, 1859-06-14

ENGLISH POLITICS..
The most iml'prtals feature Of European in.
telgeuce looked for in the next foreign arrival
is the result Of the strife for supremacy in thu
new Parliament. 0u this side thu Atlantic, ,wc
r1ke il, tue popularity Of the Derby ministry il
stan end, Notwithstanding its uniform cour1es,
aud !orbcarauce towards tlc United States, anti
thu cvideut iA.wil Of tho Pa1merston Cabinet
which preceded it. lu the recent e|rctiuns til.
Dcrlyites gl!lled sonc twenty or twcnty-iiv.
members, which. with tic prlnlen1 ma:a:rmcl.'
Of Ar. Di=raeli iu the House Of Commons,
m s:at c'untcrbalauce the majority given agains:
tlleln in their l'c Gst ut OIL the Ktfur,n BILL
Bit new issue, Of overwhelming nagnitu1:
and Importance, has interviewed, aud the qucs
,i9u of Parliamentary rcGor,n viii give war +
that Of t!r war in Italy and the neutrality O.
intervention nf En4lan1 in the contincnt.,
strife. 1n K"ssuth's great speech ut the L,1!-
don Tavern the Derby government we're charg
ed not only with sympathy for Austria in hc'
Italian domination. but WITH seeking to throw
au accomplished FAC" t,"--as for instance
an accidental collision between British aud
French war steamers, or between Frcnc!
bloca nding squadron and an English merchant
man-iuio the complication, which might forct
tile country iuto IN active Intervention in be-
half Of Austria If the Court party iu Eng
land could have their way, there would be no
waiting for the: ccomrlished fact The move
ment Of the French army into Piedmont and
the Frcuch feet into the Adriatic would have
started the war dogs Of Britain weeks ago to
crush tile maritime power Of France and sar-
dinia in the Mediterranean, aud the same party
would NOW be begging Parliament for money
10 replcnisE the shrunkcn excheaucr Of Francis
Joseph. Their influence has forbidden the re-
c,gnitlon Of the Provisional government ii
Tuscany, whose Grand Duke has fled to Vi
emma and taken regiment in the Austrian.
service. The breath was hardly out Of tie
putrefying carcass Of Bomba, when the telc-
graph carried their acknowledgement Of bis
tirst-born as the true successor to the throne &.
Naples. Legitimacy is as much the ruling
idea ut St. james as i. is in Vienna or tic
Celestial Empire.
But the Euglisl, people arc, undoubtedly, in
favor Of letting the belgcrcnts in Italy fight i.
out without molestation. Their dislikes fu,
Francis Joseph and Louis Napoleon are abou,
equal Lord Palmerston, having been mar.
tyr 10 his admiration Of the French Emncror
during the Orsini and Bernard excitement, ren.
resents the Franco-sardinian party in the
House Of Commons. Lord John Russell, WHO.
though he has held the Premiership longer
than any other. active statesman Of the prcseu,
day, would not be averse to taking the helu
once more. is not clearly identified with eithe,
party. He quarrels with tlo Derbyitcs Oh
the Reform question and on eencrn1 principles
The Liberals represented by Bright aud Cob.
den are peace tueu, aud will range them.
solves against any movement which locks tn
toe armed intervention Of England in the war
They have oftencr been the friends Of Derby
and Disraeli than Of Palmerston whom thcy
regard as thoroughly dishonest and unscsu
palous man. Tie London Tn4..- though Aus
trlan to the backbone, hns nercr had any loy,
far the Derby faction, By whom it has been re.
p.atedly snubbed. It belongs to the uonc7ea
p'wer Of London, represented primarily it is
81 by Sir Anthony Ro1hscll
These aro the principal elements Of tho con-
motion which has doubtless already bcz,uu in
Parliament. Tie odds arc decidedly against
Lord Derby, but It is more than doubtful
whether the defeat Of the ministry would ia
anything for Palmerston, The Queen is moi
likely to call ain into power the friend and
aamlrer Of Louis Napoleon nor is it manites,
that the people would second the motion. Ev..
dently # the Derby Cabinet s,ltcunlbs to Il,
forcrs brought to bcnr asa:ust It, 4 new Inn,
Will he chilled to Oil the ,.ac,lncy. IT,,
progF ss O.! ideas in Enylund Since the davt
OF the first Napoleon, has, We think
N ado any coalition with Austria SO far a.
concerns her barbarous sway in 1ta.y
i'm 'oss'ble. But it is not to b. denied that be,
ever vigilaut ieatousy aud her infinite hnir
sp!ittings around the .sbalancc Of power" il
E"r"pe-a diplomatic phrsse signifying gsmt
Of pltch~asd-toss o! the great nations wits, thu
little ones-haye made her in tiues past On,
Of the most potent engines Of dcspotisu
Europe has ever Seen.