The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-12 00:00:00

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE. SUN.

Stn,—Permit a foreigner, resident in England, to ;ad•
dress a question to you for solution, as he has in vain
endeavoured to obtain a clear and comprehensive answer
to it among his acquaintance.
Why. should it be taken for granted by all parties in
this country, that when Lord Melbourne ceases to be
Prime Minister, Sir Robert Peel, Baronet, should im-
mediately succeed hiM ? If .it be what is called a con-
stitutional proceeding for the Sovereign to dismiss the
Ministers when a majority of-the Houses of Legislature
are adverse to their political opinions, yet upon what
principle is it. that one particular person should, as it
were by right, succeed another in the post of Premier ?
Has, or has not, the. Queen the power to deliberately
consider whether she could not find a deputy more con-
genial to her own political feelings than Sir Robert
Peel ? Is it a political fiction, or supposed to be a
reality, that the Queen is a Reformer ? And if her
Majesty be a Reformer, how can the people generally
respect her character, if she consent to appoint a Tory
Government. and conduct the business of the country on
an anti-improvement plan ?
I am,.Sir, with great respect,
Liverpool, June. 9, 1841. • AN AMERICAN.
[The Sovereign of this_ country must ultimately yield
to the majority in the House of Commons, and that ma-
jority, of course, has the right to choose their leader.—
Ell, Sun.]

THE EARL OF CARDIGAN.—The rejection
of the Earl of Cardigan by the Senior United Service
Club on Tuesday last, has excited more discussion than
a circumstance so natural would have provoked, but for
the active Tory canvass that had been carried on in his
behalf. He paid dearly, however for this canvass,
having subscribed largely to the Tory Election Fund.
He sent, among other sums, as we stated some days:ago,
5001. towards the election of the Hon. T. S. Wortley,
for the West Riding of Yorkshire. As there have been
contradictory accounts respecting what really took place
at the ballot, it should be stated- that one black ball in
ten excludes the candidate at that military club ; so
that Lord Cardigan, in order to neutralize the 28 black
balls which met him on Tuesday, must have had one
white ball more than 252. Now, as he had only 166 white
balls, it results that he required at least 87 white balls
more to get him in. There is a story going the rounds
respecting his Lordship, which we notice only to express
our disbelief of it, for it is really monstrous. The story
goes, however, that about three or four weeks back the
Queen and Prince Albert drove up to Buckingham
Palace from Claremont • the escort, consisting of a de-
tachment of the 11th nussars, halted to breathe their
horses. Lord Cardigan was riding by at the' time, in
plain clothes, and seeing the horses rather more blown
than suited his caprice at the moment, asked the ser-
jeant of the escort whether this was always the case
with the horses, and, being answered in the affirmative,
indignantly replied—." Then it must not be so—SHE
must not go so fast." Assuredly this cannot be true,
and most gladly shall we afford his Lordship the means
of giving it an authorized contradiction.—Qbserver.
LEEDS.—The following will show the relative
increase of the pOpulations of this town, during the last
periods of ten years
Population.
1821 , 48,503
1831
1841
In the Boot and Shoe-yard there are 44 houses, and 336
inhabitants. They are all cottage houses of two rooms
only. In one house of two rooms, twenty-eight persons
of both sexes slept the night before taking the census.
In the Wellington-yard there are 67 houses, and 773
inhabitants.
Three specimens of a shark, the Common Tope
(SqUalus Galeus, Linn.), were brought into Cullercoats
Havep„
,on Tuesday, the 22d ult., by the fishermen. The
largetit measured upwards of five feet in length. This
species is common in the Mediterranean, but is rarely
met with. in The British seas. Two are in the possession
of Mr. John Hancock, of Newcastle.
REBELLION IN THE PEEL PRESERVE.---=
Lord A. Paget drove Sir G. Anson and several friends 1
to the Tamworth Railway, on Thursday week, in a car-
riage and four, decorated with ribbons, whence his
Lordship, Sir. George. and a friend, proceeded to.town.
As the carriage returned, it stopped in Tamworth for a
short time, when the following dialogue was heard be-.
tween two Tamw?rth women :—" That is Lord Alfred
Paget's carriage. '" So they say—good luck to him."
46 Aye, he votes for cheap brea , and Sir Robert for
and for cheap sugar, too, that is more
dear. ' " Yes,
than Sir Haat does." " Yes, yes ; old Sir Robert and
young Sir Robert are much the same : what one had in
starving, the rats to, save Money, the 'other haS in Par-
liamentftring. Neither cared a farthing about such folks
as we. My littbarid shall vote
,for Paget if he will
some .lierc, that's fiat, or I'll know the odds of
.The election at Horncastle engroisect so much
attention last Tuesday week, that a funeral waited half
an hour in the churchyard before a clergyman could be
found to read the funeral *..rviee over the dead. One
from Horsington happening to pass 17, took compassim,
and the semce was NriPplited. ,Starnford Mercury.

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