The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-09 00:00:00

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sequence of the flagrant acts of nepotism which were
of every day occurrence. The evil, too, rather
increased than diminished. Day by day the
party became more exclusive, until they con-
summated their own ruin, by getting rid
of incomparably their ablest colleague—the most
doughty champion of their party, but who was re-
garded with jealousy as being en interloper not in
any degree connected with either of the tria juncta in
nno—the GREYS ! the RUSSELLS ! ! or the ELLIOTS ! ! !
Lord PALMERSTON was, however, dismissed on the
most frivolous and insufficient pretences ; and from
that moment the fate of the Ministry was sealed. It
only remained in office by sufferance.
There were many points on which they must neces-
sarily have been defeated. It were difficult to say
whether the colonies or the national finances hung most
heavily on the Ministerial conscience, or whether
the gross and palpable job brought forward under the
euphonious designation of a " New Reform Bill"
would prove the instrument of their destruction. Their
only choice was as to the manner of their death.
Mr. ADDERLEY, like au avenging Nemesis, was pur-
suing " the GREY iniquity," while men of all classes
and parties concurred in censuring the imbecility,
perversity, and unparalleled fiscal injustice of the
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. The Reform Bill (!)
was, however, possibly, the most formidable of any,
and not the less so, because they had lived during the
preceding session solely on the expectations
excited by the Ministerial hints of something good in
store for the people. It was to confirm the party in
power. Lord JOHN might continue Premier fur
many years on the force of the character to be thereby
acquired. It would cover a multitude of sins, and
even shelter Sir CHARLES Woon himself from the
innumerable darts and arrows by which he would in-
evitably be assailed.

These pleasing but illusory anticipations were,
however, scattered to the winds' when the dismayed
Minister heard the reverberation of the shouts
of combined derision and indignation with which
the melancholy abortion was hailed by men of
all classes, creeds, and partie4, throughout the length
and breadth of the land. His heart for the first time
failed ; he at length discovered the certainty of his
downfall, and sought for the easiest and softest spot
on which to fall. The opportunity was not long
wanting ; his injured colleague objected to a single
word in a motion which had been brought forward,
and with affected petulance, but really well considered
purpose, Lord JOHN RUSSELL resigned the reins of
power.
But why ? Surely the defeat was not of
such vital importance as to occasion the disso-
lution of the Cabinet. They had frequently
sustained more ignominious discomfitures, and treated
them with the utmost nonchalance. Why, then,
should they magnify the gentle and mild castigation
so properly administered by the ex-Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs into a death-wound ?
Simply because the true character of the quasi-Re-
form Bill had been discovered. The contemplated
revival of the rotten boroughs, the absolute reversal
of the policy which prevailed in 1832, had excited the
deepest disgust in the country, and Lord JOHN R us-
CELL had not the hardihood to brave the storm he
had excited. Ho had ignored " the ballot," repu-
diated any diminution in the duration of Parliament,
and rejected with disdain and contumely every sug-
gestion for a more equitable distribution of electoral
power. Indeed, he not only refused his con-
sent to every proposition that had been made,
but boldly entered upon a retrograde course.
a just and quit-
His avowed desire was to keep the balance of parties
unchanged, rather than to concede
able measure. He would not interfere with the
balance of power, and therefore Dorsetahire should
although the total male population
still send
Middlesex, as many representatives to Parliament
as
of the former was barely one-tenth of
that of the latter, they being respectively
89,204 and 882,823. One man of Dorset was, there-
fore, equivalent to ten of Middlesex. There surely must,
however, be some assignable reason for the apparent
anomaly. It could not be on account of the numbers
of inhabited houses, which were as 36,138 to 239,362,
nor on the wealth of the inhabitants ; for we find the
annual value of property in the one assessed at
799,3421., while in the other it amounts to 7,584,6681.
Again we find Bucks and Surrey set down as equiva-
lents on the opposite sides of the political equation,
each returning 11 Members—the male population
being 81,158 and 325,037, the inhabited houses
33,232 and 108,822, and the annual value of pro-
perty 706,2651. and 2,291,1231. respectively. But why
multiply examples, when we find twenty-two
boroughs, the aggregate population whereof barely
exceeds 100,000 individuals, sending forty- two
Members to Parliament, and the twenty most
important cities and boroughs in the United
Kingdom, with an aggregate population of
3,780,000, returning only the same number, 42 repre-
sentatives. The men of Harwich or Evesham, of
Lyme Regis or Thetford, have more than thirty-eight
times the political weight and influence belonging to
the citizens of London, Liverpool, Leeds, Man-
chester, Glasgow, Dublin, or Edinburgh. No
wonder, then, that the Bill was distasteful
to the injured parties, who saw that their grievances
would be perpetuated thereby if it became the law of
the land.

The Wbigs have now fallen—they may learn a
lesson of liberality when in opposition ; but if they do
not profit by the castigation they have received, they
may bid a long farewell to all their greatness—they
will never again be tolerated by the country.

TIIE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.

The result of the elections i; now entirely known,
with the exception of that of Corsica, which, accord-
ing to the latest accounts, presents no doubt. Four
candidates belong to the Opposition. Five elections
have to be recommenced.

Much satisfaction has been occasioned by the decree
which convokes the Senate awl the Corps Legislatif
for the 29th. Whether the PRINCE PRESIDENT of the
Republic will, in the meantime, continue to issue
decrees having the force of law may be a question ;
but, at all events, from the period of the meeting of
the Chambers the latter will naturally share the re-
sponsibility of all acts of the Government. The
Corps Legislatif, however restricted may be its
powers of action with regard to projects of law sub-
mitted to its sanction, yet its sanction will be requi-
site, while the Senate is required to refuse to promul-
gate such laws as amount to a violation of the funda-
mental principles of the Constitution. At all events,
the country enters under the action of regular law.
The Pays menaces the partisans of what is called
the fusion of the two branches, that if they go too far
their conduct may be treated as something more
heinous than that of an intrigue. Such a project
might have been allowable when all parties, seeing
the Republic doomed to break up, felt justified in
laying claim to the inheritance ; but now that the
nation has settled the power by which it is hence-
forward to be governed, such hopes are not to bo
entertained.

-...
Marshal Prince JEROME BONAPARTE, President of
the Senate, has just published a series of regulations
.relative to that body. The principal clauses of this
document have been borrowed from the regulations
of the old legislative assemblies. It fixes the different
duties of the grand referendary, the secretary, and other
officers. No one can have an employ in the Senate who
is not a born or naturalised Frenchman ; if he is not
of age, or if be is more than seventy. The state
messengers are to be chosen in preference from supe-
rior officers on the retired list who have been deco-
rated, and for all the other posts officers of different
ranks will have the preference. It is said that most
of the functionaries and inferior employes of the old
Chamber of Peers have received appointments in the
Senate.
The Courrier de la Gironde has been condemned
for libel, but as reports of the trial had been for-
bidden, the details remain unknown.
The Presse states that several Swiss staff officers,
who are in Paris, have received orders from their Go-
vernment to return immediately to Switzerland.
The Bourse was heavy, and the prices were with diffi-
. closed at 68F
culty maintained. There was a considerable amount of
business transacted in Railway Shares. Tho Five per
1 n,TEI. opened at 103 f. 80e., and clo:ed at 103 f. 50c. ut-
eri idend fur the cud of the month. The Three per
25es.h/if
Cents
1,157 f. 50e • Rouen • •. '
272 f. 50c.; Avignon,
2401'.'u5e4n.: 690 1 . ; llavre,
90c • Orleans Railway Shares,
; Vierzon,'
4f. 50c.; lissl ,227 f. . e soc.; Bordeaux,
4801.; Paris and Strasburg, 511 f. 25c. ; Tours and
Nantes, 3211.
LONDON STOCK 317 f. 50e.;
Paris and Lyons, 'miens to Boulogne,
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN GN RAILWAYS AT THE
Boulogne and AtLeuien„, EXCHANGE, DlAncu 6. _ 8
and Vierzon), 21►
Liege, 6N—Northere of Frain,Rhenish, 334—Naraur and
deaux, 934—Paris and 2o%,orleans, and Dor-
Ist --duJ—Central of France (Orleans
2OX e3G d.—Roueu and Lyons,Havre,
ie—J.Ouro and &Liter v •
ipi—,Paris. and Strasbonar4, i

SPAIN.

Our accounts from 1119drid ar© of the 3d inst.

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The Espana, alluding to a report published in the
Epoca, of the resignation of Lord liowpv.sr, says :
" The Epoca announces that Lord Howden has given
in his resignation as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary in this city. A change of Cabinet hav-
ing taken place in England, there would be nothing
strange in such a proceeding, if we remember that, on
the fall of Lord Palmerston, Lord Howden offered his
resignation. In any case we believe that the resignation
of the Minister of England would be generally regretted.
The amenity of his conduct, and the excellent qualities
which he possesses have obtained him many friends."
The Heraldo on the same subject says :
" Several journals have announced that the Am-
bassador of her Britannic Majesty in this city has
sent his resignation to London in consequence of
the change of Cabinet, which has just taken place.
Although such a proceeding is usual in diplomacy,
and all the representatives of the Queen of England
abroad, give in their resignations not only when there is
a total change of Cabinet, but when the Minister on
whom they depend is changed, this step has not yet
beers taken, inasmuch as Lord 'Lowden dots not yet
know 0E69,4 the nomination of the new Minister of
Foreign Affair,. Neverthele3, resignations are not al-
ways accepted; and not many cars ago we saw a Mi-
nisterial change in England without any one of the di-
plomatic agents being changed. We should be very glad
if the same fact should now occur as regards Spain.
Whatever may be the foreign policy which Lord Derby
proposes to follow, we believe it difficult for him to find
a better representative for Spain than Lord Ilowdee, or
one more acquainted with our customs and ideas, or
more generally respected by all parties; and conac-
quently better qualified to draw closer ties of friendship,
which, in oar opinion, aro alike advantageous to both
countries."

MADRID BOLSL, MARCH 3.—Three per Cont.,s
38i. Exchange on London, 50 80.

GERMANY.
In Vienne, the Reichsrath continues to hold unin-
terrupted sittings,
at which the Minister for the Home
Department is always present. The subject under
deliberation is said to be the complete re-organiza-
tion of our political boards and Government institu-
tions. The regulation of the notarial department
causes a lively debate, because differences on this
bead have arisen between the Minister of the Home
Department and the Minister of Justice.
The financial system in the Banat is about to be
reduced to its former footing, but due respect will be
had to the concessions granted to the country on the
one hand and the privileges of the state on the other.
The Allgemeine Zeitung says that the PRESIDENT
of the
of Vienne, Berlin, and St. Petersburgh fresh dis-
patches relative to the
French Republic has addressed to the Courts
policy which he intends to
pursue. .

- ln those notes Lours NAPOLEON gives reiterated
assurances of his pacific intentions, and expresses his
hope that the peace of Europe will not be disturbed.
lie likewise hints that the French army will pro-
bably
soon be reduced, if the internal state of the
country will permit of it.
The First Chamber of Prussia on the sth com-
menced the debates on the motion concerning the new
organization of the First Chamber.
The amendment proposed by M. Deputy KOPFE,
that the Crown shall have the right of creating Peers
out of the representatives of large landed proprietors,
of large cities,
and of the universities, was adopted.
The Cologne Gazette states that the Hanoverian
Government has sent a note to the Germanic Diet,
t
t
disputing its right to entertain the complaint of thee
s
sta
Equestrian Order against the provincial laws adopted
by the Hanoverian Chambers.
that A , i
n letterfrom
consequence
of Electoralth
eHge Hesse,
distress occasioned, of the 3d,
by the high price of provisions in that country, the
emigration of the inhabitants every day increases.
The AustrianLloyds of Vienna, of the Ist, says—
" We are informed that Miami fancies himself in
constant danger of being assassinated. Night and
dayhehasHfe iscur friends near his person for his pro-
tection.pale and haggard, eats little, and
smokes from 20 to 30 cigars a day."