The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-02-01
The New sritish sIinistr:y.

The New Eritisli sIinistry. s
Whatever else maybe said of tie new IB3y
ish Ministry, it is not to be disputed that siiE
contains rare amoiint of talents and expes I.
rience in public life. The Earl OF AberdeeD:is
q tried stateman of acknowledged ability. q lSSe
has been an active participant i'll public affairs
for nearly, IL not quite, forty sye&rs. Eof}9
John RUSSELL Lord Palmerst0n, Mr.. Gladstnnes
and Sir James Graham, are among the abIest
men in England, and have held 'conspicnaasss.
stations in the public counscls With ibereasi1gz
reputation for many years Palmerston and
Russell have European celebrity, The latter as I
leader of the House of Commons and Prime
Minister of England, and the former. as diit
plnmatist, whose boldness and skill have been
tested in many very intricate negotiations with
every continental power, and never failed to-;
command the respect of foreign natlnngs .ue..1
seems to be somewhat tout offlaeefn HE Toms
Department, but hepMH make himself felt any
where as maHof great powers, and a leader
in the Eao6se of Commons asa consummateS
deh6ter Mr.. Gladstone, too, has high repu-s
1fafion for talents snd oratory, and good deal +
of official experience. He attracted attention &
and won popularity last year By some letters;
written on his return from Italy, exposing with
strong Indignation the revolving treatment Of
political prisoners by the King Of Naples
They were sent by Lord Palmerston to the
British representatives in foreign courts and
drew forth reply from the Npapolitan Minis
try, to which Mr.. Gladstone made a acomplefe :
and triumphant rejoinder. The generosity
and political liberality expressed in these Icts
tiers elevated Dir Gladstone in the opinion Of
the Liberalists of England with whom his poss
liticnl associations as former Tnry had made1
him unpopular. Sir James Graham, anotherl
member Of this Cabinet, is man of acknoalt
edged abilities, and has been often in the pub.
lie service, commencing as q Whip Of the old
school and ON ardent reformeri in Earl GreysssS.
time. He seeded from the Wings with Lord B
Stanley, and was Home Secretary in Sir RoISIs
sert Peels Cabinet of I84l, with the present
Premier, Lord Aberdeen as Foreign Secretary,
and the late Premier, Lord Derby, then Lord Z
Stanley, as Colonial Secretary Oflate years.
his separation from them has been more marx.
ed, aud during the recent struggles b9tweens
the Earl of Derby and his advefsafiesJ Sir
James Graham was frequently mentioned as
likely 10 be Prime Minister when the op pposi.
ton should succeed, on the impression thar ne
would command a more general support of The
radicals than any other leading member ofsthe !
opposition. g
The new Lord Chancellor, Lord .Craortb the )
telegraph calls him, is probably Lord Cram
worth. the well known lawyer Robt. M. Rolfe,s
who was elevated to the Peerage about two
years since.
The Marquis Of Lansdowne is the vetefen
Wing, now more than seventy years Of ageS
His appointment is merely complimentary, We J
suppose, intended to ratify the connection OF !.
the old class of high. toned Wings with the new
Conservatism of tie day. 80;
The Earl of Granville, another member. ia
the same who occupied the post of Foreign
Secretary in Lord John Russelfs Ministry,-.
when Lord Palmerston withdrew or was forced
out. The meeting Of these three, SO SOON at s
terwards, in one Cabinet, makes curious coti-
junction.
Of the stability of this administration We
have no means of Judging. 1t looks to US,
from the arrangement Of the officers, that it was
not intended to be permanent in its present S
form, and that an interchange Of some of the
Offices is to be expected. But 1t contains :
great force of talent, wide and powerful po- 7
litical connection and gresssweaith, and its !,
avowal of purpose tosacknowledge the finan-
cial policy Of Sir Robert Peel cordially
member being, We believe, an original support
er of that ~policy-and the exclusion Of the
Radical party proper, look as though there
were >agfnal breaking up of the late parties,
and an effort to consolidate a party eonserva-
tive against the progress of democratic opin-
ions and that, rs means of estahlishng~t
in power, there is to be an offer of extensive
administrative reforms, revision Of tie ecc.
toral laws, and, perhaps: moderate extension
of the suffrage. The leading principles to lie
resistance to all organic changes, and to a'y
abrupt and extensive change.
" O. Piicayane.