Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-11-16
The New Prime Minister Of England.

in that high position. As The Pits,
burg Chronicle says, he is not a
stranger to the Office, having succeed
| ed Sir Robert Peel ia 1876 and con-
tinued 10 10 power until February, 1852,
when d hostile vote Of the House OF
Commons broke his ministry up. He
| is now in bis seventy-fopFth year, and
is disposed to be conservative to the
point Of liberality.. He has shown
himself, while holding the position of
Foreign Minister, to be quite unfriendI
" to the United States. Ills quite
probable that his late correspondence
with Mr. ADAMS was the cause" ofihis
present appointment." IT. may be ac-
cepted as the result of the change
which has been caused by Lord PAL
NELSON'S death that our relations
with the English Government will not
be altogether SO amicable, !,vDg
Although PALMERsToN disliked us
as heartily in point Of fact as Earl
DERBY, he was cautious and even
timid statesman, and exhibited will
ingness to temporize and make con-
cessions, rather thar, involve his, nation
in war. Owing to this policy EpgI
land has Of late kept remarkably free
from broils,' though at~the cost Of a
great discount ofreputatioD 10 Europe.
which now regards France as the
leading power Of international con-
Germs. 1t must be admitted that the
English people, W no do not lack
pluck, whatever other virtues they are
deficient in, have exhibited considera-
bic restiveness under the pacific adj
minstration of PALMERsToN, and the
leading journals have often scensured
it severely, whilst Punch has made it
the subject of many malicious car
toons. 1t remains to be seen whether
| RUSSELL, moved by an ambition to
evince greater energy than, bis tprede-
cessor, will give in toTtbe belligerent
disposition of his countrymen, and
hold such a tone toward our Govern
ment as will provoke serious differ.
ence ''-'' i .
We hardly apprehend that such will
be the case. Indisposed as we are to
encounter the burdens and Derils Of a
fresh war, the English have even great
or reason to dread such contingency
They could not think for moment Of
computing with us on land, and their
merchants have no reason to invite
our hostility an sea. 1t has often been
remarked that a war between the two
nations would be great calamity.
There can be no questions of it. But
we have men and material of war at
hand, and our country has hardly yet
settled long enough in the paths Of
peace to make war SO tremendous
transition as it would be in the case of
England, The English Government
cannot shut its eyes to the rapidly de-
velopipg schemes Of Russian dominion
in the direction of India and fail to take
into account the strong friendship
which at present exists between Wash
ington and St. Petersburg. We feel
then tolerably assured that Lord Rus
sell, captious and oaviling and hostile
% he is, will not dare to hazard an
open rupture with this nation and that
our only squabbles for awhile will be
waged on paper, even if they do not
fade with their which registers them.
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- The latest kilograms state
that cotton at Liverpool on the LIST
inst, had declined two pence. rs,
The cholera had commenced its
ravages in Paris. De4 u9raJts
No new cases had appeared at
the New York quarantine, and it
was hoped the cholera would soon
disappear from there. 4 .ilo* FT
It is understood that Gen. JOHN
A. LOGAN accepts the mission to
Japan. @ e..ala-
Evtensive nrenarafions are beino