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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1834.

fully aware of. the importance of the course recom-
mended to them ; for it is of the greatest consequence
that all acts of intimidation should be recorded at the
time they are committed. We have only further to
add, that we trust all Reform Candidates will at the
hustings absolvs, in the fullest manner, all persons who
have been influenced to vote by intimidation, from the
promise given under such circumstances, leaving them
at perfect liberty to vote agreeably to the suggestions
of their own unbiassed judgment. The effect of a
careful attention to these suggestions will be to bring
the names of genders of every rank before Parlia-
ment, and consequently before the public, by which
means their conduct will be held up to the reprobation
it so justly merits::—Morning Chronicle.
In reference to the progress of the Ministerial ar-
rangements, as far as they were supposed to depend
upon Lord Stanley's adhesion to the Cabinet, or refusal
of office, we had the following paragraph yesterday :
" Those who entertain the opinion that Lord Stanley
has declined office, while he is understood to have promised
his support to the Government, are, we believe, nearer the
truth than those who assert that he will become at the pre-
sent time a member of the new Administration ; but we
do not profess to have any positive knowledge upon the
subject."
Though we (lid not speak " from authority," our
anticipation of the result of the application to Lord
Stanley has been confirmed by the Albion of last night,
which had the following statement :
" Lord Stanley, although expected at his house in town
last night, and this morning., has not arrived. We under-
stand, however, that a letter has been received by the
Premier from that Noble Lord, which leaves no doubt
upon the subject of his unwillingness to take office at the
present moment.
" It is not true, however, as is insinuated with rather
less than its usual clumsiness by a morning print, that Lord
Stanley has expressed hostility to the new Government,
and that he is likely to throw the weight of his influence
into the scale of opposition. His Lordship's letter does
not warrant any such conclusion. On the contrary, though
it disappoints the hopes which were formed of his co-opera •
tion in the Government, it gives the strongest reason to
believe, that to a system of policy which aims at honest
improvement, and steady resistance to Destructive prin-
ciples, the Noble Lord will heartily give his Parliamentary
assistance."
The Albion then goes on to make the following ad-
ditional statement, which, we believe, from all we can
hear, to be correct :
" We do not believe that any appointments have been
finally made in addition to those before the public two days
ago. We presume, however, that very little delay will now
take place in filling up all the principal offices.
" We have reason to believe, that as soon as the Admi-
nistration is formed, an opportunity will be taken to declare
authoritatively, the course of policy which will be pursued."
The formation of the new Cabinet and the leading,
principles of its policy may soon, therefore, be ex-
pected to be announced. Last night's Gazette an-
nounces the further prorogation of Parliament to
Thursday, the 18th of January. The only Ministerial
appointment it contains is that of Sir Robert Peel to
the offices of Chancellor and Under Treasurer of his
Majesty's Exchequer.—Morning Herald.
Though it is natural enough that Ministers, who-
ever they may be, should prefer praise to censure, as
well as give credit to their Sovereign for partaking of
the same inclination, yet that, we think, can scarcely
justify the practice, so frequently resorted to, when
addresses pour in to the Throne, of giving authentic
publicity to only such as are of a eulogistic character.
This practice, we see, is had recourse to on the pre-
sent occasion, and would, we are convinced, be far
more honoured in the breach. There is an appearance
of weak, resentful vindictiveness about it, quite un-
worthy of the parties or the occasion. The right of
petitioning the Throne and the Legislature is un-
doubted ; and, as long as the language employed is
unobjectionable, the nature of the communication
ought in no respect to influence the tone or manner of
its reception. We know of no rule which requires a
public announcement of the receipt of such documents,
still less their publication, in the London Gazette—a
publication seen by none but the very few whom cir-
cumstances compel to be its purchasers, and to whom
the price is enormously enhanced by this mere empty
homage to vanity. At all events, if any of these pro
ductions should be published, it surely ought to be
applied to all. Unpleasant truths are not always the
least valuable ; while to treat with contempt those who
avail themselves of an undoubted right, merely because
they do so in an unpalatable manner, is no proof either
of wisdom or firmness.—Morning Herald.
For once the Morning Chronicle, in its number of
yesterday, spoke truth. Lord Stanley has declined
joining the present Ministry, but how declined ? In-
dignantly, or in terms or language which would indi-
cate a decided hostility to the principles and character
of the new Government ? No. Lord Stanley's an-
swer to the communication of Sir Robert Peel is in
the highest respect satisfactory. We do not mean only
as regards the individual to whose letter his Lordship's
refusal is an answer, but to those who value the hap-
piness and prosperity of our beloved country. It does
not appear to us, supposing we had the means that
it would be proper to enter in detail upon the
character of Lord Stanley's reply. We have
no such means ; but we believe enough has been
collected from the most authentic sources to
show that whatever disinclination—perhaps we
might say delicacy—Lord Stanley feels as to re-
suming office, his reasons for the resolution to
which he has come are perfectly satisfactory, as they
conduce to the entire establishment of all the qualities
which even his bitterest political opponents have ever
ascribed to him. We regret that his Lordship has
declined his ministerial co-operation. We look, never-
theless, for his personal support in Parliament. We
conclude that Sir James Graham will follow the ex-
ample of refusal. Indeed our able contemporary, the
Albion, of last night states that Sir Jam s has actually
done so. If that paper is correct in its statement, it
has the merit of obtaining very early information, be-
cause we believe we may safely say that, long after it
went to press yesterday, no answer had been re-
ceived in London from Sir James to the letter from
Sir Robert Peel. The refusal of Lord Stanley,
however, is come, and Sir Robert Peel is left to
form a Government—but how left ? Left after hav-
ing given earnest of the sincerity of his desire to
form a Ministry, combining all the different ele-
ments of Conservatism. Certain we are, that the
materials are at hand ; but equally certain are we, re-
lying upon the evidence of what Sir Robert Peel
has already evinced his anxiety to do, that a selection
must be made from amongst those materials, utterly
regardless of former claims and of official precedents.
The country requires a firm, compact, active, and inde-
pendent Ministry ; and we say again that by his invi-
tation to Lord Stanley and Sir James Graham Sir
Robert Peel has evinced his disposition to form such a
Government, and with that disposition we also say
that Sir Robert Peel is sure of the support of the
people. Before what we are now writing will be seen
by our readers very many of the appointments in the
new Ministry will probably be made. It is absolutely
necessary they should be made forthwith, because until
they are announced the people will not be able to
judge of the claims which a Conservative Administra-
tion will assert to the confidence and the countenance
of the country. Of course we must wait ; but we hope
by Monday to be able to congratulate our friends upon
the completion of such arrangements as may be satis-
factory to the majority of a nation in which the Con
servative principle is decidedly in the ascendant.--
Morning Post.
As we have nothing to tell, we shall not make
" much ado about nothing." Lord Stanley is said to
be on his way to town ; the contents of the letter which
arrived yesterday morning have not transpired, but
from no additional appointment having been made, it is
inferred that his Lordship will not take office, however
cordially he may afford his unofficial support. As the
possibility of Lord Stanley's declining a seat in the
Cabinet must have been contemplated, we suppose that
no time will now be lost in arranging the Administra-
tion. We trust that the members will be such as the
public can confide in for the high integrity of their
character, the soundness of their judgments, and their
enlightened and liberal sentiments. The Cabinet once
formed should find or make some very early opportu-
nity for a declaration of their intended policy. If that
policy shall be declared to be decidedly liberal without
being destructive, if it shall correspond with the re-
forming but not subverting spirit of all reasonable men

of whatever party, then the new Government may
fearlessly appeal to the people, and set at nought the
yells of the factious, whether Radical demagogues, or
high-flying fanatics. Party has had its day ; let it be
seen whether the machine of State cannot be worked,
though its conductor may not be a mere mouth-piece
of a Whig or a Tory family. At all events, we hope
and believe that the constitution is strong enough to
stand firm amidst the angriest shocks of conflicting
parties, and will never fall beneath the blows, however
furious, of profligate and desperate anarchists.— Times.
The Tory party, as we surmised, are all but dead
beaten. Stanley has refused to join them, and, if we
are rightly informed, has signified that he felt insulted
by the proposal. The decision of Sir James Graham
cannot well be different ; and the result, as reported in
well-informed quarters last night, is, that Peel has sig-
nified his disinclination to head or take any part in the
Cabinet. We do not vouch for this y information
being correct; but we believe that we may state that Sir
R. Peel complains bitterly of his having been de-
ceived by his party, both with respect to the state of
the country, and to the inclination of Stanley, Graham.
and Richmond, to form part of his Cabinet. Heigh-ho
we always expected that it would come to this ; but
let not the Reformers be thrown off their guard by the
occurrence of such difficulties in the formation of an
anti-Reform Cabinet. The crisis is come, and if the
present opportunity escape them they may wait for
years before it returns.—Morning Advertiser.

VICE-CHANCERY COURT, DEc. 12.

IN THE MATTER OF LONG, AN INFANT.

Sir EWDARD SUGDEN said this was the petition of Mr
Sandys, the mother of the infant, that her child should be
permitted to spend the Christmas holidays with her, and
that an allowance should be made for the child's support
during that time, and the expenses of her journey to London
defrayed out of the annual allowance for the infant's main-
tenance.

Mr. KNIGHT, for the guardian and trustees of the infant,
opposed the application.
The property to which the infant was entitled was settled
upon her by her mether after her first husband's death. In
consequence of the difficulties of her second husband she
became so distressed that the comfort and education of the
child was wholly neglected, till at length the guardian inter-
fered, and the Court took the child from the mother's pro-
tection, reserving to her all opportunities of reasonable in-
tercourse. Affidavits were read to show that the same
distress which originally induced the Court to interfere with
the parental rights still existed.

His HoNotia said it appeared to him that the very pe-
tition which was presented was of itself a strong indication
of the circumstances of distress still continuing, which were
alluded to in the earlier affidavits.
Petition refused with costs.

ANDREW V. ANDREW.
Mr. WHITMARSH stated that the petition in this cause
prayed a confirmation of the Master's report as to the pro-
per settlement to be made on a young lady, a ivard of
Court, who married a gentleman of the name of Ensor at
Gretna-green. The petition also prayed that the trustees
of the young lady might be at liberty to consent to the re-
marriage of the parties in this country.
His HONOUR refused the latter part of the prayer. The
parties were at liberty to take what steps they pleased in re-
spect to a second marriage.
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE GOLDSMITHS' COMPANY.
This cause came on upon demurrer for multifariousness.
The information stated a devise to the Company in the
1400, by a person of the name of Wood, of fourteen houses
in Cheapside, in trust to assist poor young men free of the
Company with loans of money ; and it charged that there
were various other donations to the Company by other
persons, in trust, for making loans to poor young men
generally, all of which charities had been long misapplied.
It proceeded, then, to seek a discovery as to these latter
charities.

Sir E. SUDDEN, on the part of the Company, contended
that Wood's charity, and the charities included in the gene-
ral charities, were not at all in pari materia, and ought not
to be confounded in the one suit.

Mr. COOPER, in support of the information, insisted tha
this demurrer deviated from the ordinary form of a de.
murrer for multifariousness.

The demurrer was allowed, with leave to amend, by con
fining the information to Wood's charity.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DEC. 12.

THE KING V. ROGERS, WATTS, AND OTHERS.
This was an indictment for a libel arising out of the
many disputes that have lately been before the Courts on
the subject of the property called the Swinton Estate, near
Bagnigge Wells. One of the cottages on that estate having
been pulled down by the owner, the defendant Rogers, in
conjunction with several other persons who had set up claims
to different tenements on the estate, presented an indict-
ment against the owner to the Grand Jury of the county of
Middlesex and the persons who had assisted him. A true
bill was found by the Grand Jury on the 7th of May last,
against seven of the parties, but was ignored as to the rest.
On the same day, however, the defendant Rogers had a
placard printed, headed " Felony," offering 10001. reward
for the apprehension of any of the parties against whom he
had presented his bill of indictment, and enumerating them
all by the name, including those with respect to whom the
bill had been ignored. A thousand copies of this placard
were circulated in the neighbourhood of Bagnigge Wells,
where the greater number of the parties resided. Previous
to publishing the placard the defendant Rogers went to se-
veral of the prosecutors and offered for a certain sum of
money to keep their names out of it, but they all refused to
make any compromise with him, and the present indictment
was preferred by those against whom the Grand Jury had
refused to find the bill. A verdict was given for the Crown
and an application made to the Court to postpone judgment
fora few days.

Lnrd DENMAN acceded to the application, and put off
ving judgment till Monday.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DEC. 12.

CRANCH V. WHITE.
This was an action of trover to recover a bill of ex-
change for 2001., which it was alleged had improperly come
into the possession of the defendant. It appeared that the
plaintiff had, to accommodate a man named Roberts, ac-
cepted the bill in question, and that he had taken it to get
it discounted, in order to meet another bill that was already
due. Roberts, however, instead of doing this, paid it away
to the defendant in part settlement of an account which he
owed to the defendant. It was proved that, a short tale
after he had received the bill, the defendant was infor.ned
of the real nature of the transaction, and evidence was
given to show that he had not satisfied himself as he ought
at the time of taking it, that it was really the property of
Roberts.

The Jury returned a verdict declaring that the transac-
tion was not Lona fide, which was entered as a verdict for
the plaintiff, subject to a motion in the Court above.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—DEc. 12.

CARTWRIGHT V. BACON.

This was an action brought by ;Cie Plaintiff, an under-
taker residing at Bromley, in Kent, to recover from the de-
fendant compensation in damages for an assault.
Mr. PLATT stated the case. The plaintiff and defendant
were neighbours, and both admirers of the manly game of
cricket. His client was a member of the Bromley Club,
and the defendant belonged to the Kent-road Club. On
the 22d of August a match took place at Bromley, where
the plaintiff and defendant met, and words ensued in con-
sequence of some misunderstanding arising out of a bet
which the plaintiff and defendant had made relative to the
skill of their respective Clubs. The defendant, without
giving the slightest notice of his intention, rose and struck
the plaintiff. The result of the blow was a pair of black
eyes, a swollen face, and a broken nose. He therefore
trusted that the Jury would give the plaintiff such ample
damages as would teach the defendant a lesson which be
would not quickly forget.—The Jury found a verdict for
the plaintiff—Damages 101.

How TO CURE A COUGH.—" Well, Mrs. Lana-
gan, did you put the blister on your chest, as you promised,
and did it rise ?" " Why, then, mistress dear, the niver a
chest I had to put it on, but sure and I have a little bit of a
box, and I put it on that, but sorra a rise it rose; and if ye
dont believe me come and see, for it's sticking there still, I'm
thinking."

NOVEL MODE OF PROTECTING GAME.--Part of
the road leading from Whissendine to Melton Mowbray lies
through the preserves of the Earl of Harborough, upon which
about a dozen boys with clappers, horns, rattles, and various
other instruments more noisy than musical, are stationed ; on
the appearance of any person with a gun upon the road, he
is quickly surrounded by this clamorous group, who ply
their various engines with such a vengeance as not only to
frighten the game beyond the shooting distance of the sus-
pected individual, but absolutely to put many of his Majesty's
harmless equestrian lieges in bodily fear. This uproarious
little band is marshalled and disciplined by two men, one
acting as commander-in-chief, and the other as a sort of adju-
tant; if the boys be not in sight of the principal or his assistant
when a stranger appears, they are summoned to the spot by a
sort of stentorian " Yoicks" and " Hallo" that would do credit
to the lungs of a practiced huntsman ; forthwith the uproar
commences, and it continues till the poor persecuted Right is
beyond the limits of the manor.—Lincoln Mercury,