The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-09 00:00:00

PUULIC OPMTEOZT.

The Morning Herald remarks, in an article suggested
by Dr. APllale's recent denunciation of the Irish:teetotal_
lers—" Disgusting and degrading as intoxication is in
all men of all ranks and all nations, it is in none so
maddening, so reckless, so- desperate as intliat kection
of the Irish people among whom the mission of I'ather
Mathew has been carried. On this account we have
never demurred to the praise which has been heaped
upon him for his perseverance and his success. If that
success have been but one-half as signal as we are as-
sured by the Irish papers that it has been, no eulogy of
ours, no tribute from his own countrymen, can approach
his deserts."
The Chronicle says, in referring to a remark on Sir
Robert Peel's presumed policy, that appeared in the Times
of Friday :—" We are gravely told by the Times that
4 tha question of finance is nearly, if not absolutely, the
sole great question of Government on which Sir Robert
Peel has not already, on more than one occasion, ex-
plained his views.' That is to say, the State Doctor
has given his opinions on all subjects, except
the disease of his patient and its cure. That is the
only point on which he has. said nothing ; and is
prepared to say nothing. It is also the very point on
which his imputations and contrivances have occasioned
the removal of his predecessor. And further, it is the
point on which his manoeuvres have been tried to the ut-
most, not without some success, for preventing the full ex-
position to the public of the views which that prede-
cessor entertained, and was ready to act upon.
Physician. of Tamworth, is this professional ?"
The tactics of the thorough-bred Quack Doctor are fully
manifested in this conduct of Sir E. Peel. He has got a
remedy for all the ailments of his patient ; but for the
one dangerous disease that is slowly arid surely under-
mining his health, he has none at all. In dismissing
Doctor Whig, and sending for Doctor Tory to prescribe
for him, the valetudinarian John Bull will lind that he
has retarded his cure for many a long year. Lucky if
he do not expire under the copious system of bleeding that
will no doubt be practised on him by his new physician !
The Post again warns its readers of " the political
danger and the practical hopelessness of depending upon
a great extension of the manufacturing and commercial
system in this country." This is a hint in season, and
should not be lost sight of. We grant that it is perfectly
hopeless to expect an extension of trade and commerce
under existing circumstances—that is to say, with a Tory
Monopoly Government hanging over our heads. Our
Contemporary, with great tact, is gradually preparing
the mind of the country for this disheartening conviction.
" Each day furnishes new proof," says the Adver-
tiser, " of the little estimation in which Sir Robert Peel
is held by the party who find it convenient to follow him,
but who evidently yield themselves with reluctance to
his command, Iteconect, Sir,' says one of these
gentlemen who addresses him by the name of Pit-
teens, ' what Pitt would bane done in your place, and
blush if you have a feeling of fear or a tenktiov to
compromise.' The star of the proximate and plebeian
Premier is apparently already on the wane. The aris-
tocratic driver of the Derby Dilly is evidently the favour-
ite, and political jockeys, who a few days ago backed
Peel at long odds, are now ready to lay the evens on
Stanley or Aberdeen." If Sir R. reel be out of favour
with his party, as the Advertiser insinuates, it is be-
cause they suspect him of undue liberality, which is the
best thing we have yet heard of him. As for a Stanley
or Aberdeen Administration, the thing is impossible.
Such a Government could not hold together for a week.
rimes reads along lecture to Sir H. Peel on the sub-
ject of the New Poor-law Bill, observing—" The admi-
nistration of the Poor-laws throughout England must no
longer be committed to the discretion of three individuals
residing in London, and holding office during the plea-
sure of the Crown. Difficult as it may be, a definite
law, framed upon principles agreeable to our fun-
damental institutions in Church and State, and em-
bodying in its provisions the experience as well of
the last seven years as of the two preceding cen-
turies, must shortly supersede the present arbi-
trary experiment.• The Poor-law Commission, if left to
itself, would naturally expire before the end of the pre-
sent year , saha, hh.5,,84, it is possible that reasons of
convenience, and the necessity ~f procooding with dpli-
beratim iq aIP settlement of -so iiiiportant a question,
may induce OLT goinrt I*l to postpone the period of
its dissolution, yet we trust that such a postpolletlictif, if
determined upon, will be for the shortest practicable
tint% and fieenuipatiled by a distinct announcement
of its merely provisional intention." It is easier
for the Times to give adviee than for Sir Robert
tel to act upon it, tor his hands are tied up, as respects
the New Poor-law Bill; and indeed on most great points
of policy, he will have little power to act according to
his own notions of what is just and necessary. With
the High Church party tugging away at one of his coat
skirts, and the crotchetty Stanleyites at the other, he
will hardly be able to take one step forward, without
taking two backward.

The Leicestershire Mercury thus comments on the
Tamworth remedial measures ;—" Sir Robert will not
prescribe for the patient till be is regularly called in.'
Cer,4inly not ; such conduct would be reprehensible in an
Ut li"doe!er—in a State physician and Premier expec-
tardf!l4 H• he tolerated, Like Dr. Early, Dr. Solomon,
an , " Morrison, he has his secret nostrum: but unlike
thcfse bAefactild of mankind, he fig.y v list of cares.
rV hV, ay' not the slightest wish to know tne Cvu
"'very
as 'tin-y[OIIAI C,rtria-Alc,On. State quack..... eas nit h . ,
but ye love the patient ! She and her
-0"1:1:er tny coast of weeret remedies as any
oi.,.ildren are ''y, dear to us some of them are at death's
d'°" and 1114 arc like the Manchester miners, who,
134ving ed,c days without food, died by being
placed in a bed
That the Tf. ,and
fed with ohiolcea broth,'
1 tworth Baronet can proscribe a
remedy for to 'patient is barely possible—for
which abilityai. xhole former life furnishes no
proof, his recei
Cc
iuct no probability, Enough of
such solemn trit.,
-T
when, on the v
like the forth-
coming, the leads
of 0„ a
great party can indulge in
ri. !
evef Thin
op;f s
a are
conflict like
come to a crisis
feeble jokes, and
ntless witticisms. The people are
looking for a
b "—this pseudo statesman talks of
physic."

. .
-- The Durham
teoor courtier
suggests that Sir Robert
tier ;—" At any rate, her
rmeaejlest will Majesty
s enel ank:
dbet.it
' d,- if - needs must be, to let -out
the Whigs gently, a:
tiously. sir lowa 140 take in the Tories most eau-
that he must be the leader of
his party—that
hit lan...L, be led by them. One trial
has already
h 111
aysiwi_v
ut; a
t.,,,,
ill, that the Queeu will