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a protriise which he attempted to realise by

proposing a reduction of the qualification,
grouping small towns into Parliamentary Boroughs.

He encouraged the aggressions of Rome as
far as he dared, and then had the audacity
to avow his Protestant zeal, the sincerity of which
was shewn by his Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, which
was asserted and has been proved to be utterly

useless

In the commencement of 1852 he sur-

rendered office from acknowledged inability to hold
it any longer, and then directly entered into a

s combination with men of extreme Radical
opinions, whom he had formerly repudiated, in
order to render office impracticable to his successor.
And subsequently, when the Financial Statement of
the Conservative CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER

hung in the balance, and success or defeat were alike
possible, he held out false hopes to the Irish mem-
bers to secure their opposition to it. There is no one

act of his political life, whether in or out of office,
which can be referred to with satisfaction; and
yet, 'so plausible have been his professions, and so
credulous his hearers, that this man still occupies
a leading place in the councils of our SOVEREIGN,
and too many indulge in the egregious error of
believing him to be an able statesman. There is not
an institution in the country which he has not as-
sailed, not a cause which he has not betrayed, not a
party which he has not deceived, not a form of
patriotism which he has not assumed to serve the
purpose of the hour, and yet, to the shame and dis-
grace of modern intelligence, his political chicanery
has been allowed to triumph, as though there

really were as great a pleasure in being cheated as

to cheat.

When the Earl of DERBY was compelled to
surrender to faction, because, unlike his predecessor,
he would not sacrifice principle to place and power,
the politicial cards were shuffled anew, and the
country promised unheard-of blessings from the
coalition of Whigs, Radicals, and renegade Con-
servatives. We shall not readily forget the pro-
found bathos with which the Earl of ABERDEEN
talked of the union of parties, and declared that the
combination would have the effect of rendering its
Radical elements Conservative. The experience of
the Session has shown the delusion of such promises,
and it is now nearly brought to a close with a cata-
logue of acts in which the evil fearfully predominates
over the good. Dismayed with their first defeat, many
of the Conservatives seemed to have deserted the
post of honour, and allowed their opponents to

obtain victories which could never have been antici-
pated as the results of the last general election, Vain
was it that Liverpool led the van, and showed, by an
overwhelming majority in a large popular constitu-
ency, that the people of England were still alive to the
importance of maintaining Conservative principles ;
vain was it that other constituencies followed so
glorious an example. There were traitors in the
camp, the Peelites belied all their former profes-
sions; and deeming it " better to reign in Hell
than serve in Heaven," accepted office with their
bitterest foes, and set an examble which, to
their shame, too many have followed. In
spite of the remonstrances of the most experienced
men, the Ministers have been allowed to carry their
India Bill, in which they perpetuate the acknow-
ledged abuses of the present system of Govern-
ment, and virtually shut up the vast resources of
that magnificent possession from the commercial
enterprise of England. In vain did the few Con-
servatives, who still remain true to their colours,
divide the House of Commons again and again
upon the several details of the Bill ; every at-
tempt at delay or improvement were unsuccessful,
with the solitary exception of the destruction of
the Salt monopoly, upon which Ministers were
defeated on Thursday by a majority of 119 to 109.
The Succession Duty Bill, which has just been
allowed to pass the House of Lords, is another of
the Ministerial measures from which is expected
abundance of injustice, oppression, and litigation,
while, in common with almost all Mr. GLAD-
STONE'S financial schemes, it is likely to prove a
failure as a source of revenue. Indeed, the Bill
has been passed with the confident prediction that
in a very short time its repeal will be loudly
demanded. But true to the Whig creed that "man
never is, but always to be blessed," the majority of
the promises with wchich the Coalition set out as a
political stock in trade have yet to be realised ; and
should they remain in office another session—which
Heaven forbid—we may expect a repetition of
similar fruitless 'discussions, with this difference,
that whereas the past have been of no good the
future may be pregnant with the most serious con-
sequences to the peace of the country. The
Radicals, who, next to the Conservatives, form
the largest party in the House of Commons, are
by.no means satisfied :with their position, and feel
themselves neglected in the distribution of patronage.
They are, therefore, -to be propitiated by a new
Reform Bill, which is to strengthen their hands by
extending the franchise in the borough constituen-
cies, and throwing open the counties to the same
baleful influence. The country is again to be dis-
turbed from its propriety by exciting hopes which
can never be realised without endangering the
safety of the.ctate, and we may once more have to
witness a struggle for political power, in which
another approach may be made ,to the sacrifice of
the British Constitution upon the altar of demo-
cracy. Men have been elevated into power who
are destitute of principle; the Peelites have been
the real traitors, for without their aid the attempt
would have been hopeless; and now, having adopted
the dangerous doctrine which is characterised by
the name of " progress," they can only pre-
serve their position Uy further concessions, which
will-render future attempts to stem 'the torrent more
difflouit. For the present our only resource is in
careful attention to the Registration Courts, where
the battle of the Constitution is to be fought.
Those who now possess the franchise should value
it as a privilege not to be lightly thrown away.
Every man who is entitled to it should see that his
name is properly registered, and their influence
should be brought to bear upon the Representatives
to resist any attempt which may be made to swamp
the present electors by throwing open the fran-
chise to a lower class of the community.

THE SALT MONOPOLY IN INDIA.

THE clause in the India Bill for the abolition of
the salt monopoly enjoyed by the East India Com-
pany, which was carried by a small majority in the
House of Commons against Ministers, must have
a beneficial effect upon the salt trade of Cheshire
and this port, provided it be carried out in the
spirit which its movers intended. The Ministers,
however, are not to be trusted, for they are fully
capable of devising some means to defeat it, by
getting it struck out in the House of Lords and
obtaining a pliant majority in the Commons to
consent to the amendment; and even should this
course be unsuccessful, they may render it partially
inefficient by imposing such an amount of duty as
will operate effectually to restrict any increase of
trade. The clause does not go far enough in
placing a limit as to the rate of duty to be levied,
but simply re-affirms the condition in the former
Act by which the East India Company were com-
manded to close all their trading operations, a con-
dition they have not strictly performed, inasmuch
as they have continued their manufacture of salt in
India and retained it as a monopoly by almost pro-
hibitory duties on salt imported. A slight relax-
ation in late years tended considerably to augment'
the trade from this port, and it will now only re-
quire a faithful carrying out of the clause referred to