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THE Cabinet met in Council on Thursday , and was expected to agree upon a statesman to fill the office of Home Secretary ; but while we write the impression is , that the meeting resulted in an effort to arrange for the return of Lord Palmerston . At present the Home-office is vacant , and the Ministry is in crisis .
The important questions for the public , are , how far the change in the Government has effected its general position ^ the prospects of reform , and , sifcill more , the course of proceedings in the East . As Parliament is not sitting , t here exists no means of extracting any distinct information on these subjects , and the public is necessarily misled between the random assertions of those who obey mere anti-Ministerial instincts , or of those who make assertions to extract contradictions , and scarcely less by the partial or intentionally twisted revelations which are made on the side of .
Government . Upon the whole , the impression amongst the best-informed as to the acts and feelings of Ministers themselves is , that the severance of Lord Palmerston does not indicate so much diversity of feeling amongst the members of the Cabinet as the act itself w / wld imply . That there have been duTerencea , on the subject of the East as well as upon that of Reform , is not denied , but p art of the perplexity arises from the fact that , whatever the differences in ^ he East , Lord Palmerston had continued to acquiesce in the policy of the majority of the Cabinet ; and it is stated , that since his resignation lie haa addressed a letter to Lord
Clarendon heartily approving of the policy actually executed by that Minister . On the other hand , it has been known for many weeks , that Ministers ' >* tam the acquiescence of his colleagues , it is net
understood , that that was by any moftnathem-Jst importan t point under discussion . The actual onuses () f his separation will probably not be explained l » efovo the Ministerial statements iu Parliament , lj | it they ave of less importance than the influence wlwc U the event may have upon the conduct of &t ""Ntern .
Upon the whole , the effect of the rupture and tllft discussions to which it lias given rise , is to ih-« rousjo expectation in regard to the Minwterial Bill . * «» u the ( liHcuflsiom which have taken place in the
Ministerial organs , foreshadowing an official copy of Mr . Locke King ' s little Bill , expectation had dwindled down to the smallest point ; and it was with some satisfaction that the public learned how far Lord John Russell had stood to his guns , in proposing before the committee of Ministers a renewal of his five-pound franchise proposition . The cogitations upon the measure , indeed , appear to liave diminished considerably , and the latest account of it which has oozed out represents it as little more than a measure to disfranchise several
boroughs , and to allot the members thus disengaged to some of the larger towns and counties ; in short , a measure on the pattern suggested by the Edinburgh Review , repeated by "W . K . G-. " ( the well-known signature ' of Mr . " William" Rathbone Greg ) in the Morning Chronicle , and collaterally supported by C . " ( presumed to be Mr . Coppock ) in letters from the Reform Club to the Times . There is indeed a statement , not entirely
without credit , that Ministers have some intention of making the P arliamentary franchise assimilate to the municipal franchise ; and , if so , they must necessarily extend it to a basis at once national and well adapted to the development of local selfgovernment 5 to which also every movement in reforming the City Corporation tends . F rom all that passes , we are inclined to think , in the first place , that doubts prevail in the Cabinet over positive conceptions ; and , in the second place , that the public is not more uninformed us to the ultimate issue of those discussions than is the
Cabinet itself . In regard to the conduct of affairs in the East , it is not to be supposed that the withdrawal of Lord Palmerston will create any difference . The incentives to vigorous action , and the obstructions to it , arc too strong to bo affected by a Minister more or loss . The murderous victory of tho Russians at Sinopc has not only disclosed the bad faith of that power , but has excited an indignation
in this country which Imih not yet expressed itself formally in public meetings , but venta itself in murmurs which are distinctly hoard . The British public begun to be rather exasperated , us well as amused , at the constant announcement that the British fleet wus " about to enter the Black Sea . " It appears probable , however , that the fleet haa actually advanced ; and of course bcibro it could be influenced by tho state of fouling in this country . 'The latest advices from Constantinople announce tho arrival of tho protocol and joint note , witli instructions tain . smitted to the Ambns « idow
in the Turkish capital by the Four Powers—a diplomatic proceeding intended to patch up the quarrel between Russia and Turkey after the fashion suggested for the supplemental and explanatory note which Turkey declined some months ago . JSTo one , we believe , expects any success for this " last attempt ; " but the moves have to be played out , and we are approaching the end of that dilatory game . Before it is quite completed , the fleet may have taken up the true thread of the story , and many mails cannot pass before we learn of actions more decisive than any which have
yet taken place . In the meanwhile , apprehensions have been excited by some of the last incidents in this Oriental affair , which more nearly concern us than the fate even of the Ottoman Empire , Some months back a suspicion had been very gently whispered , that the Queen was not perfectly alone in the conferences with her responsible advisers . The plea of Ministers for adhering to their excessively
dilatory policy was the anxiety to avoid the infraction of peace , so long as that seemed possible ; but another motive suggested itself from its inherent probability—the great anxiety which all members of the royal class must feel to avoid any transactions which might shake the occupants of thrones , and bring discredit upon the class generally . No , royal family likes to see member * of its . own order go a-begging about the world ; and there is a Royal Family which would thel much sympathy with any dispossessed member of an exalted throne ; and scarcely less sympathy , should certain German Grand Dukes be ousted from
their royal estates . It is natural to suppose that Queen Victoria should " think of my brother . " That the husband of the Queen should enjoy a perfect freedom of communication with Ks consort—that every feeling of his heart nhould be exnroascd to his wife , is what public opinion in
this country would not only sanction , but desire . And the fate of thrones would be a most proper subject for the Sovereign of the United Kingdom to ponder . Jiut tho Sovereign of . tho United Kin ~ " < lom cannot act or advise ; it i « for her Ministers to advit-se ; her responsible Minister alone can execute the public business of this
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VOL . IV . No . 196 . ] SATURDAY , J > ECEMBEE 24 1853 . [ Price Sixpence
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" Tile one Idea "which History exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the Idea of Humanity—the noble endeavour to throw down all € h' e barriers erected between men . by prejudice and one-aided views ; and by setting aside the distinctions of Religion ., Coiintry , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one great object—the free development of our spiritual nature . "—Humdoldtfs Cosmos .
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 24, 1853, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2018/page/1/
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