The Sun.
London, England, 1833-08-29 00:00:00

LONDON,
THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29, 1833.

The session of Parliament is this day brought
to a close, as will be seen by the proceedings
in another column. It has been a long and a
momentous one, and though, on the whole, it
has not fully realised the public expectations,
yet there can be no question that it has effected
much good, and shown a disposition—the first
Parliament that ever did so—to legislate for the
general benefit of the community. The three
great, leading questions of the day, whose set-
tlement was a matter of pressing necessity, have
been disposed of—viz., the Bank Charter, the
East India Charter, and (most difficult and em-
barrassing of all) the West Indian Slavery
question. Besides these, many minor, but still
momentous, measures have been put into a train
of adjustment—while many more that should
have been long ere this decided, have been in-
judiciously postponed to next session. This
"tarry-awhile" system has found too much fa-
vour in the eyes of our first Reformed Parlia-
ment, which must be far more decided and
energetic than it has yet shown itself, if it
wishes to preserve the respect and confidence of
the people.

Mr. 'l'. ATTWOOD, last night, asked Lord
PALMERSTON some questions on the subject
of foreign affairs, which drew forth a most dip-
lomatic answer from his Lordship. The only
thing novel in it, was its containing a some-
what fuller explanation of the causes of the
refusal of our Government to assist the SULTAN
when he called upon us for aid in October last
year. The refusal is now almost entirely laid
to the account of our not having a sufficient
squadron to spare without an application to
Parliament, not then sitting, because the bulk
of our disposable vessels was on the coasts of
Holland and Portugal. A Minister for Foreign
Affairs has always a difficult card to play in a
country like ours, and it is very possible that
some better reason for our refusal may exist
which will not come to light for years.

By the Hermes we have news from Lisbon
of the 21st, and from Oporto of the 23d, which
confirms all the favourable intelligence that has
yet been received. For farther particulars, we
refer our readers to another part of The Sun.

Of Captain DONELLAN'S celebrated trial it
was observed, that he convicted himself before
he was arraigned. Lord WARWICK, iu his
reasons why judgment should not be passed,
has aggravated his offences, and attempted an
explanation which no person of common sense
cm receive. Nay, his Lordship has added to
the proofs against him by his simple '' expia-
tion in the House of Lords, where he ad-
mitted that he supplied money for the purposes
of the registration of votes, as well as for the
election contest Lord WARWICK must well
know that three thousand jive hundred pounds
would not only cover the " legal expenses" of a
contest for one seat, but also supply ample
illegitimate and corrupt practices.
Anda means for
orh, by the abridgment of the evidence
me
already published, was only one-fourth of the
actual expenditure. What an amount of bribery,
drinking, and guzzling must have been accom-
plished by such a costly and profligate outlay !