The Sun.
London, England, 1832-03-30 00:00:00

,ingle Peer opened his mouth in favour of the
.vavering policy but the two leaders, who, if they
have any troops under their controul, have no,
managed them judiciously on the present occa•
sion. Declarations of adhesion to a political
party are a tower of strength, which we should
imagine the two Noble Lords in question are
sufficiently old Parliamentary taticians not wil-
lingly to have neglected. For our own parts we
are fully convinced that no Tory Peers will be
found to follow in the tortuous and dangerous

path marked out by Lords Harrowby and Wnarn-
elide, and for this. plain reason. The Re.
formers both in and out of Parliament declare,

with one accord, that they will not allow
the slightest modification in the leading enact-
ments of the Bill, and that they will consider
any such change, if effected, a virtual rejection
of the measure. We say, then, it is not possible
that any Peer, with this fact before his eyes, will

f.illow the example of Lords Harrowby and
Wharncliffe in voting for the second reading
with the view of destroying the Bill on a subse-
quent stage. But, independently of the sense
of rectitude and honour which must deter them

from such a course, they well know that they
will get no thanks whatever in return for their
dishonesty. On the contrary, the Radical
party will feel and will evince far deeper resent-
ment against those who shall insult them by a
fallacious and hypocritical shew of support, than
against the men who have fairly and openly
opposed them. The Waverers, in short, will lose
the esteem of their friends without in any degree

conciliating their enemies. Can we be wrong,
then, in asserting that they are but three in
number ?—Morning Post.
The exhibition of the six conspirators at
Marlborough-street (one of whom, by tl►e bye,
was bathed in tears) was no doubt irresistibly
ludicrous. We are vet a great way from that
,tate of things in which authority has anything
to dread from resistance. Better subjects can-
not be conceived than the English. They are
fond of talking, and fond of drinking and
smoking their pipes. They are accustomed to
think aloud ; and the Government must be rery

negligent of its duty which is not aware of the
subject of their thoughts. A conspiracy known
only to a dozen of people, in a town of a million
and a half of inhabitants, cannot be very formi-

midahle. Eut this population, so peaceably di,-
posed, so obedient to the laws, who posses
habits of such value to any tiovernment, may
be driven by a series of blunders in politics to
extremes of vthich they themselves are not in the
least aware. Let but the Anti-Reformers have
their way for a while, let disappointment take the
place of the present hopes of a favourable issue—
let but the Duke of Wellington attempt to
coerce the nation, which he has already in-
sulted by his declarations—and the same change
will take place in the character of the English
people which has taken place in the character of
every other people under similar circumstances. In
that most instructive work, the Souvenirssur
Mi-
rabeau (Recollections of Mitabeau), by the late
M. Dumont, of Geneva, we have a striking de-
scription of the easy transitions by which the
effeminate (flasque) and indolemt population of
Paris became in a short time ready for all sorts
of desperate undertakings. The moment sus-
picion began to he entertained of the good faith
of the Court, " The people (says M. Dumont)
became alarmed, suspicious, easily moved, and
all that the Court could do in the sequel could
never re-establish confidence. Such was the
true origin of that ardent fever which was care-
Cully fed by two sorts of men—the factious and
the timid The

day of the Royal sitting I was at the Palace, to
see the magnificent procession pass along.
recollect the hostile and triumphant looks of
several persons who repaired to the chateau, the
victory seemed to them already decided ; I saw
the Ministers leave the King ; they wished to
appear tranquil, their emotion was visible in spite
of them ; the attitude of the Count I)'Artois was
full of haughtiness ; the King appeared sad and
downcast; the crowd was great and the silence pro-
found. When the Kingascended hiscarriage, the
rolling of the drums and the clangour oftrumpets
were heard, but no applause from the people, no
God save the King ; fear alone repressed the mur-
murs ; at length the vast body put itself in
motion ; all the Royal Household, the Guards,
the Officers, the Cavalry, all proceeded towards
the Hall of the States-General, where the three
orders united, suspicious of each other, awaited
impatiently with a mute indignation the result
of this great day." But soon the pride of these
haughty Nobles was humbled. When the cur-
rent of public opinion sets strongly in any direc-
tion, it is madness in any separate order to op-
pose it. The means of execution are wanting.
A Government can only be strong through the
people, and never long by setting the people at
defiance. Let the silly rash Nobles and Priests
of this country, who count on insulting the
people, take warning by the events of other
times and other nations. The six conspirators
practising the broad sword exercise in a loft,
afford matter for laughter ; but tragedy some-
times follows as well as precedes farce. There
are materials in England which events may
mould into any shape.—Morning Chronicle.
The case oftlle six military spirits who under-
went examination at the Marlborough-street
office, on Wednesday, appears to have produced its
natural effect upon the minds of all reflecting
persons. In truth, nothing could be more
idiculous than the figure which these poor crea-
tures cut, with wooden swords in their hands,
and wooden heads on .their shoulders. [hat
their belligerent propensities were not very strong,
notwithstanding their having been armed cap-a•
pie in timber, may he inferred from the readiness
with which they surrendered to the Government
forces—a few policemen. Whatever deeds they
might have come!r plated, certain it is they
looked very lit.le like heroes. Sir John
Falstaff would never have marched through
Coventry with them. Still, however, courage
is not always painted in the face, and, per-
haps, if the superintendent of the T division
had not luck ity overheard their manoeuvres
before they got the word " march,' some
of the bakers' shops in the neighbourhood
alight, by this time, hive satiated the hunger of
revolution. But this exhibition, with all its folly,
suggests some serious reflections. We oppose
the present Government, and every Government,
when we find them doing wrong, and many are
the opportunities which they give us of asserting
our independence by our dissent. It is but justice,
however, to the present Ministry to observe that
in treating the fools, at whose expense the public
have been laughing, with contemptuous neglect,
they have given a proof of wisdom and humanity
not always the characteristic of statesmen. There
are Governments in this world—there have been
Governnients in this country—who would have
chuckled with delight to have caught a set of
idiots
or
i any pranks which might be con-
strued encouraged into treason. It may be good
engaged
policy in despotisms which exist by fear to