The Sun.
London, England, 1837-10-20 00:00:00

duct of the 'Whigs ; but he openly protests against
placing any confidence in the Reform pledges of the
Tories. The Tory faction forswore itself before, and
he is convinced that had it an opportunity it would do
so again. This ought to be the conviction of every
honest Reformer. The Tories arc by no means to be
trusted—by no means allowed to dip their hands an-
other time into the pockets of the people. We must
keep them out at all hazards—knowing as we do,
that the " measures" demanded by the people
are not to be obtained from " men " wear-
ing th© LYNDHURST livery. The Whigs may not
desire to go far enough—assuredly they are not
disposed to go so far as we would wish ; but the
Tories, instead of moving onwards, would retro-
grade. But there are other and important considera-
tions why the Liberals should unite cordially in
supporting the present Liberal Administration. While
the late KING lived, Lord MELBOURNE'S Go-
vernment was not permitted to realize any of Its
projects for infusing a Liberal and reforming 'spirit
into our social hastitutions. All the appoint-
ments under the direct controul of the Crnwn, were
sacred from Ministerial investigation, and the very ut-
most the Ministry could do was to neutralize, upon
questions of general policy, the Tnry tendencies of
the Court. Hence Tory officials were nowhere
displaced ; and, in fact, the efforts of Ministers
were, of necessity, less directed to secure the
triumph of their own party, than to guard against
the machinations of their enemies. A new and
a brighter reign has commenced. We see in the
dismissal of Colonel VERNER from the Deputy-
Lieutenancy of Tyrone the wholesome exercise of a
power, which could not have been resorted to had
WILLIAM the Fourth continued to fill the Throne of
these Realms. It is of the utmost importance that the
power so properly and beneficially exercised, should not
be taken out of hands thus recently entrusted with its ac-
tual management. The Augean stable of office, in all the
subordinate departments, requires—and if the people
support the present Ministry, will shortly undergo—
a thorough cleansing. Good measures require good
men to bring them into operation—men having no
interest in the misgovernment. of their fellow-sub-
jects. Let us not, therefore, foolishly dissociate
the ideas of measures and men at a crisis like this ; but
rather support good men at all risks as the surest
means of obtaining desirable measures. As for the
Ministers, their future conduct will and must be regu-
lated by the degree of support which they receive
from the House of Commons. We are confident that
if backed manfully by the representatives of the
people, Lord MELBOURNE arid his colleagues will
discharge the trust reposed in them in such a
way as to satisfy every Reformer of sound po-
litical opinions. Mere theorists may he discontented,
and doubtless will ; but we repeat, that, supported
by such men as Mr. HI NDL EY, and the honest libe-
ral party in the House of Commons, Ministers will
realize to the nation the legitimate
fruits of the Re-
form Bill, viz.—extended Parliamentary representation
and the Ballot.

That " fine old English gentleman," Sir 'FRANCIS
BURDETT, has again been making a public exhibition
of himself. At a Tory dinner given on Tuesday last
at Burton-upon-Trent to Mr. BINGHAM BARING,
the faded Baronet—as he has been aptly styled—de-
livered a speech in reply to the toast, " Sir RORER'.
PEEL, and the Conservative Members of the House
of Commons," which proves in every sentence, that
not physically only, but intellectually also, he has
fallen into the " scar—the yellow leaf." The princi-
ples, observed Sir FRANCIS, of the Right Honour-
able Member for Tamworth, " ought to be
dear to every man who respected high integrity,
admired transcendent talent, and who valued an un-
deviating line of public conduct founded on the most
just, patriotic, and sound constitutional principles."
Certcs the epithet " undeviating" applies with pecu-
liar propriety to Sir R. PEEL'S conduct for the last
ten years or so ! He never deviated on the question
of the Test and Corporation Acts ; he never deviated
on that more momentous one of Catholic Emancipa-
tion ; and still less (lid he deviate, when, after having
publicly declared in the House of Commons, that it
had ceased to become a matter of just pride to hold
office under the Crown, he posted night and day from
Rome, at the risk of his neck, in order to make sure
of the Premiership ! On all these points, ti e
Member for Tamworth never deviated ; but,
on the contrary, clung to the creed in which
he was brought up—namely, that of , ultra-
Torvism—with all the tenacity of a muscle to its
rock. No wo►:der that Sir FRANCIS BURDETT
is enthusiastic in his praises of such a paragon of
consistency ! It is not every age that can boast of
:such a political phenomenon. The faded Baronet
%vent on to observe, " Conservatives"—f ow
proud the man is of his new alias !—" must unite
with me in considering S►r ROBERT PEEL as the
only man who, in the present day, seems capable of
directing the operations whereby our institutions may
he strengthened." The speaker, we strongly sus-
pect, is here angling for a Peerage. He has
already told us more than once that the Tories must
soon come into office ; and entertaining this conviction
he thinks, no doubt, that by a little well-timed flat-
tery of the leader of that beneficent faction, he may
be enabled, when the auspicious hour arrives, to hide
his head in a coronet. But if such be Sir FRANCIS'S
expectations, we can tell him he will be disappointed.
The Member for Tamworth is a wary fish, and will not
bite, least of all at such a bait as "Westminster's Pride"
throws out to him. Were we not firmly persuaded that
" England's Glory" is in his dotage, and knows not
what he is talking about, from one minute to another,
we should be tempted to attribute his Burton-upon-
Trent rhodomontade to the influence of that Deity
who is pleased at times to perplex and obfuscate even
the soundest intellects. Who, for instance, but a man
either in his dotage, or else in his cups, would,
in his character of Conservative, have objected to the
present Ministers that they are " not Reformers ;"
and this, after having expressly charged them with
a desire to carry their Reforms to too great an
extent ? But this, rich as it is, is by no
means the raciest part of Sir FRANCIS'S speech.
After stating that England stands " as a beacon of
light to the whole world ; as a glorious temple of Pro-
testant truth ; as a great and sacred altar from which
was continually rising to heaven the incense of liberty
and virtue—a safe model to all mankind, to other
nations who are, looking for the amelioration of their
own condition"—after stating all this in his most
consequential manner, the speaker suddenly dis-
covers, in his very next sentence, that Eng-
land is neither a " beacon of light," a " glorious
temple," nor a " sacred altar," but on the contrary, a
dishonoured and humiliated nation, whom the " hand
of Heaven" is afflicting " with judicial visitation for
her sins !" Poor Sir FRANCIS ! His very warmest
admirers must pity him, and sure are we that his bit-
terest enemies entertain no other feeling towards
him. Denounce it as he may, he can do Reform
no harm. It will roll on in spite of him, for
what are his efforts to check its progress, but
those of the silly fly on the chariot-wheel, that
hoped to stop the vehicle by the mere brush of it's
wings? Still less will " Westminster's Pride and
England's Glory" be able to damage O'CONNELL by
his abuse, though he may possibly do so by his praise.
DANIEL is placed on a pedestal too high for his puny
shafts to reach. He stands pre-eminent among the j