The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-31 00:00:00

Porte as an independent Power, and thus have in-
voked the presence of a Russian army of occupation
in the very heart of Turkey. We are not fond of
dwelling upon mere probabilities, but few will ven-
ture to deny that an European war would have
been the result ; and that in the contest the Otto-
man empire would have been swept from the face
of the earth, and civilization received a shock from
which it would have taken an age to recover.
But while we approve of the policy of the Govern-
ment
upon this question, we are most willing to
grant that enough was not concedsd to the feelings
of France. The policy is excellent ; but there is
nevertheless much to Warne in the way in which it
has hitherto been carried out. Hence we are for
making every concession, short of an abandonment
of that policy, not only with a view to maintain the
peace of the world, but to satisfy France of the
really amicable spirit in which we regard her. But
we cannot give up the Treaty of July, without re-
establithing the Russian Protectorate of Constan-
tinople.

The contest between the admirers of Lord
LYNDHURST and Lord LYTTLETON—which of
those Noblemen shall be High Steward of Cam-
biidge, is no otherwise interesting to us than as
another evidence that the so-called Conservative or
priest party is split into rabid and conflicting fac-
tions. There is a pure, and a very pure party, the
" holier than thou," and the " holiest of all " men.
The former consisting of Tory lawyers, eager for
place and pelf, which their talents cannot command;
of flexible priests, for whom religion is a mask, and
politics a means of promotion ; and of all those
who, in whatever profession, continually cry
"paw, paw," against their opponenti, and smell
sin in all their doings, choose Lord LYNDHURST
for their representative. The latter, consisting of
rigid priests and their weak tools among the gentry,
fierce, uncompromising, stern followers of their own
narrow creed, who condemn all other men to perdition
hereafter, and political degradation here, find a model
and a hero in Lord LYTTLETON. It is amusing to
remark how the "holier than thou," and the "holiest
of all " wen speak of each other. The latter having
some respect or fear of their opponents, because
they know that on them depends the little hold
which the Saints can keep of the good things of

this earth, insinuate charges of ambition and trea-
chery, accusing the " holier than thou" men of
first betraying the Church, and then seeking
to make themselves its masters. They call
on the clergy, who petitioned against the
Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Bill, to
mark how the " holier than thou" men then
scandalously invaded the Church, and now insult
them be asking their support, as if the "holiest of all"
men were to' be only the servants of their less
pure associates. The " holier than thou" men being
of a compromising worldly disposition, have no
respect for their ultra allies, whom they regard as
obstacles to their political success, and brand
as Jacobins, who seek to overturn " the
due order and gradations of society." To sup-
port Lord LYTTLETON against Lord LYND-
IIUitsT is said to be the " worst species of
Jacobinism, to which no parallel can be
found since the early times of the French
Revolution." The " holier than thou" men are full
of-rage at the claims set up of superior sanctity, by
the " holiest of all" men, aritl they reprove their ar-
rogance, as if they were radical sinners. For our

part we care not a rush which of these sanctified
classes obtains the victory ; we see their contests
with satisfaction, and find our hopes strengthened,
that the ao-called sinners will ere long get their own.
Tlip Plinrioc‘a tall vut.

The Moniteur of Thursday does not contan any
official list of the new Cabinet, but most of the
private letters from Paris of that date, state ex-
pressly that the Ministry•may •be regarded as defi-
nitively constituted. In the lists supplied by the

correspondents of our Morning Contemporaries
some slight discrepancies occur, which leaves a

doubt as to the finality of some of the appoint-
ments. As we expect by Monday to receive in an
official form the news of the appointment of the
Cabinet, we shall only quote here the private cor-
respondence of the Times upon the subject. The

date is Thursday afternoon
" The Ministry is at length constituted. The refusal
of M. Dufaure and M. Massy to take office begat a
necessity for applying elsewhere, and accordingly M.
Hamann has been prevailed on to accept the Ministry
of Finance. M. Cunin Gridaine will have the Depart-
ment of Commerce. The new Cabinet will accordingly
stand thus :

" Marshal Soult, President of the Council and Mi-
nister of War.

66 M. Guizot, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
" M. Martin (du Nord) Minister of Justice.
66 M. Villcmain, Minister for Public Instruction.
M. Humann, Minister of Finance.
.6 Admiral Duperre, Minister of Marine.
66 M. Duchatel, Minister of the Interior.
6' M. Cunin Gridaine, Minister of Commerce and
Public Works.

" I should be guilty of mis-epresentation were I to
state that this is likely to be a very popular arrange-
ment with the Radical and the Thiers Journals. They
e, and let
will attack it violently, but there is no question about
the respectability of the two persons introduced in the
room of MM. Dufaure and Passy, although in
is, ti there-
fore, et roe of
oratorical ta!ent they may be inferior to them.
" You will see with regret that the centre gauche
is entirely out of the new combination. Yester-
day I referred with satisfaction to the entry of M.
oeyseswoefrei;isth therefore,
Dufaure into the Ministry, because he would bring
with him a certain portion of that party. His
secession (for he had all but formally adhered to the
pforroop,oasitdiiosr:dovfool\tl,aigrsohatlo Stohtelltoaenvid
ikAili.oGisturiyz.ot)They.
will,
us
hope however,,swoiuthn meetesxupcecce
success.
'° the conflictw asth ie nweictehieictoyufroarg
calling
on M.
Humann, that his address in Paris was unknown to
He only arrived yesterday in Paris, and is no
obliged
dial
,Soousletaarcehd Mfor. Gitu?tott.he Thloi
w a mem-
ber of the Government. M• L.acave Laplagne, who
formerly held the department of Finance, declined office.i
" On the Bourse the new Cabinet was .
viewed with
high favour, as you will see by the Cours ifuthentiques
" Before I take leave of this subject, let me asui..,
you that M. Guizot has submitted to the King the
draught of the speech proposed to be delivered ley his
Majesty on opening the Chambers next Thursday, and
that the King accepted and fully approved of it."
The formation of the Cabinet is the only sub-
ject of European interest which occupies the se-
rious attention of the Paris Journals of Thursday.
Their remarks ale, however, no longer of any • im-
portance,as regards thehl
so far probable constitution
of the Cabinet.
THE RUSSIAN F/.., EELA letter published in the
Leipsic Gazette of the 25th,
states that and bearing date Copen-
hagen, the 17th,
it was reported in the
latter-mentioned city i that the Cabinet of St. Peters-
burgh had demanded cave of the Danish Government
for a Russian fleet of 12
_or 18 ships of the line, with
on hoard to winter in the harbour of
12,000 troops This report, however, was
Copenhagen. not deemed
deserving of credit, _
ABDICATION OF T.nE hING or HOLLAND.—The Mo-
nitors. states that Klnr2Louis Philippe_ received on Wed-
eln), Irtter from William I. King of the Nether-
Inrs a , his M.lesty his vol
krias, notifying t° William 11. untary abdication
is favour of his son f _ " This letter was de-
livered to the Ministeroo . Foreign Affairs," says the
Mwzitcur, "by M. ericke, , Charge d'Affaires of
Holland."
THE ASSASSIN DAEMES.—The Hanau Gazette of
the 26th instant announces, that the investigation made
in the lodging of Darmesf had led to the discovery of
papers, the contents of which havinr. been communi-
cated to the German overnments, had caused the au-
thorities of Frankfort to effect severul arrests on the
24th. A man whose name is well known k% the slier:-
tific world was said to have secretly left that city. The
ue of the 26th states that the indivi-
Gazette de Cal(g
duals arrested (24 in number) consisted for the most
part of men bclonging to the labouring class.
Agmy,—An Imperial Ukase, dated the
RUSSIAN •
29th of September, commands 30 regiments of Don
Cossacks to be armed by the Ist of November, which
will furnish 15,000 cavalry ; and this appeal to arms at
the beginning of the winter is not a little remarkable.
PEAC4 OR WAR.—Count Woronnow, the Grovernor.