[FROM A KNOWN AND VALUED CORRESPONDENT.] Mr. —, who is
a Whig, but a man of talents and great shrewd. ness, has been travelling about for the last month, having visited Man- chester, Liverpool, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Leeds, and Birmingham : be goes by mail and coach, frequents news-rooms and commercial inns, knows somebody in most parts of the country, and talks to everybody wherever he goes ; having, besides, a peculiar knack of drawing out people's opinions. He says that he never missed an opportunity of conversing about the Whig Ministry. He is a Whig ; but he declares that throughout the journey, be did not meet with a single person who even apologized for the supineness of Mi- nisters. Many abused them ; many rejoiced at LYNDHURST'S triumph over them ; many were quite iedifferent about them ; but not one spoke of them in terms either of regard or admiration. He has been urged to write all this to Lord MELBOURNE, with whom he occasionally cor- responds. You may fully rely upon the accuracy of this report, which comes from — with many sighs. I can confirm it from pretty extensive observation. Putting aside the Tories, who are crowing everywhere, the prevalent feeling towards Ministers in Scotland and the North of England, is indifference—a notion that, as they seem incapable of helping themselves, they are not worth helping. In all these parts, a general election note, that is, before Lord MELBOURNE shall, as you say, have" done something" to recover his popularity, would go against Ministers. The Radicals and Tories would both gain—and the Radicals more a great deal than the Tories, if the Radical leaders bad formed an independent party. As it is, perhaps the gain of Tories and Radicals would be about equal. The mere Whigs, to speak plainly, are despised.
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