The Sun.
London, England, 1834-11-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1834

of War, who will also fill the functions of INEnistcr for
Foreign Affairs until the arrival of M. MESSON.
" Baron CHARLES DUPIN, Depute, INiinister of

Marine.
" M. TESTE, Depute, Minister of Commerce, who
will be Minister of Public Instruction, ad, ;nterinz.
" IT. PASSY, Depute, Minister of Finance."
Account received this morning :
" The Duke de BASSANO, Minister for Foreign
Affairs.

" M. PASSY, Minister of War.
44 M. CHARLES DPPIN, Minister of Commerce.
" M. PERSIL, Minister of Justice.
" M. TESTE, Minister of the Interior.
" Baron BERNARD, Minister of Public Instruc-

tion."

We believe it would puzzle any head in England or
France, except Louis PHILIPPE'S, to determine the
degree of increased stability which the Throne has
acquired, or security against oppression which the
French people have obtained, by the recent changes in
the cabinet. The list of the new appointments was
given in The Sun of yesterday—and though we have
just received private intelligence in which the arrange-
ment is different, the men are the same ; and as far as
we are able to judge of them, are for the most part as
well quaified to fill one department as another.
Perhaps it would have saved trouble, and certainly
would have prevented a world of little jealousies
among the candidates for office, had the KING
thought proper to have commanded them to
draw lots for places ; and we earnestly request his
MAJESTY'S attention to this mode of forming his next
Administration, should he have to encounter any of
fk Itifficulties which he has recently experienced. It
matters little who is to be President of the Council, if

he is only to be made the scape-goat of Royal blunders,
and if his appointment extends to no more than a
gracious permission to be decapitated, should his
Sovereign incur such a penalty : neither is it of any
particular moment to whom places at the Council board
are assigned, if they can neither influence any measure
that the KING resolves upon, nor act in a
higher capacity than that of clerks with pens
behind their ears, ready to write and sign
whatever Louis PHILIPPE is graciously pleased
to direct, without daring to question the extent, or ex-
pediency, or justice, or sound policy of the Royal
mandate—much less disobey it. If the KING is to be
his own Cabinet—if he is not to be influenced by the
counsels of his Ministers—if he is resolved to act
without consulting them, or only to consult them
when he expects a slavish adoption of whatever he
recommends—then the appointment of a Cabinet. is a

farce, and we fear, if LOUIS PHILIPPE continue to
act it much longer, the people, who are never able to
comprehend State metaphysics, will not be persuaded
that all respousibility rests with Ministers. In the
list of names before us, the only persons in
whose discretion the country can place confidence
are MM. BASSANO and C. DUPIN. The first of

these, though well versed in public affairs, from having
been a member of several administrations, in 14icli all
parties bore testimony to the soundness of his under-
standing and the uprightness of his conduct, is now
upwards of seventy years of age, and subject to most
of the infirmities common to that period of human life.
We have not heard that his infirmities at all affect his

judgment ; but it is only natural to conclude that they
will not improve either his temper or his capacity for
sustaining the fatigues and the labours of office. M.
DUPIN is unquestionably a very clever man ;
but we are yet to learn what are his prin•
cipal requisites for the office to which he
has been appointed. It is a great mistake to suppose
that shining talents alone qualify men for guiding the
affairs of a great nation. The cleverest debaters, and
the wittiest writers, are not always successful in ob-

taining the confidence of those, without whose co-
operation the wheels of a Government cannot move in
rotation. The opinion of the poet who wrote that—..
" Words arc but leaves, and where they most abound,
Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found,
is a very common one among the great bulk of man-
kind. As far as talking goes to constitute the real
staple of a statesman's qualifications, we admit the
claims of M. DuplN ; but beyond that we as
yet know very little of him. In short, it is
hard to find out what advantage he has over
THIERS and GUIZOT, unless he himself discover
it in the firmness of his adherence to his past profes-
sions of principle. This he will soon have an oppor-
tunity of doing. The first test of the new cabinet will
be the disposition the Ministers evince of being led by
the nose by Louis PIIILLIPPE. The KING is a
bold intrepid man to attempt the half of what lie has
accomplished, with all the experience he has had of
the temper of the nation with which he daily trifles.
But the endurance of wrong is no approval of it ;
neither is patient suffering a guarantee that a dreadful
revenge is not being meditated.

r
Yesterday a l'&eting was held at the Guildhall,fo
the purpose of assisting the Poles now in England,.
many of whom are in a state of absolute destitution
We cannot too highly applaud the motives of those
who attended this Meeting. The Poles have claims
on the support of every free State, and every free
man in it, throughout Europe, for it is in the sacred
cause of liberty that they have risked all, and lost all.
-A more heroic band of patriots never yet existed. From
the days of KOSCIUSKO abd DOMBROWSKI, down
to those of CZARTORYTSKI and SKYItNECKI ; from
the first partition of Poland, under CATIIARINE,
FREDERICK, and LEOPOLD, down to its final over-
throw as a kingdom, under NICHOLAS—a catastrophe,
by the bye, which was brought about, not by Russian
bravery, but by Russian gold—these gallant men have
sustained the cause of independence at-rams • t over-
-0
whelming odds, with a courage—a determination—a.
perseverance, that have kept the eyes of all Europe
rivetted on them with wonder and admiration. They
have now fallen, but to rise again as surely
as to-morrow's sun. Meantime, in this their
hour of suffering, they are exposed to the most
frightful distresses. If not, therefore, from poli-
tical, at least from charitable motives, it is our
bounden duty, as Christians, to assist them. Let us
forget that they are foreigners, and think only that they
are our brethren—exposed to the same vicissitudes as
ourselves—liable to the same infirmities—endowed
with the same excellencies—and endeared to our sym-
pathies by all the strong ties that bind humanity toge-
ther. The most inclement season of the year is approach-
ing ; and what heart but must ache to reflect on the
sufferings which these brave exiles are doomed to un-
dergo, without a friend to cheer them—without a home
to shelter them—with scarce raiment to clothe them—

The LORD MAYOR, to his credit be

or food to prevent them from starvation ! But this
must not be. We appeal to the compassion of our
countrymen, and we know that that appeal will not be