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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-12-21 00:00:00

LIBERALS-18.

Aglionby, H. A.
Blake, M. J.
Band, L. H.
Burke, Sir T.
Cogan, W. F.
Dalrymple, Captain
Fitzwilliam, Han. C.
Grelifll, C. W.
Grosvenor, Earl
Heathoote, G.
Hee.thcote, G. J.
Him]ley, C.
Lefevro, C. S.
Palmerston, Vi=eount
Perdr.rvea, G. W.
Peel, Sir R.
Rtiicar•io, J. L.
Rapluc, J. A.

THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS

7rom the :!lomilty Herald of Saturday.)

,

an use'c

to disgni

tul3 of that- d

aster which has for a moment struck down the hopes o
the Conservative cause. The Ministry has fallen—the
is admitted on all hands. That it ha,7 fallen honourably

even cs enemies will not deny ; and we greatly doub

‘ue must sanguine among them ventures to specu-
- from power. For though the
....lent wilt within a few days have ceased to exist as
6uch, the par:y which constituted its strength and support
remains as before—united, compact. full of confidence in
its leaders, and numbering ❑early 300 votes in the Com-
.

on its ton; exclusion

the Lords It cornmauds a clear majority of
Such a phalanx, so conducted, is, for pur-
poses of opposition, irresistible. There is no body of -
equally powerful in Parliament; and wl:atever i-
ous alliance may be patched up among
dant section=

the whole

.congru-
hostile and discor-

such a coalition cannot by any human pos-
y retain the reins long enough to do practical ails-
" England," said Mr. Disraeli, " does not lava
coalitions." History attests the:fact; the ex -
our own time has proved its truth ; and we are

ence of

.. _ .
if, within a few months, the prophecy of the Chanceil)r of
the Exchequer he not again made good, at the expense of
some of those who heard it uttered. * * *
Lord Derby, we doubt not, will take an early oppor-
tunity of explaining his views to these who a
and as litCe do we doubt that the present
des

pport blm ;
year is yet

ned to witness his own and his colleagues' triumphant

re-instatement in office.

(From the Times of Saturday)
Without reference to persons and to parties, we are

confident that it is the earnest wish of the country to see
the Government placed in the hands of men at once Con-

e in their principles and

progressive in their

_
policy—resolved to advance with energy in t!le ca
improvement, and to include, as far as possible, all shades

seer of

of the Liberal party in the conduct of affairs. Never was
there a moment since the termination of the late war when
it was more essential to our welfare that the State should

be ruled by men commanding the confidence of cur allies
and the respect of our opponents, able to defend our inte-
rests with the whole strength of the nation, and to uphold
cur institutions by the legitimate power of constitutional
government. The time is happily past when it was

• .
possible to govern this empire in the name of a coterie, or
to convert a reputation earned within those narrow limits
into a sufficient claim to the Premiership of England.
The materials of which a nobler and more energetic
Government can be formed are abundant and various, and

we repudiate the notion that it was possible either to rev.3rt
to the decrepid combination which preceded Lord Derby's
accession to power, or to strengthen that combination by

a mere infusion of extreme Liberal opinions.
(From the Morning Herald of Yesterday.)

The Earl of Derby returned to London otiaturday
morning, and at three o'clock in the afternoon a Cabinet
Council was held, when his lordship intimated to the
ministers the result of his interview with her Majesty.
It is understood that Lord Derby suggested to the Queen
that it was desirable the Marquis of Lansdowne should be
summoned to Osborne ; but, as it was known that the
noble marquis was not likely to accept office, a govern •
ment messeneer was dispatched to London to summon
the Earl of Aberdeen. Accordingly yesterday morning
the noble earl left London for the Isle of Wight, and had
the honour of an interview with the Queen in the course
of the day. His lordship returned to town yesterday
evening, and immediately paid a visit to the Marquis of
Lansdowne, and some of his colleagues in the late Sir It.

Peel's administration
The following names have been mentioned as likely to
form a portion of the new ministry ; but, as nothing is
yet definitively settled, we of course give them merely
as what we believe, as far as matters have gone, will be
likely to prove correct in the main :
The Earl of Aberdeen—First Lord of the Treasury.
Sir J. Graham—Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Lord J. Russell—Home Secretary.
Viscount Canning—Foreign Secretary.
Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone—Colonial Secretary.
Right Hon. Sidney Herbert—First Lord of the Admi-

ralty.
The Earl of Clarendon—President of the Council.
The Duke of Argyll—Lord Privy Seal.
The Earl of Granville—President of the Board of
Control.
Right Hon. E. Cardwell—President of the Board of
Trade.
The Marquis of Clanricarde—Postmaster-General.
Lord Seymour—First Commissioner of Woods and
Forests.
The Duke of Newcastle—Governor-General of India.
In addition to the names mentioned above, it is likely
that the office of Lord Chancellor will be offered to Lord
Cranworth, and Lord Chancellor of Ireland or Attorney-
General for Ireland to Mr. Brewster.
While all London is busied in constructing Cabinets on
paper, we shall confine ourselves to a very few brief re-
marks on the probable events of the ensuing week.
Two points are clear; first, that the present (or late)
Ministers cannot resume their offices until after the com-
plete and absolute failure of those competitors who have
for the moment succeeded in displacing them ; secondly,
that to carry on a purely Whig Government, under the
leadership of Lord Josn Russell, is out of the question.
Equally manifest is it that the Radicals, English and
Irish, though powerful allies and troublesome opponents
to any Minister, are unable to stand alone, In the House
of Commons they muster something like 120 votes; in
the Lords they have not one. United with the Rus-
sellites, they could scarcely command a maj rity ; and
the very attempt to form such a combination would drive
into the Conservative ranks that large section of the ter-
ritorial aristocracy which is Whig by tradition only, and
Conservative in principle and feeling. Eliminating, then,
from the calculation of chances these manifestly impos-
sible results, we are reduced: to one of the two following
alternatives. Either a Cabinet wholly Peelite must be
constructed—the probable duration of which we may
reckon at 24 hours—or the coalition now in progress be-
tween Lord Aberdeen and Lord John Russell respectively
will be effected, in which caseit is not improbable that the
strength of the united parties may enable them to hold
their ground for a full week after the next meeting of
Parliament.
It is almost superfluous to point out the elements of
weakness, as well as of discord, which such a coalesced
Administration contains within itself. From the Radicals
it may receive a bare toleration—nothing more. Mr.
Cobden and Mr. Bright know their power; and, truly,
if liberal principles are to be in the ascendant, these gen-
tlemen have a right to expect something better than per-
petual proscription by the leaders of their own party,
based and justified on no more substantial grounds than
a vague fear of offending the sensitive portion of the Whig
aristocracy. The " Manchester school," to do them
justice, have not shown themselves greedy of office, and
it is possible that they will abstain from actively assault-
ing the Ministry ; but we are greatly mistaken if they
will stretch out a hand to save it From falling. As for Mr.
Gladstone and his friends, it is due to them to admit that
they will bring into the Cabinet a good deal both of official
and parliamentary talent.
The Duke of Newcastle, it is true, has nothing except
his rank to recommend him ; for the vapid mediocrity of
his oratory does not atone for his notoriously unconcilia-
tory disposition. An Oriental Viceroyalty will probably
content his ambition, and remove from the Cabinet one
obstacle to harmonious co-operation. Now, can Lord
John Russell, in his capacity of subordinate, yield the
precedence to Sir James Graham ? or Sir James Graham
to him ? or will both submit to the avowedly inferior
claims and qualities of Lord Aberdeen ? From such a
chaos of competition it is difficult to imagine that har-
mony can be educed.
(Front the Times of Yesterday.)
• • •

On Saturday, a communication was received at an
early hour by the Marquis of Lansdowne and the Earl
of Aberdeen, commanding their joint attendance upon
her Majesty at Osborne-house. Notwithstanding the
great importance of such a summons, Lord Lansdowne
unfortunately found himself prevented by an attack of
gout from waiting upon the Queen, and Lord Aberdeen
thought it more becoming to represent this circumstarce
to her Majesty than to proceed alone to the royal pre-
sence in the unavoidable absence of the eminent states-
man whose name had been coupled with his own. An
answer to this effect was therefore transmitted to the Isle
of Wight on Saturday afternoon. Yesterday (Sunday)
morning, however, a further telegraphic communication
was received at Argyll-house, commanding Lord Aber-
deen's immediate attendance at court, and the noble lord
started on his mission without further delay, having been
first put in full possession of the Marquis of Lansdowne's
opinion on the present crisis. We understand this
opinion to have been, that Lord Aberdeen► is himself the
only man on whom the arduous task of constructing a
powerful and durable Liberal Government can at this
time be imposed with adequate chances of success ; and
even the indisposition which deprived her Majesty of
Lord Lansdowne's personal advice on this occasion is an
additional proof that his health is not equal to the unre-
mitting and unrelenting calls of the public service on a
first minister.

(From a second edition of the Sunday Times.)
We find that our announcement as regards the departure
of the Earl of Aberdeen from town. for Osborne House
last night, was premature. The noble earl did not leave
town till this morning at ten o'clock, when he proceeded
to Gosport via the South-Western Railway. At Gosport
a steamer would he in readiness to receive the noble earl,
who expected to reach Osborne House shortly after one
o'clock. The noble earl is, we understand, the bearer of
a most gratifying communication to her Majesty—namely,
that the distinguished members of the " Peel-party " and
the chiefs of the late Whig government were ready to
sacrifice all personal considerations in order that an
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,Manchester school" have expressed their determina-
tion to give their assistance in the establishment of a
Liberal government, irrespective of personal considera-
tions.

Several of the Earl of Aberdeen's former colleagues
had interviews with him last evening. Mr. Gladstone
was closeted with the noble earl for an hour and a half
last night.
Sir James Graham was visited by Mr. Gladstone, Mr.