The Sun.
London, England, 1835-02-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1835.

iide of C. Sutton, but the votes for his opp:menE
exceeded his-muster by 10. Ttiis, then, is the first triumph
of Principle !—Times. -
If ever there was a moment of which we had occasion to
)a proud, or in which we had reason to rejoice—that mo-
nent—among the many which have occurred in the his-
tory of this journal during the last seven years—is the pre-
sent—the crowning of many triumphs—the implJ..e enting
of many declarations as to the state of votes, and the state
of parties—the proof that we hare dealt honestly by our
readers—in a word, the election of the Right Hon. James
Xbercromby, in spite of all the efforts of the Tory party,
,tnd the rejection, notwithstanding his imploring entreaties,
of Sir Charles Manners Sutton ! We have reason to be
?rood of the triumph on more than one ground—we
ire proud of it personally, because we may say truly,
that with those who directly contributed to it by
their votes, pars magna fuinzus—we are proud of it
is having been the first, if not also the last, to put
the question of the Speakership upon its proper
;round—that of public principle, not of personal fit-
ness—and lastly, we are proud, that there was but an
error of one in the last statement which we gave, as to
the number of members who would vote for Mr. Aber-
cromby—our statement being 315—and the actual votes,
excepting the teller, 316 ! But our triumph is nothing in
our estimation, compared with that which has been
achieved, not for England only, hut for the whole civilized
world. The question which was debated yesterday was
not an English question only—it was, if we may say so, an
eniversal question—its result involved the happiness of
millions, and it has told in their favour. England has at
length got a Reformed Parliament in which it can confide,
For it has, in the language of Lord John Russell, by its de-
cision of yesterday, given " an earnest that it means to set
zealously about the work of Reform—that it is not going to
Teceive the people by mock Reform—and that, with
andoubted lOyalty to the Crown, it is determined to
maintain the privileges of the people "—and Europe
!las got a guarantee that England is still the Polar star to
which the civilized world must, and will, look at its guide
tnd leader in all matters of constitutional Reform, and en-
arged power on the part of the people. The triumph is
indeed great and glorious in every respect. We congratu-
!ate all England—we congratulate all Europe upon it.
The principle of light—of knowledge—of constitutional
freedom, has triumphed over every obstacle, and bigotry,
mperstition, and illiberalism have been, as they deserve to
be, sent to those places from which " there is no return."
The Tories may, as they have threatened, attempt again
to have that from the House of Commons which no crimi-
nal has a right to crave from a jury of his countrymen—a
:second trial ; but they will fail in the second as in the first
—they will again be disgracefully beaten—again will the
liberal Members muster to deepen their degradation—again
will the King be informed, by a vote of the House of Com-
mons, that the people of England have no confidence in his
Ministers. The amendment upon the address will be of
the most liberal character, and secure the vote of every
impartial. independent, and liberal-minded respresentative
of the people.—lif-rzing Advertiser.
The detail of yeiterday's proceedings in the House of
Commons will be seen in our, Parliamentary report. The
result has been the defeat of Sir C. Manners Sutton, by a
small majority of ten. Thus the Whig-Radicals have suc-
ceeded in their first effort to embarrass the Ministry—
whether their second attempt to prevent that " fair trial"
of the new Administration, whose character and intentions
should be tested by their measures only, remains to be seen.
Their success in the present instance will probably em-
bolden them to some more direct act of hostility to prevent
the development of the Ministerial plans of reform. In-
deed, the very circumstance of the present Ministers hav-
ing officially made known their intention of proposing a
large and liberal measure of reform in the Church Esta-
blishment, alarmed the selfish ambition of several of their
Whig opponents, who dreaded the just popularity which
would follow such a measure, not only because of its own
merits, but because it would be an earnest of a liberal and
enlightened course of policy for the purification and im-
provement of other great national institutions. The
Whigs had been in office for four years, and the
abuses of the Church Establishment remained the
same at their departure from as they were at their
accession to office. On this subject, as on many
others, their patriotism evaporated in talk, while they took
advantage in practice of all that was profitable in those
abuses, for the advantage of their relations, sycophants, and
dependents. The catalogue of Church preferments, as to
sinecures and pluralities, under the late government, re-
flected deep disgrace upon a reforming Ministry, and we
hardly want the authority of Shakspeare for asserting that
" facts are stubborn things." Convinced that some demon-
stration of strength ought to be made to drive, if possible,
the Ministers from their post before the King's Speech
should have pledged the Royal word to various measures
of constitutional reform, that portion of the Whigs who
followed the united leadership of Mr. O'Connell and Lord
John Russell " got up," to use a theatrical phrase, the op-
position to the re-election of Sir C. M. Sutton.- They
put forward one who unites in his own person the character
of a Tory placeman and a Whig pensioner, having ac-
cepted a judicial sinecure from the Duke of Wellington,
and obtained a pension of 20001. a year from the Whigs
for resigning that, which, as a professed Reformer,
he ought never to have accepted. We advocate not
the corruptions of either the Whig or Tory party. We
want to obtain justice for the country—we want to see
every burden removed from the overtaxed people that can
be spared ; but while such jobs as we have described are
allowed to be carried into effect for the advantage of either
Whig or Tory, the curse of Jsachar rather than the bless-
ing of Judah will rest upon the people of England—they
will less resemble a lions' whelp than an ass couching be-
tween burdens, The Whig-Radicals having put forward
Mr. Abercomby, what. was the ground upon which they
piofessedly supported him ? It was " public principle."
How did they endeavour to prove that public principle was
the pole-star of their conduct on this occasion ? They at
first attempted, through their Journals, to disparage the
qualifications of Sir C. Manners Sutton and to raise those
of his opponent in comparison. When, however, their own
testimonies in favor of the unrivalled accomplishments of the
late Speaker in the late Parliament were quoted against them,
they could not strike that string any longer without confessing
themselves toile p4her false witnesses in the present instance,
or the most unblushing hypocrites when they uttered those
praises, which, if not founded in conscious truth, were
among the grossest deceptions that a " Reform Ministry "
ever practised upon a credulous public, They fennel It ne,
cessary tl.en tg 4414 that Pir C. Manners Sutton had
every requisite for the Speakership of the House of Com-
mons which could give to that high and arduous office dig-
nity, grace, and efficiency. Even the character for " strict
and undeviating impartiality" in the Chair, which the
Whigs had bestowed on him when they propesed biro as
Speaker of the first lieforWel Parlimueat, could not now
be called in question. What, then, was to be done to ob-
viate the influence which the possession of so excellent a
character and such superior qualifications might produce
upon all that portion of the Liberal Representatives who
were not so far gone in the spirit of faction as to overlook
all such considerations ? It mis micavod to trump up
charges of political misconduct against the late Speaker
when out of the Chair, which would damage his character
in the eyes of many Reformers who would otherwise be
disposed to vote for him ; and when it was found that those
false accusations had done their work—that the public mind
was sufficiently poisoned by their constant reiteration—
then the charges were withdrawn, but so short a time be-
fore the election, that Members, who had been thus in-
duced to pledge their votes against the candidate who was
the object of those calumnies, had not time to reflect upon
the dishonest means by which their yetes bad bean en-
trapped, We acquit Mr, A hers:moray of having at all
participated in or sanctioned so disgraceful a proceed proceeding which reflects more dishonour upon the
victorious party than they could have suffered from
.1 fair defeat. Whoever were the persons who trumped
up those charges, they certainly found ready vehicles
for their circulation throughout the country, in Morn-
ing 5110 Evening. Newsp4pers, fbr the
.course of five or
six weeks, It was only on the evening before the day
of election that one of those Whig-Radical Journals
alluded to the report of Sir Charles Manners Sutton
being able to 'give those charges a complete refutation, and
r."4-'.!!9.,_! that no imputation should be made upon the cha-
racter of that Right Hon. Gentleman, that so the opportu-
nity of (lisp-eying them might not be given. .We ask if
the injustice and influence of faction had ever been displayed
in more glaring colours? We ask for any example of such
conduct upon any former occasion of the contested election
of a Speaker, or, indeed, upon any electimi whatever in
which the electors claimed the title of gentlemen, and were
presuni.od 112R9170;9 1119 Confident We ore
that many of those who voted for Mr. Abercromby were
not tainted with any participation in such dishonourable
proceedings ; not a few were dupes of the disgraceful ar-
tifice which _created those groundless charges and kept
them la yenornoas ekistegeet flying all over the country,
day after day, through coltitilos of the Whig=ltadical
journals, and withdrew them at the eleventh hour, with the
barefaced acknowledgment that they were withdrawn to
prevent Sir C. Manners Sutton having an opportunity of
giving them a complete refutation. It was calculated that
if no charges were made against the Right Hon. Gentle-
man in the jime of Commons, lie could not venture into
the vindication.of his Character 'without appearing to con-
tend with newspaper shadows. But lie found that, phan-
toms of journalism as they were now represented to be,
they had both substance and a sting in their effects upon his
character and the fate of the election. An artifice some-
times practised 'at electiono ;Or 4#eipliera of V4fha-7
meat by the most dishonest partisans, is to raise a I
re-

port of a candidate haNing cheated his creditors or 0 on
something-else disgraceful, and many a man whose char. to-
ter was without blemish, has lost his election by a cabin-I.ly
of this kind, which, although it bore an easy refutation at
the hustings, had already done the mischief which its fans is
cators intended, by driving the prejudice too deeply ir,,z ,
men's minds to be easily got rid -of or suddenly effaced by
any explanation. The baseSt electioneering stratass,ern that
could be resorted to in the case of other electior,s by un-
principled partisans has been successfully employed. to turn
the scale in a contest for the exalted 'office of Speaker of
the Commons of England. Losing his election by such
means must be far less painful to the mind of an hrmourable
man like Sir Charles Manners Sutton, than to 'have suc-
ceeded by the use of such means as have been employed
against him. He may truly say, as a distinguished mai
said before him, who was defeated, but not disgraced—"I
have not suffered the greatest loss—that of honour." Even
Lord John Russell admits, as will be seen front the report
of the debate, that the late Speaker's character was uniin-
peached—and so it was in the House—and so it now is in
the country ; but the mischief of the calumny Lord John
knew was at that time effected, although the calumny
was groundless. Lord John, having disclaimed any
other ground for his opposition to Sir Charles Manners
Sutton than " public principle," chose to quote a precedent
to justify his conduct ; and what a precedent! A Whig
leader, wishing to fortify himself with some Constitutional
authority, opens the book of English history to look for it
—where ? In that chapter which records the acts of the
corrupt, the oppressive, sand disastrous Administration of
Lord North ! He relies upon the successful opposition to
the re-election of Sir Fletcher Norton given by that
Minister ; an opposition conceive" in personal malice, and
rendered successful by a fraud! The Minister, to Carry
his object, was under the necessity of imposing upon the
House by a deliberate falsehood. Since Lord John Rus-
sell chooses to make it a parallel case, we cannot do less
than give him the full benefit of such a precedent. Un-
doubtedly Sir Fletcher Norton is not the only candidate
for the Speaker's Chair against whom fraud and falsehood
haVe been employed by some persons as legitimale weapons
of political warfare. We refer to the speech of Sir
Robert Peel, not- only for the apt and ready answers
which he gave to Lord John Russell's precedents--for
he quoted another one—but for the complete vindica-
tion which be, established of the late Speaker's con-
duct; with regard to the Ministerial appointments, for
one of which it was stated that he had been in-
triguing, and this was one of the charges repeatedly made
against him in the Whig-Radical Journals. Sir Robert
stated that he had applied to the Right Hon. Gentleman
to know whether he was willing to accept office under the
Crown, and the answer which he received was, " I have
served in the Chair for a period of eighteen years, and I do
feel that if I were now to enter the arena of discussion, I
should, after so long a service in the authority of that office,
run the risk of lowering it if I appeared in the House of
Commons as a Member of the Government." The Pre-
mier added that, when lie learned that upon that ground
Sir C. Manners Sutton was not willing to enter into the
service of the Crown, he did not feel it his duty t'S consult
his Right Hon. Friend, either as to the formation of the
Government or its policy. What a mass of columns, built
upon the supposition of such interference, is here thrown to
the ground ! But we forget—the question was not one of
personal considerations, personal character, personal merits, or
personal qualifications—it was one entirely and solely of"pub-
lic principle !" The part which Lord Stanley took in this
debate was worthy his character for high and honourable
sentiments, and an attachment to Constitutional principles,
stronger than any party considerations. He inquired what
the great principle was upon which the opponents of the
late Speaker rested their case ? He clearly showed that
if it meant the having a Speaker whose own political sen-
timents were in accordance with those of the. majority, it
was not the principle which Lord Grey and the Whig
Ministers recognised or acted upon, when they proposed
Sir C. Manners Sutton for the Chair of the first reformed
Parliament. If those Ministers had sacrificed a great
principle placing him in the Chair, well knowing that his
political opinions were not in accordance with those of the
majority of the House, nothing on earth would have justified
them in acting as they had done. But if the circumstances
of that period were so different from those of the present as
to make it necessary to have a trial of party strength with
the existing Government, he thought an act of grosser in-
justice could not' be committed than the taking a decision
upon that point on a question materially affecting the ho-
nour and character of an individual. He emphatically said,
" I appeal to the honour and candour of gentlemen in this
House, when I ask them if it is not an injustice to remove
a Speaker against whom it is not only admitted that there
is no present charge, but who is allowed on all sides to be
pre-eminently qualified for the situation—if it be not an
injustice to remove him for the purpose of ascertaining the
strength of parties." But reason or a sense of justice could
not prevail with those who had made up their minds to
sacrifice both the one and the other to a " great principle."
Therefore the new House of Commons was deprived of one
of the verb ablest Speakers that any House of Commons
ever possessed, without its being possible, in the hour of
conflict., to throw the slightest imputation on his character,
whether in or out of the Chair. But while both the Legis-
lature and the public will have reason to regret this politi-
cal defeat, it has been to Sir C. Manners Sutton a moral
victory.—Morning Herald.
The proceedings of yesterday in the House of Commons
will produce a general feeling of dismay throughout the
country, and we shall indeed be greatly surprised if even
the Whig-Radical party do not speedily turn hack with
affright from what themselves have done. In the Itiory
of Parliament there was never perhaps a' instance in
which the strength of argument and +)e strength of num-
bers were more diametrical]; opposed. But it is unneces-
sary for us to urge this, for it was very candidly admitted
by some of those who degraded themselves by swelling the
Whig-Radictslsmajority. It is now for the country to pro-
nounce whether it -skinks its interests can be safe in a state
of things in which the Members of the Legislature are
compelled to vote in obedience to the mandates of the
more ignorant classes of society, and in opposition
to their own conscientious convictions upon the
most important subjects. The Whig-Radical triumph
of estorday is the triumph of the revolutionary principle
of Parliamentary representation. It is the victory of pa-
rochial clubs and of taproom declamation. It is a prece-
dent which, if it be permitted to run its course, degrades
the House of Commons into an office for the registration of
the decrees of the thoughtless and insignificant persons
who play the part of orators and leaders in the haunts of
local vice and dissipation. We refer to the speech of Mr.
Ferguson for one out of the many instances that might be
adduced in illustration of our assertion, that the House of
Commons, in electing Mr. Abercromby in -opposition to
Sir•charlea Manners Sutton, did not speak the sense or
uphold the dignity, but manifested the folly and exposed
the degradation, of that branch of the Legislature: To
the influence. which we have described of the lower
orders of English electors, acting through the agency
of local clubs, is to be added the numbers which
the O'Connell faction in Ireland brought forward to
reinforce the power of British ignorance and disaffection.
Mr. O'Connell, and the party which surrounds and sus-
tains him, were in fact the prime authors of the whole
proceeding. Sir Charles Manners Sutton was not a Speaker
who filled the Chair in a manner favourable to the purposes
of agitation, From Mr. Abercromby something better
may be expected. Mr. O'Connell may now say with im-
punity to the face of the present House of Commons, what
he only ventured to say of the last House of Commons
behind, their backs. It is remarkable that in the debate of
yesterday the man wilo really got up the question and
deCisled its issue was entirely silent, and that the same.
taciturnity was imposed upon the whole of his En-
glish and Irish followers. Mr. Hume, Mr. Warburton,
Mr. Wakley (from whom a brilliant display had
been expected) even Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey,
who is known to possess the ability of inflicting a
lively harangue upon the House, were so discreet or so
cunning as to hold their tongues. The whole of these
gentlemen yielded to the timid scruples of the Radical-
Whigs. Lord John Russell knew that the success of the
measure depended upon keeping its interior machinery out
of sight. And for some valuable consideration, to be here-
after paid at the expense of the country, Mr. O'Con-
nell agreed to give a silent vote, and to make his
dependants and confederates imitate his example.—
What can 411 this contrivance mean, if it be not
that the Whigs are ashamed to show themselves to
the country in those chains which they have per-
mitted the Radicals to cast upon them, and that the
Radicals have seen it to be their interest for once
to refrain from leading in open triumph the captive
Whigs? The result' of yesterday's debate appears in its
[mopes place ; and deplorable as that result is in itself, it
will appear more so when compared with the discussion
which preceded it. The speech of Sir Charles Manners
Sutton in vindication of his own past cOnduct was all that
the warmest of his friends cqul4 114ve wished. It was calm,
argumentative, dignified, and manly, The Pre-
noer made an earnest and impressive appeal to the good
sense of the House, which could not have failed to decide
its vote upon the question at issue, had not a large propor-
tion of the Members been deprived of the power of exercis-
ing their independent judgment by the authoritative core.-
mond of the persons who elected them i n intent upon
ulterior obiects, with the merit, whether positive or
cemparatisle, of the candidates for the Chair had no con-
nection whatever. The speech of Lord Stanley excited
universal admiration for the cogency of its arguments,
the clearness of its exposures, the point aod ylgonr of its
well-directed sarcasm. To cheep displays of wisdom and of
power there was literally% nothing to oppose. And Mr.
Abercromby is now Speaker of the House of Commons by

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i ()P. nothing, or nothing worthy of attention., having been
iI sait''. in his behalf. Lord anllej' Stuart, of all the mem-
-1-) ars of the :Whig party, acted the most honourable and
manly part He came boldly forward aad said, that not-
I withstanding all She solicitations whieb had been addressed
tc,, him, he would vote, as -his conscience dictatad, in favour
i of the Right -Hon. Gentleman who for eighteen years had
I filled the Chair of that House, 'with great honour to him-
self, and advantage to the publics—M<,rning Post.
(
The good cause has, as we have all along foretold, ob- •
tained a signal triumph. Mr. Abercromby has been chosen '
Speaker by a majority of 10, in a House of 626 members .:
the largest on record. Our readers will see from this, that
we did not speak of the victory of the Reformers as certain,
on ,light grounds. They will now he able to estimate the
salute of the assertions so confidently made by the Times
and., other Tory journals, either without Correct knowledge
or for purposes of delusion. 'Whatever our opinions may
be,, we will never allow them to influence our statements.
Truth ought to be the polar star of the journalist, and we
will never willingly deviate from it to serve a par-
ticular . purpose. • From the sources 'of information
open „to . us, we know that if airy reliance was ta
e''-rilaced.. -On the most positive assuranacs—if bonwar
and honesty had any existence among men—Mr. .Aber_
cromby could not fail to be chosen Speaker. We have
not been deceived. The immense importance of the vote
• of last night will soon be understood. Our readers will
perceive, from our report of the proceedings, and the List
of the Majority, Minority, and Absent, that there divided
in favour of Sir Charles Manners Sutton, not only all those
on whose support the Government can count, but the
Stanley or neutral party, the Trimmers, and several Mem-
bers who are pledged, as Reformers, to oppose -Ministers.
We have thus on one side the whole Tory strength, backed
by all the Neutrals, the Waverers—the source whence alone
Ministers can by possibility add to their numbers—with the
addition of defections from the ranks of the Reformers, front personal and accidental considerations ; and on the other. not the whole strength of the Opposition. The conclusion is
obvious. Ministers cannot possibly carry on the Govern-
ment with the present Parliament. The vote of last night
proves much more than a vote on some particular question,
calculated to gain the votes of the Waverers and Trim-
, liters as well as Reformers, that the country has no con-
' fidence in the present Ministry, that it believes their
professions of reform assumed .for the purpose of decep-
tion, and that the object for which they took office was
to prevent, reform, and to frustrate the hopea of the
people from the Reform Bill. On no conceive*. question
can Ministers hope to obtain so large a division in their fa-
vour ; for of the 32 absent Members, 1):-.,'. are Reformeri,
and only seven Anti-Reformers i and therefore, without
counting on the natural effect Of the vote of last night on
the Waverers and Trinnners, the Reformers have a consi-
derable reserve '.'n the absent Members. The present
wretched
cL . '',,Tinistry, who deluded themselves with the hope
". oeing able to conduct the Government in defiance of the
nation, must prepare for a speedy exit from the scene. To
all lovers of peace and order, who seek reform only through
safe and constitutional channels, the vote of 'last night
must be. gratifying beyond measure. It tells Ministers, in
a language not to be mistaken, that their plans for deceiv-
ing the people have signally . failed. If, unfortunately,
Reformers had been less impressed with the importance of
the first vote of this Parliament, and had suffered the
Tories to gain a victory, the cause of reform might have
received serious injury. Ministers might have been tempted
to pursue their schemes of deception and fraud, the less
decided Reformers might have lost heart ;. and thus, step by -
step, the Tories might have been encouraged to attempt mea-
sures so 'revolting to the nation,that patience under them might
hive ceased to be a virtue, and the consequences might have
been most calamitous. But the sham Reformers must
now give place to real Reformers. Our institutions
will be placed in harmony with the Reform Nil ;
and this great and prosperous nation will no longer
be tormented by the attempts to govern in defiance to
public opinion and to the spirit of the age. Hence-
forward the course is easy and. safe. The Reformers,
confident in their strength, tray laugh to scorn the Tories.
The organs of Ministers are again threatening us with dis-
solution. A correspondent in the a//bion of last night
(the Duke's own paper), under the signature of " mbra,"
tells us that " the present Ministry are not only calmly •
prepared, but steadily resolved to do their duty. It is out
of the question to imagine their abandoning their post with-
out one more distinct appeal - to the people, on the specific
question; ' Who shall be the King r And the Albion,
commenting on this letter, has the assurance to say—
"lt would certainly be a subject of much regret and patriotic -
shame,
that so many Members of Parliament should be found
banded together in the cause of brazen-fronted falsehood, and reck-
less factiousness, as would be necessary to prevent the election of Sir C. M. Sutton. But beyond this—beyond the triumph, of fraud,
impudence, injustice, and gross tyranny, of which such prevention
would be the evidence; we do not see so much reason to dread' deprecate the event as others see. Their judgment may be letter
than ours—their anxiety for the success of the good cause, we are
sure, cannot be greater ; but the opinion we have fon:at(' we shall
not hesitate to declare :—We do not think that under the prudent,
determined, conscientious Government, which ave now trust we
have, that the nation need consider the eleet;.On of a Radical and
palpably inefficient Speaker (should SQ `Anprobable -an event take
place) as the step immediately preced;,ng that which shall put our
necks under the feet of the most tyrannical wretches now existing
in the sphere of British politiP:g—namely, John George Lambton,
Earl of Durham, and Da.a'.el O'Connell.'
Let them venta';re to provoke the indignation of the
country
by 'such an appeal. They have already tried bri-
beryliP:a) intimidation to the extent of their ability ; they
''Nosy what they can hope for from this source ; but if they
think that they can with impunity add the further insult
to the nation of openly attempting to govern by prerogative,
instead of by Parliament, through wearing out the people
by frequent elections, they will find themselves wofully mis-
taken. We treat their threats with scorn. Sir R. Peel dares
not offer this insult to the nation. He cannot be at
a loss to understand the consequence of the vote
of yesterday ; and we are much mistaken if he
have not already determined on the course he is
to take. Lord Stanley's speech, last night, was character-
ized by a total want of tact, good taste,judgment, . and •
proper feeling ; and we may, without hesitation, affirm, that
he threw away all hopes of playing a distinguished part in
these eventful times. It was precisely such a speech as his
worst enemies would have wished him to make ; and if any
thing could add to the regret of his friends, it was the
hearing Sir M. W. Ridley loudly cheering the most
intemperate and absurd passages. We could hardly
have believed Lord Stanley. elm:fable of the spiteful
attacks which he directed against Mr. Abercromby.
However, we do not wish to dwell on the unfa-
vourable side of the picture. The triumph of the people
ought alone to fix our attention at this time. The hypo-
crites and imposters, like foul birds of night, must retire at
the approach of the light of Reform. The nation will
easily shake off its Tory incumbrances, and the cause of
Reform will advance easily and naturally under the gui-
dance of men in whom the people repose confidence. The
enemies of Reform are the enemies of the King ; for they
who would stretch prerogative so far as to bring it into
collision with the constitutional rights of the people, are the
most dangerous advisers by whom a Constitutional King
can be surrounded.—Morning Chronicle.

BASALTIC COLUMNS.—A range of Basaltic. co-
lumns has been discovered on the south side of Ca.irr.earny
in the parish of Connor, three miles N.E. of Antrim.
The columns are as regularly formed as those of 1:1ie Giant's
Causeway—they are in general hexagonal—they incline from
the perpendicular towards the north at an 'angle of about 17
degrees, the columns at either side leanin-6. towards the centre.
The space of ground already opened is about 40 feet in
breadth, and fourteen deep ; the c,.).unms appearing at present
being about 12 feet in height. It is the opinion of a scientific
friend (as far as he could i'ddrre from a hurried observation),
that these columns form. probably part of a great whin dye,
running southward frrJrn the northern shores of Antrim, and
that they will not be found to extend much beyond the width
now exposed to view, either towards the east or west. This
will, in some degree, soon be ascertained. In the mean time
the discovery of such regular basaltic columns so far inland
may form to the geologist a subject of interesting speculation.
—Belfast News Letter.

The most marked traits in the character of Ark-
wright were his wonderful ardour, energy, and perseverance.
' He commonly laboured in his multifarious concerns from Ave
o'clock in the morning until nine at night; and, when consi-
derably more than fifty years of age, feeling that the defects of
his education placed him under great difficulty and inconve-
nience in conducting his correspondence, and in the general
management of his business, he encroached upon his sleep in
order to gain an hour each day to learn English grammar, and
another hour to improve his writing and orthography ! He
uas impatient of whatever interfered with his favourite pur-
suits; and the fact is too strikingly characteristic not to be.
mentioned, that ho separated from his wife not many yrars
after their marriage, because she, convinced that he '.vould
starve his family by scheming when he should have been
shaving, broke some of his experimental models of machinery.
Arkwright was a severe economist of time ; and, awl he might
not waste a moment, he generally travelled with tour horses,
ar.d at a very rapid speed. His concerns in Det:byshire, Lan-
cashire, and Scotland, were so 'extensive and numerous as to
show at once his astonishing power of transacting business and
his all-grdsping spirit. In many of these he had partners, but
he generally managed in such a way that whoever lost he him-
self was a gainer. So unbounded was his, confidence in the
sucecaz of his machinery, and in the national wealth to be pro-
duced by it, that he would make light of discussions on taxa-
tion, and say that he would pay the national debt ! His spe-
culative schemes were vast and daring ; he contemplated en-
tering into the most extensiv'l mercantile transactions, and
buying up all the cotton the world, in order to make an
enormous profit by tile monopoly ; and, from the extravagance
of some of thew' designs, his judicious friends were of opinion
that if ile had lived to put them in practice he might Imo
overset the whole fabric of his prosperity !--.Fropt
History of the Cotton Manufacture.