New-York daily tribune., 1859-07-01


wbs ave in the ctufdeIco Of The new GoverDmen. to
spebk with authority to the precise assignment Of
ufhc,' but the competition Of tne Cabinet is snifceIy
ascerieIDed 10 wSrar, Bs 10 noticing general cIsrac
ter. I'd glance St the lit q ts nemben, is ROt
needed 10 show that 7 car boast eombnstion of
Administrative and depaTtmen; ability Parliamentary
taleIis, aud staosmaLke Chsractcr pnd reputation,
rarely 10 he found IN Cobeets pretending to political
louoCendy. If the change OF MinIEry does no
more than guarantee the cosbiry against the hara-s
ing suTp'ists and vain alarms which reeur in
state oirectoe by weak and iGcompetost hands,
it will be worth al tho pains that have been
taken 20 brig il sbout. Lord John Rus-elfs
accession to the Foreign Office j. pledge Of vigi
laIt aitctticn 20 the Interests Of freedom abroad Mr..
Sidney Herbert krors more about the military forces
Of The country than 6ry man IN Parliament, and has
given abuno proofs Of his zeal fer their improve
nebt ard economical admins rati0r- Without At all
vsl ing to undoTvaluc the Importance Of the Home
Office We may express regret that the abilities OF
a ma1 ike Sir G.. c. Lewis not TO be directed to
some branch Of the public service more inpefavely
calling for their full development We had understood
Tat be hiUsolf would have preferred the principal
place in the Council for the Affairs Of Indis. That
would have been a sphere worthy Of his talents and
resomces end one in which are willing To believe
tina; Le ght have done 10 little service TO the public
lie has e6iued FOR himself the character Of being
ssfe and successful GapCer; and Indian finance s pre-
en- inertly Tie administrative puzzle Of the day.
TIE Duke Of Son erset We understand l. TO succeed
Sir John PokipgOn First Lord of tine Admiralty. IL
il now seven years suce he has occupied seat in the
oIce had the opportunity Of doing So No One how
ever is ers di posed 10 political iLdOlcHcc, more
keenly alive to the obligations which men of great
wealth and station owe to society. In the interval
which has elapsed siuce he was a member of Lord
John Russell Cabinet ia 1852, he has taken leading
part in several # Il most important snd iabonOus
inquiries that have occupied the business Of Parliament
He was prom nent member uf the Committee of the
Commons that investigated and regulated the supply
Of aier TO tie metrop0s. He was Chairman OF the
Committee to whom rhe irregularities of the Admiralty
under the Duke of Noithpmberland aud Mr.. Stafford
were referred aud Il was 10y bin that the unemOr able
report was framed which, for time at least put
oud, as Yves hoped, 10 bribery and bullying in the
backwards. Somewhat later hc was member OF the
Seyasopo Committee. Since his elevation to the Up
per House be has taken less prominent part; but the
Liberal party bsvc not forgotten that It was he who
took charge of the Church Rate Abo tion bill, and
who fought gallant though uDayailIng battle for the
principle of that measure against the erwhe.ming
odds Of Law ard spiritual prejudice. The Duke of
ScmerSet Las always had the character of being
proud and reserved man, Indifferent to personal feel.
ugs, and careless about mpcpuariy. We are bound
Ia say, however that we do not recooc any instance
in " fch he has differed from the eminent men Of has
parry in which hc has Lot been in the right. The
cifice Of First Lord Is one which at the present
moment peculiarly demands energy, fcarlessness and
rparliafy. OF these qualities he certainly is not
destitute. No man ever accused him of job no
an ever tined him out with work; ard no man ever
buiod or caOled him ont Of his opinion by the hreI
of losing favor with either Court or City. We only
WISH tilil III TIE olifl APPOINTMENTS ia luS ucN Wv
erun cit may be equally calculated to command con-
fdeIce
Amoreihc members of the Administration not having
seats in the Cabinet, We find the names Of the Earl OF
Ripon laioy Lord GoGcrcll, and Lord Wodchou'c,
both Of them men fashioned to honor. The appoint
meut Of Mr.. SERGEANT Deasy as SJcltOr-General for
Ireland. and Of Mr.. Cogan a. an lrsh Lord of the
Treasury nay hope, be taken as signs Of lairer
and more impartial administration ot Irish Affairs than
the last Liberal Government could claim credit ioi
All wlo have had experience Of the eminent practical
abilities OF Mr. James Wilson, Of the Secre,arleso
the Treasury in the last Liberal Go. ernment will re-
gTe that his name is not included IN the present A'
Tie new Ministers take office with well-leiined re-
spopsibities Nothing but the conf ,cnce that they
a eccep these respOn sbiiltes checTuiy aud entirely
could reconcile the more active and progressive pQr-
ton of the Liberal party to certain anomalies IN the
composition of the Cabinet which must strike every
eve II would he foolish 60 ignore that which every
one is takIg Of and TO disguise that considerable ds
satisfaction felt at the mcager representation OF the
Indt pendent Liberals in the new Government IL IN
Cabinet which has been enlarged to the number o SIX
teen members only two seats be afforded for the
more advanced portion of tue Liberal party, then 1t s
all the more desirable that the two Offices so appfo
priated should be selected from among those which
olive weight and influence to the men who Ill theIn
Since Nj Miner Glib .on was to be invited TO enter
the Cabinet il would have been only decent recOg-
ni.ion OF the section of the party to which ne De-
lougs il a ScCealyshp OF Stale had been 0lered 10
him Nthout deTyii q the merits Of the noble Duke
10 whom the SecIetaiyship of the Colonies has
been assigned merits to which we believe Jdstice yet
remains to be done take eave to express an opln-
ion that NJ. Mi'ncr Gibsons large knowledge ol SOC
ety and he word are better quahc alton, Tor depart
mcut charged with tic appointment Oi governors aud
officers for ou distant possessions than those merits Tor
which the noble DGke is conspicuous. The post
spoken of as reserved fer MI Golden has some relation
t1 tie great services Ee has rendered 10 his county,
nrd We sincerely trust that on his r'tin frOm America
hcmav STE il ~ be his duty TO accept and h II for the
public good. In. lie will psobably tb9k Il strange
that a Goy ernmeIt which must depend nom day 70 .
dsv or the support OF the more advanced members oi
the Liberal paIiy in Parliament, should lave been
formed with so little reference to rs Importance.
Next 10 GOOD administration, the twO ch,el things
which the Liberal party expect Of the new GoVefn.
meit are foreign policy directed To the Liberation oi
Usv from the foiceneI-so far az C.Tcans'anc rem
dor that pos,ble-and Reform bin not less eicacous
dian that Of which Lord John RGsscl has pu0nciy
drawn fhe outline. lLi. !, 50 clearly the p'lcy on
which tie union The Liberal party has taken place,
tia. every nobicmsn and gentleman whose name ) 10
b. trpi IL the list Of the new Government mu- o.
taken 10 have embrGccGit without reserve W AoiIF
80 names sin-'ed out and the question . asked
wbetber this gentleman has lot spoken "a Iavoi oi
rou inati3n boroughs whether that noU!eman j. uOt
/ fgyo,nbie to Austrian domination IN ltaiy ne
ar.,er IN ID, tl- i- that al who have Joined tA tapi-
net bsye done SO with fu knowledge OF the ac,"ri
an urincip,cs Of home aud foreign policy which
lrs made tie formation Of tire present Government
possible aud that Il j not TO bc doubted ma t-oSe
principles have been lIhy accepted an WI o, uo,
rrably pla;ntsined. TIE iact that Lord John Russell
has not stipulated fcr the n.oiuc.on r.o the .yl'
of larger number ot those Liberal members WHO 4ooh
more especially 10 him their leader only shows moIe
mainly that he and bic friends regard tle broad oGss
OF the policy OF the Government a. tnInS not Il
be deiendent OF numerical ma OrIties e. tie Courc
boar, but a. something fixed and assumed in it. form
sor. Ii the two objects We have name IA 70. eigI
policy favorable 10 freedom abroad especially in Italy
anl the early passing OF Reform oll 10, less favor
able 70 the u1enran hised classes than the measure
sketched by Lord John Rus-elare fairly and s.eaiIs
/ pur.ned the Ministry viii 10. have c11se % regret
H.. takes Office with ms oly too small 10 enable