Star.
London, England, 1828-01-12 00:00:00

IR• U MR MORNING rosr.

None of the new Ministerial arrangements hal e yet
been publicly announced, but there is no doubt of the
most eminent Statesmen of the day being included
in them.

The change in his Majesty's Councils, thus happily
effected, was throughout the whole of yesterday the
general theme of joy and exultation in all parts of tire
mettopolis, notwithstanding the gross misrepresentations
of the causes which produced this suspicious event, in
which some of our cotemporaries continue to indulge.
It was not, we repeat, one point merely of disagree-
ment between the members of the late Administration,
but several, and some of them of the very highest im-
portance, which led to this fortunate result—a result in
which every sincere lover of his country so openly and
unfeignedly rejoices.
rie Whigs, as we have already stated, insisted
upon the admission to the Cabinet of Lord Holland,
is the first step towards the accomplishment of
their ill concerted design to form, at no distant
period, an Administration consisting exclusively of
Whigs. This was resolutely resisted by the Tory
Members of the Cabinet, particularly by the Lord
Chancellor and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, from
o due sense of the evils that would arise, as well from
the prevalence of Whiggish influence in the Cabinet,
as from the dangerous political pri ciples publicly and
repeatedly avowed by the Noble Advocate of Radical-
ism, the Champion of Catholicism, 'and the inflexible
Opposer of the Test Act. The Whigs, foituiately f.r
the country, were defeated; and having from that
moment become conscious that they held office by a
very precarious tenure, they then began to look about
. them for the means of casting a gloss over their retire-
ment or dismissal.
Another subject, upon which an inconceivable differ-
ence of opinion prevaileJ—a subject too of the greatest
and most urgent importance—was the measures proper
for England to adopt in the existing state of her rela-
tions with Russia and Tut key. The Whigs were for reso-
lute war against the latter Power; the other more prudent
Members of the Cabinet could not be convinced of the
neccessity, and were unwilling to encounter the
piobable'consequences of reducing the question to this
terrible alternative. The Whigs were again defeated,
with, we have reason to belieir, this circumstance of
additional mortification, that some of their victorious
colleagues expressed an opinion that too much had al
ready been done against Tot key ; and that unless we
found ourselves actually attacked by the Porte, our
more discreet course would be to remain strictly upon
the defensive.
These differences of opinion were what really pro-
duced the conviction, in which we believe every member
of the Cabinet concurred, that it was impossible for the
Administration longer to act together; and the slightest
tell ction upon the latter point of difference to which
we have alluded, will, we ti ink, be suffi.ient, to satisfy
every impartial man, that the country has the greatest
reason to rejoice at thii final expuLion,of the Whigs
from power.
It wai not thought fit, however, that the setti •g sun
of Ministerial Whiggery should sink below the horizon,
without an attempt at least to delude the populace into
a valedictory acclamation ; and the contrivance hit
upon with this view is entirely worthy of the men
who have employed it. The Whig Ministers, led
by Mr. Tierney, took upon themselves not only to'
prepare a list of the Members of the House of Com-
mons who were to compose the Finance Committee in
the approaciag Session, but to determine that Lord Al-
thcrp (a qiiescent votary of Whiggism) should be its
Chairman, without condescending to consult the opinion
or wishes- of Mr. Herries, the Minister of all others
echo ought primarily to have been consulted upon the
subject. Yet, strange to say, we ate asked in the leading
Paper of the defunct Ministry, " who or what is Mr.
Henries, that his wishes should be consulted ?"
ClJr answer is, that Mr. Ilerries (a Gentleman of
high birth and distinguished talents) is the Chncelloi
of the Exchequer of Great Britain—the bona fide
and responsible Minister of Finance of the
with whose official department in the Government
this Committee would . have been exclusively con-
cerned, and whore important duty it was to prepare
all the necessary materials for its proceedings.t The
f In further answer to this unworthy question, we cannot deny
oLittelves the pleasure of extracting the following passage from a
inter Inserted to one of our succeeding Columns, to the truth and