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? ¦ VTATUKALLY taking precedence of the rest of X \ the news of the week is the overthrow of Lord PaIiMEBSton ' s Cabinet by the adverse vote on Mr . Mixneb , Gibson ' s motion of Friday se ' nnight . Not only in this country , but all over the Continent , has the downfal of the ' strong Ministry been witnessed with astonishment—astonishment , however , not altogether reasonable . Throughout the week preceding the eventful Friday night , the ground had been sliding from under tie Premier ' s feet . He must have been as conscious as any one that he was acting in defiance of the feeling of the country in pressing forward his Conspiracy Bill , and he must have known better than most that the feeling was precisely one that could not be ignored , but would be certain to find a strong expression in the House . He dared this expression . But it is not upon the merits or demerits of the bill that the ministerial vessel has gone to pieces . The willingness of the House to entertain some such measure as the one proposed had been evidenced by the large majority that sanctioned the bringing in of the Government bill . True , thatbUJfit was scarcely denied , owed its ex-T § t £ B * M ^ M-Wie demands of the French Emperor for protection against men whom his own tyranny had driven into England for refuge from his persecution ; but such is the hatred of the English mind to the idea of assassination , that thoro is little doubt the bill would have been carried by the House of Commons had not the demands of the Freuoh Government been accompanied by the officially promulgated threats of the French army , and by the far more deliberately offensive despatch of Count Walewski , iu which the whole English people wore belied and insulted . It was idle for Lord Palmekston to split hairs upon the question of this or that meaning to bo put upon Count Walewski ' s words ; the people of this country had made up their minds as to the wrong that had been done them , and every day was bringing their opinion inoro into tho light . Boforo , therefore , they would consent to take any step—towards—^ reotifying-even- ^ an- ^ acknowledged ^ anomaly in their laws , with a view to affording additional security to a life in which they take deep interest , thoy demanded that , at least , an answer worthy of themselves should bo given to tho slander which had been put upon tho national character . Speaking by tho mouth of Mr . Milneb , Gibson , thoy demanded of tho man , to whom thoy had entrusted the national honour
whether he had taken reasonable measures to preserve it from being wronged , or to vindicate it in the event of its having been wronged . Lord Pal . merston answered recklessly , fiercely- —nay , brutally —that he had done neither ; and he hurled taunts , personalities , and insults in the teeth of all whe ventured to impugn his policy or his judgment . Such a scene has very rarely been witnessed in the House of Commons as that of Friday night last , ending in a division which , by a majority of 234 to 215 , censured Lord Pai-mekston for having neglected to defend the character of his country from the aspersions cast upon it by the agent of the angry and terrified Emperor of France . On the following day Lord Paxmerston tendered his resignation to the Queen , and it was accepted—he with his colleagues holding office only until his successor should be found . On Monday the resignation 3 of the Ministry was formally announced and the two Houses , for the convenience of Lord Derby , who had in the meantime been ' sent for , ' were adjourned to Friday . We say that astonishment at the result of Mr . Mjxnek Gibson ' s motion is not reasonable ; if carried , it could not reasonably have been expected to produce any result short of that caused by a vote of censure . That the consequences may be extremely e mbarrassing , and in some respects harmful to the Government of tho country , docs not throw any discredit upon the supporters of tho motion : Parliament had either silently to acquiesce in the course taken by Lord Palmekston ' s Government or to protest against it ; it did its duty , regardless of ulterior consequences . Lord Derby—moved to the adventure by certain of his followers more than by his own inclination —has undertaken to form a Cabinet—that is , to reproduce the Ministry of 1852 , more or less modified . In another placo wo enter into an examination of the qualifications of these gentlemen for carrying on the Qovornmcnt of tho country , under conditions so widely different from tlxoso under which thoy entered upon their former short oarocr . That thoy collectively possess tho talents requisito -to-carry-on-tho-work-of-Government-respeol / ably' -isnot too sure ; that they will not command the confidonco of tho country is certain . Placed in power by an accidental combination , Lord Derby aooopts oilioo almost on tho understanding that ho will hold it only on sufferance \ and the public will bo oontinually nsking , " What noxt P—and next P" until ho shall bo relieved of his duty by tho march of events . And what noxt with regard to our very good , but
-very much fear-incensed ally ? The hastily written despatch forwarded by Lord Cowley through the telegraph immediately upon learning the events of Friday night , shows the pains at which Lord Paj > merston ' s Government had been to tranquillize the i Emperor ' s irritation . Lord Cowley had assured him that it was impossible for the English Govern-; ment to attempt to interfere with the laws which give the right of asylum to political refugees in this country ; but no document was suffered to pass upon the subject , lest , from-being recorded , it should bind the French Government to a line of conduct taken up in alarm and anger ; time , the English Prime Minister hoped , would have a mollifying influence upon the Imperial mind , and meanwhileunder cover of a pretended anxiety to remove an anomaly of the English law—an appearance of doing the Imperial bidding would have a decidedly soothing effect . From first to last , the feelings and temper of the people of England appear to have been utterly disregarded by Lord Palmerston , in his anxiety to calm the troubled spirit of the frig-htened Napoleon . How frightened our faithful ally still is may be judged of by the number of arrests made within tlie last few days , of persons charged with the grievous offencq of having used indiscreet language with regard to him and to his regime . One of these is a boy of about seventeen years of age , who pleaded his youth in extenuation of his offence . A source of anxiety , twenty thousand times greater , we take to be the opposition which has been given in the Chamber of the Corps Legislatif to tho new Lei des Expectants , as it will henceforth be called . Tliis law—so strangely putting out of pouutenance the oft-repeated assertion of tho popularity of the present regime—bringing baok to France a second reign of terror , —has been oarricd by a majority of some 200 in a House that contains , with tho exception of four members , none but Government nominees ; but it was opposed by a minority of 24 , under tho leadership of M . Emilb Oluvibx , and there wore some dozen or fifteen abstentions . In thut little band are tho hopes of Jfrcptff ' . -liborfc ; yy- ^ even ~ yet ^ furthei * - ~ ittenacedv ^ l ^ tour of Friday contains a dcoroo of the , 'Bqn ^ Wte , .. ? r Consultum , approved by tho Emperor , thifl ^ W ojuitr v , j \ j didato for tho Corps Legialutif shall coin ^ A ^ fftrd ^' ^ , J" \ ^* without having , at least eight days bofor ^ K ^|^ 0 S | £ of election , formally declared that ' ho svw | b &^ -N $ ' l * : ' ;\ dionco to tho Constitution and fidelity to * Jlw ^»^ / ^ poror . Lot M . Emile Olliviisk and his thieJStu ^^^ jv ^ twonty bravo followers look well to it .
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 27, 1858, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27021858/page/1/
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