The Sun.
London, England, 1834-11-03 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1834

permitted to expand. It is peculiarly worthy of
notice, that whilst the evil tendencies of the de-
mocratic madness which the Whigs excited have
been exhibited on the largest possible scale, so
as completely to justify the anticipations of their oppo-
nents, the extreme dangers with which we were threa-
tened have been up to this moment warded off by the
emphatic warnings and the unparalleled exertions of the
ConserVatives themselves. We say not that the danger
is passed ; but we do say that time has been gained,
that the public mind is coming round to a healthy state,
and that the necessity of opposing something like a
national resistance to the further progress of destruc-
tive innovation is becoming more manifest every hour.
The great question is not what parties shall occupy
for a brief and feverish interval the higher offices of the
State, but whether the Government of the country
shall practically fall back upon Conservative and consti-
tutional principles; or go forward with a constantly ac-
celerating velocity towards the abyss of anarchy ; and we
rejoice to believe that upon this vital point an immense
majority of the people of England have now finally
made up their minds. We take comfort, however, and
we exhort our readers to do the same, not only from
the improved state .of the public mind, but also from
the confusien and dismay which evidently reign in the
camp of the enemy. The Reform Bill revolution
(the Chronicle says it was a revolution, and we are
sure it would have been but for the Conservatives) is
duly proceeding in the work assigned to it, that of de-
vouring its authors. Instead of grumbling at being so
early a victim Earl Grey should be thankful that his
own guillotine spared him so long. He was ejected from
power by the more daring spirits of the confederacy.
Well, what of that ? What else did he expect ?
He might have found a far worse fate, as did his
predecessors of the Jacobin school, but for the pro-
tection afforded even to him by the strength of the
Conservative principle throughout the country. The
mountebank of the present hour still contrives to
balance himself upon his giddy elevation, but with
little prospect of permanent success. It is Lord
Brougham's turn now to dread the fatal consequences
of agitation, and to wish to stay the tempest he has
raised just at the point most favourable to his personal
ambition, and hence he declaims away, like any Con-
servative, upon the dangers of rash legislation, and
the transcendant importance of that philosophical
calmness and deliberative wisdom on the questions of
reform, upon which it has hitherto been the practical
business of his life to pour contempt. But Lord Dur-
ham, it seems, wishes to trip up Lord Brougham, just
as Lord Broughani is supposed to have tripped up Earl
Grey, and courts the mob by offering to go further than
that Noble and Learned Lord into the vortex of radical
politics. So each of these worthies accuses the other of
disclosing Cabinet secrets, and deserting the cause of Re-
form, and intriguing for personal objects; and far be it
from us to say that they have not good ground for
the opinions which they entertain of each other. We
shall not attempt to adjust the account between the
Tweedledum and Tweedledee of the Reform Bill,
more especially as we think the quarrel a mighty
pretty quarrel as it stands. On Radical principles,
however, we do not see why Brougham should not
be forthwith swept away by Durham, and Dur-
ham himself, in a few brief months or weeks, by
Durham's groom. The Radicals may certainly be
congratulated upon having chosen for their cham-
pion one of the proudest and most selfish Aris-
tocrats in the three kingdoms ; but Lord Durham,
on the other hand, may be assured that he is
only used for the occasion, and will be presently
trampled in the mire when no longer serviceable.
In the meantime the people of England will not,
cannot, fail to perceive how grossly the charlatans
of the Reform Revolution play the game of per-
sonal ambition, at the expense of all that is valuable and
sacred in the institutions of the country. But for the
position taken up, and hitherto maintained, by the
Conservatives, how could the dearest interests of the
country be protected at the present moment ? That
the divided and distracted party nominally at the head
of affairs are powerless for good and useful purposes is
sufficiently obvious. The only hope of the country is
that the strength of the Conservatives may be sufficient
to prevent the occurrence of any great and incurable
mischief. That, in or out of office, they will nobly
perform their duty we do not doubt ; nor do we doubt
that the public will stand prepared to support them
whenever a demonstration may be necessary. But
union and watchfulness are indispensable. No change
is at present desirable, for the people will come to the
Conservatives of themselves after a few more liberal
exposures.—Morning Post.

LAW NOTICES.

SITTINGS OF THE MASTER OF THE ROLLS,

During Term.

Motions—Monday, Nov. 3.v
Petitions in the General Paper—Tuesday, Nov. 4.
Pleas, Demurrers, Causes, Further Directions, and Excep.
tions—Wednesday, Nov. 5 ; Thursday, Nov. 6.
Consent Causes, and Petitions, Pleas, &c.—Friday. Nov. 7.
Pleas, Demurrers, Causes, Exceptions, and Further Direc•
tions—Saturday, Nov. 8; Monday, Nov. 10; Tuesday, Nov,
11 ; Wednesday, Nov. 12.
Motions—Thursday, Nov. 13.
Consent Causes, and Petitions, Pleas, &c.—Friday, Nov. 14
Pleas, Demurrers, Causes, Further Directions, and Excep.
tions—Saturday, Nov. 15; Monday, Nov. 17 ; Tuesday, Nov
18 : Wednesday, Nov. 19.
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Motions--Thursday, Nov. 20.
Consent Causes, and Petitions, Pleas, &c _Friday, Nov. 21
Pleas, Demurrers, Causes, Further Directions, and Excep
tions—Saturday, Nov. 22 ; Monday, Nov. 24.
Motions—Tuesday, Nov. 25.
Sittings at the Rolls at ten.
After Term.

Petitions after Swearing in Solicitors--Wednesday, Nov. 20
Short Causes—Thursday, Nov. 27.
Sit at Westminster at ten.

ROLLS COURT, Nov. 1.

His Honour the Master of the Rolls (Sir C. PEPYs)
took his seat this morning for the first time since his ap-
pointment. His Honour disposed of two or three motions
of course, and rose shortly before eleven o'clock.
His HONOUR immediately afterwards sent to Mr. Bick-
ersteth, Mr. Pemberton, and Mr. Tinney, the King's Coun-
sel, into his private room, for the purpose of making ar-
rangements respecting the future conduct of the business of
the Court.