The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-18 00:00:00

[ADVERTISEMENT.]
THE _YETI" CRYSTAL PALACE-7D.ESECR,A7IOX

and the alterations required.. for stowing 'stores ar;d' pro-
visions for Sir Edward Belcher's expedition. She will
be thoroughly doubled from the wales down, and blocked
on both bows and quarters, to prevent any possibility
of receiving damage in the ice. Shipwrights are placed
on her, and she is to be completed with all possible
dispatch.

THE MINISTRY.-- SPIRIT OF THE

PUBLIC JOURNALS.

OF THE SABBATH

(FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.)
TIMES.—The announcement made by Lord Mahnes-
bury to the House of Lords last evening, that the First
Minister of the Crown had left London to wait upon her
Majesty, in consequence of what had occurred in the other
House of Parliament, removes all doubt (if any could have
existed) as to the important and immediate effect of the
late division of the House of Commons on Lord Derby's
Administration. At the sitting of the Cabinet which
was held yesterday morning the collective resignation of
Ministers was doubtless resolved upon, and before night
it was probably in her Majesty's hands. We must,
therefore, consider the Government which has held office
for the last ten months to be virtually at an end. In
truth, few Governments had ever held office in this
country for so long a time upon so slender a foundation.
The Ministers were suddenly summoned to the councils
of the Sovereign without any direct aggressive effort on
their part, in consequence of a casual vote, designed, as
it seemed, to gratify the vengeance of a rival, rather than
to crown the ambition of an adversary. In a Parliament
notoriously opposed to their party opinions, they were
allowed to survive the remainder of that session, and
even to pass measures of legal reform and public defence,
which deserve to be remembered as their best claim to
the gratitude of the country. But the principles which
they had professed in opposition were in abeyance, and
even when they appealed to the country their attitude
was equivocal and their language ambiguous. The new
Parliament met, and they were not slow to admit that
office could only be retained by the abandonment of
former pledges ; and to cast the slough of protection was
the first effort of the session. Still, however, they had
not encountered the formidable array of hostile Parlia-
mentary warfare. Not even on the address was a party
vote taken, and the resolution framed for the purpose of
obtaining one resolved itself into a loose affirmation
which the Government itself was content to adopt.
On neither of those occasions did the Opposition seek to
hurry on a decisive conflict, or to cut short the promised
policy which " loomed in the future." But the produc-
tion of the budget rendered such a struggle inevitable ;
for although there were several parts of that measure
which deserved a favourable reception from the country,
yet the main proposition of an extension of direct taxa-
tion to compensate the removal of half the malt tax
was one to which it was impossible for the House of
Commons to assent without a dangerous modification of
the financial policy of the country. Upon the first real
trial of strength in the new House of Commons the Go-
veruaent is in a minority of 19, and the division ceases,
theiFfire, to be one of mere financial interest ; it
establishes the fact that Lord Derby is not supported
by that majority in the house which can alone enable
the Government to be carried on. Nevertheless many
of the strongest opponents of this Administration will
concur with us in the opinion that it was not desirable
that its fall should be accelerated ; and we have uni-
formly discussed its measures with the utmost forbear-
ance, because we thought it essential to the cause of
good government, and to the ultimate formation of a
more stable Ministry, that Lord Derby and his colleagues
should be judged of by the country on their own merits.
The further they went the more irretrievable became
their position. Had it been practicable to bear with
such a Government a few weeks longer, it is possible that
the task of forming an Administration to succeed it would
have become less arduous than it is at the present moment.
Without reference to persons and to parties, we are con-
fident that it is the earnest wish of the country to see
the Government placed in the hands of men at once
conservative in their principles and progressive in their
policy—resolved to advance with energy in the career of
improvement, and to include, as far as possible, all
shades of the Liberal party in the conduct of affairs.
Never was there a moment since the termination of the
late war when it was more essential to our welfare that
the state should be ruled by men commanding the confi-
dence of our allies and the respect of our opponents,
able to defend our interests with the whole strength of
the nation, and to uphold our institutions by the legiti-
mate power of constitutional government. The time is
happily past when it was possible to govern this empire
in the name of a coterie, or to convert a reputation
earned within those narrow limits into a sufficient claim
to the Premiership of England. The material of which
a nobler and more energetic Government can be formed
are abundant and various, and we repudiate the notion
that it is possible either to revert to the decrepid combi-
nation which preceded Lord Derby's accession to power,
or to strengthen that combination by a mere infusion of
extreme Liberal opinions. The course of events, the
state of parties, and the predominant convictions and
desires of the country, point to the colleagues of the
late Sir Robert Peel as the men from whom the Liberal
party must now look for the most effectual assistance,
in conjunction with whatever remains available of
the last Whig Administration. We may add that we
have reason to believe that private communica-
tions have already taken place, by which the prin-
cipal obstacles to this union are removed ; and we
believe that it is upon the Earl of Aberdeen that
the formation of the new Cabinet will devolve, with the
active co-operation, not only of his former colleagues,
but of Lord John Russell and the chiefs of the Whig
party. The same delicate task of bringing together for
the first time men not before associated by party ties
might equally be entrusted to the Marquis of Lansdowne,
whose experience, authority, and tact perfectly qualify
him for such a duty. But that veteran statesman has
already taken a formal leave of official life, and although
his counsels must ever have the -greatest weight" with
the Liberal party, we do not anticipate that he will ac-
cept the most onerous position in the service of the
Crown. Lord Aberdeen has, moreover, the advantage
of being less shackled than any man of? equal eminence
by personal and party ties. If it should be his duty to
distribute the chief offices of State, we have no doubt
that he will do it with singleness of purpose and with an
undivided regard for the public service. One of the in-
conveniences of such an Administration is no doubt the
number of aspirants for office, some of whom must he
content to see their opinions represented by more fortu-
nate or more able competitors. But the essential point
is that the respective elements of such a Ministry should
be fairly represented and evenly combined, since the
places are not for the men, but the men for the places.
The result, if it can be obtained, must be a wider range
of opinion and observation, a more candid and correct
estimate of the real opinions of the country, a more reso-
lute superiority to the abuses and impediments of mere
routine ; and although a Government so constituted
will find itself watched in the present Parliament
by a strong Opposition, it will array on its
side not only a very large proportion of the statesman-
ship and the eloqueoce of the. House of Commons, but
also the most temperate convictions and important
interests of the whole community. The question at this
moment pending is, how the balance of the constitutional
system in our frame of Government can be restored, and
whether the perturbations and weakness by which we
have suffered more or less since the dissolution of Sir
Robert Peel's Administration can be corrected. For
the honour of the country, and for the credit of those
institutions which it is our pride to combine with an
efficient authority in the State, it is of the highest im-
portance that we should have done with Ministers by
sufferance, which drag on a feeble existence for want of
any one to supersede them, or collapse after a few
months spent in the attempt to prolong their official
power by the sacrifice of their former principles. The
country is prosperous and contented. It takes, perhaps,
less interest than gentlemen of the House of Commons
suppose in the contests which kindle all their passions.
But it requires a Government sufficiently permanent to
adhere to a consistent course of policy, and sufficiently
progressive to advance with the march of an active
and intelligent age. To form such an Administration
will be the task of those whom the Queen may this day
select for that important duty. We trust that it will
be performed in a patriotic and unselfish spirit by all
who may be concerned in these negotiations, for the
principle of such combinations is the sacrifice of per-
sonal pretensions to the common interest • and if the
example be given in this respect by those of whom most
is required, it deserves to be imitated by all who may
be affected by this change in the Government of
England.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlE,—The circumstance of the sanction of the Prime
Minister to the proposal of opening the Crystal Palace for
the reception and amusement of the public on Sundays,
has naturally called forth the surprise and indignation of
every denomination of Christians who professlo have any
regard for the sanctity of that sacred day, the general
desecration of which is calculated to be more destructive
of our individual and national prosperity than any measures
which the most pernicious Government could be capable of
originating. By weakening the bonds of religious and
moral obligation, we are sapping the very foundation of
law and order ; and if we believe that all human ordi-
nances must bend to Divine decrees, that proud pre-
eminence which we have achieved amidst the nations of the
world, and the internal prosperity which this nation has
enjoyed, according to the increase or decrease of the reli-
gious feeling of the people, are liable to be lost and
destroyed. Whence the infatuation which induced the
Earl of Derby to give his consent to such a proposition,
after having declared his intention of carrying on his
Government on religious principles, it is not difficult to
determine. It arose either from a weak and thoughtless
compliance with the wishes of a Joint Stock Company to
increase their profits by the violation of the religious
feelings of the people, or from a motive of expediency to
gain a fleeting popularity with the lower classes of the
community. In either case it is equally fatal to the repu-
tation of the Minister, and will teach him, that the man
who would govern this country honourably to himself, and
acceptably to the nation, must not only profess to base the
principles of his Government upon a solid foundation, but
must have wisdom and moral courage sufficient to rise
above the weaknesses of others, and firmly and consistently
to carry them out. Fortunately for this nation there lies
an appeal from the temporary Minister to the permanent
Monarch ; and we are quite satisfied that when such
an appeal is based upon religious and constitutional prin-
ciples, when it speaks the voice and feeling of the nation,
it will ever find a responsive echo in the bosom of
our beloved Queen, whose own strict observance of
the Sabbath, and the other duties and rites of our
holy religion, as well as that of her Royal Consort,
and of the domestic household, gives us a high idea
of the religious feeling which encircles the Throne,
and is a noble exemplar to us all. We as a nation are
proud to live under the government of a lady, who, though
possessing all the graces of her sex, inherits the noble and
manly spirit of her ancestors ; and who would feel no more
repugnance in the dismissal of a Minister whose policy
was destructive of the welfare of her people, than her great
predecessor, that bright occidental star, Queen Elizabeth,
in unfrocking a bishop. It is a subject of great satisfaction
to us that our excellent Metropolitan Archbishop should
have been the first to raise his voice against the opening of
the Crystal Palace on Sundays, as it is one among the
many instances of that vigilance which he has ever exer-
cised for the spiritual welfare of the people ; and there is
not a Bishop in the country who may not, whatever be lus
views upon other points, join the venerable Primate in ap-
pealing against this sacrilegious attempt to desecrate the
Sabbath. With regard to the evasive political opinions of
the Earl of Derby, if he has one particle of honour or
honesty about him ; if he has the slightest regard for his
future reputation as a consistent statesman ; if he has any
respect for the sentiments and feelings of those who have
assisted in placing him in power ; if his formerly strongly-
expressed opinions were not a sham and a pretence to de-
lude the credulous and the unwary ; if his strenuous oppo-
sition to the Liberal policy which has given food to the
hungry, clothing to the naked, and quiet to the internal
discords of the people, and which is the glory of this, and
will be the glory of succeeding ages, arose from the genuine
dictates of his understanding and his judgment, he would
at once unhesitatingly send in his resignation to the Queen,
stating that with his views he could not satisfactorily carry
on the Government of the country ; and that to adopt those
which he had ever denounced as ruinous to the people,
would affix eternal disgrace to his name, and shake the
confidence of the British nation in the faith of her public men.
This would be the path of true honour; this would be the
path in which the Earl of Derby would tread, if he took an
enlarged view of the future, and was true to himself ; this
would be the path in which he would avoid an ignominious
defeat which will ere long attend the renunciation of his
principles and the abandonment of his friends. There
may be individuals about the Minister who would persuade
him to forswear his convictions, to desert the poor deluded
farmer, and the no less unhappy landed proprietor, in the
vain endeavour to retain office ; but these are not the Earl
of Derby's true friends ; they are men devoid of principle,
anti would induce him to sacrifice decency, consistency,
propriety, integrity, and every principle which makes an
individual estimable and great in the eyes of the right-
thinking portion of mankind for some temporary personal
apparent advantage. No one with any pretensions to com-
mon sense will ever give the slightest credence to the sin-
cerity of a Minister who will to-day adopt that line of
policy which yesterday he pronounced subversive of the
wellbeing of the State. The tergiversation of the Minister
will prove but the weakness and the folly of the man.
The consequence will be that his quondam friends, now
betrayed, will withdraw from him their support, justly
and irreproachably too, or afford it in a very scanty mea-
sure ; and his opponents will withhold their assistance from
the natural conclusion that such a Minister will never carry
those great reforms, the necessity for the adoption of which
is the result of their honest and deliberate convictions.
The Cabinet of such a Minister will be distracted, and
carry with it the seeds of a speedy dissolution. Even he
whose vigilance and sagacity in office were only equalled by
his disinterestedness ; he who enjoyed the public confidence
in a manner never before witnessed by statesman ; he
whose eloquence shook the Senate, and echoed through the
kingdom ; whose last convulsive throes were witnessed in
that house which had beenthe scene of his former triumphs,
the great William Pitt, upon his reassumption of office
with a weak Ministry, was allowed to resign without ob-
servation, sympathy, or regret. In respect to the reported
not improbable coalition of the Earl of Derby with Lord
Palmerston, it appears to me a most improbable event ;
and that if it happened it would be productive only of a
monstrous abortion ; for I conceive that Lord Palmergton
is too wise to risk the good opinion of the British nation,
by attempting to strengthen the hands of a Minister who
for so many years has destructively opposed his own prin-
ciples, and who, notwithstanding any vacillating inten-
tions, would, I doubt, not, virtually be the counterpoise
and drawback of such onward measures, as, in the present
highly progressive state of the times, are the only se-
curity against those scenes of confusion, robbery, and
bloodshed which have recently been enacted by the French
nation, in which the Monarch and his family were expelled
from the throne and from the country. That the Earl of
Derby, under any circumstances, cannot long carry on the
business of the nation, I feel quite assured ; but my desire
is to see him vacate his office with that dignity and respect
which will ever accompany the upright and honest, though
mistaken, statesman, and which will prove a source of
satisfaction underthe disappointments of aspiring ambition,
and in the seclusion of a private station. It will require
an amount of sophistry, of which the Earl of Derby is not
master, to convince me that if he resigns there is such a
dearth of statesmen and talent amongst us that an indivi-
dual cannot be found capable of administering the affairs
of the country : that England shall never again rear her
head proudly among the nations of the earth ; that her
days are numbered. My conviction is, that the exigencies
of the time will produce the. man ; and that if, having
wisely selected his colleagues, he start rightly and carry on
consistently, he will obtain the unbounded confidence and
support of an open-hearted and generous people.
I remain, Sir,

WOOLWICH, DEC. 17.

Commander Kerr, Commander Stewart, and Lieute-
nant Wodehouse, having completed a course of study of
steam at the factory at Woolwich dockyard, were ex-
amined by Mr. Charles Atherton, chief engineer, on
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday last, as to their
knowledge of the principles and working of marine
steam-engines, and, having all passed satisfactorily, they
received their certificates accordingly, and there are now
three vacancies in the study of steam department at this
dockyard.
The Imperieuse, 50, screw steam-ship, commisioned
at this port to-day by Captain Rundle Burges Watson,
C. 8., has had John Penn and Sons' workmen at work
upon her up to the late hour of S o'clock p.m., daily,
during the week, permission having been granted for
that purpose, in order to expedite the fittin , of the en-
gin& of 350-horse power, constructed by that' firm.
The Mega3ra steam-frigate, Commander J. 0. Johnson,
expects to leave \V oolwich for Portsmouth in a few days,
to embark troops at the latter port.
Colonel Whinyates, C. 8., K.C.H., Commandant of
the Garrison, and the principal officers of the Royal
Artillery, dined, yesterday evening, with the officers of
the Royal Marines in their splendid mess-room for the
first time since Col. Samuel B. Ellis, C. 8., has joined
and taken command of the Woolwich division, on his
being promoted to the rank of colonel-commandant.
First Lieut. E. B. Snow, of the Woolwich division,
has obtained one month's leave of absence from Dec. 16.

APPOINTMENTS.
Master.—Jabex Loane, to the Arrogant, 46, screw-
frigate.
Chief Engineer.—Jabez Barlow, to the Valorous,
steam-frigate, Devonport.
Assistant Engineers.—J. Robson and F. R. Humph-
reys, to the Blenheim, 58, screw guard-ship, Portsmouth;
John Robarts, George A. Wells, W. H. Rundle, Richard
F. Fennell, to the Valorous ; W. C. B. P. Jones, W. G.
Miller, to the Horatio, 22, screw-frigate, Sheerness.
Naval Cadet.—Frederick S. Vandermarlin (first nomi-
nation).
Lieut. Wentworth, agent of transports at Haulbow-
line, has been appointed to be transport agent at Dept-
ford, and Mr. Ede, the deputy storekeeper of the Dept-
ford Victualling-yard, has been appointed clerk in charge
at Haulbowline, vice Wentworth, each to retain his
present salary. This is a most curious arrangement,
and we cannot see how Lieut. Wentworth's removal
will tend to improve the efficiency of the service.

MINING INTELLIGENCE.

(Front the Mining Journal of this day.)
MINES.-The market this week has by no means been
in so active a state as last, which may be accounted for
by the season of the year, passing events, and the ab-
sence of several influential dealers. Still the prices ob-
tained have been satisfactoroy, showing no eager anxiety
to sell at lower rates in the good dividend-paying mines,
most of which are stationary, except Herodsfoot, which
has advanced to 51. ; Mendip Hills to 71. 10s.; West
Phoenix, to 211. 10s.; Condurrow has fallen to 1001.;
East Wheal Rose, to 2501.; Great Work to 1551,; North
Pool to 2251.; South Caradon, to 1351.; South Frances,
to 1681.; Trehane, to N.; -United Mines, to 3751.; West
Providence, 551. to 501.; Mary Ann, to 281.; Gonamena,
to 50/. Trebarvah, to 7/. 15s. In most of the other
shares, the dealings have not been to any considerable
amount. In Cornwall, 24 shares in Mill Pool Mine
were sold by decree of the Vice-Warden, and realised
from 51. 4s. to 61. 7s. each. Wheal Reeth have fallen
to 451.; Comford to 181. North Pool have realised
2351.
The Metal Market continues in the most active state.
British Tin and Copper in very great demand at current
rates ; Banca and Straits have advanced 11. per ton
each, at which considerable transactions have taken
place during the week. In Plates, Coke has risen is.
per box ; Charcoal 3s. ; the makers not being in a situa-
tion to meet the numerous orders pouring on them ;
consequently, a further advance is contemplated.-Lead
is 1/. a ton higher, and in great demand ' • sellers firm.-
Spelter has given way ss. per ton ; 191. ss. on the spot.
and 191. for arrival.-The Iron Market is more than
ever in an excited state. Welsh Bars up to 81. 10s. ;
Rails, 9/. 10s.-free on board, an advance of 10 per
cent. ; all other descriptions becoming very scarce, the
orders on hand are immense.-Pig-Iron also shows a rise
of ss. per ton, and may be nominally quoted at
3/. 11s. 6d. per ton, free on board, in Glasgow.
In the Bullion Market,-Mexican and South American
dollars, 4s. 11 id. per oz. Bar silver without gold,
ss. 11d. per oz. standard. Bar gold, 775. 9d. per oz.
standard. Fine cake silver, ss. 54d. to id. per oz.
The gold mining share market, during nearly the en-
tire week, has been the scene of extraordinary excite-
ment. The receipt of further intelligence from Aus-
tralia, which more than confirms the astonishing advices
previously to hand, has brought in a perfect rush of
buyers, and the consequence has been an extraordinary
and general advance in prices. The Californian descrip-
tions are also very favourably affected, although not to
the same extent as the colonial. The market this after-
noon closes at the highest rates ever yet attained, and
with a continued and very strong upward tendency ' • in-
- deed there are -parties who hold on for 101. and 15/.
premium per share. The shares in the Australian
Agricultural Company have risen from 901. to 220/.,
in consequence of the report that their estate Is one
extensive gold field. The North American gold mines,
though in general more quiet, were firm, and much
business transacted in them. Among these descriptions,
it would appear that Waller's, L'Aigle d'Or, Garnet,
and Moseley, were most in demand. The New Granada
Company have received advices ; and as soon as Dr.
Gonzales had settled with the Titiribi owners, it was
his intention to start for Antioquia and Canas Gordas,
with Mr. Whileford, to survey the
.valuable mine of
Frontino, and the alluvial mines in Quiparado, San
Mateo, Chomurro and Clnquenada ; advices from them
are anticipated by. next mail. Favourable reports have
likewise been received by the Nouveau Monde and Yuba
River Companies from their several agents. The con-
tract between the Gold Hill Mining Company and the
West Mariposa is stated to be abandoned, in consequence
of the shareholders of the former company refusing to
ratify the conditions proposed by the latter, and it is sup-
posed they are about to enter into negociations with Mr.
wood, the engineer of the Agua Fria Company. The
machinery sent out by the Carsons Creek Company is
found to be amply sufficient for all purposes ; and it is
anticipated a further return of ss. per share will be made
to the shareholders, leaving sufficient funds to carry on
active operations. The shares principally in demand
were Colonial Gold, Port Philip, British Australian,
Australasian, Agua Fria, Anglo Californian, and Carsons

December, 1852.

W. G. EATON,

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Creek.
In foreign mines, the transactions have been in the
Imperial 'Brazilian, Jamaica, Cobre, Copiapo, Linares,
Mexican and South American, Grand Duchy of Baden,
Royal Santiago, St. John del Rey, and United Mexican.

The adverse Parliamentary decision yesterday morn-
ing has necessarily had its usual effect on the Admiralty
departments, and preparations for change of quarters
are evident. Already we hear of numerous speculations
as to the successors of the present Board of Admiralty,
should the Queen accept the resignation of Lord Derby.
The Hon. Sidney Herbert, who was secretary to Lord
Haddington's Board, is named for the First Lord's seat ;
and it is put down as a matter of course that Rear-
Admiral the Hon. M. F. F. Berkeley, C. 8., will come
in again as Senior Naval Lord, and carry out his pro-
jects of manning and arming the navy—subjects so
familiar to him from from many years' consideration. Of
the other ex-members of the Admiralty only one is in
Parliament—the Hon. W. Cowper.

PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 17.
•
The remains of the late Commander-in-Chief of this
port will not be removed until next week. Rear
Admiral Fanshawe hoisted his flag this morning at day-
light as acting commander-in-chief until the vacancy of
Port Admiral is filled up.
It was reported yesterday that it was the intention to
appoint a vice-admiral to the command in chief at Ports-
mouth, to succeed to the death vacancy ; and that Vice-
Admiral of the White Sir Thomas Cochrane, K.C.8.,
will be the new port admiral.
We believe that the official announcement of Rear-
Admiral Deans Dundas's promotion, together with his
commission, have already been transmitte to the gallant
Commander-in-Chief. It will meet him at Gibraltar, most
likely, where he will hoist his Vice-Admiral's flag within
a week.
Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., Surveyor of the
Navy, arrived at this port yesterday on a visit to the
dockyard, and to-day inspected the ships, accompanied
by Captain W. H. Henderson, C.B.
The Leander, 50, Captain King, and the Arrogant, 46
(screw), Captain Fremantle, are ordered to Spithead
forthwith, and will go out to-morrow.
The Archer, screw-sloop, 14, Commander Strange,
went out of harbour to Spithead this morning, and
awaits orders.

HERALD.—It would be useless, and worse than
useless, to disguise from ourselves the reality or the
magnitude of that disaster which has for a moment
struck down the hopes of the Conservative cause. The
Ministry has fallen that is admitted on all hands.
That it has fallen honourably even its 'enemies will not
deny ; and we greatly doubt whether the most sanguine
among them ventures to speculate on its long exclusion
from power. For though the Government will within
a few days have ceased to exist as such, the party which
constituted its strength and support remains as before—
united, compact, full of confidence in its leaders, and
numbering nearly 300 votes in the Commons, while in
the Lords it commands a clear majority of the whole.
Such a phalanx, so conducted, is, for purposes of oppo-
sition, irresistible. There is no body of men equally
powerful in Parliament ; and whatever incongruous al-
liance may be patched up among hostile and discordant
sections, such a coalition cannot by any human possibi-
lity retain the reins long enough to do any practical mis-
chief. " England," said Mr. Disraeli, "does not love
coalitions." History attests the fact ; the experience of
our own time has proved its truth ; and we are mis-
taken if, within a few months, the prophecy of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer be not again made good,
at the expense of some of those who heard it uttered.
It is as yet too early to speculate on the immediate fu-
ture—the real state of affairs being, in all probability,
known only to a few individuals, and those few pledged to
official secresy. Whether Lord John Russell will be called
on to resume the functions which in February last he aban-
doned, as a burden too heavy to be any longer borne ;
whether Lord Aberdeen, Mr. Gladstone, or the Duke
of Newcastle, as the heads of that party whose opposi-
tion mainly contributed to the subversion of the Govern-
ment ; or whether, as seems to us not improbable, some
statesman withdrawn from active political warfare, of
high character, long experience, and opinions professedly
moderate, will be summoned from retirement to give
counel to the Sovereign, is a problem of which we state
the conditions, but do not presume to offer a solution.
One counsel, however, we will venture to give to those
members of the Conservative party who may be at a loss
as to the course which they should pursue in this unfore-
seen emergency. Mr. Gladstone, in his speech of Friday
night, which, with great prudence, lie reserved until
-after the Chancellor of the Exchequer's reply, made ap-
peals, which met with no very warm response, to the
memory of the past, and to the sympathies of the agri-
cultural party. His eloquence, we are bound to say,
ran to waste. While be talked of 1842 his hearers were
thinking of 1846. When he alluded to a separation,
which he seemed to represent as involuntary on his
part, it was impossible that they whom he addressed
should not remember the bitter and vindictive rancour
with which—all cause of difference being now finally
removed—he had pursued a Government with whose

PLYMOUTH, DEC. 17.
The steamer Avon sailed yesterday with seamen for
ships fitting at Portsmouth.
Letters from her Majesty's frigate Spartan, which left
Plymouth on the 29th of July, and arrived at the Cape
of Good Hope on the 13th of October, state that, in con-
sequence of boisterous weather, she was 11 weeks going
from Madeira to the Cape, and for one month the crew
was placed on the short allowance of half a pint of
water per man per day.
The Australian Royal Mail Steam Navigation Com-
pany's mail-packet Adelaide, Captain Jackson, with
mails from Australia, and the General Screw Steam
Shipping Company's mail-packet Bosphorus, Captain
Benson, with mails from the Cape of Good Hope and
the Mauritius, are both ready for sea ; but, in conse-
quence of a very strong gale of wind from the south-
west, which commenced yesterday morning, and still
continues, there is not much probability of their depar-
I ture to-day.

SHEERNESS, DEC. 16

The Porcupine, 3, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, of 140
horse-power, Lieut.-Commander George M. Jackson,
has left the harbour, and has, brought up at the Little
Nore, waiting sailing orders for Jersey. She is to re-
main there as a steam-tender to the squadron of reserve
for the Channel Islands.
The Wildfire, steam-tender to the Waterloo, 120 guns,
Captain the Hon. Montagu Stopford, got up her steam
at 9 a.m., and at 9.30 a.m. received on board Vice-
Admiral the Hon. Joceline Percy, C. 8., Commander-in-
Chief at the Nore, and his secretary, who proceeded to
Woolwich in her on an official visit to the dockyard.
The Rattlesnake, 8, has this day been inspected by
Mr. Isaac Watt, Assistant-Surveyor of the Navy, who
arrived here yesterday on an official visit for the purpose
of carrying out the Admiralty orders as to her fitment

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVEN ITT G, DECEM BER 18, 1852.

opinions he confeisedly sYMpathised, and from whose
members he had personally received nothing but
courtesy. That Government has indeed long la-.
boUred, by all honourable means of conciliation,
to reunite the scattered sections of the party which
followed Sir R. Peel from 184.2 to 1846. We, in our
vocation, have exerted ourselves to the same end. If
reunion has now become impossible, Mr. Gladstone will
be at no loss to say at whose door lies the fault. We do
not hesitate to express our belief that it is impossible ;
and that the name of "Conservative" will soon cease to
be abused by those who retain nothing of Conservatism
but the name. Such being the case, we would earnestly
entreat of all true friends of the late Ministry to trust
no " Peelite" promises, however specious—to listen to
no language proposing compromise or alliance—but,
bearing in mind the events of the last few months, to
hold themselves in readiness to begin anew, and with re-
doubled energy, the work of opposition, whether the
Administration which succeeds to power be presided over
by Lord John Rus:sell or Lord Aberdeen. Lord Derby,
we doubt not, will take an'early opportunity of explain-
ing his views to those who support him ; and as little do
we doubt that the present year is destined to witness his
own and his colleagues triumphant reinstatement in
office.

TIMES.—Like a well-written tragedy, the interest of
the debate on the budget went on gradually culminating
till it reached the highest point of interest in the single
combat between Mr: Disraeli and Mr. Gladstone, in
which it ' terminated. Like two of Walter Scott's
champions, these redoubtable antagonists gathered up all
their force for the final struggle, and encountered each
other in mid career. More equal than like, each side
viewed the struggle of their chosen athelites, as if to
prognosticate from the result of the war of words, the
fortunes of two parties so nicely balanced, and mar-
shalled in apparently equal array. Mr. Disraeli's
speech was, in every respect, worthy of his oratorical
reputation. The retorts were .pointed and bitter, the
hits telling, the sarcasm keen, the argument in many
places cogent, in all ingenious, and in some convincing.
The style was in•marked contrast to his opening address.
Instead of the long-drawn imperfectly-constructed sen-
tences, the hesitating utterance, and the slovenly manner
which distinguished the opening speech, the style was
clear and nervous, brilliant and epigrammatic, and, if
sometimes dealing in rhetorical puerilities which a chas-
tised taste must disapprove, often extorting involuntary
admiration from those whose convictions the orator com-
bated, or whose most cherished feelings he outraged.
The attack upon the Exchequer Loan Commission,
though wrought out at far too great length, for it occu-
pied at least an hour in the delivery, and thus wasted
valuable time and attention on a mere accessary to the
subject, was in itself a masterly exposition of what cer-
tainly appears to be a great misappropriation, and seems
to show pretty conclusively that the sooner a fund liable
to so much abuse is destroyed the better. Unfortu-
nately, this, Mr. Disraeli's greatest victory, was one on
a collateral issue. It matters ,little for the purposes of
the budget whether the Exchequer Loan Commission
ought to be closed or not. This point had derived an
exaggerated importance from the able advocacy of Sir
James Graham, but was, in fact, of small account. The
real question on which the argument, independent of
the merits of the taxes imposed and taken off, turned,
was whether the Minister was justified in appro.-
priating the repayments of this loan to the current
expenses of the year, instead of applying them to the
reduction of the debt. This question Mr. Disraeli
failed to meet, and it was probably from a consciousness
of this infirmity in his case that he so much overlaid the
former part of it. His argument was based on the most
servile adherence to forms and precedents. Because an
Act of Parliament requires that a quarter of the surplus
of the balance in the Treasury, taken four times a-year
shall be applied to the payment of the debt, Mr. Disraeli
assumes that the debt can be repaid in no other possible
manner, and that, unless we have favourable balances
in the Exchequer at the time when the accounts are
taken, we must not appropriate any sum whatever to the
reduction of the debt. Now, this is mere official pedan-
try. We are no more bound to apply a sum primarily
destined for one purpose to another in public than in
private transactions. The same argument would prove
that a trustee could not keep a separate account for
trust funds at a bankers's, but must mix them up with
the ways and means of his personal expenditure. Mr.
Disraeli says that, all things remaining the same, he will,
by carrying these repayments to the accounts of the
Ways and Means, pay off the debt in' three years. We
say that these repayments ought to go to the extinction
of the debt, whether matters remain the same or no ;
that this is the character impressed upon them by their
origin ; and that it is a piece of unpardonable reckless-
ness to tamper with them. The repayments do not con-
stitute the surplus any more than any other part of the
revenue they go to make up, and it would be just as
reasonable to say that the Customs' duties were em-
ployed in paying off the debt as this -particular sum.
The merits of Mr. Disraeli's speech were, how-
ever, counterbalanced by no less glaring defects in
tone, temper, and feeling. In some passages in-
vective was pushed to the limit of virulence, and in
others, meant, doubtless, to relieve them by contrast,
the coarser stimulants to laughter were very freely ap-
plied. Occasionally whole sentences were delivered with
an artificial voice and a tone of studied and sardonic
bitterness peculiarly painful to an audience, and tending
greatly to diminish the effect of this great intellectual
and physical effort. Nor, amid all the vehemence of
argument, the glitter of declamation, and the splendour
of point and antithesis, was there wanting a certain air
of insincerity which detracted very greatly from the
general effect. The House of Commons could not but
feel that it was witnessing an exhibition of talent and
versatility little calculated to elevate its own dignity or
the character of Ministers of State, and it probably was
not without a feeling of relief that it saw the Chancellor
of the Exchequer resume his seat. The speech of Mr.
Gladstone, which wound up the debate, was in marked
contrast to that of his antagonist. It was characterised
throughout by the most earnest sincerity. It was
pitched in a high tone of moral feeling—now rising to
indignation, now sinking to remonstrance—which was
sustained throughout without flagging and without effort.
The language was less ambitious and less studied, but
more natural and flowing, than that of Mr. Disraeli ;
and, though commencing in a tone of stern rebuke, it
ended in words of almost pathetic expostulation. While
Mr. Disraeli put forth his whole strength in the endeavour
to annihilate his antagonists, and seemed to recognise no
limit to his invective except a call to order, Mr. Gladstone
evidently laboured to curb and repress the exuberance of
his emotion, and to bring everything within not merely
the limits of Parliamentary usage, but of his own sense
of decorum and propriety. That power of persuasion,
which seems entirely denied to his antagonist, he pos-
sesses in great perfection, and, to judge by the counte-
nances of his hearers, those powers were very successfully
exerted. He had, beside, the immense advantage re-
sulting from the tone of moral superiority which he
assumed and successfully maintained, and which con-
ciliated to him the goodwill of his audience in a degree
never attained by the most brilliant sallies of his adver-
sary ; and, when he concluded, the house might well
feel proud of him and themselves. In the broad con-
trast which we have thus endeavoured to develope, we
trust we see a foreshadowing of our entrance upon a new
career of public life. Mr. Disraeli, with his telling
retorts, his bitter sarcasms, and his dexterous, but often
sophistical logic, may serve as a fair emblem of the
period of stormy political passion through which we have
passed, and which it has been the mission of the present
session to close. We trust that we have not only got
rid of Protection itself, but done something towards
getting rid of that personal and acrimonious style of dis-
cussing public questions which this miserable controversy
has introduced. In Mr. Gladstone we see a man trained
in the same school, but tempering its asperities with
more respect for himself and the feelings of others. We
hope that the latter cause will triumph with the majority
of last night, and that increasing intelligence will compel
our statesmen to devote more and more of the public time
to reason and argument, and less to personal invective
and useless recrimination.
HERALD.—Not many of our readers, we suppose,
will feel much interest, now the struggle is over, in that
which was the immediate question at issue on Thursday
night. Whether the house tax should be raised to ls. 6d.,
or remain at 9d., might be a most interesting topic to
the " inhabitants of St. Andrew's, Holborn, meeting at
the workhouse in Gray's-inn-lane ;" but it is not one on
which we shall waste a single word. The main question
which is now at stake is one of an infinitely higher
character—namely, whether England is to preserve her
Protestant institutions, or to sink by degrees into sub-
serviency to Rome. The division of Thursday night
showed the following combination of parties, leagued
together to destroy :Protestant Cabinet :
English and Scottish Whigs and Radicals 22252
Irish Brigade (chiefly Papists)
31
Peelites (chiefly Puaeyites)

305
Now, after destroying one Government, the next busi-
ness of course is to construct another. And how is this
to be done ? If the new Cabinet makers had merely to
deal with the first section, the 222 Whigs and Radicals,
the difficulties would be great, but perhaps not insupera-
ble. Out of these 222, one-third, or about 70, are what
used to be termed Destructive& That is, they would at
once demolish the Church of Ireland, and curtail as
much as possible the Church of England. They would
insist on the ballot, and press a Reform Bill which
should greatly augment their own power in the House
of Common. With all these demands the regular
Whigs—the Russells and Lansdownes, would have to
deal ; but they would probably quiet them, for the pre-
sent, by showing them the danger of precipitancy, and by
promising them some important concessions by-and-bye.
But what is to be done with the Popish and semi-Popish
allies ? Take the leading man on the Opposition benches
in Thursdays's debate--Mr. Gladstone. He and his
thirty friends decided the contest and overthrew the
Conservative Government. Is he not—are they not to
have a share of the spoil ? Doubtless they must, for
without their aid the new Whig Ministry would be in a
minority on the very first night of the February session.
Of course, Mr. Gladstone and his friends must occupy
prominent seats in the next Ministry. But what does
this imply ? It implies much that would be ruinous to
the character of Lord John Russell ; and, what is of
more consequence, ruinous in its tendency to the country
also. It implies the sitting of the English Convocation
for business, which most Churchmen feel is synonymous
with the destruction of the English Church. It implies,
also, a bishopric for. Mr. Bennet, now of Frome, late of
St. Barnabas, Lord John Russell's polite correspondent.
It implies, in short, the Romanising of the English
Church, and, of course. the desertion of that Church by
the people. Such is the first aspect of the new Mi-
nistry. But there is another. The Whigs, Radicals,
and Peelites united could only bring forward 253
votes on Thursday night, This strength is insufficient.
.The new Ministry cannot stir one step, unless they
get the support of the " Irish Brigade' also. And
_ this support they cannot get, except they are prepared

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torscay.the price. And what is that price ? About this the statesmen .to whom her Majesty may think fit iteeekaeeas,,-- 'N..' ~;aes-s- las.
there can be no mistake. Before crossing the
.Channel confide the formation of a Ministry. On the subject afeelte.a"-qa)k isTeass-----,, ;a ' A
)to attend the present session, the Irish members of the persons we have little anxiety—the formidable riaturdar:., eaell T'; : je; 1---r W. 7 1 --.4
Pope's band held a mee:ing, and then and there resolved the present crisis consists in difficulties which will Till \''?"-a-i7a7...V.' .e.-I'.
ti a; the one point to he insisted on was, "the abatement with equal weight on any Government. - The grayeetael".:, 7;:.1-,itee71
of that great nuisance, the Established Church in Ire- charge which can 'ever be brought against a retiring Ali-u'r ..a.' ~,-; is---'eaea_t
land." --Only second to this, was " tenant-right," i. c., ! nister is the deliberate accumulation of obstructions for ;'ll'eae--eas—
the confiscation of the estates of Ireland. To these two his successors, calculated to prevent the efficient die- : UP .**--.1:-
objects the Brigade stands pledged, and except by tree,- j charge of their duties. Mr. Disraeli's friends may ap-
son and perfidy they can support the Whig Government plaud the energy and ability of his closing speech, and
on. no lower terms. Such, then, is the prospect before probably they will suggest pleas in extenuation of..
us, if the coalesced parties shall be able to form a Minis- his ' intemperate and ungraceful personalities ; but
try. This,. of course, is problematical ; but we have no provocation, and no regard for the aggrandise-
heard that Lord Lansdowne, Lord Aberdeen, and Lord ment of a party, can excuse those extemporaneous pre--
John Russell; lately met at 'Woburn Abbey, and settled 1 raises of financial concessions with which, .at the-
the preliminaries of a coalition Ministry. Such a Minis- i last moment, the Chancellor of the Exchequer at-
try,
as we have just seen, must adopt as its policy the I tempted to bid for Parliamentary support. . Its is .
un-Protestanting of the Church of England, and the I impossible to believe that the professed champion of the
surrender of the Church of Ireland ! Can we write ; landed interest had deliberately intended to re-adjust tho
these fearful words without remembering by whom duties on successions ; and ten months of official eipc- •
the nation has been brought into this fearful peril 1 rience must have abundantly shown the Mel:podia:m.6y o •
The principal assailant of Lord Derby's Government holding out fiscal reductions as just, before the Exelme-
on Thursday last was the junior member for the quer is able to afford them. - In the eyes of statestuee, .
University of Oxford. And he was supported in the promise of future improvements, by way 4 exels-e
the division by the senior representative of the Urn- for an untenable budget, is only a transparent
party
versity of Cambridge. If we could believe for one me- , stratagem ; but the country at large has not equal nienams
ment that Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Goulburn were I of inemesurin.?: the earnestness of a'Minister's leinguaea al
faithful representatives of these two universities, we Parliament. It is always easy to deelaith against any
should begin tb despair of England. By the votes of tax, nor is it possible to justify even the least oneroes
our two great teats of learning the nation would appear 1 impost, except on the ground of public nece..sity. •• :But
to be consigned to the tender mercies of .the Cobdens. a Minister of Finance may fairly be supposed to know ..-
Brights, Keoghs, and Gavan Duffys I If such could the wants and resources of the department which he
really he the vote of Oxford and Cambridge, what hope administers ; and 'when a Chancellor' of the 'ExcheqUer
would be left ? But we cannot believe it. Let the elec. denounces a tax, lie is understood to admit that it can be .
tors of those universities look to it. If the coalition spared without injury to the state. - The case hoecraes
Ministry can be really formed, we may find Mr. Glad- ;Worse when, as we before .observed, the . bill drawn on
stone and Mr. Geulburn in the attitude of suppliants the future 'is but a renewal of previous obligations,
for re-election before a fortnight has elapsed. Forth- which. have themselves •-been dishonoured when due.
with let proper successors be sought for, and proposed The most serious question which will require the at- .
to the electois. Nor are these solitary cases. Mr. Sid- tention of Lord Derby's successors is with reference to
ney Herbert gained his election in Wiltshire in July the provision to be made for the public service. Al-
last by the natural device of a wealthy man—the prompt though a considerable surplus appears as the balance of
engagement 'of all the carriages. He has now deprived the current year, the lapsing of the income tax would
the farmers of Wiltshire of the remission of half the leave a deficit in the revenue to the extent of more than
malt tax and of a considerable reduction in their income three millions sterling. The most mischievous portion
tax. Let them prepare their gigs and their horses in of Mr. Disraeli's conduct consists in the levity with .
good time, and when he next shakes his purse in their which he has thought fit, for party purposes, to treat.
faces let them reply by a writ of ejectment from the this momentous subject. In an early part of the recent
county. We might extend these remarks to several discussion, he declared that the details of the schedules
other names; ,but we pause. The scheme to which we might safely be left for future consideration. There was ,
have alluded may founder before it is offered to the pub- no doubt, he said, that, on one system or another, a re-
lic. The embryo Cabinet may never see the light ; still venue of five millions would be raised, as at present, on
the electors of every seat occupied by a Peelite ought the income or property of the country. Yet, aseMr.
now to be on the alert, for a few hours may develop Gladstone forcibly explained, the schedules assessed at
strange things. the lower rate of taxation would have been irre-
POST.—The purpose with which Lord Derby yester- vocably reduced from the present standard, as soon
day left town for Osborne is no secret, though its true as the committee had affirmed the Ministerial reeelli-
motive is difficult to understand, unless it be that the tion. Tens of millions in foreign funds, and 'inth-a:is
Derby-Disraeli Administration are glad to seize the first of millions employed in commei:oial enterprises, would
opportunity of resigning a position, to the exigencies of have been relieved from the present amount of duty, ..
which they felt themselvs totally inadequate. We have before any security was afforded that Parliament would
always said that the Ministry could not, by any possi- assent to the intolerable inequalities imposed upon - the
bility, maintain its position without vital modification. less favoured species of income. Mr. Hume is consistent
It has not been modified, and it has fallen. It has fallen in an erroneous theory. Mr. Disraeli only knew that
from, apparently, the strangest of causes. The Minis- he would find supporters for his project, but he had con--
ters who stifled their convictions at the voice of the fessedly never thought of reasons to justify it. Mr. Pitt
whipper-in, and who undertook to carry out a policy in and Sir Robert Peel had declared the impossibility of au
whose soundness they could not believe, now quit office enterprise which a falling Minister undertakes to per-
for no other reason than that Free-traders refuse to form before he has even ascertained the nature of the
allow them to put into effect the dogmas of extreme difficulties with which he must grapple. It was not a
free trade. The division which took place yesterday physical impossibility which checked the statesmen of
morning on the first of Mr. Disraeli's motions amounted former times, but a practical knowledge of the injustice
to a distinct refusal to allow the Government to double which would be perpetrated in any attempt to do arbi-
the house tax, in order that they might, perhaps, lower trary justice ; and the absurd fabric constructed by Mr. -
the price of beer by a farthing per pot—a possibility Hume might have warned their rash successor of his
strongly disputed even by the brewers —and in order error in rushing in where the greatest financiers feared
that they might; also, perhaps, slightly benefit the pos- to tread. The financial question, aggravated as it is by
sessors of light barley-growing lands—the least suffering this serious difficulty, is far more important than_ the
portion of the agricultural interest—the probability as gratification or disappointment of any individual ambi-
the latter benefit being equally apocryphal with that of tion. A large majority of the House of Commons are
the former. But a wilful genius must have his way, and certainly in earnest in the determination to maintain the
his way is that of no common Chancellor. Such a man public credit as the first condition of national prosperity..
would have taken his slate and his clerks, and having They cannot too early prepare to give an efficient sup-
carefully ascertained the accuracy of his balance, port to any statesman who, having been entrusted with
would, had it been against him, cautiously have scraped the management of the finances, displays an honest , pur-
together the means of covering it. Had it been in his pose to accomplish his duty to his country, offering -at
favour, and to a large amount—having set aside some- the same time, in his past experience, reasonable security
thing like half a million to provide for contingencies— for his ability to discharge the functions which he.under-
he would, using his best discrimination; have applied it takes..
to the reduction of the taxes which were chiefly oppres- DAILY NEWS.-=The Derby Cabinet have met and
sive ;' and here we may remark,' that it is a failing of separated for the last time. Who are to be .their sue-,
Chancellors of the Exchequer to estimate oppression by 'cessors is the question upon every political lip ; and as
the loudness of the howl of the oppressed, so that they various leanings and attachments sway the differen
who roar loudest are frequently first let off. But this judgments of men, anticipations are formed, if not always
by the way. lf the Chancellor were a man really of openly expressed, of partial or total change—of censer-
practical ability, the relief given would be judicious and votive reconstruction or of liberal substitution. We
rational. But having obtained for Chancellor a genius are not about to repeat here the reasons which lead, us
inclined to assert that Chancellors, like poets, are born, to the conviction that no administration can be formed
not made, we must be contented with allowing him a capable of durability which is not founded upon some
free scope for the range of his large intellect, which, not broad and positive basis. We shall have other opportu-
satisfied with relieving here and there an article more or nities of illustrating our views in that particular. We
less unjustly taxed, can be contented with nothing but confine ourselves for the present to an enumeration of
a grand revision- of taxation—shifting burdens from the the more prevalent rumours which have been, during
shoulders of one class to that of another, without giving the last few hours, in circulation in various quarters.
any reason more satisfactory than Topsy's " 'Spects its Amid the despair of the discomfited Tories, there.
because I'S so wicked"—and indeed it requires a grasp still lingers a vague hope that the same merciful
of genius truly Topseian to devise the bold raising of a interposition that saved them from drOwning three
huge war tax in order to give a problematical relief to weeks ago, may now be forind able and willing to
" small beer." • What but genius of such an order could restore them to life. Lord, Pahnerston, it 'is sail,
have'proposed to a house in which hundreds of members though disapproving of the bubble-budget, refused to
represent boroughs 'whose rulers are " ten pound house- make any effort to record hiS vote : against . it. Trio
holders" to extend the house tax to that very patriotic noble viscount is not the man who would spare himself
and omnipotent class ? Why, Mr. Disraeli would label or anybody. else a twinge, when he has made up. hie •
the borough menibers who voted for such a tax with mind to-say anything that lie thinks it very desirable an
phylacteries fatal to their success in future elections. say, or to do anything that, he thinks it advisable,/ to do.
Such, however, as the budget was, it contained 'Cron, which the grateful Carlton sagaciously inferS tb:: a.
nothing that was contrary to time principles of free trade, Lord Palmerston was not very sorry to he absent froma
and little that was per sc objectionable ; but of what was. Clansalay night's division.. They dwell, moreover, With:
needless it contained an overwhelming amount. The ..airioua earnestness on the fact, that his son-in-Imps.,
duty of its authors was to take it back and amend it, as Lord Jocelyn, .voted for the house -.tax, . whib, .1.;,
best they might, and bring it forward again in a more colleague in the 'representation of Tiverton, Sir es i;:e.a.
sober form next session. Consistent in inconsistency Heathedte,• as well as his con, abetain.ed from suppoe, ~ e
alone, they have preferred to resign, leaving the country, the Liberal Opposition. Finally, the unhappy vietnal s'
as they imagine, at the mercy of the Radicals. • At the ,!Ir." Disraeli s Incapacity for linanco, • repeat with
mercy of any such party it will not be, however, foe Lerious enmphassis• time • roe ;maid -easy exprassion 's ish
Conservative principles arc unquestionably in the 'as- • which that great ma-ster of language;. Lord'Malmesbuss,
cendant, and men will be found without difficulty ready . thOught proper to imiove the adjournment of the -17.1)1,•.•
to carry them into effect. The ultimate result of the Honee.last evailineHviz., that " Loyd D'eo.iy.haLl gc,;lo
suicide of Lord Derby's Cabinet will be—after the usual to see the Queen at Osborne "—IS most unirainirphiea;
series of small attempts and petty failures on the part of it must be owned, for a Secretary of State to make Ufa, af
individuals representing sections of parties—the forms- on any public occasion, and, especially felicitous w: ~n
tion of a strong Conservative and Liberal Ministry, - uttered with reference to
me, crisis like the present ; but
ready to bear out the dominant principle of free trade which we rather incline to treat as another prOof ,hew
with heartiness and singleness of purpose, able to make lamentably the cducaiton of the illiterate earl must have
the English name, and English policy, respected abroad, been neglected in his youth. But unless Lord Palmers-
and preserve the strictest constitutional purpose and ton were to emulate the fame of Quintus Curtius, and
practice at home. Any modification of Lord Derby's Offer to jump into the quagmire of Derbyisrn, it does not
Cabinet, such as we recommended some time ago, appear very clear how it is possible for his lordship to
Would now be impossible—for who would, or could, join avert the fate that now impends over the defeated Minis,
him with his, mill-stone' budget hanging round his tern and their adherents ; and how even such a feat of
neck ? The Peelites were the party who could best have self-devotion would help them seems equally unintelli-
given him a clear majority in the Commons, but all Bible. Meanwhile the Whig and Peelite coteries are
hope of a junction with them vanished for ever with the busy in building cabinets of cards, and filling up with
brilliant sarcasms, but not altogether dignified vitupera- amusing particularity every post, however subordinate,
tion of Mr. Disraeli's speed' of Friday morning. No. in the public offices or the Royal household. The re-
The fate of the present Government is determined—we spective admirers of Lord Lansdowne and Lord Aber:
have always pleaded a fair trial for them—they have deen dwell with complacency on 'the certainty, as they
had it, and have convicted themselves of unfitness for suppose, of their favourite statesman assuming his post
their position. Neither a " deluge," nor " chaos," nor at the head of affairs. Many lists arc handed about for
a "Cobden-Bright Administration," nor even " con- the appeasement of impatient curiosity, but one of the
sternation " ensue on their quitting office. As far as most plausible and probable that we have yet seen dis-
the monetary world is concerned, the feeling of the poses of the principal offices of State as follows :
City is manifested by a slight rise in the public funds— First Lord of the Treasury Marquis of Lansdowne
not an unusual occurrence on the occasion of a Minis- Foreign Affairs Earl of Aberdeen
terial crisis. Suffering agriculturists will, after the ex- Home Office and Leader of the
perience they have had, be hard to persuade that they
,s
Colonic,: .,
lose even any prospect of benefit in consequence of the MnGladstone•
Chancellor of the lexcheqner :e r.
dissolution of the Cabinet. Free-traders will rejoice to Mr. S. Herbert
Commons .........
.:,
.3.1. JG.
Graham
Admiralty
see men out of office who, when in, threatened to overdo Secretary-tit-War Mr. Osborne
their new principles with the excess of zeal proverbial Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland
in new converts. And the country at large, if it regrets &e. &c. &c.
that the ostensible chiefs of so great a party have'proved it seems to be generally understood that Lord Grey
but the force of inconsistency and effected but their and his immediate friends would not be included in this
own defeat, cannot feel otherwise than that, though the combination ; neither would the leaders of the Man-
Cabinet has been overthrown, the Conservative cause chester section of the Radical party. We must repeat
has in no way been weakened, and that its principles that these are mere rumours, to be taken only for what
they may be worth.
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has lost
elapsed
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interest.since
Every thoughtful mind is looking forward, rather than
back to the past, well knowing that a negative decision
only disposes of one form of error, and that the future
financial system of the country has yet to be devised
and established. Yet the debate, and especially
day night's portion of it, was of more than ordinary in-
terest. Left alone by his colleagues, andunsupported
even by the general opinion of his party, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer called forth all his resources to avert
or to adorn the defeat which he had prepared for himself

LLOYD'S SIIIPPING-(1H1S DAY.)

LONDON, Dec. 18.--Wind at Noon, N.W., fine.
BIDEFORD, Dec. 17.—The Supreme Sagesse, of Marseilles,
from Newcastle to Sierra Leone, was totally lost off the
harbour last night, the owner and five seamen lost, master
and boy saved.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 16.—Arrived—Ashland, New Orleans;
Orontes (s), Alexandria. 17. James Nesmxitch,_
Sturges,ell
and Columbiana, New Orleau ; E - :1817
eap.d
Watrloo, New York • Irvine, Greenwich,
,lan S b
St. John's, N.B. • —Louisa
Kilham, Philadelphia.
17 The Nouvelle Loire; from Havre
Middleton, Quebec. S. iled
WEymoUTH, Dec.
last night, and has become a
to the African coast, came ashtootruelolnvrteheke
,Ptohrrteleanmdenben
four boys drowned.
The Rambler, of Cork, is ashore
PLYMOUTH, Doc. 17.
on Beadman's Bay.
PLYMOUTH, Dec. 15.—Arrived—Wharfinger ,Newcastle,
Limerick,ouJ leaky Dee. ain7d.
W., blew a violent gale
for sails split.
FAI
last night from W.S.W., with furious squalls ; it has
slightly moderated, the shipping appear to ride well.
PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 17.—1 t blew a heavy gale all last
night from S.W. to W.S.W., with torrents of rain and
hail, but moderated this morning. It is again blowing
heavily, with rain, thunder, and lightning, with every ap-
pearance of a stormy night. The hull and cargo of the
Arrow, from Sunderland, have been saved, her decks being
blown astern and washed out.

by a reckless scheme, brought forivaid in a presump.
tuous spirit. Mr. Disraeli never displayed more plau-
sible ingenuity, or ,more rhetorical vigour ; and, but for
the bad taste and bad feeling which revolted the judg-
ment of the house, he might, when a victory in argu-
ment was impossible, have at least achieved an oratori-
cal success. But his cause was bad, and his skill was,
from the first, employed rather in concealing defects,
and in diverting attention from weak points, than in re-
pelling the formidable attacks of his opponents. A few
words in Mr. Gladstone's reply overthrew the elaborate
sophistry with which the Minister had striven to cover
the misappropriation of the Exchequer Loan repay-
ments ; and before the member for the University of
Oxford had concluded his masterly address, nine-tentie
lis
of the house were convinced of the soundness
dot
f
criticisms which a decisive majority immediately
ihaoue y
afterwards affirmed by their votes. On
tax, and on the malt tax, the previous discussiont had
thrown much light ; but Sir Francis Baring had the credit
of suggesting, and Mr. Gladstone the
merit of com-
pleting, a demonstration that that comparatively popular
was the most unjns-
proposal relating to the income
portion oaflthe budget. If the
tifiable and dangerous
fate of the Government had not depended on the vote,
it is certain that at least half of the actual minorit7
would have adopted by acclamation Mr. Gladstone s
views, in condemnation of the course proposed by their
official' leader. We repeat, however, that the country
looks to the future, and the gravest politicians contem-
plate it with the most serious anxiety. Not that the
hackneyed difficulty of forming a Government is likely
to be put forward on the present occasion. Every ex-
perienced statesman in the country is at this moment in
a condition to accept office, if the public good requires
his services. The majority of Thursday night is ready
to support a strong and enlightened Administration ;
and it is certain that many moderate and patriotic sup-
porters of Lord Derby will render their assistance to
preserve the country from the risk of too frequent official
changes. The term of service agreed upon with Mr.
Disraeli is at an end. No question of Protection any
longer divides those who may concur in a generally pro-
gressive policy ; and the new Cabinet—although nothing
can at present - be known of its constitution will
undoubtedly include names in which both the country
and Parliament will gladly place confidence. In a day
or two, it may probably be our duty to communicate the
various negociations which must follow the selection of

ULSTER RAILWAY.—A. special general meeting of the
shareholders of the Ulster Railway Company was held in
the board room at the Belfast terminus on Tuesday. The
attendance was large and very influential. The object for
which the meeting was assembled will be understood from
the following resolution :—" It is moved by the chairman
of the board of the Ulster Railway directors, that the. re-
commendation of the directors be adopted, and that thay
be authorised to subscribe, on behalf of the lErlster'Railw:y
Company, for 4,000 shares of 251. each, in the propGs':
line to Clones, on such terms and conditions for the Pro-
bection of the interests of this company, as they may th•eni
expedient." This motion, after a protrtcted diseubsion,
hiring which several amendments were moved end
drawn, was carried by a majority of the meeting to thre-;
dissentients. It was stated. by, Mr. Harrison that Mr.
Dargan had said the. Clones line would be one of the best
in Ireland.
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