The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-25 00:00:00

system of monopolies which man ever devised, and the
dire effects have become apparent in our crippled fi-
nances. The Ministry have met the emergency in a
bold and candid manner. They have not shrunk
from the avowal of the necessity of imposing fresh
taxes on the people, or relieving trade and commerce
by imparting a renewed stimulus to the intellectual
and material capabilities of the country. The idea of
contracting new loans, and still 'further burdening the
country with an increased national debt, has been wisely
discountenanced; and the reduction of duties on sugar,
timber, and the imposition of a fixed duty on corn, have
been proposed as the legitimate means of securing an
addition to the national revenue. If the people listen to
the voice of reason—if they will be guided by the dic-
tates of sound sense—of experience—of philosophy—
their happiness will be established on an indestructible
basis. But, on the other hand, should they suffer them-
selves to be cajoled hy false friends—by political senti-
mentalists—by wolves in sheep's clothing—by the Buck-
inghams, Winchilseas, and other Tory Peers of the day
—they will plunge themselves in an abyss of calamities
and misfortunes, from which they may never be able
to emerge.

(From the Southern Reporter.)
The middle classes are with the Ministry, not merely
those of their own political party, but Tories also. The
pocket is of no politics but those of self-interest ; and a
Tory manufacturer will not reject a just relief for an un-
just party triumph. There is no calculating what may
be the result of a general election, grounded on great
financial reforms. It is true, indeed, that the most pro-
fligate newspaper in the world, that unembarrassed liar,
the Times, is, in its number of Monday, smoothing the
way for smooth Sir Robert to adopt the very plan on
which he seeks now to drive Ministers from office ; but
if there be a principle of honour in Englishmen, they
will spurn the man who recklessly sacrifices character
and honour in a despicable pursuit of power.
(From the Dublin Evening Post.)

SIR ROBERT PEEL AND HIS PARTY.-140 man has
been more scandalously maltreated by his party than Sir
Robert Peel—no man has been more villainously attacked
by the organs of the faction of which he is the head and
front than the Right Honourable Gentleman. The lead-
ing mortification of the Tories is—they avow it—that they
cannot go forward without him. They hate every bone
in his skin, but then "the fellow," they are forced to ad-
mit, is so clever, so plausible, so handy at a sophism,
talks away with such oiliness, and labours a topic with
such a plenitude of diction—that he not only cannot be done
without in debate, but that a Tory Cabinet without him—
supposing the possibility of such a lusus naturx—would
die in the moment of its birth. This the reasonable
people in the coteries are ready enough to acknowledge,
but they continue to express their hatred of the Right
Honourable Baronet nevertheless—the Aristocrats, be-
cause he is alPlebeian, the mere place-hunters, the mere
political traders, such as the Emmerson Tennents, the Ned
Littons, and the Parliamentary small fry, because he does
not choose to write himself, or to speak himself, down as
an unprincipled and shameless rascal, with the sole
view of obtaining office that lie might give them
places. Sir Robert is not a political favourite of ours,
and for our own part we are delighted at the keel-hauling
he is receiving from his friends; but with regard to these
the only feeling in the country is utter disgust.