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

SUN,

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 thun 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 Joan 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 DEBBY 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

DEBBY 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 Dabyites.
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 oppr3brium ?
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 perseverance,
i 3 this to be accomplished. We would as soon have
Mr. HUME as 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.

TIIE QUEEN'S RETURN FROM BALMORAL.—The
Queen is to leave Balmoral on Tuesday, the /2th, 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 CAMBlLlDGE.—Lieutenant-General
the Duke of Cambridge, Inspector of Cavalry for Great
Britain, arrived at Pierstaill Barracks by express train, North
British Railway, on Friday 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, they were drawn
up for inspection on the parade ground, when their equip-
ments and accoutrements were minutely examined by his
Royal Highness. The barrack-rooms, stables, stores, &c.,
were also inspected by the Royal Duke, the inspection occu-
pyin, him till a late hour in the afternoon. The Duke dined
at the cacers' mess during his stay, and resided in apart-
ments in the barracks vacated for him by Captain the Mar-
qui.; of Worcester, who, for the time, withdrew to his villa
at Portobello. On Monday morning his Royal Highness
left by the express train oa the Caledonian Railway for Liver-
pool, en route to Ireland.

DEATH OF THE REV. J. MIGREGOR.—III OUT obi-
tuary of to-day, it is our mournful duty to record the death
of the Rev. John M'dregor, pastor of Bridge-street U. P.
congregation, Stranraer. The melancholy event took place
at Cairnryen, 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. Srnellie will occupy the pulpit
on the afternoon of Sabbath first.—Galloway Free Press.
MEETING OF 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 I
Mr. Patteu by the Liberal party.
FOREIGN WATCHES.—It is shown by the returns
relating to trade just printed, that in the month ended the
6th ult. there were watches to the value of 12,203 L irn-
y ar
ported agAivat 9,9081. in the Same month of the preceding

grand promises, the most noisy in the it profession
hAve too often been the first to desert their princi-
ples, and leave the party to make, as it has always
done, a miserable and shabby appearance es to num-
bers. I could give you lists of deserters on such
trivial grounds and pretences as would surprise
you, and so frequent 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 fired to the
proceedings of: the party. But if my experience, a,
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 forty 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.
HUME 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 cf 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 Ballot
and is, therefore, qualified to complain of those pro-
fessing Liberal opinions who have been lukewarm on
this question, or opposed to it.
Mr. HUME'S opinion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S