The Sun.
London, England, 1830-11-22 00:00:00

(From the Gazette de France of Sunday.)

His Majesty was engaged, during the morning, with the
Count Sebastian', Minister for Foreign Affairs, and sub-
sequently with the Keeper of the Seals.
PAnts, Nov. 20.—The Journal du Conmarce pub-
fishes. this (ley the basis of the project of the Electoral
Law, adopted by the Lafitte Ministry
" We have been informed that the electoral combination,
decided upon by the Ministry, ha., fur bases, the reduction
of the rent to 200 francs, and the extension of the right of
suffrage to citizens inscribed open the second part of the
Jury list. The inquiries made by the Administration
give as the result of this system au electoral population of
820,000 citizens—that is to say, one elector in a hundred."
A Whig Minister in England would the better be able
to go to war if the events in Belgium tended to reunite that
country to France, as it would not have the appearance of
doing so for the interest of a party in France, but for the
advantage of England. In that case the dismissal of the
Duke of Wellington would only have given a Commander.
in. Chief to the armies of Europe. h may be safely as-
serted that a Whig Ministry would not have used so much
promptitude as the Duke of Wellington in recognizing the
new French Government.

The cholera tnorbes has ravaged Tillie for about a
month. Upon the first appearance of this mainly the
greater portion of the population quitted the town, which
was reduced to 6,000 souls. It was out of this number
that 1,575 persons died. The garrison has lost more
than 1,000 men.
Letters from Vienna say, that the news of the changes
of the French Ministry had the effect of lowering the
Funds in that capital. •
Ln Revolution and Le Patride (inurnals) which have
appeared up to the wont time, without conforming to
the law relative to the security fur newspapers, were
*cited this morning at the instance of the Attorney-
General. The numbers in'ended for the departments) were
stopped at the Post-office.
aterday the Commission of Inquiry of the court of
Peers confronted Berrie, the incendiary, with the young
woman named Calvados, who had been uh by the
Assize Court of Caen, and who arrived a few days 'duce.
The assurance and effrontery of Berrie are unchanged. It
does not appear that confronting hint with this female
will lead to any material information as to the fires in
Normandy. . ,

THE fil-MiNfSTRX.

(From the Special(*)

After an existence of nearly three years, during which
it was chit fly supported by the plans or the forbearance
its enemies, the Wellington Ministry is numbered amongst
" the things that have been." Its organic disease was
weakness; but the immediate cause of its dissolution was
a word or two of unnecessary panegyric, and an uncalled
for dederation against reform. What could have induced
these ill-timed demonstrations, in opposition to the spirit of
the age, it is difficult to discover. The Ministers who had
persisted in non-interference when the country would gladly
base been meddling, appeared to violate their own princis
pies in a cause which the nation favoured. Their defence
of ,the state of the representation was equally inexplicable.
The men who had swallowed the Catholic Question
after a solemly-pledged opposition of so many years, needed
not have strained at a moderate reform ; at all event.,
they might have observed a discreet silence. These aro
paints that may puzzle the future historian, and at which
we can only pretend to guess. Had the Duke been fines.
sing too finely, without sufficient knowledge of the game ?
was he unguarded enough to quit his intrendnnents on a
mere supposition of support ? or did be--foreseeing the
impossibility of retaining power, hut wanting philuaepity
to resign it—wilfully subject himself to ha driven front the
post he could not resolve to quit ? This axiom, however,
may be derived from his fate—that a Ministry of under-
lings can never be stable. Had he possessed more inde-
pendent colleagues, the allusion to Belgium woulJ, pros
bably, have been differently worded.
We shall not pause to ask how far the present consmns
=Lion is desirable, with men whose principle* might
have prompted them to evil if ever an epportunity offered.
It were unjust, however, not to admit that they have pro-
duced great good—whether as unwilling instruments or
not, it were now ungracious to inquire. The establish-
went of religioui liberty is in itself an achievement of no
small importance; and its utility is considerably in-
unpaved, when we consider the course which events
have recently taken. But latterly the Test Acts and
Catholic Emancipation were merely outwork'', which
served to divide the besiegers, and preserve the citadel
untouched. They are now levelled; and the phalanx of the
extreme Tories, the determined enemies of all unprovemeot,
is broken and scattered; results for which we are in-
debted to the agency at least of the Wellington Ministry.
It has also bequeathed a clear stage to its successors.
There used now be no questions to divide a Cabinet, un-
less they are questions of degree; there is no Monarch
with silly personalities to gratify et the expence of the
public weal; any opposition, however numetutts, must at
the outset be powerless in opinion, end in Parliamentary
eloqueace; the distinguished turn ofall parties scent willing
to amalgamate on tome broad and general principles; and
the' people, Anxious fur an efficient reform in all our insti-
tutions, are not disposed to call fur things.unreestuntble or
impossible- Barely—perhaps never-. 4141 Ministers as-
sume the reins of government with such prospects or such
responsibility, It remains to be seen, whether, after a
career devoted to the pursuit ofand lobjects,
they pettyp_roiona.
they will fall to pieces amidst ridicule and rejoicing,—or
whether they will throw themselves at once open the
people, end erect an imperishable msnument to their own
glory, by improving the institutions and a Ivancing the
prosperity of their country.
(From the.efge.)
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We want words to express the joy which we reel at the
great eictiny et on by the country this week. Tuesday the
lath of November ought to be a high holiday in our an.
nolo, fur on that day the b.Atest administration that wee
ever obtruded upon a free rOple Wati OVetthrOWll. The
Duke does not possess any quality fur being Minister of a
free country. Trick and trawl Wore the constant engines
t,',r4e he displayed in forcing the Popish Bill occur the re•
of his nu,, in
vinas—babitual scorn and contempt
f
people the main features of his mind. This eon..
t
luctaot cauntry; in ileelating night after night is the face
of a dce ling revenue, 4 filling excise, the cry of the era.
nufactott'r., the uprising of the agrieulturallats, in the
teeth ot waggon loads of petitions, that be would
quite whether there was any distress in the country—in
upholding a Ministry composed of Coullarn, Ellenbo.

Tut DOWNFALL OF THC %ELLINGTON Caastim—
We have this week the pleasing duty to communicate the
downfall of the Wellington Administrationitn Adtnidis-
tration which fur the three years it has guided the destinies
of this country, has dune snore to produce diacoittent at
home, and revolution abroad, than any admiuistration
since the days of James the Second. Its corruption,, its
contemptuous disregard of the petitions and comet:Mite of
the people; together with, its_ uniform hatred of liberty,
and the steady though secret encouragement it ever gave
to foreign despotisms—will make its dissolution a subject
of most hearty congratulation to every friend to freedom
throughout Earope.—Not the least of the pleasurable feel-
ings we derive from the rent of the late Ministry, is the
turn•uut of that eminent turn-out, Sir James &Atka.—
Some of the papers have mentioned a report that this n►an
in virtue of some promise made him by the Duke of Wel-
lington (for deserting his former principles we suppose),
is to be made one of the Chief Justices—for which pur-
pose the country is to be saddled with a retiring pension.
We never heard of a more preposterous idea, nor come which
if acted upon would go nearer to ruin the new Ministry
in the estimation of the country. Sir James Searlett is
the very last man we would wish to see on the judicial
bench. A time•serviug politician can never make a good
Judge—betides his avowed enmity to the press affords no
evidence th it he would in cases where the press was eon,
cerned decide impartially,