The Sun.
London, England, 1832-05-19 00:00:00

more signally exempl fled than in the unhappy vindication
of Lord Lyn,!horst by Sir Ro'q.rt Peel. T:.is man—who
we are proud to ,ay is neither Emzlislonan, Scorchman, nor
irkhman—nay, nor even s British rolon,st, but a native of
Bo t n, Alassachwetts. an I a political di,grmee to a free
country, the place of hie hirh—has been protn.sted from
the humblest rate of I.leheians, and, by the craft of his
profession, reached his stimmiz and rank in the Peerage,
having been the representative of rotten borong,s in the
Hou•e of Commons, and never honoured by the represen-
tation of free constituents! Such is the real ch racter of

the prime mover of the late disrracefol msnceuvren and
party machinations—of John Copley, commonly called
Baron Lyndhurst. On a former discussion of the It.form
last year, Lord Lytul',ur,t intimated that he had never
been ino,ula,ed wirb the opinions of Parlidmentary Re-
form ! If his Lordship's memory was tueach,rotv, tb,
recollections of the old Members of the Midland Circgit,

and of m ,ny living persons, ancient friends of the (Noble)
Baron, are by no meals so evanescent. Lord Lyndhurst
was a violent Reformer in the pure days of his early
years, although he has forgotten, in the words of Mr. Fax,
" to realize the opinions of his youth in the maturity of
age." After a bargain with the late Lord Castlereagh—
whose politierl man-traps were particul it ly ingenious—
Sir John Sznyhton Copley became the bitter opponent of
tl e Catholic claims, condesoending to borrow, unacknow-
kdged, the " pamphleteering slang " of Dr. Phillpotts!
The seals of the high st judicial office in the State sulriv-
quently reconverted Baron Lyndhurst to his original opi-
nions on that great question, and with dexterous facility
the plastic and supple lawyer again wheeled to the right
shout, under the command of the Duk, of Wellington.

Saved by the Whig Ministry, to their discredit, from the
necessities of a small retiring pension as Ex-Chancellor,
he w4s exabed to the high office of Chief Baron of the
axehequer ; and the gr ,vity and di-interest, dness of an
English Judge have been used in the extramd,n try (and
yet untold) Court intrigues of the last three months! This
is the public man whom Sir Robert Peel—Joseph Surface
like—v,,lunteers to defend ; and "for whom, notwithsotod-
ing all the calumnies directed aginst him (Lord Lyndhurst),
lam bound to avow that I entertain the sincerest admi

ration for his talents, and esteem for his character !"
The "public char icier" of Lord Lyndhurst ! The
standard of public character has indeed sunk low, during
the extraordinary events of the last ten days; and when
all the secret history of yesterday is reve ded to Wale
view, the co, itry will, indeed, be astonished. Nor can
we pass over unnoticed the part played by Sir Robert
Peel, who, now the mine is sprung under the intriguers.
takes credit to hims If for the honour of standing afar off
from the Duke of Wellington. We recrrllect a story of a
former coach proprietor of the Belle Sauvage, an evange-
lical Saint, who refused to allow his own horses to his
Brighton coaches on a Sabbath, but hired cattle from

a friend. Lrd Lyndlit,:st complains of the scorpion
lash of tie Press, and has been for tonnti,s assailing the
motives and Reform measures of the Cabinet—reviling
the Reformers, and (buying the pub:ic interest in the pro-
posed amendment of the representation which Sir Robert
Peel and Lord Lyndhurst now assert must be conceded to
the force of the public voice ! The history of political
parties happily does not record a similar example, end the
retirement of Lord Lyndhurst to his judicial and domestic
duties will be fully appreciated.—Morning Chronicle.

We may now, we hope, congratulate the nation that the
success of the Reform Bill and the preservation of public
order have keen finally secured,—that the great object on
which the people have set their hearts for the last eighteen
months is at last within their re ach,—and that their owii
admirable firmness and resolution in supporting; an honest
and literal Government. have made the attainment of
their essential rights consistent even with the personal
safety of their enemies, and the respect due to established
laws. Last night, the Miniverm of the Crown in both
Houses of Parliament announced, in language which must
spread joy throughout the empire, that having now, from
the means placed at their disposal, " a coriVent expect I-
tion" of being able to carry the Bill, without a diminution
of its efficiency, they had agreed to return to office. It
is perfectly obvious that in the circumstances in which
the Ministry is placed with respect to the Bill, they can
sound " their confident expectation" of carrying it, in
the face of the present hostile majority of the Lords, in
only one of two ways,—either by the exercise of the Royal
prerogative to create Peers in order to turn the balance in
their favour, or by an understanding with their adversaries
that they will retire fiom the field, or withdraw their op-
position to the points which the country declares to be es
sential. Probably the known permission to employ the for-
mer means of success is expected to render the latter suf-
ficiently effectual. By exhibiting some empty seats or
some unused proxies, on one side, it is hoped that no ne
cessity will exist for a reinforcement of new Peers on the
other. But such an assurance ought to be founded on the
most positive pledges, and always accompanied with the
remedial power of exercising the prerogative should these
pledkes on any occasion be forgotten or violated. The
late disgraceful stratagem, by the effect of which the
country is now agitated,—the stram;e coalition formed to
defeat the Bill that the " tame Elephant's" project might
supply ire place,—the duplicity exercised towards the Mi-
nistry by those who supported the second rt ading and op-
posed the chief principle of the measure in committee,—
the eagerness with which certain persons grasped at place
on condition of helying all their former professions, whet
the King was left " alone,"—combine to make us exceed•
tngly di-trustful of Tory engagements on points opp 'sod
to their int.ere-ts, their pride, or their passions. It wont!
he impossible to enter into a regular negotiation with
them for securing their absence, but something more than
a mere rinders,ood stipulation should be required.
" I would I had your bond : for I perceive
A weak bond holds you : I'll not trust your word."
Last night, in the House of Lords, all the opposition
speeches, with the exception of that of the Archbishop of
Yo: k, were as intemperate, unconciliistory, and inflam-
matory as ever. His Grace admitted the violent character
of those delivered on the previous evening, and sufficiently
described the off ct which they were calculated to produce
on the country, by declaring that their influence on his
nerves was so great as to prevent Fenn from addressing th
House in explanation of his late conduct. The venerable
Prelate would appear, from that explanation, to have been
taken in by the cunning of the anti. Reform party on the last
division, as he now declares himself disposed to grant th.
lull extent of the disfranchisement clause, which was os-
tensibly only postponed, t ut which was really defeated. by
the vote of Monday, the 7th instant. The most R• v.
Prelate was followed by the Duke of Rutland, an elderl)
man with a puerile understanding, who, as in
duty bound, battered the Bill with ancient examples
and school-boy quotations. His Grace, who has
of course no family or personal interest in the main-
tenance of existing abuses in the representation, per-
ceives revolution in Reform. He therefore very con
sistently praised the King for being a Reformer, and
the Duke of Wellington for resistinz Reform, and both
tor being opposed to the creation of Peers. Two thing-
sad excited ins admiration in the late negotiations about a
change of Ministry,—the conduct of the King, and the
conduct of the Duke of Wellington.
God bless the Regent and the Duke of York."

After Eirl Grey had given his explanatory btatement in
,Answer to a question from the Earl of Harewood, thi
House was successively addressed from the Opposition