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OFFEE OF PLAOR TO COBDEN. 345

i reply crossed the second note which Lord John lass,
“ell bad written to him on the previous day :— Zr. AL.
” Dec. 19, 1845.
ng Da Ste, —In consequence of what I wrote this mornfo
 Low write to inform you that I have not been able
wo 0a Ministry.
the ol those who were to be my colleagnes had agreed to
og tal repeal of the Corn Laws. Other differences on
Or subject have caused our failure,
I remain, yours faithfully,
J. Rosse.”

The differences which were the cause of failure were with
NE Greys He objected to Lord Palmerston as Foreign
Sotretapy, The intrigue, says one who was very competent
fo Indge such matters, was neither contrived with dexterity
" ®nducted with temper, but it extricated the Whig
“olor from an embarrassing position Lord John Russell’s
ble, Was not only that in face of the risks to be encountered
oy Was indispensable, but that as Lord Grey was among
© first of his party who declared for complete Free Trade in
oo, it would be unjustifiable to attempt to carry it without
in Viewed from this distance of time, and in the Light of
Present docline of the Whig caste, the plea, it must be
i lossag, is one of singular tenuity. No one doubts the
CXity either of Lord John’s attempt to form a governou
 OF of his honest acquiescence in its failure, It was
"ously mach easier for Sir Robert Peel to settle the Corn
Ration, because he would have the votes of the Whigs and
, Eis Lord Howick of the previone Chapter. Heo had become a peor on
Sigg of bin futher in July, 1845. The seat which he FP Thosiell ug
ort Was won by Mr, Hudson, the spitmay ing, e gr
Chor, Thompgon, Cobden spoke with « clon A gency
: ¥y 9 Candidate soon afterwards. Bee Speeches, i. e
: Dixeneisa Lord Geores Bentinck, p. 28.