The Sun.
London, England, 1835-02-02 00:00:00

LONDON,
MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1835.

The momentous importance attached by the Tories
to the election of a Speaker, is a sufficient indication
of the influence which the first decision of the new
House will cast upon their political fortunes.
Neither their drivelling adulation of the pet of their
fancy, nor their sneers against his selected opponent,
are now of the slightest value. The Reformers have
dexterously repudiated all notion of " personal prefe-
rence ;" it is with them a question of " principle," and
upon it alone, try as the others may, to talk it down,
will the issue be determined. The course thus adopted
of making it an affair of principle was judiciously
planned, because it will give full force to the declara-
tion of resistance without carrying with it that dash of
censure upon royal proceedings which an opposition to
the address would in some degree conve).
We fear, however, that the intention of the Re-
formers in this respect will be frustrated. Already
has the first signal-gun of Tory distress been actually
fired ; thus yet early have been expressed certain omi-
nous doubts of Sir CHARLES SUTTON'S " conde-
scending to allow himself to be placed in competition
with such a person as Mr. ABERCROMBY." What
this portends, but that Sir CHARLES will decline the
contest at the instigation of his party, it would be
difficult to conjecture !
Sir ROBERT PEEL has, ere this, had sufficient

time, if not to " count noses," at least to sum up
probabilities, and the balance he must pretty
clearly see stands on the wrong side of his

ledger. 'Will he, then, in this extremity, attempt
to conciliate the Reformers by accepting the
man of their choice, and allow Sir CHARLES to
creep out of the dilemma and into the Peerage, with-
out doing battle ? Such a result is very far from im-
probable. But will the Reformers consent to be con-
ciliated by such a stratagem ?—They cannot.
That the Government will endeavour to uphold
themselves in place, by every available means in their
power to employ, we cannot doubt. They know too
well the value of their fortuitous position, to relinquish

t easily. If they find that they cannot successfully

oppose the hostility of their opponents by the power
of force, they will endeavour to soothe down the aspe-
rities of rancour, and make up for the deficiency
of- their own might, by allaying the violence of
their enemy. But will the Reformers be thus
enervated—will they allow their strength to become
thus emasculated ? If there be any truth in honour,

this cannot occur. Upon whatever question of " prin-
ciple" the trial of powers is to be made—whether upon
the Speakership, or the Address—the Reformers must
act unitedly and consistently, to act effectively. The
great object of the Tories will be to bring the votes
on the question to the nearest possible level in point of
numerical strength :if they can effect this—be it by
cozening, coaxing, vague promises, false hopes, sow-
ing dissensions among the adverse party, or whatso-
ever other means, no matter—they are saved.
The only effective overthrow to their hopes can
be secured but by a majority which shall admit
of no misinterpretation ; to attain this triumph the
Reform Members must be resolute M their
opposition to a man—vacillating under no pre-
text—faltering- in no particular—hesitating on no
doubt—bnt steady, united, and unrelenting in their
resistance upon the simple question of "