The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-27 00:00:00

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Lord ABERDEEN has been, it is true, a Conser-
vative, so have most of the Peelites ; but their
Conservatism is of the expansive, not of the re-
pressive, stamp. PEEL'S own was so. His heart
was with the people ; so is that of his followers,
and they will not improbably be amongst the wil-
lin agents in efficient reforms. Mr. GLADSTONE
it was who prohibited Mr. DISRAELI from carving
out new landbrd constituencies for the members
of the disfranchised boroughs. But let what
Government will be in power, it must, sooner or
later, concede to the people—to that democracy
which Lord JOHN himself so justly described and
eulogised at Perth ; which, as he observed, "has
as fair a title to the enjoyment of its
rights as Monarchy or Nobility." " This
fair growth of the power of democracy,
this growth of intelligence, this growth of
wealth, this forming of opinions more
enlightened Ind more calculated to carry on in an
enlightened manner the Government of the world,
—this is an increased power which ought not to
be crushed, but ought to be encouraged and main-
tained;" to check which, after the old fashion, he
conceived to be as hopeless as "to dam up their
magnificent river, with a view to prevent an in-
undation, o 7 to close the railway gates to stop
the express train." The intelligent Peelites un-
derstand th:s as well as the Orator of Perth ; but
we repeat vhether he of Perth, or the followers
of PEEL understand it or not, the people them-
selves understand it, and the most aristocratical
Cabinets must yield to justice and intelligence.
The " downward" eourse of a Government fa-
Yourable aemocratical rights ! We thank thee,
Lord DERRY, for teaching us that word. Yes, it
is downwards, but it is downwards to that rock
on which alone a Government is safe ; downwards
to the just rights and the merited good-
will of the governed. Every wing, every part

of our oons.titutional fabric, which has reached
that solid foundation, stands more firmly than
ever. Our financial system, for instance, since it

has ceased to be the instrument of monopolists,
the means of obtaining exclusive or special privi-
leges for corn growers, sugar makers; or mer-
chants—since it has descended to the rights and
the interests of the consuming many, is more
firmly established thaii at any period of recent
history. So will it be with our Representa-

tive system : let 'it but become really Represen-
tative—let the Commons of England be the
honest choice of the untitled commonalty—and

.he Crown and the aristocracy, too, (if the latter

rest upon a spare themselves the conflict,) will

firmer foundation thaw ever before.
We hope Lord DIRBY'S cooler judgment will
convince him that he has chosen a wrong cry
of battle: Had own Cabinet remained in

office, no sooner would he have completed his
law reforms, than le himself would have been

compelled to prepam a second and a real Reform

Bill. It was the umeality of Lord JOHN'S which,
in fact, put the Tones into power. Had it been
worth the people's having, had it been anything
better than a pure piece of Conservatism, the
people would have lefied their enemies to displace

its author. It is, indeed, not a little remarkable
that the late and the present Ministry have both
fallen in attempts to bamboozle their supporters.
Lord Jolliv's sham Electoral Reform, and Dis-

RAELI'S sham relief to the farmers, proved equally
fatal to their respective authors. The country has
outgrown such political magic-lantern shows. The
demand is for solid work.

THE PRINCESS ROYAL OF SWEDEN. - Her Royal
Highness the Princes Royal of Sweden and Norway was
safely delivered of a Prince on the 14th inst.
His Royal Highness the Duke d'Aumale's late splendid
domain of Chantilly, inherited by the ex-Royal Duke from
his late relative the Prince de Conde, has, after some nego-
tiation, been finally disposed of to the wealthy house of
Coutts and Co. The price agreed to bo given we have
heard stated to be 14 millions of francs.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury and family
left Arlington-street on Friday for Hatfield House for the
holidays. At the approaching council to be held by her
Majesty his lordship will deliver up his seals of office as
Lord Privy Seal, which office is to be conferred on the
Duke of Argyll, who will be forthwith advanced to the
rank of a Privy Councillor.
MR. JAMES CANDLISH, THE CHAMPION OF THE TYNE.
-It is the intention of the friends and supporters of this
gentleman to present him with a portrait of himself, which
is now in course of painting. The straightforward conduct
of Mr. Candlish on all occasions justly entitles him to this
compliment. _ . _

TirE EMIGRATION DEPOT.—About an acre of ground
to the west of the sugar house in the Docks, is being fitted
up by the South-Western Railway Company for the pur-
poses of the emigration depot. The inside will be appro-
priated as berths and bed places ; and the outside as cook-
ing-houses, washouses, committee rooms, &c.

DERBY recommended no successor, and perhaps
hoped, by an appeal in due time to the Conser-
vative Peelites, to secure their co-operation, and
to place Lord ABERDEEN in the same position as
he himself occupied in February last year, of
' being unable to construct a working Government.
How strong, as Mr. VILLIERS said in the
Free-trade debate, is the family likeness of
Cabinets ! He might have added, and of ex-
Cabinets too.
Well, then, we know what the Opposition is to
be. One of most formidable numerical strength,
assuredly. 310 against 339 of the sitting Mem-
bers ; 288 against 307 of as full a House as can
well assemble. We imagine, however, that all
Lord DERBY'S supporters will not prove very
steady ones. Should a Government of the most
competent men in the House of Commons be able
to work together, it will be difficult, indeed, for the
one champion of the Opposition to retain his fol-
lowers. The so-called Liberal Conservatives are
very numerous in this Parliament ; and such of
them as stood by BENJAMIN DISRAELI in Office
will be likely enough to desert his leadership out
of office, and to support the measures of a coali-
tion Ministry. They could not indeed well op-
pose it, except on popular measures ; and the
prospect of being sent to the hustings for opposing
such measures is very distasteful, especially to
newly-elected Members.
But the uniting object of the Opposition—that
is the point. Lord DERBY has fairly flung down
the gauntlet to the country; it is to be a Conser-
vative Opposition—an anti-Democratic Opposition.
The people have attained power enough, too much,
indeed ; they are to get no more. The old battle
of the Patricians against the Plebeians is to be once
more renewed. Well, so let it. We know who
will be the victors at last. Lord DERBY threatens
to check the " downward course" of Government;
meaning, thereby, the upward course of the
people. Let him try. One fall, one complete
fall, his order glove gained in their Corn-law
struggle ; let theta be chary of hazarding another.
The contest for their right to eat has taught the
people how to fight for the rights of self-taxation,
and of self-government. They are in no particu-
lar hurry just now, but they know their power,
and they mean to use it. They abhor revolutions,
but they love Reform Bills, and they mean to
have them. They are loyal, but they wish to
show their loyalty, not by kissing the feet of the
aristocracy, but by the conduct of their own Re-
presentatives in the House of Commons. They
naturally look up to the titled and wealthy classes;
but they respect themselves also, and think that,
with the daily papers in their hands, they can tell who
and what to vote for, without the dictation of
their landlords or the bribery of the Carlton Club.
Physical force Chartism, evoked as it was by
agents behind the scenes, has quite subsided, but
just in the same proportion the desire for full
citizenship has taken firmer hold of the minds of
those who are worthy of it. The great towns
are quiet, but their social power is prodigiously
advanced, and they will no longer tamely endure
that their thousands should be overborne, and
their intelligence nullified, by the hundreds and
the tens of the ARIINDELS and WoonsToms. There
is no cry to overthrow the House of Lords, but
there is a universal demand that Peers shall not
sit and represent themselves in that House, and
nominate also Members for the House of the
People. Let Lord DERBY remember that it is
hazardous indeed to resist the " downward"
course of a Government when the moving power
is the people itself. He may be successful in
slackening the speed, but to the terminus the train
must be brought at last, and well for the first-class
carriages if the self-constituted guard do not crush
himself and them in one common ruin. The differ-
ence between the education and intelligence, and
therefore the power, of the people now, and in the
good old Tory times, is fully tts great as that be-
tween the old six inside and the mighty railway