The Sun.
London, England, 1832-06-02 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS

The faction was, as usual, at its dirty woik
list night.- Lord Milton had given notice of a
motion on the corn laws for Wednesday next.
which the Tories in their wisdom had persuaded
themselves was likely in some way or other to
embarrass the Administration. How or why
it was to be so, is not very discernible by ordi-
nary persons, but drowning men catch at straws,
and this luminous idea having entered the noddle
°love of the Conservatives, waseagerly acted upon
by the party. Accordingly, when Mr. Hume took
occasion to request the Noble Lord to abandon
his intention upon the very reasonableand very (we
should think) intelligible ground ofits being inex-
pedient to agitate a great question of this nature at a
period of the session when no practical result
could by possibility be expected, up start half a
dozen of the faction, and earnestly implore him
by no means to consent to anything so fatal.
Taking on themselves to answer for the people,
from the circumstance; we suppose, of their re-
presenting no fraction of them, they inform the
House that the most violent excitement prevails
through the country upon this important sub-
ject. " Talk of Reform, cry they—alarm, ex-
citement, agitation, there is none on that sub-
ect—it is past, gone by, overwhelmed by re-
action ; but on the promised motion on the
Corn Laws, to be made by an independent
Member, utterly unconnected with the Govern-
ment, and in whose opinions there can be no
novelty, the eyes of twenty-four millions of our
countrymen are fixed, and if you disappoint
their hopes, you are indeed guilty." Fortunately
the bait was too gross, the trap too open. Lord
Milton, though not made of very malleable stuff,
had the good sense to yield to the advice of his
friends, and to resist that of his enemies, and by
withdrawing the notice he had given, leaves the
actors in this miserable plot to the reflection
that they had shown their teeth, and spit their
dirty venom in vain. To complete their humi-
liation, Lord A lthorp declared, in answer to
some • wretched sneer, implying that the
Government was- anxious for the postpone-
ment of the motion, that really so far
from the matter being one which could em-
barrass him, it must be perfectly indifferent, since
he considered it so inexpedient to agitate the ques-
t;on at the end of a Session, that had it been
brcught forward, be should have declined deli-
vering any opinion upon it. Poor miserable
creatures ! how low are the Tories fallen, to be
reduced to such shifts and tricks as these ! And
do they really think, that by attempting to raise
a cry for one interest or another, by striving to
set the agriculturist against the manufacturer,
by emitting base insinuations, that the Bill, the
object of all their hate, may benefit one more
than the other, do they believe that they will find
anv portion of any interest weak enough to con-
fide in them ? We tell them no. Their day
is gone, irrecoverably gone ! The time is pass
when this game can be played with advantage.
The eyes of the people are opened. The twad-
dle of the past century, whether stammered forth
by some county Sir John Brute, or distilled into
more refined nothings by a Joseph Surface, will
no longer pass current. The people will no
longer be played off one against the other, in
order that these pseudo-patriots might fill their
own pockets, and it is vain for them to strive
against their destiny, which has declared that
heir day is gone by.—Morning chronicle.
The report of the Committee on the Reform
Bill was received last night in the House of
Lords, and the Bill thus brought to the thresh-
hold of the third reading, which is fixed for
Monday. Lord Northampton threw out a hint
of the propriety of some clause in the present
Bill, or of some separate Bill, to relieve Mem-
bers of the House of Commons, appointed to
office during the sitting of Parliament, from the
necessity of appealing to their constituents. The
suggestion seemed to meet wi.h the approbation
of Lord Grey. If we foresaw any difficulty in
the election or re-election of persons invested
with office, we think it would he better to adopt
the French plan, and admit all Ministers, by virtue
of their office, and during their office, to a sit-
ting in both houses; firr the plan suggested
by Lord Northampton would only remove
half the inconvenience, supposing inconve-
nience to arise. But we are convinced that
all apprehensions of this sort are perfectly
chimelical. In France, where, since the resto-
ration, there have been as many Administrations
ea there have been years, where scarcely one of
the many Administrations has been decidedly
popular, either in the Chamber or in the nation,
vet in no one instance has it been necessary to
'resort to the power conferred by the charter. No
?ttiiniiiter, popular or unpopular, has failed of
securing a seat by the usual method of election.
In England, with the immense patronage which
must, even under the strictest system, belong to
a Government, it is preposterous to suppose
that about a dozen gentlemen, with the average
pre.tensions, should be rejected as unworthy
of a seat in Parliament, because, in addition
to the usual qu.ilifications, they are invested
with great political power. In our humble
jodgment, the supposed case is an impossible
one but should it ever arise, a Parliamen-
tary provision, such as we have alluded to,
and comprising about a dozen lines, would im-
mediately remove the difficulty. In the House
of Commons an attempt, characteristic enough
ot its authors, was made by the Opposition
gentry to force Lold Milton forward with his
motion upon the corn laws, which his Lordship
had declared an intention of postponing to some
future time, lest it might embarrass the Govern-
inept. The same reason, of course, operated
Dim: the Tory faction to compel, by fair means
or foul, the immediate discussion of that im-
portant subject. We can hardly suppose their
,eagerness to have arisen from any sudden change
of wind upon the corn question, seeing that the
same temptation to " turn their backs upon
hemselves ' dal not offer, as that under which
he virtue of the poor Duke of Wellington had
given way upon the measure of Reform. No
change of Ministry rose to view last night.—

The last seal has been put to the calamities
of the Polish people—not of the Polish nation,
for that is no more. When the A utocrat of
Russia dashed his pen across the treaty of Vienna,
to which England and France were parties, he
insulted England and France, and neither of
those Powers can put up with such contemptuous
treatment from the haughty barbarian and pre-
serve their honour ; but Poland, although de-
stroyed by that act as a nation, maintained her
honour unbroken. That pliant people struggled
with the colossal power that oppressed them,
with an energy and heroism which excited the
astonishment of all Europe. Had our Govern-
ment and that of France insisted upon the
olitervance of the principle of neutrality on
the part of Prussia, there can be little doubt
thud the struggle for liberty in Poland against
the resources of the Russian empire would

lions of fl,irits for the expenses of the army, a lung
debate ensued on the note, dated the 11th day of May,
signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, which has
appeared in the French and other journa's, but which M.
Van de Weyer did not think proper to deliver to the Con-
ference, though it was sent to hin fur that purp.are. M.
de Muelenaere really re4retted the pub ishing of his note,
and wished it had not been deliver-rd. M. Van de Weyer
had, howeVer, in consequence of instructions sent him,
drawn up, and addressed to the Conference, a note, in
which, besides urging, as he had been ordered, the points
relative to the debt, he had anticip ited the principles laid
down in the note of Ilth May, viz., the execution of the
treaty of 15th November, in ail the points susceptible of
being executed without controversy, the evacuation of the
territory, the navigation of the Meuse, the evacuation
f the citadel of Antwerp, and the fortifications
en the Scherlt. Thur the note presented to the
Conference was not confined to a pecuniary demand,
but already dwelt on the subjects treat.d of in the note
of the 11:h of May, which mry have misled our envoy
with respect to the use he should .make of the latt. r.
The Chamber was satisfied with the frank explanation of

the Minister, but as it seemed uncertain whether the Mi-
nisters who have offered their resignation to the King will
remain in tiffi, e, as they declared they would retire unless
the note was presented, the debate was adjourned till Mon-
day, the Chamber havinz reso:vrd not to pass the vote of
credit WI it has the positive assurance that the note of the
11th of May was presented to the Conference, which is
the mere necessary, as no answer hid been returned to the
preceding note, relative to the debt —Brussels Papers,
May 27.

THE WEATII ER.—During the last few days
a very sudden transition of tempenture has taken place,
and a war ofth, characteristic of summer, has been expe•
rienced. The change has had a favourable effect on
very species of vegetation. T, e calmness of the atmo-
sphere has also been favourable to the operations of the
fishermen. A few herrings have been brought into this
port, the first of the season, and sold at a liberal price.
Some remarkably Ee mackerel have also hem caught to
h.!. westward, and brought into this port, where t!.ey
scree disposmi of with great facility, at from 3d. to Cd.
rich Mitelgavea Herald.