The Sun.
London, England, 1836-02-23 00:00:00

lain rises, and the stage, which was all gloom and
-horror but so shorl a time before, is. the scene of
joke and hilarity. No more of danger—no more of
alarm—nothing but jests at the weakness of thai.
political party whose power and whose attor.','lties had
but just excited such frarful atiticiwatl'ons of public
disaster. 'To give an honest Opinion, we must say
• that our contemppma sueceuled better in traqedy than
in farce.* Its L.,oriairi, though rather of the coarsest—
rather too much
.111 the 0. Smith" style—were more
effective than its efFerts at sprightliness— they are dull.
There is Inn one real ;eke brough
t forward, and that is
borrowed (with acknowledgment) from old Farquhar.
It would have been more prudent to have nostponeu
the comic part of the entertainment until better pre-
r.red for it. The Ministerial artist trusts too -much
to the effect of sinprise. It is very well to startle ns
by an avowal on the part of a hitherto confident Ad-
ministration that the affairs of the ccuntry are in a
very frightful condition, which the nominal 'conductors
piously leave to the deterininP:aon of Providence, not
being able to look into horrors with a view o!
arriving at their clirr.ax. This does very well ; for,
even were we pred,lsposed to believe it, how can we
presume to dor:ot such a statement when it comes from
the organ of: 'Milliliters themselves ? But the case is
different, when the same organ begins to make very
wonderful disclosures concerning the state of party to
which it is opposed. Our principal men, they assure
us, with uncommon straining after jocose allusion,
have deserted us. According to the Ministerial paper,
we Conservatives have lost the benefit Sir Robert Peel's
assistance. The Duke of Wellington is no longei-
with us, and Lord Lyndhurst cares nothing about our
concerns. Much mirth is attempted to he made out
of us on the assumption of the palpable truth of these
losses to our party. But the attempt fails, because
the foundation fails. A dull and stupid fiction, with-
out even the colour of truth, or the semblance of
authority, will hardly support a joke were it ever so
light : and we protest that a heavier joke, or set of
jokes, than we are now dealing with it has not been
our fate previously to encounter. He must have been
but a clumsy fellow, and fit only to handle things in
the lump, who ventured upon the statement that the
three important personages already named had all, and
at the same time, abandoned the Opposition. 131.11 a
very little while ago we were assured that the Duke of
Wellington had quarrelled with Sir Robert Peel, until
the papers announced that the Duke w:As on a visit at
Sir Robert's house. Well, that ste'7 could stand no
longer. Another was got up respecting serious diffe-
rences between the Duke P lad Lord Lyndhurst. Most
unluckily the next acco:nts from his Lordship which
appeared in public came from Stratfieldsaye. Then
it was discoverad that the Carlton Club and Lord
Lyndhurst rere at complete variance with the late
Premier, 'when 10, a Carlton dinner was noticed, at
which Sir Robert Peel and Lord Lyndhurst sat to-
gether the whole evening. Angry with these retail
newtmongers, who, likeDesdemona—
had by parcels something heard,
But not intentively-"
The " great political engineers" sent them about their
business, and etigagA a wholesale man, who has swept
away these three chiefs' from the party at one fell
swoop. He 'is much more held than clever. It would
be pleasant, to hear a thorough-going Ministerial man
. explain;..igwhat it was that frightened away the Duke
of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, and Lord Lyndhurst
from the ranks of their party, in utter hopelessness.
Thty are men so apt to be panic-stricken—so liable to
br.: overawed by the astonishing capabilities of those to
-whom ,they are opposed ! Doubtless the Duke is
mastered by the energy of Lord Melbourne—by his
precise knowledge of facts and dates--by the accuracy
of his information—the force of his reasoning—and,
above all, by the warm flow of candour and urbanity
which wins the ready acquie:leence of a large majority
of the House to his political views. As to Lord
Lyndhurst, how can he be otherwise than struck down
by the blazing intelligence, the lightening genius, of
the Baron of Cottenham ? The deep and various po-
litical erudition, of that Learned Lord—the profound-
ness of his views, and the elevation of his sentiments—
the ready vigour of his thoughts, and the classic
elegance of his language—all, all, are such as a
Lyndhurst may in vain think to compete with.
In the splendour of such a political mind as now
beams from the Woolsack the radiance of such
lesser luminaries as Lord Lyndhurst must be lost. He
therefore retires. And in the House of Commons
what chance is there for Sir Robert Peel ? How can
he stand before speeches at once so condensed in style
and so lucid in development, as those of Lord John
Russell upon the reform of the English Tithe system ?
Must not the manly, bold, English bearing of Lord
Palmerston, upon questions of foreign policy, leave him
without hope of success, and can he be otherwise than
reminded of his own littleness by the unaffected dignity
and noble presence of Mr. Spring Rice ? How can
he hope ever again to fill the office of Chancellor of the
Exchequer, when he sees before him in the daily and
nightly sustainment of its duties one who reminds us
of Pitt, by his stern elevation of character, and of
Canning, by the graceful charm of his demeanour ?
We see, then, at a glance—all must see—the kind
of overwhelming motives which there are to the retire.
ment of these eclipsed Conservatives from a conflict
with opponents so superior. We see the sort of rea-
sonibleness which attends upon the theory of their
abandonment of party opposition. But, after all,'
theory is but theory, and the fact is (however wonder-
ful) that they have done no such thing—that the Con-
servative party never was more united, or more deter-
mined to act steadily, methodically, and vigorously for
the sustainment of good measures, and the defeat and
exposure of faction and of fraud.-- Morning Post.

ROLLS' COURT-MONDAY.

MELLOR. V. WOODS.

His Lordship, the MASTER of the ROLLS gave judgmuit
to-day in this cause. He stated that the bill was filed by
certain persons to whom money was due upon an equitable
mortgage created by a deposit of deeds. 0".,e of the de-
fendants was Mr. W. Woods, the surety, of Mr. W. T.
Woods, his son, the collector of the aAessed taxes for the
East Brixton division of the county of Surrey. Mr. W.
T. Woods, the collector, made default to the extent of
1.8001., and his surety, I\..r. W. Woods, being called
upon for the payment of -.chat was due, he prevailed upon
the Commissioners of. Taxes, to whom the money was
payable, to give liira time ;. and this they were induced to
do upon his depositing with them the title deeds in
,question. At the same time a memorandum was signed,
by which the purposes for which the deposit was made
were set forth. The default amounted to 1,8001.,
and it was admitted on both sides that the principal
sum did not bear interest. This being the case, Mr. W.
Woods at a subsequent period, by means of the defendant
Gahriel, paid off 1,000/., and consequently only 800/. was
left unpaid. The payment of this latter sum being either
refused or neglected by the defendant, Mr. W. Woods, the
present bill was filed to have the benefit of an equitable
mortgage. Mr. W. Woods, by his answer, stated that the
sum of 8001. was still due ; but the other defendants, who
certainly were not botina by their co-defendant's answer,
admitted that a sum was due, and alleged that they did not
know what had been paid or what was still due from W.
Woods in respect of this liability, and they therefore insisted
that an accouret should be taken, as an equitable mortgagee
could not b' considered to be in a better situation than a
common legal mortgagee. In opposition to this the plaintiffs,
the Coramissioners, urged upon the attention of the Court the
incomrenience that would arise to themselves and to the
lie a further delay in the payment were perm!tted.,
and iCiev
erosequently prayed that there might be an •..inmediate sale
of the premises, without the time to redeem usually allowed
in the case of an ordinary mortgage. When the case was
argued at the Bar, he (the Ms
...cer of the Rolls) had in-
quired whother there 7as. any
authority which could be
adduce :1 hi favour C)l.+;ais argument. He had since looked
at tke books, and. tie bad not found any authority which
would justify hint in relieving the plaintiffs from the hard-
ship which further delay would certainly occasion them.
The account must be taken of what was due on the mort-
gage, and he should order that the time usually given to
redeem in common mortgage cases, namely, six months,
Should be allowed. If what should be found due were not
I) aid within that period the plaintiffs might then proceed to
an immediate sale.

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