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years old, and within few months of the age of

rival in the Foreign Department Aud yet,
though Aberdeen IL still bale and possesses quite
IA much power Of work as his successor. the
worio strangely looks o. Aberdeen as the tips OF
feeblenes, aud seniliiy, and on Pamerston as the
beau ideal of enersy aud vigor. This may arse
from the pc ace policy Of the one aud the supposed
war tendency Of the other. Aud no douo'
naturally strong constitution with cons'dera'ie
art 10 decoration, q gay and gallant Healne' iu-
perturbsb bic ease OfieDper. aud fraDk aud maoiy
mapper. give 10 Lord Palnerston an air OF youth
and Of activity. He has Dever worn biz consSi'u-
tiop by over anxiety .Dd work. He cannot say,
like the Duke Of Newcastle, that be has passed
sieepless nights in thinking of his country; nor
ike him has be ever, oris be likely now, 70 work
with UutiriDg labor. The satlricsl sneer with
which Disfseli ipsinuated in the late deoa'e 'hs.
there was another Secretary Of State be-
sides the Duke OF Newcastle, who was to
blame and through whose prolonged neglect
that militia had no, been formed which
would have allowed OF the transport of additional
regiments to the seat of war, was not misapPlied.
Where he rides care never mounts behln1.
Were London on fire be might not like Nero,
fiddle, but be would dress with his usual grace
fol neg igeoce, step Ito his pleasant Bro1ehan
and ride off. He has all the imperturba'le cool
ness Of Tslleyrapd, snd possesses much of the
versatility aid adaptation OfopiDicn to suit the hour
which cbsIacte'iz ed that prince OF diplomatic He
has served under the Tory Lord Liverpool, the
semi.libe Canning, the Wing Grey, under Rus
sell old Melbourne, and was near doing 30 even
under Losd Derby. At the division, which IN
December - overthrow Lord Derby's Govern
II ent be abstaned fro II voting, but his son-in-
law, Lord JocejyD, wholly under his influence,
voted 9TH Lord Derby, and had be escaped that
dvi,ion as PslmerstoD calculated he would il
bad been bis intent m to have joined the Derby
a6mii alton. Every party claims him as lts
child. lie has been Wing the greater portion
Of bis life; the Peelites say his principles are
tbeirs precisely; the Derbyrte, when his name is
mentioned, smiles aid wbks; the Radical re.
members bis sympathy with the oppressed nation
alties ard bis vote agails. the Irish Church.
And above all, the ptope Of England believe him
thoroughly Protestant. The peace which he
uskes-nO matter whatits conditions-the people
of England will accept with JOY, taking his repu-
tation for their guarantee, while no peace which
Aberdeen could make would give sat sfsction.
The chief difficulty which lies in Palmerston's
path s the haired of Austria, Eng lands new ally,
to purchase whose alliance she has sacrificed the
symrshes Of every friend of freedom. The re-
teotion Of Lord Clarendon may moify this feel
ing. But we should lot be surprised if Palmer
ston' Premiership gave a fatal blow TO the Aus
trian alliance. TO hs instiga,on the revolutions
of AS were wholly attributed, and it was in com
plment 10 the feelings Of Austria and Prussia,
that he hiss never since been permitted to resume
the Foreign Bureau. But perhaps his creates.
difficulty will lie in the feeling Of utter dissp
poiDtmeut and DISCUS. with which-spite Of Pal
nerstOn's own pepularity-the country will view
the new arrangement. 1t is the same old say
serpent that has been dragging It's slo Y length
along for the past few months, with simply two
or three joins cut of its tall and miserable
addition patched on.
Lord Panmure, to whom the War Department
has been in.rusted, must be one of those pleasant
Jokes with which Palmerston, even at the most
serious moment, is fond Of startling the world.
One Of the most incapable Of that incapable !
Wing Ministry which died out in 80. he has
been since buried in the North of Scotland, where
from being raj he had turned to religion. Be- |
fore he ente red Parliament be had been for some
years a Captain in the 10Th H'ehlanders, which |
may possibly have marked him for this Depart
peDt. He is personal friend OF Lord
Palmerston, and being genial companion,
an ardent lover Of port, the son of Lord,
and good cheerer Of the Minister, he
was first put in Office by Lori John
Russell, who made him Under Secretary Of the
Home Department, and subsequently Secretary
at War He is broken in health, a constant
martyr to the govt, and ludicrously unsui.ed in
every respect for the Office 10 which he has been
appointed. He is a member of the Free Church
Of Scotland, is personally popular with that COM
munity, and owns large estates in Perth, which
some early transactions with the Hebrew race
have placed under heavy incumbrance.
Lord Canning, who has been raised to the
Cabinet with the same Office he before held OF
Postmaster. General, is son Of the celebrated
George Canning, and was one of Peels young
Lieutt nants, under whose administration he
served as Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs
under Lord Aberdeen. The appointment is 3
strange one for Lord Palmerston 10 make, con.
sideIiDg that Lord Canning had always been OPP
posed to the Palmerston foreign policy. lie
is sensible young man, without any Of
the brilliant points of his illustrious father
With the addition of Lords Panmure and Can
Ming and the loss Of Lords Aberdeen, John Rus
sell, and the Duke Of Newcastle, the three ablest