The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-02 00:00:00

N'rve that Cuptstin Watson had been tried by a court-
niartial and been h,mourably acquitted.—(Hear.)
it4OVAL OF AR FICLES FROM THE CRYSTAL

Colonel PALACE.
SIBTHORP gave notice that on Tuesday
n44t he would ask the Government whether the Sabbath
, not been desecrated by the removal of certain arti-
cles from the Crystal Palace on Sunday for the purpose
of being copied.
The House adjourned at a Quarter-past One o'clock.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
MIMES .—A seat in the Lower House is not altogether
ran
the transcendental luxury scendental luxuryit is supposed to be by imagi-
jatilre persens whose enthusiasm may have taken a pa
sass
turn. " This is the happiest moment of my life"
:FP' the grateful candidate in whose favour the plurality
~ the electors of Rottingdean may have just recorded
'.oeir votes. He looks forward to a long career of dis-
cetion, and to ample share of those honours which
tblnlitlly fall to the lot of a successful statesman. Shall he
tent operations like the late Sir Robert Peel, and con
'III himself at first with setting the House right upon
111e,w points of business?—sh•all he burst upon his alto
sued audience in a set speech, which may either prop
the fortunes of a ialling Cabinet, or wrest the reins of
Nwer
from a presumptuous Premier? It matters but.
Whether he adopt the more wary policy, or boldly
'close himself in all his strength. there can be no ques
eon
as to the dazzling destiny which awaits him. W(-
11,44 scarcely say that ere two months of the session have
'lapsed, the young M.P. finds that he is singularly mis-
taken in his estimate of the character of the House, and
of the part which he himself may hope to
Perform. He is bullied by the Whipper-in
bethe Treasury, or of his own party, if he
in opposition. Ile is draughted into a Com-
mittee-room, and compelled to f.,g all day like a dog.
The
h night only brings a change, not a cessation of labour.
i under the obligation of listening to tedious speeches.
five-sixths of which might be stereotyped for constant
use- He finds that Lord John, and Sir James Graham,
and Mr. Hume are not made of very inflammable mate-
t_lalt, and that he is called upon to contend, not with
'lee in the ordinary sense of the word, but with sections
of Politicians whose minds are made up without refer-
'ace to any oratorical rockets that may be discharged on
tithee side. Nor is he left quite at peace by his en-
lightened supporters of Rottingdean. Could he obtain
the patronage of all the small berths in the Customs and
xeise, they would not satisfy the rapacity of his disin-
terested constituents. Then there is a certainty of
19nse knotty question which will shake his chances of re-
section, whichever way he may give his vote. The
quire thinks Mr. Cobden little better than a humbug.
iltle Quaker corn-merchant and apothecary in the High-
Street hold Mr. Sturge to be something more than a
tact% All three recorded their votes for our young
friend at the late election, and now the Members are
passing
out into the lobbies on the question of cutting
down, the supplies for our national armaments. Without
gthat further, we think we have said enough to show
uat there is a set-off against the outward splendour of
hit senatorial career, even after the embryo Premier
fts been chaired and the oaths duly taken. But
oa," this is nothing. We have hitherto been speaking
pi the triumphs of a successful man, not of the strug-
gles it may have cost him to attain the obect of his am-
Izition—of the Member, not of the candidate for Parlia-
eatery honours. Let us see by a practical example the
utoePths of meanness to which a man will descend in order
secure the fruition of the luxuries we have just de-
aieoribeci- There has just been a gap in the representa-
tti,„" of Limerick, and various candidates had offered
u'raselves for the suffrages of the constituency. The
aheasteful one among them is Lord Arundel, the eldest
~end heir presumptive of the Premier Duke of Eog-
;tin' Fate and fortune would appear to have done all
nett fate and fortune could do in behalf of this young
Places him in a position which it would cost the best man
ft, 'le country Englishthe labour of a life to attain. There are
constituencies which would not have been
pillingke to give him an ample trial for his name's
; there is none by which he would not have been
heee eived with respect and consideration. What had
pi to do with Limerick ? How is it we find him
costl Ying the political mendicant on the Atlantic
and
of Ireland ? Why should he doff his coronet
it,. sue with bated breath for the Parliamentary leav-
pe Of Daniel O'Connell's broken-down son? In all pro-
atstY, there is nothing that would have justified such a
ao`p but the clearest expression on the part of such a
tlatituency of a desire to be represented in Parliament
ahl ,the eldest son of England's premier peer. Unless he
444 make out good cause for the intrusion, and clearly
at'e that he came forward as the representative,of some
I:l°litical princie which, but for him, might have gone
:represented, what had he to do with the suffrages of
he t 0 on the remotest shores of Ireland? Is
outherod Herod now that he is returned, and
ar4 the cause of Ireland by out-doing the follies and
Ilitreeagances of her most unfortunate representatives?
are inextricably
said, and with truth, that as their interests
a'„!, Inextricably involved with those of the coastituency
Cu the country, they were in a fairer position than
alerd Arundel when they asked the support of the
iectors for one of their own number. If,
Zeal Lord Arundel's pretensions break down
,an Irish candidate before the claims of
ii;;B;nasen, how does the matter stand upon re-
trtzt grounds? Let us assume it as a fact that the
ajoet
Y of the constituency of Limerick is opposed to
the lecent legislation against the extravagant preten-
ohsaks cf the Papal See; and that Lord Arundel's address
ell odied his determination to resist that enactment by
ot t& means in his power. What then? Were they
eqa"'„°man Catholics as well as he? Were they not,
the with him, prepared to give effect to the wishes
tum constituency, had one of their number been re-
thia'eu to Parliament? That is so; bat it was just at
41,81101nt that their just claims ended, and Lord Arun•
o,44ls!etensions began to take effect. These Roman
to ~31lca were willing to honour their Church, but not
ell-„ualle themselves. With Lord Arundel, to honour his
ere, •
lose•••• It a matter of duty—to abase himself, a labour of
pal, Will it be credited that, in order to secure the
as, tile honour of representing this Irish constituency,
the r,„u„ke of Norfolk's eldest son has been seen on
11Poe-isuiwaY platform of Limerick to throw himself
the-b`lis knees, and fawn like a beaten spaniel before.
it A ""lan Catholic Bishop of the place? And it
suCtald that this act of self-degradation was not the re-
lls of momentary enthusiasm, but coldly arranged
You "Atter of business, between the Bishop and the
keg nobleman on their way down to Limerick by the
autiv,Y train. Lord Arundel was to fall down and
taa'4l.lP the Bishop's shoe-tie, and, as the quid pro quo,
41'8 i.bh°l:, was to address the electors in Lord Arun-
atop uehalf. However it was arranged, when the train
thadll„eti at Limerick out got the Bishop, and, Oh!
gene Of the Howards! the next moment your de-
% •til'*'e descendant might have been seen prostrate
guar platform amidst all the gaping porters and
eliurn dragging through the dirt the name and
,teetrater of an Englishman, not to say of an English
N114;14414 and of the English Peerage! Could the veriest
It-iihapaPt who ever wriggled as a joint in the old
tail have done more, with all the terror of
ba venturedshrink
f!out h_ln•bailiffs before him, if he to
'uY item of his appointed humiliation? And Lord
, au+,
qtait et and Surrey is so in love with baseness that he
duatpnbled himself, his order, and his country, in the
har the sake of securing the electioneering support
lialt,,,r_ack of Irish priests! He can never expect Eng-
leur-On to believe that he wallowed in the mire from the
elo ttuPulse of superstition. The reward follows too
%la
the 11• ,uPon the self-imposed disgrace. He has paid
th,il:hgtop his little bill for election services beforehand
the It all, Certainly, the modern representatives of
ip the use of Norfolk will have. borne a distinguished part
gottehanOals of their country! We have not yet for-
l'oeuietne sweeping and statesmanlike remedy pro-
bote by the present Duke for the sufferings of the
ow'
throe the country was threatened with famine.
for have the heir-presumptive to the title touting
taitn 11 honour of rep resenting an Irish borough in a
,esti r which tie hes.en ,
excites the derision of the Irish and the
gowa ' Englishmen. That branch of the house of
rd has fallen low indeed!