The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 1866.

THE NE'

TRATION.

The following List of the New Administration
as at present constituted, we believe to be sub.
stantially correct :

First Lord of the Treal
Earl of Derby, K.G.
Bury
Lord Chancellor
Lord President of Council Duke of Buckingham.
Lord Privy Seal Earl of Malinesbury,
l G.C.B.
Chancellor of the Ex-}
Rt. Hon. B. Disraeli.
chequer
Home Secretary
fßight Hon, S. H. Wal-
pole.
Foreign Secretary
Colonial Secretary Earl of Carnarvon.
Secretary for War ...
Secretary for India Viscount Cranborne.
First Lord of the Adini- Right Hon. Sir John
ralty

Pakington, G.C.B.
Duke of Montrose (no
in the Cabinet).

Postmaster-General

Chancellor of the Duchy

Not filled up.

of Lancaster
President of the Board of.
Trade
President of the Poor Law`,
Board
Lord Steward
Comptroller of the House-1

Sir Stafford Northcote

Mr. Gathorne Hardy.
fDuke of Marlborough
(doubtful).
• Lord Burghley.
Earl of Bradford.
Lord Claude Hamilton.
Duke of Beaufort.

hold ..
Lord Chamberlain
Vice-Chamberlain
Master of the Horse

Master of the Buck
hounds
First Commissioner of.
Works
Lords of the Treasury

- Lord Colvile.
Lord John Manners (in
the Cabinet).
SSir R. Bateson, Hon. G.
Noel, Lord H. Scott.
Col. Taylor, Mr. Ward
• Hunt.

Joint Secretaries of the

Treasury
Lords of the Admiralty
Under-Secretary for War.
Under-Secretary for India
Attorney-General
Solicitor-General .

Sir John Hay (Firs
Naval Lord).
Earl of Longfcrd.
Sir James Fergusson.
Sir Hugh Cairns.
Mr. Bovill.

IRELAND.
Lord Lieutenant of Irel
Marquis of Abercorn.
land
Secretary for Ireland f Lord Naas (in the Ca•
billet).

SCOTLAND.

Lord Advocate

OFFICIAL ARRANGEMENTS, APPOINTMENTS,
AND PROMOTIONS—AS ANNOUNCED IN THE Owl.-
Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Helena and Prince
Christian will pass several days of their honeymoon at the
Embassy at Paris. Lady Cowley will leave town shortly
to make the necessary arrangements for their reception.
Earl Spencer has resigned his appointment as Groom of
the Stole to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
We understand that Sir Sidney Colpoys Dacres, K.C.8..
Rear-Admiral George Seymour, C. 8., Sir John D. Hay,
and Sir Alex. Milne aro likely to be the Lords of the
Admiralty ; Mr. Pakington, son of Sir John Pakington,
Private Secretary to the First Lord.
We hear with pleasure that the Hon. George Barring-
ton has been appointed Private Secretary to the Earl of
Derby.
Mr. Walpole, son of the Right Hon. Spencer Walpole,
will probably be his father's Private Secretary.
Mr. W. C. Scott will bo Principal Secretary to the Lord
Chancellor, and the Hon. Edward Thesiger Gentleman of
the Chamber.
Lord Malmesbury, the Duke of Richmond, and Lord
Devon have all declined to be Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.
The statement that Lord John Manners is to occupy that
post is incorrect.
We believe that the Marquis of Abercorn has consented
to be appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.
The office of Vice-President of the Committee of Coun-
cil on Education will be held by Mr. Adderley, M.P.
The statement that Lord Wharncliffe is to be Under-
Secretary for Foreign Affairs is incorrect.
The Duke of Marlborough will probably join the
Government.
Sir James Fergusson may probably become the Scotch
Lord of the Treasury. _ _

The Hon. Auberon Herbert, brother of Lord Carnarvon,
has been appointed private secretary to Sir Stafford North-
cote, President of the Board of Trade.
Chief Justice Lefroy, as we are informed, has tendered
his resignation, and will be succeeded by Mr. Whiteside.

Lord Colvilo is to be Master of the Buekho wads.

Mr. F. 0. Adams has been appointed second secretary to
the Embassy at Paris, in succession to the Hon. Jas. Ellis,
who proceeds to Athens.

THEORY OF EXCHANGES—BY Mx. Goscxmx.
Glad and Dizzy new seats in the Senate-house claim,
And each, in exchanging them, changes his name ;
Since Russell's Reform Bill is gone to tho bad,
Glad is made dizzy, and Dizzy made glad.—Old.

Recon,

Lerica.

The following is President Johnson's message to
Congress, relating to the Reconstruction Amend-
ment, and Mr. Seward's report therein referred to.
The message was delivered to the Senate and the
House of Representatives on June 22 :
" I submit to Congress a report of the Secretary
of State, to whom was referred the concurrent reso-
lution of the 18th inst., respecting a submission to
the legislatures of the States of an additional article
to the constitution of the United States. It will be
seen from this report that the Secretary of State had,
on the 16th inst., transmitted to the governors of the
several States certified copies of the joint resolution
passed on the 13th inst., proposing an amendment
to the constitution. Even in ordinary times, a ques-
tion of amending the constitution must be justly re-
garded as of paramount importance. This import-
ance is at the present time enhanced by the fact that
the joint resolution was not submitted to the two
houses for the approval of the President ; and that
of the thirty-six States which constitute the Union,
eleven are excluded from representation in either
House of Congress, although, with the single excep-
tion of Texas, they have been entirely restored to all
their functions as States, in conformity with the o::-
ganic law of the land, and have appeared at the na-
tional capital, by senators and representatives, who
have applied for and have been refused admission to
the vacant seats. Nor have the sovereign people of
the nation been afforded an opportunity of express-
ing their views upon the important questions which
the amendment involves. Grave doubts, therefore,
may naturally :and justly arise as to whether the
action of Congress is in harmony with the senti-
ment of the people, and whether State legislatures,
elected without reference to such an issue, should
be called upon by Congress to decide respecting
the ratification of the proposed amendment.
Waiving the question as to the constitutional
validity of the proceedings of Congress upon the joint
resolution proposing the amendment, or as to the
merits of the article which it submits through the
executive department to the legislatures of the States,
I deem it proper to observe that the steps taken by
the Secretary of State, p.s detailed in the accompany-
ing report, are to be considered as purely ministe-
rial, and in no sense whatever committing the exe-
cutive to an appeal or recommendation of the
amendment to the State legislatures cr to the
people. On the contrary, a proper appreciation of
the letter and spirit of the constitution, as well as
of the interest of national order, harmony, and
union, and a deference for an enlightened public
judgment, may at this time well suggest a doubt
whether any amendment to the constitution ought
to be proposed by Congress and pressed upon the
legislatures of the several States for final decision
until after the admission of such loyal senators and
representatives of the now unrepresented States as
have been, or as may hereafter be, chosen in confor-
mity with the constitution and laws of the United
States. "ANDREW JOHNSON.
" Washington, D.C., June 22, 1866."
"Department of State, Washington,
June 20, 1866.
"To the President—The Secretary of State, to
whom was referred the concurrent resolution of the
two Houses of Congress of the 18th instant, in the
following words That the President of the
United States be requested to transmit forthwith to

the executive of the several States of the United
States copies of the article of amendment proposed
by Congress to the State legislatures to amend the
constitution of the United States, passed June 13,
1866, respecting citizenship, the basis of represen-
tion, disqualification for office, and validity of the
public debt of the United States, and to the end that
the said States may proceed to act upon the said
article of amendment, and that he request the exe-

cutive of each State that may ratify such amend

meat, to transmit to the Secretary of State a certi

fled copy of such ratification"—has the honour
to submit the following report, namely :—That
on the 16th instant the Honourable Amasa Cobb,
of the committee of the House of Representa-
tives on enrolled bills, brought to this depart-

meet and deposited therein an enrolled resolution
of the two Houses of Congress, which was there-
upon received by the Secretary of State and de-

posited among the rolls of the department, a copy
of which is hereunto annexed. Thereupon the
Secretary of State, on the 16th instant, in confor-
mity with the proceeding which was adopted by
him in 1865, in regard to the then proposed and
afterwards adopted Congressional amendment of
the United States concerning the prohibition of
slavery, transmitted certified copies of the annexed
resolution to the governors of the several States,
together with a certificate and circular letter ; a
copy of both of these communications hereunto
annexed. Respectfully submitted.

" WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
" Department of State,Washington, June 15,1866.
"To his Excellency the Governor
of the State of --.

" have the honour to transmit an attested
copy of a resolution of Congress, proposing to the
legislatures of the several States a fourteenth article
to the constitution of the United States. The de-
.

cisions of the several legislatures upon the subject
are required by law to be communicated to this
department. An acknowledgment of the receipt of
this communicatian is requested by your excel-
lency's obedient servant,

" WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
The accompanying paper is the certificate of a
true copy of the concurrent resolution proposing
au amendment to the constitution.

ALL COULEUR DE ROSE;

Or, a Change in the Times.

After an unusually long interval the new Ad-
ministration is, we believe, completed. Some
days must, indeed, yet elapse before the ordinary
course of public business will be resumed, but the
new occupants of the great offices of State are finally
chosen. A few of the Household appointments are
still vacant, but it always requires an effort of
reason to understand why Household officers should
change with a change of Ministry, and there are not
wanting persons who deny the necessity of the rule.
It is understood that on the present occasion two or
three posts usually considered political will not be
vacated, and the tendency undoubtedly is to mode-
rate the ancient rigour which made all the House-
hold go out and come in with the Whigs and Tories.
The public will be more concerned to know when
the new Administration will meet Parliament. we
have been deprived of a responsible Government
and the benefits of Parliamentary criticism long
enough, and some natural surprise may be
expected when it is stated that no Ministerial
explanation is possible before next Monday.
We understand that Lord Granville will this
evening, in compliance with a request of Lord
Derby, move the adjournment of the Upper
House , till that day, and we presume a simi-
lar motion will be made in: the House of Commons.
It is, of course, impossible that the members of the
new Cabinet sitting in the House of Commons can
make their appearance there till after they have
been re-elected ; and as it is not expected that the
Council at Windsor will separate to-morrow in
time for Lord Derby to be present in the House of
Lords at the usual hour of assembling, the adjourn-
ment till Monday is inevitable. To that day, there-
fore,
_we must look forward for an authoritative
statement of the policy of the new Administration,
and such revelations of the efforts made to form a
Ministry on a wider basis as Lord Derby may be at
liberty to make. The failure of Lord Derby to in-
duce any of the moderate Liberals in either house
to serve under him necessarily compelled him to
have recourse to the members of 'his former Cabi-
nets, and to construct a new Administration out of
these materials, with the addition of two or three
of his younger supporters who have become promi-
nent since he was last in office. On the whole, he
must be held to have made a very tolerable Minis-
try. If we are not overwhelmed by the spectacle
of administrative ability presented to the country,
we see no reason to apprehend any discredit, much
less any mischief, from the way in which the public
business is likely to be conducted. The burden of
debate in the House of Lords must rest mainly upon
Lord Derby himself. Lord Chelmsford can, how-
ever, render efficient aid in Parliament, and his
former tenure in office showed him qualified for its
judicial duties. The Duke of Buckingham will bring
to the office of Lord President the habits of busi-
ness which caused him to be elected Chairman of
the London and North-Western Railway ;Com-
pany. Lord Carnarvon, as Colonial Secretary, will
have an opportunity of showing that he is capable
of greater things than reforming prison discipline,
and though we hope that no Jamaica insurrection
or Australian crisis will arise to try his powers, we
see no reason to doubt that he would on such emer-
gencies pursue the judicious policy of his immediate
predecessor. Lord Malmesbury proves his devo

tion to his party by accepting the Privy Seal. In
the House of Commons the new Administration
will be remarkably strong in debating power, how-

ever defective in the number of its followers. Mr.

Disraeli resumes the position of leader of the house,
which is incontestably his due. Our financial

system is now so much simplified that the grew

duty of a Chancellor of the Exchequer is to apply
the excess of revenue over expenditure which
is the natural result of the free growth of our
commerce and industry in the reduction of taxation,

and the House of Commons may be trusted to pre-
vent any such reduction being made in the interest
of class or party. In financial discussions Mr.
Disraeli will be assisted by Sir Stafford Northcote,
who may find in his own office at the Board of Trade
some things to be done in the way of railway legis-
lation which Mr. Milner Gibson never suffered to
ruffle his composure. Mr. Walpole and General Peel
return to the posts they have twice filled with suc-

cess, if not with distinction ; and Mr. Henley, as
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancashire, will, undis-
turbed by official duties, be able to exercise the singu-
lar power of colloquial debate in which he is unri-

valled. The appointment of Lord Stanley to the
Foreign Office must prove satisfactory to all except
those who advocate agenerous sympathy and encou-
ragement of popular movements wherever and how-

ever they may be occasioned. The only objection
to the appointment is that Lord Stanley is removed
from the position of Secretary for India, for which
he was so eminently qualified, and in which Lord
Cranborne will have to show that an efficient debater
can also be an efficient administrator. Mr. Gathorne
Hardy is, like Lord Cranborne, a new accession to

the Conservative Cabinet, and it seems possible that
in his place at the Poor Law Board a round peg has
for once been fitted into a round hole. Lord Derby
is fortunate in being able to retain the services of

Sir Hugh Cairns in the House of Commons, where he
is almost as indispensable to his party as Sir Roan-
dell Palmer was to the late Ministry, and Mr. Bovill
has fairly earned the position of Solicitor-General.

The Irish appointments, as finally made, will be ac-
cepted without dissatisfaction, and if Lord Naas does

not attempt the ambitious policy of which Mr. C.
Fortescue has lately been the spokesman, he
will probably not be required to introduce into the

house measures so hastily concocted as some which

have been under the conduct of his predecessor.
In the present state of the House of Commons it
is, of .course, out of the question that a Conserva•

tive Government should do more this Session than

carry on the administration of affairs, and we do nol

regard it as at all probable that it will ever be in a

position to pass beyond this modest function. The

Liberal Government has been broken up, partly
through the bad management of its leaders, partly
through the divergence among the sections of the

Liberal party produced by a determined attempt of
one of them to gain the mastery ; but it is evident
that in Opposition the warring sections will approach

again, each division will know how much must be

conceded to the others, and a return to office may

be expected as the crown and reward of re-esta

blished unity. In the meanwhile—in the transition

period—it is essential that the nation should be re.

presented with dignity abroad, and that the func
tions of Government should remain unimpaired ai

home, and the Administration which Lord Derby
has formed promises to secure these results. It is

a possible consequence of the accession of a Con

servative Government that it may develope a policy
_ .

sufficiently moderate to recommend itself to the
continued support of the country, but the prospect

of such a result is remote. The new Cabinet may be,

and we believe is, well fitted to discharge the ordi-

nary business of Government, but it is too little in
accord with the majority of the House and with

public opinion to afford much hope of a prolonged
existence. Several of its members possess great con-

structive ability, but there can be little scope for
its exercise. We accept Lord Derby's Ministry as
an interregnum, affording the best opportunity of re-
constructing a Liberal Cabinet, and we are thankful

hat while it serves this purpose, and cannot easily

exceed it, it also presents an appearance in itself so
thoroughly respectable.

NAVAL ENCOUNTER IN THE ADRIATIC.—Our
Malta correspondent, under date June 29, states
that a telegram to Rear-Admiral Kellett from Captain
Rowley, of her Majesty's iron-clad steam corvette Enter-
prise, lately despatched from Corfu to Ancona, and Pola, to
watch the naval movements of the belligerents,. reports
that on the morning of the 27th June, 17 Austrian iron-
clads (some 10 more than they are known to possess—pos-
sibly some error in the transmission), encountered the
leading Italian fleet off Ancona, when shots were ex-
changed, but at such a distance as to bo productive of no
effect. The Austrians made off for Pola, and the Italians
returned to Ancona, but an engagement may be shortly
looked for.
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.—Poor rates and
assessed taxes due previously to the sth January last must
be paid on or before the 20th instant, to entitle a voter to
be on the next register. The lists of the last registration
are now on the doors of all churches and chapeb.