The Sun.
London, England, 1834-07-12 00:00:00

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We are still without a Government There arc
but three kinds of Administration which we can
have—Coalition, Liberal, Tory. We have reason
to believe that the King is unfortunately impressed
with an opinion that a combination of opposite parties
is essential and practicable in the present critical state
of public affairs. This is impossible. Lord Grey
has virtually retired from the public service ; and even
if he could now honourably return to office, personal
opinions on the Irish Coercion; Bill would be an in-
superable bar to his formation of a liberal Cabinet,
nor could so honourable a statesman possibly coalesce
with a moderate Tory party. On the other hand,
the more liberal Tories never could modify their opi-
nions or measures sufficiently to coalesce with the more
aristocratic portion of the Whigs. The Duke of Wel-
lington is an incurable politician, and a partizan of the
Holy Alliance ; he is out of the question in regard to
alliance with any public men of different principles.
Sir Robert Peel, during the early part of the session,
strove to preserve a crafty and neutral position ; but
the imminent questions of the last few weeks betrayed
the cloven foot, and the Marquis of Chandos, at a
recent private meeting of the " Conservatives," con-
trived to extort a pledge from the wily Baronet to his
old prejudices. The fanatic Tories are more hostile
to the moderate members of their party than to the
Whigs. 'We can positively assert that Mr. Stanley
will not form part of a Tory Administration; the
Right Honourable Gentleman has repented of his
recent violent exhibition. What Sir James Graham
may do is matter of pure indifference to the public,
and the dead weight of the heavy Cumberland
Fanner would sink any Ministry. Under these cir-
cumstances, the idea of a Coalition is ridiculous,
and his Majesty can know little of public opinion,
and is extremely ill-advised if he dreams of accomplish-
ing such a purpose. We have too high an opinion
of the honour and sagacity of Lord Melbourne to
believe for a moment that he would attempt to cobble
up such a piece of patchwork. Any " Coalition "
that could be formed would be only a base fac-
tion, composed of the refuse of all parties,
gleaned by some political charlatan who had no
proper weight or authority with any set of men.
The naked truth is, that party is at an end. The
real essences-of -Whig and ory are destroyed. We
believe that the wishes of the King are communi-
cated to the Duke of. Wellington, but his Grace,
even if he wished, would find no materials of
political amalgamation. • Can he form a pure, unadul-
terated, back-bone Tory Ministry ? Such a political
monster, in these times, would be hunted to death.
The present House of Commons would not endure the
insult. A dissolution of Parliament the Tories cannot,
and dare not, attempt. Their leaders know that it
would produce to them no substantial gain. Indeed
we doubt whether, except in a few counties, and in
still fewer small boroughs, any material change in the
Representation would take place ; but assuredly it
would be impossible for the Tories to obtain the return
of a third of the House of Commons. A dissolution
would leave Ireland without a Coercion Bill, and Mr.
O'Connell full swing in his assault on the Irish
Church. Moreover ; no Appropriation Act has yet
passed the House of Commons, and the Tories could not
carry on the Government three months without money.
The faction is in a cleft stick ; it is placed between
opposite fires. What, then, can succeed to the Ca-
binet of Lord Grey ? Only one combination of public
men—a Liberal Administration. No other alterna-
tive remains for his Majesty, if he wishes to preserve
his dynasty. There is no doubt as to the principles
on which such a Ministry must be formed. Be they
who they may to whom the King has confided, or
shall entrust, the re-construction of a Cabinet, the
force of circumstances—a power stronger than King or
Kaisar—will compel 'that Cabinet to adopt one, and
one only, course of policy. The nation repudiates
alike the extremes of party. The dissolution of the
late parti-coloured Ministry has clearly proved that
the continued existence of a mixed or Coalition
Government, composed of men differing from one
another on fundamental principles, is impossible.
There remains but one alternative—a purely liberal
Administration, belonging to the present, not to the
past century—bearing on its standard the promise of
Practical Reform—determined to preserve the coun-
try from revolution by conceding those improvements
in its institutions, the neglect of which is the sole
cause of every revolution—an Administration prompt
in the determination, frank in the declaration, firm in
the execution, of its policy—an Administration which
will neither truckle to ephemeral leaders, nor be cowed
by party faction, but will base itself solely on thp
voice and support of the people, as it will look solely
to the people's good. We will state the leading prin-
ciples of action which such an Administration, on
taking office, should frankly and boldly proclaim.
First, respeCting Ireland—the immediate cause of
the dissolution of the deceased Administration.
We do not say that the Coercion Bill must be
wholly given up by a Liberal Administration. No
Ministry can venture to propose to any House of
Commons clauses of a despotic and unconstitutional
character, which the Irish Government has admitted
may 1.. e dispensed with. The resolution must be an-
nounced of securing a report from the Commission of
Inquiry into the Irish Church in time to be submitted
to Parliament, and acted upon, as the basis of legisla-
tive measures at the opening of the next session. But
this will not suffice. There must be an expression of
an earnest determination to probe, without an hour's
delay, the real causes of the insurrectionary spirit of
the Irish peasantry, and to introduce measures for re-
lieving the aliect misery which goads them to outrage,
and for securing employment and a maintenance to
those who are willing to earn it by peaceful industry.
Without such remedial policy, Ireland can never be
pacified, agitation quelled, or the safety of the empire
secured. For England, pledges must be given of an
effective and liberal measure of Tithe Commutation--
a reform of the system of Local Taxation, under whit

Agriculture
is weighed down—the immediate and com-
plete removal of all the practical grievances of the
Dissenters—a bold but prudent reform of the abuses
and internal regulations of the Church Establishment.
Municipal and Corporation Reform, Law Reform, and
a correction of the mistakes and omissions of the Re-

form Bills, must be promised and honestly per-
fected. The Commercial and Foreign Policy of
the Government must be decidedly liberal, and its
economical retrenchments still further advanced.

These pledges the nation expects from any Ministry
which asks its confidence. Into Administration which

refuses to give these pledges will obtain public confi-
dence, or without it endure for a calendar month. We

do not wait to see which way the wind blows, or keep
our opinions in reserve at a period of extreme difficulty.
We need not disguise our conviction that we look to
the really liberal section of the late 'Ministry, reinforced
by Lord Durham, and fresh members of the same

stamp, with Lord Althorp and Lord Brougham, for
the materials out of which a Government professing
and acting up to these principles can alone be formed.
From such a Ministerial arrangement we anticipate
the restoration of national confidence in statesmen—

the maintenance of peace, prosperity and general
confidence. In any other course of the Sove-

reign we can see only uncertainty, confusion,
party violence, political convulsion, and ultimate
The most intense anxiety exists among
anarchy.
the great majority of the House of Commons for the
resumption of office by Lord Althorp, and means are
"ow taking for the expression of that almost univer-
alfeeling. We trust that Lord will not refuse his
services to the country from any sentiment of false
delicacy or temporary disgust. He is essential to a
Liberal Administration, and every reflecting person
makes sufficient allowance for his recent difficulties

and occasional sacrifice of opinion. This day will
probably determine the course of the King. The
eyes of the whole enlightened part of the public of
this great country are intensely fixed on the exercise of
the fearful prerogative of the Crown—on the conduct

of the remnant of the late CabinetLaild on the
of England. On the courageous bearing of Par-
liament everything will depend. The critical moment is
now arrived, when it will be discovered whether his
Majesty, by the choice of his Ministers, is alive to the
des of a Reformed Representation, and his ser-

vents to the importance of the part they are called on