The Sun.
London, England, 1835-02-14 00:00:00

TIIE SUN, LONDON, SATUR DAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1835.

ing Post.
From positive assurances we know that Mr. Aber-
cromby's election by a considerable majority is a mat-
ter of certainty. The Tories have, from the first,
drawn largely on their invention with regard to defec-
tions from the Whigs. In some cases they have been
sufficiently imprudent to name individuals, which has
generally called forth an indignant contradiction. Thus,
for instance, in this day's Chronicle, appears a letter
from Mr. D. W. Harvey, giving the he to the asser-
tion that he intended to vote for Sir Charles Sutton ;
and with respect to the alleged intention of Mr. Ten-
nyson to be absent on the 19th. A letter from Mr.
Barker, in our columns, distinctly states that it is the
intention of the Right Honourable Gentleman to be
in his place on the 19th. The Times and Standard
must count largely on the gullibility of their readers,
when they gravely connect the Repeal of the
Union, with the success of :the Reformers. The
first of these Journals gravely states, that the
Whigs " could not carry on the Government,
without the aid of O'Connell and his crew, with-
out having for a colleague that identical revolutionist
who has devoted his life to the Repeal of the Union,
who wants only the downfal of the present Ministry
to push more violently than ever that insane and san-
guinary project, and who could do no otherwise as
Minister of the Crown than bring a Bill for the
Repeal of the Union' into the Imperial House of
Commons ! Are the eyes of Whiggery to be for ever
closed ? Will no gulf—no precipice—no earthquake,
rouse the doomed and irrecoverable victim." The old
Thunderer bursts forth here. We are reminded of the
days when our Morning Contemporary exhausted the
vocabulary of abuse, when Tories and High Church-
men were the objects of its attack. It is evident
that our Contemporary deems this a vein which
may be wrought to advantage. " Are the eyes of
Whiggery to be for ever closed ? Will no gulf—
no precipice—no earthquake, rouse the doomed
and irrecoverable victim ?" Most of our readers
must remember the effect produced on the Vicar
of Wakefield when he came to hear a second time the
famous passage about " the age of the world." Most
readers of The Times must exclaim in like manner,
" Surely we have heard this before I" The closing of
the eyes—the gulf—the precipice—the earthquake—
the doomed and irrecoverable victim—are all imprinted
on the memory. But then Whiggery has taken the
place of Toryism. Next year, however, Toryism will
probably be instated. The gulf will once more yawn
for the Tories—the Tories will be on the brink of the
precipice. Really it is too bad to pretend that Mr.
O'Connell, or any other Irishman, has the slightest
chance of gaining the least support in this country
for any project for a Repeal of the Union. In the
late Parliament, when the subject was brought for-
ward, out of all the Whigs, Radicals, and Pltfa
Radicals, only one Englishman, Mr. Kennedy, could
be found to vote for the motion. Any Englishman or
Scotchman, returned by a popular constituency, who
should countenance a Rel cal of the Union would have
little chance of ever finding his way. into Parliament
I this country the very idea is scouted. Mr.
Cobbett, we beligve, in Ireland, ,avowed himself
^l.l. ; but it may be 40173 h-doll wiletioF
a-
nion survived_ the
.t.h_ e encourage-
p-,77 across the Channel, We
are firmly persuaded that nothing

meat given to the Orange ascendancy in Ireland
could make the idea of repeal popular even among the
Catholics. Be this, however, as it may, it is quite
certain that no member returned by the constituencies
of this island will ever countenance the Repeal
of the Union. Whether Tories or Reformers be
at the helm, they must, like Mr. Canning, con-
sider the Repeal of the Union as visionary as the res-
toration of the Heptarchy. The Times knows this
well, and Mr. O'Connell knows equally well that if his
eloquence were ten times more powerful than it is, it
could produce no impression on an Imperial House of
of Commons. If ever Ireland be separated from Bri-
tain (an event we deem next to impossible), this re-
sult will not assuredly be produced by votes of an Im-
perial Parliament. Oppression may prepare the Ca-
tholics for the desperate measure, and rebellion may
be abetted by foreign enemies. 'We are putting the
worst conceivable case. We are. far from supposing
that Mr. O'Connell or the Repealers contemplate a
separation to be effected by such means ; indeed we
much question whether any Repealer seriously
himself believes in the possibility of a sepa-
ration. The Repeal seems to be used as a po-
litical stalking-horse. Mr. O'Connell indeed, re-
peats from time to time, (he did at the Dub-
lin dinner on the 11th) that he hoped to see the Repeal
of the Union accomplished. Many of the Scotch,
long after the Union of 1707, continued to demand
the Repeal ; but we believe, that in most cases, they
would have been not a little disappointed had they
been taken at their word. The Standard seizes with
avidity on the declaration of Mr. O'Connell, that " the
Whigs who would soon come in, would be Whigs of
a totally different character from those who had been
there before. If another Administration was formed,
it would be two-thirds Radical." Our politic Con-
temporary had been wondering how it happened that
the Melbourne and Grey Ministries were anxious not
to defeat Sir Charles Sutton, and this declaration at
once helps him to a solution.
. " Our readers (exclaims 774 Standard) probably now be-
gin to see the bottom of the plot, and to see, also, why the
Grey and Melbourne Whigs, ' those who were in before,' but
who are not to be in again,' their places being reserved for
' two-thirds Radicals,' do not extend any very cordial counte-
nance to the project of the conspirators. Mr. O'Connell next
adds an explanation, that ' though cherishing his design of
Repeal as warmly and enthusiastically as ever, he will not
touch upon that question before the downfal of the Conserva-
tives.' *
" Here we have it all. Sir C. M. Sutton is to be beaten
by Mr. O'Connell's arrangements." A new Cabinet of a
totally different character from the Cabinets of Lords Grey
and Melbourne,' and composed of two-thirds Radical,' is to be
formed ! Mr. O'Connell is to take office in the new Adminis-
tration, with the avowed design of promoting the Repeal of
the Union ! All this is' confessed by Mr. O'Connell—all this
must be known to Lord John Russell."
How clear every thing now appears by the help of
the key discovered by our contemporary ! Mr. O'Con-
nell is a formidable Repealer indeed ; for lie has al-
ready repealed the union of Reformers—and Whigs,
Radicals, Ultra-Radicals, and Repealers, will instantly
become more hostile to each other than to the Tories.
In short, the Tories are in now for the session at least.
Indeed so certain is it, that our contemporary may
drop the summons at the head of his leader to the
Conservatives to assemble on the 19th. The Tories
may now bide their time. What a pity that Mr.
Hughes Hughes could not benefit by this discovery
It is a discovery which seems quite level to the capa-
city of that gentleman and of Mr. Richards.—Morn-
ing Chronicle.
.The amount of absolute and unconditional promises
to vote for Mr. Abercromby, as Speaker of the House
of Commons, and against Sir Charles Manners Sut-
ton, was up to yesterday 314—and in favour of the
latter scarcely 236. We have these facts upon au-
thority which we have no right to question ; and we
can add with equal assurance, that many answers to
the letters which have been transmitted by the chiefs
of the Liberal party to different Members of Parlia-
ment, but whose votes are not doubtful, have not yet
been received. What becomes, then, of the boastings
of the Tory papers ? What of their -arrogant asser-
tions of a safe majority ? No one, fit to be out of
Bedlam, would now take an even bet upon the sub-
jeet—and no one who reflected upon the state of
the question, when Mr. Abercromby was first put
forward, could have doubted . for a moment that all
genuine Reformers would vote for him, and against
Sir C. M. Sutton—not on account of the relative
qualifications of the two gentlemen—not because
the one is a Whig, and the other an ultra-Tory—but
because, in the success of the one, or the defeat of
the other, is involved the question, on the one hand,
of the future progress of liberal measures, and, on the
other, of the supremacy of despotism, and the annihi-
lation of the glorious prospects which had begun to
dawn upon the country after the passing of the Reform
Bill. They who regard the question which is to be de-
cided on Thursday next, at twelve o'clock, as a
mere personal question, or even as a party ques-
tion, either egregiously delude themselves, or are very
desirous of deluding and deceiving others to their de-
struction. We again repeat, that it -is no party—no
personal question—but a question of principles, and
of principles only—a trill of strength between the
principle of darkness and the principle of light—be-
tween Toryism on the one hand, and Liberalism on
the other—between a faction which possesses a great
portion of the property, and but little of the confidence
of the country, and the great mass of its intelligence
and population on the other—in a' word, between
corruption, want of principle, despotism, and
tyranny on one side—and, on the other, the elastic
spirit of the age, which cherishes honest and
moral conduct in public, as well as in private men
—which detests corruption, and would readily un-
sheath the sword, were the cause of freedom to
be in the slightest danger. To say as Messrs.
Hughes, Richards, and Co.—Tories in heart, though
Reformers in profession—that the question of the
Speakership was no fit occasion on which to try the
strength of the advocates of just or unjust, liberal or
illiberal principles—is neither more or less than to
attempt an apology for cheating the people out of their
rights, and doing that which is unjust. It is of the
utmost importance that the question should be decided
at once ; for not only are the interests of this country
involved in the triumph, or defeat, but those of all
Europe. Already are the carrion birds of despotism
swooping through the air, in order to pounce upon the
expected field of liberal slaughter ; but if England be
true to herself—if she do her duty, as she has always
done—if Englishmen, as Scotchmen and Irishmen
will prove themselves to be, be honest to their profes-
sions—they will turn the tercel kites down the wind,
to peck at such fortune as they may meet with on the
day of their final haggandism.—Morning Advertiser.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HO USE.
Yesterday, before the LORD MAYOR took his seat in the
Justice-room, an emaciated woman applied to Mr. Hobler
for advice in the following exigency :—Her husband was
ill ; she had four children, who had not a morsel of food,
and the trade (that of selling milk) was so low, that the
profits were not sufficient to keep the life in a family only
half the size. She had applied to the parish for relief, but
although the overseers knew that their distress was no
sham; they refused to give a farthing to alleviate the Misery
of so many, except upon the cruel condition that the house
should be immediately left by the unfortunate tenant. The
condition, if complied with, would have the positive effect
of depriving them of the only shelter they could find any
where, and they had struggled for some time to exist. The
power of enduring starvation was not, however, calculated
to last beyond a certain time ; and the applicant declared
that, if the overseers persevered in their refusal to assist the
family, death must be the consequence to the poor children.
Mr. Hobler said that, in mostinstances, the parish officers
were now deaf to the suggestions of the Magistrates, out of
whose hands the new Poor Law Bill had taken the power
of ordering relief to be administered, even where relief was
most necessary. Mr. Hobler then gave some pecuniary
relief to the applicant, and advised her to apply when the
Lord Mayor was in the Justice-room. The applicant said
that she should represent the hard case of the family to his
Lordship. Put 00 day pffssecl Wit4ol4 TePPW4 Pf
the application,
The object of the overseers is, no doubt, to get a tenant
who will be able to pay the poor's rates, instead of one
whose misfortunes oblige him to solicit the parish bounty.
On Thursday Mr. Kilner, of Mincing-lane, was charged
with having used very ferocious threats-against Mr. Cum-
ming, an egg-merchant, some days ago. The case caused
some astonishment, exhibiting a ludicrous mixture of jea-
r4 an i 3 '6operifTicit>.-
Mr. Cummini said that the conduct of the defendant

had been, to a certain extent, described before the Lam-
beth-street Magistrates some days ago. The defendant,
who had been on intimate terms with him, thought pro-
per to take a fancy to his wife not very long after he had
married her, and, unfortunately, the lady did not repel the
improper attentionsk with sufficient indignation to termi-
nate or check them. This was very disagreeable, and
every day added to the intimacy, notwithstanding the
strong expostulations made upon the occasion. It was
very remarkable that when Mr. Kilner entered the
house the window-curtains were always closed, and the
boy James was sent out of the way. It was also re-
markable that if Mr. Kilner happened not to call upon one
day he was sure to call twice the day after, and that the
visits were uniformly made when he (complainant) was from
borne. Mrs. Cumming, in reply to the accusation of being
an accomplice, said that the gentleman was a very proper
person, and merely wanted her husband upon busines ; but
complainant thought it rather odd, if such were the case,
the defendant should call at times when he was known to
be engaged out of doors. With the impression strongly
upon his mind that things were not as they ought to be, he
(complainant) met his wife in conversation with the defend-
ant, and upon asking the defendant how he dared to seduce
her from her lawful husband, was threatened with a broken
head, and had the fist of the defendant within a few inches
of his face.

The defendant said that the complainant was in fact
jealous of every body, and carried the passion to the most
ridiculous extremes. In fact, it was only necessary for a
person to look at the wife to set the green-eyed monster in
full play upon the unhappy man's imagination. He declared
that there was no pretence whatever for saying that there
existed any amour between him and the lady in question,
whom he had met accidentally on the day the threat was
said to have been used. With respect to the calls he had
made at the house of the defendant, they were occasioned
by some pecuniary matters which he wished to have settled.
The complainant persisted in stating that the defendant's
object was to keep up an illicit conversation with his wife,
a:id was of opinion that such proceedings were not at all
creditable to a person who had a wife of his own.
The Loan MAYOR said that he could not adjudicate in
the case of the imputation of seduction, but he should hold
the defendant to bail.

Yesterday Mr. Cumming came to the Justice-room, and
expressed his regret that the case did not appear in the
Newspapers of the day.
Mr. Hobler believed that it was from compassion alone

it was suppressed ; but he had no doubt, if the complainant
wished, that the public would be treated with a brie
account. _ _

Mr. Cumming—My friends were all disappointed at not
seeing it. It is supposed that I can't make out a case of
trim. con. ; but I think that this letter, which I hope to
see published, contains proof of the offence
Mr. Cumming,—Sir,—l received a warrant to appear
before the Lord Mayor to-morrow, for what purpose I am at
a loss to know. I had hoped all angry feeling was buried in
oblivion. Although you have accused me wrongfully, yet I
forgive. At a time like this, you must be aware my feelings
are more than I can describe, having Mrs. K. laid up, and my
only boy not expected to live ; also a death in the family yes-
terday. You are quite mistaken if you think I wish to injure
or annoy you ; but at the same time I must request you to
drop the subject after to-morrow, as I shall put it beyond doubt
of your being in error ; and after that, I shall never allow you
or any one else to charge me in the way you have done.
" Mincing-lane, Feb. 11, 1835. W. K."
Now, continued the complainant, I consider that letter
convincing proof of what has taken place between this man
and my wife.
Mr. Hobler confessed that he was blind enough not to
see anything like an indication of criminal conversation in
the letter, which, on the contrary, appeared to his blunt
sensibility to be a complete denial of any thing of the kind
Mr. Cumming hoped that the public would be permitted
to judge. His wife was now lying ill in bed.
Mr. Hobler—What then, is she of whom you speak in
such a manner at home with you? Mr. Cumming—Oh
dear, yes. She is at home—l am very fond of her, indeed.
It is true she is not so fond of me, or of truth as she ought
to be, but I love her tenderly, and it is too bad that I am
to be made unhappy by this man.
The complainant then tied up a bundle of letters which
he wished to exhibit, and departed sighing deeply.