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He told the House that the resignation of the late ministers had completely taken him by surprise 5 but that he had not hesitated a moment when commanded by her Majesty to accep t the task imposed upon him , beset as it was with overwhelming difficulties , and conferring as it did an awful amount of responsibility . ; He saw that no new administration could readily be formed ; he felt that it was not for the public interests that the late ministers should resume then * old posts ; he knew that his party were in an undoubted minority in the House of Commons ; but he could not consistently with his duty _ leave the Queen and the country without an administration . In four days he had arranged his ministry ,
Sattjbdat , February 28 . MINISTERIAL STATEMENT . Lobd Debbt made his statement last night to a full House . Lord Redesdale was on the woolsack , as Sir Edward Sugden is not yet a peer . Lord Aberdeen sat on the Opposition side of the House . On the Treasury benches , Lord Malmesbury and Lord Eglinton supported the Premier . Lord Derby prefaced bis speech by paying handsome compliments to Lord Lansdowne ; and that graceful duty being accomplished , he at once entered on the main business .
submitted an outline to her Majesty , and received her approval ; And he now felt it ^ necessary to state to their lordships , " frankly , freely , and without reserve , " the course of policy which he deemed it his " imperative duty" to follow . Commencing with our " foreign relations , " -the thought our undeviating aim should be the maintenance of peace- We should not make displays of " large military and naval operations , " nor adopt " Utopian theories of universal disarmament . " Peace would be best maintained by pursuing , alike with the strong and the weak , a " calm , temperate , deliberate , and conciliatory course of conduct , " fulfilling treaties , respecting independence of all nations , and admitting their full right
to regulate their internal affairs . He would like to see our example followed ; we had " no right , as a nation , to entertain particular prejudices and particular sympathies for this or that course or form of government ;" but we should recognise all forms , even that of an " absolute Red Republic . " He thought it " highly probable " that peace would be preserved , but not for that reason ought we to neglect precautionary defensive measures ; and although he had no doubt of the courage and loyalty of the people , who would " rush to the rescue" in case of invasion , yet he thought that " if they were not disciplined and organised , " they would meet foreign aggression at a fearful disadvantage . As to the militia , this sentence embodies his vinws !—
" The more confidence I feel that the peace of Europe will not bo disturbed , the more I feel the imperative necessity , of taking now , in this time of peace , when wo are not pressed b y apprehensions , the necessary measures for the organisation of such a force , with a view to our object being accomplished with due deliberation , and yet with that necessary promptitude which will enable our population to meet their adversaries , if danger should occur , in some sort of military array and discipline . Ho adopts the meek policy chalked out by Lord Granvillo
respecting the refugees—not espionage , but keep guard over theur conduct , and instantly communicate all discovered conspiracies to tho government conspired against ho thought that was all tlioy could bo called . upon to do . ¦ Lord Derby criticised next our financial and commercial system . Ho opposed tho latest developments of tho policy ot Sir Robert Peel ; and stated in tho vaguest manner tho theory ot protection . Ho praised tho tariff of tho United bfcntos , which imposos high duties on various imported products competing with homo-grown or home-made proaucts . 11 o oxprossod in those words tho enormous and iue
uuw «« a iauaoy— « whon you imposo tho duty on an articlo of which a portion is supplied at homo , and of wmiju another portion is produced abroad , thoro tho measure 7 . ; , lnoilo aso of tho duty is not a measure of tho increase m iuo pnco . ior tll 0 incr 0 ft 80 of pric () ifl oni to tho amount or tho ioroign produce which may bo oxcluded by tho imposition ot any duty—for as that diminishes tho supply , *> mat extent it also onlmncos tho price . " And coming at ° ™ f <> tho point he aaid : — « At < lio same time I do not Bonnie Irona expressing again that which I have oxprossod uiio former occasions
non , nor from repoating in office what on 5 a ™ t Btatod out of office—that in my individual "Pi uon l can boo no grounds why , from ' tho gonoral Hystom rm ^ i ° ?? i dutios on f ° r oign imports , tho einglo article of win HhouM bo a solitary exception . ( Hoar . ) 1 etato this , my lordH , as my opinion ; but I think this to bo a question Z « n C ( J U only l ) 0 satisfactorily solved by roforonco to tho wou-un lorstood and cloarly-oxproasod opinion of tho inloiiijront portion of tho community . " ( Hoar , hoar . ) lie could not deal with that quostion , however , without naving a Government ( strong in tho confidence of Parliaaont and tho country . Consequently as he was in a
decided minority in the Commons , he must trust to the indulgence of friends , and the forbearance of foes . He thought , that , there was enough useful work cut out in the way of legal reform and •' ¦ social reform . " In the latter , he did not include the' Parliamentary Reform measure of Lord John Russell , which he rejected ; insinuating , that it was a measure which would cause " incalculable danger not only to the Monarchy , but to the true liberty of England . " He distinctly -laid it down , that education not based on " the Scripture and evangelical truth , " would have his opposition . He should uphold the church and maintain it in its integrity , " not by penal enactments directed against those who may differ fromier communion —not by virulent invective or by abusive language against the relierious faith of those whose errors we may deplore ,
but to whose conscience we have no right to dictate—( hear)—but by steadfastly resisting all attempts at aggression upon the rights , the privileges , the possessions of that church , come from what quarter and backed by what weight of authority they may —( hear , hear)—and by lending every power of the Government to support and extend the influence of that churchy in its high and holy calling of diffusing throughout the length and breadth of the united empire—for f speak riot of this country alone that knowledge which is only derived from the diffusion of the holy Scriptures . ( Loud cries of ' Hear , hear . ' )" Lord Derby sat down amidst very general cheering ; and Lord Gbey instantly rose , intent on picking a quarrel . He exposed the follacy respecting the influence of duty on price ; and he said it was with consternation that he had heard the House told that a
measure was to be proposed for again re-imposing protective duties . " No , no , " from the ministerial benches , was followed by disclaimer from Lord Derby himself , who said that he had no intention , of making any proposition until a decided and emphatic expression of public opinion had been obtained . Not satisfied , Lord Grey went on provoking the Premier by arguing upon the disclaimed premises ; and Lord Derby hastily rose again , and interposed ; but Lord Grey was not to be stopped , and he demanded , on behalf of the great interests involved , the most distinct statement of the policy the government proposed to pursue . The House was subsequently addressed by Earl Fitzwtluam , Lord CijlNbicabde , and the Earl of Aberdeen ( who adhered to Lord Derby ' s policy in general , but split from him decisivelyon protection ) , andLordBEOFGHAM :, who was anxious for legal reform .
The main proceedings of interest injthe House of Commons was the moving for new writs in the room of the ministers ; an unsuccessful attempt by the Tories to obtain a new writ for Harwich , the second reading of the London Necropolis and National Mausoleum Bill , and a notice from Mr . Charles Villiers , that on an early day after the new Ministers had taken their seats iu that house he should propose a resolution declaratory of the intention of the House to maintain the policy of free trade , and to resist any attempt to reimpose duties on foreign corn * ( Hear , hear . ) The House adjourned until the , 12 th of March .
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The new Cabinet were , yesterday , sworn members of the Privy Council . Twenty officers and forty sergeants of tho Foot Guards and Line Regiments will arrive at Woolwich on Mondaynext , and on tho following day commence practice , with five or six different modifications of the . mime * rifle , which has been suggested as necessary previous to its general introduction in tho service .
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Mr . Eaton , tho master of St . Pancras workhouse , was ejected yesterday , charged with having " secretly" carried out the ordors of tho Poor Law Commissioners in tho workhouse . At Dundalk assizes on Thursday , tho grand jury found true bills ag ainst three persons , named Patrick : M'Cooly , James Kirk , and Thomas Bolton , for boating and wounding Mr . Eastwood , in December last , with intent to murdor him . Tho investigation into tho cause of tho bursting of tho Bilberry rosorvoir concluded yesterday with tho following verdict : — " Wo find that Eliza Marsdon camo to her death by drowning , caused by tho bursting of tho Bilberry rosorvoir . Wo also find that tho Bilberry reservoir was defective in its original construction , and that tho comissionors . onerinoors , and ovorlookors , wore greatly culpable ,
in not Booing to tho propor regulation of tho works ; and wo also find that tho commissioners , in pormitting tho Bilberry rosorvoir to remain for novoral years in a dangerous stato , with a full knowlodgo thereof , and not lowori ' lg tho wftflto pit , havo boon guilty of gross' and culpoblo nogligonco ; an dwe rogrot that tho reservoir being under tho management of a corporation prevents us bringing in a verdict of manslaughter , an -wo aro convinced tho gross and culpnblo nogligonco of tlio commissioners would navo subjected them to such a vordiot had thoy bopn in tho position of private individuals or a firm . Wo nlso hopo that tho Legislature will tako into its most serious coneidoration tho propriety of making provision for tho protection of tho hvos and property of her Majosty ' s subjects , exposed to dangor from reservoirs placed by corporations in situations similar to those under tho chargo of tho Holmo reservoir commissioners . "
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THE LATE MINISTRY . Yes , we have at last to thank the Derby-Disraeli Cabinet for the greatest service that it could perform—performed , too , already!—the removal of the Whig Ministry out of the way of the people . When a feeble enemy wishes to obstruct the march of a victorious army , it effects a telling ruse when it puts up the women and children of that army as its own shield . The Whigs and their followers were the women and childrenthe venerable women and the sickly children that would never grow up— -of the Liberal party .
They are gone , and we can move forward again . " Nothing became the hero , " says the historian , " like his end : " nothing became the archetypal hero of modern whiggery so ill as his end . The Whigs entered office as the opponents of Irish coercion : going out , they record , in the exclusion of Ireland from their Militia Bill , the grossest insult ever offered to a nation . With the peculiar infelicity that attends the footsteps of the weak , they permitted discredit to tarnish even their best men—the last week of office saw
one of their very best held up as the victim-accomplice in a newspaper scandal . Their aid during the famine—a task which they took out of Peel ' s hands—is recorded in the uselesa works which they leave among the disastrous monuments of Ireland . In the antipapal agitation and the wanton , transparent manoeuvring' of their chief to use religious prejudices as a political tool , they alienated the Boman Catholics , who follow their parting steps with hatred and execration . In the course of their administration , then , they
administered a great national aid , so as to earn no thanks ; they governed the country , so as to be upon the point of the coercion which , for party objects , they prevented ; they have set Ireland against England , whom their Premier raised against Ireland ; they entered office with a majority sufficient to beat Peel , they go out because their friends will not take the trouble to stay from dinner for a vote , and are beaten in a miserable House of 260 . Both they and the Conservatives may compare that with the House in which Peel beat the Whigs in 1841—a House of
629 , and a majority of 91 . During their administration , they have don © their best to spoil every public ouestion that interests the body of the people . They have made official taxation a joke , and their Chancellor of tho Exchequer has bequeathed to his successor such ridiculous memories as may servo byway of foil to tho most indifferent of budgets . I heir last act in foreign affairs was that Granyillo capitulation , on the strength of which the Austrian Schwarzenberg makes so insolent an
advance , reiterating his threats against English subjects , if England do not coerce foreign refugees . As for tho American alliance—that new and popular idea in this country—thank God they loft that alono ! The only man of their party that meddled with it , was Sir Henry Bulwer , Lord Pal merston's aide , who supported it . The history of their colonial administration is summed , up in tho one word—Grey , who drove tho colonies to the verge of rebellion , or over it ,
by an uninterrupted chain , of perversities , practical inconveniences , pecuniary losses , pedantic interferences , and paltry tyrannies , which make him at once the laughing-stock , tho scourge , and tho " favourite aversion" of * ' hor Majesty's possessions beyond tho seas . " They have pilloried " lteform" in a bill which was so unhappily put together , that its real merit—the 51 , extensionlay concealed from tho Itoformors who would have supported it ; while its moat conspicuous section was a laughable endeavour to carv © out
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TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS . Tt is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we receive . TW insertion is often delayed , omng to a press of matter ; and when omitted it is frequently from reasons quite independent of the merits of the communication . . , _ . ¦ kt nn rica can be taken of anonymous communications . _ Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer ; not necessarily for publicar tioii , but as a guarantee of his good faith . . We cannot undertake to return rejected communications . All letters for the Editor should be addressed to 10 , Wellington ^ CommumeSns shorid ^ lwa ys be legibly written , and on one side of the paper only . If long , it increases the difficulty of finding space for them . . ' ' "
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Thomas Mooro died on Thursday , at Sloperton Cottage . Ho was born on the 28 th of May , 1780 , tho year of Berangor ' s birth . A brilliant and successful life was closed by a lingering and melancholy death j and p for his old age of suffering mingles with that gay affection inseparable from tho memory of his youth and manhood .
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There is nothing so revolutionary , because there is nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to keep things fixed when all the world is by the very law of its creation in eternal progress . —Db . Abhold .
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 28, 1852, page 201, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1924/page/13/
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