16. At Aberdeen, James Conacher, Esq. writer, Dunkeld, to Ann Elizabeth, third daughter of the Very Rev. William Laurence Brown, D.D. Principal of Marischal College and University, Aberdeen. At St Skirling Mains, the Rev. James Proudfoot, minister of Culter, to Janet, eldest daughter of Mr John Gibson, farmer, Skirling Mains. 17. At Albany Street, North Leith, David Glassford, Esq. writer, Greenock, to Barbara Macphersou, eldest daughter of Mr Donald Macleod Belches, accountant, Leith. Richard Haifne, Esq. Royal Staff Corps, to Arabella Hamilton, youngest daughter of the late Col. Henderson, of Foswell Bank, Perthshire, and of Port Henderson, Jamaica. 19. At Grey Craig, Fifeshire, James Craig, Esq. surgeon, Ratho, to Ann Mercer, daughter of the late Rev. Dr Duncan, minister of Ratho. 22. At Edinburgh, Colonel J. Browne, Bombay Army, to Catherine, eldest daughter of William Child, Esq. of Glencorse. At Springfield House, David Scales, Esq. Glasgow, to Miss Barbara Cleland of Springfield, Calder, Lanarkshire. 23. At Glasgow, Mr W. R. Macphun, booksel!er, to Elizabeth, third daughter of the late Mr George Miller, merchant, Glasgow. Lately, At St George's, Hanover Square, London, Lord Viscount Ingestrie, to Lady Sarah Beresford. At Paris, Charles Louis Augustus D'Auchamp, Officer of the 7th Royal Swiss Guards, to Augusta Carr James, only daughter of George James, Esq. late Major in the Scots Greys, and the Right Hon. Flaminia James, fifth daughter of James, seventeenth Earl of Errol. DEATHS. Jan. 1828. On board the East India Company's cruiser Elphinston, in the Persian Gulf, Mr Kobert Richard Maitland, youngest son of the late Robert Richard Maitland, Esq. Mar. 19. At Bombay, David Seton, Esq. collector of his Majesty's customs, and late high sheriff, there, eldest son of the late Mr Christopher Seton, surgeon, Pittenweem. April 7. At sea, on board the Isabella Robertson, on his passage to Penang for recovery of his health, Capt. P. Warren Grant, of the 31th Bengal Native Infantry, and Revenue Surveyor in Ava. 9. At Bagwangolah, Bengal, Lieut. William Briggs, 20th Native Infantry, second son of the late David Briggs, Esq. of Strathairly, Fifeshire. May 1. At Sydney, New South Wales, after a severe illness, Mr Gilbert M'Leod, formerly cditor of the Spirit of the Union newspaper in Glasgow. 6. At the Isle of France, John Cochran, Esq. surgeon, Royal Navy. 12. At Skelburne, Nova Scotia, the Rev. Matthew Dripps, a native of Kilmarnock. 23. At Keitah, in Bundilcund, James Hector Mackenzie, surgeon of the 3d Regiment Light Cavalry, East India Company's service. 25. At Dinapore, Ensign George C. Kerr Hay, of the 13th Bengal Native Infantry, son of John Hay, Esq. B. M. Sunderland. 26. At Dharwar, in the East Indies, Adam Maitland, Esq of the Civil Service of the East India Company, fourth son of Adam Maitland, Esq. of Dundrennan. June 14. At Chittagong, Capt. J. G. Macbean, of the 52d Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry. July 2. At Madras, Dr Brown, of Brandam, Perthshire, Inspector of Hospitals, and Principal Medical Officer to his Majesty's Forces in that Presidency. Aug. 1. At New York, Andrew Brown, Esq. formerly merchant in Leith. It is requested his relations and friends will accept of this notification of his death. 2. At Sierra Leone, Lieut-Col. Lumley, Lieutenant-Governor of that settlement. 16. At his residence, Dundas, Halton County, Mr Edward Leslie, merebant. Mr L. was a native of Dundee, of which town he was for nearly forty years au eminent bookseller and publisher. Sept. 15. At Demerara, Dr Alexander Mackenzie. 23. At Chaffry Mills, Upper Canada, Mr John Shirreff, late of Leith. 31. At Batavia, Mr John Robert Turing, in the 36th year of his age. Oct. 2. Died at Perth, Mrs Margaret Archibald, spouse of the Rev. Richard Black. 19. At St Petersburg, Robert Glen, Esq. for a considerable time senior member of the British Factory in that city. At Berwick, Mr Miller Ritchie, printer, aged 77. 22. Accidentally drowned in the river Thames, below Gravesend, William Charles Alison, eldest son of the late Mr William Alison, of Dundee. -The celebrated General Mack.-Since the event of the surrender of Ulm to the French army commanded by Bonaparte, he lived in the greatest privacy, on a pension from the Emperor of Austria. 23. At Edinburgh, Mrs Alicia Hopkins, wife of Mr William Allan, Leopold Place, Edinburgh. 27. In Finch Lane, London, Mr James Glennie, sixth son of the late Dr Glennie, minister of Maryculter. 28. At Pau, in France, Sarah Campbell, wife of Alexander Scott Bromfield, Esq. - At Maybole, James Wilson, aged 92. He had 15 children, 45 grand-children, and three great grand-children, making in all 63. At Piershill Barracks, Captain Alfred Shewell, of the 3d Dragoon Guards, in the 26th year of his age, fourth son of Edward Shewell, Esq. of Bryanstone Square, London. -At Elgin, Mrs Jean Brander, relict of James Brander, Esq. of Pitgaveny, in the 82d year of her age. 30. At Leith, Mr John Van Stavern. - At Warriston Crescent, Mr Robert Spalding. 31. At his house, Castlehill, Mr John Yellowlees, painter. At Hastings, Robert Sutherland, Esq. late of the island of St Vincent, in the West Indies, and of Millmount in Ross-shire. Nov. 1. At No. 84, Laurieston, Mr Wm. Mirtle, youngest son of the late Wm. Mirtle, Esq. Boon, Berwickshire. At Edinburgh, Mr Robert Mitchell, merchant. At Markinch, Jane Barclay, relict of James Mellis, Esq. of Newhall, Kincardineshire. 2. At Portobello, Mrs Margaret L. Scott Nisbet, widow of John Scott Nisbet, Esq. of Craigintinnie. mont. Mrs Orr, No. 13, Forth Street. At his house, India Street, Mr James East At Burnhead, near Stow, Lieut. John Shirreff, late of the 10th Regiment of Foot. 3. At Edinburgh, John Granger, Esq. writer to the signet. - At Leith, Mrs Helen Duncan, wife of Mr Thomas Thomson, Glassworks there. At the Manse of Beith, Mrs Harriet Crawford, wife of the Rev. James Muir, minister of that parish. Of the malignant fever at Gibraltar, Charles Stuart, Esq. 42d Royal Highlanders, second son of the late Charles Steuart, Esq. of Dalguise. 1. At Dunbar, Mrs Katherine Henderson, wi. dow of the Rev. John Henderson, Dunbar. 5. At Pinnacle-hill, near Kelso, Miss Jane Davidson, youngest daughter of the late John Davidson, Esq. of Ravelrig. At Edinburgh, Agnes Ronaldson, in the 624 year of her age, spouse of Mr Richard Fraser. 6. At Butterdean, Berwickshire, Mr James Smith Mack, of the Sheriff-clerk's Office, Edinburgh. 7 At Edinburgh, in the 78th year of her age, Mrs H. Forbes Scott, wife of Mr James Pilias, senior, printer, Edinburgh. 8. James Wilberforce Marshall, infant son of the Rev. James Marshall. - At Gateshead, in the county of Durham, Mr Thomas Bewick, the celebrated wood en raver, in the 76th year of his age. For some time previous, his constitution, naturally strong, was visibly breaking up, and though he worked at his profession in his own house till within four or five days of his death, he seldom, during the last 12 months, ventured out to attend his business at Newcastle. 1829.] 9. At Portsoy, the Rev. Daniel Cruickshanks, minister of that place, aged 90. -At his house in Hanover Square, London, at an advanced age, Dr Pearson, an eminent physician and celebrated chemist. 10. At No. 11, Archibald Place, Miss Ann Waterston. - At Portobello, Mrs Janet Jameson, relict of William Jameson, Esq. of Rosefield, Portobello. 11. At Edinburgh, Mrs Murray, widow of Lord Henderland, and daughter of Sir Alexander Lindsay of Evelick. -At Corry, in the isle of Skye, Lauchlin Mackinnon, Esq. of Corry. - At Fyfe Place, Leith Walk, Mrs Manuel. At Edinburgh, on the 11th inst. Mr Andrew M'Kean, writing-master of the High School. Mr M'Kean was in tolerable health, and taught in his class on the Friday preceding. He was for many years in the situation which he filled with so much credit to himself and advantage to his pupils. 12. At London, Mrs Hamilton, relict of James Hamilton, Esq. Artillery Place, Finsbury Square. -At her son's house, St Andrew Street, Mrs Morrison, aged 75. -At Roxburgh Street, Mrs Catherine Beck, wife of Mr Robert Douglas, commission-agent. -At Salisbury Street, Mrs Elizabeth Liddell, daughter of the late Mr David Liddell, merchant, Leith. At Kirkcudbright, David MacCulloch, Esq. of Torhouskie. - At London, Mrs Hamilton, relict of the late James Hamilton, M.D. London. 13. At Howard Place, Edinburgh, Mr William Houy, writer in Kelso. At Auchtyfardle, Hugh Mossman, Esq. of -At his house, St Vincent Street, Mr Robert 14. At Cairnbank, Berwickshire, Miss Ainslie, - At Cranston, the Rev. Walter Fisher, minis- -At Hermitage Hill, Leith, Miss Elizabeth - At his house, No. 11, Waterloo Place, Mr Alexander M'Intyre, Solicitor Supreme Courts. 15. At Edinburgh, Mrs Susan Magdalene Steventon, of the Black Bull Hotel. - At Edinburgh, Mr William Birrell, cabinetmaker in Edinburgh. -At Trees, W. W. Finlay, Esq. - At Mayfield, May Robertson McDonald, daughter of Captain George M'Donald, 92d Highlanders, -The Queen Dowager of Saxony, in the 77th year of her age. She was sister to the late King of Bavaria. 16. At Taaphall, Bonnington, in his 96th year, Mr James Grindlay. -At Dalsert House, Cecilia Dorothea, youngest daughter of Hugh Mossman, Esq. younger of Auchtyfardle. -At Ramsay Lodge, Portobello, Miss F. Nicolson. - At Lauder, Miss Isabella Ford, daughter of the late Rev. Dr James Ford, minister of Lauder. 17. At the Manse of Clunie, Perthsire, Mrs Euphemia Dawson Macritchie, wife of the Rev. W. Macritchie, minister of Clunie. - Mr John Kirk, brewer, Drumdryan. -At Newton of Abbotshall, Mr Andrew Inglis, merchant, Kirkaldy. -At No. 8, Gayfield Square, John Bannerman Macleod, youngest son of the late Colonel Donald Macleod of St Kilda. -At London, Lieut.-Colonel John Duff, late of the Hon. East India Company's Service. 18. At Auchtermuchty, Mr James Richardson, aged 87. At Gilmillscroft, Ayrshire, James Gray Farquhar, Esq. of Gilmillscroft, Lieutenant-Col. of the Ayrshire Militia. 19. Miss Margaret Neilson, daughter of the late James Neilson, Esq. of Mill Bank. At Norton Place, Edinburgh, T. Mylne, Esq. late Major in the army. 20. At Glasgow, Arch. Lamont of Robroyston, Esq. 21. At Nc. 13, George Square, in the 77th year of her age, Mrs Susan Moncrieff, relict of the Rev. William Paul, one of the ministers of St Cuthbert's. 22. At No. 3, North Charlotte Street, Miss Jessie Williams, daughter of the late Rev. Thomas Williams. -At Heriothill, Beatrice, daughter of John Bruce, Esq. -At Rosebank, Mr Stewart Scales. At Keith, the Rev. Robert Urquhart, medical practitioner there. At Inverness, Mrs Macfarlane, relict of Bishop Macfarlane. At her house, No. 2, Abercromby Place, Edinburgh, the Hon. Miss Susanna Hamilton. 23. At Hastings, Miss Anne Grant, aged 17, sister to the late William Grant, Esq. of Congalton. 24. At Flatfield House, Carse of Gowrie, Mr Peter Thomas Drummond Boyd, surgeon, R. N. At Warriston Crescent, Melville Balfour, Esq. merchant, Edinburgh. At Haddington, Mr Richard Hay, writer. 25. At Paris, Donna Marie-Therese de Bourbon, Princess of Peace, Countess of Chinchon, daughter of Don Louis of Spain, and sister to the Cardinal de Bourbon, Archbishop of Toledo. 26. At St Andrews, Mrs Scott. -At Edinburgh, Mrs Elizabeth Daun, wife of Alexander Graham, Esq.; and upon the 1st Dec. Elizabeth Mary Anne, their infant daughter. 27. At Tregoles, near Truro, in Cornwall, aged 76, Thomas Spry, Esq. At London, Louisa, wife of the Rev. J. M. Turner, rector of Wilmslow, Cheshire. 28. At the Manse of Lundie, the Rev. Thomas Raitt, minister of Dundee and Foulis, in the 83d year of his age, and 54th of his ministry. - At sea, Mr Alex. Reddie, of the schooner Traveller of Limekilns, while on his passage from Cadiz to London. 30. Here, Miss Henrietta Rymer, daughter of the late David Rymer, Esq. Borrowstouness. Dec. 1. At Parkerswell House, near Exeter, in the 88th year of her age, Mrs Gifford, mother of the late Lord Gifford, Master of the Rolls. At his house, No. 27, George Square, Archibald Campbell, Esq. At St Helier's, Jersey, John Smyth Kinloch, second son of George Kinloch, Esq. of Kinloch. At Park Crescent, London, Thomson Bonnar, Esq. of Elmstead and Camden Place, Kent. 2. At Gunsgreen House, Berwickshire, Mrs Home, wife of the Rev. George Home, of Gunsgreen, aged 81. Here, Charles Richard Menzies, youngest son of Captain William Menzies, No. 114, George Street. At Cousland, Alexander, son of Mr Alexander Wilson, merchant, Dalkeith. 3. At his seat, Scrivelsby Court, county of Lincoln, in the 64th year of his age, the Rev. John Dymoke, the Hon. the King's Champion, Prebendary of Lincoln, Rector of Scrivelsby-cumDalderby, &c. 4. At Posso, Peebles-shire, Sir James Nasmith of Posso, Bart. - At Culross, Mrs Christian Geddes, relict of Laurence Dalgleish, Esq. of Westgrange. At Rankeillor Street, Edinburgh, Isobel Urquhart, wife of Mr William Buchan, of the Bank of Scotland. 5. At Edinburgh, Eliza, eldest daughter of Mr William M'Hutchen, agent for the European Life Insurance Company. At Barnton House, Miss Jane Watson, eldest daughter of the deceased James Watson, Esq. of Saughton. At No. 10, Moray Place, Francis Charles Jennings, Esq. 6. At London, Captain Sir William Hoste, Royal Navy, Bart. K.C.B. -At Pentonville, near London, William Stalker of Inchney, Lanarkshire, the last of thirteen sons of the late John Stalker, Esq. 7. At Edinburgh, Mrs Margaret Finlay, relict of James M'Farlane, Esq. of Bath. - At No. 10, Scotland Street, Janet Davidson, aged 17, second daughter of Mr David K. Whyte, bookseller. 7. At Kirkaldy, Alexander Easton Ay toun, eldest son of Mr James Aytoan. 9. At Workington Hall, aged 72, J C. Curwen, Esq. Member of Parliament for the county of Cumberland. Mr William Hamilton, of the Rainbow Coffee-house, Edinburgh. 10. At her house, North Frederick Street, Mrs Janet Wedderburn, relict of George Bruce, Esq. of Langlee. 11. At No. 4, Buccleuch Place, James Romanes, second son of Mr Jas. Romanes, merchant, Edinburgh. At No. 18, Pilrig Street, Malcolm, third son of Alexander Wright, Esq. seed-inerchant, Edinburgh. At his house, Newington, Francis Nalder, Esq. At Montague Street, Marjory, youngest daughter of the late Rev. James Nicol, minister of Traquair, Peebles-shire. 12. At Leith Walk Cottage, James Gregory, M.D. surgeon, Royal Navy, and late of the Naval Hospital, Port Royal, Jamaica. 13. At Milbank, Nairnshire, Mrs Colonel Mackintosh, relict of Lieutenant-Colonel Mackintosh, 97th Regiment of Foot. -At Edinburgh, Mrs Ann Hay, wife of Alex. Thomson, Esq. W.S. -At Edinburgh, John Thomson, Esq. of Burnhouse. - At Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, George, youngest son of Pulteney Mein, Esq. Forge Lodge, Dumfries-shire. 14. At Hampton Court, Sir John Thomas, Bart. at the advanced age of 83. -At Hermitage Place, Leith, Miss Elizabeth Waddell. -The Rev. Robert Scott, minister of the United Associate Congregation, Burghead, Morayshire. 15. Mrs Frances M'Ewen, wife of Mr Thomas Clark, riding-school, Edinburgh. 16. At Cupar-Angus, Mr John Irvine, portraitpainter, Edinburgh. - At Middlefield House, William M'Kenzie, Esq. of Strathgarve. 17. At Milton House, John Johnstone Lee, fourth son of the Rev. Dr Lee. - At Glasgow, Mr John Hall, wine merchant. 18. At Kirkliston, Mr Alexander Robson, of Edinburgh, son of the late Rev. John Robson, Cupar Fife. 19. At Aberdeen, Helen M'Donald, wife of Capt. George M'Donald, late of the 81th Regi lor, his grand-daughter, in the 14th year of her age. 21. At Clifton, Lady Sawyer, the wife of Admiral Sir Herbert Sawyer, K.C.B. At Craigmaddie, Lieut.-General Thomas Peter of Craigmaddie, aged 71. 22. At 85, Prince's Street, Mrs Jane Gillespie, wife of James Donaldson, Esq. At Edinburgh, Marion, eldest daughter of Patrick Borthwick, Esq. manager of the National Bank. 26. At Spring Seld House, Lasswade, Ms Cuming, relict of Thomas Cuming, Esq. banker in Edinburgh. - At No. 16, Royal Circus, Caroline, third daughter of William Renny, Esq. W. S. 29. At London, Dr Wollaston, aged 68, having to the end of his life evinced all that calmness, self-possession, devotedness to science, and love of his fellow-creatures, which was to be expected from his character throughout the whole of his -At Green Park, Youghal, the residence of his son-in-law, Captain Henry Parker, R. N. the Right Hon. Francis, Earl of Huntingdon, &c. &c. At Boxford, in Suffolk, Alexander Hogg. Esq. purser in the Royal Navy. This officer was with the late Captain Cook, in his voyage of discovery, in the year 1777. - At his seat at Bellevue. in the county of Wicklow, aged 96, Peter La Touche, Esq. -At Malta, Edward Dalzel, Esq. of his Majesty's civil service there. At Mount Terrace, Somersetshire, Mrs Dundas, relict of Rear-Admiral Dundas. At Parham, in Sussex, the Right Hon. Lord Delazouche. At No. 16, Albany Street, Jane, second daughter of the late Alexander Ritchie, Esq. of Bearhill. - At 2, Drummond Street, William Edward Thin, youngest son of the late Mr John Thin, architect, Edinburgh. -At Greenock, about a fortnight ago, Janet Stewart, at the advanced age of 101. She was a native of Glengarry. EDINBURGH: PRINTED BY PALLANTYNE & COMPANY, PAUL'S WORK, CANONGATE. THE assembling of Parliament forms at all times an inviting theme to remark and speculation; in the present year it is by various circumstances rendered an irresistibly inviting one to ourselves. Incredible are the changes which are witnessed by the present generation. No preparations of party warfare gave interest and pomp to the approach of the Session. Nothing was said of the accessions of strength purchased by the Ministry, or of the overpowering attacks contemplated by the Opposition. Profound silence was observed touching the Amendment; and not a calculation was hazarded to indicate how the numbers would stand on the first important division. Even the names of the new speakers who were to astonish the House, and adorn the country, were never mentioned. What a contrast does this form to what took place when the mighty Dead gathered their glories! It would be very idle in us, at a mo◄ ment like this, to enquire how far this state of things is to be ascribed to the state of parties. It has been produced mainly by the system on which the Ministers of this country have acted for the last four or five years. Although this system has been so long practised, it has never been properly reduced to rule and precept. It has passed from cabinet to cabinet, and from Minister to Minister, orally and by example; but it has never been fairly placed before the world, in full and methodical detail. The Welling ton Ministry is still in its infancy, and what its conduct will be, is in some VOL. XXV. measure unknown; but as it has exhibited symptoms of being anxious to adhere to and improve upon the system, we will give an elaborate description of the latter. Such a description may be as beneficial to the empire at large, as to the Ministry; we think it is called for to preserve both from egregious and fatal errors. In one respect, we who write are not wholly disqualified for giving it. For several years we have, in this Magazine, trod the rugged, thorny, and stormy path of independence. We have followed neither individual nor party; we have courted neither the favours of the great, nor the shouts of the multitude; and it has been too often our lot to have to brave at the same moment, the bitter animosity of official men, the delirium of the po pulace, and national delusion. The same Ministers and public men whom we have warmly eulogised in one hour, we have as strongly censured in the next, according to their conduct. We shall not therefore be suspected of wishing to serve one public man or party, to the prejudice of another. If such suspicion lurk in any quar◄ ter, let it be dispelled by this confession. Upon re-considering our past opinions, having been moved thereto by the splendid examples of the age, we find them to be wholly erroneous, and we of course cast them to the winds. We are determined not to be left alone in the regions of bigotry and prejudice, therefore we abjure our creed. We are no longer Bigots, but Liberals. Our conversion, however, -slow conversions have in them the 2 L most reality, is not yet totally completed; but it already reaches this point: we feel no more respect for the Duke of Wellington and Mr Peel, than for Mr Brougham and Mr Huskisson-for the present Tory Ministry, than we should feel for a Whig one. We even think Mr Brougham and Mr Huskisson are more honest men than the Duke of Wellington and Mr Peel, and that a Whig Ministry would hardly be so pernicious a one as the existing Tory one is. It is a great matter that we are able, in imitation of the leaders of the Cabinet, to shake off old friends, connexions, and partialities; although we cannot yet go to the finish with them in loving and combining ourselves with old enemies. The lat ter must be with us a work of time; our natural man is stubbornly opposed to it; and nature, bigoted and prejudiced though it be, cannot be subdued in a moment. These are indeed days of improvement! Impossibilities are swept away; the sun of human perfectibility has risen, and its radiance shews that even Divine Revelation is a mass of error. Its glorious rays have shot from law and institution, to principle and feeling; and now it is discovered, that every thing which the greatest men of past times called truth and wisdom, is directly the reverse. What a wonderful creature is man! What will he not soar to, when he has already rendered himself so much the superior of his Maker! The system, of which we now commence the description, is the most astonishing of all the improvements. It surpasses all that mortal ingenuity, exquisitely improved as it is, might have been thought capable of producing. The fundamental principle of this system is-A Ministry exists solely for its own interest and benefit. When the reader has paused a sufficient time in admiration of the intellect which could conceive so sublime a truth, let him contrast it with the principle which was acted on previously to late years, viz.-A Ministry exists for the benefit of the empire. What did a Ministry reap from this old, exploded principle? Evils of every description. Bound hand and foot to what bigotry called public duty, it was compelled to incur calamitous losses, to wage perilous warfare, to hazard every thing, and not seldom to plunge into destruction. History exhibits melancholy proofs that this principle has constrained various Ministries to terminate their own existence. Such men of the past as Lord Chatham, Pitt, Burke, Fox, &c., acted upon it; and notwithstanding this conclusive evidence of their ignorance and imbecility, they were, until recently, looked on as eminent authorities! The bigotry and prejudice from which the country has miraculously escaped surpass description. The gigantic advantages which will flow from the new principle, were illustrated with singular felicity by Mr Peel, in his speech delivered on the first night of the Session. Acting upon it, if a Ministry be assailed by a powerful enemy, it can, by wheeling round and placing itself at the head of this enemy, convert the threatened attack into the means of its own security and profit. If numerous foes beset it, an alliance of this kind with the most powerful of them, will enable it to laugh to scorn the remainder. It can always make itself invincible against any Opposition, by regularly adopting its principles and schemes, no matter how immeasurably superior the latter may be to it in talent and numbers. If it can only preserve power by pulling to pieces the Constitution, it can do the latter without exposing itself to danger. By keeping itself, in the manner we have stated, continually in harmony with the Opposition, it will always have a majority in Parliament, which will enable it to treat with de rision the hostile opinion and efforts of the country. Then the saving in toil and intellect will be immense. No long speeches-no stormy discussions -no laborious study no tedious search for information—no midnight divisions-none of the consuming cares and exertions which heretofore sunk so many leading Ministers into a premature grave, will be necessary. But the most splendid point will be, the need for talent and wisdom will be wholly removed. The Ministry may consist of beardless lordlings, Chelsea pensioners, or any hangerson; an Opposition of some kind or other will save it the trouble of thinking, and natural instinct will do all that may be requisite beside, for keeping it in being. Mr Peel, in the inimitable speech to which we have alluded-a speech which will be inimitable to the last hour of oratory |