The Sun.
London, England, 1830-03-13 00:00:00

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

J. Galbraith, jun. and Co., Glasgow, haberdashers—H.
Wilkinson and G. J. S. Camden, Hounslow, surgeons--J.
Mould and H. Parker, Gray's-Inn, attorneys—C. S.
Goodwyn and Co., Princes-street, Lambeth, starch-ma-
nufacturers—W. Wi'liams and W. Harris, Bristol, linen-
drapers—J. M. Fisher and T. G. Norcutt, Gray's-Inn,
attorneys—J. Jobson and T. Birch, Shrewsbury, cattle
dealers—C. and G. Freund, Bell-lane, Spitalfields, sugar-
refiners—E. Lutener and A. Hopkins, Kidderminster;
school-mistresses—T. and J. Simpson, Great Russell-street,
Covent-garden, victuallers—W. Southeron and J. Porter,
Preston, Lancashire, cheesemongers—J. Brettarch and J.
Mackay, Manchester, fustian-manufactuters—T. Fletcher
and G. Rose, Hatton, Warwickshire, carpenters—J. and
R. Hervey, Manchester, drysalters—A. D. Stewart and
Co., London, agents—J. and R. Tickle, Bolton-le-Moors,
Lancashire, grocers—T. Dale and E. T. Watts, Bank-
chambers, stock-brokers—E. W. Hardy and J. R. Hay-
ward, Bath, attorneys—G. and J. Wadsworth, Manchester,
small-ware manufacturers—H. Mayor and W. Backhouse,
Bnrscough, Lancashire, boat-builders— J. Wright and Co.,
Nottingham, bankers—T. Pawson and Co., Queen-street,
Cheapside, woollen-manufacturers.

" I will confine myself to a very few words on the sub-
ject of Algiers—it would lead me too far were I to in-
quire whether the
the
is undertaken at a seasonable
period—whetherthe troops are sufficient in number,
whether the requisite funds are to be asked of the Cham-
bers. But, putting aside all these serious considerations,
I will declare that I ever shall be of opinion that any in-
sult offered to the flag of France should be chastised,
whether coining from a pirate or from the first Potentate
in Europe. But, when I hear it repeated that we have
obtained permission to transport our soldiers into Africa,
I cannot forbear demanding whose permission it is we have
to ask. Had the &d Captains, whom I see within these
walls; occasion twenty years ago to solicit passports from
the British Admiralty to display their victorious flags from
one end of Europe to another? Nor run I aware, on the
other hand, that we countersigned the commission of
Lord Exmouth when he sailed for the bombardment of
Algiers. _ _

Having thus adverted to our foreign relations, I will
turn to our internal concerns. The last words of the
Speech of the Crown, taking them in the clear and ,logical
sense they convey, as a threat to Ministers that they will
appeal to the people, in case their views are not followed,
have filled me with consternation. Superior talents may
excuse, if they cannot fully justify, bold and hazardous
enterprises. 'Genius his its dictatorship and its tyranny,
and sometimes they are submitted to ; but blame must in-
evitably fall on Ministers, who, having never directed the
affairs of a great nation, do not fear by their very- first
measure to shake the throne, and compromise established
rights and interests, and every social compact. At the
period immediately preceding the formation of the present
Cabinet, were associations to refuse the payment of the
taxes heard of? Was there occasion to complain of the
manifestation of certain opinions? Now our institutions
are threatened, and as every action will produce its reac-
tion, bring forward principles of despotism, and you will
be answered by axioms of democracy.
" To the real partisans of liberty nothing can be more de-
sirable than that the first act to which a usurpation, whether
republican or monarchical, is compelled, should be. to de-
prive France of the liberty of the Press and freedom of
speech. There is a power of resistance, of whiCh I have
a right to boast, because I do not derive it from my own
strength, but from the nature of things; let there be but
placed before me a usurpation of any kind, and leave
me but the use of my pen, and I will not ask
for a twelvemonth either to convince my King or
bring myself to a scaffold. Liberty is the best ally of
legitimacy ; let them but remain united, and every ambi-
tious plot may be scorned. Th s liberty is also, gentle-
men, the best security of your existence as an aristocracy.
The privileges of the other Chambers are the guarantees
of yours. Those who imagine that an hereditary Chamber
may maintain its ground alone in the midst of the nation,
and supply a national representation, are the blindest or
most extravagant of men. Noble Peers ! a revolution
proceeding from below is in these times impossible—but it
may come from above—it may spring from a misguided
Ministry, ignorant both -of its country and the age in
which it exists. But I restrain the expression of my
thoughts. All that I refrain from pronouncing here, 1
prayed to be allowed to lay before the King, when I so-
licited the painful permission of resigning at his feet the
benefits he had conferred upon me. Who can tell what
effect words dictated by a truly faithful and Inyal heart
might have produced ? These words, however, it was
not permitted me to utter. The concluding sentence of
the speech has but too well justified the anticipations
that induced me to relinquish a post so conformable to my
taste and pursuits. It was not abandoned without infinite
regret._

" Not wishing, gentlemen, to vote against the excellent
address, nor to separate myself from my noble friends who
give it their assent because they find in it nothing that ap-
proves or praises,—at the same time desirous of not op-
posing the majority of the Chamber, but, on the other
hand, not being able to divest myself of the conviction
that the terms of the address are nut sufficiently strong, I
have come to the resolution not to give any vote at all ;
thus endeavouring to reconcile the consistency of my Par-
liamentary connexions with my political scruples."