The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-12-28 00:00:00

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TUESDAY MORNING, DEC. 28, 1852.

THE ABERDEEN MINISTRY.

WE subjoin a list of the appointments for the
Aberdeen Ministry as far as they can be ascertained,
but the London papers state that they only give
them as an approxitnation to the truth. There is
however, no doubt, that, as far as the principal
appointments are concerned, the list will be found
to be correct. The organs of Liberalism are
very irate that the majority of the names are from
the ranks of the aristocracy, while their especial
favourites are passed over without notice :

Earl of ABERDEEN First Lord of the Treasury
Lord JOHN RUSSELL (leader }Foreign Secretary.
of the House of Commons)

Lord PALMERSTON . Home Secretary.
Duke of NEWCASTLE Colonial Secretary.
Mr. GLADSTONE chancellor of the Exchequer.
Lord CRANWOETH Lord Chancellor.
Earl of CLA RE NDON Lord President of the Council
Duke of ARGYLE Lord Privy Seal.
Earl GRANVILLE Duchy of Lancaster.
Postmaster-General.
First Lord of the Admiralty.

ViSrOtIGI CANNING

Sir J. G RA H

Sir C. Woof:, President of the India Board.
Sir W. MOLESWORTH President of the Board of Works,
Hon. SIDNEY HERBERT secretary-at-War.
Mr. CARDWELL President of the Board of Trade,
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE in the Cabinet, without office.
Sir A. COCKBURN Attorney General.

Sir W. P. WOOD Solicitor General.
Mr. HATTER
Mr. J. WILsoN
Right Hon. M. T. BAINES.... First Poor-law Commissioner,

IRELAND

Earl ST. G ERMAINS

Lord Lieutenant.

Among the rumours on the subject of the other
vacant offices, it is said that the Marquis of ABER.
CORN, a near relative of Lord JOHN RUSSELL,
and step-son to the Earl of ABERDEEN, will be
Lord Chamberlain. The Duke of NORFOLK, it is
believed, will be again Master of the Horse. Mr.
TANCRED, M.P., has been named as Judge
Advocate General, and Mr. KEOGH, M.P., as
Solicitor-General for Ireland. The crisis happening
at this time has interfered sadly with the enjoy-
ments of those immediately interested; but Lord
PALMERSTON has taken it easy, and retired to
Brockett Hall, the seat of his friend, Lord MEL-
BOURNE, for the recess.

THE NEW MINISTRY: POLITICAL

PROSPECTS.

NOTWITHSTANDING the announcement of the
arrangements which have been effected with certain
leaders of parties for the filling up of the various
great offices of State, rendered vacant by the
retirement of the DERBY Administration, the forma-
tion of a new Cabinet out of the proposed materials
seems to be little better than a matter of speculation.
If the difficulty were confined to the mere selection
of persons competent to undertake certain duties,
and willing to accept the responsibility of uniting
with other individuals with whom they had for-
merly been at variance, we can understand that the
Earl of ABERDEEN may have been very successful in
fulfilling the mission with which he was intrusted by
Her MAJESTY. But does he, or does any sane man
bellcvc, notwithstanding alas «map/moan& inanities of
the Times, that the country can be governed by the
simple consent of the Whig clique to amalgamate
with the Peelite section ? Will the aid of Lord
PALMERSTON, which has been with such difficulty
obtained, help by more than one vote to swell a
Ministerial majority, or will the vaunted talents of
this united family party satisfy the cravings of those
hungry Radicals, whose demands are too exorbitant
to be conceded, and whose numbers are too great
and their assistance too indispensable for them to
be rejected ? With all this, moreover, there still
remains the danger which we alluded to last week with
reference to the undeniable Romanist tendencies of
those who have taken the lead in concocting this
strange amalgamation. At the head and front of the
offending stands the Earl of ABERDEEN, whose
antecedents, though not so various as those of some
of his new colleagues, present most prominently his
opposition to the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, upon the
ground that he saw no objection to the POPE of
Rome parcelling out England into dioceses having
territorial jurisdiction in spiritual affairs. Is this
the spirit in which Protestant England is willing to
be governed for the future ; or will it receive the
slightest check from the adhesion of Lord JOHN
RUSSELL, who was publicly known to have inter-
fered in the case of the Romish Aggression with the
full design of making his measure as inoperative as
possible ? Nor can even the alliance of the Radicals
at all alter the position of this important question,
for they have invariably proved the allies and sup-
porters of Romanist innovation, on the absurd plea
of promoting religious liberty—an end which they
endeavoured to arrive at by encouraging the most
intolerant of all religious tyrannies. If we look
down the catalogue of names which are put forward
as our future rulers, it is difficult to point to any
redeeming quality which we may set off against this
alarming prospect. The only two sides presented to
us are Romanist predilections and thorough indif-
ference, each dangerous in itself; and as the osten-
sible leader is on the side of positive favouritism to
the most dreaded alternative, it requires no great
ingenuity to predict the issue. Ireland would suffer
from a new Inquisition under the fitting guidance
of the Arch-priest CULLEN, who only bides his
time, until the firm hand of the Earl of DERBY has
been withdrawn, to display the cloven hoof more
openly. That principle of general gaol delivery
which animated the Marquis of NORMANDY'S vice-
royalty will again give immunity to priestly ruffian-
ism, and the Irish church, deprived of that small shar
of Government support whichit has hitherto enjoyed,
will be virtually offered as a holocaust to its unscru-
pulous antagonist, in order to gain the Parliamentary
support of votes obtained by intimidation and
violence. In England the prospect is not much
more cheering. With the Ecclesiastical Titles
Act allowed to remain a dead letter, the Romish
Pontiff may publish his bulls and fulminate his
anathemas without let or hindrance ; the artful
trickery of Jesuits may be brought into full play
upon the weak-minde l and the dying, without fear
of molestation ; the atrocities of the Confessional
may be practised unrestrained, and young females
may be immured in nunneries, in many instances
the victims of avarice, with no strong arm but that
of popular indignation to which they may appeal
for redress or relief. If the Protestants of England
are willing that their dearest interests should be
again imperilled, should be once more at the mercy
of avowed enemies or treacherous friends, then let
them unite in laudations of the heterogeneous com-
bination which is vauntingly put forth as the new
Cabinet of all the talents. The ultra-Radicals may
care nothing for the consequences, so long as they
enjoy an ephemeral political triumph,—albeit their
leaders are called upon to occupy no prominent posi-
tion; but we must wofully undervalue the good
sense and religious feeling of Protestant English-