The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-23 00:00:00

WEXFORD ..ELECTION.

cby EXPRESS.)

GROSS 'POLL,. JULY 21, THREE; P.M.
Tower
• Hutton • -
Morgan
• ' Han 1
Majority for Power and. Hutton 462

'SPIRIT of tM PUBLIC ,JOURNALS.

FRO*,
.7.VENING PAPERS OF THIS, DAY.
GLOl3}.l.—Tile appetite for office under
which the =Tory party had so long yearned, becomes, al
the period approaches for their expected gerge, more and
snore raw, nous..:. The Conservative clamp is just now in a
'state comparable only to that :of V;rotabwell's caravan
little before feeding -time, aikl it- really recinireS that a
itiliticallian:Amburgli should be sent among ;the wild
beasts to place a check ppon ;their ferocious rapacity.
Before the body of the Ministry defunct, the lions of
Toryism sire , for pouncing .on its component parts ; and
already are the limps qt' office bespoke forthe various
members of the hoWling and hungry monopolist mena,-,,
eerie. Hrifortunately, - however, the available supply
will not be at all commensurate to the tremendous na-
ture of the deMand, and there is not an official mouthful
to be bestowed that has not at least half-a-dozen would-
be Official mouths to snap at it. That there should be a
lion's share would be all very well, if there were but one
lion waiting to take it ; but while there are so many,
sporting at least the skin of that noble beast, it is not likely
his share will be resigned without a considerable deal of
roaring and braying among the numerous pretenders to the
spolia optima of the Treasury. It is already evident that
the Tory banque t will scarcely have commenced before
there will be, in many cases, two or mord with " a bone
to pick" between them. The specimen of agreement given
by the Conservatives, in their notions of how the booty
in prospect Ought to be 'distributed, may be taken as a
very fair sample of their general unanimity. If the wishes
of the party could be gratified, it would seem that we
should -have almost as many Tory Cabinets as there are
Tory-newspapers. • Each journal would have a separate
list, in pursuance of the desire of the particular section
whose sentiments it speaks, for it is clear that the occa-
sional concord of the Conservative press is net the rule,
but the exception, to their general sentiment. The
Times of one day will -contradict the Standard of the
preceding night, and the Herald of this morning will
run ruddy against the Post of yesterday—in fact,
though two negatives are said to make an affirmative, it
- will be difficult, When there are four of the former, to
arrive speedily at the latter.' • •
COURIER.—Some 'days ago We communicated to the
public3the principal object _King Leopold's unexpec-
ted visit to this country. • That 'object, briefly, was to
negotiate for dispensing with a fulfilment of certain
stipulations contracted at the time 'of his accession
for dismantling those extensive fortresses and ford-
ficationS• which Belgium, with its inadequate re-
sources and lessened population, as compared with the
former kingdom of the Netherlands of which it consti-
tuted part, was manifestly unequal to garrison or defend
in case of war or aggression, or even to support
the charges necessary to peace establishment duties.
To those stipulations France, the power more directly
interested, and against . whom indeed the precaution was
directed, was, with other Powers, a consenting party ;
and it was at the suggestion of Louis Philippe, on the
part of France, that Leopold's mission was under-
taken. It is not requisite to recapitulate now the grave
objections to which the proposed annihilation of the im-
portant conditions of the treaty in question was liable. It
suffices, in 'justice to Lord Palmerston, to say, that, as
understood in well informed quarters, he has refused to
be a'consenting party to the new arrangement or modi-
fications which have been brought forward, and, there-
fore, as we believe, the project is dropped, for the pre-
sent, at least.
STANDARD.—There is one person in the realm,
and that the highest person, whom it surely concerns, to
give due consideration to the anomalous state of the Go-
vernmenta Government carried on in defiance of a
vote of Parliament, now, it is confessed, certain to be
ratified• by the vote of the people—carried on too, it
must be plain, with no other motive than the wretched
love- of salary. and patronage, for a few weeks or
months, or a determination to create embarrassments for
a future AdMiniStration. It is impossible to suppose
that our high-minded and generous Queen can own
any smpathy with the former and meaner motive. still less
can we believe her capable of countenancing the more
malignant purpose. It never can be the interest
of a British Sovereign, still less can it be the wish,
of Such -a Princess as she under whose sceptre
it is the pride and happiness of Englishmen to live,
' to create difficulties for her own Government, as such
difficulties must always result in injury to her people.
It has been well • observed by a Ministerial journal
of this morning, that it is the province of the Queen
to determine by whom she will be advised, and that,
until her Majesty's personal decision has been made
public, it is premature and impertinent to offer
opinions upon her choice. This rule is of universal
application : it concerns Ministers actually in office,
upon a new state of affairs, as well as Ministers ex-
pectant. The
.present is a case for her Majesty's
own unbiassed judgMent—upon her, at this moment,
devolves the power of the whole Legislature, as
respects the choice of an Administration. All that
she knows from the other two branches of the
sovereignty and from the people is this, that those per-
sons who now hold office are unworthy to retain it. In
such circumstances—we say it with the deepest feeling
of affectionate loyalty—the Queen is called upon to put
an end at once to the unconstitutional anomaly of an ad-
ministration continuing in office though repudiated by
the Houses of Parliament and by the nation. The
case is one for independent action, if regard be had to
what is due to the dignity of the Crown. Her Majesty
knows that by the constitution, of which she is the
guardian, the advisers of the Crown ought to possess the
confidence of the Parliament and of the people ; she
knows, from the records of Parliament, that her present
advisers had lost that confidence more than three months
ago: she knows now, from the admission of one of her prin-
cipal Secretaries, that they have lost it irrecoverably.
Does it then become her to continue these condemned
Ministers--4o countenance, as if she were really no more
than one of themselvessa course of dilatory and vexatious
litigation, the end of which is nothing more respectable
than to retain salary and patronage to the last possible
moment, ancl.then to leave a legacy of difficulty to her
future- servants ?- /s.'this to support the transcendaut
dignity of the British Crown?

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in
=the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes
Registered in the week ending July 17, The Table is
issued from the Office of the Registrar-General :

• • Weekly
- CAUSES OF DEATH. Total. Average
1838-9-40.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases llO 204
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses l6B 151
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration
Diseases of the Hea-t and Bloodvessels
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other
Organs of Digestion...
Diseases of the Kidno3s, &c
Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, ice.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, Sce 1
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Old Age, or Natural Decay
42 71 Deaths byViolence, Privation, or Intemper-..„0e 24 25
Causes not specified
Deaths' from all causes
'761
Average Weekly ..Deaths....-.,,,. .. - - -926
Deaths its the Average Weekly
Week. Deaths, le3B-9-40.
128 ...... - /39 •
134 ... ~. ;. 163
179 .-- - _l9O -
143 ...... .211
177 ,. 223

Western Districts .....
'North Districts
Central Districts..,
East Districts.....,,. .
. South Districts

• ' . Total 761 926
It is slated that under the,term Metropolis
are
ceMprised the
32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of Lon-
don with and without the walls, the City and Liberties of
Westininster, the out-parishes within the Bills of Mortality—
and the parishes of St.Alarylebooe, St!. Pancras, Kensington,
Fulham, Hammersmith (Chapelry), St. Lt,',e (Chelsea), Pad-
fl.in7stotn;paSut.i, Mary (Stoke Newington), St. Leonard ( Hrom-
-630, • St. Mary-le,bow, Camber 1.4 Greenwich, St. Nicholas
ikDeptford); and Woolwich.' ThC population, as•
eydr;rnslb7:
56 a,s
.159 4,70. -Tti e Keckg average for
•
4-
, -839, and 1840 was obtained by dividing the deaths in