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Lyttelton Times, Volume III, Issue 120, 23 April 1853, Page 7

As was anticipated, the Derby Ministry have succumbed before the powerful opposition arrayed against them in the House of Commons. Temporarily propped up by the aid rendered by Lord Palmerston which enabled them to swallow, without too susceptibly hurting their feelings, the free trade move of Mr. Villiers, they were bowled out on the budget. Mr. Disraeli's budget seems to have created great dissatisfaction in the country ; it was formally protested against by the Corporation of London. The " something looming in the future" of that eminent " bottle conjurer" has not " turned up" ; and Benjamin has made a " mess," very dissimilar to that presented to bis aged Papa by his prototype of Biblical renown. The attempt to relieve the Agricultural interest at the expense of the. commercial and manufacturing—helping Peter by throwing additional burdens on Paul—signally failed. The new Ministry will, however, have a powerful opposition to encounter, and Disraeli many opportunities of displaying his unrivalled, gladiatorialabilities against such a triumvirate as Russell, Graham, and Palmerston. It really makes us very melancholy to "attempt to " subdue our qualities" to a Sou-Wester, when contemplating the political excitement in England. There is, nevertheless, one thing to render our despondency tolerably bearable, which is the fact of the Duke of Newcastle being at the head of the Colonial department. We anticipate the best consequences from this sign of happiest augury, as the Duke is an enlightened man and has, moreover, taken a warm and active interest in this Settlement. There is a prospect of a war, too, with France ! By what fatality is it that we are not in England to help stir that noble brute, the British Lion, and make him roar and lash his sides with his caudle appendage ! There is no help for it; but we do hope the gallant Commissioner of Crown Lands will exercise his authority which is supreme on the Peninsula, and take those steps which his wisdom may suggest to prevent an internecine war between the French and Anglo-Saxon races at Akaroa. Our fears may be sneered at, but that famous maxim of " prevention being better than cure," has not been erased from our memory.