The Sun.
London, England, 1830-06-30 00:00:00

Jp-
d
aat he
Pest at
-lock
of

i

1
f'

cx-1
.ded the
3n, from the
Broughan,
seconded the
n answer to the
eel., et marrow of
he speedy disbolu-
.he advanced period
!as of public bnsi-
iorary provision fir

. .
State. Ho%vever
!dings of yesterday
,Ole that on the re-
lay be introduced or
ore to dere!op !now
vet had titue or or-

eigti, and William
,ie of their common
arrived for bestowing
if great and very grave
tile accession of each
.ily to have been passed
s of course, and have
o subsequent murmurs,
hout the country. One
it with Englishmen has
orronus sums wrung from'
to appease, without ever
s or the Civil List. The'
Royal Family have beeiel
preposterous and oppres-
tote of indignetion on this
matt, in or out of Par.
e to meditate on the grow-1
ring classes, the answe-,'
ang courtiers, of " dis-
c Civil List being agreed
nt of each reign, for the
barga'n cannot afterwards,
be disturbed. The Civil
IV. was intolerable; nor
.es permitted to the Crown
in evil example, by swelling
functionaries in prop(); lion ;
,ugly, that Ambassadors,
s of all descriptions of
'there, the article of retired
tets, furm items of yearly
tar more burdensome than be-
the deceased Monarch to the
.st in his character of Regent.
ions 'o an irrevocable vote for
of the Civil List, we submit
Mould not be lost ; but that
o consider well the feasi-
some sensibly reductions in
without meanly encroaching
Jr fitting magnificence of the
s consort. Another " stock" en-
rth in defence against those nu-
who complain of the cost to which
ut for palaces built up, and pulled
corated, is, that the King of Eng-
been " the worst lodged Sovereign
i Her is nothing more offensive than
those who Imo, through what means
t circumstances " the other Sore-
Pe" have been enabled to provide
" the lodgings" which eclipse our
~,.,palaces. Why, absolute inonae,7hs—,
tort of Europe have been until lately—
very shilling that circulates through the
and spend it in building palaces to as-
sties to overawe, or dungeons to inear-
subiects. It is pretty language for an
ist~rVto hole, that because Louie XIV.,
~ or Frederick of Prussia, or the virago
:ontrived to iperge the pob:ie. service in
air oven vanity, superstition, selfishness,
having no institutions nor audible opi-
responsibirty of Ministers—nor Parlia-
press, to restrain thear ;—a King of Eng-
ereforete worst used man in the world,
Cannot divert the rational revenues to the
on of a second Escurial or Versailles !
3f England's house ought to be spacious,
ul eleganee, and in every respect 5t for the
a of a splendid Court : gewgaws and coon-
s ought trot to be paid for by the peon er
pid pretext that the King " not sin-E-
-well lodged." With Windsor end the apart-
al St..larnee'w, resat-mirdee Prince teed
acme forward to palm such a thing non Par-
te. nt and the country, as Buckingham or Pimlico
Niece I tit a cost, moreover, of 600,0001. or)
700,000/., and a yet unfathomed supplement. But I
to say nothing of the existing palaces of Windserl
roil St. James's above mentioned, the palace at
llanipton—the palace at Kensington—the cottage.
as It is called, near Virginia Water—the palace at
Brig7aton, built up, and repaired and decorated
.:book a score times, at the public expense; Carlton
arid Kew Palaces, end the Queen's lodge at Wind-
sor, have been pull( d down. The very mention of,
diem: places indicates a mass of absurdity which
t:hsolutely renders both the nation and Parliament
ridiettlous in the extreme. It is not many months
.rose we expressed a sentiment of strong dissatis.
raetion at the lineman-ruled power exercised by
George IV. of altering, ordering, adding, razing, or
otherwise torturing, so many edifices, for which
'here was no fund whatever but what came from
the pockets of the people of England—or, still more
scandalous, of the French people ! We said that
the nation had the freehold of these palaces, and
provided the money for building them,—that the
'-innore, was but tenant for life, and gave
eo-ds the work,—that, therefore,
power over them, and
•",s plain speaking we
' of " inso
Br•

the

(reticent administration of the laws during that pe-
jod, were owing to the mild and generous character
if his Majesty himself;" that " we have lived (Of,
'ear the period of these occurrences, to be able to
stimate in their full force all the benefit:4 we have
derived from the mild and beneficent government of
the late King;'' and that, " whether in peace or in
were during the whole course cf his delegated
(lower, whether as Regent or as King, he never
exercised, or expressed any wish to exercise the
prerogatives of the King, except for the relief and
advantage of his people." Sir Robert Peel could
(let with propriety have introduced into his portrait
-if his late Alajersty, the shade as well as the light
but it roust be admitted that in what he did state,
he (lid not depart tar from the truth. The cha-
racter of tire late reign certainly was mild and bene-
ficent ; the chief defect, perhaps, in the late King
was his profusion and extravagance. A great deal
too much has, we think, been said as to his
orivate relations. With the exception of the pro-
! ecedinge against the late Queen, when he allowed his
private feelings to disterb the tranquillity of the nii
: time ive do not well see that the public have any
ping to do with the private life of the King, more
. than with the private life of any other individual.—
. Leopold, of Tuscany, afterwards Emperor, has beer
eelebrated throughout Europe as the model of Sore-
,eigns, and yet his mi'itresses were almost as many
in number as the wives of King Solomon, and hi•
effepring in proportion. Great allowance ought to
be made for the sitnetiesi of the Royal Family of
this country, under ihe tyrannical Act which im-
poses such cruel restrictions on their marriage; and
as far as example goes, conjugal correctness is such
.1 strong po'nt in the national morality, that there
is very little to be apprehended on that score from
the influence of the Sovereign. The Sovereign who
ie a goad husband may, iii this country, dispense
with many virtues; but, if be be a bad husband,
from his unpopularity on that score, hie example will
serve rather us a warning than an encouragement.
A nation is seldom indulgent towards the vices ft
which it is not addicted. Mr. Brougham, in second-
ing the Address, observed, " that the reign of his.
Sire Majesty had been one of uncommon brilliancy;'
and he begged leave to say, in his humble opinion
that according to his sense of that reign, in as far as,
regarded the prosperity of the country, and this
long maintenance of peace, that his Majesty
teal presided with a firm and well-regulated and
salutary mind over the Unpertant duties he had try
discharge, in relation to the internal policy and
condition of the country." It is beneath e
people calling themselves civilized, and enlightened,
and so forth, to attHch so much importance to those
habits of a Monarch that are not felt directly
by the country. If a King encroaches on the rights
of fathers or husbands, that is, indeed, another affair,
but no injured father or husband ever raised his
voice against the late King. We are riot the npo-
legists of vice and irregularity. But we would dis-
tinguish between a failure in public duties, and a
failure in the observance of the duties of private life.
One thing is pretty certain, thet if we expect a more
rigid morality from Kings than from their subjects,
we shall be disappointed. if we consult history, we
shall find that with very few exceptions, Kings have
seldom abandoned sensual pleasures, till sensual
pleasures have them. Sir Robert Peel was mode-
rate in his eulogies ; but the Duke of Ntrellington;
out-heroded Herod. According to hie Grace, c- hisl
Majesty's manners received a polish, and his under-1
standing a degree rf cultivati-m tvhich made him
surpass in such advantages all his subjects, and
made hint one of the most remarkable Sovereigns of
our time. . . . Up to the last moment of ills
life, no man ever approached his Majesty who did'
riot feel instructed by his learning, and gratified by
his condescension, affability, and kindness of disposiE
tion. These advantages were not confined to ex-!
ternal show of manners; but I appeal to every Nohlts
Lord who has ever had the honour of transacting'
business under his Majesty's direction, whether on
every occasion( his Majesty did not menifest a degree'
of ability, of tWent, and of knowledge, in the moat
minute affairs of life, beyond what could be expected
front a persoa in the excited situation his Majesty
had always filled.. I ear we have reason to be proud
of his late Majesty." Will history, to which Sir
Robert Peel confidently appealed,take his Grace for
a faithful and impartial witness ? Surely he has
over-rated his Majesty's talents anti acquirements.—
Morning Chronicle.
The cool manner in which the destitution of the
people of Ireland is spoken of in Parliament is ex-
ceedingly instructive. The great finely of the people
are now euffering all the horrors of !'amine; but we
are told there is nothing in this—they are used to
!famine. " As to any measure for the relief of Ire-
iend," observed the Duke of Wellington last aught,
" he begged their Lordships to remember, that al-
ways about this period of the year the people were
'subject to distress from avant of provisions. The
isame thing had occurred in former years. About
this time their own stocks were exhausted, and theyl
were obliged to go to market to buy provisioner.'
There was necessarily, then, a rise in the price of
provisions, occasioned by the increased demand;'
land considerable distress ensued, beceuse the people!
had not the means to buy provisions." Not havingl
food, or the means to buy food, they must either)
Irob or lie down and (lie. In England, where the
fruits of productive industry every where meet :he
rye, famine, in the correct sense of the word, is
!unknown; for the stores of the rich must always
lbe accessible to the poor, either by fair means or
(foul. No man will starve in the neighbourhood o
'plenty. But the Irish are a people of raisers of food
Ifor others ; they are without capital, and not al-
'lowed to acquire any ; the produce of their rich
fields is destined io strangers, who can supply the!
!heartless lord,. of the soil with luxuries ; and /111-1
nual famines, and the diseases that follow in a train
of famine, are hailed by the great as a wise dispen-
sation of Providence in restoring the balance be-1
!tween mouths and food. Besides, as Mr. Spring!
ice has been endeavouring to stew, the periodical!
seines save the people from the miseries which the
';le of England suffer front the Poor Rates. Fail
according to this benevolent Senator—fad
'tat the people should " be forced to heel
eds" (as Mr. Doyle says they are) a month!
the year, than be exposed to the demon,'
:once of receiving support when destitute'
ehial rates.--Morning Chronicle.
1
'representatives of the People" must!
( to their constituents. Such is the
King's Message delivered to Par-I
ht. The six months allowed by law
liement after a demise of the
- The speedy pro-

'riod for returning to their constituents anpronclic.l,
they could not proceed jwri 3)0.0511 with their
•erial patrons without endangering their seats—andrhos they have advocated the cc; -f the pcoPle
at
the end of an old Parliament, dinttlie, y tnay be of-1
!brded the opportunity of betrayir,l7; them in a ne,ll
Nothing proves more clearly than this that
public opinion is against the conduct and policy ol
the present Government. Their small majorities of!
!ate, mixed with occatorr,l defeats, show that tilt!
old age of a Parliament is less addicted to obsc-!
quious venality than its youth. It often happer
hat a Member, who has far five years falsified all
the premises which he made to his constituents or
the hustings, recollects them in the sixth, and,
I repentant sinner, reserves all his virtue for the
dregs of life. But, as a great political writer het,
aid, " a death-bed repentance seldom amounts to
.restitution," so we are of opinion the honest voteF.
tf this the last Ses;ion of the present Parliament
will not restore to the people all that they have lost
by the senatorial delinquency of former Sessions.—
They will, however, afford abundant subject for
• watorical amplification at the approaching elections.
fn the meantime we would ask that portion of the
people who have really the choosing of their Reprc-
entative. whether they are prepared to put men
•nto Parliament again, who, up to the present See-
;ion, supported all the extravagance and wasteful
iroftision of Government, in defiance of those
sledges of retre. _nment and econcrny which they
lad repeatedly given ? We ask are they prepared
.1) send men into Parliament who countenanced the
systematic attempts made to crush public opinion,
iv destroying the liberty of the Press ? Whet he,
ire they also prepared to confide once more in men
.vho made the distresses of the country a subject o'
' wartless and flippant derision, and who cheered or
•he Chancellor of the Exchequer in his imbecile
,Kojects of finance, which oughi to make the " ag,
if intellect" blush for the science of political arith-
metic ?—Morning Herald.

The Message presented by order of his Majest)
!o both Houses yesterday evening will be foetid in
our Parliamentary Report. Addresses of eon-
,zra.tulation on the Accession of his Majesty to the
l'hrone, and of condolence on the loss of hi,
Ilustrious and lamented brother, were unan:mously
voted, and it is with the highest satisfaction we
refer our readers to the eloquent tributes paid ti
the memory of that exalted Sovereign and man, by
he Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel.
They bore testimony not less to the polished
elegaece of his manners, his affability, his highly-
cultivated mind, his taste and his neinificonce
-hen to the comprehensiveness and accuracy of
his political views, the strength of his onderstand-
eig, his firmness, and patriotism, qualities, said the
Noble Deice, " which mainly contributed to the
ereat and beoenciel change that was accomplisher!
throughout Europe during the period of ho
Government." In these sentiments men of all
Parties in both Houses expressed their ardent con-
currence, and we are confident that the feeling of
Parliament is identified with that of the nation ii
general ; for though our late revered 'Monarch
never descended to court popularity by ignoble
!mean!, it may safely be said that no Sovereign
!ever possessed a larger share of it, nor ever won to
!himself more exteneirely the esteem and affection
of his subjects. The latter portion of the Royal
fies,gage, relating to the requisite provision for the!
public service to be made previously to the dissolu-
tion of Parliament, will be taken into consideration
n hot 11 110,ISQS this day.—illiwning Post.
We have already observed upon the indecency
as well as the absurdity of the rumours respecting
pretended Ministerial changes, in which some of
our cotemporaries have within the last three days
so eagerly indulged. We are now enabled most
positively to state that so far from any such changes
being ever contemplated, his Majesty, immediately
on his ascending the Throne, took the very firs
!opportunity of expressing his unlimited confidence
in the illustrious Premier, and his determination to
continue his Grace and his able colleagues in the
same offices which at present they respectively
hold.—/Iforning Post.
It will be seen from the proceedings in both
Houses of Parliament last night, that a most gra-
cious Message was delivered from his Majesty, Wil-
liam the Fourth, and that an Address of condolence
and congratulation was agreed to by both, with ever)
mark of regard for the late Kiug, and every ex-
pression of satisfaction at the accession of the pre-
sent Sovereign of these realms. In the House o.
Lords the Duke of Wellington took occasion to
pass a handsome and well-merited encomium on the
virtues and accomplishments of the late Sovereign
which was re-echoed by Earl Grey and Lord Godc-
rich, with every mark of sincerity. Its the Common,
Sir R. Peel moved the Address, and was equally
eloquent in praise of his late Majesty. Mr. Brong,han
followed, on what we may term, the same side ; and
if the dead could find pleasure in the praise of the
living, or the living profit by the anxious wishes o;
his subjects, the former may be said, in the almost uni-
versal praise which has been bestowed upon him,
!have had ample reason for satisfaction, and the latter,
:equally good cause for rejoicing. We have remarked.
however, that his present Majesty was mentioned ii.
rather cool terms, both by his Grace of the Tree-
Hiry, and the Secretary for the Horne Department
'ls this a presage of approaching dismissal ? It wit
also be seen, that in addition to the above matters.
the Message expressed his Majesty's conviction, that
" it would be most conducive to the general conve-i
nience, and to the public interests of the country, to
call, with as little delay as possible, a new Parka-
enent ;" and that his Majesty recommended to the
House " to make such temporary provision as mayl
be requisite for the public service, in the interval!
(that may elapse het weeii the close of the present'
Session and the meeting of another Parliament."—
This part of the subject was very properly not en-
tered into lest night, but will form the subject of an
important debate this evening in both Houses. Tin
great omission in the Message is the total silent
as to the periods of dissolution—re-election--
and re-assembling. Something positive ought to
'have been stated on this subject; but it did not,
eve presume, suit Ore Minister's purpose, to throe
'any light on the ' 'ect, and the mention of it was
accordingly on have reason to believe,
however, that ' • entered into after
the passing Administra-
tion, and the
'he ee•

the autumn
the nriev

their r,.
best

SECOND EDITION.

.3 UN OFFICE, Serra o' Clock.

M PER IA L PARLUME NT

THIS EVENING.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

The House met to-day at Half-past Three o'clock, when
.everal Peers, among whom were the Dukes of Devon-
.hire and Buccleugh, the Marqu:s of Anglesea, Earls Fife
Latiderdlle, took the oaths of allegiance. Severn:
...irate Bills were brought up from the Commons by Sit
Alexander Grant.

Sever pet:tions were presented.
THE KING'S MESSAGE.

The Order of the Day being read for taking into con-
,ideration hie Majesty's most gracious Mes,age, the sank
wits read Ly the Clerk of the Huse, when

The Duke of WELLINGTON rose and said_3ly.
Lords, it is now my duty to call the attention of
;our Lordships to that part of his Majesty's most gra
tioes Message, in which he has thought proper to inform
you that it is not his intention to call the attention'
of Parliament, at the present period, to any nen-,
-natter. My Lords, according to the ancient Consti-
tutiou of this country, the Parliament would have
been immediately dips shed on the demise of the Crown ;
oat, my Lords, owing to an Act which passed in the reign
of King William, and which was continued in the reign'
of Queen Anne, both }lO.lFe3 are now sitting. My Lords,
his Majesty's servants have horribly advised his Ma-
jesty send this Message in, while his Majesty in-,
arms ycur Lordships, that notwithstanding, it is in
-he power of Parliament to sit six months longer,,
'le has been induced to declare his intention of
lissolving it upon an early occasion, and that it is not less
ntention to bring forward those measures under your consi-
deration, which, under other circumstances, it might be eon-
eenient to have proceeded in. It is necessary, therefore,
ny Lords, that I should state generally to your Lordships,
what are the views and intentions of his Majesty's Go-,
vernment, and what their motives in giving his Majesty
he advice they have done. My Lords, we are now ar-1
ivied at the season of the year in whieh it usually h rppens,
-hat nab 'merit has been drawing to its termination
Business has been so advanced as generally, within a
month of the present time, the business of the Session
closed. It is not necessary, my Lords, that I sheuld cab
your attention in detail to the present state of business:—
Et is enough for me to request your consideration to the
votes of the House of Commons, and the votes of this
rouse, by which you mill sec that so much business stil!
,remains to be brought forward, that his Majesty's Ali-
' Asters thought it their duty to advise the King to
adopt the course which he has done, and unless LH
Majesty had token the coarse which he has, there could
!lave been no hope of the close of Parliament for a'
eery consider:Ade time. Under these circumstances, and,
considering the calamity which has recently befidlen us,
and which has been expected for a considerable period.'
men knowing that when that event took place, a
new Parliament must be called, and a general election
ake place, his Majesty has thought it better to ad-
eke the close of the present Parliament, under the cir
cumstances stated, and also in consequence of there
htaving been for the last three months considerabW
.xciternent throughout the whole country in cense.,
quenee of the expectation of a general election. His
Majesty's Ministers conk! not, therefore, have enter
-aired a hope of keeping in town a sufficient nuns
ber of Members to carry on the business which must
sooner or later he brought under the consideration of Par
liament. Under these circumstances his Majesty's Mi-
nisters have thought it their duty to advise his Majesty
to put an end to the present session as soon as possible.
Measures, my- Lords, will be brought forward in
the other House, and therefore it is not necessary for,
ne to enter into Cie:it here, for the purpose of taking
into account the estimates that have alread
been 1 tid before Parliament, and also for the raising
of such stuns as Mily be necessary for carrying ut
the business of the State. These measures are neces
nary to provide for the honour and dignity of the Crown.
All other measures, my Lords, will be postponed
until the meeting of another Parliament. Under these
eircumstancee, my Lords, I shall more that an humid,
Address be presented to his Majesty, to return to his Ma-
jesty the thanks of this Howie for the communication which
his Majesty has been pleased to make, and to express the
deep sense which this House entertains of his Majesty's
kindness in being unwilling to recommend to the at
tention of Parliament at this advanced period of tht
Session, and the present state of public business, any new
matter .rich may admit of postponement, without
„;--ty detriment to the public service, and to assure his
afajesty that this House most cordially joins with
him in opinion that it would be most conducive to tht
general convenience, and to the interests of the country
to call a new Parliament with as little delay as possible ; and
co assure his Majesty that this House will apply themselves
to conform in such measures, anti will concur in makim.
owl) temporary provision, as may he requisite for the con
feet of the public service, in the interval that must claps,
between the close of the present.. Session, and the assern-
dieg of a new Parliament.

On the :Lotion that the Lord Chtneellor read the AO,
!dress,

I Earl GREY rose, and said,—My Lords, I must enufe.,
that it did appear to me yesterday, that the proposition
contained in his Majesty's most Gracious Me,sage was on,
of the most novel and extraordinary kind that I tv. r wii
aessed. My Lords, if that was my impression yesterday.,
I must say that that inipresssion has not le en diminished
by the very inefficient and unsatisfactory explanation.
what. the Noble Duke, at the head of his Majesty's Go-
vernment, has been pleased to give of the course he mean,'
to propose to pursue nn the prensent occasion. My Lord..
!ie began his speech lay stating to your Lordships the effecl
•nd object of the law passed in the nip of King William,
Ind continued in Queen Anne, by the authority of whici
law we are at. this moment ass: rnbled. That law was passe,.
'or the purpose of enabling Parliament to sit to mac.
Legi•dative provisions in cases of emergency. That beit'u
my Lord, and if it should appear to you, as I trust i•
will, that there are at this moment subjects of great hn-
portance, calling for the immediate- interference, said
i-anaot be delayed without injury to public service—if suci•
be your Lordships' impression, then I think your Lordship•
will see that ti ere is no necessity for calling on your Lord-
,hips to assent to the proposition of the Noble Duke.
Nly Lords, we are called upon to make a temporary pro-
vision for the services of the State, which, it is said,
ire necessary to be provided for, in order than
they may be satifactorily performed in the interval
that may elapse in the interval between the close of the
present Session and the assembling of a new Parliament."
Chat is one of the propositions of the Noble Duke.
Another, my Lords, is, that we are met to express an
opinion of the propriety and of the necessity of the
immediate dissolution of Parliament. My Lords, I
(perfectly- concur with the Noble Duke, upon whzt
lie has stated as to the expectations of the probable disso
lutien of Parliament, and that considerable anxiety Its'
arisen in the contemplation of tha. event, and the evil•
that would result from the lengthened delay in its dissolution.
This evil, if it be one, is one only of comparison ; and we
'eigh well before we avoid this lesser, lest we should
leeper. We saw this evil approaching us
' onder an administration, alit appears,
it.—(llenr. and Cheers.)
PEAK/