The Sun.
London, England, 1832-05-15 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNILS.

A general impression prevailed, through the greater
part of yesterday, that Parliament would be prorogthd at
once, preparatory to a dissolution. Though the course
was an extreme—a desperate one, and though it was not
easy to comprehend what the new Administration, or
rather the new Minister, could propose to himself, by ap-
pealing to the sense of the people at such a period of ex-
citement, the fact that it was impossible for him to carry
on the Government with the present House of Commons,
and in the teeth of their recent resolution, gave the
rumour a degree of currency, which it could not other-
wise have possessed. The result, however, has
proved that the rumour was unfounded. Roth Houses
met ; both Houses adjourned by their own act, but
not before an impression was made in the Home
of Commons which, if it do not render the forma-
tion of a new Ministry by the Duke of Wellington
absolutely impossible, has:thrown fresh impediments in
the way of its arrangement. The tone of the debate
which took place in the House of Commons last night, en
the piesentition of the city petition for Reform, and for
the refusal of the supplies, in case the Reform Bill should
be rejected, was highly creditable to the spirit of that
Assembly. It amounted to a declaration that the accep-
tance of office by the Duke of Wellington, on the prin-
ciple of carrying Reform, would be, after his declarations
in Parliament, both in speeches and by protest, a bre ich
of public morality such as ought to deprive him of all
aorle must S
the cir-
support. This declaration acquired considerable force
from the acknowledgments that tell from sonic of the anti-
Robert
cums•ances of any Administration be with which Sir
Robert Peel, notwithstanding his well-known
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anti-
reformers olrm ande rs
bart he.m Ase.lv Baring.es and particularly
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for office, dares not coalesce ! Sir Robert again re-
peated determination to refuse office, and it was
evident that the Duke had not succeeded in forming a
Cabinet, though so many had been formed for him on
paper in the course of the day. We, of course, decline
publishimr, any of the numerous Ministerial lists at our
command, as it is now more certain than ever that such
productions are the work of the imagination alone. Meet-
ings are still in progress every where ; not a post arrives in
town without an account of some fresh manifestation on
the part of the people, conducted, at the same time, with
moderation and firmness. The great meeting at St. John's
Wood requires no comment from us. It was, like the
rest, a conclusive answer to the charge of reaction. All
that has passed, all that is now paasiug, convinces us more
and more of the ultimate success of Reform. The Duke
of Wellington will, in all probability, fail in the attempt
to make up an Administration. It is not improbable,
therefore, that the present week will see Lord Grey re-
stored to power, and the Bill resume its progress under the
same auspices by which it was first introduced into Par-
liament. However this may be, we have reason to be-
lieve that, up to a late hour last night, the Duke of Wel-
lington himself formed the whole of his own Administra-
tion.--morning Herald.

We hope Earl Grey will be on his guard against adopt-
ing too hastily the course which so many Members of the
House of Commons were disposed to recommeed in the
termination of the debate last night. Lord Ebrington
having remarked, in answer to an observation of Mr.
Baring's, that if the only object of the parties now entire-
vouring to form a Government was to prevent an addition
to the House of Peers...—and that if the Duke of Wel-
lington's power over that noble body was sufficient to con-
vert them from one creed to another so easily as to make
them vote in one week for that against which they had
protested the week before—that he might have exerted
that power more beneficially by inducing a sufficient num-
ber of their Lordships to secede on the Committee, and so
athat
enable the present Ministers to carry the Bill. Mr. Baring
caught
it openedstill take place. Sir Francis Burdett, Mr. Hume, Mr.
O'Connell, Mr. Wynne, Lord Ingestrie, and several other
Members took the opportunity of recommending concilia.
Lion; and even Mr. Hunt declared that he had now sa-
tisfied himself that the people would scarcely accept the
Bill from any ether hands than those of the present Mi-
nisters. We repeat our advice to Lord Grey, to weigh
tiie eagerly
ways t
to thisa
compromise
whichnd answered,
he
hoped
might
well the consequences of this scheme before he embarks in
it. Let hint reflect upon the regard and esteem which the
present majority of the Peers entertain for hint, and the
regret and reluctance with which
the Court has dispensed
with his strvices! If he returns his Minister,
he place as
w.ll owe
his restoration to the utter helplessness of his
enemies, to their absolute incapability of forming any Go-
vernment in which, to use Lord John Russell's words,
" honour could enter," or which could last for a month,
in the present temper of the House of Commons and of the
people. On the other hand, let him well consider his chance
of being able to carry through other useful measures
against the prejudices and bitter hostility of the Tory
Lords—the treatment he has received from the Court—the
doubt which is even now thrown upon the power given to
him to create Peers--and the certainty of the success of a
second intrigue for the removal of a liberal Government,
when the public feeling is less excited, and can be less de-
pended upon for resistance against such attempts. Con-
ciliation is very well—all parties admit the necessity of
putting an end to the present state of suspense by carrying
the Reform Bill at the earliest possible moment—but the
importance of maintaining the character and credit of the
Government must not be lost eight of. They have main-

tained it without stain and without reproach, up to the
period of their resignation. Lord Grey has only
to wait quietly till the country requires his imam-
cile, because dishonest successors, to retire, and he •
must then return with honour and with power. Would
tl e country, for instance, be satisfied without a creation
of Peers—smaller, possibly, than might have been neces-
s iry before the failure of the Tories had sufficiently hum.
b'ed the spirits, and diminished the number' of their ad-
herents—but still a sufficient creation to give the Honse
of Commons the assurance that the public business could
be carried on with facility and security ? Can the Clo-
eernment go on with the host of Tory functionaries who
still infest every department of the State? With Lord
Hll and Lord Fitzroy Somerset ; with Lord Henry Hey..
tesbury, and Sir Charles Bigot, Mr. Chad, and the whole
squad of Tory diplomatists? With Ultra Lord Lien.
tenants in England, Scot! mud, and Ireland 7 And
what other opportunity will occur to remedy these
grievances, if the present was lost ? We therefore
aeain entreat Lord Grey to pause.—to he cautious.
The Tories are defeated. The Reform Bill must be
carried. Let tl9 look forward to the discomfiture of
courtiers, intriguers, pensioners, and corruptionists, and to
the ultimate object of all our effors—cheap and good go.
vernment. We are willing to repair an injustice, which,
we believe, we may have been led into, respecting some
m ushers of the Fitzelarence family. Lords Errol and
Falkland, and Colonel Fox, who are married to three •of
the ladies, have most creditably and honourably resigned
their posts in the Household; but in proportion as we are
willing to do justice to them, we still must point to Lord
Munster as the most active and inveterate intriguer (Lord
Lyndhurst always excepted) in the late changes. The
Court must be further purified : other ladies and gentlemen
must follow the fate of Lord Howe. The public will not
endure a repetition of these has, and discreditable intrigues
to gratify the caprices and revenge of a faction, at the ex.
pence of the interests of a whole community.—Moraing
Chronicle.

The debate last night must have given the new Ad-
ministration a pleasing foretaste of what it has to expect
at the hands of the House of Commooa, if, indeed, this
"-phantom of a Government," as it was not inappro-
priately designated by it, intended leader, Mr. Baring,
should ever assume shape or substance. In spi.e of the
denials in the Tory Press, and the mysterious language of
the party, it appeared pretty clear that the characters were
east, the actors rehearsing their parts, and nothing want-
ing hut the dressing to make the representation perfect.
The character of the Bully was, of course, allotted to Sir
H. Hardinge Deluded into happy selt.complacency by
the ability of Blackwood's Magazine, the gallant bantam
cook shook his wings and clapped his spurs, and
crowed his testimony to the character of the greet
titled Duke. He'd fight any one who said anything
against his hero, that he would. But the spirit of
the House of Commons was against this bullying, fight-
ing Bobadil, and his attempt was put down at once by
general indignation ; and when the hot-headed little gen-
tleman, untaught by the first lesson, was rub enough to
repeat ii, he was met by one expression of feeling, which
at once distingusshed the attempt, and we should think
would prevent its repetition. Sir G. Murray tried the
part of Joseph Surface, and vainly strove to borrow a
leaf from the baok of the Right Hon. Member for Tam-
mirth, who has sa many years made the character his own.
He really thought so much warmth greatly misplaced.
How could people have so little ch irity ! " For his part,
he thought there was a general understanding in the House
that no man was to have any principle." It was a pity
to use hard words. To talk of baseness, and infamy, and
loss of cliaructer—faugh ! these were words really quite
unfirting the assem But te essay of the Glant x-
Secretary was di unfortunately as that of his brother-
soldier : he either met with absolute inattention, or jeers
and laughter were his reward. But the chief part was re+
served for Mr. Baring, the trump card of the patty, the
di stilted leader of the Polignac Government. Having
tried the purse-proud line on a former occasion without
much soirees, we heard no more of the dirty low-bred peo-
ple, the brawlers at public meetings, and their delegates in the
,use of Commons. He raised his half-fledged wings as
Leader, and all was to be dignity and discretion. The result
was absolutely ludicrous. "He really knew nothing of what
was doing, not he. He was not authorised to speak for
the Duke. He had had no interview with the King. He
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had declared that some measure of an extensive nature was
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be outraged, that the House of Peers would fall if the Bill
indispensable. He had declared that the Monarchy would
passed ; but he begged to say that what be meant was, that
either." Shouts of laughter, or sneering cheers followed
Leader's consistency n snisotehn: and
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power of explanation, and at last the unhappy deburarst
was driven to retire on a declaration of his own conviction
that there was no such thing as political immorality. Poor
Id man ! return to your ledger—go look to the Three per
Cents. • * * s * • te and
you may still be listened to, the incarnation of a whole
debate, or share the smile of sucking Members during their
year's probation. We allude not to the speeches which were
made on the other side. For them we refer to our re-
port. They are admirable in their tone anti their matter ;
and they were received by the House in a way which
shows the feelings which are entertained by the House of
Commons of political bssene.s and profligacy. But one
speech we must notice. Sir Robert Inglis, the very Bay-
ard of the Tories, the double.distilled Member for Oxford,
rose, and declared that, opposed as he was to the Bill,
determined as be was to resist it to the last, he would
rather have it carried tit in see such an example of political
profligacy, such a blow struck at the character of all public
men, as must be given by the Duke of Wellington's adopt-
ing the Bill. If this debate does not shame the Tories
from their purpose—if, after this exposure, men have yet
the courage to degrade themselves so far as to be parties to
it, we must have Colonel Pride's purge administered by
the people.—Morning Chronicle.

We are assured, on the best authority, that the only
two documents in existence at the present moment, ema-
nating from the embryo Administration, are—l. A Com-
mission, putting the Great Seal in Commission—the Lynd-
hurst job !-2. A Proclamation, declaring all Unions ilk-
gal, and authorising the arrest of their Members. This
last document, it is said, is now preparing by Mr. Pem-
berton, of the Chancery Bar. Foolish old Wellington !
Proscribe the Unions ! Arrest the Unionists! England
and its brave intelligent people, are no more to be arrested
in their determined purpose by you and your myrmidons,
whether clothed in black or red, than you can redeem
your lost character. We should like to ask this despotic
soldier on whom he reckons to carry his proclamations
into execution? fhe Yeomanry are all Reformers. The
Constables ere Unionists. Not a Magistrate will act.
Imagination cannot picture a more amusing scene than the
entry of some military satellite—some bullying bragga-
docio, into Birmingham, for the purpose of suppressing
its patriotic Union. We will venture to say, if we know
our modest but hard-hitting countrymen, that he will find
them much more awkward customers than any he ever
encountered in the Peninsula.—Morning Chronicle.

The present critic has everywhere led men who before
remained neutral, to declare themselves, as they find that
matters are now come to that pass—that he who is not
for the people will b. deemed against the people. Hence,within
these few da)s, the Unions throughout the country have been
joined extensively by people of substance and consido-
r.ition in their respective neighbourhoods. In Birmingham
in particular, we learn that the list of members of the
Political Union, which has been published, contains a
number of bankers, merchants, and manufacturers of the
highest degree of respectability. As it is in contemplation
to proceed against these Unions, the higher class of Re-
formers are now in honour bound to come forward to make
common cause with their humble countrymen. We must
be the bundle of sticks. Heads and hands must not be
separated.—Morning Chrogick.
We earnestly recommend to our countrymen the forma-
tion of a Reform Rent. We know, not how soon Parlia-
ment may be dissolved, and it would be unbecoming the
people to call on gentlemen to sacrifice their fortunes in
the cause of Reform. When men entered Parliament to
eschange their votes for the public treasure, or for the
consequence that a seat in the House of Commons might
give, the nation was disposed to keep aloof ; but the battle
now carried uu is that of the people, and the people can-
not consistently call on individuals both to fight their battle
and defray the charge of it. We are the nation, and a
very small contribution from each individual would suffice
to secure the return of Reformers. We trust this idea
will he taken up.--Morning Chronicle.

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.--The Bill for ex-
tending until Bat, the time allowed for enrolment under the
10th Geo. IV., c. 56, of the rules of those societies enrolled pre-
viously to the passing of that Act, was read a third time in the
house of Lords on the 9th instant.

A COBBLER'S RESOLUTION.--Yesterday
morning, a bootmaker, named Underwood, living in Great
Wild-street, Lincoln's Inn-tields, with a view of express-
ing his indignation at the conduct of the Queen with refe-
rence to the Reform measure, had his child named Adelaide
rechristened to that of Elizabeth

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