The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-27 00:00:00

LITERATURE For 2,
SIR H. CA:7END ISH' S DEBATES.
Av. ongman, London, 1840.
contains Sir H. Caveodish's Reports of
the fill
bates lien Par'im
two months Pf the Session Ct.'
' 1769'
vf
the legalitysheinPtahret
lib eofours,e'
ofus ofco this,in, valuable pill itlhiceavtio:.
in;:nt was engaged in the discirn
tion or
or otherwise of WilkWs re-elec th re ging
of the resolutions and addres, les to
.to:iss.i
t)nfo during m i
ddieso;
anc,:s ; , 01' the
respecting the American distur, ny . ~l .fairs;
state of the East India Con 11.- ' -
and several other public questions c ve find
moment. In all these discussions N ff. his ,A .easof
taking a prominent part, and setting o •t tho, se mit)
)1 more. Burke
moment.
ings by such ready wit as will astonisl. hat he was
may remember Dr. Johnson's assertion t taste of
utterly destitute of this faculty. Here is IL. to the
his quality, which we quote from his re, pi of the
Attorney-General's speech, on the subje
Wilkes affair : . bat
" I see strong party zeal in what you are d. 'ile; lido
I proceed to show how the gentlemen on the c/„." ~e ger
of the House have acted on this occasion. 'I "eloy;
tiemen appear to pay little regard to Wilkes's bl. IsPogods
still there is something in the cookery tha tat troy
them. The libel upon the Crows,`.,, that does ,
tile them ; they have given up that ;.
the Minister—that, many gentlemen, hetero! tenons is
their composition, have been perfectfli to t, 'rna:t Slist
but the I
the reprobation of. Thus it is ho., le at' ilibile-11°::::
hits them in their several capaciti, Is s 41. 'll3B
duce an unanimity upon principles of t. ‘s,se° ,7 /De 1'
late hour of the night—the candles—all r 3- oar
mind of the representation of the last act c'',._ , &sir.
comedy, performed by his Majesty's servank `.5,,u3 of Jr.A
of several persons of diAiaction, for the ben en„t ,
Wilkes, and at the expense of the Constitutio e
n; oia
Again, speaking of the Minister's cont id
the number of his votes, Bur,!!:e says : a jo
" Though the Minister may now be shelte. re cier; -t
warn, majority, yet a majority is bu„4 a, fair fl c'l .is EIS
flourishes in the morning, and in the evening it '6O
grass, and cast into the minority ; growins up in
gardens, it is blasted before night." 001
These, and numerous similar .specim9ns, ,fy I
abound in Sir H. Cavendish's Reports, sati'
,serteu
that Johnson was wholly in error when he al I solse,
that Burke had no wit. We proceed to (I'lhe°t‘ obj,6;
energetic remarks of this great man, on t 6 t,
of Parliamentary candour, which, we t rt° rhei
Robert Peel will read with the attenti '3fl
deserve : ) 1 sef
"As to the thing called candour, I confes a ,eOB-
the pretended use of it ;it is a poor, paltr. 1 11;te 111"-
which those who have a mind to sneak off, i °fol.
of. The Hon. Gentleman despises it for one „teak.
I for twenty, It is a half-begotten, spurious, p '4, is t'''
virtue, when men would only go half far enoug
0
right." atag
When Burke delivered this tersephilippio It 110
mock-candour, in 1769, he little thougl st, tit
admirably it would apply to a Tory statest oat
1840 ; but, as Sir Walter Scott has justly ob °
" Full many a bow that's idly bent
tt. „e 1
e:f4
vode•
Finds mark the archer little meat
Among the more frequent speakers i ti th
e
bates, we find Col. Barre and Alderman 13t,`,3„ ;iat
Both were men of good strong sense ant i tic b iie
habits, but the latter was apt to be too 'll it el ell
fluenced by Horne Tooke, whom he con 's'l „teat'
occasions when he had far better have t,rtir're 116
his own unassisted sagacity. As for B, ',afj 11;elice
was a staunch Whig, and of great 9 001!
with his party ; indeed he was much .- bir
if 4
looked up to by them than Burke, „ 119,
;
we are surprised at, consideringthat 11' dolit'cP
neither birth, connections, nor first-rate P ousi4
ability to recommend him. In Witt %all's2,ll 'ter°l3s:e
Memoirs, he is frequently alluded to as a' ',; 05
forcible speaker, but he shows to little -s' 0e;
in Sir H. Cavendish's Reports. The utn I°stb ere e:a
say of him—judging from the specimens 't lolte,',
hibited of his oratory—is, that he general') led spir't-1
the purpose, in a straight-forward, unaffec tes per,
pretty much as if he were discoursing wit! I is,. Pe,
of old friends at Brookes's. The following '►l "-
a ie it
de'
haps, the most effective hit he ever ma' Avg
House of Commons. Mr. Grenville ha' 0 oil,
scribed the Americans as " children of ' xinall'
planted by our care, and nourished by 1913
OP
ssioo°
gence," Colonel Barre thus retorted :---"" Pre f
..Children of your care ! No ; your .tyrag,
planted them in America; they fled from Pa' your 'OO
into a then uncultivated laud. Nourished by f tbels'
dulgence I They grew by your neglect oarea I
Protected by your arms I They have nobly t tot
arms in your defence; and the salve spirit that IC i
them at first, will still continue with them." fd
There is much in the pithy, ni,-mly vii to
this passage that reminds us of Chath t'm in his
so
days. But to resume. The maiden spee ebeoe
Parliament of Lord Clive and Charles' F; xi "tsit;
both reported in the'present Part. That '3,': ,14°o'f
not worth mention, for it consists merely °I '' 0 the
three sentences ; but Lord Clive's, which 1 sf,„ 7 rs '
subject of the East India Company's at fat
bold'
every way characteristic of the man, 'win f cleat
decided, and full of practical knoivledge. : 't°iog ;If
is the argument, so direct the mode of put 41st tre'
and so simple, and even homely the style, ' oivd,'
could almost imagine that, instead of Lord,: E„gton
°
we were reading one of the Duke Of /VV,3"i tor ris
speeches. Among the Notes which the 6, adt of
given in illustration of the Debates, we nd poi"
brief allusion to Mr. Charles Yorke, s qe°
Lord Hardwicke : Wel
,not ' AD
"On the 17th of January, 1770, he was ',*, 014:
Lord Chancellor, and a patent was ordered tt ' Oa'
%icor ,
out creating him a Peer, by the title of Baron P,e aco°l4
but three days after, before the patent could ' 0105 e
pleted, he suddenly, says Sir Egerton Brydge l'„ g Acii
his valuable life at the age of forty-eight ; bar, 'nary La
cepted, as it is said, the seals, at the urgent ant ickfi,
his Sovereign ; his acute sensibility was so sos
, of'.
loot his return home, with the cold and averted look fb. air..
e ' e,
party, who, being in strong opposition to the CO P
approved the step he bad taken, that i n tb
poignant agonies of chagrin and despair, be went vel
• lei
and died." Cltat
It would be inferred from the above, that rief
Yorke died a natural death, from the effects °f 60
A. , Ut
and shame preying on a susceptible mini. b roii:ti.il
is not the case, for the unhappy man 00°1 as °I
suicide, having been treated by his pal Avec:
better than an apostate. We close with °Lewd,'
dote of that pestilent Tory bigot, Dr. Sa°'",eljti oo?
whom the Whigs, by their injudicious per! br, ,Ice
elevated into a martyr ; or, as Lord Beho.gvii al,
aptly remarked, in his dedication to Sir 11 '• orod
pole, roasted at so fierce a fire, that they l'
themselves : h 144:16;
" Having been presented to a benefice in North it!~
the Doctor went in procession to that country, n,
,iocei
sovereign I--
the pomp and magnificence of g
He was sumptuously entertained by the
Oxford, and by different noblemen :,i hoo,u whited
pot bet
worshipped him as the idol of a faction, ° fie was re:
despising the object of their adoration• c the c°'.
ceived in several towns by the Magistrates 0. ~.1 bv
attellt.e.uas
iiiiet
porations in their formalities, and often
body of a thousand horse. At ..66,ignorth he ~,orol
four thousand ri 4, a
by Mr. Creswell, at the head of
the hedges were for two miles dressed with garlao' „JO
lei; °
flowers, and lined with people ; and the steep
Univ ersi 41bet)),

covered with streamers, flais, and colours.

ye rc 010
FOREIGN POLICY MEETING.—A. pup tirpol'e.
ing was held in the Guildhall (Monday), " for the 130,itsi°
of discussing the present alarmiug position of Greatneciallf

in reference to her foreign relations, and more esPL'arie°
our critical situation with France, whose frienallY the
ins
to us, it is asserted, is now being undermiced ,by crise;
trigues of Russia." The meeting was called °-
to 0,
quence of a requisitioa having been resented
Mayor. Mr. Richard Ayro in the chair.P A CCU laid°C
define was read, from which it appeared that the 1
wa. willing to call the meeting, but he declined Pre9i,Le Pe'
as h, 12fought the meeting would not lead to arl
ing, and repaateal
ficial tessit.
his charges against Lord Painfar.
Mr. Attwood waa received with greatest .01:
.but as we consider )1...
important of the clay,. we; will pass " to Mr. PLfceuro.e
who also made a long speech the sam, tt nor. In t thei_it
. Attwood's weech was note iLleoya,
of it he said, Let those who are for Franco
hands, and immediately a great numt.sr were held uP,r'elY ti
be
cries of " France." He thanked them sine old tite
the display they had made. The hands held rritN, t 1007
cry of " France," would reach Thicrs, and let J'cl Isitt
which way the wind blew in the north of Engle° fty
h old Pattiijo,r
L. Harle, Esq., proposed an amendment to do aw",',oac,
the effect of Mr. Attwood's resolution, which ''.27 s'; gre.l7
by Dr. Lynch. Both gentlemen evidently roliceta Ode
impression from the startling nature of the 'he farroet'
brought forword to answer the staterroma ° it air. lit:cl
speakers. Other individuals spoke, after wh'e'.llint IP%
wood's n_soluiion was carriad. It was agreed fele,"
Urquhart, Esq., or any person whom he 'nigh anhc
should present a petition to her Majesty. - !k6
✓
day moved a resolution in favour of on extenstOn
tiP'
suffrage, and the meeting shortly afterwards bre-
yne Mercury. is
pot
bolo
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.---It
generally known that during the residence of, t.,IV
illustrious warrior and statesman at ApsleY
season hit Grace has not once emitted to atten jartnes'g..
on Sunday mcrning at the Chapel
The Noble and Gallant Duke was to be seen earl:
• the he
bet
weather was fine, wending his way across
.„ the west .
precisely at a quarter to eight o'clock, and
_ix caesti°
Royal, St.
_hen the'
was less ausuicious he as punctually proceadea
!ution-hill in his uaique eab.—Morni"9 P0s1" Reaj
lii various parts of the country the iskioulte duty
Commissioners have found it necessary to rearee P ba
on stage-coaches in consequence of their business
severely injured by railroad travelling.