The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-24 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

viscount Melbourne had an audience of the Queen
Yesterday.
D her Majesty, [accompanied by her Royal Highness the
ucess of Kent, honoured the Italian Opera House with
her presence, last evening. The Royal suite inclu3ed the
Countess of Charlemont,bLady Flora Hastings, Hon. Mr.
Blau,?, Marquis of Headford, Right Hon. George Stevens
t3Yng, Hon. William Cowper, and Colonel Buckley.
The half-length Portrait of the Queen, from Mr.
Chalon's picture, engraved by Mr. Wagstaff, was yester-
day submitted to her
Majesty.
The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Princess Au-
gusta yesterday.
had Thpeh
013riys,h3Apirof Sodor and Man, Mr. Pease, M. P., Mr.
. Bowes M. P., and Mr. Ilarland, M. P.,
interviews with Lord' Julio Russell yesterday at the
Home Office. •
bm
Sir Hussey Vivian had an interview with Viscount Mel-
yesterday in Downing-street.
The Lord Chancellor will 71.0 i hold his Levee on Satur-
day next, of which a notice has been erroneously given in
the newspapers.
. The Commander of the Forces and Mr. Buxton had in..
terviews with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday at the
Colonial-office.
Count &nth transacted business yesterday at the Fo-
reign Office.
Despatches from Colonel Doherty, Governor of Sierra
Leone, were received yesterday at the Colonial Office.
had The Members of the Naval and Military Commission
a meeting yesterday at the official residence of Viscount
Melbourne in Downing--street. The Duke of Wellington,
REafl.of Minto, Lord Hill, Sir Hussey Vivian, Sir Thomas
b
were
'ru Sir Henry Hardinge, and other Commissioners
present.
M The Right Hon. T. Grenville entertained at dinner, on
—4nalY, his Grace the Archbishop of York Lord and
Ley Francis Egerton, Lord and Lady Mahon,, and a se-
lect party.

METROPOLITAN POLITICAL

S UMNIA I: y.

The T.

erne of is mornin still continues its " la" fo
the result ofs the tlhate Irish discussion in the House m
ofent Com-
r
rnis °na- " The Irish debate," quoth our afflicted Contemporary,
Over, but not the recollections and responsibilities eon-
()fleeted with it. Evidence, full and fearful, has been given
f. the utter insecurity of that unhappy country which her
slajesty's Ministers insult by the assertion that it has en-
3°Yedein effectual administration of the law, Evidence,
no less conclusive, has been adduced, that the principles of
the Whig Government have been among the leading
causes and means of this mischief. The narrow majority
who, in the face of such a mass of testimony, have voted
against all inquiry, will find thei devoti o n t o the reign-
ing Whigs a very insufficient r
excuse to their con-
st!tuents The inquiry which they so naturally dread
"ill go on, despite their attempt to stifle it; it is work-
i_ng in the Committee of the House of Lords; and
We
can tell them it is working in the mind of the public.
iWab en we say that the disturbed state of Ireland, and the
effectual administration of the law, are mainly owing to
the misconduct of the Government, do we mean to have
it understood that the Government have an object in the
thati ti laiveiantg ai" of outrages in Ireland ? Certainly not; but
great object in the encouragement of the
party from which these outrages proceed, they have par-
tined the crimes of Ireland from favour to her criminals."
One would imagine from these remarks that Ireland had
never been disturbed, nor the laws violated there, until
the present Ministry came into office. Tbat such things
as Insurrection Acts had never been heard of during the
Tory regime. That the sister-country was thon all tran-
Snillity and contentment ; and that now for the first time
it is in a state little short of absolute anarchy. Such is
Timesthe inference to be drawn from the above passage in the
Times; but history, with a pen steeped in blood, tells a far
.
story.
The Morning Chronicle, in the course of a leading article
on the subject of further Reform, urges these observe-
tioas :—What is the real opinion of Ministers on the re-
turn of the Tories to power? Do they regard it as a
probability? Do they deprecate it as a calamity? If so,
we would gladly learn by what means they would aim at
its prevention. To suppose that the course they have
pursued will answer the question is little less than sheer
fatuity. Not merely has it cut down their majority, even
on the strongest point of their practical policy, to almost
the smallest number that consists with the retention of
office; but the fact is now distinctly brought out that
they are only upheld by a contingent support which,
°n any day, and on many questions, may be
suddenly withdrawn. What then do the Ministry intend
to Cs? If they decline to aid in the reconstruction of a Re.
form party, it must be reconstructed without their aid.
The existing and prepared materials for such a party will
soon shape themselves into form and order. With union,
independence, and principle fur their policy, Reform for
their banner, and the people at their backs, they will com-
bat Toryism by anti-Toryism—the only permanent success-
ful mode of warfare--and leave Tory- Whiggism to its fate,
neither responsible for its fall, nor tainted by its disgrace.
The Ballot is obviously the first practical change that
should be the object of Parliamentary effort."
The Morning Herald makes • the following remarks on
the New Poor-law Bill, suggested by a petition presented
by Lord Stanhope last night in the House of Lords:—
" We have long been aware that the Poor-rates are ra-
pidly increasing. We believe that these rates are increas-
ing universally. Such a result is inevitable. The New
Poor-law, false as it is in its principles, and inhuman in its
tendencies, is too clumsily framed to secure even the great
end for which it was professedly devised—diminished ex-
pense to rate-payers. The field of employment is liable
to be narrowed at any moment by influences over which
the labouring poor have no control; and the direct effect
of the New Poor-law is to punish men who live by the sale
of their labour, for results to which bad laws and dishonest
g'Pculation! on the part of traders are, from time to time,
in brth. Such a law is, in its ultimate results, in-
inPatiblei with the existence of social orderin its
"Mediate effects such a law tends to lessen fearfull the
atoek of social kindness." y
Th, Morning Advertiser, speaking on the subject of the
b Navy' saYs:—" It is a disgrace to Groat Britain to treat
best defenders With so much severity that her ships Of
Ltri,n entergencies cannot be manned but by the cruel and
ep—trclitng sy
udsstem of impressment. A country should never
its defence to thosed forced into its service. On
the contrary, it would be far more judicious so to improve
the condition of our men-of-war, that admission to the ser-
lee should become an object of competition, not of abhor-
leftleceThe condition of the sailor should not at least be
,asitis at present, worse than that of the convict. It
is not hat we are so desirous of increasing our naval
strength or of putting a greater number of ships in co-
mission,rne as of improving the condition of those already
employed..
The Morning Post, in a leading article on the present
State fpartie, remarks as follows The Radicals are
drunk with vanity, and believe in the possibility of excit-
inge country to coefide in their management. We be-
lieve.in no such possibility That is not the present dis-
position of the British 'n;tion, nor is there any prospect
that it soon will be, The Irish Romanists, led by their
crafty ecclesiastics, are the only great- branch of the
pueroppolese;
thats can at present be depended on for revolutionary
Pand the English have now learned to look upon
he Irish machinations with wholesome suspicion. The
leaders of the Movement are, we think, to aliy wrong in
their estimation of their own strength, but we should not
be surprised if they sought an opportunity of making trial
Of it; and for our own parts we caic not how soon."