The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-23 00:00:00

fixed duty on corn, is not likely to wane in his fidelity
to the question which, above all others, has knit together
the sympathies of the party whom ho leads. But had
it. been supposed possible, a recent itteidene.hes served to
quench all doubt. At the.meetiugof his.adherents, held
a few days since, to consider and decide upon the course
to be pursued by them in Parliament during the present
session, a Noble Lord who occupies a prominent
position in the Upper House put to their chief
the pointed question whether, in the event of
his coming into power, Lord Derby was
prepared to redeem the pledge he had deliberately given
last year of attempting to renew the tax on food ? And
the unhesitating answer of the straightforward champion
of the landed oligarchy was an explicit confirmation
and reiteration tithat pledge. At the same conference
if is equally well known that the resolution was taken to
oppose the second reading of the proposed Reform Bill,
not with the view of outbidding it by another, but
We
let
avowedualy.
Vp on the ground that any democratic concession
would destroy the last lingering hope of a return to
Tor
j is
v Teich
'ithereftohe newd
re' arting
ia Administration i 1 flin isd tos
htssed. They are, in r ,vvore. reststtaice relour,,
-
principles
and return to protection. It is undoubtedly Lord
Pah2..ernton whom thr• Protectionists have to thank for
!lice. BF themselves they have teen
enough, hit never si:Pcessfully, to over•
:to-ow ih,ir Whig rivals. But never in pitches battle
i(tnut'sie:ghbix -
ye,.r;:in; years wore they able
hich ttoimseetzwl
seize
the
was attributable to thc.
porter, ra<her than the strongth of theluatil'z'allilinog fofslitcpe..
Bitt now, uedPr the skilful - and unscrupulous guidance
of tin unlooked-for leader; the rese.tienists have stormed
the heights of uffice. Tile banner planted on the stim-
uli', Is the old bread-ttx flag; but the hand by whom it
has been planted there is the hand of Palmerston. Wby
not, then, deck his brow with the appropriate crown?
Who so fitted by natural leanings and acquired accora-
plisbments to head the landlords of England? Lavish
in his notions of expenditure, a thorough aristocrat in
temperament, and the hero of the militare clubs, Lord
Palmerston could do for the new Administration in the
present House of Commons what few other partisan
chiefs now living could do. The thing to be done is the
greatest possible amount of mischief to the friends of
peace, economy, and reform; who, for that purpose, so
capable—if willing—as the ex-colleague of Lord John
Russell? Of Lord Palmerston's willingness we say
nothing. That remains to be proved. Previous to the
division on last Friday night, we own we should have
hesitated to utter any misgivings we may have felt as to
his stability of purpose, where great principles and the
maintenance of a great policy were at stake. But
after the performance on that occasion, the faith of
every liberal man in the country can scarcely fail to be
staggered—and we await with more curiosity than con-
fidence the Noble Viscount's next political exploit.
Lord Derby also may have his mistrust;—and for rea-
sons that we need not here enumerate, may fancy it un-
safe to take such a magazine of combustibles on board.
Very prudent, perhaps ; but what will happen, sup-
posing the said magazine should fall into other hands?
Then there is claim on gratitude No. 2, in the per-
SOD of the (about to be Right Hon.) Member for
Bucks. If the avenging Viscount consented to ride as
jockey, and jumped " protection" over the double-
fence wherewith office is circled round about, equally
undoubted is it that Disraeli trained the inarticu-
late animal successfully, when every other hand had
failed. Lord Derby can scarcely this time pass over
the man who has rendered him such inestimable ser-
vice. Last year ho did not scruple to disown his
useful follower, and even publicly to sneer at his own
official destitution in having no men fit for
high administrative post—though Mr. Disraeli stood by
listening to the selfish and supercilious disclaimer. This
audacious prank of highborn affectation cannot be re-
peated now? There was a story current that the
Member for Bucks wished it to be understood that he
was ready to play the magnanimous. and that he did not
wish any personal consideration on his account to stand
in the way of the formation of whatever might be
thought the strongest possible Tory Government. If
this was only meant gracefully to yield the leadership in,
the Commons to Lord Palmerston, it would be suffici-
ently intelligible; but such self-sacrifice seems little
likely to be needed. Mr. Disraeli may well assert what
is due to his position from the chief whom he has con-
tributed so potentially to thrust into power. Until the
official announcement of the new appointments shall be
made, any attempt to analyse them as a whole would be
premature. The list of those said to be the New
Ministry will be found in another column. We shall
doubtless have not long to wait for the authoritative
promulgation of Lord Derby's own cast of parts—and
we shall then be ready to examine in detail their various
pretensions.

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD
REFORM ASSOCIATION.
(PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY.)
Sir,—On Wednesday the 18th the House was prin.
cipally engaged on Public Houses in Sootland.
On the 19th it was occupied by the charge brought
against the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, on the subject
of his employment of the Irish press. The simple fact
is, that the Lord-Lieutenant, acting it is presumable on
imperfect knowledge and leaving the management to
subordinates, got entangled with an individual of that
kind which ever and anon aro heard of in the courts of
law, who ask for money as the condition of withholding
what they call " exposures;"—that is to say, bring-
ing forward business transactions, which may have been
described in confidential letters in terms not exactly in-
tended to meet the public eye. There is no man who
ever was engaged, for instance, in an election, who can-
not frame to himself a perfect conception of the case.
In brief terms, the charge was naught; and as such was
defeated by a vote of 229 to 137.
On Friday took place events which shake the condi-
tion of England, in a way which would cause terror if
it was nut known that such things often shake them-
selves down again. On the introduction of the Govern-
ment's' Militia Bill, Lord Palmerston moved the omis-
sion of the word " Local;" which was carried by 136
against 125. It dues not appear why anybody should have
seen more in this, than an expression on the part of the
popular branch, that it wants more defence instead of 1088,
and that it had rather trust itself to a regular Militia
under the old statutes, than to a Local Militia, of which
the character was given, that in the old war nobody ever
knew where it was. And it has strongly the air of ill
humour in a Government of grown men, than there
should be talk of throwing up the reins of Government,
btuoot taihTiuschhies.rtehTei shfiesrollsmt
oteuitmeheienogi
it
because the country wants more militia than the Go•
vernment under the pressure of the English Bona-
partists had ventured to propose. Instead of thanking
his stars for being delivered from this thraldom, is
ludicrous ,in a Ministry going out, martyrs to a local
forewomarmdenweieths
Militia. It is conceivable how a Government may re-
the Minister to
gettingpfooturoto
getting
little, a
corner?
Tswi
wantedgoa srny efvpo err rincdipo therefore, nlees
and wa s to
Protection come
Commons says it wants more defence; all that was
ait wi be
smiling
face and say it should have it. It the ' reign of High
because the Ministry resigned in a pet. And'
will be wonderfully encouraging in F all this
announced that the English Government is our aisois,
and every drum-boy will be 13- g g
thousand francs which are kept for him for
the
nine
this goes on, the Governmentor him in London. If
after all, will have been
crushed by the English B
onspartists. But a pillow
sometimes gives good counsels.
What the country will
foiled in its
expect, is this, and if it is
expectations it
will
call some people less
wise than was looked f or;—it will expect that the two
Noble Lords who havethe been separated by an indiscre-
has 'been in fact indiscretion is past and gone, and
redeemed by taking the bolder Lead of
the two in the direction
where former doubt was raised,
give up their quarrel, and like two good children, kiss
•
and be friends e that does most towards, this shall
be the wisest boy.n
Some fallacies were given into by the Government
and its supporters. For 1 they perpeauall
. exam le, . . y
talked about " a state of peace;" the question being
whether we might not be startled in• our beds some
morning like the Algerine generals, by finding ourselves
at war, and a hostile force in some very undenirable
place as proof. Much also was said about a regular
militia being "an , aggressive force." In this sense a
policeman is "an aggressive force;" for by keeping
things quiet at home, he may enable an army to go
abroad.
Half the game of life is what men call chance; mean-
ing thereby what human care can neither foresee nor
alter. • Theologians call it Providence, in which they pre-
sumably, are right; and iu the hands of that, we are.
There are not wanting those who talk of moth& rea-
son for the Government's wishing to withdraw;--to
avoid the question of the three millions spent is the
Kafir war. This would be what the ring call, falling
to prevent being hit. But there was no secessiq for
such a desperate course; there was balm in Gilead:even
for this. All that was wanted was to sieve;:out the
insane element. There is evidence 0f a Pnliiimi'Mrs.
Cumming. Men who throw away the value of forty
sail-of-the-line upon the coast of Safraria, and then
publish that " the British Crown and nation have no in-
terest in maintaining g any territorial dominion in
Southern Africa beyond the very limited extent of ter-
ritory required for the security of the Cape of Good
Hope as a naval station," are not men who ought to
walk the streets by themselves, still less implicate men
of sound mind in their proceedings. They must be
sieved out, and quickly; and then the old firm may go
on. What would be thought of a Manchester merchant,
who spent 300,0001. on unprofitable buildings, and then
said be never wanted anything but a counting-house to
put his books in? His partners would get rid of him,
as the London bankers did of the partner who stood up
cannot be
to preach the New Jerusalem at tha .., Crowe The
' allowed to " iudispensable" mend to do above a
certain amount of -mischief • The course here is plain.
Drop the insane element, and put the Noble Lord below
the aangwaY into the place; and then the ship may go
ahead again. I
am, Sir, yours very sincerely,
AN OLD REFORMER.
Blackheath, 23 Feb. 1852.

The Queen has been pleased to direct that the
honour of Knighthood should be conferred upon Dr. Charles
Nicholson, Speaker of the Legislative Council of New South
Wales. Mr. Cosmo hints, advocate, Sheriff of the Shire of
Elgin or Moray, is appointed Clerk to the High Court of
Session at Edinburgh ; Mr. R. Bell, advocate, is appointed
Sheriff of Elgin or Moray, in the room of Mr. Innes.
Frederick Madge, Esq., has been appointed First Clerk in
the office of the Solicitor to the Treasury, in the room of Mr.
Raven, who retires. 111. r. John Palmer is appointed Trea-
surer of the island of Dominica. Mr. N. Robson is appointed
Collector of Customs at the Gambia.—Sunday Paper.
DEATH OF A COUNTY CORONER.—DanieI
Esq., one of the coroners of this county, died after a short
illness on Thursday last, at his residence, Rushmount. Se-
veral candidates for the office are spoken of. Cork Con-
, stitution.