The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-07 00:00:00

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83—this day at noon.
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THE SUN.

LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1860.

We have now a fair measure of Lord PALMER-
STON'S power in this Parliament, when he is deter-
mined. On the 6th of August, five hundred mem-
bers and more could be summoned together, the
majority to vote that they would not revisit their
constituents, and the minority to show that they
were a formidable body, and also, it may well be,
to inflict retribution, if they could, upon the arch-
offender, Mr. GLADSTONE. But Lord PALMERSTON
saw fit this time to stake his reputation on a vic-
tory. The usual hints were circulated. Of course
the indecorum of open threats was not resorted to,
but there are intimations which can easily be given,
which arouse no resentment, but appeal irresistibly
to fears, and of these it is notorious that they cir-
culated freely. We do not blame Lord PALMER-
STON. He cannot dispense with Mr. GLADSTONE.
Mr. HORSMAN is enough, it would not do to compel
Mr. GLADSTONE to sit by his side. Then, Lord
PALMERSTON has plenty of the fairness, the give
and take of the Englishman, in his composition, and
he felt that he owed Mr. GLADSTONE some compen-
sation for encouraging the Lords to checkmate him
on the paper duty repeal; and also for demanding
£2,000,000 this year, and no one knows how much
hereafter, for fortifications. Lord PALMERSTON
was all right, therefore, as a politician in not driving
Mr, GLADSTONE into "Independent Membership,"
and as a gentleman in resolving to deal fairly with a
colleague.

But if his lordship has such power iu his hands,
what can we say of his not using it on other occa-
sions ? Ir the present case there is not the least
doubt that the unbiassed votes of the House would
have been two to one against the Government reso-
lutions. The matter was confessedly a small one;
uo .class of the community could have suffered by
taking a year for further investigation—unless, in-
deed, Mr. GLADSTONE were right, and that the
trade which asked the delay would have been
sufferers, that .however was surely their business ;
no consideration of revenue was at stake ; there
was no danger of a quarrel with France,
when France, Mr. GLADSTONE said, was willing to
leave the matter as it stands for the present. Even
if Mr. GLADSTONE'S construction of the treaty
were right, for the reason just mentioned, acting
on it -was not a matter of urgency for this year ;
the thing itself was a mere bagatelle in the com-
merce and revenue of the country ; and, under these
circumstances, all the most respectable firms be-
longing to the trade in the country unite to ask,
through Mr. PULLER, a year's grace for considera-
tion and further inquiry. It really seems as if
Lord PALMERSTON selected a question to test the
obedience of his supporters, which should have the
merit of being purely a test—almost the trial of our
species in the days of its innocency. We do not
make the allusion irreverently, but he appears to
haye given the house license to do what they
pleased with all other Government proposals, but
The resolutions to repeal the Customs extra penny
on paper they might not touch, or—they must go
to their constituents. The further parallel is very
tempting, but one side of it is too sacred to be dese-
crated in honour of our Prime Minister.

"0! si sic omnirs"—Had but all been done
thus!
Can this be the same Lord PALMER-
STON who meekly sold the right of modifying
our budget to
the Lords P The same Reform-
ing Lord who did
not put down the factious
delaying of thoeiteoruramTll by the means he used
::o efficiently nmn ay • —or even the same Lord
who allowed the Bankruptcy Bill to be dropped, in
-•tlbmi,.i.sion to Mr. HENLEY'S
determinationphearamernaeonodtufirsnataccoltomaufimrguieechssht:
the battle of gentlemen who, hav
so
choose to live in debt. Surely thegm
landed incomes, and annuitaritaz
• title to a year's graea as the p
rers
trembling for their trade itself. Yet the Commons,
great privilege, the Reform Bill, the Bankruptcy
Bill, all were given up, and very merrily, too, by
Our merry Premier. At last, however, one of his own