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

CHANGE OF MINISTRY.

FROM THE MIMING CHRONICLE.
We are not aware that anything is as yet deteriined
spnn,with regard to the new Administration. Commu-
nications on the subject have naturally taken place
between the Duke of. Wellington and several intii•iduals;
to whom he immediately sent ; but we confess t uts,lves
uninformed whhher the persons communicated with
have been cies ed office or not, and con,ider it more
candid, in the present unsettled state of affairs, to ac-
knowledge our ignorance, than, by pretending to in-
, formation which we do not possess, to be instrumental
in misleading the public ; particul illy as we twlieve
that little or nothing of importance has been allowed

to transpire.
thinking as we do with regard. try Mr. Huskisson
and Mr. Hertiest:--believing them both to be men of
the most undisputed integrity and superior
divested of sill trickery, and anxious to a quit them.
selves of their duty to their countrk by an lionoureble
and zealous attention to its interei•s-=nothing would
have afforded us mote sincere pleasure than to have had
an opportunity of waiving all allusion to die differences
rep toed to exist between them. We care not whether
either or both h. tre worked their way to the high le!
Tective stations they now occupy, through stiberdinate
offices—if so, the more honourable to themselves—but
in one point all must agree, that both possess the essen-
tial and necessary qualifications fro public (-Ace.
The subject, however, has been so pointedly, and, iii
our view of the case, so unfairly adverted to, and urged
in 7he limes of yesterday, that a regard to truth, and
a desire to set matters in a clear light belo.e the publid;
induce us to observe briefly on the statements that ap-
peared in that paper. Adverting to Mr.lluskisson and
Mr. Holies, it states—The former is understood
to have proposed the formation of a Committee, in re-
drmption of Mr. Canning's memorable pledge of
effectual and systematic retrenchment (we believe id
reply to Mr. Maberly on the subject of a Finance
Committee). We wish to put these incorrect deck.;
raft, us, applying to public servants of such value, at
rest, by stating at once, that Mr. Huskisson has not
proposed a Commillee, consequently Mr. Herr ies cannot
have rejected the propositions; it is true, however, that
he did, as we before stated, object on public ground,;
and on public grounds alone, to the nomination of Lord
Althorpe by Mr. Tierney and Mr. Huskisson. But
does this afford any reason why Mr. Huskisson and Mr.
Herries should not act and sit together in the same Cabi-
net ? Our answer is, certainly not : and we have good
grounds for believing, that had there not existed other
causes for a dissolution of the Government, this difference
of opinion, with respect to the Chairman of the Finance.
Committee, abstractedly considered, could not have
caused it. Vhether this plain statement e ill prove a sods-
f vto y answer to the assertions of the Tines we are unable
to tell; but believe kin be the truth. i3ut what has this to
do with the gelation at issue? Has it been urged that Mr:
Herrin has recommended a Committee on principles un-
favourable or injurious to the public interest I Can any
one venture to say that he intends to shrink from a
candid, and impartial investigation of the public
expenditure? Will he be accused of favouring the
appointment of men incompetent to the arduous'
duty of superintending retrenchment ; or will he be
allowed the credit (which we believe due to him)
of wishing to form a junction of the most eminent
and influential charaders in the, House of Com-
mons, best calculated for that department? We do
not believe that any one will accuse either him or Mr.i
Huskisson of entertaining any other intentions. What
then means all this attempt at mystery, when the whole,
as between the above-mentioned parties, is really nothing
more than a simple difference of opinion, easily con-
ceivable to have happened at any time, and between any
two individuals of the same Government—a difference
that exists on public grounds alone, with regard to the
individual who is to fill the post of Chairman of the.
Committee of Finance. Again, %he Times invidiously
puts another question, thus :-41 But when we find the
balance to be, Mr. Huskissod and effectual retrench-
ment in the one scale, and Mr. Herries, its opponent,
in the other; that which it was difficult to *naivet before
becomes utterly and hopelessly unanswerable." We say
because we venture to assert that the state-
ment is utterly untrue, and that Mr. Herries has always
been ready and willing to carry retrenchment, and will
now do it, quite as far as Mr. Huskisson. Then, why
so unfairly and so unjustly bring these Gentlemen in col-
lision ? Is it to produce such rancour as to prevent their
sitting in the same Cabinet ? If not, why deal out untruths
of such a nature? Would it not be more candid and mill-
just, both to the individuals themselves, and the public..
to sra:e the correspondence, than to advert to things
without existence, and thereby. mislead the judgment
of the public? We shall conclude (and we hope not to
resume the subject), by saying, that we are led to be-
lieve, that the actual correspondence will nut bear out
The Times in one of its assertions, except that which
relates to the conceded point, of difference in the nomi-
nation of the Chairman of the Committee.
PROM THR MORNING HIRALD.
Nothing conclusive is or can be known on the subject
of the Ministerial changes. It is in vain to look for the
completion of a work requiring much.time, considera-
tion, and labour, when it has but, as it were, just com-
menced. In the ab.ence of facts, however, there is, A
usual, no want of conjecture. Such a period as this is a
sort of jubilee to political quidnuncs, who pronounce
.
e r mere landfill conjecturet,with a tone of gravity and
authenticity quite ludicrous from their known falsehood
..nd absurdity. A very general opinion prevails that the
Marquis of Wellesley w ill be at the head of the new Ad-
ministration, and that it will be composed, like the last,
of a mixture of parties, in which the members of
Lord Liverpool's Administration will have the predomi.
nonce. Some of the leading Personages among the
Whigs, it is said, are Strongly urgent with that patty not
to amalgamate with the Tories any more, alleging tb it
their only chance of remaining in power is to be so
wholly and solely. In the City, however, Whig Scrip
!semi to be at rather a tow ebb.
If it.be true that two clever practical men, like Mr.
Huskissen and Mr. Herries, have become jealous of
each ether, and, like Paul and Barnabas have re-
.olved to part and go different wiys, we can only
say that such a disunion is much to be deplored.—
Be the 'cause, however, what it may, we look upon
the disunion between the two cleverest men of busi-
ness in the Government aka great and set ious calamity to
,he Cowry. It would have been so at any time ; but it is
diatiblrmortifying at a period when the united services of
uch ases.s,we so peculiarly called for as at the present
inooeistg4a moment which cannot be otherwise con-
tiVan as one of great financial difficulty—when
so accession of poetical kpowledge is so much.wanted,
and i diminution of it can be so ill spared. With regard
u the general policy of what may be row called the tate
I Admintstratiort, we have tltatttl it all :lung wLii that

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