The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-08 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY

, grand promises, the most noisy in their profession
hive too often been the first io desert their princi'
plec, and leavu the party to make, as it has always
done a miserable ar,d shabby appearance as to num-
hers. I could give you lists of deserters on such
trivial gr with+ and pretences as would surprise
you, and so trequent as almost to deter
any man from attempting such an effort
again."—He says that on the principles of tenant
right (the present difficulty in Ireland) not
100 Members out of the 654 now in the House of
Commons, could be mustered to unite. " The people's
league," he goes on to say, "or party, or union, by
whatever name to be called, must agree, on one point)
say ballot ; and after a trial on one point proceed
from step to step to the other points—all important
—until the attention of the public can be fixed to the
proceedings ofil the party. But if my experience, ea
regards the Irish Members hitherto in the House of
Commons, is to be taken, the material is not likely to
be of that substance to be moulded and kept in proper
position or under the influence of any leader ; and
any party so formed, of furty or fifty Irish, and fifty
or sixty English and Scotch Members, would soon
have some such extravagant proceeding from some of
the Irish or other Members as would damage and
discredit the party, and also frustrate all efforts of the
party, even in the best cause." Hence, Mr. HumE
has little chance of organizing a people's party in the
Commons. He has tried it, again and again—and failed.
The most noisy in their professions are the first to
desert their principles, and the Irish Members (he
says) are not to be moulded into submission under
sang English leadership.

Nor does he think that the members of the late
Government and their followers will give any co-ope-
ration to the attempt to form a people's party. Mr.
lIUME trusted rather too much to the Whigs when
they were in office, and perhaps this may have been
one of the reasons why the Irish Members and the
extreme democratic section did not place themselves
into intimate connexion with him. The Ballot, to
which he very properly alludes, is the question of all
others upon which a strong Liberal combination could
be most effective, and certainly the Irish party
whenever that question was brought forward, did not
vote against it. Mr. HENRY BERKELEY'S motions
on the Ballot received strong support from the
Irish party. There is no subject of greater moment
than the Ballot, es upon it depends the actual, as dis-
tinguished from the nominal, representation of the
People in Parliament. Introduce Vote by Ballot, and
the machinations of such low and cunning people as
FRAIL will be ended, for the electors can then exer-
cise their choice independent of boroughmongering,
and dictation, and landlords' influence. The Ballot,
in very truth, is the pivot upon which Freedom of
Election may be said to turn. Mr. HUME has been
a strenuous and consistent supporter of the B allot
and is, therefore, qualified to complain of those pro-
fessing Liberal opinions who have been lukewarm on
this question, or opposed to it.
Mr. Humes opinion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S
Government is plain and unequivocal. He says—
" At present nothing, as far as I know, has been done
towards a union of Liberals who may be doubtful of
the acts of the DERBY Administration ; and when I
look to the hollow professions of those who preceded
Lord DERBY, and note their throwing up their cards
rather than play out the game for the popular cause
by calling on the Reformers to join them, I cannot
have much confidence in anything THEY may do to
promote the union of parties. Indeed they must, I
fear, be left to chew the cud while the Derbyites are
committing all kinds of misgovernment to forward
their own cause, and to benefit their supporters ; and
it will only be after a considerable time of such con-
duct that there can be any chance of a people's party
being formed, and, whilst the movement must begin
with a few Radical Members of the House of Com-
mons, it cannot succeed until the people out of doors
and the electors shall see the necessity of doing their
part, and of giving support to the small party of the
people in Parliament." The case is exactly as Mr.
HUME has put it respecting the late Government.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL, who might have made a very
strong Government with the aid of the Reformers,
resigned office rather than call them in. He recom-
mended as his successor a Tory rather than a Re-
former—Lord DERBY rather than Sir JAMES GRA -
HAm—because he knew that a Reformer would
govern the country upon popular principles, and
with a tolerable certainty, from such liberality, of
long continuance in office (to the exclusion of the
moderate RUSSELL party), while he fancied that Lord
DERBY would be unable to, get on, and that in the
end the QUEEN must again give the seals of office to
the Russell-Grey-Eliott " family party." Lord
JOHN over-finessed, and lost the game. He let in
the Derbyites, who, made wise by experience, have
popularized their principles, and appear likely to re-
main the advisers of the Crown a little longer than
will be exactly pleasant to the ex-Ministry, who have
an insatiable craving for " the loaves and fishes" of
office and patronage.
We are surprised that Mr. HUME (a man of tact,
sagacity, and experience) should fall into the very
absurd and vulgar error of abusing the Derbyites.
Why should he, or any man, commit the injustice of
taking it for granted that the present Ministry will
" commit all kinds of misgovernment to forward their
own cause, and to benefit their supporters ?" What
part of their conduct has yet merited this opprobrium ?
The members of the present Government are gentle-
men quite as independent, in every respect, as the
members of the late Ministry, and it really is
the reverse of fair thus to abuse them, in
anticipation. We venture to prophecy that though
there was the notorious GREY list in 1832, there will
not be a DERBY list at any time. Whatever Lord
DERBY does, he is not likely to commit jobbery him-
self, nor sanction it in others. We find GREYS, Rus-
SELLS, and ELLIOTTS quartered on the public, at home
and abroad, in all sorts of situations—the only STAN-
LEY in office under Lord DERBY iS an Under-Secre-
tary of State.

The way to make a People's party in Parliament is
not by the avowal, from the lips of the ex-Premier,
of democratic principles, which vanish into thin air
when brought into Downing•street, but by a steady
union on the part of the public, and the
popular representatives, to obtain the Ballot. Let
this be the commencement. It is a wedge which can
split in sunder the toughest and mightiest tree ever
raised in the rank soil of Corruption. Not by voting
that black is white (as was promised, once on a time,
to save a Whig Cabinet),, but by steady perseveran:..e,
is this to be accomplished. We would as soon have
Mr. HUME az any other man to head this movement.
It is practical—which is better than any theories,
however plausible, put forth by mere speech-makers.
We must have the Ballot.

THE QUEEN'S RETURN FROM BALMORAL.—The
Queen is to leave Balmoral on Tuesday, the 12th, at 9 o'clock,
travelling down Dee side, and crossing the Grampians by the
Slug-road to the Stonehaven station of the Aberdeen Rail-
way. Her Majesty and suite are to take luncheon at 1
o'clock, and proceed by the -Royal train to Edinburgh, start-
ing next morning for England.
A Cabinet Council will be held at the Foreign-
office, on Friday, the 15th instant, at two o'clock.
THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE.--Lieutenant-General
the Duke of Cambridge, Inspector of Cavalry for Great
Britain, arrived at Piershill Barracks by express train, North
British Railway, on F-:day evening, from Newcastle. On
Saturday morning his Royal Highness reviewed the 7th
Hussars, on Portobello Sands, in presence of Colonel Hag-
gart, Major Haggart, and the other officers. The review
commenced at ten o'clock, and lasted about two hours, and
when the corps had returned to barracks, the) were drawn
up for inspection Or the parade ground, when their equip-
ments and accoutrements were minutely examined by his
Royal Highness. The barrack-rooms, stables, stores, esc.,
were also inspected by the Royal Duke, the inspection occu-
pying bin•` till a late bone in the afternoon. The Duke dined
at the officers' mess inring his stay, and resided in apart-
ments in the barracks vacated for him by Captain the Mar-
quis of Worcester, rho, for the time, withdrew to his villa
at Portobello. On Monday morning his Royal Highness
left by the express train on the Caledonian Railway for Liver-
pool, en route to Ireland.

DEATH OF THE REV. J. MIGREcion.---In our obi-
tuary of to-day, it is our mournful duty to record the death
of the Rev. John M`Gregor, pastor of Bridge-street U. P.
congregation, Stranraer. The melancholy event took place
at Cairnryan, at half•past two o'clock, on the morning of
Friday last. The deceased had expressed a wish that the
Rev. Dr. Struthers, Glasgow, or the Rev. W. Smellie,
should preach what is called the funeral sermon; and, as it
appears that Dr. Struthers finds it impossible to officiate, it
is expected that the Rev. Mr- Smellie will occupy the pulpit j
on the afternoon of Sabbath first.— Galloway 'Free Press.
MEETING or PARLIAMENT.—Mr. Wilson Patten,
M.P., is to be proposed by the Government as Chairman of
Committees of Ways and Means. There is some expecta-
tion that Mr. Baines will be put forward in opposition to
Mr. Patten by the Liberal party.
FOREIGN WATcRES.—•It is shown by the returns I
relating to trade just printed, that in the month ended the
sth ult. there were watches to the value of 12,2081. im-
ported against 9,9081. in the same month of the preceding
year.