The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-04 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1853.

Two leading and influential members of the
new Cabinet were yesterday unanimously Re-
elected by the constituencies which had selected
them, when in opposition, as their chosen Repre-
sentatives. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, her MAJESTY'S
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
received the approval of the citizens of London in
Guildhall assembled, while Lord PALMERSTON was
equally fortunate at Tiverton, his new appoint-
ment as Home Secretary not in any degree alien-
ating the kindly feelings which have been enter-
tained towards his Lordship by those who have
for many years been so fortunate as to se-
cure his valuable services. Although there was
nothing bearing the faintest appearance of
opposition, and all was good humour at
the hustings and their vicinities, the Noble
Lords made long and, it is unnecessary to say,
able speeches explanatory of their conduct while
in opposition, and of the motives by which they
were actuated in lending their names and attach-
ing all their weight to the New Coalition Cabinet.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL, too, entered fully into the
subject of his consenting to occupy a subordinate
place in the Government, when he had formerly
held the reins of power in his own hands, and
might; had he refused to join in the proposed
combination, speedily have been entrusted with
her MAJESTY'S commands to form a new Adminis-
tration. His Lordship had, however, at length be-
come but too painfully aware of the fact that the
country would no longer submit to the dictates of the
"Family Party," that there were persons who
might-aspire to the possession of-official rant- and
patronage, although not belonging to the RUSSELLS,
GREYS or ELLIOTTS, or even remotely connected
with that celebrated Duchess from whom so many
statesmen had descended. The pleasing delusion
so long indulged in had been too roughly dis-
solved. The Noble Lord, although unquestion-
ably a sadder, has become a much wiser, man.
He candidly admitted that, "if he had 'em
d
to form an Administration of men of oanepartp
he should not be doing his duty to
his
This was a fact long palpable to SOVEREIGN."
v
belonging to the clique. ow
could one not
Government possibly have been a strong
founded so unsound a basis as the Whigs, properly go on
numbering but 160 members in the popular hea
of the Legislature. If the 300 followers roafntchh
Earl of DERBY could not maintain their leader
in office, how could a section of little mote \
than one-half the numerical force hope
to succeed in such an attempt ? Lord JOHN
RUSSELL had ample opportunities of ascertaining
how much easier it was to pull down than to con-
struct a Cabinet—to destroy than to form a Go_
vernment.
He could not induce those without
whose co-operation no permanency could reason-
ably be anticipated to hold office if he were the
chief. GRAHAM, and GLADSTONE, and NEWCASTLE,
and PALMERSTON might consent to act with, but
not under, him. Some other head should be
found ; and Lord ABERDEEN happened to be the
Person best calculated to unite the conflicting el
beT-
erktg. That " excellent" Peer could not pos-
yl excite the jealousy of any of those distin-
iishe
bring to,,ethe
a-q3s`rantsto the Premiership, so that he could
can tell---pa,rtl'i;
7,/,lheother lie can keep, time alone
whom there
any of tath„, with
wilwould not be subordinate to
equal competition for might be a more
that the demo, ARlledonainance. Thus, it was,
of t
he Treasury—while ttl'ecame the First Lord
STON, and NEWCASTLE, viZEIL, and PALMER-
,xchequer and
State, with GLansrmaE
th°)ll3' Secretaries Of
GRAHAM at the Admiralty
alj.
way—if it only holds together. '''sj good in its
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