The Sun.
London, England, 1840-07-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1840.

power of further dismembering, or annihilating, that
Empire at his pleasure.

better to wait in expectation of more favourable
times.
" The discussions in Parliament," says a writer in
a recent number of the Scotsman, " informed the
public of the essential difference between the Duke
of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel on the Canada
Bill. It is understood that his Grace had origi •
nally resolved, with a majority of Conservative Peers,
to appose the Bill, notwithstanding the decided ad-
vocacy of the measure by Sir Robert Peel. Report says,
that the Duke's intention becoming known to the Govern-
ment, an intimation was conveyed to the Right Hon.
Baronet that Ministers would resign if the Lords rejected
so important a Cabinet measure ; and that it therefore be-
hoved the leader of the opposition to be prepared to consti-
tute a new Ministry. Sir Robert Peel and Lord Stanley,
it is further stated, immediately addressed a letter to the
Duke of Wellington, distinctly declaring their resolution
not to undertake the formation of a new Cabinet under
such differences and difficulties. The Duke thereupon
abandoned his meditated motion, and contented himself
with a protest against the Bill. I believe this report to be
substantially correct. The truth is, that the more sagacious
Melbourne's Cabinet at present, even bad they the power."
ToryT The
e T leaderso a
Tory
y leaders
dsecretly indisposed to supersede Lord
know,
notwithstanding the rav-
ings of the Tory press, that their principles incapaci-
tate them from governing the country,that the prin-
ciples they profess in opposition could not be acted
on in office, and that there is no party in the State
capable or willing to carry them into office on Tory
principles. Why, the life and soul of their strength,
as an opposition, is the party which would tram.
pie every thing under foot to secure the supremacy
of the Ultra-Anglican Church, and to that party
the Duke of WELLINGTON, at least, is decidedly
opposed. Its present influence is mainly due to the
energetic exertions of Messrs.ll/PNEILE, STOWELL
1114GHEE, PHILPOTTS, and the rest of the zea-
lots, who denounce what PEEL and STANLEY
.The
partya l 1
policy, as compromising
andwithcould not and would not
support the policy of Sir R.
the en WELLINGTONrny.
PEEL, and without it
the Tories have little or no power in the State.
In obedience to its demands, R;
—.r ROBERT PEEL,
Lord STANLEY, and Sir JAMES GRAHAM voted
for Sir ROBERT INGLIS' motion for Church Ex-
tension ; but they could support no such motion in
office, and their accession to power must be the
beginning of a disagreement between them and
those whose support gives them strength. It is
not a matter of choice, therefore, that the Tories
confine themselves to abusing the Whigs—it is a
matter of necessity. They are as much compelled
to pursue the degrading career as a gin horse is
compelled to travel round in the same beaten, un-
deviating tract, neither approximating to the centre
nor freely running off to gather the fruits which
nature prepares for all her children.

In the House of Lords last night the Bishop of
EXETER gave notice that on Monday he would present
a petition from the clergy and others of Manchester, to
inquire into the circumstances attending the trial of
ABEL HEYWOOD, and why he was not brought up for
punishment.
The principal business of the evening was the Eccle-
siastical Duties and Revenues Bill, the second reading
of which was moved by Viscount MELBOURNE. The
Noble Viscount said the principle of the Bill was to
supply a part of that spiritual deficiency which prevailed
in the country. He noticed at much greater length
than they deserved the pleadings of the hired Coun-
sel, who could in that capacity know nothing of
what is required of the Legislature for the general
welfare. Borrowing his weapons from the period
of the Reformation, he ably defended the appro-
priation of the property now used by Cathedral Chap-
ters to the spiritual wants of the people. By this ap-
propriation the surplus funds of the Church would be
put to the best use. He acquitted the clergy of selfish
motives for resisting the Bill, but be thought that they
were not good guides on such matters. He recom-
mended the Bill to their Lordships as absolutely ne-
cessary.
The Bishop of WINCHESTER, while he professed
a great desire to relieve the spiritual destitu-
tion of the people, and differed with much regret
from the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, strenuously
opposed the Bill. He denied the right of the Parlia-
ment to interfere with these cathedral endowments, and
put it to the Peers, as they hoped for mercy at the last
day, to preserve the property of the Church, whatever
injury they might do to the people.
The Archbishop of CANTERBURY supported the Bill,
and asserted that the great spiritual destitution of the
people, for which the State ought to provide, justified
the appropriation of the cathedral revenues proposed. A
debate, which lasted till half-past twelve o'clock, ensued,
and on a division the Bill was read a second time by 99
to 48. Their Lordships then adjourned.
In the Commons, Sir J. HomonsE satisfied Sir R.
INGLIS, in answer to his questions, that the East India
Company bad done all it could to disconnect itself with
idolatry, and he would, in the course of the evening,
move for all the papers the other Hon. Baronet wished
to have.
In reply to Mr. B. WOOD, Mr, LABOUCHERE stated
that the commercial treaty with France, which would
require the sanction of Parliament, could not be pre-
sented this Session.

Mr. STANLEY, in answer to Mr. ALSTON, stated
there was no intention to make any material alteration
in the Green Park, nor was he aware that it was in-
tended to make a new foot-way from Pimlico to Con-
stitution-hill.
In reply to Mr. HUME, Lord PALMERSTON denied
that Government was about to send out 3,000 troops
to the Mediterranean. _ •

_
In reply to Sir R. PEEL, the Noble Lord stated
that the Quadruple Alliance was suspended by the
suc-
cess of the Queen of SPAIN, though if the Carlists were
to make head again in Spain, the treaty would come
into force.

By the Patrick Henry, which has arrived at
Liverpool from New York, we have .received pa
pers from that city to `the "9th ult: The principal
news is that GovernOr TivirvisON",Waa"'about to
leave Quebec for a visit to tlalifaX:. The follow-,
ing we extract :

In the course of a, little conversation on Trafalgar-;
square, Sir ILINGLis stated' that' the'Committee foe
Building the Nelson Testimonial h d entered into a
contract to complete the column, with its capital, and
a statue on the top, but he was not sure that the Com-
mittee had funds enough to accomplish all that was

desired.
On the vote for the additional seamen, on bringing
up the Report of the Committee of Supply, Mr. GLAD-
STONE revived the whole subject of the Chinese war,
and entered his protest against it. A long debate en-
sued, without leading to anything, o 7 making the world
acquainted with anything new, and which ended in the
vpte being agreed to.
There was also another debate about the vote for
the London University, and a third about the ground
for building a suitable hall for the General Assembly et
Edinburgh, when Sir R. PEEL took the opportunity of
reeing the Non-Instrusion members of the h►rk
a lecture on the propriety and necessity of
obeying the law. The Right Honourable Baronet
will find his teaching on this point thrown away.
Neither JOHN THOROGOGD nor Dr. CHALMERS Will
regard his laws as of such great importance as the laws
of conscience. Sir R. PEEL has always been averse
from enthusiasm—he has none of it in his own compo-
sition, and he will now find, as he has long dreaded,
that it will be his master. In the end the Report was
agreed to, and the House adjourned at Half-past Two
o'Clock.

There is one singularity in the conduct of the
Tories, including the Press, which cannot fail to
excite public notice. They have one object in view—
office, and only one means of attaining it—depre-
ciating the Ministers. They sketch no line of policy
which they would pursue, they recommend no mea-
sures, they propose no improvement, they merely
abuse and thwart the Government. A more unge-
nerous, a less noble course of proceeding, politicians
never devised, and public writers, disregarding truth,
never carried into execution. To attain this single
end the Tory Papers daily exaggerate failures, dis-
tort facts, and coin falsehoods. Last night, for ex-
ample, the Standard, in addition to sundry other ac-
cusations equally well-founded, accused the Ministers
of embroiling us with the United States, when the
fact is that events, such as an unsettled boundary—
a Tory legacy, and the Canada war—the result of
Tory policy, had a strong tendency to embroil us
with the United States, and Ministers have kept us
at peace, there being now a clear prospect that the
affair will be speedily settled. Yesterday, too, the
Times even, while it did justice to the conduct of
the Ministers, in relation to New Zealand, con-
demned them for acceding to Lord ELIOT'S motion,
which,being only for an inquiry, and being demanded
by their own supporters, they had no means of re-
sisting, and ought not to have had the wish to
resist. Yesterday, also, the Post accused
Lord JOHN RUSSELL of being guilty of
a " paltry wriggle," because he did not boldly say
that JOHN THOROGOOD was justly imprisoned.
Supposing Lord JOHN to have wriggled between
good and evil, that was far better than Sir
ROBERT PEEL'S mouthing defence of brutal in-
justice. We only quote these trifling matters as I
specimens of the manner in which the Tory jour-
nals, day after day, enlighten their readers, and
spread through the land that useful knowledge,
without which society must be a prey to the most
terrible disorders. To get office by depreciating
the Ministers is a desire, we admit, rich in sugges-
tions. It begets day after day column after co-
lumn of declamation, creating a condition of mind,
the most stale, flat, and unprofitable, both in those
who indite and those who imbibe the daily potion.
We hear and read very often of other societies,
if not of our own, " that it is in a state of transi-
tion," but we know no period of history when any
society was otherwise than in progress. From the
beginning of time it has been passing from one
condition to another. Betwixt 1800 and 1830, as
the population tables show, the transition of our
society from a chiefly agricultural to a chiefly ma-
nufacturing community, nearly doubling the num-
ber of the people, was extraordinary and rapid.
' But while society was so fast altering its multiplied
relations, the Tories, pertinaciously or negligently,
stood still with the Government, and with all useful
legislation. So great a discrepancy had then ensued
between the moving society and its stationary insti-
tutions,that a violentjerk was made to bring them into
adjustment, but the Reform Act, we regret to say,
has not answered the object. The discrepancy
continues—it increases—and owing to the predo-
minance of the Tories in one House of Parliament
with their obstructive policy, it seems likely, we are
afraid, to increase till another and a still more vio-
lent jerk shall again be used, perhaps in vain, to
bring man and his institutions, the creatures of his
will, and intended for his benefit, into harmony
with each other.

The only and the great fault of the Reform
Ministry is, that they have not comprehended the
vastness of this discrepancy, and have not, since the
Reform Act, taken sufficiently energetic measures,
nor always measures of the right kind, to lessen it.
But if that be the great reproach we have to
urge against than, it assumes a gigantic form,
directed against the Tories, who would do
nothing, who have done nothing, to lessen
the discrepancy, and have done all in their
power to prevent the Ministers from doing
anything. They still remain in the rear of
the march, and though they are very worthless,
they have succeeded in holding back the rest to
look after them. This is the reason why they have
no other policy, and can have no other policy, than
to find fault with ther opponents. To go forward
is contrary to their nature ; but as every reasonable
line of policy wculd carry politicians a-head of the
Ministers,prescrityea n s 0 tf h eo b
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thosehu, other a voef
depreciating and abusing the present Ministers.
They
t, ry.
drag them back to their own dis-
b They have 110 hope of getting
abrea:t of the Whigs, still less can they dream of
taking
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in the van and being the leaders of
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The chiefs of the Tories seem to be sensible
of this, and instead of taking office, now find it

other banking institutions of the district to adopt a course •
LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
equally satisfactory.
The Directors of the Fanners and Mechanics' Bank of
Georgetown, have also resolved to pay their notes in coin on
demand.

LONDON, JULY 27.—Wind, at noon, light and Westerly
airs, with drizzling rain at times.
DEAL, JULY 27.—Arrived the Grecian, Richards, from

COTTON CROP.—The Natchez Free Trader states that
the prospects of the cotton crop, where the soil has suf-
fered no inundation of the Mississippi, are grand beyond
parallel. The growth has been uncommonly rapid, and,
if the weather continues dry, great quantities will be
picked in the month of July.
PHILADELPHIA SALES OF STOCKS, JULY 7.
657 shares United States Bank . 73

Sydney ; Miranda, Antigua. Sailed the Malabar, Pol-
lock, for Bombay.
LIVERPOOL, JULY 27.—Wind W.—Arrived the Madras,
Slack, from Savannah ; James Dean, Wilson, Quebec.
Off port, the Judith, from Africa.

HOLYHEAD, JULY 27.—Arrived off the Patrick Henry,
Deluno, from New York, sailed the Bth inst.
PORTEMOUTH, JULY 27.—Arrived the Donica Pascou,
Hullock, from Calcutta, sailed from the Cape of Good
Hope 9th ult. and St. Helena 21st. Sailed the Lord
Huegerford, Saunders, for Calcutta. Off Port the Earl
Balcarras, Vaux, from China. _

100 do. do. d 0....... 73
86 do. Girard Bank 4Ol
$6,312 50 Draft on New York at sight... 102 k
Second Board.

15 shares U. S. Bank
35 do. do. do.

COWES, JULY 27.—Arrived the Hindoo, Van Zeulican,
from Hobart Town.

FALMOUTH, JULY 26.—Wind, N. to W., strong breezes.
—Arrived, the Naiad, Hayes, from Odessa ; Firefly, Stone.
Smyrna. Sailed, Ruchers, Mason, for Demerara. Off port,
Ocean Bride, Robinson, Monte Video ; City of Edin-
burgh, Knight, Sierra Leone ; Jubilee, Anderson, Tagan-
rog ; Union, Blamfield, do.
ST. ARCROSS, JULY 25.—Arrived, Royal Tar,
_Bell,
from Quebec.

EXMOUTH, JULY 27.—Arrived off Port, the Howard,
Bartlett, from Quebec.
BRISTOL, JULT 27.—Arrived the Niger, Merritt, from
Africa. Sailed, Ingleborough, to China; Cosmopolite,
Trevetham, do. ; Calisto, Henley, do. ; Rokeby, Elder,
do. ; Dee, Miramichi.
GLOUCESTER, JULY 26.—Arrived the Britannia, Furze-
man, from St. Ander.

SWANSEA, JULY 26.—Arrived the &bens, Wallis,
from Cuba.

MILFORD, JULY 26.—Arrived off Port, the Diana,
from Halifax.

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)

COLONIAL MARKET.

There was little business done, but prices were firm. Raw
Sugar was in slow request, both for the scale and refining, but
few samples were offered. In the Coffee Market there was
scarcely any business done privately, and at the public sales
nearly the whole was bought in. Pepper in fair demand, and
prices advancing. Rice sought after, and all offered found ready
buyers at full prices.