SYMPTOMS OF DISSOLUTION.
A. simmer, very slight stir may be observed in the region of poli- tics. Cabinet dinners two:lunette° next week: Members of Parliament and other men of mark are straggling ty to town ; and when they meet in the clubs or streets, of course they talk about what they have seen or heerd in the provinces, and the prospects apolitical parties. The report is unitbrm as regards the estima- tion in which Ministers are held by the great body of Liberals. Few truebis themselves to think whether they are " in" or " out," or what is likely to become of them. The saying, however, is in every mouth, that " the thing cannot last "—that there must seon be a " break-up," and that before Easter "the pear will be ripe" for Pew te Mr. IRELAND BLACEBEENE and :qr. WiLsoN 'PATTEN, at War- rington, avowed their belief that the present Henee of Coneneue would not three Lord AIELEpi•RNE from office, and that Cmserva- fives ini:st look to the were Parliament for what they want. This is the safest doctrine. The two great leaders of the Tory party, poseeszing the reality witheut the reap ensibili ty of the highest power and most grattf:ying self-importance, stand aloof and make no sign to their impatient followers; otherwise, indeed, they very likely could beat the Government even on the Address. The majority has been dwindling away, and accident may reduce it to a cipher at the opening of the session. Mr. 'MACAULAY cannot sit, and suc- cessors to Sir Railways Rossi: and Sir EDWARD CODIUNGTON will be wanted. Should a Member of the House of Commons have the Solicitor-Generalship, there will be another vacancy : and if SirJous: CAMPBELL go to Ireland, yet another. Sir R ■LPII 11W,V urn has chauged sides, and his defection will make a difference of two votes in the division. Will Lord Howie': or Mr. CnAttssa; Woo]) support the Government at a pinch ? and will not the secession of' the GREYS be a signal of retreat for some very moderate Whigs, who would make excellent Tories ? But this is not all: Members who reluctantly complied with Mr. Whipper-in STANIXY'S entreaties up to the close of last session, may—we think we could name some who will—refuse future aid, amid walk out of the House bethre the division, with a scarcely-concealed hope that it may prove fatal. On all sides the traces of decay are visible. It is a bad sign for any Government to have the City of London in opposition ; and the unanimity of the citizens in disliking the present Admi- nistration is wonderful. Tory good-will, of course, Lord MEL- Bonin: never looked far; but he was wont to marshal "troops of friends" among the Liberals. Now he call reckon few. Some of the leading "Reformers" in the City openly avow their desire to turn bin out. This we can vouch far. Poor ilIELBOURNE! it seems that he is even losing his luck. He cannot perfisrm a virtuous action now, without suire.ring for it. His riliwors offend the Re- formers. The Common Council would have stood by him to the last had he foreborne to touch their pleassnt vices ; but when he sent his Commissioners into their dirty corners, their wrath ex-
ploled with a vehemence of which the Premier and his trembling colleagues had an astouncli eg specimen at the Guildhall on Lord Mayor's Day. Vain as false is the pretence that only " Tories" yelled at the Minister ; not a few " Reformers" swelled the shout of insult and joined in the hiss of scorn.
There is no reason to suppose that Lord Msratoraxes.influ- enee at Court is diminished. But he has cause to apprehend that the iulluence of the Queen herself has been much damaged by the course taken by her Majesty under his guidance. There is no longer the same affectionate interest in the young Sovereign that once existed. Loyalty has cooled quickly among the people. The Vt lugs strained it unmercifidly when they appealed to the country a,s, " friends of the Queen's youth." Tied resource is exhausted. the liedeleunber Ladies have made their last Ministry.
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