The Sun.
London, England, 1830-11-22 00:00:00

(From the Glasgow Herald.)

RESIGNATION of MINISTERS..-The Welling:Oß administration
is at an end, and if a better succeed it we shall be pleased at the
change ; but in the hopes of this being the case we are net san.
guine. Coalitions never draw well together, nor are they of long
adherence; and we know of no one party In the late opposition
that can possibly carry on the affliirs of the State, unless the
Wellingtons kindly lend them a lift,—or that there be such a
general state of alarm In the reflecting part of the nation as to
throw the whole of the public men into the support of Govern.
ment. It is not to be denied that the resignation of the late
Administration will serve as a temporary quieter to that portion
of the people who are calling loudly for reform : they will no
doubt rest a little to see what is to be done, and may probably in
the mean time hug themselves in the fancy that the great Duke
and his party have been forced out ofoffice by the force of popular
opinion ; but we suspect they will be disappointed In the long-run.

(From the Glasgow Chronicle.)

The profuse and lavish scheme for the Civil List, with which
Ministers meant to follow up the deplorable King's speech, has
given the coup de grace. Never did a Minister more disappoint
public anticipation than the Duke of Wellington. Instead of
the vigour and decision which were every where assumed to be
his peculiar characteristics, his administration, both in foreign and
domestic affairs, displayed a helpless and passive weakness—a dis.
inclination to wh ,t he practically performed--a hankering after
what he eared not attempt. The great measure of his Govern.
raent—. what is called Catholic Emancipation," was a marked
exception to its general tenor; and may now, without any want
of charity, we regarded as a matter of necessity, not of choice.—
In his public argument he never admitted the right of mankind
to worship their Maker according to the injunctions of con.
science, without pains or penalties. He rested the issue on ex.
pediency alone. Relief, he said, could not be withheld without
lighting up a civil war. It has recently appeared, by the accounts
of Mr. Coke and others, that in private he strengthened his plea,
by stating that in such a contest, from the number of Catholic
soldiers, the army could not be trusted. The liberal public, ever
credulous of coining improvement, shut their eyes to the imper.
feet reasoning of the Duke; made large allowance for the feel.
ings of the new convert towards his old associates who despe.
rattly cleaved to their prejudices; and looked forward with hope
and exultation to other measures suited for the urgent exigen.
des of the country. This fond expectation was greatly damped
during the last Session of Parliament ; during which nothing of
the least moment was attempted either* En retrenchment. or
amendment of the law (both of which were promised in the
King's speech), or in any snore direct scheme of practical
good for reinstating the working .orders in some degree
of comfort. On the contrary, every thing corroborated
the statement of a Member of Parliament that the Duke
had said that his object was to tide the Session over."—
A few days before the concession of the Beer Duty, the
Duke proclaimed any reduction of taxes to be impracticable.
The new Ministry cannot but be aware that commonplace mea.
cures are no longer fit for the country. They cannot but see
the necessity of large reductions in the Government establish.
menu a great lightening of the people's burdens ; of Par..
lianientary reform ; and of serious efforts to give a profitable set.
tlement to those who, able and willing to work, cannot find em.
ployment. No important improvement can take place in Ireland,
without the interference of Government in behalf of the ne.
glected poor; nor can the poor rates in England properly Mill ,1
their end, without public undertakings, at which the able.
bodied may earn their livelihood by their labour. If the dill.
culties of the country are not now fairly met, and redressed by
law, the conviction will gain ground that they will go on aug-
menting till they are surmounted by violence. We trust that
the diffh.rence did not arise either on the subject of reform or
retrenchment, or in a rational improvement in the measures of
Government generally. We will venture to predict that any
Administration which adopts principles opposite to those of Mr.
Brougham, will go to pieces with still more rapidity than the last.

It is anticipated that the aspect of her MA-
JIESTOI drawing-rooms will assume a character wholly
different from those of the late reign. The immense
crowd necessitated on such occasions by the rarity of their
occurrence induced the expression of a wish on the part
of GEOUGE IV. that those officers and gentlemen who had
an opportunity of paying their respects at the levee would
refrain from augmenting the crush which proved so disad-
vantageous to the comfort of his female guests. On occa-
sion of the lust drawing-room held at St. James's, the
prevailing fashion of seduisante sleeves gave rise to many
ludicrous incidenta; a considerable number of the ladies
of the Court being rescued from the struggle at the head
of the stairs with long streams of ragged lace hanging
from their arms. All this will now be very differently
arranged ; and the brilliancy of the circle will doubtless
he considerably augmented by a more equal admixture of
knights and dames, of uniforms and flowing trains. We
understand there is no truth in the report that the hoop
will become once more the Rational costume of the English
Court.---Court Journal.

On Thursday, the news arrived of the resig-
nation of Ministers, and so much satisfaction does it ap-
pear to have given the working classes that they resolved
upon testifying their pleasure by another public proces-
sion. Accordingly, about hall-paet eight in the evening
all immense concourse of people walked in proce.sion from
Caidewgate, and through all the principal streets in the
city. They were accompanied by music and banners—
one a tri-colour, another inscribed the " Rights or Man,"
and another with the motto of "Universal Suffrage." In
front of the procession were eight or ten lighted torches,
and three placards fixed upon poles—the first having upon
it " Peace to the City"-the second " Destruction to the
Wellington Administration"—and the third " Radical
Reform." Behind there were at least a thousand men
linked arm in arm ; and by the time they returned to the
Market Cross, front Botchergate, the number of persona
present as spectators or actors in the scene must have been
at least six thousand. Having paraded through the prin-
cipal streets, they marched three times round the Cross,
gave three cheers, and then returned to Caldewgate, and
almost immediately separated.-- Carlisle Journal.

The Marquis and Marchioness of CONYNG-
HAM, and Lady MARIA CONYNORAM, lett Slane Castle
on Wednesday morning for Italy.

General BOURMONT, who commanded the
French expedition against Algiers, together with his three
sons, all very promising youths, are living at Hampstead.
The General has bad frequent interviews with certain
Members of the late Administration since his arrival in
England. He has taken, for a limited period, a house in
town, to which ha will shortly remove,. Court Journal.

CONJUGAL AFFECTION.—After the heat
of the late contests in the streets of Paris had subsided, a
woman was seen running about and eagerly examining
every dead body in her way—she was looking for her hus-
band. A gentleman who bad watched her progress for
some time, endeavoured to console her with the hope of
his being yet alive. " No, he must be killed ; I have not
set eyes on him since the morning; I hope in God I shall
find his body, for he has got the key of the street door in
his pocket."

ANECDOTE OF MS PRESENT MAJESTY.
—As the Duke of CLARUNCE was passing over Westmin-
ster-bridge on the 23d of July, 1'791, he saw a poor man
and a woman run over, when his Royal Highness imme
diately drove to the stand of coaches in Parliament-street,
returned with a hackney-coach, and had the poor couple
placed in it. He paid the hire, and gave the poor woman
money for necessaries, and sent them to St. George's Hos.
pital. The poor man was blind, and get a livelihood by
collecting old fishing-nets and selling them to the bakers
fur swabs for their ovens.

SOLUTION OF THE PHENOMENON OF THE
SEA SEIPSNT.—The public were amused for some time,
a few years ago, by the tale. of brother Jonathan, respect.
ing the huge sea serpent. Without at all disputing the
existence of creatures of that nature in the ocean, 1 have
little doubt that a sight I ,witnessed, in a voyage to the
West Indies, was precisely such as some of the Americans
had construed into " a sea serpent, a mile in length,"
agreeing, as it did, with one or two of the accounts
given. This was nothing more than a tribe of black per.
poises, in one line, extending fully a quarter of a mile, fast
asleep ! The appearance, certainly, was a little singular,
not unlike a raft of puncheons, or a ridge of rocks ; but
the moment it was seen some one exclaimed (I believe the
Captain) " Here is a solution of Jonathan's enigma!" and
the resemblance to his "sea serpent" was at once striking.
......United Service Journal.

SHAKSPEARE AND BYRONe•-That BYRON
wrote best when he wrote of himself and of his own,
has probably been already made sufficiently apparent. In
this respect he stands alone end apart from all other
poets, and there wdl be occasion to show that this peen.
liarity extended much further oye; all his works, than
merely to those which may he said to have required him
to be thus personal. The great distinction, indeed, of his
merit consists in that singularity. SHANSPLARX, in
drawing the materials of his dramas from tales and his-
tory, his, with wonderful art, given from his own inven-
tion and imagination the fittest and most appropriate sen-
timents and language; and admiration at the perfection
with which he has accomplished this, can never be ex-
hausted. The difference between Bvanw and. SUAL-
SPRAMI consists in the curious accident, if It may be so
called, by which the former was platted in circumstances
which taught him to feel in himself the very sentiments that
he has ascribed to his characters. SIIA trsraAart created the
feelings of his, and with sugh excellence, that they are not
only probable to the situations, but give to the persanife.
cations the individuality of living persons. Briton's are
se wetly leas so ; but with him there was no invention,
only experience, and when lie attempts to express snore
than he bas himself known, he is alwa)* comparatively
feeble...— Gait's Life of Byron.