Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1853-01-14
THE NEW BRITISH MINISTRY.

lhe names which appear elsewhere, and
3 which need not be repeated here, have, on thei
very face, an amount of concurrence and co-ope.
, ration such as no Government has received ia th
country for half century or MORE Except one
single circumstance, which must impart to the
government an experimental character, every
, thing about 1t betokens strength-the strength
OF vitality and the strength of power-Aberdeeu
and Lansdowne contribute their long official ex-
perience; Russell, Palmerston, and Graham. the
same quality, combined with unsurpassed powa,
OF debate; Wood, Newcastle, Gladstone, and Cad.
well, supply that mastery of details and that exact
exposition which characterize the younger school
OF statesmen, and are especially required by the
Increased preponderance of mercantile topics.
Argyle and Granville represent the rising talent
OF the day, and Wordsworth the more advanced
section OF the Liberals, its theories OF Colonial
Government and practical REFORM AS to tho
efficiency ofthe law officers we presume there
will be no dispute.
"Ihere are thirteen in the Cabinet-Mr Card
well, president OF the Board, having no place in
1t, owing to his not being out of Parliament. To
Sir Robert PeeI's friends are assigned the Pre-.
iniershIp and four aborious departments, which
they will find quite sufficient to satisfy their
known love OF arduous and honorable employ
| inent. The CHARACTERISTIC, the Foreign Office
and the India Board, with five other places of
| less difficulty and labor, are given to the Wings
AS usually happens, specialites are not much
regarded We are not aware that Sir C. Wood
ever manifested much desire to frame new
constitution for lndia, or that Sir William MoIes
worth had distinguished himself as much in
parks, gardens and streets, as he has in Colonial
reform. Lord John Russell has so little of the
accomplishments specially required for his new
Office, that we can only suppose he is keeping it
fora su ccessor, most probably Lord Clarendon
who otherwise will not have n seat in the cabi-
net. We should imagine that the ministry is
not prepared to isolate itself before its day on
one OF those crotchets which occasionally inter
fere with the effect of Mr.. Gladstone's acknow-
lodged high abilities; and therefore we shall not
be. surprised to hear that tho new Chancellor OF
the Exchequer will permit his views of the income
tax to be revised by the collective Judgment of his
| colleagues. On either side several great names
are omitted; an unfortunate necessity of the case
| On the whole, however, it must be acknowledged
that very good selection has been made =
After all, no one point be named on which
there exists any real difference of opinion be-
tween the members of the Administration. We
shall have good, working, improving Govern
| ment, ana there Is not a man in it who is not
Hnxloa to give ltfthat character, as we'll from
sheer Sc f-interest on public grounds
The Earl of Aberdeen made his explanations
relative to the policy of the new Government to
the House of Lords on the 9th of December.
| The following summary of his remarks, with that
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| Times:
| 'ABERDEEN.-The Earl of Aberdeen rose to
explain the circumstances which had induced
him to undertake the task of forming new ad
mnistration, and said, though both his tastes and
habits, as well as the reflection that he had mr.
rived at the very verge of the period usually
| assigned to human life, might have rendered him
reuctnpt to accept office, he had felt it at IA duty
| to obey the Queen. He had been accused, in
deed, OF entering into a conspiracy to overthrow
the late government, but he could only say that
his efforts had been directed towards keeping it
in, and not towards its destruction; and so far was
he IRON conspiring against the Earl of Derby and
his colleagues, that he had actually made ur-
engagements for passing the remainder of the
winter Oh the shores of the Mediterranean.
| Circumstances, however, had Induced Her Ma
jesty to request his advice in forming an admin
istration, and the Cabinet being now com.
plete, he would proceed to lay before the House
a sketch of its policy.
| With regard to foreign powers. il would adhere
to the principle which had been pursued for
| the Inst 80 years and which consisted in respec
ting the rights of all Independent States in alb
staining from interference in their internal affairs,
| while at the same time we asserted our own
rights and lntere SITS, and above all in an earnest
desire to secure the general peace of Europe.
| This policy might be observed without any
relaxation OF those defensive measures which
iiau ooeu lateiy uuceftaken, ana mad, perhaps,
been too long neglected. At home the mission
of the Government would be to maintain and ex-
tend free trade principles, to pursue the COM
merclal and financial system of the late Sir Robt
| Peel. crisis in our financial arrangements
| would speedily occur by the cessation of a large.
branch ofthe revenue, and it would tax the in
genuity ofall concerned to readjust our finances
according to the principles of Justice and equity.
| The quest ons OF education and legal reform
| Mt tba hon .fti,.>
| Governments would an amendment of the
| representative system, undertaken without haste
or rashness, be excluded FROM its mature consid-
| Grafton.
The Earl of Derby, he was informed, had
| spoken OF conservative form of governments and
wondered how he (Lord Aberdeen) and his asso-
clates would be able to carry on the service of
the crown; but the truth was, no Government was
possible at present except it were conservative,
nor was any Government possible except it
were LIBERAL Those terms had ceased TO have
any defAite meaning, except party cries, and
the country sick of them. Tho measures,
therefore, ofthe Government would be conserva-
tive as we'll as liberal; for both were essentially
necessary.
The noble Earl, too had spoken Of the spread
Of Democratic principles, but he looked in vain
iorlndlcation OF such ia state of things; on the
contrary the country at large was never more
tranquil or contenled, and though there might be
speculative Democrats among us, those were not
the menwho subverted States. Finally, the noble
Earl expressed his regret at the spirit of hostility
in which Lord Derby had spoken of the new
Government and concluded by moving the ad.
journment of the House to Friday, the 10th of
February.
The Earl of Derby said there was so little to
complain of in the programme which the House
| had just heard that he should have abstainea
| from any remarks had it not been said that he
| lal.~|
entering into conspiracy against the late Govern
| ment. Now ha denied TINT ha hnd eyar nsaa