The Sun.
London, England, 1834-07-18 00:00:00

DEPARTURES.

J. Shuckburgh, EsqT;l4lllrs. STjuekburgk, from Marshal
Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square, to Dover • Rev. H. Whin-
field and family, from ditto ;. Mrs. Holmes, frOm ditto ; Miss
Clarke, from ditto, to. Windsor; IL L. Hunter, Esq. from ditto ;
John Roche, Esq., and J, Squire, Esq., from ditto ; emlonel Henry
Austen, from ditto.

GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF .BRITISH CORN,
For the Week ended July IQ, 18:34, made up from the Returns of Itie
Inspectors in the different Cities and 'Covens in England and_ Wales; per
Imperial Quarter.
Wheat. 4Bs. 4d. [_ I Oats
Barley 29s 11d. 111 ye
, .
. IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS
. . PRECEDING. • ..

Wheat • 4.5. 4d. Oats ..
Barley gds Pd .I . Rye

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.:

The political course of the present Ministry is obvious*
, and not difficult. The country will expect much fronla
Cabinet comprehending the names of Lord Melbourne, NT'
• Abcrcromby, Lord John Russell,' Mr. Ellice, Lord Thin'
- cannon, Sir John Cam Hobhouse, and other public luting
who cannotbut discern the signs of the times. The Fe'
. . has already wide!:
mter has already exhibited. a strong arid decided
standing, justifying the hopes that were formed of Mtn 15
early .youth.:' The great fault of the. -late Ministry trPPear
to have been a want of union and preparation for the Sf.
i4ion If similar variations of opinion arise in :the new 0,
binet Lord Melbourne must weed it out. We do not ton'
that any number of Ministers can be associated in. Counti._
without - differences- of -opinion on many important s iuc;
jects ;.but if on vital questions, such as 'the " invi° 4
' bility" of the Irish Church, the Cabinet is divided, it von
icY•
be Winnowed. These are not times for paltering P°„li,
Unity of design is essential to an effective Executive• tit'llit
nisters must next .year be prepared, beforehand, to sub
„.,
to Parliament perfected measures. The delay 'of' this L
cessary public duty is fraught with evil. The late meeitl
of Parliament, a month delayed beyond its proper pet of
. assemblage, 'and the apparent want of due preparaturo,
the intended Ministerial legislation- of the year, , opPrcb
sively prolongs its duration, ' and naturally postponernl,4
of the most important business, of the session till a; ,
Easter, when crude measures are hurried into Parlan.e4
and crowded together, and in the end necessarily throwsle
or postponed to a future session. Another nuisance is _.,' ti
latitude it allows for that mass of speechificati,oll amd,
busy legislation which has lately become sO intolerable °°e
injurious. As we cannot hope for some time to reduce 0,,
number of Babel discussions of our representatives, a
should at•least do everything to alleviate the evils 0c.,,,
sioned by the overplus. The noodles and dummies of this
Unreformed Parliaments unquestionably kept" down,. top
crying-nuisance ; but the raw and industrious; legsl,ti.
deputed from the populous counties and enlarged con- „f
tuencies, especially in the first inexperienced
Commons, are naturally active, ' and - estimate with
his
complacency their 'own legislative s qualifications. re
excrescence would be much reduced if Ministers eo,
prepared with their measures earlier in the sessliche
The exchange of a bad for an improved sySem, is uls° Go.
more important, as regards the legislative obje:cts of the
ob,
vernment, because the many difficult and perplexing ,6.a0.
jects of practical reform necessarily require all the aTtici,
tages of mature deliberation and impartial decision. 'ii,
an alteration would further beget a new haW in ral r
mentary proceedings, and much curtail the leni,th Our.,
dium of speeches really. intended for effect " out of d°°;
A few good Ministerial • propositions will stamp the ;ye
nouseif,
racter and permanency of the new' Ministry. , 001.
cannot play .at leap frog in legislation, or 8C C' of
splish . the redress of every - political grievance', of
the deliberative perfection of every required ec",,te
remedial legislation, in one year. But to fr°,.,r
this important change in the conduct of the Britishterir
lature, we must resort to a subdivision'of labour; 'i° of
cessant toil of the more active and intelligent Mernperori,
the Parliament—the crowds of committees sitting On or
ous subjects, where a member of different committoeft, oi
not be übiquitous—the enormous expense of local Acciiy
Parliament, which greatly restricts public enterprise an oor
vestment of capital—the absurd discussion of evevlt to
detail of an Act of Parliament—are :serious obstaeWl4ll
legislation, capable of considerable remedy. We rrrrr
adopt, many useful improvements . from the legislative pr
cedure of other Countries, and *hen so much is boil° or
from England, we need not be • ashamed of a politienefJ,
• in . •
portation return. The session is now nearly cone° clic'
and we hope that next year will be distinguished bl A,03
ferent Ministerial course, and. some reform of the ite'°' '
Parliament.—Morning Chronicle. -
to
The announcement, which every one eXpected, teas 0/
last night in both Houses of Parliament. It am alin_..7tloo
nothing more than was anticipated, so far as the alter'tot
in the Ministry were concerned, all the' intelligenc s o°,, 0,1;
.point being limited to a mere confirmation of .s erne
already knOwn—narnely, the *elevation of 'Lord 111;?lb°10.11
to the dignity of Premier, the continuance of Lord ti,osi
as Chancellor of the Exchequer, the advancement 04. 0 ei
Duncannon to the Home Department, and the addit‘°,,,,, of
Sir John Hobhouse to the Government, as', suecessPdo
Lord Duneannon in the. Woods and Forests. It ifi
etfl
intended, though for obvious reasons .n of disil'or
avowed, that the Hon. Baronet shall. succ(t!ed his L
ots'
ship in the representation of the county of • Nottiugbiot,
if the county can be SO managed as to take the re,
In all - this, as we have said before, there is nothing fill;
but it, is well -to know for ,a certainty the extent ° 031.
changes, that we may have some idea where ,wo are' oing'i-
to what point of the political compass vie are g off •
Every man in England who turns his mina:to them er
ject, will agree with Lord Althorp in-the ,senti merits "if
pressed last night in the House of ConunOos, .as to there!
feriority of the present Administration to that 'whicilpo
ceded it. Lord Grey, with all his faults, had elairnt_s,,l,-.01
the country as the venerable father of Reform, wilLitl6
subaltern, however active in the ranks of that rent `l,-eil4
'can challenge for himself. The Ministry, ,tliereiove' ject '
still 'Whig, may well regard it. as a misfortune to 10'0;4
the most distinguished. Whig, of his day, to say 17..,°0
about the circumstances which led to that lOss , ailisr
eill
certainly, were not of a nature to relieve th e. y6"i,cie
Urea' consequent upon a diminution of weight r Ind chst,e el
with the country. But the most important fil
(iisclogill
last night—indeed, the only communication tl utt deo° i
ty
the name of a disclosure—was that which referred tpio
Irish ?Coercion Bill. It now appears that ' t bet, is ti
:Lord Grey is to be abandoned; and another llinioiel'
brought into the House of Commons,-without the °l,,"Dell
of which 'Lord Althorp, Mr. Littleton, and other INif"; V
of the. late. Cabinet disapproved. Te avowal of 0"00'*
tention on the .part of -Government prOoked;a fie tIli•
lack in the House of Lords, where it is -evident thinoilf"oo,P,
'measure will encounter much difficulty and obstruOle/i
not final defeat. At the same time, it must be isto/ ;
that,, after, what.had transpired on the subject, the pr of
Ministry had scarcely an option as.to whetlwr the 11;1101,
omit the objectionable clauses ornot: •If Lord ' ~''
was to be continued a Member of the Administrati;o,
was necessary that something should be done to relieceil f
from the sorry predicament in which he stood, as °PiPur
to the clauses, and yet pledged to the Bill wlich 01' toy{ '
them. If the right hand of the Administration ICIIS
/1 ,
4
restored, commonsense would seem to require. that ' 1 0 ,11-,
be restored for action=not merely to be worn in 6 ,l'°,,
What effect it-may have on the peace of Irehind. Iv",
fate it may experience in its passage.throue. the,boter,
of Lords, we do not pretend to say, but Lord Me' isdri
has staked the fate of his Administration on the g
tied measure which his colleagues and, the kilebit;
Commons appear equally to approve of: . The i, i0,,,' "
which took place in the House of Lords last rrifrpo':
proof of the danger with which the new, Ginwrill°,-0,1; I
threatened.. In fact, the new . Government ar6 olt'
breath with great difficulty. It has begun its caree",
Some spirit we will own, but with so many morhla,:oiiel4
toms, that he must be a bold_ man who would ost."4/
Ale
success, or proclaim that he could see his wev to -0.0111;
Of that state of things into which the weakness of a •Polissl
Government has precipitated the country. IN e pri,
have noticed before that the death of Mr. Michael 481,
Taylor gives Sir John Hobhouse another chance if .he:t ~,,''
fail at Nottingham. We should also have stated tll,:e•Sfj,
Littleton remains, at least, for the present, in the, leit
merit of Ireland, and that Mr. O'Connell and tbe,ierli,
party in the House of Commons have been woo ydri
,support the present. Ministers in consequence of the \ittr
fixation to which the Coercion Bill has been sob!' -
under their auspices.—Morning Herald. ''. t.°
6.1 •,
Nothing can exceed the disappointment and mortiOettl'i;
of Sir Robert Peel and his Tory associates at the : o,s,
ment of the new Ministry. They had, it now tor° 1 •
settled every thing.' Sir Robert Peel was to hocca ',fil
Premier, and leader of the House of ComnionsCl'oe,o,
Manners Sutton to have been called up to the 14°4;1
LordS, in order . that he might keep Lord BroOrc,
order. The Appropriation _Bill was to-have been ,K•
immediately, and Parliament prorogued,-and if WV',
which the Speaker' thought it would not he, dissolve 0);:i
'autuMn.' The King, 'however, omitted to despatch ;solid'
seriger for Sir Robert, and the House of Common' 14
inclination to abandon their old and trustwortqaility
and thus the whole scheme has been frustrated. "04 „,,
commend the good sense and firmness of the Kill'Aiisljef
steadiness of the House of Commons. The new ',op,'
must have time to concert their measures, but we;,4sll::fr
them irretrievably committed' to 'reforms in 60,', sfk
English Churches; andin the Corporations, the esuoy s.),
cation of the revenues of which will secure funds fit' Iv
quote to the good. education. of the whole peore;oa ,01
public must, however,. strengthen their , hands, posiloo
sooner they adopt the course suggested by a cornea 013° il'
(A. B.) the better. Churchmen and Dissenters es, ly
lose sight of their comparatively trifling differelic ofj
unite in a determined effort to have the revers ?flue
ir
Church applied according to the ancient laws of t ,
—Morning Advertiser. r,
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The proceedings of last night in the two -1-10usc'oPi r
Effluent will be read throughout the country.withPosi°;fl
attention, and we do not hesitate to add the CSP ~5 'lPll''
our belief that the paltry apologios and equivocur;"rilA
Ministers of the CrAvn will produce a deep, tIV„ bare bl'
unalterable feeling of disgust and contempt. i' "ton f.orf
verted in another article, to the miserable explonti•of `1",
conduct offered by. Lord Althorp -to the House.gbt.,Pot
mons. It was applauded by that assembly as 1;;; eilk :VI
rally have been expected, for it was sure to 14,biestot .
with careful accuracy to the intellect and nioral°•ref°oo'
tinguish the majority of the Members.-Of. th-Corov
branch of the Legislature.- ~ In the House of.