The Sun.
London, England, 1834-11-18 00:00:00

4e, ,at work to rouse the popular
Y 4 In &weir of the Whigs. How far it
eee ~:tePit is not for us to predict, but we
to )lave not much faith in the efficacy of
el a people upon whose expectations the
have thrown so
,much cold water.
Cerrespondent informs us that there is great
-,eeerie;e4 in the City also, though the Funds do not
eeen* lave been much affected by it. In fact, we
'e_eieve the excitement to be rather that of curiosity
than of any stronger passion. Any change of Admi-
nistration in such a country as this, can never be a
matter of indifference. Even the Whigs, with all their
inconsistency, cannot go out of office without creating
a sensation, such as it is.—Morning Herald.
The worst fears of some of the friends of the peo-
ple, and the best hopes of others, who see somewhat
farther into futurity, are realized. The Duke of
Wellington is one of his Majesty's principal Secreta-
ries of State, and has kissed hands upon his appoint-
ment The remainder of the story need scarcely be
told. He brings along with him the same military
staff which four years ago extended from Somerset-
Louse to the Horse Guards, and the same empty and
unreforming brains which declared to the people that
they should have no reform in their representation. Sir
George Murray is to be Colonial Secretary (as before),
Sir Henry Hardinge, Secretaryat War—Goulburn,the
Chancellor of the-Exchequer—Sir Charles Manners
Sutton to have a Peerage and a place—the Earl of Ross-
lyn, to be Master of the Ordnance—Earl Jersey, to be
Loid Chamberlain—and Lord Cowley and Lord Mary-
borough to have places most suited for their respective
capacities. Who is to be Lord Chancellor remains to
be seen. Lord Lyndhurst is said, for very substantial
reasons, to have declined the office, and Sugden has in
consequence been mentioned ; but 'with what chance
of success, having no sufficient access to Tory secrets,
we have no means of informing our readers. Of one
thing, however, we are certain, and that is, that in the
event of his elevation, he will find the woolsack a warn:
seat. The office of Secretary for Foreign Affairs will,
we believe, be filled by the Duke of Wellington him-
self—that for the Home Department waits the
acceptance of Peel, though, if we are not mis-
taken, he is too good a judge of the signs of
the times to have anything to do with it. Thus
the whole matter is arranged—the Whig Ministry
kicked out with cause—without notice of exe-
cution—without warning, and for no reason
that any human being can discover ;—and an iron-
bound, anti-reform—anti-popular—and conservative of
abuse administration manufactured—(No—it was
manufactured before) installed in their places I There
is no mistake in this, and there can be no mistake
either as to the motive or to the intention. But it is
trifling with our readers to talk about an Administra-
tion which the people of England, if they arc true to
themselves, will blow to atoms in less than three
months. A Tory Government, and a House of Com-
mons pledged two-thirds deep against Toryism in any
shape, or in any way ! It is the dream o 'a madman
—one of the many wonders which mark the coming
storm—and a thing only to be forgiven on the ground
of the most profound ignorance of the state of public
feeling and of the public wants. A Tory Govern-
ment pledged against all reform, and the Govern-
ment which it has superseded condemned by its
friends for not having been sufficiently reforming f
Verily we live in strange times—and the march
of intellect has been slow indeed, as well as
the spirit of the age dull, if the people of
England have not sense enough to discriminate be-
tween their friends and their enemies--between men
who are honest, though perhaps too weak and con-
ciliating, and those who are destitute of every princi-
ple but that of governing and domineering over their
fellow subjects. But we have not mistaken the people
of England—ethey are up and doing—and our business
is not to rouse them to a sense of their duties, but to
controul, to regulate, and to direct it. The meetings
already held are proofs enough that the people sympa-
thize with us, or rather that we sympathize with them,
and that combined exertion is only necessary in order
to accomplish what all sincere Reformers desire to see
fulfilled. Well, but what is to be done ? Our answer
is, « nothing unconstitutionally." Whatever may have
been the errors of the Whigs, they did that, during
their time of office, of which the country ought ever
to entertain the most grateful recollection—they gave
us the Reform Act, and of its lever power we have
only to avail ourselves, in order to overthrow the anti-
Reforming Administration which has been formed—
to undeceive his Majesty, who, we have no doubt,
has been misled with regard to the state of public
opinion—and to compel the dismissal of any Cabinet
not accordant, both in principle and. practice, with the
decided wishes of the people. It is not now, as it
was previous to the passing of the Reform Act. The
people had then no power—now, although they have
not all to which they are entitled, they have enough
to enable them to oust any Government, of whose
intentions and principles they do not approve. The
mode of procedure is as simple as it is constitutional.
Let the people meet, and let them by their peti-
tions declare to the King the opinion which they
entertain of his present advisers—and should their
voice not be listened to, let them meet again, and
call upon their representatives to pledge themselves
against the grant of any supplies. If the representa-
tive be the representative of the people, he can have
no objection to this course—if he be not, he will avoid
the pledge, and, in that case, he should be called upon
to resign. This is the only thing that is to be done,
and the only thing that is necessary to be done. As
we have already hinted, the times have greatly altered
since the passing of the Reform Bill. Violence, at
all times to be deprecated, is now out of the ques-
tion. It would be nothing short of treason to the
cause of Reform. It would destroy it, and is there-
fore courted by the Tories. Union, firmness, determi-
nation, and constitutional proceedings, are the only
and the successful requisites ; but we must have these
qualities in perfection, in order to combat with suc-
cess the hydra of revolution, which now rears its
ghastly and terrible features among, us. And be it
remembered, that it is for no common stake that we
are playing—that the point to be solved is slot whe-
ther we shall have this Ministry or tha •Ministry—
but whether we shall have good or bad government—
whether the principle of evil or the principle of good
shall triumph—whether the people of England shall
have practical, useful, and necessary reforms, or
whether they will allow themselves to be trampled
upon by a greedy and deceitful faction, which in
its halcyon days gave the people of England the
benefit of 800 millions of debt-30 millions of
annual taxes—and which has seized the reins of
power for no other reason but that of adding to, and
girding more firmly the burthen upon their backs.
Success to the trick, if the people of England are
base enough to submit to it. To conclude, we are now
arrived at a great and most momentous crisis ; and
truly doth it rejoice us to find, from every account that
has hitherto reached us, that the people are of one
mind—that the reformers are uniting and united—that
all minor shades of difference of opinion are disappear-
ing—and that they are about to make a resolute stand
in favour of their rights and privileges. Let them but
act in accordance with this spirit, and the Tories, as
well as mis-government, will henceforth cease to be
known. We wait but in a patient spirit for the news
from Newcastle, Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow,
and Edinburgh.—Morning Advertiser.
We beg to point the special attention of our readers
to the observations of the Lord Chancellor yesterday
in his Court, respecting his resignation, and the attack
made upon him by Sir Charles Wetherell. The
Chancellor has been true in every respect to himself
and to his colleagues. He resigns the seals, and thus
gives the lie to his calumniators, as well as dashes to
the ground the only cup, of hope which the Tories had
held to their lips. He is, as he always has been, for
the people of England. Their cause is his cause,
and to his powerful and energetic care, next to that
of the people of England, we confidently confide it.—
Morning Advertiser.

Some of our Contemporaries are assuming wonder-
ful credit for sagacity in divining the probable allot-
ment of offices under the new Administration. We
trust that the public will not be deceived by any hy-
pothesis, however ingenious ; by any assertions, how-
ever audacious. At all events, we cannot compete
with Our rivals in the richness of invention which they