The Sun.
London, England, 1834-11-22 00:00:00

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witnout a due consideration of the interests at stake
—a due knowledge of the feeling and sentiments of
the community—or a due appreciation of the manly,
straightforward, and undaunted adhesiveness of our
countrymen to the great principles of Reform. We
knew that the sentiments and feelings which we ex-
pressed were those which were entertained by the pub-
lic at large—that whatever opinion might be formed of
the recent proceedings of the late Government, no sane
mind could bear for a moment to institute a comparison.
between it and that of any Tory Government which
might be formed—that the Duke of Wellington, as
the opponent of all Reform—as the enemy to Church
Reform—to Municipal Reform—to stamp tax aboli-
tion, and many other points, which it is unnecessary
to mention, would be scouted and condemned, as
sooa as his appointmeut to the office of Prime
Minister was known,—from all quarters, and by
all parties—but those who are now making their
dying struggle, in defence of abuses, and for the
re-assumption of power. Most nobly are our
countrymen responding to the line of conduct which
we proposed for their adoption—most nobly do they
echo our sentiments and opinions. The dismissal of
his Majesty's Ministers is held in all quarters to have
been the most uncourteous, the most uncalled for, the
most unjustifiable, and the most unprecedented that
has ever occurred in the history of the country--the
appointment of a Tory Administration to be the
greatest insult that was ever offered to the common
sense of Englishmen bent upon reform, and wisely un-
forgetful of the evils entailed upon them by the reign
of Toryism. From Liverpool we have received the
most gratifying accounts—from Manchester the same
reports reach us, the return both of Mr. Phillips and
of Mr. Poulett Thomson being perfectly certain in the
event of a dissolution ; while, with regard to many other
quarters, we need only point to the details, which we
trust we shall find room for in this day's paper, in order
to clench the fact that Toryism is all but extinct, and
cannot find a renewed existence in this country. But the
most gratifying fact in confirmation of the view which we
have taken; is in the noble, eloquent, argumentative, and
most patriotic speech of Lord Durham, at the dinner
given to him at Newcastle—a dinner given to him
from the bosom of those who know him well, and
which is the more honourable, because they do know
him both in his public and his private relations. What
did his Lordship say ? Did he condemn the late
Government, and take part with the Tory shadow
which has darkened the face of the country ? Did he
play into the hands of, the senseless portion of the Ra-
dicals, by recommending them to support the Govern-
ment of the Duke of Wellington on account of the
Reforms which he might effect ? No ! With the
manliness becoming an Englishman—with the saga-
cious views becoming a Statesman—with the consis-
tency of a genuine i4/hig—with the sincerity of an
honest Reformer—he called upon all parties who de-
sired Reform, to unite, to combine for the overthrow of
a Government appointed for their destruction, or if
honest in their cause, disgusting and disgraceful !
" If at the period of the Glasgow dinner," said his Lordship
in the most manly, heroic, and patriotic manner, " I thought it
necessary to recommend union amongst Reformers, how much
more necessary do I consider it now, at the present momen-
tous crisis.—(llear. ) We have a great struggle coming on
before us—one that will call for the exercise of the most deter-
mined energies we possess, against a most powerful and com-
mon enemy.—( Cheers.) If you will take my advice, I would
say to you, and all my fellow-countrymen engaged in a com-
mon cause, wave all speculative opinions, and endeavour only
to see how to snake your force the strongest, and your resist-
ance the most effectual.—( Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, my hon.
friend has alluded to court intrigue, which has been displayed
in the late events. I cannot describe to you the dismay with
which I behold such infatuation.—( Immense cheering.) I con-
fess, however, I am not surprised at it, for I have been too long
aware what work there had been going on in secret, which only
waited for a seasonable time, such as they seem to consider the
present, to have the mine explode. --( Cheers.) I confess to you
that I, for one, do not regret what has taken place.—( Cheers.)
We, at all events, know against whom we shall have to con-
tend.—( Hear, hear.) If the battle is to be fought, as it neces-
sarily now must be, let it, at any rate, be what is called " a
fair stand-up fight."--( Cheers and laughter.) Set us see who
are to be the victors ; let us have a clear stage and no favour.
--( Cheers.) If, indeed, the people of this country are Tories,
—.if, indeed, they are turned anti-Reformers, the sooner the
• fact is known the better.--( Hear, hear.) Who are those who
are about to supply the places of the late Ministers, so con-
tumeliously and insultingly dismissed ? Who are they, but
those Tories who have voted, who have struggled, and in-
trigued against every measure of reform that has been pro-
posed up to the present moment ?—( Cheers.) Those are the
persons who are now called to administer the affairs of this
empire, and it remains to be proved by your declarations at
meetings of this description, and by that dissolution which I
think absolutely inevitable—( Cheers)—it remains, I say, to
be proved by such means whether this party possess your con-
fidence and the confidence of the people of this country, as
well as the confidence of the Sovereign."
Most nobly said I—all party quarrels sunk—all dif-
ferences of opinion merged in the common cause !
every thing for reform, and every thing against those
who are opposed to it The triumph of the cause is
now certain—the union of all reformers must be com-
plete, unanimous, and determined—and the result will
be a victory, so peaceful, so tranquil, and so glorious,
as to immortalize the country in the annals of Europe.
—Morning Advertiser.

We need scarcely point the attention of our readers
to the valedictory address of Lord Brougham, yester-
day, in the Court of Chancery. It will be perused
with a very natural feeling of curiosity, not only by
those who have been disgusted by the savage and
infamous attacks which have been upon his character,
but by those also who admire his genius and talents,
and are amply aware of the great improvements, both
as regards law and education, of which he has been,
not only the principal, but the original promoter. It
was confidently expected by his enemies, that he would
commit himself by saying that which he ought not to
have said, or not saying that which he ought to have
said ; but they were most signally disappointed. A
speech more modest, more unassuming, more fraught
with good feeling, was never addressed to the bar of
any Court. It is true that there was but little sym-
pathy manifested by the legal functionaries ; but this
is safely to be explained by the unexampled fact, that
the Ex-Lord Chancellor has done his duty by the
public, and only left two cases which have been partly
heard in his Court, to be adjudicated by his successor.
This fact requires no comment.—Morning Advertiser.
Lord Durham, at the Newcastle dinner, on Wed-
nesday last, acted with the magnanimity, sagacity,
and paramount sense of duty to his country, which we
expected from him at this trying conjuncture. The
first intelligence of the dismissal could not fail to re-
veal to a man of his Lordship's acuteness the whole ex-
tent of the schemes of the Conservatives ; and he has,
in a very masterly manner, described their object, and
the course which they must pursue—and called upon
all Reformers to lay aside their differanees, and make
common cause against their common enemy. Then;
are men whose common understandings are blinded by
their passions ; but Lord Durham is not one of them.
We will not insult. him by supposing that any one
who had ever observed his public life attentively could
ever dream of his anticipating the possibility of any
good from the Duke of Wellington and his Con-
servative myrmidons. What is the duty of all Re-
formers at this moment ? Let us hear his Lordship :
" We have a great struggle coming on before us—one that
will call for the exercise of the most determined energies we
possess, against a most powerful and common enemy---( Ceers. )
If you would take my advice, I would say to you, and all my
fellow-countrymen engaged in a common cause—waive all
speculative opinions, and endeavour only to see how to make
your force the strongest, and your resistance the most effec-
tual.—(Cheers.)" And alluding afterwards to himself, he
observed :—" I will only say in conclusion, that my humble
services may be commanded by you and my country at all
times, and that I shall always be happy to co-operate with you
in the ranks, or in any situation in which I may be considered
to be capable of producing benefit.—( Cheers.) No feelings
that I may entertain with regard to any individual in any set
of men, shall prevent me from doing that which it is my deter-
mination to do, namely, to join you, heart and soul, in the as-
sertion of your rights."—( Immense cheering.)
The supposition that the dismissal of the Mel-
bourne Ministry was dictated by any other motive
than a desire to arrest the cause of Reform, and that
His Highness was invested with the Dictatorship
with any other view than to gain for the oligarchy the
ground they have lost, is too gross to be xeriously en-
tertained by any individual capable of counting his ten
fingers, and, therefore, we have not the least hesitation
in branding every one who endeavours to quiet the ap-
prehension of the people at this conjucture by holding
out the possibility of " His Highness" meaning to
act fairly by them, as a dishonest politician--as one
who hoists false colours, professing a regard for the
people, while his only object is to betray them. " His
Highness" eannot, if hl NyQuld, disappoint the Con-