The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-25 00:00:00

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

TIM DAY—Morn., 0 min. aft. o—Even., 9 min aft. 12
TO-MOBROW —Morn., 41 min. aft. 12—Even., 8 min. aft. 1

THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE!, FEBRUARY 25.
En3aXOMETHE, IN THE SL.DE.
44—highest since noon yesterday.
32—lowest this morning and during the night.
39 —this day at noon.
BABOXICTILB. 30.33—rising rapidly.
WIND, N.B. to E.N.E. ; fresh, frosty, fine, and cold.

*49
Z 146 , tc.

LONDON, THURSDAY, FEB. 25, 1858.

The composition of the new Cabinet, and the
filling up of the comparatively subordinate offices,
form now the great question of t'te day. Many sup•
posed that because Lord DERBY failed'in obtaining
the co-operation of Mr. GLADSTONE and the Aber-
deenitee, or of Lord GREY, to whom he also offered
a place in the new Government, that ho would
withdraw in disgust from the duty imposed on him
by his Sovereign. But he bad no intention of so
doing. His list has been already all but completed,
and will doubtless be presented to both Houses to-
morrow afternoon, and he is entitled to demand,
and will probably receive, a fair trial both from
Parliament and the country.
As we have already stated, we look "to mea-
sures rather than to men." We care not whether
one party or another hold the reins of power,
provided the people can obtain wholesome and
salutary enactments, calculated to promote their
welfare, happiness, and prosperity. They care
nothing whether one noble lord or another holds
office, but they greatly care about being enabled
to exercise the elective franchise, and to have
ample protection against intimidation, dictation,
and other undue inluences ; and they desire that
there shall be a circulating medium, the
very life-blood of industry, adequate to their
exigencies, and by means whereof they may
obtain that great desiderattcm—a fair day's
wages for a fair day's work. The refusal by
Mr. GLADSTONE of his co-operation may prove
the safety of the new Government. His antece-
dents warrant us in believing that he would not
relinquish a single crotchet to avert the overthrow
of his friends, and he has already given sufficient
proof of his quality in respect to the Income-tax
and the Bank Charter Act, to show that the
Popular views on these all-important subjects will
receive from him the most strenuous and uncom-
promising opposition. He it was who declared
that there could be no modification of the
asaeasment--that the hard earnings of industry
should contribute as largely as the dividends
of the fundholder or the ground rents of the landed
proprietor. Re also
advocated increased restric-
tions on the issue of bank-notes at the time that the
industrial community were groaning under a mini-
mum rate of 10 per cent. *We heartily congratulate
Lord DERBY on his alliance being so peremptorily
rejected by that impracticable politician,
The proposal to Lord GREY affords an auspicious
augury of the intention of Lord DERBY to inau-
gurate& comprehensive measure of Reform. Unless
such a proposition were contemplated, or at least
itt under consideration, he never would have sought
the son of the -,aPrwimaseMcaini.st:r by whom the modern
Magna ea
Reform Leader from the earl' wpt bad been the
t of the century.
Unless Lord DERBY could show some substantialld
reason for obtaining his aid, the applicationion
have been worse than useless, and would would
have
have been made.

And Vrhyshould not Lord DERBY do so 3 He was)
A together with Lord PALMERSTON, a ember of the
Government by whom it was introduced and
oarried. We cannot suppose that his predilections
le are less liberal than those of the ex-Premier,
Y would not give a single particle of Reform that was
not formd by the preisure from without ! Lord
PALmEnsToN had promised a Reform Bill, but he
\"" t°°ktspeeial care to prevent theslightest intimation