The Sun.
London, England, 1835-04-17 00:00:00

LONDON,
FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 17, 1835.

To a question asked by an Hon. Member last night
in the House of Commons, respecting the formation
of the Ministry, Lord JOHN RUSSELL replied that
various communications of a preliminary nature, and
confidential character, had taken place between his
MAJESTY and Lord MELBOURNE ; and added that
he did not think the Noble Lord would, before Satur-
day, be able to say that he was definitively authorized
to submit to his MAJESTY a list of the Members of
a new Administration. Such, it seems, is the state of
the negociation (for negociation it really is) between the
KING and the Premier. It is stated on good authority
that when the main difficulties which stood in Lord
MELBOURNE'S way had been surmounted, and matters
were proceeding to a satisfactory termination, the
Tories took the alarm, and the pestilent influence of
the anti-national faction began to be felt. Claims
were advanced, and conditions proposed, which they
knew would be rejected by Lord MELBOURNE, or if
admitted, would have given them the means of thwart-
ing and controuling his measures. In either case their
own return to power is the end in view—in the former
case, immediate—in the latter, not so speedy, but quite as
certain.

This may seem strange after the proof they have
exhibited to the nation and to the world that they
are incapable of conducting the public affairs, though,
on the confession of their chief, they have had the
" fair trial" for which they clamoured so loudly, and
which they said, was all they wanted. But power
and pelf on any terms have ever been the maxim of
the Tories. It is, as Shylock says, the " badge of all
their tribe."

" Get wealth and power, if possible, with grace;
" If not, by any means get wealth and place,"
is the motto inscribed on their phylacteries, and en-
graved on the posts of their doors. If they succeed in
their endeavours to prevent the formation of a new
Government, they intend to try another dissolution,
hoping, by means of bribery and intimidation, to
add so many to their present motley supporters in
the lower House (no additional corruption is wanted
any where else) as may turn the scale in their favour !
Madmen ! They little dream of the consequences
that would inevitably result to themselves—not to
mention national interests which they cannot appre-
ciate—from the daring attempt to stake the KING'S
Crown on the success of so hazardous an experiment!
While this underhand back-stairs work is going on
within doors, their allies without are co-operating in
the cause, by giving it out that Lord MELBOURNE
has failed in his endeavours to form an Administration
for want of materials. It need not be shown how
much they would rejoice could they persuade them-
selves that their statement was true, but they know
too well there is not a particle of truth in it, and
therefore it is that they assert it so confidently. Those
who will take the trouble to read the declaration made
by Lord JOHN RUSSELL last night, will see that the
obstacles to be overcome are quite of a different kind,
and have no reference to the selection of individuals to
fill the various offices of the Government.

Lord MELBOURNE will, we sincerely trust, steadily
persevere in the course he has adopted. The Noble
Lord may rest assured, that if he submits to any con-
ditions, by which his efforts in carrying out to their
full extent the principles of the great Charter of Bri-
tish liberty shall be counteracted or neutralized, his
fate is inevitable, and both he and his associates, be they
who they may, will fall ; they will fall, too, unregretted by
the people of England, and despised by the very men
by whose artifices their ruin will have been accom-
plished.

After an unimportant debate of five days' continu-
ance, theTreneh Chamber of Deputies has approved
of the principle of the project of law for the indemnifi-
cation of the lin:ted of America ; or, to use
the Parliamentary language of this country, the bill for
the payment of the twenty-five millions of francs has
been read a first time. The Paris Journals of Wed-
nesday are filled with reports of the speeches delivered
on Tuesday evening, when the debate was brought to
a close, although the President informed the Chamber
that these were fourteen names on the list of orators
who had not then been heard, and who were most desir-
ous of ascending the tribune. This announcement only
increased the impatience of the Chamber. Every at-
tempt to procure a hearing for those who had not
spoken was met by shouts and vociferations, so that
the PRESIDENT was obliged to put the question,
when the original motion was carried by a large majo-
rity. The further consideration of the Bill in detail
was fixed for the sitting on Wednesday, when it was
expected that several important amendments would be