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E A ST jsmA Housn. JANUARY 2J, 1.45.
1747 HE COUP.T (if DIRECiORS of the EAST
I'lll'.'tNY IKNhy glve notice,
That a (21.7,11;:, ILY GE-I.:ERNE CO :T of th,, :al.', COMPANY
will 11:11 at their Lta.denhall-iitToct, ott WEDNESDAY,
tae 1`.:".11 March, 1'345, at '::!even forpltoon.
JAAES. C. .:.IELVII.I., Soe:•:tary.

EA7J is I;IA II )U5l JANUARY 29, 1545.
THE COURT of mitEcTols of the EAST
DLi COM PA N 1" do hereby give notice,
'Viva the TRANSFER-BOOKS of the said COIi'ANI"S STOCK
will be SID; 1' on THURSDAY, the 6th March next, at Three
o'eloct, and OPENED AGAIN on THURSDAY, the 10th April,
following.
1 hat a GENERAL COURT of the said Company will be held at
their House, in Leadenhall-sireet, on WED:sr:an/yr, the 9th
tl'om Nine o'clock in the Morning until Six o'clock in the
Evening, for the ELECTION of SIX DIREC TORS of the said
COMPANY for FOUR YEARS.
The form of a Letter of Attorney and of a Declaration for enabling
Proprietors of East India Stock to vote loy proxy on this
may be obtained upon appli ation at the Treasury in this House
I hat the Lists of the Members of the said Company will be ready
to be delivered on Tuesday, the
J 25th March next.
AMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that the next lIALF-YEARLY
GENERAL MEETING of this Company will be held, pursuant to the
Act of Parliament, at the Paddington Station, on TUESDAY, the 11th
February, 1845, for the ELECTION of FOUR DIRECTORS, in the
place of the same number who will retire by rotation, and for other
purposes of business, when important subjects connected with the
promotion of new lines of Railway to be applied for in the ensuing
session will be submitted for the consideration of the Proprietors.
The Chair will be taken at One o'Clock precisely.
C. RUSSELL, Chairman.
BARRINGTON, Deputy Chairman.
The Directors retiring are re-eligible under the provisions of the
Act.
The Transfer Books will be closed on and from the Ist February,
and will not be re-opened until after the said Half Yearly General
Meeting on the I Ith February ; and the Dividend for the Half Year
ending 31st December last, will be paid to the Proprietors who may
be registered on the Company's Books when closed.
By order. CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary.
London Tertaintts, Paddington, Jan. 20, 1545,

RICHMOND and WEST-END JUNCTION
RAILWAY.
The COMMITTEE of this RAILWAY aro happy to announcelthat
the Board of Trade have declared their intention to report to Parlia-
ment in favour of the undertaking, as well as of the Staines and
Richmond Junction, and the Metropolitan Extension of the South
Western Railway. Thus the Richmond Company will have access
to an excellent terminus in the metropolis, and also derive a large
additional amount of traffic from the line to Staines.
Active negotiations are in progress with the landowners and hold-
ers of property on the Mae for the purchase of the ground necessary
for the purposes of the railway; and in far the majority of cases a
highly satisfactory prospect exists of the respective treaties being con-
cluded upon fair and amicable terms.
By an agreement entered into with the Directors of the South-
Western Company, the execution of the most expensive portion of the
line originally adopted by the Richmond will be transferred te the
aforesaid Company ; who have also agreed to furnish the locomotives,
carriages, and working plant of the railway.
The terminus of the line will be that selected by the South-Western
Company for their metropolitan extension, namely, a point situate in
immediate proximity to the entrance of the Hungerford Suspension
Bridge, on the Surrey side.
'I he easy nature of the works to be accomplished on their part of
the line, which presents no features whatever that can occasion diffi-
culty or delay in their construction, has enabled the Committee to
enter into arrangements, by which the completion of the whole line
will be effected within the period of ten months after the Act shall
have been obtained.
RICHARD MEADE, Secretary.
3, Moorgate-street, January 24, 1845.

ROYAL HOSPITAL, CHELSEA,
29TU JANUARY, 1845.
Ihe Right Honourable the Lords and Others Commissioners of this
Hospital, do hereby give notice that they are ready to receive
TENDERS from, and to treat with, such Persons as may be willing
to CONTRACT tbr VIC I'UALLING the IN-PENSIONERS of the
said HOSPITAL, from let April, 1845, to 31st March, 1846, both
days inclusive, for the following articles of Provisions—viz., Beef
or Mutton, Bread, Cheese, Butter, Potatoes, Oatmeal, Salt, Cocoa,
and Sugar, at per head per diem for the whole ration, accord-
ing to the established allowances of the house, as specitied in a Form.
of Tender. Also, for the supply of the undermentioned Articles—viz.,
For Milk, at per quart, in a separate Tender.
Candles, at per dozen lbs.
Yellow Soap, at per cwt. In one Tender.
Soft Soap, at per cwt.
Pearlash, at per cwt.
Pot Herbs, at per diem In one Tender.
Onions or Leeks, at per lb.
rz,r the supply of Oil and Cotton, &c., and for Lighting a
portion of the Hospital lamps.
Forms of Ten&f for the several articles required, and further par-
ticulars, may be obtained upon application at the office of the Secre-
tary, any day between the heurs of Ten and Three o'clock, which
Tenders must be filled up and delivered, sealed, at the Board-room
of the said Hospital, by the party or parties tendering, or by an agent
appointed on his or their behalf, on TUESDAY, the 11th February, at
One o'clock, at which time their Lordships will be prepared to take
the same into consideration.
It is further to be observed, that the Contractor will be required to
find security for the due performance of the said Contract ; and that
no Tender will be received after the hour above-mentioned.

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DENTAL SURGERY.
32, HAYMARKET, opposite Jermyn-street.
MESSRS. MOSELEY, SURGEON-
DENTISTS, acquaint their Patients of the Provinces that
,hey may be consulted daily as usual, at their residence, 32, Hay-
arket.
Vacancies for one or two first-rate workmen. Likewise for an
krticled Pupil.

TEA TRAYS, Tea Urns, Knives and Forks,
Dish Covers, &c., at C. WATSON'S, 41 and 42, BARBICAN.
and 16, NORTON-FOLGATE. Established half a century.—A set
of 3 Paper Tea-trays, including the largest size made, 358. ; very
richly ornamented all over, 5 4f. a Set of Three, and up to 141. ; Ja-
pan Tea-trays, 7s. 6d. a Set, and upwards ; a Five Quart Loudon
made Bronze Tea-urn 35e., with the newest patterns up to five gui-
neas ; a Set of Six patent raised London made Dish Covers, 188. bd. ;
beat imperial raised, 355. 6d. Set of Six. Elegant silver shape, 525. 6d.
Set of Six.
Ivory Table-knives, I Is. per dozen, Dessert, 9s. ; Carvers, 3s. 6d.

per pair. TABLE. DESSERT. CARVERS.
doz. doz. pair.
34-in
n . handsome balance handle .... 185. Od. 14s. Od. Gi. 6d.
4-1. balance handle, largest Ad best
made.......... ....... ..... 20s. Od. 16s. Od. Ts. 6d.
Ditto with Watson's Albata Plate
handles, equal to 22s 6d, 18s. Od. Bs. 6d.
Forks half the above price.
C. Watsen's handsomely Illustrated Catalogue and Price Current
is just published, and families who regard economy and elegance
should possess themselves •f thin useful book, which Tn&Y be bad
;ratio, and post free, from the above address
Sole Inventor of the celebrated Albata Plate, which la so rapidly
superseding Silver.
TIIE LAMP WONDER, C. WATSON'S PARAGON CAMPHINE
LAMP.
The great fault which has proved fatal to the success of the Vesta
Lamp, viz., the em'ssion of black smuts and smoke. Is entirely ob-
viated in the Paragon—the brilliancy and purity of its light surpasses
any other yet seen, and burns for one half-penny per hour.
C. Watson's Warehouses, 41 and 42, Barbican, and 16, Norton Fol-
gate, are replete with every variety. '1 he Spirit, analysed by Dr.
Ure, Is sold by C. Watson, at 4s. per gallon.
Contracts given for Chapels and Public Buildings.

THE WINTER'S CONFESSION.
I can strip the green leaves from the boughs of the trees,
As I hastily sweep on my turbulent breeze;
I sae blow up the hay-stack. and blow clowii the cot,
And ruin the gm len, and goodness knows what.
I can cover the fie'ds with a mant'e of snow,
And fre-ze up the stream till it ceases to flew;
I can do what the summer has never set done.
But I, seme,ow, can't manage E. MOSES and SON.
Time was, when I laid people up with a cold,
But no such a story ; ow-a-days, told ;
For MOSES and SON. with habiliments warm,
Contrive to defeat the effects of a storm.
If 1 rattle and tear at the garments you wear,
I cannot do any one halm, I declare.
I was trying, one day, for a terrible "clapper,"
At a garment of MOSES and SON'S, call'd a " wrapper,"
But I had to exclaim (a' I often had don-)
" I. som' how, can't manage E. MOSES and SJN."
I can pinch up the fingers, and tingle the toes,
And colour the "two lips." and redd, n the nose.
But I coml.t do harm to the well-co Ted form,
Whatever attempts I may make with my storm ;
T-ough I strive for a conquest, It never is won,
Fa 1, somehow, can't manage F. MOSES and SON.
IMP JRTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!
The Public are specially informed that, during the re-erection of
E. MOSES and SON'S premises in Aldgate, the entrance to their
Establishment is only at IM, Minories.
A new work, entitled "THE COM MERCI AL PHENO
MEN() N," with ful; directions far Self-Measurement, on applica-
,ion, will be forwarded post free.
RE•DT MADE. s, d.
Beave Taglionis 00000 00000000000 •••••••••••••. 0000000 0 0 6
Ditto heterflelds 0 HI 6
Ditto ('odringtons .....«.«.«..........«.».».»....».....
Ditto Pembr kes, A thole, Pultoes, and every descripticm of
•
Winter Coat, handsomely trimmed
do -0 Winter Coats, in every style ......... I 8 6
Warm Winter Trousers, lined
Ditto Doeskin
Dress Coals, edged, arc...—. ..... .............
frock 1 3 q
dolling Collar I. eat I 1
Double-br<asted Ditto
Boys' Suite
0 17 6
Ditto Tunic, neatly braided
MADE TO MEASURE.
Saxe Gotha Coats, velvet cellar and cuffs ....... ....from 1 lft
Winter Coats, in every style and Shape, handsomely trimmed I 5 •
Milled Tweed Wrappers ..... ... .... ..................0 17 6
Ditto, ditto, Trousers ..... ..... ......... ........ .......... 08 6
Buckskin Ditto ..........
Doeskin Ditto, any ....... ...... e
Beet, or Dress Tr0u5er5.....«.«....»..........».».«.«.».»
'ashmere ....... •••• .......... 7 0
Winter Ditto, in end 1...... ess pattern 6 0
Dress Coat
Ditto, ditto, best manufactured...". .......... ......... ........ 215 0
Frock Coat
Ditto, the best manufactured................ ...........
Boys' Hussar Suit.... ......... ...................» 1 7 0
Ditto Tunic ........ .......
Mourning to any extent can be had at five minutes notice, at the
following prices
Men's Suits, dress coat, vest, and trousers. from 1 16 I
ditto, jacket, vest, and trousers ...... 18 0
IMPORTANT.—Any article purchased or ordered, if not approved
f, exchanged, or the money returned.
Observe—E. MOSES and SON, Tailors Wholesale and Retail
Woollen Drapers, Outfitters, and GeneralWarehousemen, 154. MI.
.ones. and 86. 41dgate, City, apposite the Church.
Carrriast.—E. Moses and bon are obliged to guard the public
lanost imposition, having learned that the untrademanlike
alsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern,
:tae been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons.
they have no connexion whatever with any other establishment,
n or out of London, and those who desire genuine Cheap Clothing
should (to prevent lisappomtment, &c.l call or send to 156, Mien-
des. or me, Aldgate, mpesite the Church.
N.B. No business transactea at this Establishment from sunset on
Friday till suns,t on Saturday. when business is resumed till twelve
o'clock.

ROWLAND'S ODONTO,
Or PEARL DENTIFRICE.
Patronized by her Majesty "‘ THE QUEEN." the Royal Family, and
the several Sovereigns and Courts of Europe
A fragrant White Powder, prepared from Oriental Herbs of inesti.
mable virtue for strengthening, preserving.and beautifying the Teeth.
It eradicates the factitious fermation of tartar, and thus lends a salu-
tary growth and freshness to the gums. It removes from the surface
of the teeth the slots of incipient decay, polishes and preserves the
enamel, in 112,11)4 the most pure and pearl.like whiteness; while,
from its salubriaui and disinfecting qualities, it gives sweetness
and perfume to the breath. Being hn anti-scorbutic, the gums also
share in its correctve riwers ; scurvy is era.,icateti from ti.em, a
healthy sal n a'id redness are induced, so the the teeth (if loose)
are thus iendred firm in their sockets. As the most efticent and
fragrant aromatic cleanser of the mouth. teeth, and gums ever
known, RoWLAND'S ODONFO has now for a 1 ng series of
years occupie i a die' inguisbed place at the toilets of he sovereigns
and the Nobility throughou l urope, while the genera' demand foi
,t at once announce; the favour in which it is held by the ptv:he
at large.
Price*.' included.
s, 9d. per box, duty
CAUTION.- -'l'c protect •he public from fraud, the Hon Commis_
stoners of Stamps have dire,ted the Proprietors' signature to be
(aim .ved on the Government Stamp, thus—
A RO WI. NI) & SON, 20, Ha* ton-garden,
Which is affixed on each Box.
301(1 by the Proprietors, sod ,heinists and Perfumers.
Another Odouto are Fraudulent Ixaitations.

GaAvEsEND sTAH PACKE.CS leave the
Brunswick l'kx, Blactwall, aL 11, 3, and 4 on Sundays at

I I and 3.

Front Terract I'icr, c_;raveselu'i,Tt -14, 1, and 5 ; on Sundays at

9/ :mil 5.
Faro: to or from Low lon.
Fore ('aslll Se-coN.I Class Carria,7e, Ninepence.
Saloon and I'i:•st Class Carriag•e, Oise Shilling.
To or from Illaorovall.
Fore Cithia, Sixpen,o--Saloon,
Office, tiritycNerid, Nov. 20, 1844.

UHOOL of CHEMISTRY and NATURAL
y pll[Losopuy, ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION,
LONDON ; under the 'Erection of JOHN RYAN, LL.I)., M.D., and
Professor BACHHOFFNER, M.A., Ph. 1).
The Course of CHEMICAL LECTURES and Practical Demon-
strations for Omentl Students, Agriculturists, Cc., under the dircctior
of Dr. .JOHN RYAN, will commence on TUESDAY, the 4th of
February.

....
The STEA NAVIGATION 4 1.1:4, for NAVAL OFFICERS
and others, will commence on MONDAY, the 3d of February.
The CLASA for RAILWAY ENGINE DRIVERS will commenco
on TUESDAY EVENING, the 4th of February, at Eight o'clock.
These Lectures are delivered on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Daily instruction in CHEMICAL MANIPULATION and PRAC-
TICAL ANALYSIS, by 1)r. RYAN.

A S-3711abui of the various Classes may be had at the Institution.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUB.
ANCE !.-OCIETY,
26, CORNIIILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Hmpowered by Act of Parliament.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The steady success and increasing prosperity of the Soc!ety has
enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation to declare a
second Bones, averazing 60 per oent. on the amounts ins csted on each
Policy effected on the Profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

PUBLICATIONS

NOW FIRST PUBLISHED FROM THE ORIGINAL MSS.
Now ready, Two Vols. Svc), with Portraits,
MEMOIRS OF
THE REIGN OF GEORGE 111.
By HORACE WALPOLE, Earl of Orford.
Edited, with N tes, &c , by Sir DEN IS Li MARCHANT, Bart.
" Thy great merit of this work is the life-like knowledge displayed
by its author. He knew his men in the habit as they lived."—
Sp eta'or.
" The last and most important of WalpOle's historical works."—
Morning (Thronickt:
" These memoirs give us an insight into the public and private
peculiarities or George the Third's character, which We may vainly
seek elsewhere."—Sun.
" These volumes treat of a portion of our annals imperfectly
known, but One wh'cli was productive of incidents pregnant with
subsequent revolutions."—Athemeum.
" In his piquant anecdote and g,..siping intelligence, which make
us so famitar with the men and circumstances of the period, Walpole
is unmatched and numatehable."—Literary Gazette.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street
(Publisher in Ordinary to her 3WestY).

Just published, in 2 vols. avo., price 11. 45., cloth lettered,
Tin HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES of the
ANGLO-SAXON CHURCH ; containing an Account of its
Origin, Government, Doctrines, Worship, Revenues, aLel Clerical and
Monastic Institutions. By JOHN LINGARD, D.D.
N.ll. This is not a more reprint of the " Antiquities of the Anglo-
Saxon Church," published above thirty years ago ; for though the
substance of that work is incorporated in the present, yet so much
alditlonal matter has been introduced, that this may be considered a
new work.

HEREFORD STEEPLE-CHASE.-WEDNESDAY.

The Aris.tocratie Chase was won by Humbug, beatin;
Momentum, Albert, nud Tariff. Albert refused nearl
all his fenve,, and Tariff fell.
HEREFORD COURSING MEETING.

Only the first c nirses for the Cup were run on lire,l•
nesday, when, owing to the unfavourable weather, th,
meeting was postponed for a fortnight.

CHANGES IN THE CABINET.

TIMES.—We are informed that we were premature
in announcing yesterday Mr. Cardwell's accession to the
office of Vice-President of the Board of Tracht. Mr.
Cardwell will, however, take offi;:e under the present
Administration.

CITRON ICLE.—It is impossible to look on Mr. Glad-
stone's retirement from office as an event without signi•
licence and impertanee. The exact ground of his resig
nation is not known ; but there is little doubt that it
proceeds froin cliff: relicts which have a long time existed
between him and Sir Robert Peel. Religioui questions.
connected with the Irish policy of Government, arc
assigned as the immediate cause ; but this is likely to
have been complicated with others. Mr. Glad tone's
position must latterly have been rendered unpleasant by
questions connected with his own department ; and it
is probable that sugar had as much to do as religion_
with renderirg office untenable. It is difficult to under-
stand what could be the circumstances that gave so great
a weight to scruples which had so long been kept in sub-
ordination. In servir's three years and a half with the
present cabinet, Mr. Gladstone has certainly taken his
share of inconsistency enough to have taken off the first
sensitiveness of censcience. We doubt whether conscience
has as much to do with the resignation as pride. Some few
years ago Mr. Gladstone published a couple of very unwise
books on the subject /of the Church, the uoctrines of
which it was impossible for him to act on, and yet
mortifying to disavow. He has got sore on the subject
of his book, and the taunts every now and then thrown
on him for lending himself to measures inconsistent with
his published opinions. Probably lie anticipated several
taunts in the event of his throwing over the cherished
distinction between slave-grown and free-labour sugar.
It was less grating to retire from office altogether, and
keep aloof from iesponsibility for a policy which was
everywhere running counter to his professions. At the
same time it would be unfair to suppose that a step so
contrary to Mr. Gladstone's interests can be dictated
by any selfish feeling. lie must be well aware that he
retires into the falsest of all possible positions.
In quitting office he sacrifices importance and
power, without any chance of recovering either in an
indepeneent position. Tho grounds of his resignation
naturally bring him into a momentary junction with
the alias of his party ; but his free trade profs s-
cions have rendered him tie object of their especial
hatred. Nor has he, on the other hand, acquired the
goodwill of the free•traders. Never was there a man
who has done so much to further the views of a party
without having acquired one jot of their goodwill or
esteem. Even his Church views will get him but little
sympathy among the more religious of our politicians.
Exeter Hall, which will approve his intolerance to the
Irish, will suspect his Pusey ite leanings ; and Young
England, while approving his High Church views, is a
warm partizan of that very policy towards the Irish
which he leaves office rather than countenance. In quit-
ting the present Ministry, Mr. Gladstone leaves the only
body of public men with whom he can ever hope to act.
Personally his only course will be to get back to them as
soon as he can. But this can hardly be, with credit to
himself, while they remain in office : for there is
little chance of their measures doing anything but
widen the difference which his resignation has evidenced
to the world. His character has none of that pliancy
which will enable him to retrieve his position. lie
is eminently deficient in the qualities which attract
either general popularity, or the warm attachment of
friends. He is neither the favourite nor the necessity of
a party, nor even of a clique. In fact, we know of no
instance in which a man of his vigour and talents, by
loaving office, has gone so far, to all appearance, to throw
himself out of public life. In discussing the consequences
of his retirement, we do not think it likely that he will
be inclined, like Lord Stanley in similar circumstances,
to become the opponent of those with whom he has
acted ; nor do we believe that, if he were so inclined,
his opposition would have much effect. His resignation
on these particular grounds may add a little to the
bitterness of the No-Popery feeling. But it will for the
same reason conciliate the Liberal party ; and on other
grounds it will generally please both the country gentle-
men and the mercantile body. On the whole, it will
rather strengthen the Government in public opinion. On
the other hand, the loss of Mr. Gladstone's assistance
as a debater will be seriously felt by Sir Robert Peel.
He has recently been deprived of his main supports in
the House of Commons ; and there appears to be no
talent in his party coming on to supply the place of those
whom he has lost. The speaking force of the Minis-
terial bench is now reduced to Sir Robert Peel and Sir
James Graham, backed by hardly any one to whom the
house will listen. The changes in the Government are,
on the whole, very favourable to our views. Mr. Glad-
stone's resignation is a homage to the necessity of a
liberal policy, and the same policy is asserted by the
selection of the new members of the Government. Mr.
Sidney Herbert, on a memorable occasion during last
session, committed himself to the most liberal views on
the subject of Ireland ; and of the other two members
of the Cabinet we know no harm. All the three are
young men, and all may be regarded as likely to be con-
stant supporters of Sir Robert Peel's views. And while
he, with all his faults, is very much the best of his
party, the more we can see him surrounded by col-
leagues who will carry his views into execution, the
better for tho country. Indeed, as we have before
said, his great difficulty consists in the necessity for
his having colleagues or party at all. We should
wish that the good results of getting rid of Mr.
Gladstone might tempt him to dispense with other col-
leagues, only that, were lie to do teis on a great sea e,
he really might stay in for ever. We must not omit this
occasion of expressing our approval of the choice of Sir
Thomas Fremantle as Secretary for Ireland. While
Sir Robert Peel is limited to selection from the Tory
party, he can find no one whose good sense, liberality,
and courtesy more fit him for the post. We shall, in-
deed, be disappoiuted if Sir Thomas Fremantle should
we unworthy of our favourable auguries. The pro •
bability, however, is, that there are more changes in
store. Mr. Gladstone is not by any means the only
member of the Cabinet whom an improved policy towards
Ireland ought to drive out of office. We do not, of
course, attach any credit to the rumour that conscien-
tious scruples, and a sense of what is due to his own cha-
racter, have induced Sir Edward Knatchbull to resign.
Conscience and character will, indeed, assert a mighty
empire, when they coerce Knatchbull into abandonit g the
:Alp of political degradation, with 2,0001. a year remain-
ing at the bottom.
HERALD.—It is in the management of newspapers as
it is in theconduct of life generally, the most serious sa-
crifices are sacrifices of forbearance. To act is easy,
but to abstain from acting when interest and the wish to
please urge to action—this is painful and difficult. The
sacrifice is, however, one which honest men will offer
when a sense of public duty calls for it. At this par-
ticular moment we are required to offer such a sacri-
fice. The necessary retirement of the Earl St. Ger-
mans from the office of Chief Secretary for Ireland has
required some modification, though a slight one, of the
official arrangements of the Ministry. It is certain, or,
at least, nearly certain, that the Noble Earl will be suc-
ceeded by Sir Thomas Fremantle, and all admit that
a better appointment than that of Sir Thomas could
not be made. So far we have had no difficulty ; but a
new Secretary at War must be found, and the oppor-
tunity of one change leads to other modifications ;
but as to the successor of Sir Thomas Fremantle,
and as to the other modifications, nothing, we can osi-
tively affirm, has as yet been finally arranged. how,
then, are we to act ? We have the means of knowing
various propositions and suggestions, and the means of
guessing, with a reasonable approach to certainty, at the
propositions and suggestions that will be adopted; and
if we consulted only our own interest and the gratifica •
tion of public curiosity, we might hazard a list of new
appointments, with as good a chance of hitting the mark
as others. But then comes the question, would our pub-
lishing our guesses be fair to the Ministers, to the par-
ties chiefly interested, and to the public ? Is it just to
the Ministers to embarrass their free selection by an an-
ticipation of :their choice ? Is it just to gentlemen
who may, without any fault on their part, be passed
' over, to advertise them, as it were, for offices which
they are never to obtain ? Is it just to others to exhibit
them in the light of men who hereafter may perhaps ob-
tain offices of which no one ever thought them so far
worthy as to name them among the candidates for these
offices? Is it just to the public to throw so many difficul-
ties in the way of arrangements in the proper determination
of which the public has a deep interest? And for what
are we to do all this ? In order to be considered a
Treasury organ forsooth—a character which we have
ever as anxiously disclaimed as others, with certainly no
higher pretensions, have schemed and laboured for it.
In one respect, indeed, we have qualified ourselves for
the coveted distinction—we have tried so to act as not
to make a connexion with the Herald disgraceful, or
likely to involve an Administration in suspicion, either
at home or abroad. But this is all. We wish well to
the Government, because we wish well to the country,
which can have no better Government—none other,
indeed, so good; but we neither are, nor desire to be,
the servants of any Administration, or to pass for its
servants. To come back, however, to the expected
modification in some of the less prominent departments
of Government. There will be, we believe,d a hg
Lord in
the Presidency of the Board of Trade, and
nthe empire to
Dal-
housie is unquestionably the fitteGstialc
manst inon e retire from it;
preside at that Board should Mr.
also in the Vice-Presidency of the Board. Lord Dal-
housie is not as well known as he ought to be, and as he
soon will be; he is like the Premier, a statesman of the
and decisive temper, and what Minister
bold, vigorous,
stronglye characterised by boldness,
was ever more
vigour, and decision, than Sir Robert Peel? It is a

fashion with those who seem to take pleasure in always
inverting. the truth, to reproach the Right lion. Baronet
with defects exactly opposed to those great qualities by
vhich he is characterised; but we challenge any ono to
Iroduee three measures so daring and effective as the
roperty-tax, the tariff; and the constitutional prosecu-
rion of the Irish agitators within any three years of our
aistory. We name these measures only; but look to
he last three years—to China, India, Canada—have
lot Sir Robert Peel's boll, vigorous, and decisive,
end yet noiseless and calm measures of Govern-
nent advanced the empire a whole century? If
we were at liberty to speak of measures, which wo believe
be in contemplation, and of men likely to be called to
the councils of Government, we could show that the hap-
piness of the very humblest classes of the people is no
!ass the care of the Premier than the wealth, power,: and
general prosperity of the em; ire. The session of 1845
will, if we are not much mistaken, be a remarkable one
—one never to be forgotten by the labouring classes—
Non operariis tacenda ge,:tibtes. We may not, however,
gem farther in this direction. Lord Dalhousie is a man
,f great commercial knowledge, of great talent, as bold,
vigorous, and decisive in his views of public policy as Sir
Hobert Peel himself, and as kind-hearted and
humane- Such a man will be in the situation in
.vhich he can be most eminently useful to his Sove-
reign and his fellow-subjects, at the head of the
i3oard of Trade. It is, however, certainly not true
that Mr. Cardwell has been definitively selected as
Vice-President. Mr. Cardwell's character and talents
qualify him for that or even a higher office ; and there
Is little doubt that, if he wishes it, he may command an
eminent station in the public service t but it can serve
eo good purpose to retail what are known to be false-
hoods, or what, as having no higher voucher than the
gossip of the Clubs, may be fairly presumed to be false-
hoods. We fairly tell our readers that we will give
them no guesses, either our guesses or the guesses of
others—as anything but guesses. If they wish to be
cheated with conjectures retailed as facts, they must go
to another shop ; we do not deal in the commodity. To
recapitulate :—Sir Thomas Fremantle will be the Irish
Secretary ; ,there will be some other changes connected
and unconnected with the vacancy of the Secretaryship
it War ; and the session will be distinguished by some
most gratifying measures.
POST.—Our readers are aware that we anticipated
some changes in the constitution of the Cabinet before
the meeting of Parliament ; but we confess that the re-
tirement of Mr. Gladstone from all share in the Govern-
ment has taken us somewhat by surprise. We are in-
clined to think, too, that it has put the Prime Minister
to no small inconvenience, and that the arrangements
he has at last come to—because, with the opening of
Parliament so near at hand, they could no longer be
postponed—are by no means those which he could have
wished. We should be very sorry to offer any disparage-
ment to such excellent and gentlemanly persons as Lord
Lincoln and Mr. Sydney Herbert; but we think the com-
mon sense and common observation of the country will
be with us, when we say that they dc not add much
strength to the Cabinet. They are very fairly diligent in
their business, graceful in their deportment, having the
best intentions, and an average facility of expressing
their views in the House of Commons. But the task of
conducting the Government of Great Britain, and of
usefully contributing to the deliberations and determina-
tions of the Cabinet Council, seem to us to require some-
, thing more than belongs to the talents of these very
respectable persons Political knowledge, experience of
husiness, habits of energetic thoughtfulness, force of
character, earnestness of purpose, readiness and vigour
in the debates of the House—these are the requisites
for high station in the Government. These we do not
find—at least not in any considerable degree —in the
very respectable gentlemen who are to be added to the
Cabinet Council. We do not think it is a good thing to
have a Cabinet containing two or three men of admitted
leading power, while all the rest are men mere fitted by
nature, by acquirements, and by character, to take sug-
gestion than to give it. And this, we think, is more
emphatically true when even the leaders are men rather
of first-rate talents than of high genius. If such a man
as the Duke of Wellington, or rather a man with
capacity for civil affairs analagous to that of the Duke
in military affairs--if such a man were at the head of
the Cabinet, affairs might go on alithe better for the non-
interference of his colleagues of the Council But while
every one must admit the comprehensive knowledge of
the present Premier, the care with which he studies the
public business, the sincerity of his views for the public
welfare, and the discretion with which he leads his Par-
liamentary forces, still his is not the master mind, nor
his the indomitable energy, which needs no assistance.
lie may indeed think with old Nestor—

" It is not strength but art obtains the prize,
An to be swift is less than to be wise,"
which, indeed, we ourselves venture to maintain, not-
withstanding the furious railroadism of this " en-
lightened age." But we also must maintain that a man
who is not gifted with the towering mind and fiery
energy which go straightforward to their point, only
requiring instruments to which they supply the need-
ful inspiration—such a man, however consummate
in art, requires another sort of assistance for governing a
great state than that which mere average sense and ac-
complishments can supply. How does the Premier ex-
pect to get on in the House of Commons ? Is he to take
all the important speaking on the Ministerial side to
himself ? His chief assistants were Mr. Gladstone,
Lord Stanley, and Sir James Graham. The first retires,
the second is gone to the House of Lords, the third,
indeed, remains, and a very clever speaker he is in Oppo-
sition, where the object is to wound, but a very danger-
ous assistant on the Ministerial bench. Besides, he is
an extremely unpopular man, and almost every thing he
says is received with more or less of prejudice. Un-
less, then, the Premier take all the important
speaking to himself, what is to be done ? Say that
Sir Robert is a match for Lord John and Lord
Palmerston, will he think it safe to turn over Lord
Ilowick, and Sir George Grey, and Mr. Macaulay, and
Mr. C. Wood, and Mr. Vernon Smith, and the rest, to
the replying abilities of Mr. Herbert and Lord Lincoln ?
As for Francis Baring, he may be assigned to the care
of worthy Mr. Goulburn, and that will be enough for
each. But we had forgotten the new man, Mr. Cardwell.
Oh, Mr. Cardwell ! Yes, ho will do wondrous well if he
be given three hours to write his speech, and thirteen to
commit it to memory. Mr. Cardwell may, indeed, turn
out an able House of Commons debater, as Sir R. M.
Rolfe turned out a very able Judge when no one ex-
pected it ; but we believe that even Mr. Cobden will not
think much of making minced meat of Mr. Cardwell.
His free trade principles (if such they may be called)
go, indeed, as far as Mr. Cobden's ; but for
this very reason we assign him over to the
tender mercies of the modest Member for Stock-
port. Two of a trade can never agree, especially when
one is the pet and the other the aversion of the Minis-
ter. But why has Mr. Gladstone left the Govern.
ment ? That is the question. Has he listened to pa-
ternal counsel, and ceased to think that to buy in the
cheapest markets of the world is the best national policy?
Has he learned that, in the present state of Great Bri-
tain, the employment of the people is of more importance
than profit upon capital devoted to foreign trade ? Is
he fearful of facing the practical results of the Tariff
and the Canada Corn Bill, and of going on in the same
course ? Or are we to apprehend Government measures
with regard to the Church which Mr. Gladstone, as a
conscientious churchman, cannot support ? This is
what strikes us as most probable. The Church and
the landed interest generally go in the same boat.
The landed interest has had its pleasant experience of
the application of a liberal policy to its position and
its prosperity. It is but conformable with custom
that the Church should come next. If it be so, the Go-
vernment will not hold together. Other defections will
occur as well as that of Mr. Gladstone, and Whigs must
be taken in to fill the vacant places. And then the end
will not be far off. We confess we do not regard with-
out apprehension the changes which have been an-
nounced. They look rather like the beginning of the
end, and we are sorry for it. We think that a firm
mind and a kindly heart might keep the present
Government together ; but dexterity and labo-
riousness, combined with Liberalism, will not.
A morning Contemporary, which looks upon the
announced changes more hopefully than we do, says that
it can scarcely remember any former period at which a
Government had before it greater inducements and occa-
sions to promote the public good, or when it was more
able to encourage its friends and silence its opponents by
a policy worthy of the great party which placed it in
office.. The great party which placed the present Mi-
nistry in office was the agricultural party. Whether a
policy worthy of that party is to be adopted we do not
know, but we certainly see no reason to expect any such
thing ; and, if such a policy were adopted, we fear that
the Contemporary we have quoted would give it but
small assistance.
ADVERTISER.—The President of the Board of
Trade has resigned. We prepared our readers
the
which other
Ise
day, must
changestcuure s
sin wash e
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expected Ministry,
but
b y this
us. is
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change is ono of great importance. Mr. Gladstone's
tineou. Gentleman'sde fer until to-morrow
secession
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Righthou s i e.
from the Government, in the hope that the darkness
which rests upon its causes may be cleared up in the
course of to-day.

We regret to announce the death of Miss Julia
Cruise, which melancholy event took place at Cookstown
Cottage, Ennesdery, near Dublin, on Sunday week, after
a long and severe illness. Miss Cruise was an actress
of great talent, and for several seasons occupied a high
pod Duosition in .
public estimation in Edinburgh, Glasgow,
ablin
MENDICITY SOCIETY.—From the annual statement
just published we learn that during the past year the
society has distributed to distressed objects by way of
immediate relief, no fewer than 174,229 meals, each
meal consisting of ten ounces of bread and a pint of
good soup, or a quarter of a pound of cheese. It has,
in the same time, given employment to 4,390 men, and
1,038 women. Such is the active benevolence of this
excellent institution.