The Sun.
London, England, 1832-06-05 00:00:00

iready to the short debate which preceded the
-hird reading. It would seem as if iqie defeated
iarty were anxious •to distinguish themselves in
ihsurdity When they could no longer distinguish
themselves by doing mi,e;chief. Lord Winchil-
:ea, started at the top of his speed ; but, like
,nest animals sAho do, so, his Lordship broke
down, and left. the question worse than he found
it. Lords HarroWby and Wharncliffe, though
somewhat more subdued, were not a whit more
successful in arguMent. Their lamentations
,vere truly ludicrous. The general joy of the
nation is the best commentary that can be made
upon their sorrows, which. lament the untimely
fate of rotten boroughs and corrupt influence.
But we would refer our readers to the masterly
reply of Earl Grey, if, in addition to the popu-
lar laugh, they wish for the commentary of an
able dissection of puerilities, which, whether
delivered in a tone of fury, or with an affecta-
tion of sagacity and point, are the offspring of
something worse than mere mental incapacity,
unless they flow from that source alone.—
Morning Herald.

The cause of truth and justice has triumphed ;
and nothing but a form is now interposed be-
tween the people of these realms and the full pos-
session of their rights and liberties. The Bill
which secures them, we trust for many ages, has
actually passed both Houses of Parliament, and
waits but the ceremonial of the Royal assent to
become the law of England. To-morrow, it is
said, is the day; appointed for that grand and af-
fecting ceremony. If there be one feeling more
likely than another to engraft itself upon, and
mingle with, the universal exultation of the hour,
it will be envy of that beneficent Sovereign who
has encouraged the labours of a virtuous Mini-
ster, and crowned the desires of a loyal and en-
lightened people by his cordial assistance and
support. Never yet was Monarch set on such
a pinnacle of earthly greatness as William IV. ;
of? William the Reformer," for by that
name only will our present Sovereign be dis-
tinguished to after-times. But if his Majesty
be an object of applause and envy on this vast oc-
casion, What sentiments must they excite, who
now at such a moment of complete, and joyous,
and bloodless Victory, gained by a confederate
King and people over their just oppressors,
would dare to reopen and envenom a wound but
recently closed, and to light up again those flic-
kerings of national distrust or jealousy towards
the Monarch, which the occurrences of two or
three weeks back had provoked, and which all
honest men had hoped to see finally extin-
guished during the Reform reign of King Wil-
ham. Yes—the reptiles begin again to show
signs of animation—they writhe and hiss, when
they can sting no longer. We have already said,
—and we have spoken but the truth—that there
exists a certain Court faction, whose presiding
terror for some time past has been lest the King
should retain his popularity. This faction feels
King William's popularity with his subjects as
if a barbed arrow had pierced their own flesh,
and caused therein a .deep and festering ulcer.
They have sworn to make his Majesty so act,
that he can hope no longer to enjoy the respect
of Englishmen. They have resolved that the
King's disesteem with his subjects shall begin
whilst Lord Grey is his Minister ; and they
trust to the effect of systematic misrepresentation
towards persuading his Majesty that if he be-
comes unpopular during Lord. Grey's tenure of
the Government, his unpopularity must be owing
to Lord Grey. Such a conviction they take for
granted will facilitate the projected overthrow of
the Reform Cabinet, and bring back the Tories,
whose tools they are, into office. Now ,that
the Duke of Wellington's clumsy manoeuvre has
failed, and that the Bill has been carried,--not

by his Grace, but by its original Tramers,-I,Vhat
is to be done ? They move heaven and earth
to dissuade the King from giving the Royal
assent to the Bill in
.person. Why ? Because,
according to the Court etiquette, it is understood
that the King's assent in person implies his
hearty approbation of the measure assented to,
and that the,Royal assent by commission is to
be taken for a proof of the King's personal
repugnance to the measure, and of the official
fiat being given with an hostile animus on the
part of the Sovereign. This, then, is the point
of view in which those who choose to call them-
selves the " Queen's party" would present King
William to his affectionate subjects. They
would exhibit him as in his heart an enemy to
Reform ! Is this madness ?or malignity ?or
treason ? or what is it ? The difficulties are
overcome ; all hope of obstructing the Bill has
vanished,—all hope of deriving advantage from
the rejection of the Bill is at an end. Then,
we ask again, what can those wicked counsellors,
who would .show teeth without the power of
biting,—what, in the Dame of iniquity or dis-
loyalty, can they intend, but to make the King
odious to his people, by a demonstration of
enmity against a measure, in favour of which his
people are unanimous, when that measure has
already passed, and when all further opposition
to it must be fruitless ? The want of principle
displayed by the Court sycophants on this occa-
sion is, in our opinion, the most glaring that
ever disgraced the ignoble race of courtiers.
The King must have_ seen through it.-long ere
now. The want of worldly sense and sagacity
which it exposes we may touch upon at an early
opportunity.— Times.

The public will read with some disgust the
leave-taking with which the famous Reform Bill.
was last night dismissed from the House of Lords
by its inveterate enemies, and certainly will not
like it one whit the worse on that account. One
Noble Lord appears to have said that " the in-
dependence of the House of Lords was gone."
That can only be the fliult of the House of Lords
itself, for the House has been in no degree
altered by any external measure S—its members
are the same as heretofore. Another Noble Lord
is indigtruit that Ministers do not condescend to
offer a reply to the observations of the first
speaker, whilst he says that he had absented
himself from the House " from a sense of in-
tense disgust." Might not Ministers have that
same sense for the speebh which they had just
heard, which the Noble Lord had for proceed-
ings from which he was absent ? If so, their
not deeming it worthy a reply was natural. The
general answer, however, of Lord Grey to all
the charges brought against him, and his defence
of his own conduct in the whole measure, was
complete and satisfactory—inspirit and language
Worthy of the great cause, and of the noble-
minded speaker. The Bill, after being pissed in
the Lords, was taken to the Commons, where
its amendments will be ratified to•day. It
will be observed that the son of Lord Wharn-
cliffe, with true filial devotion, took an oppor-
of showing that he does not wish to be
wiser than his father. Colonel Sibthorpe
ttiu)
on tigyh t
also gave a parting salute to the Bill, with more
energy than grace. We confess ourselves,
however, too much gratified for any strict or in-
vidious criticism.— Titnes.

It is with feelings the most painful that we