The Sun.
London, England, 1835-02-25 00:00:00

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WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 0, isu.

Those WIIII Px1:106 Aothiog will not be disappointed in
the Speech which•tha Kiwi's servants have put into the
mouth of their Royal Master. It is, in point of vaguehle4
and generality, the counterpart of the Premier's, iv...famed
Tamworth Manifesto. We are to have consideration in
abundance—deliberation without end—as much caution
and cirem-yisiogetiou us we can set our faces to—hut
as to Reform, not a whisper is uttered : the very mention
of that hateful word is most carefully avoided, We can

hardly think that this is altogether unintentional. • Can it Da
that, after the defeat en the Sp9akership, the Tory :Nl'.
nisters gave up all 14 lost, and did not choose to risk their po-
pularity with their own party, by sanctioning, or appeollg
to sanction real and effective Reform ? There certainly
appear to us to be some unaccountable omissions in the,
Speech, and also some curtailment ; it seems to be shorn °I
an original beam or two. In the very first sentence there ,
is a " most lame and impotent conclusion." His Majesty
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is made to use the following words I avail myself °
the earliest opportunity of meeting you in Parfiarnenr
after having recurred to the sense of my people.
The reasoi: of the recurrence, we think, would veil
naturally have followed—and so thought Sir R.
but .where is it ?' What became of the words, "on the
propriety of the course which I have pursued r These
words would have been left in the Speech, had the Corn'
mons, by electing a Tory Speaker, appeared to set the seal
of their approbation to the " propriety of the course Put'
sued" by his MAJESTY.
We do not, however, regret the omissions to which we
have alluded. If Reform is shirked in the Speech, an ex'
cellent opportunity has been afforded to embody the fol-
lowing admirable amendment to the address, the principle
upon which the government of the country ought, and, we
may add, must henceforward lie conducted.
" That his Majesty, having directed our consideration to varieni
important matters connected with our domestic policy, his Maiestl
may rely with entire confidence on our willing co-operation in Ref;
fecting all such measures as may be calculated to removePsf
causes of complaint, and to promote the happiness and concord of
his subjects."
" Amendment proposed, after the Paragraph ending witit
tbee
words ' to promote the happiness and concord of his Subjects, fi
insert the words To assure his Majesty, that his Majesty's faithC
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Commons acknowledge, with grateful recollection, that the Acts l°
amending the Representation of the People were submitted to PBr.,"
liament with his .Majesty's sanction, and carried into Law by Pol •
Majesty's assent :—That, confidently expecting to derive ftirtter
advantages from these wise and necessary measures, we trust tr,'t
his Majesty's Councils will be directed in the spirit of well-conw
dered and effective reform; and that the liberal and cornPree7
sive policy which restored to the People the right of choosing
Representatives, and which provided for the emancipation a_
persons held in Slavery in his Majesty's Colonies and Possessinc
Abroad, will, with the same enlarged views, place without dew
our Municipal Corporations under vigilant popular control, r!"
move all the well-founded grievances of the Protestant Dissenter*
and correct those abuses in the Church which impair its efficienei
in England, disturb the peace of society in Ireland, and lower, the
character of the Establishment in both Countries.
" To represent to his Majesty that his Majesty's faithful Conti
mons beg leave submissively to add, that they cannot but lOW
that the progress of these and other reforms should have been inter'
rupted and endangered, by the unnecessary dissolution of a Pert
ment earnestly intent upon the vigorous prosecution of measurel,‘,"
which the wishes of the People were most anxiously and itig...„ll
directed :"—Question proposed, " That those words be there
sorted."
On this Amendment, an animated debate ensued, which
our limits will not permit us to notice at large ; but we I°3 4,,,,'
remark, that the PREMIER'S Speech appears to us `-
be a complete failure. It abounds, as might have been ea.
pected, in plausible sophistries ; but exhibits in a singular
degree the weakness of his case and the forlorn condition of
his hopes.

The KrNG's Speech is just the sort of document tbst
was to have been expected from those who had a hand
drawing it up. Instead of being ;xplicit, and positive 0°
those matters which the country has somnch at heart, it i$
elaborately vague—cautiously professional. There is
thing substantial—nothing tangible in it. It is a tury
Variorum Edition • of the Tamworth Manifesto-4°
acknowledgement of the necessity of Reform, but an
indirect confession of incompetency to deal with it is a°
enlarged spirit. The important question of the Irish Titil
for instance, is dismissed in one meagre sentence, fromwhical
we can deduce nothing but that, one of these days, it 'cif
be taken into consideration. Consideration, indeed! As,,
the question had not already been considered in all
bearings, remote and proximate—as if the Ratheorolae
massacre, and the Hcrse, Foot, and Artillery, constsotb;
called into action for the support of the Church wait;
in Ireland, were not already decisive on the point ! $
the people demand on this subject is, the premise of
prompt remedy for an acknowledged grievance ; and br
hold, instead of a remedy, they are put off with a considei
ration, which of course implies, in the face of a bundle
massacres, that the Irish tithe system is a grievaais
not yet sufficiently proved ! The English Church
touched upon in the same tender, considerate Ir°l
spirit. Those who are blessed with unlimited P°";,o
of faith will, of course, believe that Ministers are be
in earnest in their endeavours to introduce Reforatoi
but those who have no more than the average allowanec,i
gullibility, will see at once that the passages in questieui.'er
mere flowers of Tory rhetoric, meant to serve no ut't„
purpose than that of captivating by an external show da
tractiveness. As for any specific measures of Reform, there
is nothing of the sort. No plan is laid down. No broad'
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unequivocal promise made. All is " suggestion," except intiTe
in one instance, where we are pretty openly told that cur
" means of religious worship" shall be still more widelYreo
tended—of course by the erection of new churches, be l°B
the old ones are half-filled, and for which new edifices tPa
people will be called on to pay. This is encouraging", °et,
may be relied on, for it proceeds from a party who 11c1,43‘
yet promised to lay on a new tax, that they did not row'
their pledge to the letter.
As respects Municipal Reform, the people, it,...psp ee alb;
must be content to remain in the same state of 88.3-,,-abf
perplexity and bewilderment, in which they were
the Tamworth Manifesto. For this, however, It
Tories have special good reasons of their own.
by no means improbable that another dissolution 'ale,
take place, in which case Ministers will, of course, 1134,
need of all their Corporation friends to carry them
somoly through. They know this, and consrzquentirit
not be frantic enough to convert such friends into foes,
pledging themselves, at the present nice juncture; to auY 511
cific plan of municipal Reform.
The only portions of his MAJESTY's speech which areriti
all satisfactory, are those wherein the internal prusPe• 0
of the country, and the pacific character of its relattao
with Foreign Powers are reverted to. But for tifes
bles,;-ings who are to receive the credit ? Not the Valor'
but the Whigs. The former, when they c
into office, found the country as signally Pr°,ls
sous as the latter found it the reverse, when •
succeeded the WELLINGTON Administration. ThiS' 15
point which should not be lost sight of.
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It will be observed that though the Speech from the
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bolds out something like a promise to the agricultural:es
rests, it says nothing of commerce nnd manufacture. liPa
we suppose, must be left to shift for themselves, for
from the agricultural, not tho manufacturing partPreo
the Yeomanry force is chiefly formed ; and this is a 140
which the Tories, anticipating, doubtless, a conytio4l
from their resolution to stick to place, fondly imagine _s i
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be the means of again rendering them that sort of ass
e'
which it once before rendered them at ManchesPleiot
We conclude, as we began, with the observation,, `4
from the beginning to the end, the 'KING'S Speech. is ety
long, solemn, deliberate begging of Reform. It sees
question " through a glass darkly."

The Speech of Lord BROUGHAM last night in the ity
of Lords is one of the most masterly, the most caustic*
most unanswerable that even he ever delivered., Lord tjliis
HURST attempted a reply, but what an exhibition ! rie,
literally not a word to say for himself. The d'
of topic and argument embraced in the EN'uri rte'
CELLOR'S speech, was too sweeping and nomPre ¢2l'
sive for his successor's small powers of mind "ialli
low. Nevertheless be did his best, though we CO.'_,;1108
agree with Lord BROUGHAM, that even " a winllir
clown" could have done no worse. His Lordshipto
sions to the discretion that should at all times b 0 04
in the exercise of the Royal Prerogative
oste
in the truest and most searching vein of 00'
The debate, on the whole, was not less interesting
animated, and impresses us with the idea that anotheribe
solution is far from improbable. Be at your posts' e
Reformers, so that the enemy may not take you by sir
•' • with
The Paris Papers of Monday have been. receivl,oo,
letters and papers from Brussels, the Hague, Berlin, bleb
and Constantinople. The Paris Journ:ds, from If t?'
few brief extracts are all that we can find space for '4:
present crowded state of our columns, announce the illy
nation of Marshal MoRTIER and the Duke DE -01(1..tv
The sudden resignation of these Ministers is reP°::a thr
have taken place on Friday, and it is further 014 necl..
the KING having permitted their retirement, stunni°o its
Council of Ministers, and having submitted to theto SG
secession of their colleagues, despatched an officer, it tip
Amami for Marshal SOULT, with intelligence that prig'
his MAJESTY'S pleasure SOULT should hasten 0,4001.
and take upon himself the construction of a new C'w
FRENCH FUNDS.....FAMS, FEB. 23.
Five per Cents., 1081. 107 f. 90c. 108 f. 20c.
Four per Cents., WE 10e.
Three per Cents., 77f. 90c B''c. 78f. 20c.
Bank Actions, 18:15f. 1,820 f.
Rente de Naples, 94f. 90c. 95f. 10c. 20e.
Roman Five per Cents., 97 96y 97.
Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 44 44%.
Bente d'Espagne, Three per Centa., 27 27k.
Royal Spanish Loan, 4414 45 44T
Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, live per Cents., 44 444)‘" ."
Portuguese Loan, 'Five per Cent„ 91.
Haytian Loan, art'.
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a ptr Centv., 78f. 25c. ; 5 per Cent. Spanish, 44i ; 44 ;• oel'
ditto, 27i ; Cortes, 44i ; Coupons, 231; Royal.% „ii; ..
Peres, 15ii ; New Loan, 65 ; Ducats, 95 25 ; R0mmt::„.....,"
glans, —; Pedros, 91 ; liaytians, 370 ; Dutch, 56 9°'
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