The Sun.
London, England, 1839-05-14 00:00:00

RVENiNG EDITION.

OF PUBLIC OPINION IN

THE PROVINCES.

II a continue to-day our extracts from the provincial
Press on the resignation of Ministers. Of Sir Robert
Peds surrender many of our country Contemporaries,
as well as those in Scotland and Ireland, were not aware
when the articles were written from which we are about
siting the spirit
We have anticipated for some time what has now
coma to pass. A combination of circumstances had
recently thrown into the hands of a dozen of Radicals
--oi whom one half wanted honesty, and the other half
e -)ininan sense—the power of deciding whether the
e aint:y should have a Liberal or a Tory Government.
Ta.t sume of them wished to see the Tories in power
as avowed by themselves, and that others were at best
iu{lbff to the change, was abundantly obvious. It
quite correct therefore to say, that the Ministry ex-
io.td by the suffbranea of the Radicals ; and those who
had observed the want of principle, wrong-headedness,
and factious spirit of these persons, were well aware
how t'reearious the tenure of office was which rested on
z,nelt a basis. Our belief was, that they only wanted a
tia..isible pretext to bring about what they were so eager
to re:,lize. The result has shown that their impatience
:you not wait even for a plausible pretext. —Scotsman.
in common with the majority of our readers, who
hat,: supported the general policy of Ministers, must
f!el regret that her Majesty's advisers should have found
necessary to take this step, the effect of which must
be to involve the country fur a time in difficulty—in
confusion—if not in danger. But we blame them not
y have struggled nobly with unparalleled difficulties,
ve:unst the unprincipled and factious opposition of bitter
upprments, hunting for office at any sacrifice—and the
injudicious conduct of professed supporters in the Radi-
cal section of the House of Commons, who, by their de-
se:aioa of Ministers upon the present occasion, have
brolscn down a Government through whom alone they
could have expected to oLtain their just ends, and it
coy be, have helped to power their own and the people's
aetermined foes.—Keho Chronicle.

We have often e:;pressed our disapproval of some of
th&r me tsures ; but one thing is now clear, that their
Successors are not likely to prove better men—and to
enleavour to retrieve the lost ground, or at least in the
meantime to keep the enemy in check, is now what Re-
f+•rn;ors must look to. From what cause the mistrust

and apathy now pervading the Reform ranks arose and
:Treed, it is now far worse than needless to inquire.
The question must now be, not whose has been the
fault, but who 'hal now show most readiness to reme-
dy it. The mischief is done—the Reform forces are
diserganized and scattered—the Tories arc marching
ieto the citadel—and the dispute must not be whether
alleal impatience or Whig inertness was the cause of
the disruption, but which party shall now show most
e!ee!ity in forgiving and forgetting what is past, and
coming to an agreement by which their forces may be
oece more united and inspirited—Berwick Advertiser.
Tee event which many persons had long foreseen,
Aral which no men have laboured more assiduously to
render desirable, and to ensure, than Ministers them-
selves, has at length happened—and they are out of
oliiee. We feel neither regret nor alarm at the return
CZ the Tories to place, It is, after all, what they did not
expect, however hungry for it ; and it is more than they
will have the power to preserve, strong as may be their
nalination to retain it. They cannot stand before the
union of Reformers, which we feel assured will now take
place without an abandonment of their principles ; and
forsaking these again, as Sir Robert Peel did in 1829,
t,-0, b?come a Reformer, the ties which now bind the
tortes together would be snapped asunder, and they
would rapidly sink into dissolution.—Durham Chronicle.
The Tories are at length gratified—the Melbourne
Ministry have resigned. This, to some, rather un-
ieoked-for event was brought about by the House of
Commons on the Jamaica Government Bill, ate Minis
try having only a slender majority of five to support
them in carrying out that measure. Ten Radicals—
Messrs. Dunembe, Grote, Hume, J. Jervis, T. Jervis,
Leaeler, Molesworth, O'Brien, Turner, and Wakley—
voted with Sir R. Peel ; and five Tories—Messrs. Gibson,
Ineliam, Noel, Tollemache and Nall—supported the
Government measure. Fourteen Liberals and six
Tories were absent. The whole proceeding on the part
of the Tories was factious and dishonest. —North Der-
byshire Chronicle.
The Administration has fallen, and fallen nobly before
the ctlbrts of Tories, seconded by a small section of the
Radicals, on a question on which its members had, least
ef all, reason to expect so strange a coalition.—
Devonport Independent.
We are in a fair way to see Sir James Graham's
birds of prey", once more fastening their talons on
toe vitals of the country. We trust their dominion
w ill be brief--we are quite sure it will not be very
eereeable ; and unless Sir Robert Peel takes to himself
allies very different to his former Orange auxiliaries, we
will venture to predict that our wishes will be verified.
But Satan now is wiser than of yore." It is probable
;hat Peel, having experienced the full benefit of his
iFscciation with the Londonderries and the Knatehbulls
on a previous occasion, will take especial good care to
entertain no such companions in the improved edition of
his Cabinet.—Gateshead Observer.
We shall, indeed, see Lord John retire with some
regret, as he has performed many good services for the
country and for the cause of Reform, and we remember
, his exertions with gratitude, but it is very clear that
he has fulfilled his task. His sympathies with the pre-
sent popular feeling have now ceased to exist. He
belongs, as a Statesman, to a past period.—Cambrian.
i In one sense the resignation of the Whigs will be
preriuctive of great good ; it will unite the Liberal
party against the Tories. For the last four years, the
zeal of the earnest Reformers has cooled, and not with-
cut good reason. This will rerive it again ; and al-
though for a time there may seem to be discourage-
!raent, the course of events must work for good to the
eeopte aril to their eause.—Hull Journal.
Orangeism is again, for a season, triumphant in this
eeuntry. The natural enemies and oppressors of the
;mple are once more in power—but for how long ?
That is a question which the people themselves must
arawer. They will shortly be appealed to. The
Orangemen cannot go on with the present Parliament.
i :A dissolution is inevitable.—Liverpool Chronicle.
The scene since Tuesday is changed ; the Tories
eive not come into power, but the liberal Ministry will
eentinue in the Government, and must act more vigo-
eeusly. Let them propose measures and persist in them ;
I,l‘t them be beaten on them, but let them not continue

the system of frittering away their own determinations
t.o suit the notions of the Tory opposition. Let their
future measures be honest and good, and let the Eng-
lish public see who will dare to thwart them. We have
no doubt that some changes of men will take place, but
irrnsures will thereby be stronger and more determined.
—Hampshire Telegraph.
The dissolution of Lord Melbourne's administration,
although coming earlier than we anticipated, does not
surprise us. It is an event which we have considered
ia,!vitable. We are, therefore, fully prepared to meet
tl:e consequences of a break-up of the Finality Cabinet.
'Neither is the nation astounded by the news ; perhaps
!b,-: party least likely to derive benefit from this very
proper step on the part of Lord Melbourne and his col-
-I.azucs, is the one which will step into the now vacant
p`. es of office. Whig-finality has been the ruin of the
lite Cabinet ; what, then, shall we prophecy as to the
fats of Tory-finality ? He who runny may read. Its
• o"at is registered in the heart of the nation. No effort
c:f regal power, T,o endeavour of the banded strength of
aritecracy, can .Avr rt it. Popular opinion is indestruc-
i 7 '."-Leicestershire ilfercury.
T.:e struggle is over—the Melbourne Ministry is no