The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-30 00:00:00

POLITICAL MEMORANDA.

The Spectator observes that throughout his own declara-
tions in the course of this appeal to the country, Lord
Palmerston has spoken at the independent Liberals in a
manner which makes them sensible of unjust imputations,
persisted in even after Lord Palmerston's colleagues had
disavowed them. " He has widened the contrast between
the mere ministerialist and the sturdy liberal. There
will, therefore, be a separate party below the gangway,
watching the course of the government. criticising it in
flank, and ready to take any perfectly legitimate oppor-
tunities for vindicating liberal principles as distinguished
from simple ministerial subserviency. In the course of the
ordinary business which must come before both houses,
questions will arise as to the framing of the estimates, the
conduct of departments, and again as to the treatment
of such questions by the House of Commons itself;
we shall see whether the now house will be prepared,
in the name of its constituencies and of the country, to
controul the administration where it goes wrong, and
urge it where it is slow. Should the house fail in
executing that duty, the very constitution of the
representative chamber itself will come practically and
forcibly into question ; and with. the conduct of the
representatives, the conduct of the constituencies will be,
perhaps, not mildly discussed. The absence of a sufficient
political motive in the present election is thus likely
enough to issue in the revival of strong political motives
in the country."
What will be the effect, as regards the new House of
Commons. of the ridiculous clap traps and false cries under
cover of which it will have been gathered together it may
welllpuzzle the profoundest political sagacity (remarks the

with)
oes
Sanadt u
yetr whichdaYi t R espy parliament
almostmt oe
ni)ttrhewed•
which the riew -parliament will have been constructecl
Mr. Hayter himself will, probably be, unable,to form a 02,11,,f
clearer idea than any one else as. to ,the probable aspect
future division lisei.--Of all tfie knotty problems ia
iilcoltnp.lryobTqahubeelsyCtiboheninveewsrelytqhluitetrsleet
reference
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doctrine of chances we should think the most insoluble Irv%
this -what he the working of a. House, of Cort°o,
elected without-principles, under the direction' Of Ygiover
silent without a policy ? -
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The .Econemist says that the fault of the present t
ofne recent il
abnedr ala governmentsnot power to carry o-it their intentions. " They Ire,,,
baffled end turned out of their course by the conabinat'u,
of inharmonious oppositions, and disheartened 11
er
consciousness of insufficient strength, ' is the Ptro
of the constituencies noiv toeemedy this defect. bet,
give to Ministers a really adequate and steady raarr'
and then be as rigidly exacting as justice will Perrit
Of a government to whom the nation has given mac. 0,
is
objects,rrot tbhuatt
that.
tbd:yd
ha
may equitably demand much. •A strong Adrninistrat.toti,
which can do what it chooses, may be- held Or I
responsible for all it does, or leaves undone."
The Press is of opinion that,. assuming the new Pig's.
ment to be nearly the same composition as the last, the ~..1
solution will have proved a failure. "It was the icet
chance of Lord Palmerston, and it is certain that, toget alt
with his adherents, he was more sanguine of the res at
than circumstances are likely to bear out. tire Ctal
this time calculate with tolerable certainty on the rot
of about 310 members of the late parliament, and of 010 est
about 160 voted for Mr. Cobden's motion, and 150 agalbatt
it. The new parliament is likely to be less tolerant tot
the las-, of the Palmerston system of playing parties agalw,
each other. Some political questions of moment will cc''
tainly be brought forward at an early period by the l'_,""o
party, and of course the conservatives will feel no
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anxiety to save Lord Palmerston from his friends.
fate of Actaeon again threatens him, and we shalt be
mistaken if he does not, before the end of the aass,,lde,
experience in his own person the truth of the old ad
that he who sits between . two stools must come t°
ground."
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An ingenious Frenchwoman classified men as memo
men cats, the man dog being the brave, sturdy, 7ate
tionate, faithful, but somewhat awkward and obst;eto
animal ; the man cat, on the contrary, being the delteft
adroit, insinuating, but false, and feline nature ;
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remarked that the man cat was the more sa dito
of the two. "Now we are willing," says the Leadt'attlr
consider the tory as the dog-man of the political "AO°
and the liberal as the man-cat, but what shall we'o7ts
liberal.conservative, or the conservative liberal? ppi
is, to be sure, a species of mongrel, half.dog, half to
where the dog begins or the' fox ends, it is impoionso
pronounce. Is this the liberal•conservativeli Ln
respect, indeed, the liberal-conservative resetabtrais
lurcher ; for his business is to-poach upon the picti-,
of both parties, to neither of which he belonV*A.:r`teou
is either too ignorant and too indolent to' have
h,`",tplei,
any principles and opinions at-all, or he has Pr.r-sca..,
which he has not the courage' to' al."„ '"opinions MP
opinions he. is ashamed to confess. '
generally find the Liberal Conservative to a.,sartal 1
Tory, who has his price, and the Conservative Li,,"iscli
Whig for sale. But there is one effectual test rusin-siit
nondescripts on the hustings. Let the constitaecci„
on knowing how the candidate will vote on the elL'e:
of the suffrage or the ballot. Yes or no is saffiej.l7,.agel
to the broader questions of national honour and 0,a;t40,
sgfety, we have all, let us hope, Tories and Eadieall;
the hearts of Englishmen. In this old!country of 'jet! 0°
pudding and common sense, the extremestßaticai psi
fancy for a leap into the twentieth century in seaicuj of
' Democratic and gocial republic, and the most higw
Tories acquiese in the glorious revolution of 1688." 00
The Illustrated London News believes, With leglifteti
the new Speaker. of the House of Commons, it is- ,Nrt„
improbable that;
reinforced
as to b
the.minie able to putsterialiste,w any
who will enute rieoi
strongly
man they
like into the chair, will overlook political difference°, d
concede the election of Mr. Walpole, who " 03
every one, who is a gentleman by birth, by charante"o to
by manners, and whose name and descent would Bee., of
give him claim to position in an English 11°11-
Commons."
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The existing ispatch reminds electors that.,oo,
on the register of any borough is entitled tf):
although he may have removed his residence or 105'0
qualification, He may be sure he has a vote if 100'1
received the address of the candidates. In a c°-,,c's
election, however, he will be liable to the penalties blt
misdemeanour if he poll after having parted with
qualification.
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The Press traces in the dispute between -Sir At
Mettle and the Herts Conservative Association,''dl9ttof
marks of a hand not wholly unknown to that seetwo
the Carlton Club against whielt Ranelagh's late 0° •
was drected." tao
Mr.i Thomas G. Baring has resigned his aPPl,llord°i
of private secretary to Sir Charles Wood, First '-
the Admiralty.