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LONDON, MONDAY• FEBRUARY 9, 1862.

German influence it was which led to the dismissal
of Lord PALMERSTON. Of this there can no longer
be any question whatever. It was apparent from the
commencement, it is undeniable in the conclusion of
the very remarkable occurrences which have thus
formidably shaken to its centre the Cabinet at present
conducting the affairs of administration. There
could not from the first be a moment's doubt in any
reasonable person's mind that to German influence,
and to German influence alone, the late Foreign

Secretary owed his expulsion from her MAJESTY'S
Government. As we have already repeatedly observed,
the fact was transparent at the very instant when that
rash act on the part of Lord JOHN RUSSELL was ori-
ginally proclaimed through the columns of a morning
contemporary. It was made public in the Times of
the 24th of last December, and yet lo ! and behold !
it was mentioned in a letter written from Vienna on
the 23d of last December, being printed in the
Breslau Gazette on the night of the 24th, and pub-
lished in that journal on the morning of the 25th—a
coincidence too extraordinary of its kind, in rela-
tion to a matter of such vast importance, not
to be admitted at once as one in every way mos,
singular and significant. As such it was alluded to
immediately afterwards by ourselves. As such it has
been subsequently brought under the consideration of
the House of Commons by the Hon. Baronet the
Member for the borough of Marylebone. But this
is not all. A variety of other circumstances have
gone tar to corroborate our earliest statements as to
tne German influence which really led to the
dismissal of Viscount PALMER TON. The abbreviated
and evidently cautious explanations made
by that statesman himself before the popular branch

of the Legislature pointed out only too clearly the

motive of his reservations. He was touching ground
altogether too delicate to be trodden upon boldly.
He was, therefore, compelled to restrict himself to those
portions of the argument which were the least calcu-
lated to draw the general attention to the latent causes
of his removal from the Government. Nevertheless,
although little has been said upon the real bearing
of these secret but perfectly comprehensible
reasons, the nation has heard quite enough
to enable it to form something like an accu-
rate judgment upon the position in which the late
Foreign Secretary stands in reference to the country
inns the Administration. Displeasing his policy may
hitherto have been in high quarter,, but in the pre-
sent instance, in the instance of his Parliamentary
exculpation, it must necessarily, we feel assured, be
a subject, in those same high quarters, of very
genuine and profound admiration. It wilt be per-
ceived there, at least, clearly enough, that out of
office Lord PALMERSTON is as loyal as in office he

patriotic.
Never was a Minister so disgraced with so entire
an absence of diminution either to his dignity or to
his popularity. Perhaps we are not altogether accu-
rate in saying
" never," when we call to our remem-
brance the ovations which accompanied Sir ROBERT
VERE on the occasion of his ever-memorable downfall
—on that occasion when the great administrator was
greeted by the multitude at the moment of his re-
tirement from the head of the Government
with an enthusiasm such as had never
been displayed towards any statesman at
:he time of his assuming the reins of administration.
Somewhat in a similar manner has Lord PALMERS•
TON sent in the seals of the Foreign Department.
There is no perceptible change in the elevated position
in which the Noble Lord has hitherto stood before
the millions of his fellow-countrymen. Almost equal
regard is had to his influence as at the period when he
was still one of her MAJESTY'S Principal Secretaries
of State. Insomuch is the prestige of his name sus-
tained even at the moment when he is supposed
,o be under the cloud of his dismissal from
her MAJESTY'S Government,that on Saturday evening
tie was surrounded by as numerous and influential a
throng of diplomatists, politicians, statesmen, and
legislators, as at any period when he was most
popular as a member of the Administration. Donec
erisfelix multos numerabis amicos,is the old sneer of the
Roman at the insincerity and evanescence reputed
so be the characteristic of friendship. Even supposing
,he axiom to be true—which we don't—Lord PAL-
MERSTON cannot but be regarded as one still numbered
amongst the ranks of the prosperous. We consider
hese " troops of friends," however, as bearing testi-
mony not so much to the continued felicity of the
Noble Lord's position, as to the sympathy entertained
cowards one whose difficult and innumerable
labours as a statesman have been inadequately recog,
raised, or if recognised repaid only by ingratitude. We
deduce, moreover, from the attitude assumed towards
the late Foreign Secretary by so many public men of
distinguished character, that anticipations neither
few nor feeble are entertained that his withdrawal
from the toils devolving upon an administrator is
only for a while, and that before many months have
elapsed he may not merely be infusing anew his in-
fluence into our foreign policy, but presiding—facile
princeps —over the entire fabric of the Government.

THE QUEEN OF SPAIN.
Another significant intimation has been given of The particulars relating to the attempted assassi-
the nature of the new Reform Bill, and some insight cation of her M jeety Isabella 11. are as follows :
afforded into Mini-terial intentions on other matters. On the morning of the 2d instant a great crowd
foe new President of the Board of Control has surrounded the vicinity of the palace, to witness the
addressed his late constituents viva voce at the Town- procession
e roef d then
w Queen
ntohoththei cdhurcfh
toht Atoche
h
es
hal!, Perth, humbly seeking `their most sweet which the Queen wanspto proceed, and, theewwinaydowys
voices" and a renewal of former confidence. It was, were filled with elegantly dressed women. At eleven
of course, incumbent on the Right Hon. Gentle- o'clock the Queen, holding the Princess Royal in her
man, who has for some time held a seat in Fr m proceeded from
mass. She
shheer
waapaarrtemtuernt apartment to
from
to the royal
h
ain accompanied by the King and all the Royal
land,
to
the Cabinet, and who has just been promoted
chapel ly
to a more important situation—one, indeed, chapel to her apartment at a quarter to returning
one, with the
peculiarly so—at the present moment, when royal infant still in her arms, previous to her pro-
the renewal of the charter to the East India Com- ceeding to tbs. church of Atocha, when she as ac-
pany, and the various modifications and changes that costed by a man dressed as an ecclesiasticw. This
man, who
.had formerly been a monk, affected to
must be introduced in the government of that off
er a petition t theo
knee Queen, an
gigantic empire are necessarily under consideration— Spanishceremony
put u
t histothd ac
the
ground.cording to
As
to say something respecting the various matters that the Queen was in the act of graciously taking the
have so strongly excited the public curiosity. It was paper he struck her in the side with a dagger, and
still more essential that he should explain the was drawing back to make a second blow, when Count
reasons that induced him to change his opi-
r
beenl'ano- Hermosa and a halbardier threw themselves on
the assassin, and in the struggle the Count received a
010115 on questions of the deepest interest. He had wound on the cheek. The assassin on being arrested
a supporter of " the ballot," and certainly expressed no sign of regret, exclaiming ," What about
did not incur the displeasure of his constituents by his myself I I have killed her." The Queen, on receiving
vote on the occasion. Would he still maintain his the blow, only cried out " Save my child."
thueppelore
course by tei
tnogr
it
oh a tt
hwe h ihc
oh n
ews ot u
el would e r a
effi
so
er do
f pro-
the The assassin's name is Merino, and is said to be a
tection to
relation of the sanguinary cure of the same name. He
is a man of apparently 60 years of age. His look
franchise, and check the infamous system of bribery is that of
and corruption, of
disgraceful illustrations ?Or would cons cold • blooded ferocity and gloomy fan a-
which we have of late years re- ticism. He is said to have been once engaged in a
ceived so many
that
of. piracy to assassinate Ferdinand VII., and was
" the ballot" remain an open
remain nte:auetralh?
Tit
question, on which a compromised in another conspiracy to murder the
Cabinet Minister might Queen Mother and Narvaez in 1844. While stabbing
could scarcely be supposed
the osttei iitey the Queen, he exclaimed "Tonea, area rnuerta'
of the
vital importance, a topic, i
Whig Ministry, to one (hold,l you are
w i dead).
he aadn) . a i
rS ionfc et thentriumph,
hh e
,h, has
his,e been
siiiheea rids
mtoost indeed, esseP n-' tnootexciceaar s'he will die." Somenhmaype'fancied that the
the true and faithful representation of the dagger might hare been poisoned, but nothing has
could be of a character so implacable as to in- been found calculated to confirm the suspicion, for
people,
toifa 1
duce them to compel their colleague to eat his former the Queen has continued to go on well. The follow-
eration that must necessarily be as ing are the terms of the dispatch received by the
word,, an op . .
t the leek un.
F h li. 't r for Foreign Affairs from the Am-
t a MIS e .
1 a ant as the mastication o b 3 the ancient
P —bassador at Madrid .
heeti their objtut to •
PISTOL. Ir should have 64'Llit " While leavieg her palace to go to the clairch of
his reputation, and to bring him back to Parliament Mocha,
the Queen, surrounded by all her Court,
with the greatest degree of credit possible.
It was was wounded in the side with a dagger byre
that the Right H who has been arrested-• The wotind is not believed to
therefore generally supposed on' be dangerous, exhibits t grea courage.
Gentleman would announce one of three courses—
Solicintguedreous,dand the Q
cleeallenerally felt."
viz., Ist, That the ballot would constitute a portion The ceremonyananxie y
twhicharwags to take place was sus-
of the new measure (although the hopes of that " con- pended, and as soon as the intelligence arrived at the
summation so devoutly to be wished for" bad become church of Atocha, the diplomatic corps, headed by
feint indeed); or 2(11-,
y That it would remain an open I ,General Aupick, the French Minister, and dignita-
ries of the State who 'tine- there for her Ma-
question on which he might vote as he thought jests, hastened
were wai ,
nastened to the palace to felicitate her on her
proper ; or, 3dly, That he might at least maintain escape.
neutrality, and be conveniently absent from the ciivi- The Assemble
Martin • c National says
sion• It was scarcely anticipated that a case of such
~ _ Mentio—
n,: belongs to the
gross and shameless tergiversation would be unblumh .
ad,
I,i,(et, intotteategory of ecclesiastics who
d were
ith
orders
..,,•,,Vil,Cl as that " the ti0n.,,,,,,,,,i
~,
w, be 4 per-
the invasion of 1808: :,‘,l:neriod. "14i" -''ii,iiiir:tes'li::: werev.
duo, a the Bight lionourable Gektlenzun," ;would vadcntly thrown out of thin- tours ee,e iyi. dto re•
'lust,. nt,t, e• lge-
venture to go through the farce of announcing a corn- i turn L'thelite
the notorious
and even to become eoldisra;
as for
..instance, . Merino the namesake of
'plate alteration—no daubt a conscientious alteration— 1
i 1 the wretch who has just been guilty of ao great a crime.