The Sun.
London, England, 1835-04-14 00:00:00

moiler would have appeared in his place in Parliament,
and moved the adjournment to Thursday, instead of
leaving that task to be performed by Sir Robert Peel.
Nor has any actual further progress been yet made ;
not an account of the difficulty of coming to a de-
cision respecting the persons to he entrusted with
official duties, but on account of the obstacles which
have been met with elsewhere, and which had
to be overcome before any thing in the shape
of regular application could be made in any
quarter. These obstacles have, we have every
reason to believe, been completely, though after a des-
perate struggle, surmounted ; and Lord Melbourne will
now, in consequence, apply himself vigorously, and
we trust wisely, to the task of forming an Administra-
tion. It would be idle to observe at any length upon
the premature rumours upon this subject which are
contained in the evening papers, both Tory and Libe-
ral. The guesses may turn out to be accurate, but
up to a late hour last night nothing had been posi-
tively determined. That Mr. Spring Rice, that Mr.
Poulett Thomson, that Lord John Russell, that Lord
Howick, that Mr. E. Ellice, and others who formed
part of the Melbourne Cabinet, will also form part of
that which is now about to be formed, there can be no
doubt ; but we do most emphatically state that up to
a late hour last night nothing had been definitively
settled, and further, that it is not very likely that
any thing will be definitively known before Thursday,
when it is confidently expected that the arrangements
will be completed. With regard to Lord Brougham
there is every reason to believe that he will be called
upon, as he ought, to resume his former high station,
notwithstanding the prejudices entertained against him
in a certain high quarter. He is not a man, in fact,
to be slighted. The reports respecting Mr. O'Con-
nell's bargain with Lord Melbourne, put forth in all
the Tory papers in the same breath and nearly in the
same words, are undeserving of the slightest observa-
tion. They are downright lies, and have not even the
shadow of a shade of foundation. What number of that
liberal portion of the representatives of the people who
were unconnected with the Melbourne Cabinet, but who
not only supported it, but kept it together, and have since
put their shoulders to the wheel to oust the Tory, and
make way for a more liberal Administration—such as
Messrs. Tennyson, Hume, Bulwer, and others whom
we could readily name—are to form part of the new
Cabinet, remains to be seen. This we would most
confidently and seriously impress on Lord Melbourne
and his colleagues, that there is no chance of their
holding office for six months to come, unless they have
the support of that portion of the House to which
we have adverted. They are egregiously mistaken
if they think that the country is in the same state
of acquiescent expectation as when the last Mel-
bourne Cabinet existed. We believe that the pub-
lic would have remained satisfied with its construc-
tion, and its continuance, if it had been pru-
dently allowed to consolidate its measures at that
time. But since its sudden break up, by the rash
and ill-timed irruption of the Tories, a great " change
has come over the spirit" of the nation's " dream."
What would have satisfied then will not satisfy now—
what would have pleased then will please no longer.
The nation has been thrown for five months into a
state of feverish excitement, which has not only raised
its hopes, but kindled its energies and inflamed its
thirst for thorough and effectual reform. It is equally
a mutter of necessity and of sound policy that its pro-
tracted agitation shall be allayed by the satisfaction of
its just demands ; and the only certain way of satisfy-
ing them is, by the selection of such men as compo-
nent parts of the new Ministry, whose association with
it shall offer pledges to all classes of the British com-
munity that none of their interests shall be neglected.
If this frank and straightforward conduct be not
pursued, the Tories will, after a short time, be again
in power. In that most certain contingency the Li-
berals will not, as during the last laborious months
and hard-fought struggle, be so prompt in again
fighting the battle of the Melbourne Cabinet.
" Hope deferred maketh the heart sick ;" and the
heart sickness of repeated disappointment will quell
all chance of reviving the present excitement. What
must be the consequence ? The Tory Government
which would succeed, having no hold on public opi-
nion, would be swept away by the first gust of public
dissatisfaction, like a " house built on the sands."
" Coming events cast their shadows before," and we
leave to any man of common discernment and fore-
sight to decide, whether the Cabinet which would be
built upon its wreck would not be one of a most un-
compromisingly Radical—not to say, destructive, cha-
racter. " Discite nunc, Reges !"—lllorn. Advertiser.
Both Houses met yesterday, but nothing of import-
ance was done in either, though the expectation was
general that the new Ministry would be announced.
In the House of Lords the Royal assent was given,
by Commission, to the Mutiny Bill and the Marine
Mutiny Bill. Several petitions were presented for the
protection of the Church of Ireland ; and for and
against additional church accommodation in Scotland.
Lord Brougham gave judgment in two cases. In the
Commons, after a great quantity of private business
had been transacted, Mr. Denison presented the re-
port of the Woreester Election Committee, declaring
that J. Bailey, Esq., had been duly elected. Sir It.
Peel stated that he had received an intimation from
His Majesty signifying that arrangements for a new
Government were in progress, but not completed. He
concluded by moving an adjournment till Thursday.—
Morning Herald.
The public will not be much enlightened by what
took place in the House of Commons last night with
regard to the progress made in the formation of a new
Ministry. It will be seen from our Parliamentary
report that the difficulties which we described as
standing in the way of the Ministerial arrangements
had not been overcome yesterday, and that to give time
to bring the slow and painful process of constructing
a Cabinet of Whig-Radical materials to a close,
Sir Robert Peel moved an adjournment of the House.
He merely prefaced the motion by saying that he
" had received an intimation from his Majesty that
arrangements for the formation of a new Ministry
were in progress, but not finally completed, and he
could not, therefore, doubt that the same motives
which had induced the House to agree to a short ad-
journment on a former day, in consideration of incon-
venience to the public service, would induce them to
agree to his motion," which was agreed to accord-
ingly, and the House stands adjourned to Thurs-
day. Had. the Whigs succeeded in breaking. down
Sir Robert Peel's Administration by their own strength,
and upon their own principles, they would have now
comparatively easy work in constructing a Cabinet out
of their own party, but having, for the sake of getting
back into office, abandoned every principle which they
had formerly professed to hold sacred, and having
corn ted the fatal alliance of English destructives and
Irish repealers to promote their ambitious views, they
now find themselves meshed in difficulties of their own
contrivance, which it was much more easy for their
ingenuity to weave than to unravel—nor are they any
longer free agents. They invoked the aid of that evil
spirit of Irish agitation whose iron grasp is now upon
them, and whose price they are called upon to pay.
That evil spirit which ministered to their ambition is
now become their task-master, and they must either
submit to the castigation of the power whose unholy
assistance they invoked, or reduce the Throne to the
state of bondage and humiliation to which they have
subjected themselves. What a difference between the
Whigs of 1688 and of 18351 The former the champions
of the Protestant Church, and of Protestant liberties—
the latter leagued with the bitter and implacable enemies
of both—with English levellers and Romish intolerants,
who hope before very long to be enabled to push aside
their Whig allies altogether, and to scramble into
power over the degradation of the Crown, and the
ruins of the Constitution. Already has the organ of
the party in Ireland, the Popish press, threatened
open rebellion if Earl Grey should be chosen by the
Sovereign to preside over the new Cabinet, because it
is known that the Noble Earl is not so disposed, as
many others of his party, to succumb to the dictation
of the repeal-agitator. " Mr. O'Connell," say the
Whig-Radical papers, " acts in the most disinterested
manner, and keeps himself aloof from all intrigue."
Whoever believes this, must have such a reason for his
faith as Tertullian gave, Credo quia impossibile est.
To a person of such rampant credulity, there would be
nothing incredible in asserting that the leopard can