The Reformers of Fife are much offended by the interference
of Lord Joust RUSSELL, Mr. SPRING RICE, and Dr. LUSHINGTON, in their die. pute with Mr. JOHNSTON. Several letters from the St. Andrew's District are before us. One of them says, that in the opinion of the Fife Liberals, "the allying the Cabinet with such a piece of baseness augurs ill alike for the utility and the duration of the Ministry." The writer adds, in a caustic vein—" Pledges to resign, to the enemies of Short Parliaments, like the Whigs, are hateful in the extreme ; and the breaking of pledges or professions, is, I suspect, looked upon as a venial affair in the Reformed House of Commons." We trust that our correspondent does the House injustice, and the Ministers also; but it is quite as well that Lord Joust RUSSELL and Mr. RICE should know what is thought of their conduct in the JOHNSTON affair, by a body of very honest and disinterested supporters of tbe Liberal Government.
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