The Sun.
London, England, 1836-11-02 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONIDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1836.

array of rank and wealth at our political dinners—
above all, mark our operative associations, in which
the working classes have enrolled themselves from a
sheer love of our principles." In shorty a complete
revolution in the public tultia was the only ex=
planation of thest -plietiomtila that walla go down
with 6c 'roles, followed up As it was every moment
expected to be, 'with 118 complete a revolution of the
wilco' which Sets in motion the political machinery of
Downing-street,

Alas to what gtieVoUs disappointments are we
liable in this valley of tears I How are the fairest
prospects of human felicity blasted in the twinliling of
an eye! Those glittering visions which danced before
the imaginations of the Tories have already vanished)
and those warm hopes so delightful fof the mind (out
of office) to repose upon, have been all at once frozen
by the chill and ruthless blast of the Ist of Novetthef==,
a day henceforth to be blotted Olit from every Tory
calendar.
These fcw Cursory reflections have been naturally sug-
ges it by the reports of the Municipal elections which
will be found elsewhere. It will be seen that the
boastings of the Tories have resulted in what they
commenced—moonshine—clear moonshine ; or some-
thing, if possible, even more unsubstantial. At
Bristol, their stronghold, they have sustained a signal
overthrow—at Lichfield they have been battered
to the ground—at Devizes they have been com-
pletely crushed, and at Northampton they can never
again lift up their heads. These are the only places
from which n
ieho doubtwehav that to
-morrow
tasy,et received intelligence ; but
we
have
record a similar. we shall have to
triumph for thC Cause of Reform in
every I.',orough in England.

FRAsEit's and BLACKWOOD'S Magazines this
month abuse the Ministers in their very heartiest and
broadest style ; the former, in a diatribe entitled the
" State and Prospects of Whiggism," the latter, in one
entitled the " House of Peers." As FRASER deals
chiefly in generalities, venting his flippant Billingsgate
abuse without a why or a wherefore, we shall pass by
his remarks, and come at once to those of BLACK-
WOOD, who, though equally unscrupulous in his vitu-
peration of Government, yet does now and then con-
descend to give reasons for " the faith that is in him."
He insists, for instance, on the necessity of our having
an hereditary, irresponsible House of Peers, because if
such were not the case, " the movement party would
long ere this have usurped an irresistible sovereignty ;
the Protestant Church would have been spoliated to
make way for the re-establishment of the Catholic
hierachy in the one island, and a Glamourous vo-
luntary medley in the other; while property of
every sort would have been either confiscated, or
on the high road to confiscation." We know
of few passages penned by a headstrong Con-
servative that contain more fallacies than this. Each
clause is a MunchaUsen, without even the sorriest in-

genuity to recommend it. Is not the writer aware that
the very idea of a " Catholic hierarchy" is obnoxious
to nine out of ten men in the empire, and that emanci-
pation was carried in direct opposition to the majority?
That if it were proposed to re-establish Popery in the
kingdom, the Radicals, speaking the sense of the com-
munity, would be the very first to oppose such a mon-
strous proposition ? To talk of the dangers to be ap-
prehended from Catholicism in these days, is like
talking of the malign influence of witches. Both
are exploded absurdities, and desperately indeed must
that man be pressed for argument who can condescend
to have recourse to such nonsense. " Property of
every sort would have been confiscated, or on the high
road to confiscation ?" Why, this is as absurd as the
clamour about Popery ! Are the Conservatives the only
possessors of property ? Have the Reformers no stand-
ing in society—no stake in the country? Nay, has the
Ultra-Movement party nothing to lose by a eonvlsion ?
Would Mr. GROTE, or Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH,
or Sir THOMAS LETHBRIDGE, or a hundred others
that we could mention—all Reformers, " every inch "
of them—would men like these encourage a system of
policy, whose inevitable result would be to " confiscate
property of every sort ? " We are perfectly astonished
how a Magazine of such first-rate influence, both in
politics: and literature, as BLACKWOOD'S, can coun-
tenance such arrant, undiluted, unalloyed nonsense !
If property be ever confiscated--though the hypothesis
is so absurd, as scarcely to deserve even a passing al-
lusion—such a result will not be brought about by the
Movement party, but by those who are straining every
nerve to check its laudable and constitutional activity.
There are no
.anarchists that we know of, but the
House of Peers. These be your only revolu-
tionists. Had it not been for O'CONNELL, these
crack-brained fanatics would, long ere this, have
wrapped Ireland in flames. See the state to
which they reduced the country in 183 And to such
a state they will again reduce it, if the Reformers do
not strenuously combine their energies, and insist on
manacling the fools, hand and foot. Again, we re-
peat, what we have said a dozen times already, that
the Reformers are the only Conservatives, and that if
they wish to follow up the true Conservative principle,
and bring it to a successful issue, they must, without
loss of time, clap a muzzle on the Lords. Till this
be done, nothing is done. It is idle to talk of wait-
ing—we have waited long enough. To delay the re-
medial process, as Mr. SPRING RICE recommends, in
the hope that their Lordships may return to their
senses, and so render it unnecessary, is like waiting,
to cross a river till the flood shall have rolled by. Aris-
tocratic prejudice is a tide that knows no ebb, but flows
full, and will flow on full, for ever.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN.

poor
Stn,—Your able Journal uphold Ms the ca pf the
as well as the rich. Pardon me if I call your attention
the trial of a mangy on Thursday last, at the Old
tiditect Rickards, fOr wh'iitti Mr. UlarkSon Was counsel.
never before heard of a counsel discharging the trust re-
posed in him by his client, by admitting that client's guilt,
before the Jury had brought in a verdict, and while the
client persisted in hii plea of not guilty. Were such con-
duct frequent, no man could feel lige in the hands of coun-
sel. Put it to yourself; Mr: editor, Were you defend-
ant •in any cause, of criminal, could you think of em-
ploying such an advocate ? Consider how this would
operate in trials for political offences—every man will be
title to bring home to hittl:elf the consequence of such a
practice ; in fact, confidence between :.71.!'f'41: gncl counsel
would be completely destroyed.
I am, Sir, your humble servant,
JUSTITIA.

Monday, Oct. 31,

CHANCERY COURT,-(THIS DAY.

This being. the first day of Michaelmas term, the Lord
Chancellor did not take his seat in his Court at West-
minster till nearly it o'clock, having to entertain the Learned
Judges, Masters in Chancery, King's Counsel, &c. at
breakfast, in Bruton-street, from which place his Lord-
ship, accompanied by the Judges, proceeded in state to
Westminster.

His LORDSHIP, on taking his seat, was atterblea by the
Master of the Rolls, the Vice-Chancellor, and Masters
Sir Giffin Wilson and Wingfield. His Lordship then pro-
ceeded to hear motions.