The Sun.
London, England, 1833-06-25 00:00:00

PARTY POLITICS.

Why does not Lord Grey resign ? It is his duty to re-
sign. The counsels for which he is responsible are not his
counsels. lie deems a creation of Peers necessary to the
harmony of the Legislature and the welfare of the country ;
he requires a creation of Peers, and the King refuses a
creation. Yet Lord Grey allows himself to remain re-
sponsible for counsels which he sloes not direct, for coun-
sels contrary to those he recommends, for counsels incom-
patible with his administration, and which in his judgment
must tend to the most perilous pasture of affairs. With
satisfaction the Tories see him cling to office; nothing at
the present moment would so confound them as his retire-
ment. They bide their time. They would rather handle
red-hot iron than some of the pending measures; they
could neither carry nor drop them. They wait the dis-
posal of these questions. They wait till the Minister has
put the House in order more convenient for their recep-
tion. While employed in this work he is at mercy—on
sufferance. He is permitted to settle matters which would
emharrass successors, and that is the extent of his license ;
for all else he is helpless. He is Minister during pleasure
of his enemies ; be is Minister for the convenience of his
rivals ; he is Minister to a King who places no confidence
in his counsels ; he is responsible for the very resolution
which negatives his own advice ; he is responsible for the
Tory advice which sways the King's conduct! Miserahle
Minister !

The Lords can vote him out at any moment ; and
knowing this, they are in no hurry. The pear, as Napo-
leon used to say, is not ripe. While he stays in, anti tem-
porizes, and truckles, the discontent and disgust of the
people are increasing. But mark the infatuation : every
pause of the triumphant faction is taken for the abandon-
ment of hostilities. Animosities are buried when the
sappers are charging the mine !
The Chronicle of Friday observed—" The tone of the
Conservatives, as may be seen by their organs, the Tory
Journals, is much altered ; and we understand that conci-
liation has taken the place of bold defiance."
" Bold defiance" is not in the game. The finesse of the
Tories is now to conceal their strength ; they have ail the
Court cards in their hands; too forward a game would
not answer the purpose; the Earl must play up to them if
they lie by.
How idle to reckon on conciliation ? What is the
quarrel ? what is the hone of contention ? is it a thing of
the fancy or a thing of the claws? a point of honour, or
a wrestle for booty ? If the fist, conciliation may be the
mood ; if the second, nothing but the satisfaction of the
maw will appease.
The Tories cannot endure to sit with their pickers and
stealers unemployed before them, while the fingers of the
Whigs are unctions with the fat of the land. The Whigs
are sitting down to the substance of the people. The
Tories would not retrench a dish from the table, but never
will they rest till they have got the seats. The Whigs
see them watching the proper opportunity, and take their
patience for resignation. They think the Tories will wait
abstemiously behind their chairs, and sympathize with
their taste for dainties, and love their gluttonies. Egre-
gious dupes ! The soul of the Tories, all the desires of
their hearts, all their affections are in the feast, and never can
they pardon those who have supplanted them at the board.
Yet the Ministry will truckle, and cringe, and yield,
and lose the people, and gain nothing but contempt, and
be deceived and undone.

That the rories will out manoeuvre the Whigs we have
not a doubt, but we think they have miscalculated the
after consequences. They will be an overmatch for the
Ministry, hut they will not be an overmatch for the
country. They reckon on coming in, not upon their own
merits (they are not so blinded as to count upon them),
but upon the demerits of the Whip. The co:lapse of dis-
appointed expectations is the moment they think favour-
able; when any hope of the better management of public
affairs may seem all vanity and vexation of spirit ; and
should the spirit of the people yet rally and rise against
their support and revival of old abuses, they think to
quench it in blood, and to grind the country with the
edge of the sword. The last ptu fence of the Tories is
exercised in the preEent manoeuvre, not to pree;pitate the

downfall of the Whigs. After this, should they obtain
power, they are prepared for alldesperate extremities.--
Examiner.

RENEWAL OF THE BANK CHARTER.

MEETING of the COUNTRY BANKERS.
(Concluded from The Sun of yesterday.)

Several other gentlemen addressed the meeting, and the
proceedings lasted until nearly five o'clock.
It was suggested that a society, to be called the "Country
Bankers' Association," should be formed, the members
of which (or as many as could conveniently attend) should
dine in London once a year, but for the present that pro-
position was postponed for fnrtber consideration.
A vote of 1001. was passed in favour of Mr. Burgess,
the Secretary, for the zeal and ability displayed by him in
writing a pamphlet respecting the Banking system, and it
was ordered to be referred to the Committee to consider
what further remuneration should be granted to th it gen-
tleman whose assiduity and great knowledge of the subject
were universally admitted.
The meeting then adjourned.

ERRATUM.-In Mr. FORSTER'S speech yesterday at the
meeting of Bankers, said that many of the country bankers
were not so " passive," with respect to making bank notes
a legal tender, which was misprinted " positive."

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, JUNE 24.

ANDREWS V. BEAUCHAMP-

In this case it will be recollected the Vice-Chancellor di-
rected an issue to try the relationship of the plaintiff to a
person named Humphrey Jennings. This morning

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL applied, on behalf of the de-
fendant, that the trial of this issue might be stayed till the
hearing of the appeal which had been brought from that decision.
Mr. KNIGHT, on behalf of the plaintiff, objected to the delay,
on the ground of the advanced age of some of the witnesses.
The VICE-CHANCELLOR thought the trial of the issue should
be suspended till after the hearing of the appeal, and ordered
accordingly.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JUNE 24.

DOWDING V. HENDERSON.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a book..
seller in Newaate.street, against the defendant, a stationer
in the Old Bailey, to recover compensation for a breach of
contract.

It app ared that the defendant agreed to sell to the
plaintiff fifty copies of a work called " Kelly's Cambist," at
10s. 6d. each, twenty-five of which were subsequently
delivered and inspected by the author, Dr. Kelly, and
found to he imperfect ; they were consequently returned,
and the present action was brought to recover compensa-
tion for the breach of contract.

Mr. Ju,tice ALDERsow .ummed up the evidence, and
the Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages,
131. 29. 6d.

♦CEBAL V. LEVY AND ANOTHER.

This was an action brought to recover from the defendants,
fruit-merchants, the value and freight of 1,000 barrels of nuts,
which were consigned to them by the plaintiff in Spain. It
appeared that one of the defendants came to Mr. M'Andrew,
the agent of the plaintiff, and told him "that he depended
upon him getting him his supply of nuts," whereupon M'An-
drew wrote to the plaintiff in Spain, and the nuts were shipped ;
but when they arrived in England the defendants would not
have anything to do with them, and they were afterwards sold
to other persons.
Sergeants JONES and STEVENS for the defendants, urged
several objections, and contended that there was no evidence
to show that M'Andrew was the authorized agent of the de-
fendants ; and that, as the goods had afterwards been sold, the
plaintiff could not recover.
Mr. Justice ALDERSON, being of opinion that some of the
objections urged on behalf of the defendants were valid, the
plaintiff was nonsuited.

ARCHES' COURT, JUNE 21.