The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-20 00:00:00

NEW WOGS BY SIR ARCHIBALD ALISON. the Marqu
is of LANsnowNE--will be driven
nln (luny Bvo , price 155.. Vol. I. of the
ISTORY OF EUROPE, from the Fall of to extremities of hurry in the labour of or-
- Napoleon in 1815 to the Accession of Louis Napoleon in I ganising the new Administration. These oc-
currences we cannot but regard as disastrous
in their probable and ulterior effects upon
the machinery of the State. Accurately speaking,
they are shocks to the Constitution. They result
necessarily in exciting the most disorderly move-
ments among the Members of the Legislature.
They preclude the rulers of Great Britain from
the possibility of adequate deliberation. They
render the confusion of political parties yet worse
confounded. They paralyse the more calm and se-
date energies of patriotism within the walls
of the Imperial Parliament energies which
we believe to be rife both in the ranks of the Op-
position and in the ranks of the Government.
They compel even tke more sagacious spirits among
the eminent statesmen of the age to vie
with each other, not by wisdom, not by
logic, not by argument, but by a contest of con-
cessions, by a struggle to gain popularity with the
bribes of ill-considered innovation, by a competi-
tion of loosely-arranged and immethodical changes
calculated to loosen thefabric of the State by injuries
rather than to stabilitate it by improvements.
Ruinous shocks of this character have, we repeat
it, been incurred twice within this present year
by the British Constitution. In February it
arose, remember, from an abrupt resignation—a
resignation originating in the irritability of a
Prime Minister whose discomfiture upon the Mi-
litia Bill, showed that a colleague, recently ex-
pelled from his Cabinet, had already, almost
within a fortnight, been avenged. In December,
on the other hand, it must be sedulously borne in
recollection, that the shock administered to the
delicate mechanism of the Constitution arose not
from any culpable petulance on the part of the
First Lord of the Treasury, but from the adroit
manoeuvres of a coalition which had forced his
Government—literally in a committee of ways and
means—into a minority, and had thereby given a
sudden victory to the leaders of Her MAJESTY'S
Opposition.

dead-lock in the once rapid march of improve-
ment. Remembering, indeed, that we are
indebted to them for formally confirming
the Free Trade system, and for carrying
out a variety of important reforms, besides
those above enumerated, we cannot but
be aware that we have some reason at least for
gratitude to the Earl of DERBY'S Government.

By Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON, Bart.,
completed in 5 vols. Bvo,. uniform with the Library Edition
of.lt History of Europe fr0m1792 to 1815," by the same Author.
William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London.

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But that Government is no longer in existence.
It has disappeared. And now, of course, the
people must be supposed to be somewhat in the
position of a timid man inside a shower-bath—

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with eyes closed, and teeth chattering, and atti-
tude crouched—in the very act of pulling the
string! For now, to be sure, there is coming crash
upon us—the Deluge of Lord MAIDSTONE !

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Farewell Sewn of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed the popular and highly attractive Comedy of
MASKS AND FACES; or, Before and Behind the Curtain—by
Messrs. Benjamin Webster, Leigh Murray, Stuart, and Parselle;
Mrs. Stirling, Miss Rosa Bennett, Mrs. Leigh Murray, and Miss
Fanny Maskell.
After which (by desire, at second price), the Comedy of MONEY.

The Select Committee on the Derby Petition
has terminated its labours, and its Report has
been duly submitted for the consideration of the
House of Commons and the community at large.
We are no longer, therefore, precluded from com-
menting upon all the facts and circumstances of this
very extraordinary case—a course from which we
carefully abstained, so long as the matter was still
sub judice, or from questioning the decision at
which the Committee finally arrived. It is to be
regretted that the investigation was conducted
with closed doors, and the public carefully excluded
from the committee-room. The speeches and ar-
guments of the learned gentlemen, and, what was
more important, the evidence adduced on either
side were thus suppressed, for the time being at
least, or such portions of the latter as were brought
to light were only obtained through iregitimate
channels, and. thus wanted the authority which the
almost invariable accuracy of Parliamentary re-
porters confer on publications made on their re-
•sponsibility. This had an exceedingly injurious
effect ; more partilcularly after the clear and con-
vincing statement of Sir A. COCKB.I7RN—a state-
ment which bore with such terrible force upon
the Right Honourable Gentleman, whose name
was so unpleasantly mixed up in these disreputa-
ble transactions. Englishmen have felt at all
times an intense dislike to secret tribunals ; a
dislike which has been handed down from genera-
tion to generation, since the time of the Star-
Chamber to the present day. There is an impres-
sion abroad that secrecy is only resorted to where
there is an intention either of evidently oppress-
ing the innocent, or of shielding the guilty. And
much delicacy was not used as to the supposed
object for which it was enforced on the present
occasion. It is true that an order has been made
for the publication of that evidence ; but it might
have been suppressed, or in some degree garbled
—and even under the most favourable circum-
stances it would not command the same publicity
which it -would have obtained had it been circu-
lated while the public curiosity was excited to the
highest degree and the result still doubtful. It is
unnecessary- to say that we fully and completely
exonerate the members of the Committee from
any improper motive. Those who are acquainted
with the high and. unimpeachable characters of
Lords BARRINGTON and HARRY VANE, of Sir
WILLIAM MOLESWORTH, and Messrs. GOULBURN
and DEEDES, will feel that such a dis-
claimer is needless. All we say is, that
these Noblemen and Gentlemen committed an
error of judgment, and afforded a precedent which
might become dangerous in the hands of persons
whose reputations rested on more precarious foun-
dations. On the part of the public we protest
against a repetition of such conduct, which has led
to very unpleasant insinuations and surmises, and
proved exceedingly prejudicial to the interests of
the parties concerned.
The inquiry was of a twofold character : first,
as to the existence of an organised system of
bribery and corruption in the borough of Derby
at the late election ; and secondly, as to the guilty
knowledge and participation of the Right Hon.
WILLIAM BERESFORD--a Member of the Commons
House of Parliament, and of Her MAJESTY'S Privy
Council, and also a Minister of the Crown, hold-
ing the high office of Secretary-at-War—in these
dizgraceful and illegal transactions. The charge
was one of the gravest character, —accusing a
Member of the Government of a deliberate at-
tempt to defile and pollute the source of legisla-
tion, and an habitual disregard of the purity of
election, which should, above all things, be most
jealously and vigilantly guarded. If convicted, it
would be ruinous to his character as a public man,
and would most probably lead to his removal
from the important situation which he then filled.
The consequences to him would necessarily be
very serious--the more so, indeed, because he
had retorted upon his accusers, and charged
Messrs. FLEWKER and E. P. Cox, of Nottingham,
with conspiracy and wilful and deliberate men-
dacity.
The facts of the case are so well known, that a
brief allusion thereto is only necessary. From
information received by the police, a serjeant and
some private constables, dressed in plain clothes,
proceeded to the Cointy Tavern, in the town of
Derby. The door of the room to which they were
going was guarded by a strange man, who, how-
ever, on receiving a signal previously arranged,
allowed them to enter the enchanted hall. There
sat the High Priest of the Mysteries—a man of the
name of MORGAN, who had in his possession 2651.
in gold, and 401. in notes, and a book with the
names and numbers of the voters, and sums paid
to each. But this was not all ; there was also a
letter—the celebrated W. B. effusion—in his pos-
session, to which we shall hereafter refer at
greater length. On being thus captured in fla-
grante delicto, MORGAN did not venture a denial.
Armed with such authority, he made light of the
offence, expressing only his contempt for those
who were satisfied with such paltry sums as 21. or
31. each, while the high-minded men of Shrews-
bury would reject with indignation anything less
than ten or twenty times the amount. He was
brought before the magistrates, and after a remand
of a week was liberated on bail, two sureties
being readily found. From this, there could be
but little doubt that an extensive system of bri-
bery had been carried on through the agency of
MORGAN ; and the letter, which was in the hand-
writing of Major BERESFORD, afforded prima facie
evidence of his complicity in the transaction. It
was subsequently shown that money had been for-
warded from a Mr. G. H. R. Cox, through a
person of the name of LUND, to MORGAN, and
that a person of the name of RADroan was
deeply implicated in the transaction.
The Report of the Committee on the first issue
declares that " the evidence satisfied them that
an organised system of bribery existed in the
borough of Derby at the last election"—a matter
on which much doubt could not have existed,
when the facts attendant on the discovery of
MORGAN with the materials for bribing, and the
names of those whom he had corrupted, and
the price paid to each, were before them. On the
second and more important point they are, how-
ever, by no means so explicit. Their verdict is
something analogous to that frequently returned

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of *dame Vestris.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed THE .TENKINSES.
After wiatc.h, a new Comic Drama, called LITTLE TODDLE-
BINS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Baker, Butler, Miss F
Matthews, 32613 011Ter, and Miss Ellis.
To be followed by the new Comic Drama, called A PEE
XENON IN A SMOCK-FROCK, Characters by Messrs. C. Ma-
thews, F. Matthews, and Homcastle ; Miss Baker and Miss C

To which will be added the BALLET from the Chain of Events
in which Miss Rosins Wright will appear.
To conclude with A HOUSE OUT OF WINDOWS.
Sole Agent tor the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Aflcroft, 15, New
Bond-street.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.
Open for the Season.
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING,
The. successful new Drama of SLAVE LIFE ; or, Uncle Tom's
Cabin—by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Emery, 0. Smith, and Cullenford
Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Miss Collins, Miss Harding, Miss
Laura Honey, and Mrs. Keeley.
After which, the admired Farce of A MODEL OF A WIFE.
Te conclude with the Comic Opera of GOOD NIGHT, SIGNOR
PANTALON.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean.
THIS EVENING
Will be pefformed the new and original Play, in five acts, by West-
land Marston, Esq., entitled ANNE BLAKE. Principal characters
by Messrs. C. Kean, W. Lacy, and Addison ; Mrs. Winstanley, Mrs.
Daly, and Mrs. C. Kean.
To be followed by THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal
character by Mr. C. Kean.
To conclude with A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. Principal
characters by Messrs. Lacy, Meadows, Addison, and Everett;
Misses J. Marston, Vivash, anti Leclereq.

Rumours unnumbered, in reference to the new
Ministry are, of course, at this moment in very
general circulation. But, considering that the
very circumstance of who may be the next PRIME
MINISTER of England, is still in a state of ad-
mitted uncertainty ; considering that the public
are dubious in this very instance, as to the defi-
nite choice of the SOVEREIGN ; considering that it
is doubtful whether the new Pilot of the State
Vessel is to be the "travelled thane, Athenian ABER-
DEEN," or the venerable and revered Marquis of
LANsnowNE—it were obviously premature to cal-
culate upon the colour or shape of these vague
official contingencies. Happily, there is one re-
flection at least, which is at this juncture upper-
most in our minds. Thank Heaven there is no
fear of the Family Party " ruling the roast"
again in undisputed supremacy ! That Old
Man of the Sea, has, in fact, not only
been shaken off the shoulders of JOHN BULL—but,
politically speaking, he may be considered to have
been comfortably brained during the course of
last February by the SINBAD of the Nations.
Fortunately the Whigs cannot by any chance re-
turn to power without a leaven of the Peelites.
The Cabinet cannot be simply that of a clique
known by the composite title of GREY-ELLIOTT-
RUSSELL. Together with Lord JOHN, we may
have Sir JAMES, and the country is by this time
tolerably familiar with the fact that the Right
Hon. Baronet the Member for Carlisle is about
the ablest administrator of our generation. To-
gether with the name of Sir JAMES GRAHAM, the
public instinctively calls to mind the names
of such men as the Right Hon. WILLIAM
GLADSTONE, and the Right Hon. SIDNEY HER-
BERT, and his Grace the Duke of NEWCASTLE,
associating them, under the emergency, not only
with the name of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, but with
the names, also, of the Earl of CARLISLE and of
the Marquis of LANSDOWNE. But cam such mot-
ley elements coalesce permanently, so as to yield
the country the benefit of a strong and liberal
Government t It is a momentous problen,- -a pro-
blem none the less unacceptable, from. the circum-
stance of " that dear ABERDEEN" of LOUIS
PHILIPPE---" that excellent ABERDEEN" of the
Spanish marriages—being actually spoken of at
this moment as the possible First lord of the
Treasury. Supposing that really to be the case,
we should regard it as not only an event perilous to
England, but as an event disastrous to Europe—
an event fraught with incalculable cala-
mities to Christendom. Lord ABERDEEN
Prime Minister ! And with this declaration,
is actually coupled the suggestion that Lord PAL-
MERSTON is to proceed as Viceroy to Ireland ! In
that case, never could a great statesman have
more quietly or more egregiously allowed himself
to be shelved. What ! the Earl of ABERDEEN to
be in supreme authority—with Dublin chosen as
the place of banishment for Viscount PALMERSTON !
The proposition appears to us scarcely within the
limits of credibility. It would be like the last of
the Barons taking up his abode in the Isle of
Wight, at the very epoch when, as King-maker,
he was the most capable of building up or
pulling damn the fortunes of the SOVEREIGN. For
is there not an analogy of some sort between
WARWICK and PALMERSTON—if one was a King-
maker, is not the other a Minister-maker, the
destroyer and the architect of Administrations ?
At this critical moment we cannot remain alto-
gether dumb as to the merits and demerits of the
Earl of DERBY'S Government. Looking eagerly
forward, as we cannot fail to do, into the Future,
we cannot remain blind or , indifferent to
the Past. We can speak, moreover, at this
juncture yet more unreservedly than ever—
if that be possible—of the fallen Administra-
tion. And this simply because it is fallen. Called
abruptly to power, as we have shown, not through
their own official cupidity, but really through th e
weakness of their predecessors, the Members of the
departed Cabinet fulfilled, to a very great extent,
all the duties of their various posts promptly and
manfully, with a sense, it would seem, not so
much of the prerogatives of their administrative
position as of their profound and weighty re-
sponsibilities. We say this explicitly and
boldly, now that they are down, now that
they are defeated, now that, for the time,
their ranks are totally scattered. During the
nine or ten months in which they have held office
they have shown activity, promptitude, and deter-
mination. Justice compels us—although instinc-
tively antagonists of Toryism, although bound
heart and soul to the cause of the Liberal Re-
formers by the force of ineradicable predilections
—justice compels us, we say, to speak thus can-
didly of the course pursued in a large diversity of
instances, by the principal Members of the late
Government. Every one admits the consum-
mate abilities displayed in debate by the Right
Hon. the eX-CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER.
The glaring faults of his Budget cannot close our
eyes to a recognition of its extraordinary ingenuity.
It would be as idle to deny, that as it would
be to gainsay the value of the very con-
siderable reforms introduced into the Court
of Chancery by that illustrious Lawyer, the
Baron St. LEONARDS. As to the Ministerial con-
duct of the Noble Earl, the ex-Foreign Secretary,
we are -bold to declare that it contrasts, in almost
every single particular, most advantageously, as
far as his reputation is concerned, with the
boasted Inlent, but (in that department at least),
wholly undeniable mediocrity of the Earl GRAN-
VILLE. We cannot forget—now that the DERBY
Cabinet has fallen asunder—we cannot forget that
the Earl of MALMESBURY has opened up to the
commerce of Great Britain the neglected
bold and
riches of the South American Continent ; we
cannot forget that it was in consequence of his
Judicious policy that British rights were
cannot forgot,
defended in the North American Fisheries ; we
, delivered
in fine, that he it was who, in
the course of •
tlutsh
that noble
monthand poaftriote-e
oratione e, m e r
in the Rouse Lords,offa which, if nothing
would have lied lasting honour
else had done so,
upon the Derby Administration. Numerous other
illustrations might be adduced, but these will
suffice for present consideration. They are
at any rate, for •
inasmuch as
satisfactory
they prove that the nation has not from
February to December been suffering from another

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren.
Second Appearance of Miss Edith Herand.
THIS EVENING

Will be presented THE HUNCHBACK. Master Walter, Mr.
Hoskins ; Sir Thomas Clifford, Mr. W. Farren ; Fathom, Mr. Comp-
ton ; Modus, Mr. Shalders ; Julia, Miss Edith Heraud; Helen, Miss
Gordon.
To conclude with UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. Uncle Tom, Mr.
G. Cook ; George Harris, Mr. W. Farren ; Eliza, Miss Gordon.
Box-office open from Eleven till Five, under the superintendence
of Mr. Edward Chatterton.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
The greatest novelty of the season is Uncle Tom's Cabin.
In consequence of the crowds unable to obtain admission nightly,
the Grand Spectacle of Uncle Tom's Cabin will be repeated till further notice.
On MONDAY, Dec. 2i, and Four following Nights, the Enter-
tainments will commence with the highly popular Dramatic Spec-
tacle of UNCLE TOM'S (,AKIN.
To be followed by new scenes in the Circle by Native and Foreign
Artistes of the first celebrity.
fo conclude with, for the Last Five Nights, THE DEVIL TO
PAY.
Doors open atif-pagt Slx i'elook. Commence at Seven.
Stalls, 3s ; Dress Boxes, 45.: Upper lloxes, 3s ; P,t, 2s. ; Lower
Gallery, is; Upper Gallery, 6d. Half Price at Half-past Eight.
Box -o•nce open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr.
W. West.
NOTICE.--. 1 New Grand Equestrian CHRISTMAS COMIC
PANTOMIME, by Nelson Leo, will be produced with great splen-
dour on MONDAY, December 27, Boxieg Night.

THE WEATHER. SUN OFFICE, Dec. 19.
THERM(tMETER, IN THR SHADE.
45—highest since goon on Saturday.
38—lowest yesterday morning, and during Sat. night.
48—yesterday at noon.
BAROMETER, went up to 30.33—n0w down to 30.16.
WIND S.W.—Smart breeze, and dull weather.
DECEMBER 20.
49—highest since noon yesterday.
41—lowest this morning and during the night.
48—this day, at noon.

BAROMETER 29'87—Fallin,
WIND, S.W., fresh gale, and stormy looking weather.

DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

* MONDAY, DEO. 20, 1852.
State of the wind and weather at each of the following
places at nine o'dool. on Saturday morning. The stations
are arranged in order of latitude.
MULLINGAB— S.E., gentle breeze--partially cloudy.
HASTINGS—N., gentle breeze—cloudless.
SOUTHAMPTON—N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy,
FOLKESTONE—N., light breeze—cloudless.
TUNBRIDGE—W., calm—overcast.
BASINGSTOKE—N.W., calm—partially cloudy.
GREENWICH—N., gentle breeze--cloudless.
STROOD--N., gentle breeze—cloudless.
SivINDON—N.W. light airs—cloudless.
COLCHESTER—S.W.,
~ gentle breeze—cloudless.
YARMOUTH_ N., hard wind—cloudless.
....
T.

TIE WELLINGTON SUN

ON THURSDAY THE 18TH ULTIMO, AN
EXTRAORDINARY EDITION OF THE SUN

WAS PUBLISHED, CONTAINING
A SPLENDID PORTRAIT

in Scotland of not proven," which, while it
recognises the suspicions to which the defendant
is liable, yet gives him " the benefit of the
doubt" as to his actual guilt. It also in some
degree resembles the celebrated Irish verdict, in
which the jury, after declaring a prisoner not
guilty, emphatically cautioned him " not to do so
again." How far the censure conveyed at the
termination of the Report may lead the Right
lion. Gentleman to adopt sounder precautions on
future occasions remains to be seen. The public
will judge for itself how far " the doubt" was
justified, or whether the Committee might not,
without any undue severity towards Major BE-
RESFORD, have satisfied their minds that he was
aware of the general arrangement, scheme, and
object referred to in the Petition.

The letter written by a gentleman of rank and
position in society to a person who had at one
time officiated as a barber in a provincial town
was to the following tenor and effect :

"A good and safe man, with judgment and quickness,
is wanted immediately at Derby. I suppose that you
cannot leave your own place ; if not, send some one whom
you can trust in your place. Let him go to Derby on
receiving this, and find the County Tavern in the centre
of the town. Send his card to Cox, Brothers, and Co.,
as coming from Chester. That will be enough.
" Yours,
" Monday." ww. B.

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDA. Y EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1

That letter, it was distinctly proved, was re-
ceived by FRAIL in a parcel on Monday evening,
and MORGAN was dispatched the following morn-
ing, in order to act in obedience to the instruc-
tions therein contained. He did so, and from Mr.
Cox he received two parcels of money, through
the hands of a person named LUND. The vera-
cious MORGAN declared his belief that FLEWRER
was the person through whom he received the
money ; and when he and LUND were brought
together, they were unable to identify each other,
though several hundred pounds had passed from
one to the other. He also declared that he was
told his business was to pay " legitimate expenses"!
Sweet innocent ! He was stationed in a guarded
room, to which no one was admitted without giv-
ing a preconcerted signal. He handed sums of
money to each person who brought him a slip of
paper. He had lists of voters before him, but did
not look at them (?) and all his statements to the
police were " chaff"—the overflowing of his exu-
berant spirits, and hilarious temperament. " Cre-
dat Judceus Apella." Even the select committee
could not swallow that, although they could not
satisfy their minds that " the arrangement, scheme,
and object, referred to in the Petition, were known
to, or concurred in ky, the Right Hon. W. BERES-
FORD." A slowness of apprehension, of which
few country gentlemen would be guilty, if a sus-
pected poacher in a anock-frock were brought be-
fore their worships for laying down wires, in
which hares were subsequently captured.
Why again, we zsk, was Mr. G. R. Cox, who
provided the money, not examined. His evidence
was surely the most important of all. He alone
could have exonerated Major BERESFORD, by
proving that he was totally ignorant of the final
instructions given to MORGAN, or of the money
he received for the " very legitimate expenses."
RADFORD, too, was allowed to escape examina-
tion. Although he could drive in his gig about
Derby the day before his presence was required,
he could' riot safely attend at Westminster, and
thus he evaded the interrogatories which it might
be inconvenient to answer.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday,
were estimated at 6,000 bales, all to the trade.
The market was tame, but firm, at previous rates.
The sales comprised 5,000 American, 100 Pernani
and Maranham, 6kd to 6-id, and 800 Surat at 3id.
to 4id. per lb. Railway shares were firm, at
higher rates.
At Birmingham great excitement prevails in
the iron trade, and it is expected there will be a
further advance when the next quarterly meeting
takes place.
The letters by the West India mail represent
the weather as having been very boisterous.
The Cornwall Chronicle says of the weather:—
" The rain, if continued, will retard the progress of
the present crops. As yet, though they have ben vio-
lent, they were of short duration. A large portion of
the mill lead at Fairfield was carried away on Thursday
last—such accidents are attended with much inconven-
ience to the planter ; for if canes be already cut, they
soon suffer from exposure to the weather, and a neigh-
bouring mill is then held in requisition to grind them.
The roads in several parts are very greatly damaged.
From Hanover we have received several accounts of
their being almost impassable ; and in some places large
avalanches have slid down from hill slopes and filled up
the space below, rendering the road quite impassable for
carriages. The rains have been general in Westmore-
land. Our messenger was detained on his return by
heavy falls in the plains.
" The inclemency of the weather has prevented a good
dealrof mercantile intercourse between Falmouth and
Montegro Bay. Drizzling showers continued here
during Sunday night and yesterday morning ; and rheu-
matisms, coughs, and colds, have greatly prevailed
during the last ten days, occasioned by the uncongenial
state of the atmosphere."
Notice had been given in the House of Assembly
of a motion to reduce the expenditure of Jamaica,
if the Imperial Parliament grants no efficient
relief.
The steamer Hermann, from the United States,
advises us of an intended alteration in the iron
duties--fixed duties being adopted in lieu of the
ad valorem, system. The exchange on London -was
110 to Flour was firm.
The First Chamber of Holland has resolved to
continue the circulation of the 10,000,000 florins of
Treasury Bills issued in 1849.
The English Funds have been very firm this
morning. Consols realise 1001 g for the Account,
and the New 3 per Cents. 1041 to g. The Re-
duced 3 per Cents. have been at 101 i to g. Ex-
chequer Bills have been marked 60s. to 635., and
India Bonds 765. to 80s. premium. The political
changes about to take place, having been antici-
pated, have not much further influence.
A letter has been received from Mr. Mocatta
stating, that the Government of Ecuador is sur-
rounded with financial difficulties, but that if tran-
quillity continues, they are likely to be surmounted.
The Columbian claims on Peru are likely to be
adjusted.

It was, however, elicited that FRAIL, the
tonsor, had been for many years in the employ-
Meat of Major BERESFORD, the manager of the
Carlton Club Election Fund, at a salary of 3001.
per annum—that he had visited St. Alban's during
the election, " just to get an ink-ling of what was
going on in that notorious borough," that he was
at Aylesbury, Carlisle, and other places, a useful
agent, "to prevent kidnapping, personation, and
other illegal acts," which, as a stranger in the
various localities, he would have peculiar facili-
ties of detecting. We fear all this will scarcely
go down with the public. Major BERESFORD has
not succeeded in the complete vindication of his
character which his friends anticipated, nor has
he established the charge of conspiracy against
FLEWEER and Cox, of Nottingham. If innocent,
he cannot rest under the public censure contained
in the Report. He will, therefore, endeavour to
obtain a more 'stringent investigation, conducted
with open doors, and at which G. H. R. Cox and
RADFORD shall be forthcoming as witnesses.

Foreign Securities are not very active. The news
from Madrid of another change in the Cabinet, has
affected Spanish Bonds by improving them to the
extent of about to per cent. The Deferred are
24 to I, the 3 per Cents. 501 to and the Certi-
ficate 3i to 4f. The Swedish Loan has been at 1f
discount, and the Turkish has declined to 1
premium. Mexican Bonds have been marked
241, being heavy. Equador have improved to
sg. Grenada Deferred are worth 1311 to 1.
Brazilian Old Bonds have been worth 102 i to
103. Dutch 4 per Cents. are 99i- to 1 ; and Sar-
dinian 5 per Cents. 95i to 96.
The Railway Share Market is buoyant ; and
although the purchases have been small, prices are
looking up. Midland, North Western, Great
Western, and Caledonian, are about dearer.
French Shares are quiet, but well supported.
The Gold Mines are exceedingly brisk, and the
Californian Companies higher.
Australian Agricultural Shares are firm ; but
Van Diemen's Land are lower.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.
(From the Official List.)

- Bank Stock Business done.
2231
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuitie5...........•
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 34 per Cent. Annuities 1044 1 1 I 1
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jau., 1860 6l 7-16
India Bonds, £lOOO 76 80
aiDitto, under £lOOO 76 80
Consols for Account lOOl 1
Exchequer Bills 11d. March. June.
£lOOO 63 60
£5OO
63 60
Small
63 60
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account lo2i
Ditto 4a per Cent 9BB 4
Equador Bonds
5
4 Grenada Bonds, 1i per Cent —
Ditto Ex. Dec., 1849, Coupon..
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent.., l4 4 13
Mexican 3 per Cent..24q
Peruvian 6 per Cent.
Portuguese 4 per Cent
Rtissian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto, 41 per Cent.
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Spanish Bonds, 31per Cent 503 1 i 1
Ditto-Deferred, 3 per Cent.
Ditto Passive (Converted)
Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup, not fan, 3i- 45 0 p e
Swedish Loan .
1 Wi
Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852 1 dllO3 p
Ditto for the Account
Dutch Exchange 21 per Cent 6B
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates.
Consols for Opening 18th January lOO3 23 ex div.

5 2.

THE NEW MINISTRY.

(From the Morning Herald.

As we stated on Saturday, the Earl of Derby left
London on Friday afternoon for Osborne, to tender his
resignation and that of his colleagues to the Queen. The
noble earl returned to London on Saturday morning,
and at three o'clock in the afternoon, a Cabinet Council
was held, when his lordship intimated to the Ministers
the result of his interview with her Majesty. It is un-
derstood that Lord Derby suggested to the Queen that
it was desirable the Marquis of Lansdowne should be
summoned to Osborne ; but, as it was known that the
noble marquis was not likely to accept office, a Govern-
ment mesOnger was dispatched to London to summon
the Earl of Aberdeen. Accordingly yesterday morning
the noble earl left London for the Isle of Wight, and had
the honour of an interview with the Queen in the course
of the day. His lordship returned to town yesterday
evening, and immediately paid a visit to the Marquis of
Lansdowne, and some of his colleagues in the late Sir
R. Peel's Administration.
The following names have been mentioned as likely to
form a portion of the new Ministry ; but, as nothing is
yet definitively settled, we of course give them merely as
what we believe, as far as matters have gone, will be
likely to prove correct in the main :
The Earl of Aberdeen—First Lord of the Treasury.
Sir J. Graham—Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Lord J. Russell—Home Secretary.
Viscount Canning—Foreign Secretary.
Right Hon. W. Gladstone—Colonial Secretary.
Right Hon. Sidney Herbert—First Lord of the Ad-
miralty.
The Earl of Clarendon—President of the Council.
The Duke of Argyle—Lord Privy Seal.
The Earl of Granville--President of the Board of Con-
trol.

Right Hon. E. Cardwell, President of the Board of
Trade.

The Marquis of Clanriearde—Postmaster General.
Lord Seymour--First Commissioner of Woods and
Forests.

The Duke of Newcastle—Governor General of India.
In addition to the names mentioned above, it is
likely that the office of Lord Chancellor will be offered
to Lord Cranworth, and Lord Chancellor of Ireland or
Attorney General for Ireland to Mr. Brewster.

(From the Times.)
The progress of the events upon which the attention
of the country is at this moment fixed with intense in-
terest is slow, but not insignificant. In conformity with
the intimation we gave on Saturday, a communication
was received at an early hour on that day by the Mar-
quis of Lansdowne and the Earl of Aberdeen, command-
ing their joint attendance upon her Majesty at Osborne-
house. Notwithstanding the great importance of such
a summons, Lord Lansdowne unfortunately found him-
self prevented by an attack of gout from waiting upon
the Queen, and Lord Aberdeen thought it more becom-
ing to represent this circumstance to her Majesty than
to proceed alone to the royal presence in the unavoidable
absence of the eminent statesman whose name had been
coupled with his own. An answer to this effect was
therefore transmitted to the Isle of Wight on Saturday
afternoon. Yesterday morning, however, a further tele-
graphic communication was received at Argyll-house,
commanding Lord Aberdeen's immediate attendance at
Court, and the noble lord started on his mission without
further delay, having been first put in full possession
of the Marquis of Lansdowne's opinion on the present
crisis. We understand this opinion to have been, that
Lord Aberdeen is himself the only man on whom the
arduous task of constructing a powerful and durable
Liberal Government can at this time be imposed with
adequate chances of success ; and even the indisposition
which deprived her Majesty of Lord Lansdowne's per-
sonal advice on this occasion is an additional proof that
his health is not equal to the unremitting and unrelenting
calls of the public service on a First Minister. Wishing
on all occasions to speak with the highest respect of the
Marquis of Lansdowne, who occupies the first rank in
th 3 senatorial order of this realm, we should have deeply
regretted that his illustrious name were made the pre-
text of any short-lived combination entered into by other
parties with different views, or that he had been desig-
nated as the nominal head of a Cabinet of which he
would not have been the real chief. From any such
error his own dignity and sagacity have preserved him,
and we believe that no one will concur more zealously
than himself in supporting the Government which Lord
Aberdeen, at the command of the Sovereign, has under-
taken to form.
It has been our good fortune on some former occa-
sions to record the confidence we felt in the wisdom and
political integrity of Lord Aberdeen while he directed
the foreign affairs of the country under Sir Robert
Peel's Administration, for in that capacity he enjoyed
the unbounded confidence of his colleagues and the re-
spect of every foreign power with which he had to treat.
But what is less known to the country at large, from the
noiseless and unassuming tenor of his career, is the
breadth and impartiality of his character—his energy in
support of Sir Robert Peel's great measures of admini-
strative and commercial reform—his manly resolution in
sharing the sacrifice of office by which that illustrious
statesman paid the price of free trade for the nation—
and his enlightened readiness to advance with the
most truly liberal opinions of the present time. He
has the experience of age without its prejudices or its
infirmities, and the spirit of a constitutional minister
without a narrow or exclusive addition to the rules of
party. He is therefore peculiarly qualified, standing
upon a well-established reputation for prudence and
moderation, to extend his hand to every section of the
Liberal cause, and to include in one poweful Govern-
ment all that most deserves the confidence of the nation.
The concurrence of Lord John Russell and his friends is
of course an essential condition of such an Administra-
tion, and they are entitled, by their past services, their
opinions, and their following in the House of Commons,
to take a prominent part in its formation. But the ac-
tual number of Lord John Russell's late colleagues is
already much reduced, and the great interests of the
Liberal party do not rest solely with them. Although
we cannot regard Lord Palmerston's co-operation as in-
dispensable to any Cabinet, and least of all to a Cabinet
not wanting in Parliamentary ability, we regret the
isolated position in which he has placed himself : and
we should learn with pleasure that his great administra-
tive abilities were to be employed at the Admiralty
in the improvement of our naval defences, or
transferred to the Vice-Royalty of his native coun-
try. Among the younger and more active libe-
rals, who have hitherto received no encourage-
ment from Whig Ministers, men like Sir William Moles-
worth, Lord Wodehouse, or Mr. Osborne, would find a
place ; and, with a Government like that we are con-
templating, office might be extended without danger
even to that class of politicians who have usually refused
it. To accomplish such a task at all, it must be untler-
taken in a broad, bold, and liberal spirit ; it must be mei
with fairness and confidence.

) To reduce the fluctuating elements of the political
) world to two constant divisions of party, and to main-
; tain those broad distinctions with as much consistency
and uniforthity as the habits of a free people will permit,
are the primary and most obvious conditions of the form
of Government under which we live. It may happen—
it
has recently happened in this country—that one or
both of these parties have undergone transformations by
. which their identity is affected and their cohesion
shaken ; but the efficient working of the constitution
requires that the balance should as soon as possible be
restored, and that the discordant fractions into which
a party may be subdivided should once more be di-
rected by common principles to a common object.
In the time we live in the names and -badges of
public men have lost much of their influence ; for their
followers have lost the blind deference to party authority
which once constituted the strength of a Minister. But
by so much the more important is it that common prin-
ciples should be the effective bond of political combina-
tion, and that statesmen, divided by no essential
differences, should unite to discharge the duties which
all profess alike to owe to their country. It is false to
designate such a union as a coalition, if that term be
intended' to convey an undue sacrifice of independent
convictions ; but if the Queen's Government is to be
carried on at all, it is impossible that any Ministry should
exist, not reckoning a considerable diversity among its
members and supporters. The chief fault of Lord John
Russell's last Cabinet was that, instead of this diversity,
it had all the tameness of a family dinner party ; and if
the chief interests of the State are to be discussed with
effect by the confidential advisers of the Crown, it is de-
sirable that they should include as much variety of
opinion as is compatible with a general conformity of
views and intentions.

Far, therefore, from considering it a reproach to the
Ministry which may be formed at the present crisis that
it is not likely to be cast in one mould, or composed of
materials identically similar, that quality is, in truth, a
cause of strength. Harmony is preferable to unison.
Nothing great or powerful exists in the world which is
not the result of conflicting forces skilfully balanced and
combined. But it is essential to the working of the
Constitution that such minor differences as are here ad-
verted to should be absorbed in two broader lines of
division. Opposed by a compact and numerous party,
if not by an able one, the existence of any Liberal Go-
vernment depends on the maintenance of corresponding
discipline among its own supporters. But if every frac-
tion is incapable of anything more rational and useful
than the assertion of its own wilful pretensions, the
principles by which men ought to be united are sacri-
ficed to the names that divide them. We rest our hopes
of the success of this experiment—which we admit to be
one of difficulty—upon the high character of its authors,
upon the administrative ability of the future Ministers,
and upon the earnest and rational desire of the country
to see these mere gladiatorial exhibitions terminated by
a more dignified, stable, and wholesome course of Go-
vernment. If Lord Aberdeen is enabled to form a Cabi-
net at all, it will be the ablest and the strongest that the
country can produce. If he fail in that, he fails altoge-
ther ; but if he succeed, he may look to the good sense
and patriotism of the people of England to support and
to reward him.

THE CHAPLAIN Or PITCAIRN'S ISLAND.—The Rev.
G. H. Nobbs, lately ordained chaplain of Pitcairn's Island,
sailed from Southampton by La Plata on Friday last for
Navy Bay, whence ho will proceed to Valparaiso, where
he expects to meet Rear-Admiral Moresby, of the Portland,
who has promised to convey him to Pitcairn. It is thought
that he will have to travel 10,000 miles before he rejoins
his flock. Previously to quitting Southampton Mr. Nobbs
was honoured with an interview with Prince Albert at
Osborne-house. His Royal Highness afterwards joresented
him to the Queen, who showed him much kindness and
condescension. The gracious reception of the representa-
tive of the loyal community of Pitcairn delighted him
much, and, added to the sympathy and regard manifested
towards him by all during his two months' stay in Eng-
land, enabled him to quit our shores with feelings of hap.
pizess.