The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-06 00:00:00

THE STUN, LONDON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6. 1811

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Important news from China of the 20th of May and
from Bombay of the 19th of July will be found in an-
other part of The Sun. The details are interesting:, but
they occupy so much space that We cannot give the sub-
stance of them in our summary. Captain Elliot has
managed to procure 11,000,0001b5. of tea for ready
money. The Emperor threatens the extermination of
the English barbarians.
The French Journals of Thursday are occupied with
the resignation of the -Whig Ministry. .In the Debuts
we find the following remarks on the retiring speech
of Lord John Russell • This speech was, in
bur opinion, admirable in every respect, and we
can easily understand the applause from all parts
of the House, when the most eminent man of- the Re-
form party spoke in few modest, but dignified worJs of
the zeal, disinterestedness, and purity of the motives
which had guided him •in the discharge of his public
duties. It was one of the. old friends,., but now the
warmest opponent of Lord John Russell,
.who replied to
him by a well-merited eitiogrum upon his character and
talent.

The Courrier Francais, hitherto so violent against the
Whigs, pays them the following parting compliment :
"The dishonest conduct of the Whigs towards France
shall not prevent our acknowledging that the
character of most of them, viz., of Lord Melbourne,
Lord John Russell, Lord Morpeth, Lord Lansdowne,
Lord Clarendon, and Mr. Labouchere, is as wor-
thy of respect as their talent is of admiration.
We bestow unqualified praise upon the reply of the
Queen to the Address of the House of Commons, in
which she expressed her desire to follow the advice
of her Parliament, and said she would imme-
diately adopt measures for the formation of a
new Ministry. The Queen thus recognises that
it is the majority which makes and unmakes the
Cabinets. She merely looks upon herself as the execu-
tive of the decisions of Parliament. She does not allow
her private predelections to interfere, and gives up her
own convictions. For her the sovereignty of the people
is not a vain word. Her example ought to find more
imitators in France." _

The 6nstitutionnel also has the following remarks on
the care taken by all parties to disconnect the Queen's
name with the dissolution of the Whig Cabinet :
" "What is most remarkable in the proceedings in the
House of Commons is the care that has been takenon both

sides to disconnect the Queen from the political struggles
which have led to the resignation of the Cabinet. This
solicitude of all parties in England to respect royalty,
and keep it unconnected with parliamentary conflicts, is
an example which it would be well to follow in this
country, where, unfoytunaely,. royalty- is, so frequently
made the object of discussion.'

PUBLIC OPIATXON.
The Morning Herat! is delighted with the new Minis.
terial appointments, as will be seen by the followinE
passage :—" The appointments already made carry will
them every promise of stability, permanency, and public
concurrence and sanction. From Lord Ellenborough
we shall be justified in looking for the speedy establish-
ment, in our Indian dominions of a less dangerous, less
ambitious, and less encroaching policy than that which
has placed such vast , interests in jeopardy for the
costly indulgence of a spirit of territorial ag-
grandizement. In Lord Lyndhurst we may safely
look for all the learning, uprightness and dignity,
that can adorn the highest judicial station ; in
the Cabinet or on the Woolsack—for all the in-
tellectual power, the nervous eloquence, and perspicuous
statement which can give effect to the most enlightened
views of political wisdom, and beneficent legislation."—
The allusion to the "uprightness" of Lord Lyndhurst,
who has been jumping "Jim Crow" throughout the best
part of his political life, is a high joke; and not less ab-
surd is the complimentary reference to " tame elephant"
Eilenborough. As for the Ministerial appointments car
rying with them every promise of stability, they carry
with them nothing but a promise of discord and disunion.
The Post congratulates the country on the accession of
the Tories to office in these terms :—" We have now a
Government of sufficient strength to carry into effect
what it determines upon, without the help of agita-
tion,' previously got up by the violent language of news-
paper partisans, or the rabid ravings of itinerant lec-
turers. Whatever may be known, then, of the general
principles of the new Government, and of the probable
scope and tendency of its measures, no very specific in-
formation can be expected, until it is necessarily brought
forward in the official form. We shall now have an
actual Government, and not a scramble of all sorts of

powers and influences, regular and irregular, resolving
themselves into an eccentric course of political expe-
riments."

We quote the following from the Chronith :—" We
hope that the rule of the Tories will soon be at an end.
For much as we may consider a modification of our
tariff to be imperiously called for, in order to save the
best interests of the country, we also feel the value and
the importance of such a modification being effected,
not by a sullen and unfavourable Administaation, but
by one hearty towards its support. The Tories
have ousted the Whigs on the question ; but if the
Tories take up the Whig question of Commercial
Reform, they at once sit► against public faith and
Morality, and also rouse the country gentlemen."—
The great objection to be urged against the new Admi-
nistration is, that whatever reforms it undertakes, it will
undertake in a sullen and reluctant spirit. It will not go
cordially or strenuously to work, but will do no snore
than it can possbly help. Every Reform will have to be
wrung from it—every concession it makes to public feel-
ing, will be made with a wry face, as if it were swallow-
ing So much physic. In a word, the Ministry can only
be liberal in the enlarged sense of the term, by sacrific-
ing all consistency.
The Times is by no means so positive on the subject
of the honest intentions of the Peel Cabinet, as it was
some days since. Instead of stating it broadly as a
fact, it now contents itself with a modest hope, that the
Ministerial policy will be ." a just and humane one."
What, there a screw loose already ? Has our Con-
temporary heard it whispered that the Tories are likely
to stick firm to their old creed, and scout all substantial
Reform as an absurdity? We feel strongly disposed to think
so, or otherwise the Times would scarcely have ventured
to indulge in these somewhat distrustful observations:—
" It now appears as certain as anything human can be,
that the Administration of Sir Robert Peel will experi-
ence no obstacle either in the Court or in the Legisla-
ture ; but will be enabled, calmly and at ease, to de-
velope its entire policy. May that policy be a just, an
humane, a truly Conservative one ! For we can hardly
express our senss of the calamity which would befall the
country should the Ministry now about to asstvme the
Government disappoint the hopes which the people have
been led to form."