Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-08-28
FOREIGN.
FROM OUR LONDON coRRESPoNDENr
LONDON, AUeusr IL, 1852.

4 ifthh LONDON, AUGUST IL, 1907.
/ Having elected our new Parliament, the next
question is, what will it do? The friends of Lord
DERBY are very sanguine, and say that, unless he
be thwarted by faction, he will develop a policy
emnently calculated to promote the happiness and
prosperity Of Great Britain and the peace and pro-
gress of the world As you say on your side Of the
water, nous perroas Mr.. D'IsRAELI has scarcely
been heard of since his election, and is said to be
engaged, amidst tabular statements and statistical
calculations, forming his first budget, which is to
promote agricultural interests without depressing
any other class and, whilst abandoning direct pro-
lection to the farmers, he is to free himself from
certain quantity of taxation which is to be scatter
ed about amongst other portions Of the community
with SO light hand not to be felt by any body.
Again we say, nous verrons. The variously COM
posed opposition to Lord DERBY ask, How can we
hope for any good from Parliament the members Of
which have been elected at place by appeal the
narrowest bigotry at another to the lowest senteres
Here by the power Of the purse, there by the power
local influence and the densest rural stupidity In
place by the gossest Misrepresentation in another by
the most objectionable promises and unredeemable
pledges BY the heavy hand of the Government, where
it could be applied and by the indirect but apowerfu
agency Of the aristocracy wherever 1t was-and where
it not Influential All this may be admitted, but
greatly fear had the Parliament been elected whilst
Wing administration in power, the questions
might have been asked with almost equal proprety Once
more say, nous Uerrons." ea
Te friends Of the DERBY Cabinet are not however
responding humor They insist that the appeal to the
country has been answered in their favor not tley ad
nit by the return of absolute majority Of Protection
ss Of friends Of the Cabinet by the Of
majority Of members who disposed to give ia fair
trial. and who will not oppose vote Of confidence in it
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Backwoods Magazine insists that the question which has
been put to the constituencies and answered that
of free trade projections but that was in the words
of Lord DERBY ga question whether the Government Of
this country be carried on and what principles,
and through what medium? Will you support Gov
eminent which is against hostile attacks which will
maintain the peace Of the world; which will uphold the
Protestant institutions of the country; which will give
strength and increased power religious and moral eu
cation throughout the land and which win exert ITSELF
moreover will not hesitate to say to oppose some tar
rer against the current continually encroaching Of de-
'mocratc influence, which would throw power noiaaly
into the hands of the Masses practically into those Of the
demagogues who lead them?" We are convinced that
hundreds Of thousands of ardent lovers of rational ber
y would answer this question in the affirmative if they
quite that Lord DERBY's "upholdng of Pro-
tesant institutions " does not mean the depression of
main stationary at the exact point of religious faith which
he chooses to call orthodox and if they not afraid
that the barrier which he proposes to oppose against
the continually increasing of democratic influence
not determined opposition to all progress in the
form of abuses all udicous extension of political priv
eges all wholesome abrdgments of perverted arisocra
teal influences We trust that under no circumstances
whatever will the Parliament offer merely factious
opposition to the Administration but convinced
that Lord DERBY must give much more explicit and un
equvocal explanation of his principles and policy before
he can command the support of bare majority Of
the House Of Commons. The country requires an
Administration strong in and liberal in principle
watched by an Opposition viglant energetic unselfsh
and patriotic We not certain that either the
the other exists at present We quite that the
Administration is not powerful afraid it is not
liberal We think the Opposition will be vglant and en-
ergetic of its unselfshness and patriotism win say
nothing they have to be manifested. We willing to
hope that the great desderatum might be obtained Of
Government embued with liberal ideas and lofty aims
with power to do the work that should be done but we
afraid the elements Of such Government cannot be
combined by Lord DERBY. Lord STAFFORD DE RED
would certainly make much better Foreign Min
lister than Lord MALMEsBURY; better Home Minister
might be found among Lord DERDYs rank and file than
Mr. WALpoLE better tempered Attorney General than
SrF THEsIGER; more scrupulous possessor of power
and influence than the noble Duke at present at the head
of the Admiralty and less corrupt and corruptng Sec
Rotary at War than the existing Incumbent but are
afraid nearly all the talent of the Legislature will be found
under some other Of the many headed Opposition
In that Opposition will be found Lord John Russell Lords
Clarendon, Palmerston Carlisle Granville, Lansdowne
and Grey; the Dukes Of Newcastle and Argyle Sir JAS
Graham, Mr.. Gladstone, Mr. Lsbouchere, Mr.. Hume, Mr.
Cobden Mr.. JAS Wilson, Mr.. F. Peel, &c. Surely here
is talent enough from which to form strong popular
and servceable Administration and men enough could
be selected thererom Who without any absolute amaga
nation Of political sentiments and feelings upon all points,
could assmilae enough together upon all general prnc
pies as to work well for the country and protect all its
best interests We much afraid that old favorte
Lord JOHN RUSSELL, whilst he remains in the House of
Commons, will be rather obstacle to the construction
Of strong Government from the parties in opposi
ton, and such organization and combination the
necessities Of the country require. Whilst Lord JOHN
RUSSELL in the Lower House. he will be altogether too
prominent and powerful not to fill the post leader there
and he cannot be the leader of such Administration as
We contemplating The removal Of the ex- Min
to the House Of Lords would leave have
to believe serious obstacle the forming strong
efficient and popular Administration from the noblemen
and gentlemen whose have given. We must
wait however for Lord DERBYs exposition Of his policy
and principles; for Mr. DIsRAELs wonder working maid
budget; for Lord MALMEsBuRYs code Of foreign d.
plomacy for Sir JOHN PAKISGroxs view Of the Ameri-
fishery question; and for full and fair display Of
the temper tone and talent of the new hofoo