The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-29 00:00:00

Liverpool Cotton Market—(This Day.)

Market opens rather quiet. Sales probably 8,000
bales. American id. to id., and Surats id. to id.
above last Friday.

Foreign Mail Packet List.

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(From the Times.)
About 20 of the principal supporters of Lord
Derby assembled at his house in St. James's-square
yesterday. Lord Derby addressed them at some
length, and announced that both at the suggestion
of her Majesty, and iu compliance with his own
view of the necessities of his position, he proposed
to offer high office to several members of the Whig
party, and even to certain members of Lord Rus-
sell's Government. He should, therefore, have to
ask from his own supporters a sacrifice of their
just pretensions. In some cases it might be neces-
sary that they should altogether resign their claims
to office ; in others they would have to accept offices
of lower rank than those to which they might rea-
sonably have aspired. We are informed that the
members present cheerfully assented to the terms
thus proposed, and declared their willingness to make
any sacrifices necessaryfor the formation of a strong
Administration. Lord Derby proceeded to wait on
the Queen at Windsor. No appointments have yet
been made, nor is it expected that any will be made
so long as there is any prospect of the accessions
from the Whig party which Lord Derby intended
to seek. We believe that hitherto Lord Derby's
overtures have not been favourably responded to.

(From the Horning Post.)
Lord Derby is known to have declared that he
would not again form an Administration unless he
saw a fair chance of carrying on the Government
of the country with it, and although it is natural
that the rank and file of the Conservative party,
after so long an exclusion from office, should be
anxious to taste, were it for ever so short a time,
the sweets of office, the obvious reasons against
attempting to rule by the sole aid of the
weaker party must have great weight in the
decision as to the course to be pursued, while
the respect due to the Sovereign would no doubt
disincline so high-minded a statesman as
Lord Derby, when entrusted with her commands,
from forming a merely tentative Administration.
In the face of the adverse majority, therefore, it is
necessary to seek for assistance and support from
beyond the proper limits of the Conservative party,
if any permanence is to be hoped for by a new
Government. The chiefs of the Adullamite sec-

tion were naturally applied to ; but it is understood
that at present they decline formally to pledge
themselves to support any purely Conservative
Ministry, though they would probably give their
aid to any one that should embrace an element com-
posed of the more moderate of the Liberal party.

(From the Morning Advertiser.)
The anxiety of the public to know who are to
constitute the new Cabinet is natural, and will soon
be gratified. Lord Derby had yesterday a meeting
with about forty of his principal friends relative
to the formation of a new Cabinet. The meeting,
we are told, lasted about an hour. Shortly after it
was over Lord Derby proceeded to Windsor to have
an interview with her Majesty. There is no doubt
that the noble Earl has undertaken the task com-
mitted to him by the Queen, and the belief last
night, in well-informed circles, was that lie would
be successful.

(From ths Morning Herald.)
A meeting of two or three and twenty of the
leading members of the Conservative party took
place yesterday morning at the residence of the Earl
of Derby. His lordship received from the noble-
men and gentlemen assembled the fullest assurances
of support in his endeavour to form an Administra-
tion. Shortly after the meeting broke up Lord
Derby left for Windsor, where her Majesty had
graciously appointed an interview at 4 o'clock p.m.
There is no doubt that a strong and efficient Ad-
ministration will be formed within a few days, but
it would be obviously idle at the present hour to give
currency to the various rumours that are afloat as
to its personnel.