The Sun.
London, England, 1838-08-17 00:00:00

Parliament is not about to originate measures for the be-
nefit of Canada! Then, why should the Whig speech
assume that Parliament proposes to undertake the duty?
Were Ministers afraid to allude to Lord Durham ?
Or, were the " firm and judicious measures" to which they
advert, those ordinances, which Parliament has just dis-
allowed ? Or, again, is the praise of " judgment and firm-
ness"
intended to apply to the disallowance, by Parliament,
of Lord Durham's measures ? In the fifth paragraph,
Ministers congratulate themselves on the progress which
they have made in amending " the domestic institu-
tions of the country ;" and in proof of their assump-
tions on this point they refer the world to the Impri-
sonment for Debt Bill—to the Benefices in Plurality
Bill—to the Irish Poor Law—and to the Irish Tithe
Bill. Of the Imprisonment for Debt Bill, it may be suffi.
cient to observe, that it is a measure which belies all the
professions, on which, in regard to this question, the Whigs
have traded for five years past. It is a Bill which secures
the smallest possible amount of relief to one class of debtors
—whilst over another class it increases the power of credi-
tors an hundred fold ? The Whig Poor-law for Ireland is
as bad as a Poor-law for that country can, in the nature of
things, be ; whilst, the Irish Tithe Bill rests, as we have
often shown, on principles of most equivocal tendency !
Could Ministers, however, venture to advert to no topic
connected with our domestic relation; except the Imprison-
ment for Debt Bill, and the others''inumerated ? Could
they discover no ground for self-glorification in the prospe-
rous state of our revenue—in the flourishing condition of
our foreign trade—and in that deep spirit of attachment to
Whig principles, which may suffice to render the labouring
poor patient under the impending hardships consequent on
a deficient harvest? Might not Ministers have pointed to
the daily increasing security to life and property in Ireland,
in proof of the glorious nature of the " compact. alliance"
formed at Lichfield House ? Might they not, moreover,
have adduced irresistible testimony to the soundness of
Whig philosophy, in the fervour of feeling with which
the labouring classes in England regard the new Poor-
law ? Of those official triumphs of their party, no mention
was made yesterday by Ministers, in the speech which they
put into their Sovereign's mouth ;—yet despite the mo.
desty of her servants, the Queen cannot much longer re-
main in ignorance of the nature of the merits by which
those servants arc distinguished. Her Majesty knows that
• there has lately been treason in Canada, and her authority
has been required in the adoption of measures deemed
necessary for suppressing that treason. But the Queen
does not know that her confidential advisers are sustained in
office, by the aid of men more deeply and dangerously fami-
liar with practices of treason against the privileges and pre-
rogatives of her Crown. than Papineau and Mackenzie
themselves ! If the ringleaders of Canadian revolt plotted
the dismemberment of the British empire, is not the dis-

SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

memberment of that empire the great object of the
man by whose machinations Lord Melbourne and his
colleagues are sustained in office ? If Durham justice
were in operation in England, would not Daniel
O'Connell be usefully employed, at this moment, in
raising " rent" for some taskmaster in a penal colony—
and, would not, in like manner, Joseph Hume, the instiga-
tor of resistance to " the baleful domination" of England,
be practising economics on the tread-mill, or in the hulks,
instead of preaching them on the floor of the House of
Commons, or before his constituents in Kilkenny ? Yet
these men—if the " firm and judicious measures" which
the Queen recommends in the case of Canada were en-
forced in this country—would be treated as felons ; these
men, we repeat, impart to the Queen's Ministers, all the
energy which those respectable functionaries possess. The
Queen must, one day, discover that her Ministers are
mere dependents on the bounty of Daniel O'Ccimell !
Yes ! Daniel, although he flourishes by begging from beg-
gars, can, nevertheless number among his own pensioners
and retainers, Home Secretaries and Premiers : and these
worthies are content to enjoy the good things of office, at
the price—to men of their stamp so insignificant—of
winking at wholesale schemes of treason against their So-
vereign's crown and dignity!—Morning Herald.
Her Majesty's Ministers having applied all the energies
of their statesmanlike minds to the object, accomplished
the prorogation of Parliament yesterday. Great as their
efforts have been during the progress of the Session, we are
of opinion, and we are sure the public will agree with us,
that the deci'ion of judgment and force of will, which
they exhibited at the end of it, in procuring the proroga-
tion to take place on Thursday instead of Friday, tran-
scend all their former efforts since the commencement
of the arduous labours of the present year. The
Speech delivered by her Majesty upon the occasion will
be found under its proper head, in another column. It
seems to us to be a civil and silly speech, with as little
truth in it as is generally to be found in the State papers
of Whig-Radical managers. The reason stated for closing
this " protracted and laborious Session" is that the state
of public business enables her Majesty so to do.' If, how-
ever, the speech of Lord John Russell on Tuesday even-
ning was not a gross misrepresentation, the fact is that the
protracted state of the session made it impracticable to go
on with the public business, and not that the state
of the public business made it practicable to close the
session. Which shall the public believe—Lord John
Russell's speech delivered by himself, or the speech
prepared by Lord John Russell and delivered by
' the Queen ? Her Majesty is made to state that the
insurrection both in Upper and Lower Canada have
been promptly suppressed, and that her Majesty entertains
a confident hope that " firm and judicious" measures will
empower the Parliament to restore a constitutional form
of Government, which unhappy events have compelled it
for a time to suspend. The public will naturally ask
what can be meant in this passage by " firm and judicious
measures ?" Is the allusion to Lord Durham's ordinances ?
If it be, a brief memorandum, touching the Bill of Indem-
nity to which her Majesty bad just given the Royal
assent, might have been an appropriate addendum
to this Ministerial notice of Canadian affairs. The
country will of course be glad to hear that the in-
surrections have been suppressed, for if this be so,
the vigour beyond the law of his Excellency the Earl of
Durham, which has been defended on the ground that it
was necessary,for the suppression of rebellion, will be ne-
cessary no longer. The obscrvatioes with respect to the
" mi►tigation" of the law of imprisonment fur debt, and the
" restriction of granting benefices in plurality," are too
common-place to be remarked upon. That which her Ma-
jesty has been advised to say respecting the Irish Poor Law
Bill and the Irish Tithe Bill has this peculiarity—that it is
directly opposed to what Mr. O'Connell has said concern-
ing these same measures. The passages to which we al-
lude are as follow :
" I have felt great pleasure in giving my assent to the Bill
for the relief of the destitute poor in Ireland. I cherish the
expectation that its provisions have bee❑ so cautiously framed,
and will be so prudently executed, that, whilst they contribute
to relieve distress, they will tend to preserve order and to en-
courage habits of industry and exertion.
" I trust, likewise, that the Act which you have passed re.
lating to the compositions for tithes in Ireland, will increase
the security of that property and promote internal peace."
It is a very great mistake of her Majesty to " cherish"
or to " trust" any such thing ; for Mr. O'Connell, who
ought to know best—in Ministerial acceptation—says that
the new Poor-law is a positive mischief, and the new Tithe
Bill calculated to make the collection of tithes more than
ever difficult, and destructive of internal peace. Her Ma-
jesty expresses, with rather more than usual emphasis, her
thanks for the supplies granted for her own household ex-
penses, and the expenses of the public service ; and the
Speech winds up with the following civilities to Parliament
and to Providence :

" The many useful measures which you have been able to
consider, while the settlement of the Civil List and the state
of Canada demanded so much of your attention, are a satisfac-
tory proof of your zeal for the public good. You are so well
acquainted with the duties which now devolve upon you in
your respective counties, that it is unnecessary to remind you
of them. In the discharge of them you may securely rely
upon my firm support ; and it only remains to express an
humble hope that Divine Providence may watch over us all,
and prosper our united efforts for the welfare of our country."
" Many useful measures !" This is going a little too
far. Such nonsense is on rather too important a subject to
be merely laughed at, The mention of Divine Providence,
when put by such Ministers as ours to the end of the
Queen's Speech, can only be considered like the phrase,
" your obedient servant," at the conclusion of a letter.
Why is their policy that of hostility to the Established
Church ? Such mere form as that of the Ministerial piety
at the end of a Prorogation Speech, is neither edifying nor
useful.—Morning Post.

An inquest was recently held at Stoncv Stratford,
before J. W. Cadly, Esq., one of her Majesty's coroners for
of \V. Stockley, aged 32, a highlyßucks, on view of the body
respectable farmer at Shenley, Bucks. From the evidence it
appeared the unfortunate deceased was returning from Bicester
Fair, on the Tuesday previous, about nine o'clock at night,
and when between Stratford and Loughton was thrown From
his horse ; he was conveyed to the Bull Inn, at Stratford,
where he survived only a few hours, being quite insensible
the whole time. On an examination of the body by Mr. Free-
man, the surgeon, it appeared he had received a severe frac-
ture on the back part of the head, produced, undoubtedly by
a kick from his horse when he fell. Verdict—. Accidental
death." Deodand on the horse, ls. The unfortunate young
man has left a widow and one child to deplore his untimely end.
THE LATE EXTENSIVE ROBBERY ON THE
LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—The Government
police report of yesterday contains the following additional
particulars of the above robbery. The portmanteau had a cop-
per-plate on the handle, with the name in German text, 4‘ Mr.
James Brown," and one of the notes was for 50/., No.
60,041, dated January 9, 1833. It contained four bills of ex-
change, draws iti Cork by William Todd on JDIIO Carini-
chacl. a zn,.:rcliant there, in favour of James Brown. 0,-,e of
them was for 3001., and the others upwards of 40U/. each. A
reward of 101. has been offered for the recovery of the pro-
perty.

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1838.

SECOND EDITION.