The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-03-09

TIE above, in addition to the intelligence in the
fourth edi. Of the Herald, is the latest official re-
port Of the ministerial proceedings .p.,
The Standard says, in a leading article fossi-
bly, the reform OF the law is the only department.
Earl Grcy's government can make active progress IN
This reform may proceed without emparrassment TO
the administration in other matters. Let US give
free scope 10 our friends-let us trust them. We
have our spherc-they have theirs. Our sphere is,
the tr1Isting-theirs the Houses Of Parliament Let
az take care 10 return no unit doubtful person
no man who VIC do not know to be a firm Protestant
and firm protectionist. Let us return none but
SUCH and we shall be in a condition to have our
official friends perfectly at liberty to act as eircun
stances and their own Judgment shall direct"
The Ss,s says -" Nothing better, even cursory
glance at the list, be improbable than the
stability Of any ministerial group, inconguous III
character. 80 hastily collected together, and so
strangely inexperienced in some of the most impor
tant among the various departments Of Downing
street,
From the London Herald Feb "a
We have now the pleasant task of announcing 10
readers that Lord Derby has completed the 70
nation of the cabinet. and settled most of the minor
arrangements usually consequent upon change Of
administration.
We arc confident. that amongst rejecting men
OF every class--whether noble or conmoner-
whether commercial, manufacturing, or agricu-
tuIsl-it will be readily admitted that environed
a. the country is at this time, both at home and
in the colonies, with social evils of no ordinary
Kind, and with cloud Of danger impending over
our head abroad, il is desirable should have
and talent TO weather the storm and 70 pilo. the
vessel through the breakers which surround US
and fearlesaly ask where be found in her
Najes.y's domnions a man better qualified for The
arduoIs task he has undertaken than the Earl of
Derby. man Of tried administrative ability, and
Of unblemshcd honor. who has associated with him
nobleman, the descendant of one Of our most
talented diplomatists. whose name alone would So
euro tic respect of ioreign governments, bat vito
has airt ady canned for himself both in and ont Of
Parliament character Tor talent and ability worthy
OF his Gs'rious descent--wo mean the Earl Of
hamesbury. such men az these cannot fail 10
sonduc, tho affairs Of this great country TO the salts
faction Of her Majesty, and. doubt not, with a6-
vantage to the of her Majestys loyal subjects.
What, thon. has become Of the prophecies CT those
would he leaders and conductors sf the public mind
who told us, not only months ago, but even lately,
that Protection was dead; that 10 see Il Pro-
teciouis Ministry sitting in Downing street was a
sample impossibiiity;' and that Lord Derby wa
the last man to whom the Queen would enirust the
management Of the government I? AZ this very
moment the Earl OF Derby-toally unlike most
modern statesmen -wEo is utterly incapable OF
saying thing and meaning another - who
win not trim his sails to suit the purpose Of
the moment Lord Derby. we say, is at the mo-
mcnt, with his Cabinet formed, quietly settled in
Downing-streot. and prepared to carry out those
he conceivcs best for the honor and dignity
Of the throne and for the public interest.
Are we to be told, then, as we have been, and may
be told again, that to restore protection 70 native
industry is to set class against class-manuacturer
against agriculturist Very likely such may be the
game that will be attempted by some of the rabid
trectraders to gull and mslead the public but Eng
ishmen like fair play, and we have fear Of the
result Lord Derby has not the slightest intention
OF setting class against class-of creating mono
poly for the landed interest and depressing the
featuring. On the contrary, he is thoroughly con-
WINGED that all the great Interests Of the country
shipping, commercial, manufac turing, and agricultu
raj, are intimately connected each with the other
that manufacturers cannot prosper if armc tarv
ing, and that agriculture thrives most when trade
and commerce are prosperous. Lord Derby is,
therefore, DESTROYS that each class should have that
fair protection and assistance from the State may
be most conducive to the advantage of ALL establish
ing no monopoly, but taking that British labor
and British capital shall be encouraged and pro-
tected in preference to that Of the foreigner.
Should Lord Derby carry the government in
this spirit, as he has told us he willard who can
doubt the assertion of Of such nice aud scru-
puIous honor I've ask again, fearlcssly, will not
the British people prefer such man, and such .
government, to the late set of wretched incapablcs
men who were unsettlng everything, and con
selidating nothing-men who have retired from
Office, may say. almost by universal consent, and
hardly leaving friend behind them !!
From the London Globc-oruan of the late Minis
try-feb. ~
The list Of the Few cabe, is too absurd not to be
true. We occasionally meet with events in real life
Of startling and grotesque complexion. That fairly
distance all Wiori reasoning, and which find their
best title to belief in the utter impoS Utility that
the boldest romancer would have dared to father
them. The domestic careers Of Henry VIII. and
George w.. the return from Eliza, or Louis Napo-
Icons coup deat, will be accepted, from generation
10 generation. by poserty that exhausts its criti-
cal skepticism on the commonplace details Of ordi-
nary legislation. On the same principle, good
deal Of uncertainty has prevailed for the last
three days, on the exact posts in the admin
istration assigned to Mr. Disrae and Lord Lynd-
hurst
But Lord Malmsburys installation a, the Foreign
Office, and that of Sir John Pakington AT the Colo
MES obtained universal crcdence, inasmuch as no.
body would have taken the trouble to invent what
looked so like dull and pontless fiction The au-
dacity of these appointments thoroughly eclpses all
antecedent ideas Of Prime Minister'S responsibility
II the petitioners for Office had shaken their names
In bag, it is out Of the question to imagine that
the successful candidates could have been curl
eusly unfit for their several posts; indeed
quite sure that we could have been worse off if the
G. F. Youngs and Bookers had been allowed fail
play, and the protectionst cabinet been drawn by
lot in q general congregation of the whole party.
After one orator in the Lords, whose name, bear.
ing, and eoquence distinguish him as q natural
chief among English gentlemen, and one man of ge-
MUS in the Commons-after Lord Derby and Mr..
,Disrae-we toll in vain for single element Of
craftsmanship down the dreary catalogue Of the
hacks dandes, and justices Of the peace who occu-
Ply a prominent half column in the sheet Of our
morning contemporaries. Well may say, Gre
.dfmus qua impossible' There is no baking the
fact that the empire is ut this moment at the dispc
sal of such set Of probabilities as could not DE
matched in all George III Ministers, and whose
evenfu rise TO power has been treated for the last
twenty years the widest Of dreams and the most
desperate of impossibilities.
The London Times is evidently getting ready TO
support the new ministry, infer from the fol-
lowing extracts from an article announcing the ar-
pointments,-
"Noone can read the list before NC without apply
ing some of fitness and standard of ability,
and in the remarks we have TO make merely anti
cipate the spontaneous reflections Of most Of our
readers. No one doubt that Mr.. Disraeli is the
man to lead the House Of Commons; but he certainly
has consulted rather his ambition than his genius in
his selection of Office IL is very true that he hae
dived to the depths and flown tc the heights Of fnan
cal theory but the Chancellorof the Excbequer has
not merely to make projects or elucidate maxims Of
fnance-he has also to learn aud comprehend the
numerous relations between the commerce a.ad the
revenue Of the country, TO make elaborate financial
expositions, and 90 be prepared with replies any
complicated question of details whiah convenience or
even malice may suggest
In fnr faskr VI nisranli will nt