The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-06-27
from tho London News, Juno ~

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has acted, we think, wisely ia applying himself IN
the first instance exclusively TO the clearing OF the
ground and lay ing firmly the basis on which he MAJ
| subsequently build. Nothing can be more comnien
| dable Than the caution and deberaion evinced b.
one and all the liberal chiefs in the parts they hay.
| been called upon respectively To play. When uneX
pectedly summoned To the royal presence on the
! evening Of Saturday last, Lord Granville, true
| to the diffidence Of real wisdom deprecated
| respectfully the onerous distinction Intended
him by the Sovereign, instead Of betrayiug
! any symptom of the eation pardonable in
any man under such circumstances. The
noble earl neither deceived his royal mistress nor
himself into the belief that he was likely to he sue.
cesstpl in The attempt her mandate required Of him;
I'M was not his duty to refuse TO try whether he
might not he the means of facilitating a consoda
ton OF the popular party, so long her Malest,
was impressed with the belief that he might he. The
failure OF the experiment so far from being deroga
tory 10 the judgment of Lord Granville, tends
! Their to confirm the favorable opinion entertained
| regarding IT, When he had offered the leadership OF
! The Commons TO one Of the veteran chiefs whose
| Joint cooperation was confessedly indispensa-
| Bile, he had hut third rate position To offer to
ne other. II was this specific proposition, and
his only, that Lord John Russell declined
That he was right in SO declining every
man OF sense spirit in the country feels.
| His waiver of personal preference in the case
| Of Lord Palmerston, his senior by some ten years
in age, and by nearly n much in cabinet office was
| generous and graceful abnegation of self for the
sake Of the party. But that he should be expected
| 10 al dcate the prominence SO long acknowledged
il the legislature and at the Council Board in order
| that not only Lord Palmerston should take parlia-
| mentary rank before him, but that much his
| ipnior Lord Granville should be placed over bis
head was what no practical politician could have
| expected. Lord John Russell il, moreover, the
| standard bearer of parliamentary reform. II was
under that flag that the late ministry defeated,
| and il has been by the rally made to that flag that
| they have been thoroughly driven from power.
Lord John was not al liberty 10 lower IT before any
other, no matter in whose hands held; and he did
| IN IN tn ita
| 20 any other man, whether peer or commoner. This
| IL the true version OF the matter; and nothing can
he more idle or llusory than the fabulous tale OF
| bis having refused to act ii Lord Granville
Premier, or his having resented the proposal that
| be should do so. That which Lord John justly
! values as the only equivalent for the treasurer
staff is the leadership OF the House of Commons.
When he offered recently to forego his claim to the
| one be may, perhaps, have conceived that the
other would Internationally and from the outset OF
| the new administration have been freely accorded
| 70 him. He has, however, shown entire forget
funess Of self by refraining from the exaction OF
| what everybody must acknowledge him emit
tied to; and sooner than place any diff
Guilty. on his own account in the way
| he has, we understand, agreed to act with Lord
| Pamerston in the Honse of Commons upon
Outstanding between them as TO their relative posi-
tons alike honorable to both. BY the course he has
| PROOF Of that true elevation of mind and genuine
| pubic spirit which have so long made him the ac-
knowledged head OF the liberal party.
| Nor let us fail to appreciate the high qualities
| which Lord Palmerston has shown on the present
occasion. With full consciousness that any failure
in the attempt to combine the various elements OF
the party hitherto in opposition must inevitably
cause the resumption OF power by Lord Derby and
| his colleagues. the noble Vscount has refused to
| take single step in advance without making sure
oi that which was to precede it. After all that has
occurred ard at the present period Of the session,
he must have been well aware that the opportunity
| now afforded him OF reinstatement in the position
| of Prime Minister, if suffered to slip, would Ger
ainly not again recur during the present year, and
| might possibly never do so. Lord PalmerstOn hao
every possible temptation TO proceed at once ii
! he f0rmatioD Of Cabinet, leaving the germs
| of future Observation-Disclosures and their fruits
! 20 the chapter of accidents. He has honor
| ably and periodically refused to do so; and
| even on points where good men may differ
in opinion, and regarding matters the indispensa
| biiy OF arranging which some OF us may not see
lie has tenaciously adhered to the necessity of COM
ing TO precise and definite understanding The first
wish expressed by her Majesty, if we are rightly in
formed that the basis Of the new administration
should be, in the truest sense of the term compre
hensive; and all that we know of the details OF
the work, still necessarily incomplete, leads us IL
believe that Lord Palmerston is Loyalty acting up
| TO he spirit of the soveregn's instructions. The
Cabinet can hardly be expected to embrace all the
ability az d worth which the country would like to
see it contain; but il certainly will not be tue Cabi
let Of any one political sect or social clique. 4
| good deal of the success of the government vii
| depend on the choice that is made of a Chancellor
Of the Excbequer; but far more upon the selection
OF Minister for Foreign Affairs 1t is upon the
latter department that the anxious eyes of the
country will be set for many day TO come; and
whatever may be the ability aud integrity, the
courage or the assiduty of him who shall be chosen
for that post at the present critical juncure il will
he impossible for him to succeed if in feelings and
ideas he be not thoroughly in sympathy with the
nation whose interests he undertakes to guard.
THE DERBY G GOVERNMENT AND THE ITALIAN
! QUESTION.
From the london Times, Juue1il
After alapse of nearly SIX months the public is
about to learn the details of Lord Malmesburys TO-
reign policy. blue book has been published of
great interest nasnuch as it dscloses the transac
tons on which the government seeks to found its
| justification. For the present, however we must
confne ourselves to the dispatches which were
| written at the very beginning Of the dispute. To
learn how tie events Of the first days Of January
| appeared to the government ard to politicians IN
| general is not without importance since from the
| impressions then produced the whole policy Of her
Majestys minstersis plainly derivable III the first
| place, the correspondence to which we now have
access dssipates one illusion. 1t Is perfectly
clear that the war which France is waging against
| Austria is no sudden and Unforeseen struggle
precipitated by imprudence or wounded pride on
either side. That Louis Napoleon looks to the
promotion Of Italian prosperity and the removal OF
Italian discomfort as means FOR the accomplish
| ment of his object may be true enough; he has
seen the faults Of Austria, and may profit by them;
but il cannot be doubted by any one who reads
tIese papers that the extension of French inl,..
ence by the expulsion Of the Austridns from Nd'y
is a settled policy Of the Second Empire, and
| ecas resolred upon prior to and Independent OF
any recent demonstrations IN Naly.
Yet at the close of last year it had become evi.
dent that a disturbance was at hand. The King of
Sardinia in his addresses to his troops limited
broadly at q coming quarrel with Austria
The Austrian Minister at Paris had been
ostentatiously omitted from the invitations to
| Compierne, and it was understood throughout
Europe that the relations between the two great
Catholic Powers were most unsatisfactory. At the
same time the state of Lombardy became every
| day more uneasy. recent French pamrhieteer
has compared the Sardinians who talked of inter
| tering to redress the grievances of the Austrian
| provincials to glaciers who broke the windows of
Tie Psrsiaus BY night and then called rext day to