Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1852-03-11
Materiel of the New British Cabinet.

BY the last packet you will have received the
news of the defeat and resignation of Lord John
Russell's Ministry. 1t occurred upon the ami
versary of the similar event which took place
last year, but this time it is not q merely tenn
porary affair. The resignation has not only
been accepted, but a new Administration has
actually been formed. Tie following is short
account OF its members.
The Earl of Derby, Premier, (vice Lord
John Russell) age SO. Formerly Lord Stanlv.
Has been chief secretary for Ireland and secre-
tary of state for the Colonies. Was a member
| of Lord Grey's reform administration, which he
subsequently deserted and became conserva-
tive and protectionst. The slave emancipation
bill, which cost the country ef20,0OO 900, was
chiefly concocted by his lordship.
Sir E. Sudgen, Lord Chancellor, twice Lord
Truro, formerly Chancellor in Ireland Highly
reputed for industry, legal knowledge, and mar
row political views.
The Earl of Lonsdale, President of the Conn
GILL. (vice the Marquis of Lansdowne,) aged 65.
Has held various subordinate offices, and was at
one time Postmaster-General.
Marquis of Salisbury, Lord Privy Seal (yice
the Earl of Mimic, age 81.
Mr.. Disraeli, Chancellor of the Excbemer.
(vice Sir Charles Woody age AZ. Member
for Buckinghamshire, an ultra conservative
and protectionist but democrat twenty wears
ago, when he was a candidate for one of the
metropolitan boroughs.
MIR. Walpole, Secretary of State for the
Home Department, (vice Sir George Crew. age
46. His wife is the daughter of the late Spen
Ger Percival, who was Prime Minister in 1909.
and was assassinated in the lobby of the House
of Commons. Mr.. Walpole has practised at the
bar, but is otherwise unknown.
The Earl OF Malmesb ury, Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs, (vice Earl Granville,) age
As, son of the first Earl of Mamesbury, who
received his peerage for diplomatic servi-
ces.
Sir J. Packington, Secretary of State for the
Colonies, (vice Earl Grey,) age 3d. Member
for Droitwich. A country gentleman wholly
unknown, except as staunch protectionist.
Mr.. Herries president of the Board of Control
(vice Lord Broughton,) age about 70. Has held
a variety ofoffices under former Tory admins
tratons and was Chancellor of the Excheuuer for
a short period in 1927.
Duke of Northumberland, First Lord of the
Admiralty, (vce Sir F. Barring age go. Has be-
: longed to the naval profession, and became a
rear admiral In 1850. His mother, the dowa-
ger duchess was governess to the Queen
Mr.. Henley, president of the Board of Trade,
/ Oxtordshire, never before in office.
The Earl of Hardwick, Postmaster General.
(vice the Marquis of Clanricarde,) age 3d. Be-
! ngs to the naval profession.
Lord John Manners, Chief Commissioner of
! Woods and Forests, (vice Lord Seymour,) age
"a. Mentor for Colchester. Opposed Baron
Rothschld for London, in 1919, and was defea-
ted by an immense majority. Author of various
small pamphlets and poems
The Earl of Eglintoun, Lord Lieutenant Of Iro-
land (vice ord Clarendon age 40. Known in
consequence Of the Eglintoun tournament and
nothing else.
All the above, with the exception of Lord
Eglintoun, members of the Cabinet
Among the offices which do not include seat
IN the Cabinet, are those of the Commander in
Chief and the Master General of the Ordnance,
the former of which will continue to be filled
by the Duke of Wellington (now in his SD
Year, while the latter has been offered to the
Marquis OF Londonderry, whose intimate and
adulatory letters to Louis Napoleon on the sub
ject of the captivity of Add ell Kader will be
fresh in recollection.
There are several subordinate offices yetto
be filled up. Lord Lyndhurst now in his 8Oth
year, has declined to enter the Cabinet on ac-
count OF ill-health. Among the minor per-
sons who are to be offered places is Mr.. G. F..
Young, protectionist agitator, who has for
some years been the butt of the free trade
press.
The quietness with which this entire chance
OF Administration has been received is verv re-
markable The fumes have experienced scarce
~ any variation, and there is very little excite
ment either OF hope or fear. Lord John Rus
sells treatment OF Lord Palmerston, especially
In making public the letter from the Queen by
which at Lord Johns recommendation his pow
ers had been limited some months previously, was
felt to have been extremely rigid. Hence there
was Kind OF personal sympathy with Lord
Palnerston's recent success, such as is felt
by the ookers-on at polite duel, when the
most gallant but incautious of the combatants re-
pairs a disadvantage.
Asrespects retrograde measures it is seen that
the new Ministry are powerless 1t is true
the Earl OF Derby is pledged, even by positive
promises made within these few weeks to at
tempt to restore protection, but there is not the
| smallest doubt among the free-trade party that
he Will avoid this step as long as possible, and
that the moment he is forced to resort to it the
lease OF his office will be ended. Meanwhile
1t is thought he may in other respects perform
some useful services.
The incubus upon Lord John Russell's Ad-
ministration was Sir Charles Wood, the Chan
ceor of the Exchequer, and the relief felt by
the public at any crisis that promises effectu-
ally and permanently to put him ON one side,s is
such that they are prepared to welcome what
ever inf1iction may be temporarily necessary to
accomplish it. There were also other members
of the late Cabinet who were regarned in a
similar way, and as Lord John Russell resisted
every recommendation for their removal, it is
felt that the change which has now taken place
has brought about good which it would else
have been vain to hope for.
So long as Lord Derby and his followers keep
within the routine duties of office, they can
scarcely be more obstructive to the cause
of progress than was the sluggish Cabinet
of Lord John Russell; while the fact oftheir
being in power will stir the vigilance of the lib
erals, and lead to the growth of an active popu-
lar movement, which will be ready to manifest
itself with Overwhelming force when the hour
for the real struggle shall arise For these rea