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NEW LIBERAL MINISTRY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.

12th December 1137. SIR—it is gratifying to find the possibility of the formation of a Radical ftdministration diecuesed. The more it is the subject of consideration, the more absurd will the declaration- of its impossibility appear. As the Whigs have declared that they will no longer protect the plurality of electors, or purify the electoral system.— that they will only erm.olidate the abuses of the Registra- tion system by changing the constitution of the Registration Courts, and that they will out remove threw abuses, - it becomes of the utmost importance to ascer- tain if there are Teens so few able men in the country. that no equals or supe- riors of the members of the Whig Ministry can he famed. Now. Sir, for your het of a Liberal Ministry, I beg leave to cuggest the follow- ing as more complete, and containing the names of a mote efficient body of men.

President of the Council J. ABE OCROMBY Fire LANSDOWNE.

Lord Chancellor Lord BROUGHAM COT TENHAM. First Lord of the Trea-

sury and Chancellor of the Exche- quer

Home Secretary J.

Foreign Secretary C. Admiralty A

Colonies .. J.

Board of Control President of the Board oft H Trade Mint Postmaster•General Privy Seal Si

Secretaryor-War Colonel W. NAPIER Chancellor of the Dutchy n• DERNAL

of Lancaster

Secretary to the Admiralty. W. EWA RT Woods and Forests D W. HARVEY

Attorney-General, W. MAUL

F

SOlieitor•General C. AusrIN

Secretary for Ireland D. O'CoNNELL

Comparing these names together, who will sly that the greatest ability, talent, and thorough working qualiticat'ons, would not prevail in the proposed Ministry? Mr. ABERCROSIBY, in character, attainment+, and the highest qualities that can render a man estimable in public or private life, certainly throws Lord LANSDOWNE into the shade. Lord COTTENHAM it would be a pity to take from the Court of Chancery ; but the judicial and political duties of the office would at once be separated by a good Administratiun : Lord COTTEN- HAM might continue as permanent Judge, and Land BROCGIIAM might take the execution of the political duties, in counexion with the business of Minister of Education. That Mr. GRore's remarkable attainments and great personal worth would enable him to fill with credit the offices that have been jointly held by men greatly inferior to him, there can be no ques- tion. He also would be a better man to be at the head of a Ministry than Lord DualiA m. The late speeches of Lord DURHAM have so utterly deprived him of all public confidence, that lie would weaken and nut Did a really efficient and useful Ministry. That Mr. VILLIERS and Mr. HUME would ably supersede Lord Jerre Russrt.L and Lord PALMERSTON, there can he no doubt. Both are intellectually and morally the superiors of those whom it is proposed that they should succeed. Admiral CODRINGTON would perils, in the duties of the Admiralty more impartially, and with a much greater regard to the interests of the public and of the service, than Lord Mierro, and without the exhibition of any discreditable nepotism. Who will pretend to compare Mr. ROCBCCK. with Lord GLENELG? The sleepy and in- dolent Lord is hastening the ruin of our colonial poss,seions, and is ignorant of their politics end their interests. Mr. ROEBUCK, front an intimate knowledge of their affairs, and from a personal residence in two of our most important colonies, would bring a correct knowledge of the duties he had to perform, and a watchful attention to their interests, to the public service. In the House and in his office he would be equally efficient. Surely, alto, no person would compare Mr. CHARLES BULLER with Sir Jon x HoRliousr ? The former would, no doubt, ceasing to woo the Whigs, associate to himself Mr. MILL, and dins the Board of Control would become an institution honestly and impartially administered. The long mercantile experience and the frequent instances of laborious assiduity in the investigation of questions of trade and commerce, give Mr. WARBURTON an indisputable claim to supersede Mr. 1'. Triostsos. Mr. WA RD may fairly set aside Mr. LA BOUCHERE. From Mr. WALL-SCE the most important improvements in the Post-office would he obtained : he would at once eehibit the advantage of getting rid of Lord LICHF/ELD, and prose how important an instrument for moral purposes the Poet-office is capable of being made. Sir W. MoLeswoRto might succeed Lord DI:a:CANNON to the great benefit of the public. Of the preeminence of Colonel NAPIER above Lord Howler, and of the judicious and thoroughly admirable manner in which lie would manage the affairs of the Arrov, there cannot he a doubt. Constituencies would vie with each other to claim him fur their Representative. The office of Chancellor of the Dutehy of Lanceeter must be nearly a sinecure, if the gouty and very infirm Lord HOLLAND can perform its duties. Mr. BERNAL, if he possessed far less talent than he does, would necessarily be competent to suc- ceed Lord HOLLAND. Tie Woods and Forests are assigned to Mr. HARVEY, because be has made the duties of the office a subject of investigation, and is really conversant with them. JOHN CAMPBELL might be permitted to lose the plainness of his style and retire to Stratheden : in Mr. MA ur.r a lawyer would be found as his successor, whose legal attainments are unquestioned in Westminster Hall. Sir R. Horse's inefficiency as a Crown lawyer in the house is acknowledged : in Mr. At:stirs a new Ministry would obtain one of the most able debaters and efficient speakers that any Ministry ever possessed. Mr.,O'CoNsaut. would necessarily be entitled to the Secretaryship for Ireland : and, as the Tories affirm that lie its the governor and director ot Lord MoRreer it, they, at least, could not object to the change; and his own countrymen, the vast majority of the Irish people, could hail his appointment with delight. For the offices of Secretaries of the Treasury, Lords of the Admiralty and Trea- sury, Clerk of the Ordnance, &c. &c., there are ournerous Radicals most fully competent to execute their duties.

Thus the possibility of forming a new Admininietration, is, in my opinion,

proved ; the feasibility of the Whigs retiring from office without any damage to the Liberal interest and to the progress of Reform is apparent ; and the sooner her Majesty sends for Mr. flumes and discharges Lord MELBourier, the sooner will the perilous position in which the murals of the country are placed by Whig fetbleness and dishonesty be at an end. GEORGE GROTE f MEP. BOURNE and 1. RI( E.

Hume. Lord J. RUSSELL.

PELHAM VILLIERS—PALMERSTON.

timiral CODRINGTON MINTO.

A. Horst:cc GLENELG.

HARLES BULLER HOSHOCSE.

. WA k BIIRTON THOMSON.

. G. WARD LA BOUCHERE.

ALL ACE LICHFIELD.

r W. MOLETWORTH. DUNCANNON.

Lord Howlex.

Lord HOLLAND.

C. WOOD. DUNCANNON. J. CAMPBELL. R. ROLFE.

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