Boy
B f Anteverm
Ch c byVelocipede—Luiary
.Br f inge-of•a.dose, by
Mitt Birdestcher
B e Newland Buck, by Red
Deer
HLLL STALL/ Of 10 KM.
Rir Charles Napier, 3 yrs
Nestor, 2 yes
Newland Back, 2 yrs
Conrad, 3 yrs
Lady Mowbray, 2 yrs

A. Y., 5 yrs
The Squire of Melton, aged
Chorister, aged
Cogia Oa b), 6 yes
Bravo (Is b), 4 yrs
Little Queen 6yn
of 10 sore. earl), il ft, with 60
2-yr olds.
IBr f Lady Dlowbray, by
Boles
Br f Polly, sister to Lazy
B c Broth-of a-boy
1 B e Lambton
Ch f Exact
B f Ann Elisa
each, h ft, with 20 added.
Polly, 2 pa
Lady Agnes, 3 yrs
Enact, 2 yrs
Broughton, 2 yra

CATTERICK BRIDGE, 18,52.
Art:Br/ASCU /OR TM' UNTITI.L STAIRS.

lb Age et lb
The Hellen ...le st
8 7 Hard Lilian (late
Achyranthre 8 1 The Ebor) .... 6 7 9
The Wheat weight &sorption being 7st 21b, it has been
raised to &A 71b, and the rest accepting in proportion. The
rest pay 5 owe. each.

TADCAS'fEIt STEEPLE CHASES—FRIDAY.
The Fumanti' Swum of 2 boss. each, and t added, 3
mile•, (13 subs), were won by Mr. Mewburtes Queen of the
W..,kv, aired, ILt (W. H. Mewburn), beating Snap, lls
61b, and 10 others.
The SCUPAT ST tlt ER WKS won by Redeemer, beating
lloronees and 11 others.

FIRE AT TIIE WELLINGTON BARRACKB.—YeRter-
ddy evening some alarm wee created in the neighbourhood
of Birdcage-walk, by the occurrence of as accidental fire at
Wellington-barracks. It was found that one of the
shiranirs hail taught fire, and the flames extended to the
Tool. The energetic treatment to which the element wee I
subjected soon replaced the building in a state of severity,
the damage done proving inconsiderable.
tclitt..—Ott Saturday night an inquest was held
by Mr. W. Payne, at the Barley Mow, Upper Thames-
street, on the holy of William Mirnniack, aged 59, who
committed suicide on Saturday morning last. About seven
o'elock in the evening of Prelay deceased went into a
coffee-house in UpperThdiatd-strett, and, having engaged a
bed for the night, about a quarter past seven he was, at his
request, shown to his room, and nothing more was heard of
him until tea o'clock on Saturday morning, when he was
found hanging by a rope round his neck tied to the poet of
the bedstead. He was lying fiat ow the ground, from which
hie heed was not suspended more than from 'even to eight
Melts*. A doctor was seat for, who oa his arrival declared
that life was extinct, and had been so for some time.
During his absence from home his family received from
him a letter posted in Knight Hydetatreet, conveying his
intention to commit suicide. A book was found la his pocket
in which were made the followiag tostries:—.• Thames-
street, 6 o'eluek.—l now g is the Some of my friend sad
Maker. Horse-racing bee killed me. It would be a good
thing if it was made felony to het an any of them"—
Asother was dated 'tlfareli, 6, 1862.—Another allowable
day, and year's has bees the tame. pad's will be doss.
Ime poor wretch. This t I deserve." The
lest war• scrap of paper, w wee urines the fellowiair
—"My poor Washers appear so happy, and I am so miser-
ship that I meat joist them. The little mosey is left in my
bongo at Items, if I have as . The Lord ham mercy en
me. It Is • rodi met. Bve le agalail me--ens the
demmata." The jolty. after • shoot issmoilaalket, retuned
',media at " Timpuagy lissaiSy."