The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-15 00:00:00

approved of by the people. They neither can nor
will admit of those distinctions and explanations which
now pass current with men so distinguished in public
life, as the Hon. Member for Sheffield, and the Noble-
Lord,-the Secretary of State for the Home Department.
With them dishonesty is sbply dishonesty—whether
it private conduct, We quctitictt
tzla th;,e,lstet to
Pu:il
whether a
ifferrcut standard motality would bo
For their advantage, •
There are seversd imponatit qiignthitm which mtiet
he disposed of, in some wety or other, before the end of
the' ensuing Session. The very best thing Miuisters
cm do, therefore, is to make up their minds upon them
at once; and to aKet no mystery as to the course whirl)
they intend to pursue. The doctrinaire system of being
guided solely by events may do very well in France ;
but it will not answer in England. The Ministers are
, now called upon to determine whether: they hre
prepared to give Ireland a Corporation Reform
Bill, equal to that granted to England—whether
they are disposed to abolish the unholy Tirlre system
in that .country—whether they have made np their
minds to sanction the adoption of a measure recog-
nizing the right of the famishing poor of Ireland to
relief—whether they will Vote for the shortening of the
duration of Parliaments—remain neutral upon the
question of vote by Ballot—grant adequate relief to
the Dissenters—and afford further facilities for the
extension of the Elective Franchise ? It will not do
to leave these questions to be settled by circumstances ;
nor would such a course accord with the dignity of.a
British Cabinet. Ministers have nothing to fear, if
they will only act in an open and avowed man-
ner. The sympathies of the public are strongly
in their favour; and nothing short of down-
right dishonesty on their own part., (for of
dis-
honesty it would be to cajole, Otherwise mislead
the people), can deprive then: of that general
confidence which forms the
main strength of a
Government. But to retail) that confidence, there
must be an end of the b;:t-try-bit Reform system The
Whigs must really separate themselves from the Tory
faction, and heart and hand with the party of the
people. If o:gee will not do this, the close of the. Ses-
sion t Parliament, now on the eve of commencing,
will behold them as politically defunct—for all the put,-
poses of a Government—as are the Tories at the 4-
sent moment. Their existence as a party deperMs
upon their conduct in the approaching session of Par-.
litunent. Let them therefere not attempt to trifle
With—much less to deceive—the people.

The .Journal du Havre complains of the rapaei•Dus
spirit which has been displayed during the late tempe..uous
weather along the surrounding coasts, and states that its
letters bring daily accounts of the disgraceful manner in
which the inhabitants on the sea-shore have even contended
:with the authorities for the possession of
articles thrown
upon the coast from wrecks.
Pitt possessed no landed estat,e, no funded property,
nor even a life annuity. He he.d disdained to bestow on
himself the Clerkship of the Pei's, and it was not till some
Pyears later that he was made Lord Warden of the Cinque
orts. I doubt whether the First Lord of the Treasury-
and Chancellor of the INehequer, when his debts were
discharged, possessed 'a thousand pounds. Europe might
thus have witnessed the extraordinary spectacle of a Prime
Minister, not yet thirty, who—after distributing nearly
forty British Peerages, besides fifteen Irish—after creating
a sinking fund of a million sterling, humbling France, and by the viirour of his councils extricating Holland from sub-
servieney to the House of Bourbon—was redrlced to return
for support to the bar, as in antiquity ci:acinnatus went
back to the plough.— Wraxall's
The mortal remains of the late Dowager Viscountess
Powerscourt were interred •the latter end of last week at.
Powerscourt, where the family vault is situate. The fune-
ral was free from ostentation.
Many persons in France will be pained by the An-
nouncement of the death of the venerable M. Gre.nier de
Fonblanque, for the truly amiable subject of it ha:Anssisted
the emigres to an extent which nearly exhausted b•ls patri-
mony. Himself the head of a Languedocian 'family, and
inheriting the title of Marquis (which be ue.ver assumed
in England), many of those who fled the; 'political storm
naturally addressed themselves to him, as having a double
nationality, and his sympathy and exeo',oris on their behalf
were repaid, in many instances, by ",core affection.—Ga-
lignani's _illessengcr.
The Duke and Duchf:4', of Sutherland, Lady
Keith, the Right Hon. Craktr and Mrs. Fergusson, the
Hon. Mrs. Darner, Mr. Lady E. Stanley, and Colonel
and Lady Mary Fox hP,"-€)
the honour of dining with the
King and Royal Fan'
ti,
During 1836. of
Menday.
• 'no fewer than 37 Savings Banks
were established, bey
—Paris Pay:r. Royal Ordonnance in the departments.
As r..me Louise Irvine was making her haiar-
dous asc
on Fr;. rJr:t from the stage to the gallery, at Covent-garden,
to &ay evening, the rope being rather slack caused her
tv4P,s her footing upon her return, and she was precipitated
vt'.4}, the balance-pole to the stage. The audience upon
V.eing the terrific circumstance rose, and simultaneously
uttered a cry of horror. The curtain of course fell, and the
greatest anxiety was manifested to learn the consequences.
By the aid of the performers she was conveyed into the
green-room, where she fainted away, and, some restoratives
that were applied being unsuccessful, Mr. Lane, surgeon,
was sent for, who promptly arrived ; but upon seeing the
lady declared that the accident, though not so severe as at
first imagined, was yet likely to produce serious effects, Mr.
C. J. Smith communicated the result of the surgeon's arri-
val to the audience, who shortly afterwards left the theatre.
It is extremely fortunate that the fall occurred so near the
ground ; as, if it had taken place over the orchestra, the
consequence must have been fatal ; and it is to he hoped
that this horrifying exhibition, which has too long disgraced
a national theatre, will henceforth be discontinued.
A treaty of marriage is said to be in contemplation
between the eldest son of the Marquis and Marchioness
of Louie and the Princess Amelia, the late Don Pedro's
youngest daughter, which would at once put an end to the
party disputes in Portugal respecting the succession to the
throne.

His Majesty is expected to come to town from the
Royal Pavilion, for the purpose of opening the Session of
Parliament on Monday, the SOLI' instant. The Queen will
accompany his Majesty, and a select party will be enter-
tained at St. James's Palace in the evening, unless her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester's state of health
should be much. worse. Their Majesties will return to
Brighton, it is expected, on the Ist of February.
Lord Dufierin has been entertaining a party of friends
at his seat, Killileagb.

! ANIMAL INSTINCT.—During the fierce raging of
the fire in Peter-lane, Smithfield, on Friday morning, the
.litt'ention of the crowd was forcibly called to the conduct of
Ix fine black cat, which had escaped from theflames, and was,
seen on the roof of the parapet of the next house, with her
body half stretched over, looking down on the blazing ruins,.
and screaming most piteotisly. Every now and then, as the
flames suddenly leaped up near her, she would retreat a
few yards with increasing screams ; but, as soon as possible,
returned, as if under the influence of fascination, and gazing
down, renewed her piercing moans. It was understood she
was influenced by maternal affection ; her young kittens
having perished in the flames. Her position was a dan-
gerous one, while a retreat in the rear was safe and easy ;
but she seemed meditating a spring, either into the fire, or
among the crowd in the lane below. At last a youth, by
creeping softly along the tiles, secured her, and carried her
into the house of Mr. Glover, at the corner of Cow-cross.
The adventurous act of the young man was honoured with
a general burst of applause.

As Might have been expected, the rapid melting of
the. scow on Saturday last produced the highest floods wit-
nessed in this part of the country for upwards of sixty
years past ; indeed, allowing for the improvements in the
in recent times, perhaps the swell of the
waters in Stour was never exceeded.—Kent Herald.
t&hec
A singular instance of canine sagacity was exhibited
after the tire at Loughton Hall, Essex. A' fine Newfound-
land dog, which had been unhoused by the calamity, was
to be seen the next, and for several following days, wan-
dering about the ruins with most wo-begone countenance,
apparently indifferent to the rain that was incessantly falling.
Ile hung his head down nearly to the ground, and would
pass from one lot to another of the many heaps of salvage
strewn on the lawn, making a pause at each, and exhibiting;,
as well as dog could, sympathy with his master in his gre at
misfortune. If called, the dog would approach any (ue
he knew, and passively receive caresses, but without in, the
slightest degree, expressing pleasure, or raising his, head
from the ground ; and as soon as the hand was vanoved,
he would return back to renew his successive vis'Ats to the
heaps of half-destroyed furniture.
The Reformers of Blackburn are about. 'to open a
News-Room adjoining the Music Hall, for tiro use of C:e
working classes of Blackburn, and William- Turner, Es-i.,
the popular Member for the borough, jjas promised to
present to it his Parliamentary papers.