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THE MORNING POST, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1852. 3 (From the Blackburn Standard. After quoting the Times, this paper says This is that the advocates of Whiggery have yet ventured to speculate on this most unexpected severance of the ablest man of the party from the government and as it comes from a quarter franticly at issue with the turn affairs have taken in France, it may reasonably be received with the utmost caution, notwithstanding the positive tone assumed the occasion. In all probability we shall have to wait till the opening of parliament for a correct understanding of Lord Palmerston's position, for to this point all his proceedings have received the heartiest concurrence from the Premier, and it is difficult to believe that his policy should have been suddenly and irreconcileably changed. But the public will be perfectly satisfied that the one fact which least spoken of, and handled with the greatest delicacy, is just that which there is at this moment most reason for appreciating, and that is, that Lord Palmerston's loss will inevitably break up the Cabinet.

That the result which in reality is most regarded as the country at large cares as little for the loss of any shot, 3 lbs. bullets, 36; wads, 500; percussion caps, 250 powder, 2 lbs. some white oakum or tow. The small am' munition bag is intecded to hold present use" ammuni-" tion, and to be always hept at band. Runner sledge to be constructed wholly of Canada elm with the exception of the cross-bars, which should be of ash; the uprights to be tenoned through the upper and lower pieces termed the bearer and the runner, and with a wood screw through each tenon a shoeing of one-eighth inch iron 3 inches wide, and slightly convex on its under surface, to be secured on with nuts and screws.

Dimensions are length extreme, 13 feet; space on the sole, 7 feet-curve at each end, 3 feet; breadth of all parts, 3 inches; height from shoeing to top of bearer, 12 inches; thickness i- be.arer inc of runner, If inch, the lower side slightly convex to fill the shoeing, the upper edges chamfered off; thickness of uprights, 1 inch width of sledge from out to out, 3 feet; length of cross-bars, 3 feet 2 inches, their width 4 inches, and thickness 1 inch, the edges to be chamfered off; one cross-bar to be placed over each upright and securely lashed with well soaked hide. The sledge baat should be made of strong material, similar to that used in the construction of Lieutenant Halket boats, but should be of the newly-prepared material which continues pliant under any degree of cold, as the new patent waterproof cloth, which can be obtained' from Mr. Roberts, 32, Moorgate-street, and which has been tested in the Hudson Bay Company's territories. Its dimensions will be length on the top, 14 feet at bottom, feet; breadth on the top, 4 feet; at bottom, 3 feet depth, 20 inches the gunwales to be formed of 4 tent poles and foxes. For the use of the autumn provision parties, a small boat's stove is well adapted, weighing only 20 and by nsing lignum vitse a large expenditure of spirits of wine will be saved.

During this journey the men should wear their cloth boots, reserving the sealskin travelling boots for the more important spring journeys. The spring parties, each consisting of au officer and six picked men, should start about the middle of April. The following is an outline of one such party, together with the approximate weight of each article b8. Tent, 5 poles, 2 fur blankets, 7 blanket bags 85 Macintosh floor-eloth, shovel, cooking apparatus com- Plete 26 Spare clothing (for each person) 1 pair stockings, 1 pair boot hose, footed with lambskin, 1 pair blanket socks, 1 pair drawers, towel, and soap, stowed in a knapsack, together with the blanket bag 50 Spyglass, sextant, artificial horizon, compass, chronometer, thermometer 20 Medicines in an 8 lb. tin canister, "caiico and flannel bandages, plaster, lint, salts, linament, eye-wash, pills, ointment, lancet, pins, and instructions" 5 Sundry bag, containing slow match, awls, sail and sewing needles, twine, thread, spare soles, wax, bristles, nettlestuff, two yards of crape, hammer, shoe-tacks, cylinders, and white lead to render them watertight, brush" i Luncheon haversack, 7 pannikins, and covered meat-tins (in which to keep the daily allowance of pemican) 6 Two guns, either a double gun and a rifle, or 2 double guns, cleaning rods, powder flasks, shot pouches, covers, yj No.

I shot, 5 lbs. No. 4, 3 lbs. bullets, 3 lbs. powder, 2 lbs.

caps, packages, 38 Small runner sledge, lashings, and drag ropes (of hair roPes) 60 Gutta percha sledge top or boat, stancheons, and 3 yards No. 4 canvas 30 Amount of the necessary constant weights 349 VI2FRfRrCJAL PRESS UPON i HE RUSSELL COUP D'ETAT. Continued from the Morning Pott of Tuesday.) (From the Chester Courant.) has lost most valuable and 'J effc i member. -oiun iiiuruugiuy aisgustt-'a double-dealing, nd general bearing of th myofhis colleagues-has at length been fix vhe ministry. The 7i.

i riven ate i personal enemy of the late Foreign Secretary, made, it seems, the appropriate channel by the ad mini. le m- was mimstra Zn.r to the Public- on Wednesday, the important fact of hiu i i. QfflCe rmmwfi retirement, or dismissal tro lhc Time and its char8e against Lord 1 V6ntured t0 differ in opinio from his colleagues, the Courant says This was natural enough, for the late Foreign Secretary, ingine only reality the Russell Cabinet was compr lied to act for himself; and Lord John's interference is only nue other proof of his own indiscretion. However, we quite agree with the Momtng Chroniclein thinking that the Prime Minster has performed the operation of striking out the I'it A a 1S government, and it is really high time now mat it died decently (if possible), and got buried out of the way But what will our readers think when we add that the Morning Pout, which the Times calls Lord Palmerston's exclusive organ, distinctly states, in reply to the last- 'l 1 'as to the perfect accuracy winch there is no doubt, that A full n.vestigation of the whole case will not fail to i rove that after Lord Palmerston had ceased to be a mem-l et of the Cabinet, the English Cabinet lost no time in assuring the government of France that no change either in th ir views or their policy with regard to the recent events in ranee would follow the secession of Lord Palmerston. 1 be assurances will be found to have baea conveyed in terms as cordial and emphatic as those employed by Lord I ahiierston.5 Can political treachery or hypocrisy go further?" Another writer in the same paper says The event of the week has of course been the resignation Lord Palmerston.

For years, indeed ever since the publication of Mr. Macaulay's letter to his Edinburgh friend, it had been known that there were dissensions in the Cabinet, that the Grey phalanx, consisting of Lord Sir George Grey, and Sir Charles Wood, were combined in hostile ar-tj against Lord Palmerston. Tt was known, too, that the answer given by the late Foreign Secretary to the Finsbury dt nutation on the Kossuth business, had greatly alarmed most of his colleagues in office; still time passed on.no change occurred, no fresh speech undiplomatically frank had been made, no new act of vigour heard of. The ministers had gone to their country seats to pass the i uu i i li i hristmas holidays, and, though it was thought probable that at no remote period either the Colonial Secretary or the Foreign Minister would retire, yet none thought a change would be made before the meeting of parliament, and all thought that if either resigned then, it would b. Lord Grey and not Lord Palmerston; when, suddenly, the ministers were summoned from their distant counties, a Cabinet Council, from which Lord Palmerston was ominously absent, waf held at the Foreign office, and the next day his resignation was formally announced.

Lord Palmerston was supposed to hold more liberal opi-noiis than the other members of the government he was undoubtedly the ablest man amongst them, and, inspired by the confidence placed in him, and the support given to liira by a Large section of the ministerial party in the House of Commons, he has for some time pursued a course of independent action perfectly uncontrolled by his chief, Lord John Russell. Europe, since 1848, has been divided into two vast camps those who rule by despotic will supported by military Force, and call it order and those who would give power to ibe multitude, who would accomplish this end by any means and call it liberty. The latter had the sympathies of Lord Palmerston, and dealing with the despots he carried matters with a high hand, the result of which is, that at this moment we are without an ally in Europe. id said that Lord John Russell has lost that courage of early days which Sidney Smith has made immortal, and that he quailed before the frowning aspect of the northern i and Europe with its two millions and a half of armed if not menacing, at least unfriendly. r.n-r.

like an earthquake shaking the continent, came the ft d'etat. To this Lord Palmerston gave his unqualified rotation; he considered that whatever her form of might be, France, after the tremendous r. fires she has made for more thap. a cen- H.M in uer vaiu bsu rai uu niter iiueii, tuuu never ir 1 i -if i peiily ally herself with the despots, and that, with skilful management, we might have in Louis Napoleon a cordial illy, totally freed from the troublesome fetters and interpellations" of a hostile Assembly, himself the de depository of power, with a splendid army at his absolute disposal. Alas, for the vanity of human wishes In tite portfolio of Cavaignac were found letters from Lord Nornaanby, expressing the liveliest sympathy with the and i lie most unbounded contempt for Louis Na-- pretensions.

Concurrently with this uiscovery, Lord John Russell had, unknown to Lord Palmer9ton, through a non-official channel, made communications to and demanded explanations from the French Government of the course it intended to pursue and these communications expressed opinions directiy opposed to those contained in the despatches of Lord Palmerston. It is also whispered that illustrious personages disliked being nationally antagonistic to illustri us relatives and crosvned heads, with whom they were personally on terms oi inendiv intercourse. It is believed thai the difference of opinion on tne coup a eiai was whhiiw. cause o. xjora i an lerawu res.guauo.

uul the Greys, jealousy on the part of Lor a Russell the itate of our foreign affairs, and the infla a aoove alluded lo-uaaiueirweigiiiincomriouiingiouioiau; meauwuiie we may Bay Grey power wa seated Safely on its ancestral throne, And in the streets men met each other, And by old altars and in halls, And smiled again at festivals. Aud the same round anew began. Which the weary world yet ever ran.r! Lord Granville owes his appointment less to any commanding genius he has ever shown though he was very popular in the field when Master of the Buck hounds than to the zeal with which he sup- ported and promoted the Exhibition. He was chairman of the Royal Commission. He is married to a Roman Catholic, but he will not be able to entrust her with many State secrets, for Lord John Russell himself will be the acting Foreign Minister, and this, indeed, renders it of less consequence who should be the nominal successor of one of the ablest even his enemies admit that ministers Eneland has ever had.

Perhaps Lord Granville will do none the worse for being a favourite at Court. (From the Maidstone Journal.) We, in England, it seems were not to be without our cuvn Lord Palmerston, incomparably the ables1 man in the Cabinet, has been suddenly deposed from the to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the why or wherefore of this is enshrouded in some mystery, but it has oosed out that th: noble viscount's chief crime was a want of due subordination to his offidfel head the Premier. The general impression seems to be that this change in the ministry must lead to greater changes, an I there are not wanting those who prophesy the speedy return of Lord Palmerston to office as the head of an administration. In this ease, it is of some interest to remember that he has always been opposed equally to the views of the ultra free traders and the extreme liberals. (From the Manchester Guardian.) Tue more the fact of Lord Palmerston's separation from Eh "overnment is discussed by the public, the more anx-ie'v, on several accounts, it seems to create.

In the present state af European politics at a moment so peculiarly critical it is not too much to say that it was a matter of consolation to all parties, friends and foes of the government alike, to feel and know that the Foreign-office was lire-sided over by a minister of so much experience, of so much ability, and of feelings and propensities so thoroughly Kriglu that there was no danger of our being overreached by diplomatic trick on the one hand, nor sacrificed to foreign iuei.ces on the other. Lord Palmerston is undoubtedly one of the ablest men of the age; and it would be mere siecttion on the part of his best friends to say that he had u'M himself become fully aware of that fact. For about 20 Years he has had the foreign policy of Europe at his fingers' end and for at least 14 out of the 20 years he has had it almost under his own command. He has negotiated, and has successfully coped with every rival statesman abroad since the French revolution of i830. It is more than ordinary curiosity which induces men, on this occasion, to look ahout them eagerlv for the cause of such in unlooked-for oil fl that from a knowledge ot the cause 01 all on is is It a of in in the I ber as the of to this to and of well was near he not on into next with ad old they of a his by has up of the the of in the by in NOTES FOR STRANGERS.

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This splendid vessel is aboYt 700 tool larger than any ship of war ever built for the Royal Na and having been nme years on the stocks, is in an state and nearly ready for launching Picture gallery Dreadnought, Seamen's Hospital, moored ofi Greea-unch Dady (except Sunday) from 9 till 3 (gratis). Chelsea Hospital. Daily (gratis). Dulwich Gallery (5 miles from London). Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday (gratis), from 10 till 5.

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FRANKLIN AND THE ARCTIC CREWS. (Continued from the Morning Post of Tuesday.) Replies of Mr. Penny to Questions put by the Arctic Committee. Question. Do you suppose it probable that Sir John Franklin, or any portion of the crew composing his expedi tion, still survive if so, in what direction Answer.

I do think it possible that Sir John Franklin and his crews, or a portion of them, may still survive. My grounds for thinking so are, first, my knowledge of the habits ot the Esquimaux, who live to a good old age in an equally inhospitable climate the same made of procuring food which the Esquimaux have is open to our countrymen, who have amongst them men, Mainely, Blanky, M'Donald, and Read, well acquainted with the means employed by Esquimaux in obtaining food. Secondly. Independently of their guns and snares, they could subsist by fishing for seals, walrus, narwals (all of which I saw in Victoria Channel), and possibly whales, this can be done by harpoon and lance, lings and drags there are also thousands of eider and king duck which may be easily snared upon tneir nests in the season. It may not be out of place here to mention, that on one small island on the east side of Davis' Straits during my last voyage we loaded a whale boat with eggs, and might have done so again and again if they had been in season and from what fell under my observation, I have no doubt the same thing occurs more to the north, where the ice is more broken up.

As to the next part of the question, in what direction, I am firmly of opinion that Sir John Franklin pursued his course through Wellington Straits and Victoria Channel, and has got far advanced towards Behring's Straits; my reasons for thinking so are first, the strong easterly gales, which we experienced from 18th August to the 5th September, 1850, had counteracted the effect of the prevailing currents from the west, and had cleared Victoria Channel by the westward; on the latter date, with my officers from the top of Cape Spencer, I saw beyond the fixed ice in Wellington Straits the channel free from ice to the northward, and an open sea. Again, on the 17th May, 1851, when at Point Surprise, open water was found to the extent of 25 miles to the west, and was visited at different intervals up to the 23d July, 1851, when the channel to the westward of Hamilton and Dundas Islands was clear of ice as far as the eye could reach, from the top of a hill 600 feet above the level of the sea, with a dark blue sky beyond a sure indication of water. Sir John Franklin must have been well aware of the presence of this water, having passed his first winter at the mouth of Wellington Straits, and a watch tent having been discovered north of Cape Spencer, about four miles from the ships, from which they could observe any change in the state of the ice in the channel that they could take advantage of, also the ruts of loaded sledges which apparently had been sent to examine the channel. These circumstances, taken into consideration with the second clause in Sir John Franklin's instruction, and his own well-known preference, and that of his officers, for the passage by Wellington Strait is quite conclusive to my mind, that he has gone in that direction, while our finding no cairns, or appearance of his having landed, seems to me to indicate that the passage must have been open and nothing to stop him in 1846, and that he took every advantage of it. Should a further search be decided on, what further measures do you recommend for this purpose, and in what direction For the plan of operations I would prepare five vessels, namely, two steamers, Lady Franklin and Sophia.

A store ship manned with 150 men they would be all working men. Vessels like the Pioneer and Intrepid will do very well, only it would be better if they were a little shorter, and, and with more steam power. The store ship to be left as a depot ship at Beechey Island, rather than at any place nigber up, because it is so easy ot access from England. Their crews would be employed in collecting provisions from Navy Board Inlet and Whale Point to the above-named position. The other four vessels to proceed through Wellington Strait, leaving depots of provisions at every 100 miles.

After advancing 400 miles, I should leave another of my vessels to be a connecting link to keep up the communication between the searching vessels and Beechey Tsland, and thence to England. From this second vessel one will proceed upon the same plan as already described, either with the remaining ships or boat sledge, until a point be reached at Behring's Straits. But should a barrier preclude our passing throueh Wel lington Strait, I would be prepared with six boat sledges to drag over the ice to the water, which I have no doubt will be again found in lat. 76 deg. 30 min.

long. 97 deg. at a very early period of the year. Four boats will continue to pursue the west and north-west, the other two boats keeping up the supplies to advanced positions, as directed by the notices left by the advancing boats for their information. If food and fuel could be procured, I would establish a winter quarter for two boat crews, at the farthest advanced position of course.

This expedition would be greatly aided by vessels coming to meet it from Behring's Straits. 1 wish to make a few observations besides. First, it is my opinion that Albert Land extends to the north-west not less than 500 miles, and that Sir John Franklin has kept along this shore to that extent, and that at thi3 distance from Cape Becher will probably be found another winter quarter; my reasons for thinking so are, that had this land not extended a great distance to the west, Victoria Channel would have filled with ice, whereas the N.W. winds had driven the ice round Melville Island upon the American shore, in place of filling up this channel. It may be a singular opinion, but I cannot help thinking that a migration of Esquimaux has taken place from a people living in a higher latitude, and that they came down Wellington Strait, from the remains of stone huts along the north-east side of the channel, and that the stock from which they came may still be existing on some land to the north of the open sea, which I expect to find leading to Behring's Straits.

From what I have said of the climate and resource, there is no reason why this should not be so and Sir John Franklin and his companions may have found a refuge among them. Iu connection with this view, I know of a race of Esquimaux at Hogarth's Inlet, as I named it on discovery, 1840, or rather re-discovering it, because I believe it to be the Cumberland Strait of Baffin, but since improperly called Northumberland Inlet. This race of Esquimaux is far superior to any I have seen either on the east or west side of Davis' Straits. The opinion I have formed of the cause of the improvement of this race is, that it has taken place in consequence of their amalgamation with shipwrecked seamen of early discovery ships, many of them having decidedly European cast of features. I have, William Penny.

The Secretary of the Arctic Committee. November 15, 1851. Mr. A. Stewart to Mr.

Fegen, Secretary to the Arctic Committee. 437, Strand, 15th 1851. Sir I beg leave to acquaint you, for the information of the Arctic Committee, that having seen Captain Penny's plan of search," in which I fully concur, I need not, therefore, trouble the committee" with a repetition of the same. And I have the honour to be, Alex. Stewart, lieutenant m'clintock to mr.

fegen, secretary to the arctic committee. 90, Great Portland-street, London, 7th 1851. Sir, Agreeably to the direction of the Chairman of the Arctic Committee, I have drawn up the euclosed scheme of equipment for searching parties detached from their ships when wintering within the Arctic circle and I have to request you will place the same before the said committee. This scheme has been prepared with all the care which so important a subject demands, and with an earnest desire not to over-estimate the period for which a party so provided could maintain itself. The party consists of 1 officer and 10 men.

They are amply provisioned for 50 days, and otherwise equipped and clothed for 100 days, commencing from the end of March. It is also contemplated that travelling parties may render important services in the autumn, by setting out as soon as the ship is secured in winter quarters, and continuing then-labours until the end of October. I have, however, to regret that some valuable plans and notes, made during and subsequent to my recent journey to Melville Island, have been forwarded to Ireland with other papers, and therefore are not available on the present occasion and I am thus deprived of the gratification of more clearly and accurately illustrating the various articles of equipment. With reference to the advance of our knowledge in carrying out this mode of search, as derived directly from the experience of the late expedition, I beg to refer the committee to a letter dated 5th June, 1850, which I had the honour of submitting to Captain H. T.

Austin, and which embraces all that was known upon the subject at that period. A copy of this letter is enclosed. I have, F. L. M'Clintock, Lieut.

Late of Her Majesty's Ship Assistance. Her Majesty's Ship Assistance, at sea, 5th June, 1850. Sir, In consequence of your having expressed to the officers of the expedition your willingness to receive any suggestions calculated to promote the grand object of our voyage, I am induced to address you upon the subject of travelling parties the more so as the list of articles necessary for their equipment, which by your direction I prepared, received your approval, and were accordingly provided. It may not, therefore, be altogether unnecessary to offer some explanation of such as are novel in their construction, that they may be perfectly understood and used to the utmost advantage. Indeed, I feel fully persuaded that we have at our disposal the means of accomplishing a far more extensive and lengthened search by detached parties than has hitherto been attempted, or even contemplated.

I have, therefore, ventured to draw up the following memoranda, in the hope that something of utility may be gleaned therefrom, and trust that an ardent desire of being useful, together with the experience of the last expedition, and the constant study of this important branch of our deeply interesting duty, may be received as an excuse for my seeming presumption. It is of great importance that depots of provisions be carried out in autumn, that the searching parties may be despatched as early in spring as the climate permits. This may be done in October, the mean temper.iture of that month usually being 10 deg. but the parties should be on board again by the 25th as at this season the snow is soft and deep, the flat sledges must be used. To carry out and deposit at a distance of fourteen days' journey from the ship a month's provisions for seven men, three flat sledges, twelve men, and two officers will be required.

The constant weights 1 that is the tents, furs, blankets, spare cloth ing, and sledges) will amount to about 650 lbs. and the weight of provisions for 14 persons for 40 days will be about 1,550 lbs. Hence the load for each man will not exceed 183 lbs. Sir James C. Ross's party dragged 191 lbs.

each. Suppose they travel outward for 14 days, and then deposit 14 days' provisions, being sufficient for seven persoBS for 6 days, they will still have remaining 12 days provisions, which will be ample to serve them for their return witn light sledges. The depot should consist of cases of pemican, and of bread, flour, tea, sugar, tobacco, and perhaps spmte of wine, packed in a cask to protect them from the bears one member or the incapables as it does tor another. is the certainty that the whole lot must make way (for pie-bald government of shreds and patches it may be between, but assuredly before long) for a ministry that will honestly and firmly represent the true interests of the whole kingdom, without listening to the dictation of any one faction or party in it. Herein lies the great interest the loss of the one talent from among the mediocrity of the present government.

It is a blow which the Premier cannot recover, let him work the oracle" as he will. The Times feebly preaches the probability of increased union" the Cabinet, by the possibility of extending its basis and out of parliament." Tiiis hope is raised, first, on circumstance that as Earl Granville has been ap- pointed Lord Palmerston's successor, his being a mem ot the Upper House, and totally inexperienced, will leave the Premier sole judge of how the responsibilities of the office shall be sustained; and next, because the new secretary's elevation leaves two appointments vacant, those of Vice-President of the Board of Trade, and Paymaster-General, they may be filled up by selections from Manchester and the forlorn brigade of Peelites. But the logic which seeks to prove that a party is strengthened by losing the better half of its substance, is as novel as it is worthless and fcr the rest, there are two opinions as to the sort of security which would be effected by resting the ministry on such a basis as that referred to. But it is useless discussing so self-evident a fact. The ejection of Lord Palmerston has been the felo de se of the ministry.

There is no one in the whole ranks of the Whig-Radicals who can supply his place either in the Foreign- office, the Cabinet, or the House of Commons. We are no advocates of the noble lord; but his great experience, his ability, and his value to the present government, no one will eir nopes, oy reason ot contemplated alliances in and out of parliament, mav have been, the ministry have doomed themselves bv Lord Palmerston's exclusion, and the sooner their final dispersion takes place better for England. (From the Liverpool Courier.) It will have been the suddenness of Lord Palmerston's dowufal, rather than the mare event itself, that will have created surprise. Not more secret in plan, cunning in pretext, and determined in execution, was the coup d'etat of Louis Napoleon, than that by which the administration of foreign affairs, and, incidentally, the control, in a great measure, of the diplomacy of the world, was taken from the hands of the'man who has conducted them, upon the whole, with so much eclat for so many years past. The apologists this manoeuvre have diligently sought to conceal from the public its real origin, character, and object.

A series of discreditable attempts at mystification has, however, failed produce the desired influence on the public mind and remarkable event stands confessed as the natural consequence of the extraordinary intrigue which was carried on about a year since against Lord Palmerston, and then only defeated by a sudden outbreak of British feeling. We are not about to dabble in the unsavoury depths of Whig intrigue. It is not to us a matter of much importance whether Earl Grey at last seized on an auspicious moment consummate a long-premeditated treachery, or whether Lord John Russell had at last grown jealous of the superior popularity and prestige of Lord Palmerston. The dissensions in the Cabinet were no secret to any person who ever verged on the charmed circle of political gossip but our readers, doubtless, do not require to be told, that great political movements are not brought about by personal antipathies or jealousies so much as by party interests. Earl Grey was not more hostile on Monday week towards Lord Palmerston than he had been from the hour the Whigs last returned to office but his hostility was not a mere con- temptible personal jealousy it arose out of the different i 'lews entertained by the two statesmen on domestic and i- r- i i foreign policy.

Earl Grey, being heart and soul a free trader, wished to preserve peace and conciliate the continental powers in order to bring about reciprocity. Lord Palmerston being only a free trader for expediency sake, knowing better than Earl Grey the feelings and wishes the different nations on the continent, knew perfectly that all such expectations were illusory, and that it utterly hopeless to attempt conciliating the armed despots, except at the price of the national honour. It is known to all mankind that the moment for the struggle is at hand; the only merit of Louis Napoleon being that has anticipated it, and mitigated its probable severity. Lord Palmerston had shown of late a resolute determination to knock under, and in this he had met with a remarkable amount of popular support. There could be no doubt the mind of any clear-sighted person, that if Lord Palmerston were not displaced immediately, he would have become too popular and too powerful to be displaced at all.

What, then, was the position of the Whigs They came office as free traders, and they have been sustained in office by free trade majorities and the assistance given to a blunaering Chancellor of the Exchequer by the income-tax Last spring they were run very close by Mr. Disraeli, and 8essiou the fiscal tioa wiU Qave t0 be decided pr03pect that the country) already sick of shams eiDedienti, wili turn roumi and retran(, steps. In this state of things it became necessary for the Whig Cabinet to determine what should be the future policy of the party whether they should resume their alliance with the landed interest, and, at the same time, their old policy of a low fixed duty, or whether should throw themselves at once into the arms the democracy, and endeavour to get up an excitement compounded of two agitations, one for free trade, the other for parliamentary reform. It was evident, from the disclosures of last session, that if they did not do this Sir James Graham would, and they became alarmed lest they should lose their old party influence. Lord Palmerston is statesman of a more aristocratic school.

He is not the flatterer of the mob, nor the courtier of class interests, and Tiverton speejh notwithstanding, he has always been a ery lukewarm and unwilling party to any policy but that of moderate import duties. Lord John Russell, in his dilemma, appears to have re- solved on flinging over Lord Palmerston, and trying to form a junction with the Peelites. Foreign influences have contributed, no doubt, to this resolution. The policy of Lord Palmerston has struck fear into the hearts of the despotic sovereigns and their ministers. They determined to retaliate, not merely by annoying English travellers, but also excluding English manufactures.

The means resorted by Prussia to coerce the free ports the north, and form one close cordon against English goods, have been lately responded to by Austria, which sought, not unsuccessfully, to form a new Zollverein in the south. For ourselves, we are quite satisfied that this would have been done, and will still be done, in spite of the downfal of Lord Palmerston but the antagonism of Earl Grey, and the timidity of Lord John Russell, have combined, though, we believe, in vain, to offer the ex-Secretary as an expiatory sacrifice to the demon despo ism. The main prop of the free trade delusion Times newspaper has laboured very hard to prevent public from arriving at these obvious conclusions, by putting forth a series of false pretences as to the real cause the late event. Earl Grey's personal animosity is denied but it is impossible to deny his political antagonism. Lord Palmerston's approval not official, but his private capacity of the French coup d'etat, was cleverly seized upon as a pretext likely to alienate from noble lord his liberal supporters.

But the British public are too shrewd to be led away by such delusions. They know that a military despotism in the hands of the Emperor of Austria is a voluntary choice, because he rules divine right, and can yield whatever liberties he chooses. They know that a military occupation, for a short time, by Louis Napoleon, is an inevitable alternative, because the Assembly had already determined to declare it high treason him to prolong his powers. The public will now regard Lord Palmerston in a new light. Already the principal organs of our own party are courting the noble lord as a man fit to maintain the dignity of England abroad, and as a statesman too honest to sacrifice the industry and the financial integrity of the country to the wild and futile scheme, miscalled free trade.

Now that the catastrophe has arrived, we may be permitted to refer to the earnest and seemingly inconsistent support we have rendered to Lord Palmerston throughout are were entrapped by Lord Aberdeen, we did so, not because regarded Lord Palmerston as a man who could be se- Py. oeeauae, uaviug 0een in a school of enlightened Toryism, we felt him to be incapable of comoromisinz the dienitv. the honour. and the interests of his country. We hear that negotiations are going Qn Detween the premier and tne peeiites.

Reduction of Marriage and Burial Fees After the reading of the prayers in All on Sunday last, the vicar, the Rev. E. N. notice that at a vestru mpetinr nf th niir.iQfo. churchwardens, and overseers of the parish, latelv held, it bad been agreed that the present exorbitant fees should be reduced, and that in future the fees charged for marriages by banns shall be 7s.

6d. that no fees shall be taken for churchings and in case of burials, upon production of a properly-signed certificate that the friends of the deceased are too poor to pay the demand, the fees shall be reduced from 13s. to 5s. Hereford Journal. Medicinemongers and Quacks.

The first and oldest physicians made up their own medicines, and watched that they were duly administered to their patients. In progress of time, when medicine assumed a more scientific form, the physician instructed persons for the special purpose of collecting and dispensing medicines. A thousand years before the birth of Christ, the Asclepiades prepared, in the temple Cos, vegetable extracts, cataplasms, potions' and salves, and their performances must be considered as the first rudiments of pharmacy. On the other hand, those who, at the same time, or even afterwards, sold medicines under the denomination of salvers, plaisterists, medicinemongers, and pharmacopoli, deserve not the name of pharmaceutists, thev were nothing but colourmen, poison mixers, and nos-trummongers or quacks. Annals of Pharmacy and Practical Chemistry.

oupporteu oy stanchions; the sides ot the boat heed to the poles the bow to be kept in shape by a few slight battens, which can be shipped and unshipped at pleasure. The boat is attached to the sledge by beckets along the sides, which are made fast to the bearers between the cro3s-bars. When laden with the complete equipment the immersion of the sledge boat will be 10 inches. It is indispensably necessary for extended journeys, and renders the advance or retreat practicable, although considerable spaces of water may exist; being always in its place, there is no delay occasion- ea, as waen Halket's boats are used, since the lading of the sledge must be transferred to them. For sledge lashings, about 20 fathoms of soft rope is required.

Knapsacks. These are most convenient of the ordinary size, without any wooden framing they should be precisely similar to those used in the recent expedition, and can be made on board of No. 8 canvas. In the event of the sledge being rendered useless, they would become extremely useful. 1 Sleeping bags should be made of felt, similar to those used in the recent expedition, and should be seven feet long.

Pickaxe required for making cache's in the frozen ground, and should be strong. Instruments. A good sextant artificial horizon 4-inch prismatic compass (Kater's), with small tripod and table pocket chronometer; thermometer; box sextant; telescope and sling and small measuring tape; a square case, which will receive the sextant with eye-tube fixed and any angle on the arc, and will also receive the artificial horizon, will be round very convenient. The box sextant is intended as a pocket companion for the officer, and will be very frequently required for taking angles. 6 LIST OF PROVISIONS.

Daily allowance Total quantity for each person. for 1 lb. pemican 550 4 oz. porK iwr.en boiled and bones extracted) 137 Lt Ui. OUlSCUit i oz.

tea i oz. sugar 1 oz, pounded buiscait pint of rum (its equivalent of concentrated rum) Weekly 3 oz. of tobacco For the party of 11 persons 2 lbs. fuel, spirits of wine, or tallow Salt, 4 lbs. pepper, 2 lbs Lemon-juice and sugar, 15 lbs.

allowance for packages 418 8i 17 34 115 15 110 6 85 1,487 590 2,077 Weight of provisions Total weight of complete equipment oeing zuSlbs. per man. The load of 207flbs. is less than that of most of the spring parties detached from the recent expedition, and admits of their carrying a sufficiency of extra necessaries to prolong their journey for several days, should they be so fortunate as to procure game. detailed explanations.

Pemican, with the exception of such portions as mav be intended to be placed en cache, may be stripped of its tin covering, then marked with saw-cuts into daily allowances, and sewn up in old canvas, which will subsequently serve as wick for the tallow lamp. Pork is intended to be used for luneheon onlv. after it ha been well soaked, boiled, and bones taken out it should be weighed and cut up as nearly as possible into daily allowances for the party, and then put up in bags. The biscuit should be sifted, then stowed in bags of 2, 3, or 4 day3 allowance each. Tea, i oz.

aud sugar oz. They should be mixed together and made up into packets for daily use; the whole to be stowed in a bag. Pounded biscuit to be made up into packets of two, three, or four days allowance each; the whole to be stowed in a bag. Tobacco. Each weekly allowance for the party to be made up in a separate package, and the whole to be kept together in a bag.

Fuel. Spirits of wine and tallow in equal quantities, the former to be camphorated and kept in tin cans similar to those supplied (by Mr. Dale of Thames-street) to the recent expedition, having patent bungs, and secured with padlocks the tallow may be kept in a bag. Should fuel become short, the rum may be used in the spirit lamp, also strips of gutta percha or the fat of animals will burn well in the tallow lamp. Rum.

It should be taken in its concentrated form as supplied to the ship, and the day's allowance diluted previ ous to commencing eacn march; to be contained in tin cans similar to those used for the spirits of wine, and which should 1 contain 2, 3, or 4 gallons each. This stimulant was much 1 approved of by all the travellers. Lemon-juice and sugar. -Ten days full allowance should De taKen as a medical luxury the lemon-juice in bottles, and the sugar in packets for daily use. Salt and Pepper.

Highly necessary where so much animal food is daily consumed is most convenient when packed in half pound tin canisters. LIST OP CLOTHING. In wear. Flannel shirt, knitted woollen frock, blue serge frock, loose overall seal-skin frock, waist belt, pair of stockings, pair of blanket feet wrappers, pair of wadmil boot hose, pair of Canadian mocassins, pair of thick woollen drawers, pair of seal-skin trousers, Welsh wig, fur cap and crape veil, woollen comforter and pair of winter mittens. Every person is expected to carry a knife.

Spare clothing 1 flannel shirt 2 pair stockings; 2 pair blanket feet wrappers 2 pair mocassins 1 pair Esquimaux seal-skin boots 1 pair canvas boots with leather soles 1 pair boot hose (to be reserved for sleeping in) 1 pair woollen drawers 1 pair mitts; 1 towel, soap, and comb. DETAILED EXPLANATION. The clothes enumerated as in wear" are such as would be suitable for the commencement of a spring journey when the weather becomes more mild many of these may be dispensed with.and when thawing has begun, seal-skin or canvas boots must be substituted for the mocassins. The range of temperature experienced du ing the recent journey to Melville Island was 88 degs.Far. The loose seal-skin frock should resemble that worn by the Esquimaux, but should have outside breast pockets it will be very useful in cold, windy, or wet weather.

The mocassins to be made of the thickest smoke-dressed moose-skin, and made of the largest size. After the thaw has commenced, the Esquimaux boots are superior to every thing else. They can be obtained from St. John's, Newfoundland, through the Messrs. Hunt, 34, Great Winchester-street but at least ten weeks notice should be given.

It is also possible they may be obtained in time for a Barrow Straits Expedition, from the Hudson Bay districts, through Mr. Roberts, 32, Moorgate-street. It is difficult to get boots of this description sufficiently large for Europeans. Canvas boots also answer well for the latter part of a spring journey; they can be made on hoard by any ordinary shoemaker. The soles should be of single leather, very broad, and sewn on pump fashion," as shoemakers term it and they should be large enough to go on easily over one pair of stockings, two pairs of blanket wrappers, one pair of boot hose.

The blanket feet wrappers should be 14 inches square. The winter mitts to be of dressed deer-skin, fined with duffle or blanket. TRAVELLING ROUTINE. To avoid snow blindness, occasioned by the dazzling whiteness of the snow under a bright sun, it is necessary, after the 20th April, to sleep by day and travel by Bight. Breakfast at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, upon warm pemican, biscuit, and tea.

After tea is made, dissolve enough snow to dilute the day's allowance of rum, and fill the water-bottles. After breakfast measure off and dilute the rum, measure off the day's allowance of fuel and of pork, which, with the remainier of the previous day's allowance of biscuit, serves for lunch. See the tallow-lamp trimmed to prevent delay in dissolving snow when halted for lunch; it is most difficult to allay the sensation of thirst occasioned by hard labour in severe cold. Start about six p.m., varying the time an hour or two according to the east or west direction to be travelled in, so as to keep the sun as much as possible in your back. Halt for lunch after five or six hours, according to the labour undergone, dissolve snow, serve out biscuit, pork, and half allowance of rum, refill water bottles, and proceed.

The period between lunching and encamping should be about an hour shorter than between the time cf starting and halting for lunch. When encamped, serve out the day's allowance of biscuit and remaining half allowance of rum the allowance of pemican may be chopped off as required. Supper to consist of biscuit and warmed pemican after which a drink of water. Wind up chro' nometer before the fur blankets are allowed to be spread" and write up the remarks for the previous march In very severe weather it is afei. Ve 1 before getting out of the blanke bags, and to get before sunoer.

so rha tKa IO lnto em alone remains outside. It is, howevM JZati Ck to cook in the tent. Unles MMnnnB VT. wuose turn it is to cook it is unnecessarv to Esquimaux, ha -j -t me 'TJ uea ana Kept within the Unless constant and strict attention and attflQtion to the lamps be wasted. and covered "iamS should be placed on the sledge, HfflSS t0 kLeep 0ttt the 8now drift.

or hung up to thfn a If ese Precautions are not taken, and mings are left about QQ loggea be sustained, since the lightest wind is sufficient to drift the snow over them. V) days provisions, according to the following vno 1 lb. pemican; lb. pork lb. biscuit; lb.

flour or oreaa aust, to mix with pemican into a hot mess i oz. tea; oz. sugar; 3 oz. tobacco weekly; also, lbs. pepper and salt for 7 persons.

71 1 30 pints spirits of wine, also, as extra, 4 pints of ditto mo, sugar, auu UlSCUlt (J6 Total weight, amounting to 188 lbs. a man, nearly 1126 fie men should start in the following dress 1 flannel shirt or Guernsey frock. 1 pair draw, hln knitted frock, 1 pair breeches, waistbelt, I pair of worsted stockings, 1 pair cloth boots, comforter, Welsh wig, soutb- uima, veu, jacitei or seaisKin jumper the latter is much preferable, beine lonser. less hnlkv anrl nimhmn. much lighter and impervious to wind, snow, or wet.

I would suggest that dressed sealskin be purchased from the Esquimaux for this purpose, and made up on board. Aiuer arriving at tne depot they may put on their sealskin boots and leave the cloth ones until their return. By this arrangement the nartv is victual I Ad fr fiH Hon should it return by the same route, and 54 if bv anv other they will also have a sufficiency of extra necessaries to prolong their absence for several days, should they be so fortunate as to procure game. As Sir James C. Ross made miles daily, including all stoppages and with many of his men disabled, and, moreover, as he did not set out until 15th May, the whole of his journey was performed through soft snow, we are led to infer that 12 miles daily is not too much to expect from our parties, which will be much better fed and clothed and that every such party could perform a journey of 800 miles in 68 days, proceeding with safety to a distance of 400 miles from their ship.

The routine to be observed upon a spring journey is as follows Sleep by day, travel by night; breakfast at five p.m. upon tea, biscuit, and a portion of pemican; whilst breakfast is nreoarinz. measure off the allow ance of rum, fuel, pork, and biscuit to be used at luncheon after tea is made, dissolve enough snow to dilute the concentrated rum, making up the mixture to a gill of stiff grog for each man start at 6 p.m.; halt for half-an-hour to lunch at midnight; dissolve snow for drinking; encamp about 6 a.m., issue the day's allowance of Demican. flnnr. and lb.

biscuit (the remaining lb. reserve for luncheon); warm a portion or tne iormer tor supper; wind up chronometer before the fur blankets are allowed to be soread. and write up the remarks for the previous march. The officer should not trust entirely to the tinder-box, but be well-provided with lucifer matches. Sir James C.

Ross's allowance of provisions was 1 lb. meat, 1 lb. biscuit, and the usual allowance of rum, chocolate, and lemon-juice; it was not sufficient to maintain the Btrength of the men. Sir John Richardson recommends 2 lbs. of Demican and Jib.

of flour: he deprives the men of their greatest luxuries, namely, biscuit, rum, and tobacco. By pushing out the depoto in autumn the men may be employed in searching parties exclusively in the spring. If men can be spared, fatigue parties are very desirable for the nrst iew days ot ooth the autumn and spring journeys. As no preparations were made in autumn it was not until the middle of May that Sir James C. Ross could set out.

have, F. L. M'Clintock, Lieut. Capt. H.

T. Austin. C.B.. H.M.S. Resolute.

Scheme of the complete equipment necessary for a party consisting 01 one omcer ana ten men to perform an Arctic spring journey. It has been arranged under three principal heads namely, equipment, provisioning, and clothine. to each of which a detailed explanation is subjoined then follows a travelling routine; auu auer wnicn a iew general remarKs are added. LIST OF EQUIPMENT. Articles.

Weight. 1 tent, with rope and poles, complete 75 lbs. 2 floor clothes 24 2 fur blankets 45 Jt 2 shovels 10 2 cooking apparatuses, complete 26 1 medicine canister, complete 5 1 small chopping axe 3 1 store bag, complete 15 1 luncheon' haversack, with measures, daily rum can, water bottles, pannikins, an spoons 10 2 guns and gear, complete 20 1 ammunition bag I small ditto comPlete 1 1 runner sledge, sledge boat, and slashings, complete 160 11 knapsacks, containing the spare clothing 110 11 sleeping bags 48 1 pickaxe 11 Instruments 12 Total 590 lbs. Detailed Explanation. The tent to be of the same material and plan as used in the recent expedition, but to be of the following dimensions Length 14 feet.

Breadth 8 Height 8 The flap round the bottom of the tent to be one foot wide to have curtains attached to the door end so as to form a porch, each curtain to be three feet wide and six feet high. It is intended to keep out the snow drift and afford shelter to the cook or look-out man. Four small holes in the top will be found useful to permit the escape of steam and breath, which otherwise condenses and falls in a shower of fine snow. The tent should be double-seamed only at the corners, and lined along the ridge; ropeing is not required. The tent poles should be of ash, pointed at one end with metal, and they should be 9 feet 8 inches in length boarding pikes can be obtained of this length, and answer very well.

Two spare poles should be taken, one fitted with a boat hook, the other stouter and longer than the rest, to serve as a mast; 15 fathoms of 2-inch rope is required for the tent, the doorway should be fitted with large hooks and eyes. Floor Clothes. One to be waterproof, of the description of macintosh which is now prepared to remain pliant in extreme cold the other to be of No. 7 canvas, to spread over it or upon gravel also to be used as a sail, for which purpose it should be fitted with earrings and rope bands their dimensions should be macintosh, 15 feet by 9 feet the canvas, 13 feet by 8 feet. Fur Blankets, It is recommended to have the underneath one of reindeer-skin, and the upper one of wolf -skin; their dimensions should be 16 feet by nine feet.

Shovels, such as are supplied from the dockyard they will serve also as paddles, if required. Cooking apparatus very similar to those used in the recent expedition, and made by Mr. Dale, of Thames-street, after a plan furnished by me, but to be proportion -ably larger, the kettle to hold twelve pints instead of eight pints. When complete, the articles included under this designation are stand and cover, hoop, kettle, stewpan, spirit or tallow lamp, and tinder-box the whole shutting up closely, and may be conveniently carried in a bag. The kettle should be made of very stout double block tin, no solder to be used in any part of the apparatus fearnought should be sewed on to the cover to prevent as much as possible any waste of heat one apparatus should have a spirit lamp, the other a tallow lamp.

A plan of this most useful article would here have been introduced, with some improvements and alterations, but for the reason assigned in my letter to the Secretary of the Arctic Committee. Medicine canister to be fitted by the surgeon. The following have been found most useful Calico and flannel bandages, plaster, lint, cotton wool, simple ointment, aromatic spirit of ammonia, wine of opium, laudanum, pills of opposite qualities compound colocynth and compound rhubarb), liniment, lancet pins, and instructions. Two or three splints may also be supplied to each party. Small axe necessary to chop up the pemican when frozen.

Store bag to contain 12 spare soles a small bag of shoe-making gear, awls, waxed ends, shoe-tacks, and small hammer; slowmatch; sail, sewing, and glover's needles; palm; twine; white thread; cotton for wicks; brimstone match tent brush 2 yards of No. 4 canvas large knife; skein of marline; 30 fathoms of cod line, marked as a lead line; a few strips of canvas for wicks for the tallow lamp two yards of crape; records, and small copper cases for also rosin, sealing wax, or pitch, to render them watertight several boxes of lucifer matches Luncheon this a of small articles are enumerated, the only measures required are-one SSSX one half gill, a paun.k.n may be mSked to serve as a pint measure a small can to hold the day's allowance of rum; a pannikin and spoon for each person also one or two spare ones and a tin water-bottle for each person, to hold three quarters of a pint, and to be of a flattened form to adapt it to be earned as close as possible to the body. Two Guns and Gear, complete. Double-barrelled per cussions, gauge 12, so that they will take a musket ball with cleaning rod, nipple wrench, and spare nipples, turn-screw, 2 powder flasks, (filled), 2 shot pouches (filled) 2 waterproef gun covers, and gun slings. Ammnnitaon Bag, complete.

No. 1 shot, 6 lbs No 4 tu nnaxinonfoc 1 uu late career. i ne instincts oi nonouraoie minus maybe deduced some VJht with something the spirit of prophecy; and which are likely to follow and it is these that the coun- running feffejj Qf QJ h(m his late career. 1 he instincts of honourable minds at Hereford. mm Church Bree, read a try it most deeply interesiea.

RPn determined Everything fiuSlrto dSJ thJ responsibilities of that office. That he has agreed generally WUBIUWVM 1 doubt. That with Ixrd Palmerston policy, mere i there will be any material change in tne is therefore no reason to expect. Dai wuere the change Lord John will probably be, is in the moae 01 n-useell is tne last man lact man Til mutte 1111 i be mav succeed in maintaining the interests 01 tne case, in "UO a most aDie auu lem kc' onA tpm. one who could not be "celled for a concilia ory and Item 1 ,1.

i nmfpr ixirauxv uiit mnne.r. united with that nrmut-ss pel attempt at overreaching haye As or the future careei u. AnnM that admiration for his high-minded aoil ty to doubt that OI J-UIU to. -rous and high-minded, to make it for a moment possio.e tiiatheeould fonret the interests of th- public own Perlo affairs! "Those who idly a Cv SoSX connections, as affording a hope JVhff cKJS Israeli, show themselves utterly $g2r Lord Palmerston has acted with but there is one uniform characteristic 1 changes ne always went forward be never took a step backward, ana fcfc-ral kind but his judgment is well tempered by long wi nt crrpar uinuv to nnnntrv. oficul rince.

Wnen parliament meets principle hich be has Always professed ttSiSSt inactive in giving nis upF. Fr. of all will he be found, LSSk 1-- WUO aKOVern- ss factious opposition 10 "nt of which he has so long been a leading member, ana, may dd, the chief ornament. as securelv. without necessarily giTi6 power" which, it is too ruch be has sometime been th rase.

In Lord Granville, ioru joi.u nesdays, and Fridays, from 11 till 3. a'i'i 1 na oi 1 Ci a. rAv iv. ni, immmfv Piccadilly Mondays, Tuesdays, and from 10 till 5. HnnpiTAL.

Lamd't Monday from 12 till 4 Froe). Divine 1. rrmtujtT in sliver tor days at iii of the 9.