The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-16 00:00:00

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LONDON :
TH.ITRSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 3841.

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The Tory Journals, which appear autton.:t-
-o make known as much of the intentions of Sir
ROBERT PEEL towards the few millions of slaves
who have made him their master as may suit
his party purposes, have united to inform the
public that the man whom they have elevated to
a demi-godship, means, in his great condescen-
sion, to take the question of Commercial Reform
into his solemn consideration. Some secret in-
telligence, derived possibly from the firms of the
the YATES and the PEELS, that the manufac-
turers will not much longer submit to impover-
ishment, have convinced the Right Hon. Baronet
that he must at least give them a little hope,
otherwise they will carry into execution their
resolves to pay no taxes to the State as long as
the State, instead of protecting them, orders
them to be robbed for the benefit of the
rent-owners. The demi-god, accordingly, on
whose nod all the world waits, has graciously
caused his Journals, the Herald and the Post,
to intimate to the suffering people that he is
disposed to bring forward some well considered
plans of Commercial Reform. Here are the
words of the Post:—

A cautious, but decided advance towards liberal com-
mercial,policy may be expected from the present Minis-
awl
try, (in this matter) the difference bet Ween them
and their predecessors is, that the advance will be
.cautious, and with the approbation of those represen-
tatives of great interests whom such advance more im-
mediately concerns.
And here are the words of the Heiclcl:
We infer that while Sir Robert Peel is prepared to
base the commercial legislation of his Cabinet on free-
principles. he will do so
.cautiously, and at the
trade e to existing interests.
possible exile s
smallest
joins the throng:—
ThatT he (el rued ca, x 7 ids tjs
considerable distress in
districtsesscannot be doubted, but thtabtetinheaneux--
factor ings
eohaasbeen grossly exaggerated for fac-
tious pluieses I
191 us from the Anti-Corn-law League and
quires no sti:l him to seek the earliest possible op-
its dupes to inu:rno• a remedy to such a state of things;
portunity of apply long years of Whig misrule'
but the consequence,; of
, •na )weeK.
cannot be removed
and with the large
These intimations cotresp
vagtvoly hinted at by Sir
and substantial reforms
J. GRAHAM; but will any man in his senses believe
.
for one moment that a Cabinet et...imposed of
KNATCHBULL, BUCKINGHAM, WELLINGTON, and
STANLEY will accord, or can accord, any com-
mercial reform that is worth acceptance ? The
dupes who will credit such an assertion are quite
featly to embrace Thomism, Mormonism, or any
other incredible ism that may be offered to them.
KNATCIi BULL and BUCXING HAM, large commer-
cial ref,..,rmeN—why, the steers in their own
parks, if they yet possess any parks of their
Own, will laugh at it. Commercial Reform, too,
from Mr. GLADSTONE, the Vice-President of
the Board of Trade! What will it be? Per-
naissioft to import Hill Coolies into Demerara ;
or, poThaps, get up a little new slave-trade on
condition of devoting a small per tentage of the
humane profit to the building of churches and
glorif.ying the priesthood.
Although that man is a dupe whn believes
that the. starvation Ministry will give any com-
mercial reform, except as Pistol eat his leek, the
admission implied in the passages we have
quoGA, that commercial reform will be adopted
by the Ministy, is not the less instructive, nor
the less justificatory of our struggles. for Corn-
lawr repeal, and of the conduct of the late Minis-