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GREAT BRITAIN.
Iss NEW BRITISH NlSisrRY--rRocEEpINos IN FAR
LAMENT ETC

GREAT BRITAIN.
IHS NEW BRITISH NISisTRY-rRocEEprNos IN PAR
LAMENT ETC
Fret Lord Of the Treasury --Viscount Palmer.
ston.
ChAnc.llor Of the Excheqrer-w. z Glad
stone.
Foreign Secretary-I.ord John Russell
Home S-cretatv--Sir g. c. Lewis
:GoloniAl Secretary-.Duke Of New Castle.
MAr&ecretary-.Sidney Herbert.
.-'~1adiA SaSr.karyAeSir G. Wo"d.
Fitst Lord Of the Admiraltv-Duke Of Somes.
set
Lord chnnc-llor--l.ori Campbell.
President "f the Cnuncil-Earl Granville
frixv Ssn!-~Dnka Of Argyle
ffis't,rarter GrnrrAl-AL"rd Elcin.
Prrxideat of the Board Of Trsde-Mr. Cob
den.
F;r.t CA,n,nis-irn+r "f Tutks-N. Cardwell
t.hSncellor OF the Ducly Of Lancnr-Sister
G. Grey.
The L"n,l"n 7:n-s add. ia it's list Of minis
tera tine fnal"wi,s Cr.i.r Secret aries
Jndia- Nr. Barring.
NonY-Mr. Give.
was-Ln.A ipnn.
Civil L"ri cf tho Ajm:r.!ts--Mr. Whit
tre..i.
Secretary cf the Poor L.w--Mr. Giir;n.
E;~. I'r-siirut "f the Cnuncil Of Education
Uru..hn!h Cffir-r--S'twHrd. Lord 81. Ger
mains: Mn.t.r nf IN. lI"rse. Marquis Of Aylis-
bury Master oi the Bu"kh"un,ir Earl Of Brss
hcrn: N-trr.s q! III, Ruh,.. Duchess Of South
erlsnd.
The l.,,r.lnr Dad, .N.~. ,hnks thu: the Cnb.
met il nut Vet c.,ni''":-. nni complains Of the
.nn,,n.r in With Nj. Min.r Gibson has been
moved from post &: post t" make room for the
OH cluss of l.larcIren
Sir A. C",khnra snrc-..1. Lord Campbell as
Lard Chief .'.,.t,,.. Of England.
sir benjamin. Ilass is tu he ere ,t+d b peer
Parliament rra-Srmll-i "n the lith.
T."r.! Drrhv in the iinuse Of 1.or,ls officially
anIi"unced the r-s,gnn' ion "f his Cahiuet, and
IN doing 10 h.: WARMLY Il feuaed tho fore ign
pulley Of Lcr,l M-Ins.imrv.
Earle Grm,vil:e r..crv-.i MI cxrlnnation Of
tho policy uf the new government fol L future
dav.
tn. House ad"nr.ei TIL the 2l..
In II. C",unlons Mr. Dsr.nIi announed the
r+eiynn'ion "i tue Cabinet. and moved fur.
ther adjournment till tho 2lst. Agreed to.
THE CAUSE OF THE WAR.
DR.. Baird, who la. travelled and seen scme
what in Europe. sses this theory To the New
York Obs.rv.r:
Tn. real cause of the present war is to he
found in the fact Tint the people of Sardinia
have dared to maintain in The northwestern
the n"hlest governments in Europe: with a Con-
sti,u:io like that Of England. Parliament
nf two House, entire freedom Of reliIion-so
that Protestant churches are epringing up iE
Turin. Pigneroi. Genoa. Nice. Now. Alessnn-
,irin {wi,hi.s ;.u'utn.e forificutions.l Casala,
and other plnces, anh the Bible and religious
bonks and tract. circulating IN all directions
Liberty of the Tresx. I'm admirable system of
columon srhouls AMI great activity III making
rsi!-nads an.l Developing the resources Of the
Kingdom. II is the existence o such govtrn-
nsut =, Italy. and cnntiEuo to the L"mbardo-
Venetian kingdom of Austria. that 10 the Ucca
sion. or the cause rather. OF this war. The ex-
ample ,ferch lingcrm in Italy, the immense
influence Of the press which no GORDON of bay
opete on the frnntIti- can c"nfin-. and the fact
fh~, it has def ed the thundcrs of the Naticsn.
trouble Austria sud all the drsrots Of itnly.
And what Anstr i" aud all those despots have
Tor wear. desired, and wl,nt she has undertaken
TO effect, is to compel Sardinia to go back to
the Je-po,i.u which bra"lcd over That coun.
try untii i:i.a7.r. Albert, in lsiS. gave the
noble Constitution which it has, and drove out
the Jcsuit, This. in plain English. IA tho real
cause Of the war. II IL now to be decided
whether Austria andsp.srntism shall prevail;
"r whether Sardiu.n. Liberty, and Italian In
dependence shall triumph Liberty cannot
stand in Snrdina or anywhere else i'll Italy,
unles Austria h- driven out. And most heartily
do I rejoice that France has resolved to aid
Sardinia. This was to to expected Tor II Sor'
dinia were to he crushed tke Austrian Prepon.
dersnce in Italy would be overwhelming, She
woui.! in fact extend her dominion t" the fuot
of the Alps and tho confncs Of France itself
For this ,:,ne. certainly. France is engaged in
noble cause. The war is hy fur the most just
one which Europe has s~c far long time. Nor
10 II. ~ you remark. difficult to decide on
which, side the sy,nat,es Of British and Amer
ican Chrstians-xt least those who have any
love Of liberty in then-4llould range them.
selves.