New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-16
tn. Perseuuet Of the Ministry.

IN, Dey Nee. Of the h thus the distribution
Of Offices in the Government:
WITH respect TO the distribution Of Offices Lord Derby has
been successful perhaps in his adherence TO old ar
probably preferred the Foreign office 10 the Erchcquer
but in eyes Of the country and Of his party be was too
clever by half for diplomacy and is not too clever 10 finance
He has however acquired Office and BY observation OF MI
Gladstone sufficient capacity fr the ordinary duties OF We
post which he about To be called for the third times and
The business OF the country eeners about the admiDsira
ion of the revenneproceedng from and returning to It
that there an advantage when he Lehder ou,e
Commons be al,o Chancellor OF the Eicheqner M Wal
pole VIII be conciaioy diFnihed and Respectable HONE
Secretary Sir John Pakngon at the Admiralty has earned
the character Of pansakng and conscientious
the confidence Of the naval service There moth
to be said against Gen Peel as Secretary Tor War LORD
Chelmsford has done little 10 mitigate the prejudice enter
tanned against the elevation Of practitioners Of common law 10
the equity bench; but his tenure OF the Grca sea NJ
probability be shorter than Lord Derys Administration
and the professional merits OF his probable successor are be-
The nomination Of Lord Stanley to the Foreign Office has
been jubation In the Conservative press
rather fancy Offering unexpected solution OF very
difficulty than being nirnsicay desirable np
Rotary Foreign Affairs in Lord Derbys trst adminsra
ton that he Is not entirely new to the WORK nc Is about 10
undertake No doubt his power OF dong cfectnoy
anything to which puts his hand. But neither his natural
gifts and tastes the line be has taken IN politics specially
II Of caution be always the safest course ana II rgd
neutrality Of action and Of sentiment between right and
Prevention Lord Stanley will carry the theory very
pe. Under him the contribution Of England to the moral
SMALL aud the senstycnes If wrong doors will be endery
respected Gu the other hand there can be no doubt that he
the time which Mr Golden loneed when en-
bsadors shall be simply the commercial travellers oi nations
In the time good ard sound Judgment Tor
which everybody gives Lord Stanley credit viii We trust be
exercised in vetong the appointment II II be really seriously
intended the President Of the Southern Independence
Association Under Secretary for Foreign Affair." la the
present condition relations with the United States
when past MISUNDERSTANDING are giving way returning
friendship and confidence with the Alabama claims unset
ied and the Feniau snake se0tcbeG 2ny but NOT led-a
wantonly mischevogs selection could not DC made
Lord Cranborne appointment as secretary oil state io IN
da be persisted 10. will be the bOdest part OF Tue new
arrangements There be doubt O his great abty lie
has keen analytic intellect and Is eagerly almost passion
aiey ambitions Bat ne neyer held Office OF any klld
there s'no that he ever bestowed mo-
ments thought affairs Of India and the Indian Minis
practically unchecked by Parliament. The application
of deqs derived from the analogy OF British 90 Indian shas
has been raught with mischief To lnda ara on some Na
questions OF GOvornmenhe land tenure the contract s
fem and the relations dependent TO superior racesLord
Cranborne is the incarnation Of inshr and Tory prejudice
There reader Of the debates can ap
precat for giving Lord CIanborne any Office Which VIII no
bring him the thick Parliamentary connic. But the
temper Il politician and the convenience OF bis colleagues
scarcely be weighed against the welfare OF hundreds 81
eowsu0ects which will be dependent IN great degree
Lord Cranbornes turning out well AS Oriental despo
The Duke Buckingham President Of the Council Lord
Carnaryon Colonial Office Sir Stafford NOrthcote az the
Board Of Trade and Mr. Claiborne Hardy the Poor Law
Board will probably justify the moderate and reasonable
pectations which their names excite.
The nominatOn OF the aniale Lord John Manners
with peerage the Lord egteDADCy of Ireland at VI
the moments when the Vceroy ought 10 be Statesman
and OF business is scarcely credible. II IL be really
intended IL is mistake which, ludcrOIs in itself may be
serious coDseonehees Lord Degbg anxious probably