RESIGNATION OF 'PILE LIBERAL MINISTRY. TO THE EDITOR or THE
SPECTATOR.
f22,1 November IR.17.
Sin—I do not know the precise period when the Liberal Ministry resigned ; nor do I recollect having seen this circumstance distinctly pointed out in the Spectator. It is not, indeed, of much importance to mark exactly the time of their resignation. For, at whatever time the Liberal Ministry went out of office, this at least is certain, there is now a Tory Ministry in their places. Whether the Tories in Parliament and in the country will prefer Lord Jon N RUSSELL and Lord MELBOURNE to Sir Room PEEL and the Duke of WEL- LINGTON, I cannot tell. They may have some difficulty in deciding. But, for the Liberals, there is no room for doubt or deliberation. The course which they have to pursue, thanks to the declarations of the Secretary of the Home Department made on Monday and Tuesday last, is clear enough. The Liberals arc out, and must remain out, till they have sufficient strength to regain the administration of the government. I am sorry for this; but the candid oppo. sition of Lord JOHN RUSSELL to the Liberal cause, this session, will be far more serviceable to it than his professed friendship before the dissolution. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, A LIBERAL.
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