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      coalitions without ; despised and dreaded b ^ possessing , distrusted and abhorred by the , rak-Fng-classes ; -how utter the isolation , how ^ brlom the abandonment of that mad and miserable amblt Meanwhile he is qualifying for the business of a Court . Tailor ; solemnly decreeing the buttons Yet

      and the collars of his " conscript" ensures . , if he have one ambition more special than another it is to deserve the title that belonged to the old Kings of France—the " First-bora Son of the Church" To deserve this title , he is ready to decree over the minds of the rising youth to the monopoly of the priests—a system that has worked

      so well at Naples ! Commercial atrophy , mental stagnation , financial paralysis , to this complexion has he brought France within these few weeks . She begins to feel the weight of Napoleonic ideas , and to sigh even for the bavards of Parliamentary institutions . No tribune , no press : but in exchange for both , the will of one man , and that man a Louis Bonaparte ! A . « , a *¦ a 1 - - A - shot bthsentr

      . The unfortunate young man y e y was , it seems , the son of a rich manufacturer of Elbceuf : —a furious Bonapartist , who on the 4 th of December gave up his house to the soldiers of the coup-d ' etat , that they might kill harmless citizens from the windows ! This man ' s son is shot dead on his way home from a ball , by one of Bonaparte ' s soldiers , to whom merciless orders had been given . Is there any Nemesis here ? The news from Germany is of expiring Constitutionalism , of court gaieties , and famine-stricken

      populations . Sardinia is again reported to be making advances to Austria ; Lombardy is emigrating ; Naples simulating clemency to half-dead prisoners ; Rome feting the anniversary of the Republic , in the very teeth of the soldiers of the Pope , with salvoes of petards , and Bengal lights , and official proclamations of that " Invisible Government" to which . Home belongs .

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      THE NEW MINISTRY . After his defeat , Lord John Russell summoned a Cabinet Council on Saturday , and announced to his colleagues that he intended to resign . As we learn from the Marquis of Lansdowne , there was no opposition ; and Lord John Russell waited on the Queen , surrendered liis appointment , and recommended her Majesty to call to her councils the Earl of Derby . She did so ; Iris lordship waited on the Queen , and at onco accepted the task of forming a ministry . It is said he had one cut and dried . Bo that as it may , Lord Derby waited on Mr . Disraeli ; plans were arranged , bargains concluded , and on Monday the new list was submitted to the Queen . It is said that Lord Palmerston was applied to by the Earl of Derby , and that the Earl received a sharp response to a civil message—which we do not believe . On the other band , it is as positively stated that Lord Palmerston bad not been asked to join the Protectionist Government , which is formed us follows : — IN TIIE CABINET . First Lord of the Treasury and Prime Minister . . Eurl of Derby . Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of CovnmonB . . . . . Mr . Disraeli . Lord Chancellor .... Sir E . Sugden . Lord President Earl of Lonsdalo . Lord Privy fteul .... Murquis of Salisbury . Secretaries of State : — For the Homo Department . Mr . Walpole . For the Forei gn Department Lord MalmcHbury . For the Colonial Department Hir John Pakington . , First Lord of the Admiralty \ 1 lc < ? <) f Northumber-J I land . Board of • . •¦ ' Mr . Homes . Board of • ¦ Mr . Henley . ' • • Earl of Hu ' rdwicko , tho Boar ( l • • • Lord Colchester . ' 8 • • Lord John Manners ; Duchy of ' * ; Mr < Christopher ,

      Chief Justice Blaekburne has - m London , from Ireland , and , it is believed , has accepted the office of Lord Chancellor of the sister kingdom . Attorney-General for Ireland Mr . Napier . Solicitor-General for Ireland Mr . Whiteside . Lord of the Treasury . . . Marquis of Chandos . Lord of the Treasury . . . Mr . Bateson . Lord of the Treasury . . . Lord Henry Lennox . Under-Secretary of the Home Department . . . . . Sir W . Johffe . Under-Secretary for Foreign

      airived NO ? " IN * m CUJIINET . _ Commander-in-Chjtf . . Puke of Wellington M ^ er-General tf the Ord- ^ ^^ Secretary at W .... /^ J **^ Attorney-Oeueral . . -. ' ¦ * ?¦* : J ***^^ Solicitor-General , . . . Sir F ^ zroy Kelly . IJord Lieutenant of Ireland . Earl of Egknton . Secretary ibr Ireland . • Lord Naas _

      Affairs ..... . Lord Stanley . Judge Advocate .... Mr . Bankes . f Rear-Admiral Parker . I Rear-Admiral Hornby Lords of the Admiralty . . < Commodore Sir . J . Her I bert . * -Captain Milne . Secretary to the Admiralty . Mr . Stafford . Secretary to the Board of Control . . . . . . Mr . Cumming Bruce . Chief Commissioner of the

      Poor-Law Board . . . Sir John Trollope . Joint Secretaries of the India 7 Earl of Desart and Mr . Board . . .. * ... $ Henry Baillie . Under Secretary of the Colonies ...... . Not yet appointed . T , c , . » xv . f Messrs . George A . Joint Secretaries of the * Hamilton and Forbes Treasury . .... . | M'Kenzie . Secretary to the Poor-Law Board ...... Sir EmmersonTennent .

      -IN THE HOUSEHOLD . Lord Steward Duke of Monfrose . Lord Chamberlain . . . . Marquis of Exeter . --Master of the Horse . . . Earl of Jersey . Controller of the Household . Lord Ossulston . Vice-Chamberlain . . . , Marquis of Worcester , Treasurer Lord Claude Hamilton Clerk Marshal ..... Lord Colville . Captain of Yeoman of the Guard Lord De Ros . Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms Earl of Sandwich .

      The Lords in Waiting will probably be Lords Morton . Lords Verulain . Byron . Galway . Crofton . Shannon . Hawarden . Polwartli . A privy council was held on Friday , when the ministers waited on the Queen , and kissed hands on their appointment . PAKLIAMENTAEY " EXPLANATIONS . "

      Both Houses mot on Monday , and adjourned until Friday . The proceedings in each were similar , the point of difference being , that while tho Marquis of Lansdowno announced that bo intended to partially retire from public duties , and only made tbo faintest allusion to the probabilities of tho future , Lord John Russell , recovering bis audacity at tbo moment ho cast off his official responsibility , flung forth the banner of opposition in the face of Tories and Protectionists .

      Lord Lanbdowne moved that tho order of tbo day for tbo appointment of a committee on tbo affairs of the East India Company bo discharged . This was a motion made for the purpose of enabling him to speak on tbo break-up of tbo Russell Cabinet . Ho had instantly and unreluctantly agreed in tbo courno pursued by tbo late Promior . He thought cabinets which outlived hearty support and efficiency were best abolished ns cvil « . Ho had no wish to obstruct the formation

      of tbo now or any administration under tbo present circumstances , " for wo are duly informed , " ho said , " that , independent of that administration which is now being formed , there nre concealed" this country many anonymous administrations— - ( a lnngb)—ready to undert ake the duty of conducting hor Majesty ' s affah'H , but too modest to make themselves known . " ( Laughter . ) Ho thanked their lordships around him for tbo warmth

      and amity of their support ; and tboir lordships opposed to him for tbo " invariable kindness , courtoay , and forbearance" with which they had treated him ; and bo hoped that such conduct would always characterize tho proceedings of that Houao . Lord Mai / mehjjuby acknowledged tho compliments in a fow words , not vory significant , and tbo Houso u (\ journed until Friday . TUo House of Commons wtw very Aill ivhoa tho

      Speaker-toe- ^ th « 4 $ 0 r four o ' clock Lord t i RusSetfan 4 Mxy » ivaeli arrived about hW-w * sitting reipectiy ^ jr ©* the Treasury and oZJ ^' benches . AJflU * the transaction of someT private business * fcojrdJopn Russell rose amids ?^ found silence , M » d wuwmnced that he and his JwT cabinet had resigned , and that Lord Derby h d r , understood , been ordered to , form a government L'V the Marquis of Lansdowne , he / thanked His support and his supporters cheered him-when he boasted thl he bad so conductedpublic affairs , both domestic , j foreign , ' as to leave no great branch in a state of whiel they might be at all ashamed ; and when be Wentione 1 in terms of respect the name of the Marquis of L downe as the prop of his cabinet in the House of Lcn ^* cheers rang on both sides of the House . Turning fr the past to a more exciting topic , he threw out a characl teristic menace to the new ministers .

      " With respect to the future , I shall only say that I shall think it my duty to oppose out of office , as I have opposed in office , any restoration p i the duty on corn—( loud ministerial cheers , with ironical cheers and ' oh oh ~ " from the Protectionists )—whether under the name of ' Protection' or of 'Revenue / I shall also think it my duty to support an extension of the suffrage— ( ministerial cheers )—to those who are fit to exercise the franchise for the wejfare of the country , believing that such extension will add strength and sotidity to our parliamenta ry system ( Ministerial cheers . ) I will say further , that I shall always use the little influence which . I may possess for the

      maintenance of the blessings of peace , ( Renewed cheers . )" In compliance : '' - - the M ' lsh of Lord Derby , he moved that the ; i : ' riP ,: PJ # n till Friday . Mr Httme alone addressed vjW '} $£ ¦ : ?^ % 'usting that a full explanation of the policy e # $ » * ^ . ^ ministry would be given on Friday , an e ^ er ;' : ^ 'k ^ ' ' tftedwith "No , no , "from the Protectioni ^ fo ; a ?; -. t . ii . ^• ^ i ? adjourned .

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      •• ¦ . ^ .. 7 d 2 ^ ; f -iETINGS . Rofsed by Lord Job ?? ' It Reform measure , the two most active o £ our »¦> . ^ j vn boroughs , Finsbriry and Marylebone , met on . M ^ -, f- their members were present , and a very r ^ fliffl ; audience , both in Storestreet , where Finst ^^ . * , smbled , and the famous "Vestry Hall" of StfPaiiir ^ s , w"here the " menof Marylebone v gathered together . But when they had met , of course , by the sudden resignation of Ministers , the subject of their meeting had become spectral , and vanished . Still there must be some speaking , and constitutional moving of resolutions ; the chief use of which seems to have been , to show , that Finsbury is in

      favour of " manhood suffrage , " wbile Marylebone will only countenance " extension . " . But the two meetings were radically dissimilar Mr . Thomas Slingsby Duncombe presided over Finsbury , and Mr . Churchwarden Baker kept in awe tho " men" of Marylebone . Mr . Duncombe treated the sudden flight of the Ministry as a " b' ttle incident , " and commented rather adversely on Lord Palmerston , asserting that the late-late Foreign Secretary would have better served his country bad be tried to make the Reform Bill " general , " and not " local , " turned . out Ministers on that rather than from motives of petty pique . Moralizing on tbo fate of motions for reform , which had always left their proposers in a minority , he exclaimed , yet " these people , " voting in that sort of way , were now , here in February , bringing m » bill for parliamentary reform . That was a" great

      aumission . , Matters which 'had threatened tamenoss grew uramatic as the action of the meeting advanced . J » r . Mooro proposed , in earnest words , a resolution ftOT for "full , fair , and free representation , " old W Cartwright'H formula of reform . Mr . Bit scconaca him , in amusing , measured , but still earneat worusnun , m UIUUB 1 UJ 5 , uiviuuim ) **«•»> ~ v~— — _ / . Universal siu

      Was it to end there ? Certainly not . frago must have its chance . An earnest Chartist i « » and , sceptical about tho proper interpretation oi * brave old Major ' s formula , asked whether it meant Charter ? moving , at tbo same time , an amenchd embodying tbo " points / ' Ho was seconded by ono onrnest man , who , invitod to say who be wns , « " »« ^ tber ho was of Finsbury , answered , No : tliorcim must not speak . It turned out that bo had Bom strayed out of Marylobono . Somebody I"C | UI . flcca "bo was nil Englishman ; " but tbo cbairina " , »» | d

      Was fitting , 6 ould oiily recognise FinflbnryP > o ^ '( , swooping amendment was put , n « d said to bo '' ^^ rtsinovo all doubt , another amendment for , 011 ( ied , hood suffrage" was quickly edited , moved , wt ¦ and this timo carried ; Mr . liozor . ' a . name not . tber unknown , uttering quaint sontonceB i » » ' H „ it . Having thuH got manhood suffrage ^ ' jtfon desirablo thing , it was further agreed that ii I ^ should bo eont to tbo House , praying tor t ^ ^ Mr . Wakleyroso , and closed tbo proceedings w 1 ^ ^ ,. . speech , containing matter novel on tho p taw <»»> ktion to woraowliooil swifrftge : i—

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 28, 1852, page 190, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1924/page/2/