The Sun.
London, England, 1837-06-30 00:00:00

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LONDON,
FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 30, 1837.

The business in both Houses of Parliament again yes-
terday consisted in the advancing a stage of some Bills.
The proceedings may be described as having been devoid
of aly particular and stirring interest, if we except a sig-
nifloant and, perhaps, not valueless intimation, which was
given out by the Duke of WELLINGTON. His Grace last
night, in pretty plain terms, admitted that he, and of course
the party of which he is not thioften the organ, were now
ready to give way and concede much to the demands of
the nation. From the following declaration of the Noble
Duke, we may conjecture that the Tory Peers are not un-
prepared to sti ike their colours and throw down their arms,
from the use of which we suppose they now begin to per-
ceive it were hopeless to expect anything but their own
utter defeat and disgrace.
Upon Lord MELBOURNE repeating that it was not the in-
tention of her NIAJESTY'S Government to press forward
this present Session either the Irish Tithe Bill, Corpora-
tions Bill, or Poor-law Bill, the Duke of WELLINGTON
said, that although he retained his objections to the Irish
Municipal Corporations Bill, " he at the same time must
say that it was his anxious wish to put an end to the dis-
cussion of all those Bills by bringing them to an amicable
termination. He earnestly wished to put an end to the
Tithe question which was introduced seven years ago. It
was also his wish that some arrangement should be made for
a provision for the poor in Ireland. It was his wish to see
the Corporation question settled, when arrangements could
be made for carrying out the other questions connected
with it. He was most anxious that the Parliamentary dil-
- that now occurred on those questions from year to
to year should be brought to a close ; and he could assure
the Noble Viscount, that if in the next Parliament they
should meet in the same relative positions, he (the Duke
of WELLINGTON) would be prepared to concur with him
on all these subjects in any reasonable measures he might
introduce for their final and satisfactory settlement."
These honied words, :after all, are most probably but a
lure thrown out to catch unwary voters at the approaching
election. The unscrupulous trickery of the Tories is as
notorious as their hatred of civil and religious liberty.

The attention of all classes is now directed towards
the approaching elections, which, as has been well re-
marked by a Morning Contemporary, is to decide the
question of whether or not the Tories shall be per-
mitted to regain the ascendancy in this country. If
in the next House of Commons they muster as strong
as they do in the present, the Liberals will have much
to fear, and little to hope ; for the Tories are proverbial
for their skilful intrigues ; they are perfect ve-
terans in finesse ; sharp-set from a long abstinence
from the loaves and fishes ; spurred on to active exer-
tions by the effects of disappointed ambition ; and in-
different what acts they have recourse to, provided they
can only succeed in smuggling themselves Luto place.
If, however, the electors do their duty—and we hays
little doubt but that they will—the Tories, notwith-
standing all the assistance of the Carlton Club, will be
wholly defeated ; and the Times of this morning seems
to have a presentiment of this, for we find our con-
scientious Contemporary thus addressing the Aris-
tocracy on the subject of the forthcoming elec-
tions :—'' It is with such a view of the position
of parties and of Parliament before us, that we urge
and press the enlightened Aristocracy of England
to take instant measures for ensuring a majority in
this new House of Commons, the first of Queen
VIcToRIA's reign, as a sure instrument for prolong-
ing that reign, and for maintaining those institutions
with which the Sovereignty of the House of BRUNS-
WICK, and its title to the Crown of the British
Empire, are indissolubly connected." In this passage,
it will be observed, our Contemporary is actually calling
on the Aristocracy to exert to the utmost that malign,
unconstitutional influence over the Commons, of which
it was the express object of the Reform Bill to deprive
them ; and for which he himself, during the discussion
of that great measure, was foremost to condemn them
He is anxious that they should once:again have re-
course to bribery, threats, and intimidation ; so that
they may be enabled to resume their old ascendancy
in St. Stephen's. But perhaps our Contemporary may
allege that by the word " Aristocracy" he does not