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LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2.

A Um:ma contemporary, whose seal is divided
between toryism in the church and toryism in the
state, and whose sympathies are alternately bestowed
on political despotism abroad and ecclesiastical de-
spotism at home, begins to show impatience at the
unsatisfactory position it is constrained to occupy, and
to betray its weariness of the controversy which now
agitates the national mind. Its own thoughts and
wishes upon church matters are, under existinkcir-
cnmstances, not to be mentioned. Puseyism is at
present going about in disguise, or rather in various
disguise*, as occasion seems to require. At Oxford it
wears one costume, at Exeter another. Bat its own
per suit is nowhere to be seen. The times are out of
joint, and men are too much in earnest to listen to
Paw* and fiddle (addle in affairs of faith. What can
an organ in such an exigency say ?
Nothing distinct or direst; that would not do. An
attempt is therefore made to shift the ground and
change the subject. We are assured that the question
at issue is not a religious but a " secular " one,—not
a speculative but a " practical" one. Polemics are
rather ticklish now; do let 94 talk politics. Is Lord
Joni the man to be minister of England ?—that is
the question. And then if not, who else ? Our con-
temporary is too delicate to mention names; but there
la an evident air of consummate knowingness and
feline astuteness, which seems to imply that—
then, ones were, and that there may be again,
men who never were guilty of frankness or
plainness of speech:—they would not have committed
themselves as the whigs have done. Had Lord
ADERDEEN been at the head'of affairs, we should never
have beard him declare thit "he would not be the
minister of Austria," or that he looked with indigna-
tion and scorn upon the mummeries of Pompom.
Nothing of the sort. The rule would have been all
things to all men, in talk ; while practically, foreign
absolutism and domestic apostecy were helped to their
ends. This is what is called being practical and
discreet.
The practical turn which it is sought to give the
present uproar is quite in keeping with this simple-
minded system. The catholics are to be persuaded, if
possible, that old tory officials are their only real
Mends after all. True it is that the whigs, as a party,
submitted to exile from power for five and twenty
years, rather than compromise the question of catho-
lic emancipation. True it is that during their last
tenure of office the tories forgot to confer any single
post of dignity or profit on those of whose feelings
they have suddenly become so careful. True it is
that within the last few weeks, regardless of popular
Lity and excitement, Lord PALMERSTON has not
ted to announce the nomination of the most die-
tinoruished catholic layman to be minister at Florence;
while upon the first mention of the fact the ABERDEEN
organs burst forth into a chores of reproach at the
appointment of an Irish papist. How dull of com-
prehension the sui•tlisant fnends of the ancient creed
mast suppose its votaries to be when they count upon
se t .
law Trawler oi ame confidence on such pretences.
voice.. but the same spun tin.,
There ;7!.
mates both Chronicle and Times. To oust tie .:canis-
ter who dares to set at nought their dictates is their
common end and aim. Lord JOAN audaciously pre-
sumes to laugh at all their artifices, and follows his
own counsel, content with being respected by the
people and trusted by the crown, though hardly qua-
lified or perhaps disposed to be what may be called
• favourite" with either. The arts of popularity
are not among his gifts, still less those of a courtier.
Yet he hos studied closely the nature of sovereignty
and of opinion; and oftentimes he has displayed more
aptitude in fathoming the hidden thoughts and ten-
dencies that sway the destiny of nations, than those
who, cap in hand to prejudice or whim, have daily
advertised their consistency foe auction, and had the
mortification of finding no bidders who could buy.
Such a man as minister is a real grievance to the
resctionists, who, for the sake of power and the op-
portunity of playing the dull game of absolutism
abroad and clique-ism at home, are ready to coquette
with any section whose discontent they thick may
kelp them, nay, with opposite and adverse elements
at once by help of shifting scenes. This is the use of
two organs simulating severalty and mutual inde-
pendence. They thus can humour different tastes
with different sounds, the burthen of both ditties
being defamation. The treble tcne of the one
pipes low and indistinct upbraidings of the
Plasma, because ho has declared with bitter
brevity of speech that all who profess and call them-
selves protestants are in common honesty bound to
adhere to protestant usages, doctrines, and forms.
And the thorough-base of the other swells with de-
nunciation of the minister, because, being bound by
treaties, ties, and sympathies to the cause of Prussia,
he will not abandon her in the hour of need, norlsegue
secretly with the rapacious despots who are SMl-
spiriog against her integrity and constitutional free-
dom. Nay, have we not witnessed the violation of
royal privacy, and the insolent attempt made openly
to dictate to the Queen of ENOLAND who should be
her guests, and "shameful menaces shaken o'er her
head," if any one unacceptable to Rumia was suffered
to enjoy oar sovereign's hospitality!
We are no admirers of Lord STANLEY, and no be-
lievers in his wisdom or discretion ; but we will do
him the justice of believing that he is above the
meanness of endeavouring to win his way to power
by courses such as these. Lord STANLEY is an out-
spoken man, and carries but one purpose in his
breast, of which, whatever 'tide, he makes bat small
concealment. He is not the man to scheme for
office, or take its grave responsibilities under false
pretences. His sentiments on the great quarrel now
pending between the Church of England and
the Church of Rome, though not yet formally
declared, may easily be surmised. His lord-
ship has, for years, been the foremost adversary
of concession to the catholice—the most ancompeo-
mising champion of the establishment. And were
the reins of rule within his grasp, we don't believe
that he would put forth his hand to seize them, if in
so doing he were told that he was thereby under-
taking to cozen the catholics with hollow words, or
LO leave the door of the Anglican fold ajar, for all to
enter who affect to wear sheep's clothing. And hence
the silence of the organs in his praise. 'fin not for
him they lift their daily notes of approbation or of
blame. Hitherto their excuse lay in his point-of-
honour obstinacy in refusing to renounce protection.
But that is and gone : what new pretence will
the clique elielreee!for not acknowledging their natural
chief and leader ?

IN the late memege of the Par.sinawr of the
French Republic to its National Assembly, reference
was made t, the state of the oommercial relations
between France and this country, and a hope was ex-
pressed that those relations might, by negotiations and
reciprocal concessions, be shortly improved.
To this wish for improvement all England will very
heartily answer, Amen. For nothing can be of
greater importance to the welflue of the world, as
well as to the maintenance of that sincere and digni-
fied friendship which it is the earnest desire of every
rational Englishman to maintain with France, than
to link these two great countries together by their'
material interests. At present the good relations of
the two nations may almost be mid to webs(
from personal intercourse, miming out of their gee-
graphs:lel proaboity, of the &Weights, which Sol