The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-09 00:00:00

tion in reference to the Malt Tax, which he had
nearly succeeded in carrying on a previous occa-
The extraordinary circumstances which

sion.

'then prevented the Hon. Gentleman from stating
the arguments in favour of the proposition must
be fresh in the public recollection. Owing to the
discreditable manoeuvring of the Government, the

House was counted out on many successive Tues.

days—the days devoted to independent members,

It was intended to get rid of the presen

motion in a similar manner.

Mr. BALL was,

however, not to be got rid of quite so

easily. He had secured the attendance of the
requisite number of Philo-Agriculturists, and

when at the commencement of business the

Ministerial side of the House exhibited a beggarly
account of empty benches—there being only pre-

sent, of that party, Sir JoHN SHELLEY, the

seconder of the motion, and the Hon. Gentleman

who had undertaken the duty of whipper-out---
the stratagem having thus thoroughly and com-
pletely failed—the Honourable Gentleman (Mr.
BALL) determined that the shaft should be hurled
back upon his opponents with double force. In
fcrder to achieve this great desideratum, with a
disinterestedness worthy of an ancient Roman, he
suppressed for the time his flowing eloquence, and
contented himself with merely moving the
resolution
amid the vociferous cheering of the
attendant bucolics,
:la obliatteid on
in the who thoroughly appreciated
the self-immolation--the —the total sacrifice of his own
feelings
to rank with the J act—which entitled him
olden time. The seconder
or AGAMEMNONS of the
observseacto.nder was almost equally
concise in his
for a passing moment Ts. He merely indulged
retributive justice whichn
awaitedwh the Coalitionists.
self-gratulation at the
At the moment, however,
grasp—when
victory was appa-
e ithe
questionSPEAKER
ffrom
wastile
rently within their gras
about to put the momentousnouths
astonishedo sight
hWaILLIAM
chair—a vision burst u
at rail-
in the bodily shape of the Right
EWART GLADSTONE, who, with erect hair
affrighted aspect, rushed into the House :rala::
way speed. The doughty champion,
single-handed, rushed to the breach, determined'
to roll back the surge of war. The modern
MANLIUS saved the fiscal Capitol. We shall not
say that it was preserved by the cackling of a
venerable bird, but the brief expression of exulta-
tion gave time for the rescue. The Right Hon.
Gentleman talked vigorously against time. Un-
dismayed by the groans and murmurs, and the
incessant demands for a division, with which the
chosen representatives of the people are accustomed
to express their disapprobation of an unwelcome effu-
sion, he persisted until the arrival of adequate
reinforcements told him that a trial of strength
might be hazarded. His trusty follower had ac-
cdsion, urately measured the opposing forces, and, on a
division, it was found that, by a majority of four,
the
Malt Tax was saved for the present session !
,
This temp
t
ora-)
it - 1 most unexpected reverse
did not, however discourage the elwrge tie BALL.
He would have
trous defeat ;ample satisfaction for the discs
he -
would honourably avenge tao
I)ss he had sly.;hin
to hear his speech ;lie ; he would force the House
of the would make the Chancellor
reheat the financial plati-
tudes-7.1-xelacquer
foiled
numerous l lis
a more e
by which here
resolutionthe
ence ; In this unflinchint-,'
partly successful. He seized he was
fricrit of the SPEAKER being about tohap," '11°"-
wax the
Chair, to detail the grievance and to give e
to his
admiring auditors an outline of the unspoken
t ddress which he had intended delivering on the
previous occasion. But the ii.;zorable GLAD.