The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-31 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM THE MORNING TAPERS OF THIS HAT.
CHRONICLE.—We return to. Sir Robert Peel's
speech for the sake of two or three points in it, in addi-
tion to that of the quack doctor-illustration. The most
decided opinion expressedin the oration of the proximate
Premier is, that our EVening Contemporary (the Globe) is
not particular enough in its paragraphs. Sir Robert is
very great upon this topic. It occupies nearly a third of
his
e t speech.ical y tibiaet he arguesre ga s very
th e vi elaboratelyti that certain
paragraphs are utterly unimportant. lie affirms. very
e
ence. He. appealed most convincingly to his hearers
against the idea of his being at that moment in in
differ
We cannot say, from his speech, whether as Premier he
will lay on new taxes. It affords no clue to his course
on the Corn-laws. Every principle of public policy is left
in nubibus. We cannot infer whether he will or not op-
pose any resistance to the " tainted characters " who are
about to force themselves into office. But this one
thing we do know, and may confidently affirm, that
should Sir Robert Peel become proprietor of the Globe,
its paragraphing will (in his own judgatent) be better.
attended to and more satisfactorily conducted. Thus far
the public may rely on Sir Robert Peel as a Reformer.
The changes which his great. mind contemplates are very
extensive. They include the paragraphical departments
of "on nits," "large letteiS," and departures for Paris.
He will allow no " tainted" characters to " force them-
selves" into the office of the penny-a-liners. We mean
nothing disrespectful towards the sub-editorial ability of
our Contemporary, but we hope that, should Sir Robert
ever be in power as Premier of the Globe, he will be
mindful of the pledges which he now gives as leader of
the opposition. It is in the true spirit of a paragraph
Premier, a great man in little details, that Sir Robert
Peel pretends to discuss the late elections, and ac-
count for their results. According to his theory, the
constituencies have done precisely what his party did
in Parliament, i.e., it voted no confidence in Ministers.
TIMES.—It is not our intention to enter at present
into a consideration of the practical relations which
ought to subsist between the Church of England and a
Conservative Government. We entirely subscribe to the
rine that the Church is the true and only fortress of
;ervative principles, and that to her the gratitude of
patriot is chiefly due for the glorious victory which
lose principles have achieved. Other causes may have
ontributed to fix the moment and the manlier of the
.riumph ; but the moral material upon which those causes
have operated was nurtured and educated into greatness
by the Church alone. With men like Mr. Roebuck this
is naturally a reason why the energies of the revolu-
tionary party should be henceforth directed- to the de-
struction of the temporal institutions which connect the
Church with the State, and to the alienation of her pro-
perty ; imagining that if they were permitted to accom-
plish this sacrilege, they could either annihilate her
altogether, or at all events get rid of her influence.
Precisely the same consideration ought to operate
with the Conservatives in the contrary direction, by
way of inducement to do all in their power for the
consolidation of her strength, consistently with a
scrupulous regard for the religious liberties guaranteed
by law to those who reject her rationsministin. And it is
a subject of infinite importance, as of consider-
.
able delicacy to determine how this may be done so as
best to answer the great object in view. We shall here-
after submit to our readers such reflections as have oc-
curred to us on this subject. • For the present we only
allude to it, because the same journal which (apparently
under Romish influence) a few days since contended for
the principle of denying liberty of conscience to Church-
men, continues to employ itself in the inculcation of
high prerogative doctrines concerning the mutual rela-
tions of Church and State. We always knew that
it was in the nature of democratical opinions to be over-
bearing and intolerant, because democracy is in itself a
despotism, differing from that of an individual chiefly in
being more absolute, more capricious, more ignorant and
headstrong, more fierce, more unscrupulous, and more
unconscientious. It has, therefore, given us no surprise
to perceive, from time to time, a tendency in Whig mea-
sures, and a scarcely-concealed disposition. in Whig-
Radical journalists, to claim a monopoly of religious
liberty for Dissenters, and of civil liberty for the pro-
fessors of " Liberal" opinions.
HERALD.—If there be at this moment any Euro-
pean Statesman who is, humanly speaking, entitled to
enjoy the satisfaction of that " small still voice" con-
science, it is M. Guizot. For what ? For saving Eu-
rope from the horrors of a general war, into which the
passions of his countrymen, acting on the combined po-
licy of England, Austria, Prussia, and Russia, might
have plunged an hundred millions of unoffending beings,
on a mere " point of honour." M. Guizot's victory of
peace is'worthy of far more renown than all Marshal
Souk's victories of war. Honour then to M. Guizot ;
he has been the Minister of peace ! In defence of his
policy there has been no destruction of his fellow-crea-
tures ;to raise him to and preserve him in power the
progress of humanity and civilisation has not been arrested
—the bayonet has not bristled, the sword has not been
drawn. He has combated popular prejudices and over-
come the infuriate desire of his nation for blood. He has
quelled that worst of demons, human passion. The
year 1841 may overlook this great merit of the French
Minister, but history will proudly commemorate the fact,
in honour of one of her favourite sons. The statesman
who aspires to power in France during ordinary times,
must be a bold man ; but he who accepted office towards
the close of 1840 was not only a bold but a good man.
France clamoured for war ; M. Guizot boldly promised
it peace. However worldlings may despise, or trading
politicians sneer at the fact, it. nevertheless is a filet, that
honesty is the best policy. The policy of M. Thiers was
dishonest, and he fell : the policy of M. Guizot has been
honest, and he has succeeded. M. Guizot may be driven
front office within a few months by a union of the fac-
tions which distract France, and annoy Europe ; but he
has achieved the great object for which alone lie accepted
it. He has preserved that peace which M. Thiers would
have sacrificed. The philosophical statesman has tri-
umphed over the practical politician. France may not
be proud of her Minister, but France is perverse ; but
Europe owes him thanks, which will be rendered by—
posterity.
POST.—The subject of the Speakership of the new
House of Commons continues to form one of the topics
of conversation in political circles, and has been, we be-
lieve, the principal theme of a correspondence of the
most frank and cordial character, . in which none of the
asperity of controversy has for a single moment appeared,
among persons of the greatest weight and importance
in public life. It is needless to say that no definite re-
solution upon the subject has yet been-adopted by that
great party upon which, possessing as it does, an over-
whelming majority of the House of Commons, the deci-
sion of the question must finally depend. The member:,
of this very numerous party are at present too much scat-
tered to admit of the sentiments of more than a very
small proportion of them being collected ; and this cir-
cumstance will probably prevent any precise determina-
tion of the question until the very near approach of
the meeting of Parliament shall -have drawn the
great body of Members to town. What may confidently
be relied upon is, that the Conservative party will act
together as one man in the election of Speaker, from
which it necessarily follows that the election, upon
whomsoever it may fall, will be their peremptory choice
and their exclusive act. We have already intimated our
own very decided opinion in favour of the propriety and
expediency, all circumstances being considered, of select-
ing
.a Speaker from that party which constitutes an un-
equivocal majority of the House, and which is rich in the
possession of men in all respects well qualified to dis-
charge the duties of this as well as of every other office
of dignity and importance ; and we have no reason to
doubt that our opinion is shared by a very
great majority of Conservative Members. It is
certain, however, that there are persons in the
State whose opinions are entitled to the greatest
consideration, and who, although they have not
in any manner committed themselves to a final
decision, and will not do so until the general sense of the
Conservative body can be advisedly. and unequivocally
expressed, incline to think that the high character of the
party will be more proudly sustained, and the public ser-
vice, so far as it depends on the decorum, gravity, and
good order of the proceedings of the House of Commons,
will be more effectually promoted, by the re-election of
the eminent person who presided over the late House of
Commons for the last two Sessions of its existence, than
by the appointment of any untried successor to the chair.
The late Speaker undoubtedly secured to himself, and to
have done so is an honour of which any man might be
proud, not only the esteem and confidence of the entire
House of. Commons, but a very high place in the personal
regard and affection of many of its Members of all
parties.

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MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS
FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
TIMES.—The announced arrival of the overland mail
without advices from China caused no little disappoint-
ment among the tea speculators ; the merchants and
others also connected with the trade of the place are at
a loss to know what can occasion the delay in the re-
ceipt of news from that quarter for two successive
months, and, although it has created no feeling de-
cidedly unfavourable, it has naturally given rise to a host
of rumours and conjectures on the subject. The tea
speculators have taken advantage of these, and forced
the value of the leaf a trifle. When the fact of the ar-
rival of the mail was first communicated they were
totally at a loss how to act, and so stagnant was the
market, that it was a long time before currency was
given to the price of the article. As it was, the market
closed with very little firmness.
The full in the value of. the Government Stocks to-
day was rather more than a quarter per cent., and is
attributed to the unsatisfactory ter.our of the advices
from America respecting M'Leod, while the large deli-
very of Stock sold on IN' ednesday also contributed to the
heaviness of the market.
The New York papers by the Britannia, which were
received in the city this afternoon, show that the pro-
gress of the Bank Bill since the date of the last arrival
has been closely contested at every step. On every
clause, it would seem, an amendment was proposed and
discussed at great length, and it was doubtless owing to
these prolix debates that a singular resolution by Mr.
Warren, of Georgia, providing that no member should
be allowed to speak for more than an hour at a time,
was carried by a large majority. The amendment pro-
posed by Mr. Rives, to which so much importance has
been attached, has been lost, and thus the "Tyler party"
has been defeated. The division by which it was lost
was ten on one side and thirty-eight on the other, and
it is not improbable that a list of the senators would
show a union between the Clay party and the Demo-
For the bankists
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r sna
t s againstiy
goes, beh e "Tyler scheme."thi considered a decided victory, as
r
as the requisition of the assent of
the states to found branches within their limits would
have entirelyyrevented the National Bank from extend-
ing its operations, many of the States being too eager for
their own banks to assent to the establishment a suchformidable comketition. The prospect of a rejection by
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the Representatives, or at any rate of the President's
veto, will be looked forward to by the Deniockat, who