The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-13 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS•

FLO3I THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
GLOBE.—Sir Robert Peel's position, over the heads
of his party, reminds us rather strongly of a parrot's, hung
out in his solitary cage ; whose sole solace is self-ap-
plause,
intermingled with oblique objurgations at the •
vulgar crowds beneath him, and tin reply to their upward
jibes. " Pretty Peel ! Pretty Peel !" alternates with "Foul
thief !" or "Foul witch !" There is an edifying recipro-
city of obliging terms between the leader and his party.
Sir Robert, like his parrot-prototype, is determined
to give his own account of himself, and indignant that
any other should be taken to represent his sentiments.
He is imperturbable in his self-ascriptions ; and not by
any means particular in the phrases with which he re-
quites the tokens of from the Tory rabble. " Some
vagabond" waving an Orange flag is not fergotten by
those concerned ; and the Standard is justly anxious
to have a large and thorough Tory majority to keep a
-chief in order who has that way of talking of its prin
ciples. In the mean time, Sir Robert Peel continues
his solo of self-approval. " The principles I will ad-
here to," he says, " whether in opposition or in
power, are in perfect conformity with the prevail-
ing good sense, with the moderation, and with the
intelligence of the great body of the people of England."
It is a good deal to say for one's own principles, that
they are in perfect conformity with good sense, and mo-
de7ation, and intelligence. The assumption of these is
softened by ascribing the same qualities to " the great
body of the people." Everybody who agrees with Sir
Robert Peel may henceforth rest satisfied that his
views are in perfect conformity with good sense, mode-
ration, and intelligence ; and it will save a world of
trouble to the good folks who have not many views of
any sort, to take Sir Robert Peel's upon trust, as
'the Right Hon. Baronet assures them that in so doing,
they will be sure to adhere to good sense, moderation, and
intelligence. They will also be saved the trouble of com-
paring those views with others, or weighing them too scru-
pulously on their own independent merits, as Sir R. Peel
studiously avoids subjecting them to comparisons (which
are proverbially odious) by too explicit and distinct state-
ments of them. In this, too, be has attained the parrot's art
of speakin without committing himself, and obtaining cre-
dit for " thinking the more" on points where he chooses to
say nothing. The British Critic has justly exposed the
offensive egotism of all this Peelotry. But perhaps it hardly
givea credit enough to the policy which suggests it.
That policy is one which is always, in a certain sense
and degree, successful. Every clever man surrounded
by foils for contrast L--let his cause be bad, and his
party worse, and his relations with that party distasteful
mutually—can secure the suffrage of a large and good
easy part of the public, by making a skilful use of all
his manifold disadvantages, turning " his diseases to
commodity," and raising himself at the expense of his
party, and at the sacrifice of i.s prospects, or of its predi-
lections. The Standard is perfectly right in supposing
such a condition of its party possible, that the best thingits
leader can do for it is to betray its interests, while govern-
ing-in its name ! We only differ from the Standard, in
believing that state of things real, not hypothetical. And
the conclusion we draw is, that as its party cannot,
in effect, at present govern at all, it would have continued
more wisely to acquiesce in the part of an Opposition.
COURIER.—The querulou's curiosity of the Whig-
Radical press, as well as of Whig-Radical speakers, as to
the principles on which Sir Robert Peel is to conduct
his Government, and the measures which he is pre-
pared to propose for the alleviation or cure of the present
difficulties of the country is sufficiently amusing, al-
though more hypocritical and affected than real. Above
all they pretend to he most in the dark, or most
puzzled, as to the mode in which he may deal with that
deplorable deficiency in the Treasury, which is the na-
tural climax of the foreign wars and financial waste
of the last ten years. In order to obtain a clue to
the enigma we are treated day by day with different
conjectures, or bold assumptions of facts, each varying
from the other, in order to provoke contradiction in some
quarter and'to give a handle for attack. Thus one day
we have the Ministerial writers gloating over the sinis-
ter assurance that the first act of the Conservative Mi-
nister must be the imposition of fresh taxes to stop
the Whig treasury gap ; whilst the next we are as
confidently reminded that his only remedy for the
provision of wanting ways and means must be by
the levy of loans, or issue of • Exchequer bills, and in-
crease of the national debt. The example of the pre-
sent
provisional Government may be quoted in favour
of both these courses, for they have both imposed new
taxes and multiplied "deficiency bills," and, singularly
enough, both at the same time, so as more expe-
ditiously to burn out the Treasury taper by light-
ing it at both ends at once. The case of
the Whig-Radical ridden country is no doubt deplorable
enough, yet we do not opine it past the skill and mas-
tery of Sir Robert, who is not the man to apply despe-
rate and doubtful remedies upon the kill or cure-all sys-
tem of Whig-Radical quackery, whilst the regular re-
sources and combinations of art, which to all but learned
and able practitioners are a sealed book, remain still un-
tried or unexhausted. Before he shall decide upon his
remedial resolves in last resort indeed, lie will have to
ascertain the causes of disease by a searching investi-
gation.
STANDARD,—And now that the battle has been
won, we must submit that a little discretion and a little
patience in our victorious host will be necessary to secure
all the fruits of victory. Already we have demands
made for some emplieit declaration of his purpose upon
certain points upon Sir Robert Peel. Sir Robert Peel
being at present neither snore no less than the
Right Honourable Member for Tamworth, and,
although questionless the statesman upon whom the
hopes of the country rest, really but oue of the
:Members of the House of Commons—this surely is
going something too fast. The Ministers are as yet
to be put out of office, and from all that has been, seen
of them, it is not unreasonable to expect that they
will make a hard struggle before they can he ejected.
It must be obvious, however, to every one, that by
gi ring, as it were, a programme of his plan of govern-
ment, Sir Robert Peel would furnish these men with
the means of resistance. For example, suppose them
to adopt Sir Robert's promised measures—as for the
sake of
place they would adopt any measures
upon what ground could they be displaced ?
Besides this consideration, to which everyone who
has observed closely the conduct of the Mel-
bourne Cabinet must allow some weight, is there
not something urgenerous in thus early calling for
declarations ? Do we not know Sir Robert Peel ?
Have we not his Government of 1833 before us
from which to anticipate the course that he will
pursue when called to the councils of his So-
vereign ? We are aware that the impatient querists
have no object but the common pod ; but we
must think that they do injustice to them-
selves and to the great Conservative leader in the
line they take. We expect everything that a
reasonable Conservative can desire from Sir Robert
Peel, supported as he will be by a great majority,
and we cannot see the least justification for doubting
him ; but surely such importunity as we complain
of must be the result of a frivolous curiosity, unworthy
of prudent men, or of distrust. What is wanted
Two months ago we should have been all well con-
tented with such measures as the Conservative
leader proposed or supported. Why do we ask for
more now ? To allow an increase of power to suggest
new desires is folly in the case of an individual, but it is
utter ruin to a political party, because it is shifting of
ground from that solid foundation upon which the edifice
of power has been raised.

GLASS-CLOTH.—We have had submitted to
vur inspection about a couple of yards of this new spe,
cries of cloth, woven entirely of glass, by a Mr. Richard
Baker, a glass-maker, and a more extraordinary and
beautiful production of the loom it has never been our
lot to witness. Our readers, who have never seen a spe-,
acimen, may be apt to suppose that glass-cloth must be a
plain white glossy fabric, but we assure them they are
much mistaken if they think so ; the specimen we have
seen is partly composed of a beautiful diamond pattern,
and partly in stripes and colours of the most delicate
hues. It seems to us, if the texture were a little lighter
(which we are assured it can bet mfaodre,etlidat the cloth is
• admirably adapted for
gentlemen about town, wi'ladistfeboralasdies' r'eticantisng Young
trust, for the benefit of the ingenious individual who
will take the hint, and orderls
exhihiting it, that not a
some pieces immediately.e7 Mr. Baker, three years aaa
had the honour of presenting her Majesty with a paij'oi
glass-cloth slippers, and an apron made of the same ma-
aerial, with which she. was pleased to express her unqua-
lified approbation, and to order a sum of money to be
-paid to him. He has likewise had interviews with Lord
John Russell, and other distinguished individuals at the
Home-otlice, on the subject. He informs us
oTtalteehteiiiiss
the only individual in the kingdom who can pr I
'material. This ingenious man (notwithstanding the royal
acrid distinguished patronage he has received), is, we ..I.oe
sorry to say, in very embarrassed circumstancesti
very recently lust the whole of his money.(amoun
hands
to,
about 901.) by the failure of his employer, in whose anc.ls
lie had lodged it, and having a wife and a family of six
children,-he is under the necessity of exhibiting the pro-
cess of spinning. the silk and weaving the cloth for a sus-
tenance. We are assured the exhibition will well repay
a visit.—Hull Advertiser.
CAPABILITIES OF GREAT BRITAIN FOR
NIIII,BUILDINCa—No country in the world afilirds a
parallel to ;.ireat Britain in the skill of its artisars. As
nmchiansts and engineers they are unrivalled ; and, if
'th.iy excel in one department of mechanical construct-
tion more than in another, it is in ship-building. This
may, probably, in a great measure arise from the na-
tural necessities of the country, from its insular position,
consequent demand for that species of labour
arid which such a position requires. But inde-
iaentica'a'y cf such a stimulus, ship-building, from the
comlanation of great strength, manual dexterity, and
41echanical intuition which is necessary to perfection in
the n7t (for it is an art), seems as ilk were chalked out by
nature for English and Scotch operatives. Caterisparibus
—that is, nut thi•Englishman or Scotchman on even terms
with the Dane or Norwegian, and (to use, perhaps, a
rather hyperbolical phrase) they would knock a ship's
knees together bek)re their rivals could saw them asun-
der. It is a traderequiring, as we have said, that com-
bination of head-work and handy-work peculiar to the
natives of this country ; it is a species of labour, too, in
which, as at once recluiring strength and skill, they de-
light ; and, if they possessed equal advantages with the
artisans of other countries, they ought to be ship-
ildera for the whole world. The question is why are they
not so 2. The answer is, they want the prime requisite,
tie raw material. They have heads to think, hands to
labour, tools to- facilitate and shorten their labour—cven
nwhincry to ri-lieve them of the mere drudgery of la-
`'i Ot. y waat wooa.—Journtl of Commerce.
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