THE METROPOLITAN PRESS.
Jr would be difficult to ascertain the actual state of public feeling In the Metropolis from a perusal merely of the Newspapers, with-
out any knowledge of the secret springs which set their conductors
inmotioa. Thus, the Globe is in fierce opposition to the pro- jected Horse Guards Cabinet, or the " Unitarian Administration,"
as our contemporary facetiously denominates it. But the mea-
sures and policy of this Cabinet are, on its own showing, likely to be more conformable to the Do-little system which the Globe has advocated for the last two years, than those of the MELBOURNE Administration. How is this ? The answer is, that " men, not measures," is the motto of the Globe; which still is the organ of the discarded statesmen Lords BROUGHAM and PALMERSTON.
The Morning Chronicle has lately infused fresh vigour into its columns. Its tone on the whole is spirited and independent;
Slough there has been, in some instances, too evident an attempt lobolster up mere Whiggery, and to inflate the somewhat over- grown pretensions of the meetings in London.
The Herald, of course, throws dirt on both parties, though in pair the larger proportion on the Fallen ; and is the onlyjournal, we telieve, that has attempted to depreciate LordMannouarra—w hose conduct seems to have earned him almost universal esteem. This supplies a sufficient motive for the Herald to abuse him. The Courier at first puzzled the quidnunes. One day it seemed to be doing the Duke the best service in its power, by bringing
prominently forward questions which have little to do with party politics, or the grand differences between him and the Reformers ; but on the next, the necessity of Church and Corporation Re-
form—questions on which the embryo Ministry must, we believe, Inevitably be wrecked—are insisted upon as of urgent and su- preme importance. The Courier has now taken up a firm posi- tion, at once Liberal and safe. The True Sun sticks fast to its Radical colours, and carries on the war in gallant style. It denies, and truly, that there is any vehement regret for the downfal of the Juste Milieu ; but does not, we think, sufficiently appreciate the advantage which the good cause must derive from circumstances, which will force a large, educated, wealthy, and useful class of men into the ranks of the Independent party—the real Reformers. The Morning Post and Standard rejoice, as it is meet that they should, in the new order of affairs : but the latter evidently re- joices with trembling ; and the former must feel nettled at being put aside from the confidence of its party, to make way for the Duke's old friend and servant, the Times.
Though pretending to give the Duke of WELLINGTON the same kind of support that it afforded Lord MELBOURNE, it is evident that the Times is far more hearty in the cause of the Duke. Of course there is a reason for this. We shall look, in particular, to the columns of the Times for the earliest and most authentic foreign intelligence, which can be derived from Ministerial sources. The Times will not be confined, like the Globe, to the run of the Foreign Office merely, for the manufacture of small paragraphs : Swill fly at higher game, and bring it down too. In the meanwhile, under the appearance of great candour, and regard to the public Road, the Leading Journal will labour assiduously to represent all things as favourably as possible for the Dictator.
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