The Sun.
London, England, 1836-08-16 00:00:00

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the instrumeaulity ofe an English naval force ; an
this is the kiniti‘f interference which Lord Palmerston
Xltesivery‘pogsillly is not authorised by the
ivilidle Treaty: But'.a short time since he inter-
fered, and now he shrinks from following up this thick
and thin support of the Estatuto Real. It remains to
be asked what has caused this change of system ; and
we think our columns of this day fully account for the
vacillatory conduct of Lord Palmerston. It will be
seen that the English Republicans met yesterday, and
passed resolutions (for which see The Sun of that clay).
Such is the desperate condition of the present Admi-
nistration—holding office on the mere breath of the
Radicals—that it is compelled to give way to them on
the Spanish question. When the solitary demonstra-
tion was made at Barcelona, and the Radicals of this
country were indifferent, or entertained no confidence
of a successful result of the efforts of the Spanish
Constitutionalists, Lord Palmerston interfered ; but
now that the insurrection has spread in Spain, and the
Radicals are roused, he dare not for his life—we beg
pardon, we mean his place—oppose the wishes of his
allies. The Radicals have issued their Manifesto, de-
claring in favour of the monstrosity of 1812, and Lord
Palmerston has been forced to succumb. Such are the
desperate flounderings of a Whig-Radical Minister to
retain his office. How far such a line of policy is con-
sistent with the honour and best interests of Great
Britain, is a question that must, sooner or later, become
the subject of a solemn investigation on the part of the
Legislature.—Morning Post.

The Globe inflicted last night much tediousness
upon its readers, to prove to them that the House of
Lords is in systematic opposition to the people of Eng-
land. Justly dissatisfied with its first leading article
upon this hopeful topic, it tries its hand a second time,
and with no better success. The argument of the two
leaders may be briefly summed up, and refuted still
more briefly. It is founded upon Lord Wharncliffe's
very proper and judicious suggestion on Friday night,
that the House of Lords ought to be particularly
careful not to pass, without full discussion and deli-
beration, the Bills which are sent up to them in clus-
ters at the end of a Session, from the present House
of Commons, considering that his Majesty's Mi-
nisters in that House are there surrounded and
supported chiefly by men who are more despe-
rate innovators than the Ministers profess them-
selves to be ; and that, to this class of men,
Ministers, for sake of place, are in the con-
stant habit of surrendering their own declared opinions
on the most important matters of legislation. This
suggestion of Lord Wharncliffe is perfectly in unison
with the sense of the House of Lords ; but the Globe
must permit us to say that it does not prove any oppo-
sition between their Lordships and the people of Eng-
land, but quite the contrary, since it is demonstrated
by undeniable facts that it is perfectly in unison also
with the sense of the people of England. There is
something calculated to excite laughter in the perpetual
assumption of time Ministerial journals, that the opi-
nions and feelings of the people of England are iden-
tical with the twenty difTerent shades of opinion and
feeling which the Ministerial Benches of the House of
Connnons exhibit. It would correspond much better
with recent occurrences to say that the people
of England hate all those shades of feel-
ing and opinion with an impartial hatred. On
what recent occasion has any considerable section of
the people of England, when called upon to exercise
the elective franchise, manifested an identity of politi-
cal character with the Ministerial majority of the House
of Commons ? Have not the people upon every such
occasion declared in the only Constitutional form and
mode in which their opinions can be collected, that the
Ministerial majority of the House of Commons are time
objects of their ineffable contempt of their incurable
mistrust—and of their hearty aversion ? Oppositio
to the people of England, truly ! Why, we do not
hesitate to say, that any Peer or Commoner who will
repeat the sentiment of Lord Wharneliffe every clay for
six months is sure, by that time, to be one of the most
popular men in England, in virtue merely of his dili-
gence in proclaiming an opinion which has become na-
tional.—Morning Post.

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