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political life; and Sir Robert Peel expressly declared that he
could not continue to hold.office. What, then, if Lord John
Russell shall be compelled to renounce the attempt to form
an Administration upon those stringent conditions upon
which only, as Sir Robert Peel explained last night, a
Ministry can be properly formed,. or can properly ex-
ist—namely, the support of a ppwerful party, pre-
pared to support the Ministry upon all important
questions? Sir Robert Peel has promised to support the
new Russell Ministry in prosecuting his own free-
, trade policy, and has hinted a disposition to support that
Ministry in its Romanist measures for Ireland. But Sir R.
Peel has no personal party—he is now but one Mall, _and if,
as he says, he cannot repossess office, he must count upoe
remaining but one man, and that one one of the smallest
men in the empire. He will not bring with him to support
a Russell Ministry any of the wretched 112—the larger and
less culpable division of whom followed him merely in order
to keep out a Russell Ministry. Still less can he hand over
to his free-trade and pro-Romanist successor the noble Coun-
try party, numbering 250. It is, therefore, not at all im-
possible, though we admit it to be unlikely, that Lord John
Russell mar-decline to execute the commission imposed upon
Lordship's declining it, however, or his attempt-
lug to execute it, cannot change the relative strength of
parties in Parliament and through the country. The Coun.
try party of 250—sure to be-greatly augmented by a general
election—will remain; the 112, too, will remain (no longer
urged tot the scourge of an official " wliipperdn") to follow
their original bias ; and Lord John must prepare to
confront a great majority in the House of Com-
mons, probably a greater majority in the House of
Lords. What, then, are Lord John Russell's prospects ?
He, Whig as he is, may carry on the Government upon the
principles of the " Country party," but he can carry on the
Government upon no other principles. As far as the " Coun-
try party" is concerned Lord John will have no difficulty in
this respect. They have already " generously" supported
Sir Robert Peel (the word " generously" is his own, and it
is well chosen) for five years, while he lavished upon the
opponents of their principles whatever of public patronage
he did not find it necessary to give to his own relations and
personal deßendents. Lerd John Russell may, therefore, be,
quite at ease upon this head: The Country party will not
quarrel about patronage; but let Lord John -bethink him in
time of the danger of touching the British and Protestant
principles of this great nation. Let him carry on the Go-
vernment of the country upon the principles of " the Coun-
try party,"and he may remain Minister as long as it shall
please him; but if not—Sir Robert Peel is his example. The
present is not the time to discuss the reasoning of Sir Ro-
bert Peel's farewell speech, or to express our opinion of the
good or bad taste of his eulogium upon Mr. Richard Cobden,
whose whole merit, even as we can extract it from the
panegyric of the Conservative I Premier, is a successful
imitation of Mr. Daniel O'Connell's seditious conspiracy
(lately protecuted by the same Premier) as it exists in Ire-
land. The present iS not, we say, the time for such cri-
ticisms, but we think that whoever reads Sir Robert Peel's
speech of last night, must with us rejoice in knowing that
he is never, after the present week to open his lips as a
Minister of the Crown. His offence is an offence not merely
against party but against morals, and the interests of mo-
rality would be compromised should it be visited with any
less penalty than a perpetual disqualification. As to Lord
John Russell's prospects, we have already hinted at them ;
but we must add that he takes office with some advantage
as the successor of him who pronounced the Cobden toadying
speech, to which we must refer. To read such disgusting
things is :really enough to make one quarrel with his
species, at least to blush for a party and a country so long
cheated as: our country and party have been. Lord Pal-
merston spoke his mind rather freely, and we honour his
Lordship fOr it • and Mr. Joseph Hume put his seal upon
Sir Robert Peel's character by eulogising it. There was no
going beyond that. •
(From the Post.)
It is, we think, not likely that those who sympathise with
our views of public men, or public affairs, will find anything
satisfactory in the speech of Sir Robert Peel of yesterday
evening, beyond the announcement that he ceases to be Mi-
nister. That, indeed, is a satisfactory statement. No man,
we believe, ' loves power more than he does, and the loss of it
is no doubt to him a punishment. That punishment he most
richly deserves. The most remarkable passage of this dis-
honest politician's statement is that in which he acknow-
ledges that the merit (?) of the corn-law repeal measure
rests with Mr. Richard Cobden. This had been frequently
said before in different terms. We ourselves, no further off
than yesterday morning, adverted to the fact that Cobden it
was who had frightened Sir Robert Peel into the adoption of
the corn-law repeal measure. The novelty is in such a man
as Peel acknowledging that to be true which really is true.
This, probably, would not have happened, but for the com-
plimentary speech of Cobden regarding Peel on Thursday
night. To the tradesmanlike mind of Peel it had probably oc-
curred that some payment was due for this, and before he abso-
lutely ceased to be Minister he thought it decent to settle the
batence of his account with his friend and ally Cobden. It
is isethat not very long ago he described the said Richard
C )I:e'en to the House of Commons as something not ex-
treinolv firm.: torn an assassin, but in these days such
" changes of opinion are so common as to have ceased ,to
excite any violent emotion or surprise. As might have been
expected, the coolest impudence, and the extremest folly of
the speech of the Right Hon. Betrayer of his party are to be
found in 114 allusions to free trade. His jargon about fo-
reign nations buying in the dearest markets, while we buy
in the cheapest, is nothing better than a juggle of words. if
foreign nations bought in the dearest foreign markets, rather
than in the cheapest foreign markets, his remarks might
have some reason in them. As it is, such remarks are at
once foolish and deceptive. n
Foreigneep
pay to theproducers
nations
p aed carer
to
their own producers than they of
other nations. This is merely a contribution from the owners
of capital in foreign nations to the support of the industry
of their own people. It is a very proper price for the
owners of capital to pay for the privileges they enjoy—for
the safety of their possessions, and for the ease and tranquil-
lity of which they are in the enjoyment, while others labour
for them. It is the policy of such men as Sir Robert Peel to
secure every advantage they can for the owners of capital,
while the producers of their own country are to be subjected
to every disadvantage, and more especially to that of com-
petition with foreign producers, whose taxation is compara-
tively light, and who do not live in the, neighbourhood of
enormously rich people, that insult poverty by their °scent&
tious contempt of its helplessness. We find in the speech of
Sir Robert Peel very little—we may almost say nothing—
worthy of an eminent statesman. It appears to us to
be rather the farewell address of a cold-hearted, in-
sincere, and baffled intriguer. We may, perhaps, err,
and judge with less charity than we ought, but
we certainly cannot but hold the opinion that one Of
the most disappointed men this morning in the Queen's do-
minions is Sir Robert Peel, and, for the sake of public jus-
tice, we are glad that he is a disappointed, and a punished,
man. We believe that he calculated on something very
different; we are well pleased that his calculation has been
erroneous. It is for the honour of England that he should
be dishonoured. Waiving the question of the national effects
of his policy, we hold that his cold deceit—his treachery to
those who trusted him—is far too palpable to be denied by
any honest and observing man ; and this offence, now com-
mitted for the second time, deserves every public reproach
and public disgrace that can befal him. His position in
history, if he hold any position at all, ought, in our judg-
ment, to be among the infamous. If yesterday evening he
had made anything like a fitting apolcgy, we might have
thought it our duty to refrain from language so harsh as
this; but as it is, we see no reason why we should not say
as we think, that the conduct of Sir Robert Peel is the
greatest disgrace to England which has occurred in the nine-
teenth century.

(From the Daily Eiws. )
There is a singular combination of the circumstances which
ennoble a political fall, in the event which Sir Robert Peel
last night announced to the House of Commons. The sacri-
fice of life or power-for a great end ; that sacrifice made, more-
over, in the plenitude of life and power, and made with strong
foresight and firm will ;--all these ennoble. They leave no
room for party, none for contempt. They silence hatred, and
redeem many faults. We do not say that Sir Robert Peel's
political character has been perfect, or that consistency and
aro fur disinterested fit ,
p whilstpoui
ar
an undeviating course is not a most desirable and lofty virtue.
But as Liberals, we have little right to dwell upon and exag-
gerate the one defect,
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by
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we know, toe, that this one fault would be damnatory, were
aitimnos,t redeemed by
wisdom,
bye
rights and wants, and by that knowledge, which alone is
power, and can fulfil its convictions. The expression of opi-
nion, the development of principle, with which Sir Robert
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to announcement
the co
entof his resignation,
whichignatio hn,ee vince
hhas
taken. He evidently is not inclined to crave pardon for his
liberal leanings; to excuse the boldness of his financial and
economical innovations; or to lure back to bis standard those
who have deserted him, by whispering that his aberration
has been but temporary. On the contrary, Sir Robert
glories, like the dying hero, in his prowess. He has caught
the wide applause, the far and distant sounds of universal
approbation, which have hailed his measures. He has
found such applause and such support, more inspiriting than
the cheers of mere Parliamentary partizans. And the Mi-
nister :,though uttering the words of resignation, addresses
himself to the country as well as to the House, with the
tone, not of a dismissed servant, but of a very authoritative
though parting friend. For our part, we could scarcely be-
lieve our ears when we heard the Tory chief not merely
glory in the hopes of the great measure which immor •
talises the session, but proclaim the doctrine of assi-
milation and equality to be applied to Ireland. "A
complete assimilation of Ireland to England and Scotland in
political and religious privileges should not be defeated by
jealousy or suspicion on our part." Ominous words, these.
Bold words, and true. The mere utterance of them is a feat;
the acting up to them would be the utmost that the warmest
Liberal could desire. And we cannot but mark with the
loudest applause so striking and so powerful a valediction.
We will not, for the present, undertake to follow Sir Robert
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through the review of his five years' administration. On so
changed, if we
multiplied a subject there is much to say; and though the
ntohtlelinggoveomfmethnet
of ttahuonotoionn.
extended it to a representation of him during five years.
Let him Sit for his portrait now, his hand upon the Corn Bill,
whilst, in lieu of that very stupid, untoward, and prepense
Coercion Bill, let him haveeelal:nmidinniesdtsehrhis declaration of last
wras ender
is But,
one
nthoto though
calculated
et Itieedreto
offensive,nig aosr invidious, to
howi
n tlhr
try more easy for his successors. To outbid Sir Rob
in practical Liberalism will be difficult. The ert Peel
things to be done are of minor importance. And now that the Corn • has passed the country will probably fall into Bill
favourable to an old established Government, a calm, very
few chances for those who must achieve something,but affording
Sir Robert Peel shows no inclination to monopolise And yet
himself, or to deny it to others. Notiii glory to
ng could be more
generous, more full, and morn striking,
ledgment that the carrying of the Ing, than his acknow-
trade was not owing to the effort most vital part of free-
old constitutional parties, but t s of any, chiefs of any of the
and eloquence of Richard Cob o the disinterested energies
of Lords, had anticipatedthis den. Earl Grey, in the House
tribute, which, even from Lim,
yet in the House of Lords Coming from
Sir Robert Peel, the , was thought bold.
unstinted tribute did as much honour to
the giver as to its object.

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a
cutting of the grass ha., in many instances, been 'impeded
by the difkuity of obtaining mowers. Although the price
advanced still men could not be obtained.
We have heard of a 'caso where mowers have refused
ss. Gd• IAvaGrIIMULTunAL LABouRERS.—The
for cutting graso, which is a great per acre
in-
crease or wages over those paid at other seasons.—Aylesbury
News.