The Sun.
London, England, 1835-02-26 00:00:00

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usual gravity ; even Mr. Litton—the sempiternally
Litton—looked like a man that had forgot to smile ; and a certain
company, lately imported into London, might have found an admi.
rable " Substitute for Indigo," in the length and breadth of Mr.
Blackburne's face. There was no disguise about them. They were
all true blue. Although a letter from Mr. Shaw, anticipating the
disastrous event, had been handed about a few days before, protest-
ing against the question of " Who shall be Speaker ?" being inter-
preted as " Who shall be Premier ? " it was felt all along that the
life of Toryism depended upon the issue. " Manners makes the
Man" was the test by which the length of Sir Robert Peel's tether
was to be tried ; and too surely has the result convinced every in-
telligent Tory that the man must soon follow his manners into
the shade.
The Evening Packet, a free-spoken Tory journal, most truly
views the matter in this light. The editor sees nothing for it but
a dissolution, or a resignation of Ministers. Ministers will hardly
try the first part of the alternative. It were bootless as well as
highly dangerous to venture—and, therefore, after allowing them-
selves a reasonable time for blustering and gasconade, they must
choose the latter. The pill is a bitter one ; but they will never be
required to swallow it again. This is their last exit. Whether it
shall happen immediately, or this day three months, is still probably
a question for their own discretion. But the decree has gone forth,
and is irrevocable.
To describe the joy and exultation of the popular side, on the
decision of the Commons, would be impossible. It is more general
and more intense than any sensation which has been caused by a
political event, since the formation of the Reform Ministry under
Earl Grey. The insolence of the dominant party had created ap-
prehensions which it was difficult to repress; because we saw
them rash and confident, we thought they had reason to be so, for-
getting their imperious character and the boastful arrogance by
which they had been so long used to practise successfully upon the
popular mind. Even their own adherents were cruelly deceived,
and many of them in a manner which they cannot soon forgive;
having been induced to lay wagers at long odds upon the event, as
a thing placed beyond all doubt or fear. I happen to know a poor
fellow who betted ten to one in sovereigns on Sir Charles, on the
strength of the after dinner braveries he had heard discoursed at
the table of a military friend of the Duke. Several have been bit
in this way to a heavy amount ; and it is not even expected that
the treasury will clear their books.
It is a singular fact, which shows how seriously the blow has af-
fected their party, that an Express, announcing the election of Mr.
Abercrombie, was received in Dublin on Friday night ;—but it was
not made public. The proprietors of the Evening Mail, confident
of victory, had promised t. publish an extra number of their paper
and forward it at their own expense, as soon as the intelligence
should arrive ; but the disastrous event was carefully suppressed.
The morning papers of Saturday had not a syllable of it. One of
them, the Morning Register indulged in gloomy forebodings of
the defeat of the popular candidate, twelve hours after the true state
of the case was known at the Castle and in the Tory circles. This
concealment, more than anything else could do, demonstrates the
consternation into which the rejection of Sir C. Manners Sutton
has thrown them. They are, in fact, au desespoir, and Lord Had-
dington, who has taken his departure, will most probably remain in
London, to superintend the disposal of his own proxy.