The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-25 00:00:00

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Great Western Railway (Arrangements with reference to
the Purchase, &c., of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth
Railways).
Killarney and Valencia Railway.
London and Blackwall Railway (from London and Blackwell
Extension Railway to Tilbury, &c.)
Manchester Waterworks.
Manchester Improvement.
Mary port and Carlisle Railway.
Midland Railway (Purchase of Leeds and Bradford Railway
and Increase of Capital).
Richmond and Lancaster Turnpike Road (Western District)
Continuation of Term, &c.
Sheffield and Glossop Road.
Tenterden and Woodchurch Roads.
Wiveliscombe Turnpike Roads.
The second readings of the following Bills were post-
poned:—Buckingbam's Compensation Bill, which was
ordered to be read a second time on Monday next,
European and American Printing Telegraph Company,
&c., Bill, Metropolitan Cattle Market Bill, and the Sub-
marine Telegraph Company, between England and
France, Bill.

PETITIONS.
Lord GEORGE MANNERS presented a petition
from a place in Leicestershire, signed by 700 owners and
occupiers of land, complaining of agricultural distress ;
also two petitions from the same county against the
Papal aggression.
Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL presented a number of pe-
titions from all parts of Ireland against the Ecclesiastical
Titles Bill.
Mr. P. HOWARD presented two petitions from places
in Northumberland to the same effect.
Sir R. H. INGLIS presented a petition from a place
in Oxfordshire against the admission of Jews into Par-
liament.
Mr. W. 0. STANLEY presented a petitiom from
Cheshire in favour of the establishment of county financial
boards.
Mr. W. WILLIAMS presented a petition from Fins-
bury praying for the repeal of the window-tax.
The Earl of ARUNDEL and SURREY presented a pe-
tition from Durham against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill.
Colonel SIBTHORP presented a petition from Lin-
coln complaining of agricultural distress.
Mr. WAKLEY presented a petition from Finsbury
praying for the repeal of the window-tax.
Mr. 0. HIGGINS presented a petition from the town
of Westport against any interference with the doctrine,
discipline, or practice of the Roman Catholic Church;
also from the same place praying for the establishment
of religious equality in Ireland, by a more proper appli-
cation of the funds of the Established Church; also
from the Neale, Louisburgb, Kilyerver, and various
other places in the county of Mayo, against the Eccle-
siastical Titles Bill.
Mr. REYNOLDS presented a petition from a parish
in Dublin to the same effect; also petitions with a simi-
lar prayer from the corporation of Drogheda, and other
places in Ireland; and a number of petitions praying
for the repeal of the taxes on knowledge.
Mr. R. M. FOl presented a petition from Longford
against the Papal Aggression Bill.
Lord DUNCAN presented several petitions praying
for the repeal of the window-tax.
Mr. MONSELL presented petitions from Limerick
against the Papal Aggression Bill.
Lord D. STUART presented a petition praying for
the total repeal of the window-tax, and against the sub-
stitution of the house-tax.
Mr. WYLD presented a petition against the paper
duties.
Mr. WILSON presented a petition against the win-
dow duties.
Mr. P. WOOD presented a petition against the paper
duty.
Mr. HUME presented a petition praying for a modifi-
cation of the income-tax, and another against the Bible
monopoly.
APPEARANCE OF THE HOUSE AT HALF-
PAST FOUR O'CLOCK.
At half-past four o'clock both sides of the House were
nearly filled, but the Opposition benches appeared to be
more closely packed. The Members' and strangers' gal-
leries were also crowded. The whole of the Ministers,
with the exception of Lord J. Russell, Lord Palmerston,
and the Chancellor of the Exchequer hac
by this time taken their seats on the Mi-
nisterial benches. The buzz arising from the
almost generally suppressed ton© of conversation carried
on in all parts of the House prevented the reporters
catching distinctly the prayers of the different petitions
which were presented.
ELEVATION OF SIR J. C. HOBHOUSE TO
TELE PEERAGE.
Mr. 11AYfrt, whose appearance at the table pro-
clued an aldett instantaneous silence in the House,
said—Mr. Speaker, I have to move for a new writ for
the election of a Member for the borough of Harwich,
in the room of the Right Hon. Sir John Cam fiobhouse,
who has accepted the office of steward of the Chilterr.
Hundreds. —(Loud laughter.)
Hon. Mestsbers having now finished presenting peti-
tions, the House remained for more than a quarter of at
hour without any business to occupy it. All the Ca-
binet Ministers had now arrived, with the excep-
tion of the First Lord of the Treasury, whoa(
usual seat by the side of Lord Palmerston rs-
mained vacant, when some considerable amuse
ment was excited in the House by Mr. Moncktoi
Milnes, who having just entered the House and per-
ceiving the vacant place unwit;ingly seated himself in it.
apparently for the purpose of conversing with Lord
Palmerston. This movement wsss received with loud
laughter on all sides, apparently as ji saluting the Hon.
Member as the future Paula Minister, and clearing away
the mystery which has enveloped the political work
during the last day or two.
Lord Joust RUSBELL entered the Holse at five
minutes to five, and was received with cheers from both
sides of the House.
The noise of conversation which had previously filled
the House was now hushed, and, amidst deep silence the
SPEAKER called on the Clerk to read the Orders of th
Day.
The Improvement of Towns (Ireland) Bill was or-
dered to be read a second time this day fortnight.
The announcement of the title of this Bill caused con-
siderable amusement.
The Metropolitan Buildings Bill was also ordered to
be read a second time this day fortnight.
MINISTERIAL CRISIS.
On the motion for going into Committee of Ways and
Means,
Lord JOHN RUSSELL rose amid deep silence, and
spoke as follows:—I promised the House on
Friday night that I would on this day
state the reasons that induced me to propose the
adjournment of the Committee of Ways and Means until
the present time. I now rise to acquit myself of that
promise. The House will remember that imme-
iiiately after the commencement of the present session
a motion was made by the Hon. Gentleman the Member
for Buckinghamshire, calling upon her Majesty's Mi-
nisters to take immediate measures for the relief of the
distress existing among the owners and occupiers of
land. Every Member of the House, every person
in the country, must have considered that
that motion was a motion to take the conduct of the
Government out of the hands of the present Ministers.
The Hon. Gentleman the Member for Buckinghamshire
took a perfectly Parliamentary course upon that subject,
and I do not in the slightest degree complain
of that course, I only state what must have
been the effect of that motion in the view
of every person if it had been successful. No less than
269 Members of this House voted for that motion, and
283 against it, and there was therefore a majority of
14 of those !persons who were present in the
House who voted with the Government upon
that occasion. Upon a question like that,
brought forward with hostility to the Government,
at the very commencement of the session, when the
Chancellor of the Exchequer had given notice of his
intention to bring forward his financial statement
two nights after, it was evident that a majority
of fourteen only must tend to weaken a Govern-
ment which was left in such a situation. It
appeared to me, however, that although that majority
was small, yet if there was a determination in all the
Members of it to maintain those principles of financial po-
licy which, in fact, was the real question attacked by the
motion of that day, that that union might have made up
for the smallness of the majority, and the Government still
have conducted successfully the affairs of the country.
Had it not been for those circumtances
I did think that the position which the Ministry
held might make up for the evil effect of the smallness
of the majority, but I considered that the time at which
that majority was obtained, and the circumstances in
which it placed us, would in all probability place
us in constant difficulty. It exhibited in the Go-
vernment a weakness with which a Government ought
not to be embarrassed. Close upon that came the divi-
sion of the other evening. It did appear to me that the
lateness of the hour and the weakness of the House
might possibly justify the Ministers in carrying on the
Government at any other period; but in the circum-
stances in which we were placed by the minority on the
part of the Government, I did consider it my duty
to tender our resignations to her Majesty.—(Hear.)
We might possibly have been able to bring forward
other measures which would have neutralized the effect
of that majority ; but with the threatened measure of the
income-tax, anti with this minority before us at this
time, I did not conceive that I could come to any other

conclusion than that even if we overcame the difficulties
by which we were surrounded, it would be possible for
the Government to pass through the session successfully.
—(Hear, hear.) To attempt to do se would, in my con-
ception, have been equally disadvantageous to the
country and the House. This circumstance over-
weighed in my mind the consideration of the
smallness of the majority by which vre were supported
on the motion of the Hon. Member for Buckingham-
shire, though even that would have been a matter of
serious moment at any time. I thought, and stated it to
my colleagues, that it was my opinion that it was our
duty to tender our resignations to her Majesty. My
colleagues agreed with me, but at the time one of the
principal and most important members of the Govern-
ment was absent from London—the Marquis of
Lansdowne having left town on Thursday night,
for his seat at Bowood, Wiltshire. I communicated
with him, but he did not arrive in town until Satur-
day morning. That was the reason why I did not
earlier tender our resignations to her Majesty.
The Marquis of Lansdowne perfectly agreed
with me and our colleagues, and on obtaining his
opinion I immediately repaired to Buckingham Palace
and presented our resignations to her Majesty, which
her Majesty was most graciously pleased to receive,
and informed me that it was her intention to send for
Lord Stanley to form the Government. In the course of the
afternoon I received a message requiring my attendance
at Buckingham Palace. On arriving there her Majesty
informed me that Lord Stanley had stated to her that
he was unable to make a Cabinet, and her Majesty then
directed me to reconstruct a Government .—(llear.) I
thought it my duty to state to her Majesty—although
I assured her that I would use my utmost endeavours to
accomplish that object—that she must be aware there
would be great difficulties in the completion of such a
task.—(Hear, hear.) There are great difficulties in that
task. I do not consider it my duty, after what
has taken place, to enter into any discussion, or to say
anything further respecting what arrangements may be
made—(Loud cries of " Hear")—but I shall merely move
that the House do now adjourn till Friday next, when I
shall be prepared to state what steps I have taken for
the reconstruction of the Cabinet.—(The Noble Lord
sat down amidst cheers from both sides of the House.)
Mr. DISRAELI said—Sir, it not my intention to
trouble the House with any lengthened remark after
the statement of the Noble Lord.—(Hear, hear.) It
is most true, indeed it is a matter of
public notoriety that Lord Stanley has had an audience
of her Majesty, and when Lord Stanley has received
the gracious permission of her Majesty to state
what transpired at the audience, he will do so in
a constitutional manner from his place in Parliament.—
(Hear, hear.) But, Sir, there is one observation in the
statement of the Noble Lord which I feel it my duty not
to let pass unnoticed on this occasion.—(Hear.) Sir,
when the Noble Lord states that Lord Stanley stated to
her Majesty that he was not prepared to form an Ad-
ministration—
Lord J. RUSSELL—Not then prepared to form an
Administration.
Mr. DISRAELI—The correction of the Noble Lord
does not at all affect the statement I am about to make
to the House. Now I have to express my conviction
that when the Noble Lord said that Lord Stanley
had stated to her Majesty that he was not prepared then
to form an Administration, the Noble Lord made a
statement to the House which, upon further reflection, I
think he will acknowledge is not founded upon what
really took place.—(Cheers from the Opposition.)
Lord J. RUSSELL said—Sir, after what the Hon.
Gentleman has stated I think it necessary to make
a single observation.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.")
The Honourable Gentleman is no doubt correct when he
states that Lord Stanley will, at the proper time, and
when he has obtained her Majesty's most gracious per-
mission to do so, give an explanation of what took place
et the interview between the Noble Lord and his Sove-
reign, and my opinion is that Lord Stanley's statement
will bear out what I have already said, namely, that he
was not then prepared to form an Administration.—
(Hear, hear, from the Treasury benches.)
Mr. ROEBUCK said—Sir, before the motion for ad-
journment is put, I am anxious to make one
single observation upon the extraordinary state of
iffairs in which we are at present placed.—(Hear,
near.) The Noble Lord has moved that we
should adjourn to Friday, and the Noble Lord is
*bout to construct a Cabinet without the House of Com-
mons having the slightest opportunity to express any
opinion of its own upon the subject. Her Majesty, we are
told, has been obliged, if I may so use the phrase, to
send for somebody to make an Administration, and that
step has hitherto failed. Now, Sir, Ido hope that the
Noble Lord who has hitherto acted as the leader, not
eimply of a great party in this House, but also
as being the representative of a great principle,
gill not forget in all the proceedings about to take place
that that principle is now in his hand, and that in
e great measure whatever will hereafter take place with
respect to that great principle of financial arrangement
in this country, its existence will depend upon the pro-
ceedings which he is to take, and upon him will
rest the responsibility if we are again called upon to
right the battle of free trade.—(Great cheering.)
The motion for the adjournment to Friday was then
put and carried, and the House, which was full to over-
flowing, immediately adjourned.

PUBLIC WOOL SALES.
The extreme rates to the close of Saturday's sale were:
-Australian sheep's clam), Is. to 11d.; skin, Bd. to
Is. 211. Port Philip sheep's clean, Is. ld. to Is. 7d. ;
,coured, ls. 2d. to Is. 11-kd. ; and lambs', ls. 3,/'l. to
13.80. Van Dieman's Land sheep's clean, Is. 3d. to
Is. 7d.; scoured, Is. sd. to ls. 80.; and lambs', Is. 30.
to Is. 111 d. Cape sheep's clean, 40. to Is. 50.; and
lambs', Is. to Is. 4d. East India sheep's clean, 6/1. to
7d. Merino, lid, to Is. 00. Italian, 80. to Is. 6d.;
and some German, Is. 4d.
The quantity of Wool that has been offered this even-
' ing is 738 bales of Australian, 319 of Van Dieman's
Lind, 91 of Port Philip and Portland Bay, 36 of
sooth Australian, 139 of Cape, 58 of German, and
86 of goats' wool. Australian sheep's clean has
realist d Is. lid. to Is. 70., scoured is. 4d. to is. 70.,
super 1.% Bd., and lambs' clean and scoured Is. Id. to
Is. , creasy 60. to 100. Van Dieman's Land
sheep's 7d.
sold at la. ld. to Is. 60., lambs' at ls. 6d.
and is. 7d.,
ctiped at Is. 20. to ls. 40, Cape scoured
sold at Is. Id. i
1..) Is. 411., and lambs'
at Is. Id. Port
Philip, 15.; scoyed, Is. 60. to Is. 90., and lambs',
Is. 40. to Is. 7,?, South Australian, scoured and
clean, ls. 2d. to :s. sd. German Is. id. to is. sd.
Turkey goats' wool Is. 7d. to ls. Bd.
To-morrow afternoon the series will be concluded, and
the country buyers have already made arrangements to
leave immediately afters, by
d
lars the different trains.
Some have already quitted i'cJondon.

EXTENSIVE ADULTERATIONS
We are gratified to learn that at length there is a pro
oability of this subject being taken ap.in good earnest.
The many extensive adulterations in articles of food, &c.,
has by recent investigations and Governmental convic-
tions, become so public, that the necessity of some pre-
ventative measures has been generally acknowledged. In
Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Liverpool, petitions to the Go-
vernment are being actively signed, with the view of
urging the Board of Inland Revenue to adopt efficient
measures on the subject of the adulteration of coffee, and
to protect honest dealers by prohibiting as far as pos-
sible the vending of the noxious manufactures usually
sold under that name. The Lancet reports the result of
forty-three examinations of pepper, a great proportion
of which yielded an abundant supply of linseed, mustard,
pea flour and sago meal; and upon this matter we are as-
sured that her Majesty's Commissioners are determined
to use every effort to bring the offenders to the punish-
ment they so justly deserve. There are, however, many
other articles equally adulterated in which the vigilance
of the Exaiso officers, however needed, is seldom or never
exercised. These are products paying merely a nominal
duty, and consequently of no very great importance to
the public revenue. It unfortunately happens that many
of the articles thus left to the mercy of dishonest
traders are of a peculiar description, and especially
require protection against adulteration, from the fact of
heir use generally being, in critical cases, such as the
~!eatment or food of invalids, &c. A couple of instances,
?icked from a great many, will serve to illustrate the
position of such articles. Arrowroot pays a duty of
2s. 6d. per 112 lbs., and although its cost reaches from
two to four shillings per pound, it is greatly used for
patients, and a variety of domestic purposes. This
article has been proved to be grossly adulterated. A
recent examination of samples, purchased of various
London dealers, showed a great proportion to contain
only a very small particle of genuine arrowroot, while
many specimens were actually destitute of a single grain
of the article it purported to be! The foreign matter
introduced consisted of sago meal, tapioca starch, potato
starch, and common flour. A recent analysis of sus-
pected isinglass made at Apothecaries' Hall, nod also by
Dr. Letheby and the Pharmaceutical Society, has shown
the existence of a very great fraud in the amalgamation
of gelatine with that article before it is submit,ed to the
process of cutting. After an elaborate description of an
analysis of isinglass by Mr. Theophilus Redwood of the
abovenamed society, a report upon the subject, ema-
nating from the association, concluded with the follow-
ing words:—
" It was evident from the results that the specimen
under examination conidsted of a mixture of isinglass
and gelatine, and the optical examination showed that
the two substances had been worked together in a
manner well calculated to elude detection. I felt satis-
fied, and Mr. Warington had previously expressed the
same conviction, that sheet gelatine had been rolled
between two sheets of isinglass, in the moistened state,
so as to form a ribbon, in which the two substances
would be united.
"In order to get further evidence in confirmation of
this view, I applied to Mr. Vickers, proprietor of the
house of Simpson and Humphrey, of Little Britain, who
is an extensive manufacturer of cut isinglass, and who,

ASSETS.

LIABILITIES.

... ...

Total .. ••• •••
Corresponding week last year .7.

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING,

having been a sufferer from being undersold by the
manufacturers of the adulterated article, expressed a
willingness to render me any facility that his manufac-
tory could afford for elucidating the subject. I accord-
ingly had some genuine isinglass and sheet gelatine, in
the proportion of three parts of the former and one
cf
the latter, rolled into ribbon and cut, under u y inspec-
tion. 'I he speoiaaen thus prepared could not be dis-
tinguished by the eye from the best Russian isinglass.
It agreed entirely with the adulterated article met with
in commerce, not only in appearance, but in the charac-
ters presented when examined in the manner already
described.
I feel fully justified therefore in the conclusion I
have drawn, that a most ingenious but unwarrantable
system of adulteration is adopted in the manufacture of
cut isinglass, and I trust that this exposure will enable
those who deal in isinglass to detect the imposition, if its
practice should be continued."
From the foregoing remarks it will be seen that adul-
terations are committed with the greatest impunity ; and
particularly in those expensive articles which pay but a
nominal duty to the revenue. In the case of isinglass ss.
per cwt. duty is paid. The value of the article, when
prepared for consumption, is about 16 or 18 shillings
per pound; there is, therefore a goodly inducement for
knavish manufacturers to introduce some 25 or 30 per.
cent of an article not costing so many pence, particularly
when the small amount of duty is not thought worthy
the protection of the Board of Inland Revenne.

CASE OF MR. LUKE JAMES HANSARD.
A preliminary meeting of the friends and admirers of
Mr. Luke J. Hansard took place on Thursday, at that
gentleman's residence, 7, Southampton-street, Blooms-
bury, for the purpose of considering the best means of
raising a testimonial to that gentleman, in the form of an
annuity, as a memorial of his high public example, moral
worth, and private munificence; Mr. G. F. Carden in the

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chair.
From a printed statement of the causes which have
led to the present disastrous position, it appeared that,
notwithstanding the fact of Mr. Hansard's forbearance
and concession to his father, that gentlema❑ at his death,
although leaving 40,0001., made no provision for his son
or his family, beyond 5001, payable on his mother's de-
cease. After twenty-seven years' faithful service to the
House of Commons, his daily attendance during those
years not being less than thirteen hours, he was dis-
r charged from his office on account of having written a
strong letter to Mr. flume, in condemnation of his re-
marks upon Mr. Spooner, who was at that time advo-
cating a Bill in Parliament for the prevention of pros-
titution.
It appeared that preliminary meetings of the working
classes had already taken place, and subscriptions raised.
The resolutions passed on those occasions were for-
warded to the present meeting, and proved how deeply
that class of the community sympathises with that gen-
tleman, pledging themselves to aid himself and family in
every way within their power.
After a few preliminary observations from the chair-
man, in which he steited it as his opinion that the present
exact state of Mr. Hansard's affairs should be ascertained
by his friends, in order that they might be better enabled
to see how they could be of the greatest assistance to
that gentleman, a resolution was unanimously passed
to the following effect:—That this meeting, anxious to
support and second the simultaneous efforts made by
meetings of the working classes (particularly that of
a preliminary one of the members of the different
trades, held at 5, Pemberton•row, Gough-square,
Fleet-street, on February 19), for assisting Mr. L.
J. Hansard and his family in their present difficulties,
do forthwith form a committee to carry out the objects
in view.
A committee having been formed, the meeting se-
parated.

BANK OF FRANCE.
The following is a return. of the situation of the Bank
of France on Feb. 20:—

Cash in hand ...
Ditto in branch banks
Bills past due ••• ••• ..•
Bills discounted, but not yet due, of
which 17,633,6001. were received
from the Branch Banks ... 57,003,701 16
Bills in the branch banks ~. 83,787,419 0
Advances on coins and ingots... ... 1,482,300 0
Ditto by the branch banks 1,838,915 0
Ditto on French public securities ... 8,533,852 10
Ditto by branch banks... ••• 2,443,885 , 0
Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000 0
Ditto on the loan of 75 millions 50,000,000 0
Rentes of the reserve fund ... 10,000,000 0
Rentes, disposable funds ... 42,675,496 28
Investments of the new branch banks in
the public funds ... ... 12,952,725 74
Hotel and furniture of the Bank 4,000,000 0
Real property of the branch banks 3,487,201 0
Interest in National viscount Bank 200,000 0
Ditto branch banks ••••
..• 230,000 0
Expenses of administration of the Bank 107,550 05
Ditto at the branches ... ..• 155,907 0
Miscellaneous ... ... 1,773,078 9S

... 1.367,581,352 31
133,572,451 0
99,366 89

L 831,925,211 51

Capital f. 67,900,000 0
Ditto of the Branch Banks 23,350,000 0
Reserve fund 10,000,000 0
Ditto of the branch banks ... ... 2,980,730 14
Reserve-immobiliere 4,000,000 0
Notes to bearer, in circulation ... ... 419,889,800 0
Ditto of the branch banks ... 92,327,750 0
Ditto to order (pos'•-bills) ..• ... 6,023,245 64
Account-current with Treasury creditor 97,004,948 29
Various accounts current 74,735,411 54
Ditto in branches ... 22,412,533 0
Bills payable at sight 5,275,000 0
Ditto at branches 2,250,298 0
Dividends payable 590,318 25
Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 7,760 0
Expenses anticipated ... ••• ... 141,473 58
Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 476,194 85
Ditto of branch banks ... 721,262 0
Re-discounts of the last six months ... 169,73 U 65
Ditto in branch banks .. 287,673 0
Interest on protested bills .... 233,010 10
Miscellaneous ... 247,519 47

L 831.925,211 51
Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France,
D'A RGOUT.

It appears by the preceding account that the cash in
hand has Increased by 4,400,0001 . The commercial bills
discounted have increased by 1,700,000 f. The Bank
notes in circulation have decreased by 1,750,000%
The balance to the credit of the Treasury has in-
creased by 5,000,0001. Sundry credits have decreased by
500,000 f.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
TILE GIULAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.— (Miles in work, 236.2)
—Return of Traffic for the Week ending Feb. 9, 1851
Passengers, parcels, carriages,
horses, dogs, and mails ... £4,137 9 9
Merchandise and minerals ... 3,487 12 2
Cattle ... ... ... 174 8 7
Total .. £7,799 10
Correspthiding week, Feb. 10, 1850 (143 miles) :
Passengers, parcels, &c. £1,208 19 6
Cattle ... ... 1,321 13 7
Total ...

... 2,530 13 1
EAMTEILN COUNTItS AND NORFOLK RAILWAY...TraffiC
return for the week 'ending Feb. 16:—
Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £5,761 14 3
Merchandise, cattle, and cartage 6,598 12 4

Total ..• •.• ... £12,360 6 7
Corresponding week of 1850 ... 13,287 1 7
MANCHESTER, BUXTON, MATLOCK, AND MIDLANDS JtTNC-
TION Ramwal".—Return of traffic for the week ending
Feb. 16 :
Passengers, ece.
Merchandise

FEBRUARY 25,

SHIP NEWS.
NOTICES TO MARINERS.
SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR ENTERING PORT
WILLIAM, FALKLAND ISLANDS.
Ships from the southward should sight Cape Pem-
broke, which is the easternmost point of the Falkland
Islands, and on which there is a wooden beacon 36 feet
high, with a base of 9 leet square, tapering to 5 feet,
and above all, a mast of 30 feet. It is distinctly visible
at the distance of 10 miles. With a commanding breeze
anything south of west, keep to seaward of the Wolf
Rock, and pass between the Seal Rocks and Cape Pem-
broke, and then between Billy Rock and Seal Rocks,
where there is plenty of water, and no danger that may
not be seen. Having passed the Billy Rock haul up,
and if in doubt, or if the pilot has not come off, anchor
abreast of the William Islets; but in daylight there is
no danger in standing in to the entrance of Stanley Har-
bour. The above directions are fir westerly winds,
which generally prevail; but when the wind is easterly
keep outside of the Seal Rocks.
Coming from the northward, with westerly winds,
make Cape Carysfort, or, with easterly winds, Volun-
teer Point; when they are passed, steer for Cape Pem-
broke, on which the beacon will be seen, until Port
William opens to starboard, when run in and anchor,
or wait for a pilot, according to the above directions.
In case of darkness or fog, ships may anchor in the
mouth of Berkeley Sound or of Port William, or stand
off and on, as may be expedient, there being no danger
that is not buoyed by the kelp.
The Wulf Rock bears from Cape Pembroke S. -6 W.
by compass, distant nearly three miles. It is of a
triangular shape, each side being about three cables'

lengths.
The Seal Rocks lie about three-quarters of a mile
from Cape Pembroke, and are ch an on all sides. The
tide runs north and south about three knots between
Cape Pembroke and the Seal Rocks; the flood setting
to the northward, and the ebb to the southward.
PHILLIPS, Pilot at Stanley.

GRAVESEND, FEB. 24.—Wind IS., light, fine.
Arrived—Caesarea, from Jert,ey; Calista, from Hon-
duras; Tiger, from Hamburgh; Gipsy Queen, from St.
Michael's; Soho, from Antwerp; Stadt Dordrecht,
from Dordt ; Madeira Pet, from St. Michael's; Louis de
Geer, from Norway; City of Paris, from Boulogne;
Rover, from Guernsey.
Sailed—Traveller, for Cadiz; William, for Medemblik ;
Sarah, for Naples; Toronto, for Valparaiso; 'Zillah, for
Liverpool.

VESSELS ►SPOKEN WITH.
Susan barque, Jan. 26, in lat. 35, long. 33.
St. Barbe, of Bordeaux, Feb. 16, under jurysails, 5 miles

S.E. of St. Vincent.
Channing, from New York for Canton, Sept. 14, in lat.
8 N., long. 28 W.
Nisidea, from San Francisco for Calcutta, Dec. 27, in

lat. 37 N., long. 123 W.
Jacet Willis, from Hartlepool for Bombay, Nov. 27, in

lat. 39 S., long. 50 E.
Hilda, Norwegian ship, for Batavia, Nov. 28, in lat. 39 S.
Andes brig, from Hamburgh, Jan. 6, in lat. 5 S., long.

31 W. -
Schooneaur, from Hamburgh for Buenos Ayres, Jan. 6.
Summer Nelson, of Cronstadt, from Hamburgh for Rio
Janeiro, Jan. 7, in lat. 4 S., long. 30 W.
Medora barque, from Liverpool for Rio Janeiro, Feb. 11,
in lat. 44 N., long. 19 W.
Sir Robert Peel, from Dundee for Pernambuco, Feb. 11,
out 27 days, i❑ lat. 43 N., long. 13 W.
Eliza, of and from Hamburgh for Valparaiso, Jan. 7, in
let 5 N., long. 23 W.
Helen brig, from Liverpool for Buenos Ayres, Jan. 5, in
lat. 2 N., long. 23 W.
Callao brig, f►om Liverpool, Jan. 9, in lat. 2 N.
Mize barque, of Liverpool, Feb. 8, in let. 42 N., long.

15 W.
Veta brig, from Dundee for Barbadoea, Feb. 17, in lat.
49 N., long. 11 W.
Mary Allen, American barque, Jan. 9.
A Russian brigantine, showing a red flag, with " W. B.
in white, Jan. I t, in lat. 5 N., long. 26 W.
Columbus ship, Jan. 11.
Fame, of Yarmouth, bound eastward, Jan. 23, off Cape
Sable.
Industrie, Dutch schooner, Dec. 19, in lat. 53 S., long.
55 W.
Fleetwood, from London for the Mauritius, Jan. 12, in
lat. 9 S., long. 29 W.
Fanny, from Liverpool for Port-au-Prince, Feb. 18.
Candace brig, in lat. 49, long. 29.
Accidental, from Havre for the coast of Africa, Feb. 9,
in Ist. 41 N., long. 15 W.
Avon, from Liverpool for Bahia, Feb. 15, in lat. 45 N.,
long. 14 W.
Athens, American brig, 50 miles S.W. of Cape Clear,
Feb. 13.
Palonder, from Queenstown for Boston, Feb. 13, in lat.
47 N., long. 32 W.
Ellen ship, of and from Liverpool for New Orleans, Feb.
4, in lat. 43 N., long. 17 W.
D. Grey, bound west, Feb. 17, in lat. 49 N., long 11 W.

1851.

SEABORNE MAILS.
[s signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-office
by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.]

MINISTERIAL CRISIS,

! When made up in From what When
PLACES. General Poet-office port die- due.
London. patched.
America (by Brit. pkt.)N February 28.. .. Liverpool Feb. 26
America (by U.S. pkt.) N March 7 .. Liverpool .. March 3
America (by 13 S. pkt.) bliMarch 8 So—thampt.
Africa (West coast) .. Nll4th of the month PlYMouth March 3
Alexandria* • •'.. Nll9th & 30th of mo. Dover .. Feb. 29
Belgium • • .. N!Daily • • .. .. i)over .. Daily
Brazil .. . Mi9th of the month ,Southampt. Feb. 24
Buenos Ayres • • .. Ml9th of the month iSouthanipt. Feb.l 24
California(viaChagres)Mll7th of month Southarn pt. Feb. 20
Cape of Good Ilope N'l4th of month Plymouth.. March 3
Constantinople* N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. Feb. 20
Central America •.. M:2d & 17th (Amon. ISouthampt. Feb 20
Channel Isles . • .. NiMon., Wed., & Fri.lSouthampt. Tu. Tk. Sa
Chili .. M'l7th of the mouth Southampt. Feb. 20
France M& N Twice daily .. .. Dover .. Twicedaily
Greece* • • .. N 7th 17 th 27th of mo Dover .. Feb. 20
Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday London .. Tues. Sat.
Holland M Wednes. & Satur.iLondon Moa.Thur
Honduras .. .• N 17th of the mouth 'Southampt. Feb. 20
Ireland • • .. M& N Twice daily .. Holyhead • • Twicedaily
India (via Southamp.) M 20th of the month Southampt. March 28
India (via Marseilles) N 7th& 24th of month Dover • • March 3
Mediterranean (via
Southampton) .. M 20th of the monthiSouthampt. Feb. 28
Mediterranean (via
Marseilles) N 7th& 24th olmonthDover • . March 3
Mexico .. 2d of the month.. Southampt. March 5
Madeira .. M 9th of the month Southampt. March 12
Si i7&o3,lo7tthht.ilf9mtlio,n27thth 1 Dover Feb. 20
Malta* .. ..
Naples* .. N sth 15th 25th of mo Dover March 2
Papal States* N sth 15th 25th of mo Dover .. March 2
reninsular.. • • .. M 7th 17th 27th of mo Southampt. March 6
peen M 17th of the month ISouthampt. Feb. 22
Tuscany* .. N sth 15th 25th of mo Dover • • March 2
west Indies • • .. M 17th of the month Southampt. Feb. 20
West Indies (except
Havanna & Nassau) M 2d of the month .. ,Southampt. , March 5
* The mails to those countries thus marked (4) are conveyed by
French packe v!a Marseilles.

THE MURDER AT BATH.
Yesterday an adjourned coroner's inquest was held in
this city on the body of Mary Clark, the particulars of
whose death have already appeared in our columns. The
coroner, in opening the business to the jury, said he had
made an application to the magistrates by whom the hus-
band of the unfortunnte woman had been committed, to
allow him to be present at the examination, but he re-
gretted they had declined to comply with his request.
The evidence of Mr. Hunt, the surgeon, who had made
a post mortem examination, was then taken. On his
examining the body, besides the marks of blows upon
the head, he found that blood had been streaming down
the legs, and had saturated the stockings. On making
a post mortem examination of the body he found the liver
affected, as if occasioned by drinking, and the stomach
was filled with beer; the right kidney was diseased On
examining the vagina, there were found the marks of a
recent blow immediately below the meatus urinartus
there was also a wound on the external parts, about an
inch in diameter, which he believed to have been inflicted
by a blunt-pointed instrument, and to have been caused
by great force; this wound ho believed caused the death
of the woman, by occasioning hemorrhage. The de-
ceased was not pregnant. This evidence was corrobo-
rated by Mr. Skinner, surgeon. who assisted Mr. Hunt
in the examination of the body. It was impossible the
wound could have been occasioned by accident. Several
other witnesses were examined, whose testimony went
to show that Clark had been scuffling with his wife; that
they had endeavoured to prevent him from ill using her;
that he had succeeded in turning one woman, who, on
hearing her cries, had gone to her assistance, out of his
room. The deceased, it appeared, was an habitual
drunkard. The inquest was ultimately adjourned.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
TIMES.—The statement made yesterday afternoon
by Lord John Russell to the House of Commons has
added little to the perticulare of information we were
already enabled to lay before our readers in the morn-
ing; and it would be altogether premature to infer from
this guarded narrative and this repressed discussion that
the time is already come when the whole transaction is
before the country. Lord John stated that after the
narrow majority which had repelled Mr. Disraeli's ad-
verse motion at the commencement of the session, fol-
lowed by a still more significant desertion of his own
friends on a question of Parliamentary reform, the time
appeared to him to have arrived at which he could no
longer conduct the business of the country with a due
regard to the public interest. Ho theretere tendered
his resignation to her Majesty with the assent of his col-
leagues, and that resignation was accepted by the Queen.
Lord Stanley was sent for, but atter an interview, which is
described by the Protectionist leader himself as most
gracious, condescending, and kind on the part of her
Majesty, the result was, to use Lord John Russell's ex-
pression in describing the fact, that Lord Stanley in-
formed her; Majesty that he was not then prepared to
form an Administration. To this account of the trans-
action it only remains to ho added, that upon the failure
or termination of Lord Stanley's attempt the Queen was
pleased to recall Lord John Russell, and to charge him
to resonstruct a Cabinet in place of that which he had
just dissolved. This duty Lord John Russell accepted,
but the unfinished state of the negotiations binds him to
absolute silence on the nature of the new Administra-
tion and on the prospects of success which may attend
his efforts and those of the men who have not hesitated
to join their best exertions to his own. We only know,
therefore, that he is himself the head or Prime Minister
of the embryo Cabinet now in process of formation.
Upon these occurrences, which aro now known—as far as
they are known at all—from the competent and unim-
peachable testimony of the chief actors in them, we shall
confiuo ourselves to a few comments; and first, as to the
motives of Lord John's precipitate resignation. We will not
suppose that a measure of such importance was taken
from the mere impulse of pique, or from a despondency
to which Lord John Russell is not apt to yield. Still
less do we wish to consider it as a ruse intended only to
rid himself of some troublesome pledges and some indif-
ferent colleagues, while a few days of agitation were to
reseat himself in office on more favourable terms. The
power of the Prime Minister of England is not the ball
of a political juggler, to be flung to the earth and caught
on the rebound; and in this instance there are interests
of incalculable importance to the welfare of the country
depending on the result of these uncertain chances. We
must assume and believe, then, that Lord John Russell,
apprehending from recent divisions that he had lost the
confidence and direction of the House of Commons, re-
signed; and that he has subsequently resumed the
duties of reconstructing the Cabinet from the belief
that he will materially increase its strength and
efficiency, and recover the power he supposed to be
wanting. Such a result is beyond all doubt one
of the deepest moment to the nation at large, if we
are to escape a sudden transition from the blessings
of prosperity and peace which we now enjoy, to a struggle
of unusual danger and intensity between parties and
classes throughout Great Britain. This consideration
has prevailed over all others in the minds of the states-
men who have been called upon to play a part in this
crisis. They are men originally disconnected by poli-
tical habits, and arriving at the same point by very op-
posite paths. But they are animated by the same con-
viction of the paramount importance of those principles
of legislation which they are met to uphold, and by the
same prudent desire to preserve the institutions of the
country from the destructive warfare of class interests.
We learn with satisfaction that on all sides the negotia-
tions have been conducted in a liberal and disinterested
spirit—with a manly readiness to make all the personal
or party sacrifices which so great an emergency demands,
and with no reluctance to strengthen the Administra-
tion, if possible, by the introduction of some men taken
from a more advanced shade of liberal opinions. But
while the personal difficulties may be removed by
the patriotism and forbearance of individuals, there
are difficulties of a more stubborn, if not insuperable
character in the questions now pending betore Parlia-
ment, in the temper and dissensions of the House of
Commons, and in the excitement of parts of the country,
chiefly on the two points of Pupal aggression and agri-
cultural protection. To these topics no direct allusion
was made by Lord John Russell, but they are obviously
the facts on which the game is likely to turn, and they
are facts which it is not in the power of man altogether
to remove. The more these difficulties are considered
the more will they deter any responsible statesman from
assuming with eagerness the control of affairs; and even
now, in spite of the exertions which have been devoted
to the reconstruction of the Cabinet on a broader and
more efficient basis, it would he rash to give a positive or
confident assurance of the success of the combination. Its
failure might be followed by the renewal of an attempt
which we will not anticipate, and by a dissolution of Par-
liament, now equally deprecated by all men of reflection and
experience. This consideration recalls us to the second
point in Lord John's statement, where he mentioned
in reserved but precise language that Lord Stanley had
informed her Majesty, at his audience, that he was not
then prepared to term an Administration. To the in-
expressible surprise of the crowded House of Commons
assembled yesterday to receive the promised communica-
tion of the Minister, Mr. Disraeli rose at once after Lord
John to controdict this assertion, and to contradict it in
terms which only did not directly violate the forms of
parliamentary courtesy and ordinary good breeding.
There was, and there could be, but ore opinion as to the
taste and manner in which this interruption was made,
at a moment when all discussion was impossible and when
the House was on the eve of adjournment. But if anything
could increase the ill effect of such a proceeding on the
part of a politician aspiring to lead that very House in
the service of the Crown, it is the reflection that in im-
pugning the accuracy of the Premier in his account of
what had passed on this occasion, the charge thus rashly
thrown out unluckily touched the most august, and we
will add the most truth-loving personage in the realm.
There was nothing in the brief declaration of Lord
Stanley in the Rothe of Lords to confirm Mr. Disraeli'
insinuation. Taking, however, the simple fact that Lord
Stanley, after having had an audience of her Majesty,
with an offer of the Government, did not proceed to act
in obedience to the Queen's commands, it must be clearly
inferred that some cause did arise which led him to re-
nounce the task. That cause still remains a mystery,
' and there is something in this part of the transaction
which has yet to be more fully revealed. It is denied
that the refusal of the power of dissolving Parliament,
to which we alluded yesterday, was in reality this
cause, and we have now reason to believe that no
such point was raised. But the failure of the
intended Protectionist Cabinet at that early stage of
the negotiation denotes, beyond all doubt, the existence
at that moment of some obstacle deemed by Lord Stanley
to be insuperable. Further consideration on the subject
will probably convince the intrepid leader of the Oppo-
sition that he never in his lite had a greater escape, and
that all his spirit and eloquence would fail to infuse
into his colleagues that unity of purpose and that prac-
tical aptitude tor the administration of the affairs of his
country which he would seek in vain among the inex-
perience of his adherents in the Commons or the de-
crepitude of his backers in the Lords, and we earnestly
hope that no fresh circumstance will arise in the course
of the next few days to enable or to induce him to
repeat, with such coadjutors, that most formidable ex-
periment.
CHRONICLE.—Lord John Russell informed the
House of Commons last night that he had undertaken
the task of reconstructing the Cabinet ; and the
alarms of placeholders were allayed for the moment
by the implied assurance that,
with some alight
change of persons and shifting of functions, the
Government would remain substantially the same.
We believe however
to the House, that he
has already failed in his efforts, and that the
however, notwithstanding the state-
ment thus
formation of an Administration now rests virtually
with Lord Stanley. We are not surprised at this
result. The formation of a stronger and better Govern-
ment than the last was, in many respects, made more
difficult by Lord John Russell's sudden decision to sur-
render in anticipation of defeat. The country wished
that the free•trade section of the Opposition should bring
new life and vigour into the Administration; and it was
a duty incumbent on individuals, however reluctant, to
answer the public can, if it should become possible
to accept office without a compromise of essential
wbaesga linketlyo to cling to office, all far-
doubt the expediency or
principles. But when it appeared that Lord John
Is te ue
Ds egl
politicians himself
practicability of a coalition. It was not merely remem-
bered that the vigour of statesmen from whom the re-
vival of official energy was expected would be cramped
titular presidency of a
the
leader; but it was felt that
ah i
the embarrassments
feeble
b e rendered
and
u nsy useless
p t s
nbgy
which had led to the late resigna-
tion would all survive in the person of the Premier, who
was responsible for all !the recent Ministerial blunders.
The liberal portion of the Whigs even within the
Cabinet shared, as is well known, in the universal per-
suasion that the Durham letter, with all the blusterings
and evasions which have followede it, had led the party
into a maze of confusion. The absurd Aggression Bill
was the personal act of the Premier; and it was difficult
to understand how it could be either curried on or
abandoned without discredit either to its author or his
colleagues. We lay comparatively little stress on the
general persuasion which pervades every class of
society that the judgment and energy of Lord John
Russell were entirely unequal to the duties of his
office. When action and determination were required
by the conntry, it seemed impossible that a new Go-
vernment could prosper under the lead of the respect-
able depositary of all the hticknied formulas which con-
stitute the old Whig creed, with little reference to expe-
rience or to practice. With every wish to give a lair
trial to any new combination which might seem likely to
further the interests of the country—not excepting one
iteilueing the name of Lord John Russell—we should
have felt painfully the inht rent weakness of any coali-
tion which was burdened with the political incum-
brances, and hampered with the incapacity, of the late
Minister. Althe ugh it bad been generally rumoured
that Lord John Russell was still engaged in negotiations
for the foimation of a Cabinet, his statement in the
House of Commons yesterday, that he had accepted the
task on Saturday night, excited a certain emount of
surprise. There can be no doubt that his detail of
dates and circumstances aas strictly uutheutic and
accurate. When it is remembered that the state-
ment, so far as it regarded Lord Stanley, must
necessarily have rested on an unthority which it
would be in the highest degree indecorous to dispute,
it is evident that Mr. Disraeli has committed soule•
thing more grave than an indiscretion in questionieg its
ac uracy. Lord Stanley cannot fail to have been seri-
ously displeased by the gratuitous and imprudent inter-
position of his ally. And the impropriety of Mr. Die-

.......—e--e-ae
reeli's interference was aggraveted by the verse and
oflt.nalve tone in which it was couched, and still more
seriously by the ineccuracy of the insinuation
which it
was apparently intende.,l to convey. Important eousee
quences might follow from the more or less uncondi-
tional acknowledgment on the part of the Protectionist
leader that he was unable to form a Government. Mr.
Disraeli suggests that the offer made to Lord Stanl9 '
was clogged with the condition that ho shoal abetain
from dissolving Parliament. The advantage w
would . result to the Protectionists from the opportunity
of attributing their failure to a prohibition imposed on
their appealing to the country, is too obvious to require
any comment. It is important that the country should
know that neither the supposed condition nor anY,
other restriction accompanied the royal offer to Lord
Stanley. We have reason to believe that, deli-
berately . and without constraint, he renounced the
hich
opportunity of placing his party in office. Mr. Disraeli d
tone and manlier gave oflence eves to his own part),
and afforded au easy triumph to his calmer and more ac-
curate opponent. Lord Stanley's statement will, we
doubt not, confirm that which was yesterday sitnulta-
n eously communicated to both Houses of Parlianeeute
The. only. peculiarity of Lord Larisdowne'e speech
sisted. in the careful limitation of his own Ministerial
position and character. It is possible that he mad bes"
intended to intimate his unwillingness to rejoin the ve
sel which had just run on a rock and which was
under such evil auspices, once Moro to try its fortune.
Lord
W afloat. hile, however we are content to accept he
John Runsell% narrative' of the proceedings at t
Palace, we cannot treat too 'lightly his conventionana-
account of the circumstances which led to his resin
lion. It was occasioned, it seems, by the small ma
eta
'
ray against Mr. Disraeli, followed by the division
p .
the ten-pound county franchi.e. Such is the statementel"
abdut,
made by the Minister who is best acquainted with the
facts, to a House of Commons which understands theta
sufficiently to know that the whole story is virtually 1
fiction. There is, perhaps, no moral guilt or Pe di"
dishonour in repeating conventional phrases to an au
"1:
enoe which they cannot possibly deceive. Every NW),
well as the speaker that, in explaining
ber who heard Lord John Russell's apology knew:•
carefully avoided mentioning any one of the reasons ?et!
which it was really founded. But these verbal Dyson
cations which deceive no one, if not culpable, are equal!):
useless and undignified. If it was desired to divert puDi
lie attention from those errors the impending result o',
which was anticipated by a sudden surrender, no force 0.1
his conduct' _
speech could have been better calculated than the lan
guage used by the late Premier to produce a contra!!
effect. When he spoke of the Protectionist rootlet
which all men knew to be free from danger to
the
Ministry, and of Mr. Locke King's victory, Which !was.
too trifling an incident to have brought about eel it,
etn' portant political result, the true causes of the d"fo
the Aggression Bill and the Budget—were prese4,/,
the mind of every friend and every opponent ; Pra? • h
gebant quia non videbantur. The form of speech vilt
described the withdrawal of the Budget as the restifi:
and not its production as the cause, 'of a want of cn,d
dente in the Government, was a figurei almost too Vr.
even for the licence accorded by custom to officisi %le
nifestoes. If it was inexpedient to admit die tire
truths, there was a safe resource in silence. It 111- es
markable that the excuses suggested for the inglort°r,
flight of the Administration could have no practical Tea
ing, even if they had been true on the actual di Russell
ties
of forming anew Government. ' Even Lord John
1111.9ther
would not, even in an official statement, assert that either
Mr. Locke King's motion, or the resolution on agrAl'hie
tural distress, has in any' way impeded or effete:ooe
negotiations since the commencement of Ow Pr„:, not
crisis. The Papal Aggression Bill, to which it vr"o3oie
convenient to refer in the House of Comm°c!'• 1101
nevertheless, have formed the obstacles to a thecoalitiou,oc.
in uonjunction with the ill-omened Budget, it was face.
ca ion of precipitating the late Ministers from °. the
Had the negotiations of the last three day, evded.illis it
reconstiuction of the Cabinet from its old n3uterieli e' tie
must be evident that it would have been because tt'cinel
tenable policy of Lord John Russell formed the P.l.lll.ct:ret
although, perhaps, impediment to any useful alliance. The late gill the
conduct of their leader, might have considers d toot
selves in a certain sense pledged to support bun. • •°lid
were already involved, in some degree, in the false
thoughtP
which he had had adopted,, and they rnight boa
unanimous in their disapproval °ton.
that—

The recent catastrophe,
Returning`sSh,aeue were
e they
ams toerdewiooavudensr
moreover,
gi higroahoootrr,enet,ara.ifv.e ,
.Irreri,si.
irci:fitii3O.o,lool
asof an excuse for excluding Ireland from the oPy eh 0,
est
cetwhoooounisrbeseinuawtotoirounaladst involve would not look
the Bill. The new class of difficulties which litl 0
verdict rn -o which have already proved themselves to be ii)",,,,
"ticise to
perable. It would be a Waite of words to cri
.„ the
flatterers
‘wvlahotgthmoutguihsttrt Leagouev•oice ef
that iotbject cl'
flatte t• 11 duleli°
their a md
which applauded and echoed-r-
en
haad hopelessly fallen, has not been 06hting td) fraellible•
cewroinhatil:smhopmfotirghaherytahncapivoeeanttobFreiifieoytrnmed from
Th)enl
favoured organ of the pa taallaheesentnui-rfrocia jerterrdns
whichwnieh hparsaiscedonstatubtely supported evey ifrerfohlicr-
so formidable.us
vtoel°PmPealirltiarnoefut
pouf
It::
or,Asien ~„
the blufnadveoruinrg anti-rapa• rndatio
inactionm and recreation—has turnedofonraeites°lZ4-06:0ales:
ciple
and every
theirrrhe
andtoobu lece contumely.
faultscynicalnot the repudiation of elei'closeet
very party from the moment whehnieu atilt
ulahl ]'all
to withbe ever ewr ya
mourning
0:01! print:
-ning to sta c •eotlB
the flatterersthe se
confide in. 'bo far as Lord John Russell Ilse false
an und o
iat 0 u. desire of popularity, producing a6e
juste pa'
i n of the means suitable to attain it, he is jus-
nished by the insults which he receives from the , to-
forward and noisy of his partisans. It would pleb
deed, have been difficult to foretell their deser
from many precedents at similar periods—
"With like acclaim they hailed the day,
When first he broke his rival's sway ;
And like acclaim would Stanley greet
If he could hurl him from his seat."
toA l t
ahaopupgoha
eLorda
tJohn
cr
iussi ss e lhl 'as
ils
st au thesmt
aenntti a
illeyd
rt,thachile:rili
conclusion, his failure in the attempt to reconstruo_ir 01
Cabinet has, as we have already said, left the t'kmitedia
forming an Administration in Lord Stanley's tPwith-
We shall watch the result with eager interest,
of eon'
out a particle of anxiety- for the great cause ? ottg
mercial freedom. The indescribably embarrassi°olo bat
ditions of the experiment which the course of oveooretl
thus thrust on the Protectionist leader waY he,,°,otehli
up in a sentence. He must at once, and finally, fr obe'
choice between explicitly adopting and explioilltectioe.
doning the principle and the policy of „Fr°,,itertle
Should he adopt the first branch of the obtaill'
tive, he entirely debars himself fr°L'3„ 0°1;
ing the co-operation of any public 01`li to oeci:.
ing free-trade convictions, and he is compel' '',."
the materials of his Cabinet exclusively °",.„titatht;
combination of charlatans and incapables el):'1;e othei:
the Protectionist phalanx. Should he, 0° :hieli bl'a"
hand, formally relinquish the principle frog' -heir ow;
party take their name, and which coestitutel ineetes orbs
bond of union, he at once exasperates and ali,e,bles hif
great mass of his supporters, and for ever oi— re. -•11.
self from again invoking their political stiPrb of thi-
inevitable alternative his patriotism or his Pra",;ficoll;g:
is daily and hourly reaping
expressing our conviction that, whatever tog; vell,,Vi
mediate issue of the present entan leinent, I:,„eet 10-bf
c result will be the formation of theg only Car-eottoth''
policy of commercial and industrial treedoro•
uja, boleti° from
h_
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HERALD .—ln T, rd 11°13tine
-----n the House of C woos. --° tioo -
g °the exPl"' id °lt
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command
n,moffyatee: offer
eaatrudhdyoeapy conjectureevbconfidencee, t
w e as
apdr?mised the n. and support or a
tofewelhileihttlberuil'7.:o:::,j]
House, when,ing' on aFvrnid ay, he Pr i.°,,%°03 tht;
day till Monday In L ot. `cur e his stator° ,hich
think he wt. --J• tee eor -- ttbio " hot
went somewhat beyond the limits w. in W.
Incoitufl:e f himself, and
Men°
. e vi
took place between the Queen evict Lord Stellelaecord 0;
o him. Lord John was ve&,ll awe:
gracious Y.,.4 alb
thet audience which her Majesty had sill ley 01005
however, °Teo air
r . ofo
ha said
was not likely to be coromeriled °l3' far at I' 'e
swered, in the House of Lor • would p dist
Lords. lie knew ''' recitid
Stanley's chivalrous sense of honour ,_ee at .
him from divulging any part of what took noiestYr,
interview till ha should have received rs. howSovehu
permission so to do. We are not sr aeS Voile, on
to understand the motive that inducooieri rugoicioo
Russell to commit this breach of the eil'iiLgt ood 1311-; alas
such occasions. He wanted to sow diti‘tr" to itolhe-f toil'
amongst the followers of Lord StaoeY6 fidelity ° rent,
to doubt the energy, the courage, nod t,"„°;tag io 9P13,,,,,a fail
imble chief. But we trust, the object' ,u,'";tireetl, rosy coo'
this envenomed shaft, however vi'e" 1 noty W-„iicii
short of its mark, and that the Nationa'
reporie inirbiog
tinue, as they have hitherto done, to uef oto
confidence in that chief whose honour aici no res9°theit
adherence to their cause they have ”t bil'.. vWO pot
doubt. We implore them not to be led a"bs'theY bePoor
allegiance by any means, plausible thongs wits ho oi
to wait the time when Lord StanleY ca. to ltlbiog
explain his conduct, and the raotives all" done oo 00or
we pledge ourselves they will find he "9 a the b°
that has not been dictated by the Vi WOE° t/i3 heo
11 t" •
of a gentleman. ,„„ ot ea c cot°,
explanations,—which were made in the 11°119se ii3tertliel
Lord Stanley has
mons last evening, will be read with iitel-ir.l% t 4
Twori. h teh i nMgisn iosnt elyrial statements,—we c......n 00,
re,
unexplained, from performing the e°'ll and c stir
her gracious Majesty, of her own free vil
Lord jobti 010
chaenenbeprdeevdeuacteedd, Vymßetrolice.oss,looo9
iv:ohrc,h,
committed to him; and, secondly, that h„ trolYsbat'
sell is at this moment engaged in whatbt et hi%teis°
the difficult task cf attempting to recoil rt,ity sn,to,
tered and broken Cabinet. Whatever w° cLora te•i,
or conjecture as to the real means by whiebeeo fee oi9°
ley's performance of his commission lea
crests ° 106
our readers will perhaps feel that weapon thotoireg
discretion in forbearing to speculate ~ave s',l (4'
Court Circular and the news cf the dsYyrbiett fto 006
informed our readers of many things a out blav„oltif
planations must yet be given. The obser
,41 sat'sotti
tailed to remark that at six o'clock. e°
evening Lord John Russell had 1111 ~1 niace mi,o,
her Majesty; that this interview too 7 , old
voief#
correspondence bel we( n her Al'ies Yotiae ty• iS
Stanley had ceased ; that later in the r pieseo!,
Lord J. Russell solicits d an audience of t_levii o 3 .0013
company with Sir James Graham—bird Of evil
whose appearance even in that august Po), coooter;
scarcely augur good; and that, to add t° ' that 'l' ei °
by some person or other, Lord Clarendon, lii3 jetijohe
piece of intrigue, had been summoned frolo 0 Dora fficoot
the Castle of Dublin at the very time wiled theiric°oofe:
Russell's Cabinet I,rof ss• d to have resigne berglo4'4
and to have advised the Que,ll to ple°,chese t• fell
servedly in the hands of Lord StanleY• ,',., Th,eroeli
we say, the observant have not failed to 00" gr, PO
but most important, sentences uttered bY •--

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