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done. Of Plantation several parcels were, however, dis-
posed' of rather above former terms. The Foreign market
has a dull aspect, with sellers at a slight reduction on
the terms of yesterday. The only public Sales declared
to take place this week at present consists of only 2,950
bags Rio.
Cocoe.—ln Foreign the sales made have been upon a
limited scale, although there are sellers at a further re-
duction, Bahia and Para can be obtained at
29, to 303, and Guayaquil at 32s per cwt., still stocks
do not exceed that of this time last year. For British
Plantation the market has a dull aspect and there are
sellers at a reduction. At auction the sound of 56 bags
and 10 barrels Trinidad was taken in at 44s to 50s. for
low to good grey. The value of Red is from 503 to 555,
and Grenada 43s to 48s per cwt.
TEA.—A. material increase has taken place in the
demand for common Cougou, together with an advance,
1144 to Is per lb having been paid for largo parcels of
new import. In medium, sales are upon a more extended
scale at is id to is hi), but oth, r sorts are dealt in with
caution at frota Is lid to is 9d per lb; the market has
also a firm appearance. Holders of Green appear re-
luctant to sell under former rater, but dealers operate
with caution in the better sort; there is, however, more
business doing in common qualit'es. Scented and Pekoe
Teas are not cheaper ; there is, however, little business
doing.
SPICES,—For Ginger prices do not give way. At
auction 2 865 bags and 93 casks African were nearly all
taken in at 353 64 to 375. 129 packages of Jamaica sold
3/ 10, to 617 s for common to good. Shipping sorts of
East India are held for 18s to 20i p«r (oil, but
there are few orders here. The market contieues to
be sparingly supplied with Pimento, and the parcels cold
privately were at 5d to 514 per lb. fielders of Black
Pepper evince more firmness, and few parcels on offer,
but the private operations have been limited. Malabar
at 3-ad to and Sumatra 34d to 31c1 per lb. White
Pepper from ed to 9d according to quality. Pod Pepper
is offering at from 30s to 455. Of Cassia Lignes
few parcels are on offer, and rather more business has
been done at 92s to 102 s. Cassia Buds are held for 110 s.
Ot Nutmegs several parcels have been sold, brown at 2s
6d to 3s 6d, superior 33 8d to 4s. In Mace sales to a
fair extent have been made at 2s 24 to 2s Id. Fer
Cloves the demand is improving. Bourbon and Zanzibar
at 6d to 6id, and Penang 9d to Is 4d. For inferior sorts
of Citinamou there is a good demand at last sales rates,
but little desire is evinced to do business in the better kind,.
To-day Pimento was in good demand, and realized full
rates. At auction 372 bags realised sid for low
middling and middling, and damaged 4id to 58d per lb.
RICE.—To day not much desire was evinced to ope-
rate in East India Rice, and prices declined 3d per cwt.
At auction 5,000 bags and 1,000 pkts Bengal were sold,
low middling and middling white went at 9s to 103, and
broken 8s to 8s 6d per cwr.
FRUIT.—The demand for Currants is better than for
some time past, and the rates paid are from 36s to 44s
for low to fine quality. Of Valencia Raisins several
parcels have been sold at 373 to 40s. Figs are offered
at 44s to 70s for Turkey pulled, but there are few buyers.
In Muscatels little has been done, and sellers are ready
to accept low terms.
SPlRlTS.—Although there are few buyers of Leeward
Island Rum, yet sellers are not to be met with under
Is 84 per gallon, on account of a small supply. East
India has been operated in with reluctance at
Is 6d to is 6id proof; but there is no increase
of supply. Demera is held for 2s 6d to
2s lOd for 30 to 40 per cent. over proof, still opera-
tions have been trifling. There are few sellers of Jamaica
under late rates, although shippers and home dealers con-
tinue to operate with caution. The value of 30 to 33 per
cent over proof, of plain and mid quality is 2s 9d to 33,
3g to 36 over good mid and good 3s 24 to 3s Bd, and su-
perior 3s 9d to 4s 6d per gallon. There are buyers of
Ruin rather under,present rates, as stock is 6,000 puns
lesss than last year at this time. In Brandy operations
continue of the same limited nature as for some time past;
but holders are reluctant to sell at lower rates. We quote
Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1850 4s 4d to 4s 64;
1849 ditto, 4s 7d to 4s 9d; 1848 ditto, 439 d to 48 11d, and
inferior sorts 3s to 4s 3d per gallon, lower rates are,
however, anticipated. British made Spirits are 93 8,1
to 91 94 net cash; and Gin 8s 3d for 22 per cent under
proof. Geneva has been more in request, common at
Is Id to Is Bd, and fine is 9cl to 2s per gallon.
SA'ITPETRE.—Good and fine qualities of Calcutta are
wanted at 28s to 29, per cwt, and there is a firm market,
with a limited supply. There are few buyers of inferior
and mid, whilsta deeire is evinced to sell at 2686 d to 27s 6d.
In British refined more business is doing at 303 61 to
31s per cwt, and with not free sellers. Nitrate of Soda
is held for 74s 6d to 14s 9d per cwt, but only limited
purchases have been concluded.
lenieso.-7—This afternoon at public sale 61 serons
Guatirnala Indigo were all sold at from 3s 64 to 4s 4d
per lb.
COCHINEAL.—This afternoon previous rates were
barely supported for Cochineal, but at auction 129 bgs
chiefly soil, Mexican silvers 3s .54 to 3s 6d, Teneriffe 3s
7d to 3s Bd, black 3s 9d to 4s Id; Honduras black, good
and fine, 4s 6d to 4s 9d.
TALLOW.—On the spot operations have been upon a
limited scale in Russian, and holders appear disposed to
realise. Fine new yellow Caudle is to be obtained at
37s 3d to 37s 6d, and old at 36s 9d to 37s per cwt. Few
parties are disposed to operate for delivery; and the
value is 37s to 37s 3d for new for next two months,
383 64 to 393 for the latter part of the year. In
home melted there is less doing, and with sellers at
37s net cash. Supplies have decreased of other
sorts; but prices are supported with difficulty, having
only a limited demand. At auction 440 casks Sydney
sold at 34s 64 to 38s fir low to fine; and 50 casks
wrecked P.Y. Candle 353 64 to 36s 9d per cwt. For
I public competition 1,200 casks are declared.
0u..8.--In Cod Oil a good deal has been dono at
371 ;Os to 38/ per ova, aad there is a firm market.
Southern suffered a further rsduction, and few parties
are disposed to opersto; there is also a very plenthil sup-
ply. At auction 130 tuns were only in part sold, first
and second sort at 3e/ to 32/, third ditto 291 lOs to
29/15s; and North West Coast 291 153 to 31/153 per tun.
In Seal the private transactions have been upon a
small scale; ',32/ to 321 103 are the rates ac-
cepted for pale, 301 to 31/ 153 for straw
and tinged, and 29/ to 29/ lOs for brown. For
Spetm the market has a dull aspect; prices
t'eso tend dnwnwardc, and rule at 84/ to 841103 for first
sort, the market will be better supplied shortly. Head-
matter is quoted at 90/ to 94/ ; and sales have been
upon a limited scale. A further reduction having
been acceded to for Rape Seed Oil occasioned a
good business to be concluded, pale at 35s to 35s 6d;
brown 33s to 345, and Foreign Refined 36s per cwt. In
the Linseed Oil market there is firmness, and many pur-
chases have been made by shippers and home con-
sumers, while there are not free sellers under
335. 6d. per cwt., although the supply of Oil
is on the increase. A good business has bsen
concluded for dslivery at 33s 9d to 345. Olive is offered
at a reduction, still without leading to any increase
of business, Gallipoli can be obtained at 42/ to 421
10s, and other sorts at 40110 e to 41110, per ton.
Palm continues to be wanted, and the market
remains firm, fine sort selling at 29s to 29s 6d per cwr,
and supply is still of the sense limited nature as for
some time past. Cocoa Nut is offered at a reduction,
but all parties operate with caution, and several parcels
are on offer. At auction 150 pkgs were taken in at
29, 6d to 31s for Ceylon and Cochin.

don on this subject; bat hp was not disposed to in.ist upon
that argument. He might also, with very many eminent
Biblical scholars, have insisted that the same interpre-
tation of prohibition could.not have teen applied to man
and woman. The 18th chapter of Leviticus contained
sixteen degrees of prohibition, eight of consanguinity,
and eight of affinity, and it was by a logical-process from
these prohibitions, which was called a parity of reasoning
that the prohibitions now enforced were drawn, at, for
instance, from the prohibition against marrying a
brother's widow contained in that chapter, was drawn
that, against marrying a wife's sister; while, in fact,
ths.converse of _that proposition would in truth
be Against marrying a husband's brother. He
would ask their Lordships, whether, in a law which
desqihed with such singular minuteness ell the different
degrees of prohibition, any degree which had meant to
be rfohibited would not have been specielly mentioned?
Some attempt had been made to show that there were
in the Scriptures to be found an absolute prohibition of
a marriage with a deceased wife's sister; but he believed
that the words of Scripture in the original lasigursge would
be found to bear no such meaning. We had no right to
exercise our fancy in wresting the plein words from
their original meaning, and it would be found, according
to the interpretation of the best scholars, that no such
meaning could be attached to the words of Scripture.
It hat bren held by Professor Michaelis ;het such mar•
riages were not prohibited by the Hebrew Scriptures.
It has been indeed distinctly understood that according
to the Mosate law these marriages were admitted after
the decease of the Wife. He trustel that he had satis-
fied their DerdsLipe that there had been no prohibition
of these marriages ' under the Mosaic dispensation.
There certainly had been no prohibition of !here mar-
riages either by our Saviour or his apoetles, and we,
therefore, might a.sume that our Saviour did not con-
sider them unlawful. 4eleed, these marriages had passed
unquestioned until the sixth or seventh cent During
the apestolic ages of the Church these millages had
been permitted. Marriages, therefore, could ladlktake
take place within the fourth degree of consarliPieil
without- a dispensation from the Church. Then they
came down to 160, the time of Archbishop Parker*, who,
it was stated, was opposed to any marriages withio I be
prohibited degrees, but they had, it stated in five
or six' "memoranda under his own eand, that
he did tallow them. But it wa,4 asserted that
if allowed by the canons te the laity, they were
certainly :prohibited by the clergy. The canons
were at, the best obscure on this point; a very
distinguished dignitary of the ecclesiastical body
had e ssly stated in his history of the Church
that t anons were exceedingly imperfect, and ought
to be ltered. Archdeacon Sharp, in the last cen-
tury, had stated that if the canons were to be im-
plicitly followed no clergyman could preach a sermon
without having first obtained an express authority from
his superiors. The truth was that those canons had
never been legally regarded sinceel6o3. The Noble Earl
then cited the Bishop of Llandaff and other authorities
to show that the canons ought not to .be regarded, and
that the assertion that the doctrine that it was
not lawfulet to intermarry with the sister of a
deceased. wife was contrary to the fact, and further,
that the doctrine was opposed to the law of nature.
The Noble-lord briefly referred to the statutory law en
the subject, and read some of the earliest decisions by
courts of law to show that marriage with a deceased
wife's sister was held not to bo within the Levitica
degrees. i

SHIP NEWS.
NOTICES TO MARINERS.
SAILING DIREC 'IONS 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 o❑ which there is a wooden beacon 36 feet
high, with a base of 9 feet 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 at award 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•
boar. The above oirections are for westerly winds,
which generally prevail; but when the wind is easterly
keep outside of the Seal Rocks.

Coming from the northward, with westerly wind•,
mako 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, !..;s may be expedient, there being no danger
that is not buoyed by the kelp.
The Wolf Rock bears from Cape Pembroke S. W.
by compass, distant nearly three miles. It is of a
triangulsr shape, each side being about threw cables'
lengths.

'.rne Seal Rocks lie about three-quarters of a mile
from Cape Penabr.ke, and are elan on ell sides. The
tide runs north and south about three knots between
Cape Pembroke and the Seal Rocks; the ft)od setting
to the northward, and the ebb to the southward.

PHILLIPS, Pilot at Stanley.
GRAVESEND, FEB. 24.—Wind S., light, fine.
Arrived—Cse,area. from Jersey; Calista, from Hon-
clurat ; Tiger, from flainburgh; Gipsy Queen, from St.
Michael's; Soho, from Antwerp; Static Dordrecht,
from Dorch Madeira Pet, f Michael's; Louis de
Geer, from Norway; from Boulogne;
Rover, from Guf,rn,
Sailed— Travellei
Sarah, for Naples;
Liverpool.

Susan barque, Jan.
t, B rbe, of Borde&
S.E. of St. Vincent.
Channing, from New York orianton, e
8 N., long. 28 W.
Nisidea, from San Francisco for Calcutta, Dec. 27, in
lat. 37 N., long. 123 W.
Janet 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 Croustade, 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, iu lat. 43 N., long. 13 W.
Eliza, of and from Hamburgh for Valparaiso, Jan. 7, in
lat 5 N., long. 23 W. '
Helen brig, from Liverpool for Buenos Ayres, Jan. 5, in
lat. 2 N., long. 23 W.
Callao brig, from Liverpool, Jan. 9, in lat. 2 N.
Mize barque, of Liverpool, Feb. 8, in lat. 42 N., long.
15 W.
Vesta brig, from Dundee for Barbadoes, Feb. 17, in lat.
49 N., long. 11 W.
Mary Allen, American barque, Jan. 9.
A Russian brigantine, showing a lAA dig. with "W. B."
in white, Jan. 11, 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 lat. 41 N., long. 15 W.
Avon, from Liverpool fur Bahia, Feb. 15, in lat. 45 N.,
long. 14 W.
Athens, American brig, 50 miles S.W. of Cape Clear,
Feb. 13.
Palen& r, from Queenstown fur Boston, Feb. 13, in lat.
47 N., long. 32 W.
Ellen ship, of and from Liverpool for New Orleans, Ftb.
4, in lat. 43 N., long. 17 W.
D. Grey, bound west, Feb. 17, in lat. 49 N., long 11 W.

14, in lat.

SEABORNE MAILS.
[N signifies that the mails are sent front the General Post-office
by the night—and SI by the morning—rdispatch.)

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
The Loin CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool,
sack at Five o'clock.
MARRIAGE AFFINITY BILL.
Lord CAMPBELL presented petitions, numerously
signed, from several Dissenting congregations against
this Bill.
Lord St. Germans, Lord Wharncliffo, and the Earl of
Carlisle presented petitions from Doncaster and several
other places in favour of the Bill.
Lord OVEBSTONE begged also to lay upon their
Lordsbipe' table a petition, numerously and most respect-
ably signed by inhabitants of the city of London. It
was signed by the present Lord Mayor, the gentleman
who was lately Lord Mayor, the Governor and Deputy.
Governor cf the Bank of England, by 59 of the
principal persons connected with the Corporation,
by the Chamberlain of the City, by 237 of the principal
merchants of the City, 146 solicitors, 154 barristers, and
other parties who were deeply interested in the subject
of this Bill. He need hardly assure their Lordships that
the persons from whom this petition emanated were men
of the] highest intelligence and respectability—
men who entertained the most conscientious feel-
ings, who had the highest regard for, public
decency and morality, and who were especially careful
not to attach their names to any document which was
in any way calculated either to be injurious to their own
welfare or that of their neighbours. Still less were
they disposed to advocate anything that was con-
trary to doctrines contained in the sacred word of God.
On these grounds he felt himself justified in offering the
petition to the serious consideration of their Lordships,
and in doing so he earnestly hoped their Lordships
would, by their decision this night, remove that obstacle
which, in his judgment, had been most unnecessarily
and improperly raised, and which he believed neither
the laws of God nor the well understood laws of society
justified or rendered expedient.
The Marquis of SALISBURY presented several pe-
titions from the clergy against the Marrisge Bill.
Lord NELSON presented a considerable number of
petitions to the same effect from clergy in Briclport,
Shrewsbury, Liverpool, and other places.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented several
petitions, as we understood, in favour of the Marriage

. The Earl of ST. GERMANS said, not long before the
, close of last session of Parliament, a Bill was brought up
► to the House of Lords from the other House of
i Parliament, to amend the Act relating to marriages,
1 within certain degrees of affinity, which was passed in
the sth and 6th year of William IV. Of that Bill he
had reluctantly taken the charge; he said reluctantly,
not because he had any doubt of the policy or propriety
of the measure, but because he felt conscious of his own
incompetence to deal adequately with the theological and
legal questions which were involved in the measure.
It was said that the measure was too important to be
discussed at so advanced or so late a period of the ses-
sion; and it was then arranged it should be brought forward
at the commencement of the present Session. He bad now
to claim their Lordships' indulgence while he stated to
them the arguments which he thought ought to
induce them not to reject the present Bill. He
might have commenced by arguing that the
Mosaic law was not binding on those who had
embraced the Christain dispensation. To prove this he
would only cite the opinions of Jeremy Taylor, of the
eminent Lord Cbief Justice Vaughan, and of the Rev.
Mr. filer, who had been eumined before the commis-

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 251 1851.

MINISTERIAL CRISIS.

i
.4 1 efi
off., ,-
ii's interference was afzgrated the coarse se
nstve tone in which it was couched, and si,l. in
seriously by the inaccuracy of the insinuation which )
was uppurebtly intended to convey. Important COO!,
trcoeSti,
queues might follow from the more or less
tional acknowledgment on the part of the rotectiol2l4
leader that he was unable to form a Government. '','
Disraeli suggests that the offer made to Lord Shull
wiz* clogged with the condition that be shoold
whichabsiiil
from dissolving Parliament. The advantage o
would result to the Protectionists from the opPorlio'd
of attributing their failure to a prohibition imPoee
...0
their appyaitog to the country, is too obvious to reyiutid
any cou.ment. It is impm tint that the country suu ,
know that neither the supposed condition por,s 'd
oil et- restriction accompanied the royal offer to I,deoiri.
Stanley. We have reason to believe that, A the
b rattly and without constraint, he rein:runs:l;o
opportunitytui of placing his party in ofEce. Mownll.,,orty,
4e and n :tuner gave offence even to bid r
and afforded au easy triumph to his calmer anti °ere aire
curate upponent. Lord Nanley's statement wl.al'oto.
doubt not, confirm that which was yesterdsY ;Loot.
rreuu,ly eeminunica:ed to both Houses of l'arii;
co,
Thu. only peculiarity of Lord Lansdowne's
6Phric'sterial
stated iu tho careful limitation of his own ---°', boo
position and charm:tn. It is possible that ho l'utt!, yes.
nottlich d to intimate his unwiilinguess to rejoio ii)•b4)l3,
:el which had just run on a rock, and which wast °toes
under such e vil auspices, once more to try its hu,ri,ord
abet.j, bile, how, vet-, we are content to accePit the
„'ll. n R3,11,11', narrative of the proceedlogs ;jolt
i < lace, we cannot treat too slightly his conveo,io.,
eccount. or the circumstances which led to his ;ell ow
lion. It, w as oecaston, d, it set ms, by the ott
tj,,l,lo'itiyeria-gpuaiunusdt Acturu.ulltyisraeli, followed by tho wst,,oect
made by the Ministerfrwanh
facts, to a House of Commons which understand° py 0
fiuctitiereutly to know that the whole story le Yittlj..6olll
nohiisse.besStnaccnquisainthteedaritai7Dtbtebll:
dishonour
There is,. perhaps, no moral guilt or Pe_l.o.
-honour in repeating conventional phrases to so au
enno which they cannot possibly deceive. verYtiP'eo At
bar who heard Lord John Russell's apologY kocl,ll°
well as the speaker that, in explaining his col' :ton
carefully avoided mentioning any one Lf the ress" OP
which it was really founded. But them verbal Oildoili
•ations which deceive no one, if not culpable, ore Ipotr
tzelesa and undignified. If it was desired to ero, of
1: attention from those errors the impending result
which was anticipated by a sudden surrender, n°lll, fort
speech could have been better calculated tit° t
Ministry andln' r to prod the
- Yrote
which
too trifling an incident tLtoonkhearKeinlfr'oiu danger. 1:141
knew „ be flee trona
ht about 'cierov
ptiolertatit political result, the true causes of the s ot l',
the mind of every friend and every
Aggression Bill and the Budget--were PreeretrY
opponent ur EtiCll
eeou - If
gebant gala non vidciuntur. The. form a 4 ~, rets,"
described the withdrawal of the Budget 0 : of coto:;
deuce in the Government, was a figure sinwStmo.,l for
even for the licence accorded by custom to 0,"
di, ireeiljbl°
nitestoes. If it was inexpedient to admit --1 is rt
truths, there was a safe resource in silence' it,fflorict
narkable that the excuses suggested for the ',,*-c'ol bell',
.flight of the Administration could have no PrAepfieolol
owfcluOrdrining anew Government.
tog, even if they had been true, on the actual
L.iii /Noel
_ _, I not, even in an official statement, assert serio°!'
crisis.
Mr. Locke King's motion, or the resolution Ictried li°l
Even Lord tigt`bst eithelf
utural distress, hms in any way impeded or sue nosesi
egotistions since the commencement of the ro sol
• h it yr
The Papal Aggression Bill, to whio 0 0011
convenientuevt to refer in the House of Coolme4,loo,_„°'
ilinadttthbeeless, have formed the obstacles to 11,c7as the -.,
Eureucsotnsbtet unite of conjunction 'cub the ill-omened Budget, "from ciPt,
casion of precipitating the late hlinisters tied in Ibil
negotiations of the last three days en ,eriols, •
its old rit the till'i
fth thea i
t wouldCabinet
hfarvoeuib
tensb'e
t policy of Lord John Russell formed tl'iioister;
intdinient to any useful alliance. The late 0,..5100b
o although. Per Lap., unanimous in their disopPr
r°e'd WO:
selves in a certain sense pledged
to s theca's° fil
were already .
involved, in some degree, In ~,,, lholle
which he had had adopted,d they alight have
on
that— beep benElLtiTerincir

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 particulars of information we were
already enabled to lay before our readers in the morn-
ing; and it would be altogether premature to inter 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 fo him to have arrived at which he could no
longer conduct the business of the country with a due
regard to the treble interest. He theretore tendered
his resignation to her Alajesty with the assent of his col-
leagues, and that resignation wa., accepted by the Queen.
Lord Stanley was sent for, but atter an interview, which is
described by the Protectionist leader himself as most
gracious, condesecntlinF, and kind on the part of her
Majesty, the result was, to use Lord John Rustell's ex-
' pression in describing the fact, that Lord Stanley if,-
forna,d her Mjesty that he was not then prepared to
form an Administration. To this account ot the trans-
action it only remains to be added, that upon the failure
or termination er Lord Stanley's attempt the Queen was
pleased to recall Lord John Russell, so,d to charge him
to resonatruct a Cabinet in place of that A•hich he had
ju-t di-solvi.d. This duty Lord John Russell accepted,
but the unfinished state ot the negotiations binds him to
absolute silence on the nature of the new Aiimitostra-
tion and on the prospects of success which may attend
his efi;_rrts and those of the men who have no. 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 are now known—as far as
they are known at all—from the competent and unim-
peachable testim- the chief actors in them, we shall
confine ourselv' - comments; and first, as to the
motives ot Lord tateresignaiion. We will not
suppose that importance was taken
from the mere or from a despondency
which Lord it apt t- •Id. Still
only to
indif-
were to
The

_.ante ire 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 biesiings
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 sloes the negotia-
tions have been conducted in a liberal and disinterested
spirit—with a manly readiness to snake all the perlional
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
hottest more advanced shade of liberal opinions. But
while the personal difficulties may be removed by
the patriotism and forbfarance of individuals, there
are difficulties of a more stubborn, if not insuperable
character in the questions now pending Wore Parlie-
meat, in the temper and dissensions of the House of
COMWODS, and in the excitement of-parts of the Country,
chiefly on the two points of Papal aggression and agri-
cultural protection. To these topics no direct allusion
was made by Led 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
ter remove. The more these. chffieultit a are cenaieb-red-
the more will they detsr any responsible state:omen' from
assuming with eagerness the control of affa.rs; and even
.now, in spite of the exertions which have been devoied
to the reconstruction of the Cabinet on a broader and
more efficient basis. it would Le 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
-infotmed her Majesty, at his audience, that he was not
then prePared to form en Administration. To the in-
expreiedble surprise of the crowded House of Commons
assembled yesterday to receive the promised communica-
tion of the Minister, Mr. Daniell rose at once after leird
John to contiodict 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, hut ore opinion as'to the
taste and manner in which this interruption was made,
at a moment when all discussion e as impossible and when.
the Houf.e 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 accorscy 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 House of Lords to confirm Mr. Disraeli's
insinuation. Taking, however, the simple fact that Lord
Stanley, after having bad 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 bas 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 fad to infuse
into his colleagues that unity of purpose and that prac-
tical aptitude tor the-administration of the affeirs 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
belie that no fresh circumstance will arise is the course
of the next few days to enable or to induce him to
repeat, with such cOadjutori.,
.that most formidable ex-
periment.
CHRONICLE.---tord John Russell informed the
House of Commons last night that be had undertaken
the task of reconstructing the Cabinet ; and the
alarms of placeholdera were allayed for the moment
by the implied assurance that, with some slight
Change of persons and
-shifting of functions, the
Government would remain substantially the same.
We believe, however, notwithstanding . the state-
ment thus communicated to the House, that be
has already failed in his efforts, and . that the
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 Oepitition should bring
new life and vigour into the Administration; and it was
a duty incumbent on individuals, however reluctant, to
answer the public call, if it should become possible
to accept office. without a compromise of essential
principles.' But when it appeared that Lord John
Russell himself was likely to cling -to office all far-
seeing politicians began to doubt the expediency or
practicability of 4 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
and rendered useless by the titular presidency of a
i
feeble and unsympathising leader; but t was felt that
the embarrassments which had led to the late resigna-
tion would all survive in the person of the Premier, who
was responsible ler all idle 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 followed 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 carried 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 hacknied 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—net excepting one
including the name of Lord John Russell—we should
have felt painfully the inh.ient weakeess of any coali-
tion which 'was burdened with the political incum-
brances, and hampered with the incapacity, of the late
Minister. Although it bad been generally rumoured
that Lord John Russell was still engaged in negotiations
for the formation of a Cabinet, his statement in the
House of Commons yesterday, that he bad accepted the
task on Saturday night, excited a certain mount of.
surprise. There can be no doubt that his detail of
dates and circumstances vas strictly authentic and
accurate. When it is remembered that the state-
ment, so far as it regarded Lord Stanley, must
necessarily have rested on an enthority which it
would be in the highest degree indecorous to diipute,
it is evident that Mr. Disraeli has committed some
thing more grave than an indiscretion in questioning its
ac; uraoy. Lord Stanley cannot fail to have been seri-
ously displeased by the gratuitous and imprudenetater-
poidgo of his ally. And the impropriety of Air. MP.

et
the
Bill. The
were as tedious as
The rece
e which have Wight have
per°
go.o'er _ beep p!elicl
a,
an e nt catastrophe, moreover.
':hSehnould they wade no More, 0
xcuse for excludin Ireland frotn till h gob
new class of difficulties e'llf°'doble 0
coursetilos would involve would not look se fOlll3llO OW
perable.f rcls CO crfticirt; the
It would
combinations which be
ag
ante
e • wen
fornsed fr° TV
c cue. i
worn-out ma.te might have bee peas, • o
tials of the ancient Family the 010.4
verdict of
tlatt.-reraa contemporary posterily,
their oulan'a
vwc...ilote.h has constaatintdly
who thought that the object of
Ministr that it toe,• to rereiji
already proved themselves to, . ~ the
had ho
a purelPe hi} "len, has not been winwl),.. tallib.9;
i, worts, ar?ai total°
ur d orgitn of thy , rt,,,,..tbe
whichsemi-
T hclavyo We g cilia ?or.
a PPlanded a 11'"1 Durban' tie
every' ifreps(loi •-"
• ziment of the tchoepderttebde
t:, sup Porte _,,,t;_fapa 1100
which praised th lundering .r, ' reeoaneo°_° of
e Ministerial wawa the
to Parliament •
in favour 0f ilitg llies 0,,,h
inaction and recreation—has turned on 1- a rePr°--
moment of their fill with every e°6-°ll
°f
1 Prifi'
e% pr fever so
and cont. mop!,
ciple ji----- The cynical repudiation 0 he, it ceo t
to be and
every party from the moment el to thai,
~ „aPopular, ought to he a warning to 5r,, frieedre tt;
c"(',entindaitcsers cf their faults are not lb° 13°.e-, erred I.c:i-
-t'll Und in.Se far as Lord John Rus•ellh°"foi,e csic-.
httiuu
ofue dsire of popularity, produeleg '',4 jastlgail
lits:n„,,_ the means suitable to attain it. bre ~`",„ the
ler,
forward ''°3,' the insults which he receives lr- id ae, ,-,.
deed, h„':cl,,n°l"Y of his Fartisans. It 1°.°13 deßerti°"'
their
from mar,_ beers difficult to foretell
"With trh' e!rk nis at similar periods-7 ,
Wien like acclaim they hailed tbe aso'
And first he broke his rival's wisat;
like acclaim would SfealeY great
It he could hurl h• - his seat* ~„ goo°
him
'fro g lea ta. JP
Althoutth Lott! John f Russell's statenien globe ~,
to suppose that the crisis had übstantiallY ..et tu,
conclusion, his failure ' l3
nstru k of
, in the attempt to I.!.ecithe tas 0.
Cabinet
firming has,
as
we have already said, left ~,6 6. jr,
, gan Administrati in Lord tan'eJog Act
h,
e shall watch the (in
. wrest, f Oa'
out a - result with eager lo „,e 0 ,
OP
particle of an • for great 0" •Dg
tnercial freed slaty the 0000 hot
freedom. The indescribably elo r 000 ea
ditions of the experiment which the course ° be 000030
up in
thrust on the Protectionist leader infiY,. 010 0•
na sentence. He —e must at once, and finf4'l,l, atia_.
choicel
doui,between explicitly adopting and eallt"olteotioue
Should the principle und the policy 0,,i the alfel;,
he he adopt
tte first branch 01 . ebtalo,
riveentirety debars himself fr°ujee a'Neit
frig' the co-operation of any public riled go Veit
jog
,b.free-trade cor .ictions and he is color' wog . g
a materials at his (3' •exclusively a °ally
colabination of Cabinet
hies c°°s other
charlatans and incaPa „ ghe ,' hie
the Protectionist
hand ~ phalanx. Should he, 0- vibici, if
, formally relin ••h •eile WO eit spit
p„ity t,akt. th quis the prin p ...to tb the
their natne, and which constite iieotes 0,
bond of union, he at once exasperates aud Ild.sahles by; e
great m
,t,ii.fio ass of his supporters, and for ever ' „art. to
will cc m again invoking their political 011)Fch of tO,
. 't t ffer any col . bich brso poi i
inevitable alte • ,J, cture as to vy . pride ',girl
mauve his patriotism or Ina difDe'''•to
duce him to I
adopt; but we eau feel little he the 00
expressingsuoeurooonvietion that, whatever 03°,ii, Gielttio
mediate is
result wilt be thef the resent entanglenlerjra,bin4 *1 01
0
can commandformation of the oelY
of a coo iv
w iiich is the c,-)nfidvnee and aupPort fits fr°lll
daily and hourly • .w belle •
pout}' of commercial reaping tic
and industrial freed 0* A joho
HERALD. l• . LOP, ~ be
Russel; --h the li.,use of Conia101)'',400110; to
' P's!erde • he esy .osee
promised the I/ y evening, gave t he Prop 001
adjourn the ouse when, on FridaY,„, „„ frota, vie
day till Committee of Ways and el"- asee'• b
Monday.i..ii
think he wen; In the course of Pl. ithja ko
somewhr beyond the limits vv. to
,o, ,
- ~. aihnitag., oil
-(40"

he was bound to cod
took place
lialishtTtnumo:oulc:eish,hssrrni avihim. Lord audience
mww iansbetweenvrhud notj nwfihnaet bbeyi'm•-
self, in al, fey
.olilkinehtlhe Queen and Lord tan' tic ;°` t
haitncitotioced
lio"rreeiJe,
Oro
Lo which
g 1 n g
saheo,yraut
solApdlwabahrtej
tie
isoctafoywrr
nehau
sera:di:het :di, id,
,ric
eioh:vvte le,rsril.::sr,irhboolseotti:ost/i:, :jrce
115!
foe
understandr •s
ti
ao sn osnoo.t o
tdHhoe.
Stanley's " House of Lords. He 'ln-wld Pre'"hst
him r chivalrous sense of honour w°9 Al-,
k PlSce 'ele
eol lac othc o in
rm till he
We are at a loss. m d „lobo
motive notrethawt
to doubt the followers of Lord Stanley °I. nt
—e wanted to sow distrust gtisadacf there.tl
this enveneomeneedr
mit this 1:1 each of the customarrooplceict:
noble chief. But vir'e trust, the object bo;ed, rotej on.
confidence in
adherenee to theihr
shortof • its mark andthat /.1. 'al Par ' 'toPllci
the suer repose
1 ,fle
tinue, as the- '
energy,
shalt, the cohuorwaegveeranwdellbs'lt lic:::::::11", rce!.lic
that chief whose honour an ' retOs r-e•
ilofbeherreoewdn
acvaeus hitherto
th hdone, e tsobilo:ofli:tbh.-ezi.
doubt. •
We Implore them ey
"e Y 1 d awe fr° be' btlS
e tox
lain
ii
nt
his
ihs
e yt
conduct,i
am ,
time
when
means,i,t
hopneeiodat tsoi
motives
b Stanleyblee
t.het
ob t
3:
a:
oblde s
„sod:
done
etent7ilibiotoo:o;ol3ll
o(waileipaelpg,gilineeadanntgteilecee ourselvesexplanations,—which
iv and
that has not been they will find he b 65 d the 103
dictated by the wisdom on 0
The Ministerial statements,—R•° Olin" r
mons last evening,.l lb;
•A. mil
hich were made in the BOW° v 014'
• - _0 ote I
committed
rgrileiOUs Majesty, Two things only can be deduced from the 0 ye'
Lord Statile), has been...,000 ,_idi
prevented, by some i... wei
~ on e
unexplained, from performing the commosi , dole f
sell is at tedto him; end, secondly, that Lord Poi, calls
the difficult this
moment engaged in what be tr,.;;' shot'
and task of attempting to reconstruct P;urcolso
withfree ivinituenssn.:lo6:::
tered broken Cabinet. Whatever we WI A $1,03.
or
,ey,s•,conjecture as ta the real means by which Lef'"foteth
' ',et-lot-mance of his • • has been °e wise
COTT)1131s51011 .-0 $ , 0
our readers Al
wi perhaps feel that we Navy: ih
discretion in
,:,, .
_. forbearing to speculate upon them oreoji
t iaii Oren' • d i .ai• ta,.. the news ef tbe day liavke fail ego
intormed •
,an.our readers of mazy thing 3 ot vibieu _e nob
pai.. LAVA-A lIIUST yet be given. The observant pavordo
el!tied, to remark that at six o'clock 00 •fitt wild
h'ver'nirif Lord John Russell had an intsffievibefor
ejesty; that this interview took placl vol
COTT u et..ponclnco Let wee n her Majesty oti enieg
_S. nley had ceased ; that later in the ssme evo, ie
Lord J. Russell solicited an audience of ber AffkLes."l-...
L,::1113 Papy with Sir James Graham—bird of evil °'""coulcl
hose appearance even in that august VW" tooth
scarce! • b yaugur good; and that, to add to the cool
atr,
y some person or other, Lord Clarendon, tbat 036 4 At
piece of intrigue, had been • d from his atiti+e-bo
hsummorte . _ Lord Jo
trio Castle of Dublin at the very tittle w
ed
tbeir 0006
Russell's Cabinet professedt have resign herself 000;
and to have advised the to
to place i ilif.,
served' •
yin the hands of Lord Stanley Ibefi,rhbifel:
we say, the observant have not failed W *note. --.0-ige op
but m9§l OP9ttant, nutmeg WOW Al 0 'P.- - ' '

„,,-.• •••-'W u '''. I
.i %-'""a`”, ""'" "U"' peachable testimon the chief actors Ir. thEn;;;;11.all en" which they cannot possibly
n Hatnburgh; Gipsy Queen, from St, ber who heard Lord John Env
confine ourselves w comments; and first, es to the from Antwerp; Stadt Dordrecht, well as the speaker that, in exp
motives of Lord ' cipitateresignafion. We will not Ara Pet, fro.. 't..Michael'; Louis de carefully avoided mentioning any
suppose that a s h importance was taken
y; i ' s, horn Boulogne; from the mere which it was really founded. Bu
or from a despondency mo
Still cations which deceive no one, if ni
.
!T, for • • to which Lord i .not apt to yield.
I a*a ruse intended only to . ueless and undignified. If it war
o ledges and some indif- lie atteution from those errors th,
. ,
.‘ sof agitation were to which was anticipated by a suddet
;ss ,
..) . fay . ratite ms. The
speech could have been better ca
• . 96
saux
_ uaTe used b the late Premier ;
t.. ,'
be
....
,nt. _
stance there are interests which all men knew t. be fit
ew York forianton, tept. 14, in lat. „.: ; I 1.1
- ' . mini,— „..4 _C Air_ T „-I-- Tirino
...,.. inert inmnr.for....., •,-, .1.- ii. r ,