The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-02 00:00:00

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LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1846.

The division which took place on Saturday is perhaps the
most remarkable on record, when all the circumstances con-
nected with it are taken into account. The majority was
large, much larger than many persons anticipated, and was
obtained by the Minister, not by the old system so much
admired in the days of Parr and LIVERPOOL, not by the
representatives of pocket boroughs, or rotten boroughs,
not by any of the constituent elements of what has been
called party, and which ruled the destinies of the nation
when GEO. 111. was King, but by the independent and
almost personal influence of the Premier himself, and
more especially by the conviction carried home to
every unprejudiced mind of the vast importance•
and the manifest excellence of the measures themselves.
Nearly all the rotten borough influence that remains after
the weeding of the Reform Bill was opposed to the scheme,
and that small portion of it which aided the Minister was
given, not for party purposes, bu
these boroughs saw time for
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solved to sacrifice their peculiar and family advantages
for the general good of the nation. The landed
interest was arrayed in a terribi:s phalanx against him. The
names of MANNZIL3, and Linstrolr, and LOWT with
the' titles of MARC!!,.
and Crtsasncis, and WORCITERI
and many other scions and retainers of the "bold barons,"
were inscribed on banners, and held nP to frighten the Go-
vernment. The most unconstitutional mesas were
adopted by the members of a separate and independent
state of the realm, the representatives of noble Peers in the
House of Commons were cashiered by their masters, and
willing and subservient tools placed in their stead—but
all in vain; common sense and justice,.l and:ln
.deound
commercial policy prevailed, and by a.tsinguanardc
enee'
the Minister had his
more—that majority whiueshualewnlifearjr°erdi majority, and
title of somethingthe
unreasonable of the strong Ministry on the TEL Cabinet. But this glorious
result will not convince the more
pro-
tection party. They still vaintl,vimagine that all the farm-
labourer3, and tenants, and lantThrds, to a man, are
with them. They loudly assert that the country has been
taken by surprise, and some hundred members have forfeited
their pledges to their constituents—they ca' these men rene-
gades and betrayers of those whom they were 4.ent to repre-
sent. It is easy to call names, but it is t;ften diffi-
cult to give a good reason for such abusive epithets.
In this instance there is no reason whatever. The enl-
ple fact that a great number have changed their policy,
not only without any object to be gained, but with many
disadvantages, among others, separation from political friends
and fierce abuse, is the very strongest proof of the speedy
and certain reformation which the measures of Sir ROBZRT

PEEL are yet tO-introduce—iuto the whole of our

• rcial transactions. The Members who supported
t • ;;Pla Pma. were guided solely by their con-
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<ltictions. - If the-Russzus, and PALMERSTON% and COB..
DIMS, and O'Corttcyue, opposed to the Conservative policy
Vii.
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Of, the Minister,„ iften anxious to obtain possession of
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