The Sun.
London, England, 1837-05-25 00:00:00

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LONDON,
THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1837,

The Princess VICTORIA'S birth-day was celebrated
Yesterday, as we anticipated it would be, in the most
fervent spirit of loyalty. London was generally illu-
minated ; political differences were laid aside ; and all
Classes v'ted, each with the other, in demonstrating
their respect and affection for the Heiress Presumptive
of tliese realms. We know not that we ever witnessed
4 more general spirit of rejoicing—not even on that
memorable occasion when the Reform Bill became
the law of the land. Among the public dinners
given in honour of the auspicious event, was one
which took place at Lambeth, and which was
attended by almost all the respectable and intel-
ligent Reformers of the district, as well as by
many Members of Parliament well known for their
zeal in the cause of good Government. At this fes-
tive meeting but one sentiment prevailed, namely, that
of warm, resp'zctful attachment to the person of her
who will one day be called on to sway the British
iti sceptre. 'Ar. SIIEIL'S remarks on this subject were
the hest possible spirit—full of truth, eloquence,
and earnestness. He drew an affecting picture of the
comdition of Ireland, and of the suffering it had en-
(blued for years at the hands of the Tories ; but ex-
pressed his conviction that a brighter day was about
10 dawn upon it ; and that the young Princess
When she should be called to the Throne,
would diligently watch over the interests, and
conciliate the affections, of her Irish subjects. This
"uviction is shared, by the Honourable and
lLearned Gentleman in cotr.imon with the majority of
is countrymen, who rcceignize in the judicious and
liberal education that the. Princess VICTORIA has re-
ceived, an omen of good to the interests of Ireland.
she can have no passible motive in encouraging that
BYstern of misrule under which the sister-country has
8,4 long groaned ; but, on the contrary, she has every
Inducement t;o put a stop to :t. The faction that could
°/;,e,s et hy ;.ts overwhelming majorities in either House
rej
thwart the wishes of the reigning Sore-
thgn, and keep him in a state little better than
raid om, exerting an " influence behind the throne
gr!cer than the throne itself"—that insidious, all-
!itr'sPing faction is now in the last stage of political
ecrepitude, struggling vehemently, it is true, but only
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Blruggling from the effects of mortal convulsion
and therefore when the PRINCESS is called to the helm
h~State, she will have no malign. influence to prevent
t;sr following up the dictates cc her heart, as regards
fe interests of her subjects. or to thwart her zeal for
tr.eland, as was done by the Tories throughout the
1,,,;(41-i of GEORGE the Yourth. Well, therefore, may
SITEIL congratul7are his countrymen on the cheer-
ARlt'g •
Prospect held o at to them by the attainment of the
olNctss's mai•Jrity. It is the bow of promise hung
it) her in Irelaud'e. horizon—the turning over a new leaf
Politir...nl annals.
AM

-eicninc, Paper devoted to the interests of the
l'irdr.sti Club', would fain have the public believe that
h)3.ers.
is a difference of opinion between the KING and
IVlinisters, with respect to the selection of the per-
wh° are to compose the Household of the Prin-
it2iie"„VlcToßt A. We should he sorry to impute to
'forning Post, the only organ of Toryism in the
alientori°Nlis, which allows a regard for principle to
to finis its attachment to party, a wilful attempt
this--strad its readers on a delicate question like
theref.4erely for factious purposes. We must
not
-4' conclude that our Contemporary has
w 110," sufficient pains to sift the evidence on
ti a. the statement alluded to rests ; because if he had
'‘,l.B'e B°, his understanding, acute enough in other mat-
bo have told him at once that there could be
servorenee of opinion between his MAJESTY and his
hlisi —4, en any point connected with the future esta-
wh Iment of the PRINCESS. It is quite obvious that
hadatehvcr personal authority his MAJESTY may have
1)e ev''.ll° actioEf,, or entitled to act, in loco parentis, must
I„,,iettrely at an end when the Princess arrives at that age
":h entitles her to a separate Household. By the law
land the Heiress Presumptive of the Throne is now
otrta°leof exercising all the functions of sovereignty with-
she rsestriction, limitation, or controul of any kind. But
of 218 still in law a minor, and until she reaches the age
Pora will have no such establishment as our Conte-
r; mn
Y imagines. When that
period arrives the KING'S
it is steps will advise his MAJESTY how to act, for
the relation to the nation, not her affinity to
lere • °"reign, that gives the KING a right to inter-
holdl4 the appointments of the officers of • her House-
and ! arid this appointment being an act entirely official
fornltt)volvii,
g responsibility, cannot possibly be per-
taelited.")Y his MAJESTY, except through the instru-
ality of his Ministers.
in,4 public expounders of Tory principles and feel-
Par 6 )4" a knack of doing that which in common,
They is called " reckoning without their host.'
Ilksj are very fond of jumping to a conclusion without
ever
thig through certain preliminary steps, which, how.
lesg 'eY may sometimes be unpleasant, are neverthe-
tn vi necessary, in order to arrive safely at the object
Pseew• Thus we find it stated by one of the Tory
Atriiits this morning, that as a matter of course the
extiiile:ri,al measure for the abolition of Church-rates is
t)ed by the division of Wednesday Morning."
The the ritynos print even takes u pon itself to "announce,with
~visieovidence," that, in consequence of the said
to att°", Ministers have come to " a determination not
proceed further with the Church-rate