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    • THK NORTHERN STAK. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13,1815.
    • even . ue evcu uuuucu »u. THE CORN LAW CRISIS. FURTHER PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.
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      T H Ii. Colossfcum. ¦ This Agnificent

      T H _ii . COLOSSfcUM . ¦ This agnificent

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      G 1 REAT BRITAIN MUTUAL LIFE _ASSURANCE _T SOCIETY , 14 , _WATEKLOo-rttcE , London . D 1 SECTOB 9 . The Chisholm , Chairman . William Morley , Esq ., Deimty Chairman . Henry S . Barber , Esq . James John Kinloch , Esq . _JolnvBrishtnian , Esq . Henry Lawson . Esq . _brands _Brouigan , Esq . Henry Penny , Esq . James Wm . Deacon , Esq . Robert Power , Esq ., M . D . Alexander K . Irvine , Esq . The Rev . F . W . Johnson John _Ingh ' _s Jerdein , Esq . Yickery , A , M , ATJU 1 TOBS . B . Rule , Esq . T . C . Simmons , Esq . G . Thomas , Esq .

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      EXTRAORDINARY ECONOMY TO TEA DRINKERS . THE DESIRE OF ENGLAND . —The PIQUA PLANT , now sold at 3 s . 6 d . per lb ., is three times the strength of tea , and is also equal in flavour , more delicate in taste , nfinitely more healthy , as is proved by physicians and chemists of high standing , also by persons in great numbers with the most delicate lungs and stomachs . It is most pleasant and invigorating , and is recommended to the debilitated for its invaluable qualities , to advanced age for its strengthening properties , and to the public generally for its moderate price and intrinsic excellence . The Test . —The proof of the efficacy and healthful effect of the plant in preference to tea or coffee : —Let a nervous or dyspeptic patient use two or three cups of strong tea npon retiring to rest , and the effect will be _mght-mare , disturbed sleep , and other violent symptoms of indigestions , & c .

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      Si NOTI 6 B T © EMIGRANTS . THE Undersigned continue to engage Passengers for FirsUJlass Fast-Sailing AMERICAN PACKET SHIPS , which average from 1000 to 1500 Tons , for the following Ports , viz . : — NEW YORK , BOSTON , PHILADELPHIA , NEW ORLEANS , BALTIMORE , BRITISH AMERICA , & c . Emigrants in the country car engage passage by letter addressed as underneath ; in _wh-ch case they need not be ia Liverpool until the day before the Ship is to sail ; and they will thereby avoid detention and other expenses , besides securing a cheaper passage , and having the best berths allotted to them previous to then * arrival . For further particulars apply , post-paid , to JAMES _BSCKETT & SON . North Eud Prince's Dock , Liverpool

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      GOALS . PROVIDE FOR WINTER . PROVIDENT FAMILIES , subscribing Is . per week to the Metropolitan Coal Company ' s Shilling Club , can obtain four half tons annually , without further charge , fines , ite . The Company ' s price current is , Best Screened Wallsend , 25 s . per full ton ; Seconds , 21 s ., 22 s ., and 23 s ; Coke , 17 s . 6 d . Office , 279 , High Holborn .

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      TO ALL WHO CAN'T PAY ! IMMEDIATE Protection , and a prompt and safe final discharge , without the intervention of a Prison or an Attorney . A discharge to Debtors is now imperative , because Imprisonment forDebt is now penal , not remedial . —Debtors ofalj grades will he benefitted by applying forthwith to John S . Benstead , 22 , Basinghall-street , near the Court of Bankruptcy , London .

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      * _CflAncn AGAixsr a Mother for Atiempiisg to

      Muroer Her Lmld.—A Mother Stands Charged...

      Muroer her _LmLD . —A mother stands charged with no less a crime than that of endeavouring to murder her illegitimate male child , not three weeks old , by leaving it quite naked and uncovered , in a field , exposed to the cold wind and pitiless storm of Saturday evening last . After an examination , tlie unhappy mother has been committed to take her trial at the next Hereford Assizes , the offence being committed in that county . A . V 0 M 1 M ! _BoitER Explosion-. —Another serious boiler explosion , resulting in the death of two men , took place on Priday , December 5 th , at Seghill Colliery . We have not been able to learn the particulars of tills melancholy occurrence . One of the deceased was a young man named Stewart , who did not belong to the works , but who was merely assisting at the time of the accident

      Thk Northern Stak. Saturday, December 13,1815.

      THK NORTHERN STAK . SATURDAY , DECEMBER 13 , 1815 .

      The Corn Laws. There Is, And Ever Has Be...

      THE CORN LAWS . There is , and ever has been , a large section of society who appear to have deputed to a section of the newspaper press tbe power to think , the authority to reason , and the right to decide for them . In no instance during our political career , which has not been short , have we witnessed an equal assumption of all these powers to tbat recently exhibited in the columns of the Times , We speak not now as to the authority of that journal upon the question of the Corn Laws , but we are about to reason upon the conclusions to which the Thunderer has come upon its

      own reasoning , guessing , prophecying , and assumption . The sudden change of Lord John Russell , Lord Morpeth , and Sir Robert Peel , upon the subject of the Corn Laws , are but the ordinary incidents to which ordinary individuals are liable . They are mere units , with , perhaps , occasionally as little title to more consideration in society ' s scale than Mr . Peel-sniff himself ; but while each stands but individually responsible for his own acts and deeds , the Timet newspaper is more than an " atom" in society , and consequently a greater amount of responsibility attaches upon that journal .

      Since the first announcement by the Times of the Minister ' s intention to repeal the Corn Laws to the present time , we have read ever y article that appeared in that journal with close and anxious attention . It is a subject of magnitude , not at all comprehended by the Times , if we are to take its reasoning powers as proof of its comprehension . In the settlement , or unsettlement , of so long standing and so great a measure , extreme latitude should be allowed even to a literary prophet . As little as possible should be left to guess or hypothesis , and the conclusions arrived at should , as far as practicable , be based

      upon reasoning—reasoning , not onl y that the sophist might eke meaning from , but reasoning from which all rational persons must come to a similar conclusion . As we have stated , we have read the several articles with patient and painful anxiety , and the " following is the conclusion—the only conclusion , at which we can possibly arrive : —The Times objects to the Standard wagering its reputation , as it represents nothing substantial ; we do not like the system ot betting long odds , while , at the same time , we would wager our reputation against the character of the Times , which is as Lombard-street to a China orange ,

      that if a jury of twelve sane individuals , of ordinary common sense , was _empanneiled to arrive at a conclusion as to what the effect of the repeal of the Corn Laws was likely to be from the reasoning of the Times , and allowing tbe defendant the advantage ofthe best possible counsel , with Baron Platt for a judge , our wager is , that the jury would fail to arrive at any rational or even possible conclusion upon the subject . There is no doubt that the Thunderer , like Besdemona , sees a divided duty—a duty towards the League , and a duty towards the landed aristocracy ; while we are facetiously told that the people are the especial clients of our contemporary .

      The ostensible reason urged for a repeal of the Corn Laws , is the . threatened scarcity of food , and , as matter of common sense reasoning , we should expect the reduction in the price of food to constitute the principal recommendation of the measure . The Times , however , appears to think that the measure has sufficient support in the interest to be derived from the change by the manufacturing interest , and therefore , plausibly enough , withholds the disappointments likely to be sustained by the victors—and hence the heavy work of the Times appears to be the conversion of the landlord . To this end we are favoured with more sophistry than could be possibly used if the said landlords were estimated as rational

      beings . The Corn Laws are to be repealed to arrest starvation—arresting starvation implies a reduction in the price of food—a reduction in the price of food naturally infers a reduction in the price of land—a reduction in the price of land bespeaks a fall in rent —and a fall in rent leads to diminished resources ; and , therefore , while the importation of corn is said to be necessary to cause a reduction in the price of bread , and , lest the consequences whicli wo have pointed out should follow a reduction in the price of corn , the Times traverses the world , visits every port

      takes stock of every warehouse and merchantman makes a sum of the several prices at those several ports , and in those several countries , and furnishes us , as the result , that the effect of opening the ports must be an inevitable rise in the price of grain . Rather an Irish mode of reducing the price of bread . But this " stuff" is to allay the misgivings of the landlords ; and let us now see how far the reasoning ofthe Thunderer is complimentary tothe intellectual free traders ; or how far , if _cobhect , it is likely to realise their fond anticipations .

      Wheat is not to fall at all , but bread is to be cheaper ; and the certain effect to be produced by the gigantic measure is such a general rise in the price of produce all over the world as will keep up prices at home . Now let us have a bit of free trade reasoning upon this wild assumption . Firstly , it presumes that England is the world's man ; and , secondly , it converts the free trade complaint , which was merely national , into a universal malady . We have been told that the large amount paid out of wages for bread has rendered the working classes unable to be as good customers as they otherwise would be in the manufacturing market . The repeal of the Corn Laws is intended as a cure for tbis national malady , and the effect , we are told , will be to extend the contagion to all points ofthe globe .

      The inability of the foreigner to deal with us has always been ascribed to the operation of our Corn Laws ; but what , we would ask , must be his position when the price of his food is raised at home . Must it not follow as naturally as night follows day , that if the price of corn is raised abroad , that the foreign labourer will have more to pay for his bread and less to spend upon our manufactures . Does it not also follow , that money—ready money—and money only—can be paid in the first instance as wages to the foreign labourer , who shall be set to work to create the supply for the English demand , and must it not as naturally follow , that less money will be expended

      for English manufactures . Such are some of the blunders into which hired writers , with fruitful imagination , and anxious to serve their masters , invariably fall . They paint famine in all its horrors—they arouse sympathy , and awaken all the better feelings of nature , while , in reality , they magnify the evil by placing it out of the power of any to avert it . The scale of prices , furnished to us by the Times , from all foreign countries , presents a sad reality to the starving pauper , while the interested and fallacious mode of parading them are but little likely to awake the sympathy , or enlist the compassion , of the wealthy in his behalf .

      The effect of the articles in the Times has been to create fear , doubt , and apprehension everywhere hope nowhere . We do not now speak of the intelligence , whether it was achieved through the perjury of a cabinet minister , or the _urbach of confidence in his mistress . What we speak of is , of the rational conclusion to which reasoning men must come upon the subject , after reading the severalarticlesinthe Times new . -papcr . In commenting upon the subject last week , and upon many previous occasions , we directed attention to the inevitable effect that panic must have upon the market at home . Many have reasoned after the following absurd fashion : —

      The farmers will not thrash , because two months must elapse before a competitive supply can come from abroad , The farmer will not thrash , because there is a great scarcity in the market ; but not only have the farmers thrashed in apprehension of the panic , but purchasers have increased the panic by refusing to buy a commodity which threatens to be reduced in value , Ilence wo have the candle burning at both ends . We have the thrashing machines going , to anticipate foreign arrivals , and we have the speculators buttoninguptiieir breecliespockctsfoi'foar of the enemy . The Sun , in its wisdom , tells us that the increased arrivals from the country proves that there is an abundant supply iu ihe country . How

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      foolish , if betfeved ! How malicious , if not ! Does not the Sun know if there was a deficiency of . full one half of the annual requirement , that the capricious ' offering for sale of the remaining half , under ; the influence of a panic , would equally lead to a reduction in the price , as though there was actually a surplus in the country . It does not need a national surplus to insure a reduction in prices , neither does actual scarcity protect us against glutted markets . We have had this fact so fully proved in the instance of Sir Robot Peel ' s cattle tariff , the Irish potatoe famine , and the present ... .. .. „ ,.-. '_ . n . _« ,

      corn panic , that it requires no further illustration . We learn now from the Mark-lane Express , as well as from the London'daily journals , that not only has panic created an artificial surplus , but further , that ihe price of grain is hourly on the decrease , and that , in fact , it is almost difficult to sell it . Is not this the fulfilment of our prediction , and has not apprehension itself caused a panic amongst the fanners ? It is unfortunate for Sir Robert Peel that the shadow should thus have preceded the substance , as we fear that the taste of what the landlords have received will guide them in their anticipations as to

      what they are likely to receive . In 1841 , we told them that we were satisfied if they preferred being bitten by their own bog to being bitten by the Whig cur—their real policy should have been to have kept the Whigs in office with their watch dog chained at their door—our policy was to ] et the mad dogs into the kennel for a season , with a certain conviction that they would bite the system till it ran mad , and died of convulsion . We shall now shortly be enabled to submit our several predictions , as to our Tory policy , to the working classes , and being so far right , we have a right to rely upon

      their confidence for the future ; and if we possess it , our advice during the pending struggle is , to allow the monopolists and anti-monopolists NOW to fight out their own battle , while they abstain from taking any part in the struggle until both deadly enemies are exhausted from the conflict . We say NOW , because the public mind is better prepared for diffusive warfare than it was in 1832 , 1839 , or even 1842 . The people have now learned the true philosophy of idleness , and if we could have restrained themfrom taking

      any part in the League revolution of that year , the struggle between the factions would have been brought to an issue ; but , when we interfered , the enemies united as one man against us . Let us leai n wisdom from the past , and abstain from committing ourselves in future . Let us bide our time , until the result proves our several predictions , wherein we have foretold the _inc-yitaMe disappointment which must follow the repeal of a measure which promised so much good , and wliich must work so much positive evil to all classes of society , if not preceded by an

      EQUITABLE ADJUSTMENT , AND SUCH PRUDENT AND CAU nous concessions as are due to the improved con dition of" society at largo .

      Glorious News For Brushmakersopening Of ...

      GLORIOUS NEWS FOR BRUSHMAKERSOPENING OF THE PORTS IN SALFORDGLOltlOUS DECISION IN FAVOUR OF

      EltEE TRADE PRINCIPLES . A quiet little affair has lately occasioned considerable excitement in that part of Manchester known as the borough of Salford , by a decision of the stipendiary magistrate reversing several previous judgments en the same point . As a matter of mere news , it would perhaps attract but little attention , but , as another demonstration of the power of the working classes to work out their own liberty when they choose to do bo , it becomes worth a passing comment . For several years past the Town Council ot Salford have been in the habit of summoning all

      hawkers who were bold enough to practice their calling . There has been a dispute between the _brusli _* - maker-hawkers of Salford , and the Town Council of that borough—the former insisting on their right to sell goods of their own manufacture in any market town—the latter contending that this right was taken away by the local act . In these contests , and there were many of them , the council was always victorious—the magistrates invariably decided in favour ofthe council , tines , made heavier by the costs , were continually inflicted , and the trade of a most _indus . trious and useful class of men was destroyed ; some

      were injured by the fines inflicted , and hundreds were still more seriously damaged , by being , through fear of the consequences , deprived of their trade . Latterly , however , a man named Hughes , more bold than his fellows , determined to try the case with the authorities . Some time ago he was summoned before Mr . Trafford , a stipendiary magistrate , and had to pay his lawyer ' s fees , in addition to the usual fine imposed by Ihe bench . Immediately on this decision Hughes went to Mr . Roberts , who perused the local act , and expressed a confident opinion that it did not justify the interpretation put upon it by

      the magistrates ; in fact , that their former decisions were all contrary to law . Mr . Roberts recommended Hughes to hawk again , that he might again be "had up" by the police . Hughes obeyed his orders , the police obeyed theirs , and the consequence was , that Hughes was again summoned for the tenth or eleventh time , for he was a regular old offender . The case was called on —the bench was graced by two borough magistrates , bearing something of a resemblance to the Dukes of Wellington and Buckingham . The charge

      was stated with great perspicuity by the police . Hughes was caught in tho fact ) and there was no denying it ; nor was there any denying that the brushes were his own manufacture . We believe , too , be had "been impudent ; " but that charge was afterwards abandoned . The facts , as there was no doubt upon them , were admitted by both parties , and Mr . Roberts was called upon to say why the rebellious varlet , his client , should not be fined foity shillings . Of Mr . Roberts ' s speech we can , unfortunately , give but a poor account . We know that he told the two dukes that _briish-niakers were a most

      honourable order ot men , existing long before Noah ; that hawking brushmakers were far superior to the stationary vendors of bristles and pigs' hairs ; that an injury to them was a blow to the constitution itself ; and that , if tlieir trade was destroyed , "the sun of Salford was set for ever . " Having thus essayed to work upon the feelings of his ducal judges , Mr . Roberts then approached the law of the case , and through an hour and a half quoted case after

      case , and judgment after judgment , of the superior courts , in favour of his view of the case . But it was of no use . The judges in this case were unwilling to abandon their long-cherished scheme of "protection . " "They had a duty to perform "•— "Large sumshad been invested . "— "If the unlimited importation of brushes into the streets of Salford waa permitted , what would become of the shopkeepers ?—what would become of the landlords ?—how could

      the rents be paid ?"— No ; Mr . Roberts ' s ar g ument was very ingenious—very remarkably so—they had not a word to say in reply—they did not understand the law—but they must decide as they had done before , and convict the defendant in the mitigated penalty of ten shillings . " During the delivery of this solemn judgment the dukes were evidently overwhelmed with the intensity of their devotion to the " best interests of tho borough of Salford , " However , a loophole was left . The judges had intimated that they did not know much of law ( nor did they ) , and they told Mr . Roberts that he might , if he ' liked , appeal to Mr . UWford ; not that they thought it was of much use , for he had always

      decided according to their view of the case . Mr . Roberts seized with avidity on the opportunit y , and . another hearing was appointed . As we write , we are reminded of the similarity of this contest to that with regard to the Corn Laws . The poor were clamouring for brushes , good and cheap . Brushes brought to their own door they could purchase by giving articles of their own lnanufacturo" cotton stuffs for bread stuffs . " The battle , accordingly , came off . The police-that is the Town Council were represented by Mr . _Giusox . On this occasion Mr . Trafford presided , and Mr Roberts went through an extended repetition of his former speech ; it was evidently a staggerer . The

      Glorious News For Brushmakersopening Of ...

      reply of Mr . Gibson was clever and ingenious , Mr . Trafford was staggered . We can use no better description of his _embarassment , like Peel he was hampered by his former decision . " So many had already been fined it would be unjust not to fine all the others—and yet he seemed to think that the time was fast approaching , if not already come , for opening " the brush ports of Salford . " Towards the close of the discussion he was joined by the dukes of whom we have previously spoken , but they were immoveable , they adhered to their former pledges ; they were firm as ever for protection , aud they repeated _un | _ni > f Mr _flrnaAv was filevfir and _ingenious . Mr .

      their settled conviction , that if the threatened importation of brushes should ever recur " the sun , " as we have before intimated , "the sun of Salford had set for cvei \ " Wednesday morning last being appointed for Mr . Trafford ' s decision , the court was crowded with injured brush-makers , and on this occasion the advocate for the prisoner prayed for the judgment of the court—there was consternation , and considerable delay in procuring the necessary authorities—the learned barrister being evidently embarrassed by the weight of the duty imposed upon

      him , especially by the awkward and illegal decisions of himself and brother magistrates upon many former occasions . The judge gave his decision , that the authorities , quoted by Mr . Roberts , were conclusive upon the subject , and that the judgment of his brother Magistrates should be reversed and that the summons should be dismissed . The judgment was received by a crowded court with irrepressible expressions of surprise , joy , and satisfaction , and thus has the first triumph of free trade been achieved by the Salford hawkers over the chartered monopoly of

      the Salford justices . In no other paper in the kingdom , except the Northern Star , will this great triumph of free trade be even alluded to . ue evcu uuuucu _» u .

      Even . Ue Evcu Uuuucu »U. The Corn Law Crisis. Further Prorogation Of Parliament.

      even . ue evcu uuuucu _» u . THE CORN LAW CRISIS . FURTHER PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT .

      Supplement To Tee London Gazette Of Tues...

      SUPPLEMENT TO TEE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY . At the Court at Osborne House , Isle of'Wight , the 10 th day of December , 1845 , present the Queen ' s Most Exeellent Majesty in Council , — It is this day ordeied by her Majesty in Gouncil , that the Parliament , which stands prorogued to Tuesday , the sixteenth day of December instant , be further prorogued to Tuesday , the thirtieth day of December instant _.

      Resignation Op The Ministry. [Prom The M...

      RESIGNATION OP THE MINISTRY . [ Prom the Morning Herald of Thursday . ] Sir Robert Peel's Government is at an end . All the members of the Cabinet yesterday tendered their resignation , which her Majesty was pleased to accept . It will be easily believed that we regret this determinanation of her Majesty ' s advisers ; hut we should much more regret their unanimous determination to sacrifice the industry of the country by stripping it of all protection . The important fact now announced proves how completely wrong the Times was when it stated that the Government had decided upon proposing to Parliament , as a Cabinet measure , tho repeal of the Corn laws .

      [ From the Morning Chronicle of Thursday . ] An official announcement , in another part of our paper , confirms one part of the statement which we made yesterday—namely , that Parliament , instead of being summoned for the dispatch of business , would be again pro . roguod . The _sther and more important part of our announcement is , we believe , equally correct . The Cabinet , we are assured , resigned yesterday . It is confidently said , that so far from the Cabinet having at anytime come to a decision to recommend the repeal of the Corn Law , a large majority of his colleagues have throughout been oppesed to Sir Robert Peel's recom . mendation . [ From the Times of Thursday . ]

      Yesterday Parliament was further prorogued to the 30 th instant . The naming of so early a day would of itself imply that the Cabinet is not now in a state to meet Parliament . The rumours , however , which have been confidently circulated in the best informed quarters since Monday , and circumstances which have come to our knowledge since the return of the Ministers last night from Osborne House , leave scarely any reasonable doubt that the reviving repugnance of the Duke to the decision of his colleagues has rendered it necessary for them to tender their resignation to her Majesty . An unforeseen difficulty of course there must have

      been somewhere . After so long and close a succession of Councils , that difficulty could only arise from a struggle between the declared intentions of the chief , and the prejudice or pride of some of his colleagues . Were tho Ministry certain of meeting Parliament as the servants of the Crown , it would have fixed the day , and our prediction would have been to the letter fulfilled . That is no longer possible . Some minor changes , as we intimated at the first , there would undoubtedl y have been ; but it is to the graver difficulty that this new and unforeseen delay must be ascribed . It is said to have been only by the most unqualified expressions of opinion that the leaders of the

      Cabinet gamed the unwilling compliance of the only con . siderable dissentient . There can be no doubt , thatwhat was all along to be apprehended—the _representative-general of the Lords has since felt returning anxiety the weight of the numerous proxies not less rashl y undertaken than rashly confided to h _' . s care . The head of an aristocracy demands , it may easily be imagined , a little more time to act , if not to resolve . It is not , however , always possible to adjust the interests of a Cabinet , much less those of a nation , to the convenience , the dignity , or the humour of an individual .

      An obstinacy which is assumed with a less serious intention may be maintained a day too long , to the ruin both of colleagues and cause , Moantime whatever may happen , whoerer may be in next month , very few hours can pass without proving to the nation the substantial truth of our first momentous announcement—viz ., that the leaders of the Cabinet were resolved upon proposing a tota repeal of tlie corn-IawB . They were resolved to the utmost of their power . They were resolved to do ibis , or nothing—to repeal the Corn Laws , or he no Ministers . If the Duke sees peril in that measure , or feels reluctance to undertake it , he will have to realise the dangers and disagreeables on the other side of the

      scale—the dissolution of the Conservative Ministry , and the interposition of a rival , and in some respects a more suitable agency . He will be assured that his own punctilious , so far from impeding the measure , may perhaps only render it the first of a series still less to his taste and convenience . Whateveqamount of distrust he may feel in his present ( if not by this time his late ) colleagues , he will he only too sure of the statesmen and the policy he will help to inaugurate in their stead . If he has not the heart to solicit tho Lords in behalf of friends , he wiil , nevertheless , not escape tho still more arduous task of conducting his little aristocratical Iroop against the close and serried phalanx of an unanimous people headed by inveterate foes .

      [ From the San of Thursday evening . ] Report says that Sir Robert Peel ' s resignation was received by her Majesty without hesitation , although Sir Robert Peel ' s line of intended policy would have had her Majesty ' s warm support . Lord John Russell was at once sent for ; but , as the noble Lord is at present in Edinburgh , some days must elapse before he can obey the summon s . Parliament cannot now meet so early as was expected ; a nd upon the course taken by Sir Robert Peel , wiU depend the prospect of a dissolution . It is _bfelUved that Sir Robert _ulll support Lord John Russell in his general policy . The Premier was almost alone in his views in his own Cabinet ,

      We understand that , in consequence of the resignation of Ministers , hen- Majesty -will leave OsDorne House on Saturday next , in- ord ev to be iii nearer communication with those wheat's to become her new advisers ,

      Resignation Op The Ministry. [Prom The M...

      [ From the Standard of Thursday evening . ] We can confirm the statement of the Morning n that all the Cabinet Ministers have tendered their r * nations , and that her Majesty has accepted them therefore the present Ministers only hold office until n successors are appointed , It is said that Lord John Russell has be « n sent fo \ the Queen , At present nothing can with certainty h known as to who may form the new administration w do not , however , pledge ourselves for the truth of tl rumour . m ... _< _.. _ .. .. ,

      [L-Rom A Cobbespokdbst.J 16 Is Said At T...

      [ _l-ROM A COBBESPOKDBST . _J 16 is said at the _West-end _, that Lord Jolm lins , passed through London privately last ni ght , and is u at Osborne House . It is also said , that the leading Whigs talk of air mediate dissolution of Parliament .

      [ From the Standard ' s City Article . ] Thursday , Two O'Clock As may be naturally supposed the official announc , ment of the resignation of tbe whole of the members the Cabinet in the Morning Herald has produced a ere _tsensation in the City , and has exclusivel y cngrossud -it tention . All sorts of conjectures are hazarded resiiectin » the result , but as they are necessarily more co njectures ' it can serve no good purpose to repeat them . A reporthas , amongst others , been circulated within tlie last hour , that her Majesty has sent for Lord J 0 i m Russell , but we have not been able to trace tho rumour to any authentic source , . ind its parentage

      will probably be found in the ranks ol the Lea"ue where the wish is , no doubt , father to the thought since the last experience of his lordship ' s conscience _. The dissolution of the Cabinet has had less influence on public securities than could have been supposed _apri . ori . Consols have been done for money at 03 f and 94 ? the latter being the latest quotation , iv the account they have been done at 1 ) 2 } but are now 93 J . This is the first day of the hooks being shut for the dividends ; and It must be recollected that the quotation for the Account is now ex dividend . K educed Three per Cents , were last done at 93 , the Three-and-a-Quarter New at 05 , and Ex . chequer-bills 2123 pm . Bank Stock has been done at - ' 01

      The Ministerial Crisis [Erom The Morning...

      THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS [ Erom the Morning Herald of Friday , Dec . Iii . ] We stated yesterday that the whole Cabinet had re . signed . Such is the fact ; the whole of the Conservative Cabinet goes out together , and , we have no doubt , win . adhere to the Conservative party . Whatever Sir Hubert Peel's opinion upon Hie subject of the Corn Laws , the country may be well assured that he never did propose , and in office or out of office never will either propose or sup . port any change in the Corn _Luivs , unaccompanied by what he believes to be full compensation to the landed interest through all its gradations . Whence that full

      compensation is to be obtained we are utterly at a loss to conjecture , but it is no more than an act ot ' justice to the late Premier , as wa suppose we may cull him now , to repeat it , that he never did propose , as tlie in . famous fabrication of the Times asserted , an unqualified and total repeal of the Com Laws . Nor , as we firml y believe , will he ever propose or support any such measure . This is most important , because whatever difference lias existed in the Cabinet has been merely a difference in degree and not in species , and therefore canuot extend to the Conservative party in cither house of Parliament .

      Lord John Russell has been summoned by the Queen , and is now in attendance upon her Majesty as her confidential adviser , And who is Lord John Russell ? A party to the Lichfield House compact—one who has within these last few days pledged himself by a public document to Concede all the most extravagant demands of tliv _Anti-Corn-Law League ; and , hear it you opponents of the Maynooth grant , one of the party most solemnly pledged to extinguish the Protestant Church in Ireland , and to establish the Roman Catholic Church in that great division of the United Kingdom . Let Conservatives think of this in time—and they have but little time to think of it—for whether Parliament be dissolved or not , the viork of Rain will probably commence with the first week of February ,

      [ From the Morning Chronicle of Friday , Dee . 12 . J The only facts upon which reliance can be placed with respect to the ministerial crisis arc these : — At the time the story was published last week respecting " the decision of the Cabinet , " the Cabinet was vir . tually dissolved . They had indeed come to a decision , but it is now understood it was a decision to resign , On Saturday Sir Robert Peel went to Osborne House , and communicated this event to her Majesty , and on Saturday evening a messenger wassent to Lot d John Russell to Edinburgh . Her Majesty ' s commands were received b y the noble lord on Monday morning , and he arrived in town on Wedntsday evening .

      Yesterday morning Lord John Russell left town for Osborne House , having had an interview , it is said , with Sir Robert Peel before his departure . His lordship remained at Osborne House last night , and is expected ia town to-day at one o'clock _. It is understood that before his departure Lord Jolm Russell addressed communications to several of his late colleagues , only one of whom , we believe , Mr , barin _* _- _* , happened to be in London . It is superfluous to say that , under these circumstances , all rumours as to " ministerial arrangements' * may be considered as altogether unfounded .

      The New Ministry. [From The Times Of Fri...

      THE NEW MINISTRY . [ From the Times of Friday morning , Dee . 12 th , ] In the present state of things in would , of course , 1 ) 8 premature to announce any arrangement as to the peisous and places in the new Government . Tlie following list was , however , pretty generally credited last nig ht iu poll , tical circles : — First Lord of the Treasury . —Lord Jehu Russell . Lord Chancellor . —Lord Cottenham . Secretary of State for foreign Afl ' _airs . — Lord l _' almerston .

      Secretary of State for the Home Department . —Lord Morpeth . Secretary of State for the Colonies . —Lord Grey . Under-Secretary for the ColonieSi— Mr , _Cli' _* rIes Buller . Chancellor of the Exchequer . —Mr . _Bariiij . Attorney-General , —Sir T , Wilde , _Solicitor-General . —Mr . Dundas . Lord Lieutenant of Irolaud . —The Marquis of > V _« nianby . President of the Council . —The Marquis of Lansdoffll * Ambassador at Paris . —Lord Clarendon .

      Movements Of The Whigs. [Prom The .Morni...

      MOVEMENTS OF THE WHIGS . [ Prom the . Morning _Ch-oniale of this day , Dec . 13 J Yesterday , Lord John Russell , immediatel y on liB return to town from having an audience of her Majesty , was waited on by Viscount Palmerston , the K _* 8 Hon , Francis T . Baring , aud several of his ll 0 litiwI friends . Viscount Palmerston remained a considerable time i private consultation with Lord John Russell . We have reason to believe that Viscount _Melbout 1 " does not contemplate joining his former colleagues i » ' " - Administration about to be formed .

      The Marquess of Lansdowne arrived at _Lansdo- * _- _** - house last evening . The Earl of Clarendon , the _K'S Hon . T . B . Macaulay , and the Right Hon . Henry _Labo" - chere are expected in town hourly . We understand the Marquess of Normanby _nitf be expected Home from Italy at the earliest p « ssl

      tune . Viscount Morpeth has been written to , and , _*" quently , may be expected to arrive in a few hours Castle Howard . . _^ In reply to the various rumours that are anon' _*» respect to the " Ministerial crisis , " itisenoi > 8 h ° _^ J that Lord John Russel . l has not yet so much as aC ( _M * the commission to fo , rm an Administration . i _* * ship will wait upoi \ her Majesty at Windsor Ca = _^ day , and until his return , it is impossible to say « ' or not he will feel himself justified in _undertake duty of _formhr / an Administration . ___^

      The Ship Ernest, Arrived At Havre From C...

      The ship Ernest , arrived at Havre from Cww » J Africa , kings two lions and a lioness m m nagerie © f Queen Victoria .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 13, 1845, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_13121845/page/4/