Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-03-02
The English Ministry.

The English Ministry.
We give another letter from our London
correspondent on the English Ministry
Our readers will find it more interesting than
to read the broad sides of tedious parliamen-
tary talk made on the occasion, with which
the city blanket sheets are filled We went
over Lord Derby's explanatory speech in the
House of Lords,-fve columns of solid
minion. Yet the sum and substance of it
when put into short metre is neither IN ore nor
less than this
There is nothing like open and fair dealing
among public men. | am frank man my
self and shall talk square out what think
and what know. Those in Parliament who
believe Ministers are going wrong have al
ways to ride on one horn of dilemma or on
the other. If they condemn, they are asked;
why don't you bring in n motion of disap-
proval If they do bring in one, they are
charged with factious opposition when the
country needs united support in its difficult
ties. AS for the defeat of the Ministry on
Rocbuck' s motion, there never was anything
like it! They were beat more than two to
one They had to go.
thought quite likely the Queen would
send for me, and she did. Now its not a
bad thing to have the control of the govern :
ment when you are sure of stout ma jority
in both Houses to back you up; but when
all you can be sure offs snubbing every day
or two, it is another affair, and that House OF
Commons just now is rather sharp bitten !.
[ could easily pick out some men for new
cabinet that should like to work with, but
to make up an entire batch was not so easy
so | had my doubts how | should come out.
Well, talked with the Queen nearly an hour
and half. | told her she needed strong
government and if on trial, | could not make
one, it would be as well for her to try some
body else. If nobody else could do any better,
then and my friends would do as well as we
could. She should not be left to 90 on with
out any government at all. As for the story
that she told me what to dots mere bogus
She did nothing of the sort.
| went straight to Palmerston, and he
talked like gentleman. lie said he could
not enlist uuucr me, uuICcs VtIr
of his could be in the company too, ex-
pected that, and told him so. named one
| or two lie said he would talk with them
and thought it was all right. waited till
near bed time for his answer, that light
send word to the Queen, and when it came,
it only amounted to this, that Gladstone and
Herbert would write to me themselves. Well,
what do YOU think Gladstone wrote Why
! that Palmcrston told him that he, Palmer
ston could not be Of any service to me Of
course 1t was no go, and told the Queen so
and that was sorry but could not help it.
| told her again that she ought to have 4
strong government, and if after trial all
round, she should find that she couldn't do
better, would try again.
Some Of you may think ought to have tried
somebody else then. meant well at any rate.
| suppose OF course that Iain..ss~.. ---~----
well when he refused to help Inc, though his
being so ready to try his hand at making a
government with himself at the head, looks
a little as if he cared more for himself than
he did for the Country However he has
made one, and he must bear whatever comes
along with it. L! lie makes peace too easy
or refuses to make it when is is no longer
necess ary, he must take the consequences