The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-30 00:00:00

T,HE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1841.

idol of his affections as soon as circumstances may ren-
der such•a-trick practicable and expedient. • Sir Robert
has been wedded, before now, to -so many objects whiCh
he has afterwards thought proper to put .aside, that
we shall not be astonished at . divorce from the slid-
ing scale, when he finds the:connedion likelyto interfere
with more desirable alliances. He has already given
notice to the friends of the probable victim that he
does not mean to bt particularly tender in his future
treatment, and has refused 'd'a rtnee the support of
those •who expect from him " the irrevocable mainte-
nance of the present Corn-law in all its details." We
are told that this is " a candid and manly avowal,"
" leaving no sort of doubt" upon What his policy will be
with regard to the matter to which it refers ; but we
take leave to say that he must be an (Pipus indeed who
can divine from the above expression 'What will be the
course of the new minister.

STANDARD.—Short as has been the experience of
the first decidedly Conservative House of Commons elected
under the Reform Bill, its conduct presents a striking
contrast to the conduct 'of its predecessors of the last
nine years. First,• the unanimous election of a Whig
speaker upon principles of justice and constitutional duty.
Secondly, the adoption; by a majority of 91, of an
Amendment more loyal 'and respectful in tone than the
Address for which it was substituted. Thirdly, the re-
jection of a revolutionary addition to the Address by
majority of no less than 244. This is an auspicious

commencement of the working of a Parliamjnt, of
which, since the election had determined its character,
it was predicted that it, would be violent, disloyal, and
overbearing. If we pass from the acts of .the House,
which are, Indeed, the-acts of the majority, and for whiAi,
therefore,. the majority, when it is great, must claiinall
the credit—if, we say, we pass from the acts of the
House to the speeches of those by whom it has been led,
we find exactly the same spirit of moderation and loy-
alty. The speech of Sir Robert Peel, who has been
justly called by Messrs. Ward and Roebuck the repre-
sentative of the majority, does not excel the speeches of
his friends in these characteristics, although it surpasses
them in extent, depth, and eloquence. The
Ministers and their organs of the press have been
flattering themselves for months with the prespect
of a division in :the Conservative ranks ; but what
traces .: of division can there be . detected in :the
speeches. from ;r4he Conservative benches during' the five
days that have been passed in debate ? What sign of dis-
sension has there been exhibited oh' those benches ? On
the ministerial side there was no doubt a rather undignified
fracas on Saturday, and. e look for many such in the same
party or prties, for they are now too weak to strengthen

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themselves by any Lichfield House compact of peace—
but on the Conservative side all has been the most perfect
harmony. Sir RObert Peel's speech gives assurance
that this harmony will be preserved undisturbed, because,
fairly engaging with all the topics upon which it
is possible that Conservativas could ever disagree,
the .Right lion. Baronet has pointed out a course
with reference to each topic that must render dis-
agreement impossible. That course is the Conser-
vative course—the course of policy that defends all inte-
rests and all institutions necessary to the national wel-
fare, but does not defend them, if we may so mis-
apply the word, by perpetuating their weaknesSes.
COURIER—We have, on several occasions, stated

our views of the prevailing causes of the present state
of depression in the cotton manufacturing districts,
which, on the evidence of facts scarcely to be Mistaken
by any man bf common understanding and common
honesty, however under the influence of party passions
and mercenary motives grossly misrepresented or pur-
posely kept out of sight in the virulent harangu6
destined much more for the exasperation than the in-
struction of the multitude, was conclusively shown to
be almost wholly referable to the extravagant indulgence
of .a spirit of over-trading and over-banking mono-
poly . among the manufacturers themselves, fed for
years together by a congenial greeting of money-
making and speculative prodigality in the United
States and else Where. These pcitents truths, 'which
Mr. Alderman Cobden, who seems to have aspired
like another Anarcharsis Clootz, to be the " orator
of the human race," was careful to conceal from
his Manchester, Liverpool, Bolton, or Stockport
assembh:ges of the working classes, he found it not
so easy to shirk in an assembly like,;the House of Com-
mons, where vulgar declamation so/soon find its level,
and so the Hon.• Member was heard thus to characterise
the causes ofinduStrial distress:—"What was the cause of

their (manufactures), elevation frolu that prostration to
which the country had fallen in 180 ? It was clearly not
a natural legitimate trade which then sprung up. From
1831 to. 1836 the increase of our exports com-
pared with our imports, anwunted to .20,000,0001., offi-
cial value. But all these goods were sent to America,
where they were neither sold nor . consumed, but de-
spatched in exchange for bank .and railway shares, and
state bonds. That was not legitimate trade ; it was
over speculation ; the goods were not paid for. It
should be borne in mind, too, that from the period
of 1831 till 1836, there was an extension of the bank-
ing system in this country, increasing the number of
banks by nearly 100, and extending_ their capital by
nearly 60,000,00 C/ The increase of the export and.
home trade thus facetiously created, accompanied with
the fortuitous series of unexampled harvests, created a
state of prosperity which enabled the Government of the
day to move tranquilly on in carrying the Reform Bill,
and amending the Poor-taw ; but it was a fictitious pros-
perity." Now, howeter, (kit the worthy. Alderman finds
it politically more convenient to deal with facts than fic-
tion, he must needs fall into the same vice of exagge-
rating the truth as formerly wheirembelliShing the-crea-
tions of fancy.