The Sun.
London, England, 1835-02-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUAIY 10, 1835.

the game is played for a Parliamentary honour ; let
but agitation win, and to-morrow the stake may be life..
—Morning Post.
At the present moment, when we have really more
than mere surmise to suppose that Russia purposes to
aggrandize herself by converting Turkey into a sort of
military fief, at the expense of this country, anything
which exhibits the true feeling of the Turkish popula-
tion upon the important subject of the future- amicable
relations of that country with England must be highly
interesting, and we have much reason to believe that if
our ancient ally of the Ottoman Porte were once freed
from the thraldom and baneful influence, as well as
the hollow mock protection of the Russian Autocrat,
the Turkish dominions will be able to present internal
resources for the consumption of British manufactures
especially, which it ought to be the policy of this
country to foster to the utmost. At the present time
our limits will not permit us to dwell at length upon the
necessity, both commercially and politically, upon the
importance of maintaining a friendly alliance with the
Porte ; but it is a subject to which our readers well
know we have turned great attention, and we believe
that his Grace the Secretary for Foreign Affairs is
fully alive to the importance of the question also ; so
much so, that if our manufacturing interests were to
make any demonstration of their opinion of the value
of the trade with Turkey, and her dependencies, our
Government would support them. It is, therefore,
from this feeling that we understand Namik Pacha,
who has been recalled by the intrigues of Russia, sets
out on Wednesday on a short tour through our manu-
facturing districts, of which Manchester will be the
chief scene. The result of this journey will, we trust,
be sufficient to strengthen the Duke in his future
policy towards Turkey, and we hope, for the sake of
our national credit, that his Grace will redeem the
errors of his sleepy predecessor in office, and prove
himself a match for the wily Pozzo di Borgo.—Morn-
/no' Herald.
We are almost ashamed to touch again upon the
question of the Speakership ; but it is not our fault
that we do so—it is the fault of the Tories—it is the fault
of the times. To Sir C. M. Sutton, in his personal capa-
city, either as a private gentleman, or as the mere Speaker
of the House of Commons, there is no objection. In
both capacities he has, all but in one instance, proved
himself to be unexceptionable. He is civil in his ge-
neral deportment—courteous in his manner—attentive
to his duties, though not specially skilled in the very
small science required for the office of Speaker ; but
making all these allowances for him, he is the last
man to whom any Reformer should give a vote as
Speaker of a Reformed House of Commons, under
the circumstances in which the election is to take
place. He is a Tory—he is an ultra-Tory—he
exhibited extreme partiality towards his party at
the most critical period of the Reform Bill—he
has since shewn himself to be a partisan, in-
stead of a neutral—he has been put forward,
not as a Speaker, but as the first rock of
offence on which the Tories and Liberals can
debate the question of their existence, or non-
existence-- whether the country shall have or
shall not have, Reform—and we ask, whether
under such circumstances, any Reformer can pos-
sibly doubt on which side to give his vote ? It is
no personal question, and Sir Charles Manners Sut-
ton may go to sleep—that is, be rejected—with the
entire satisfaction that he has simply been the martyr
of his party, and lost but little in the shape of per-
sonal estimation—it is a national question, and as such,
we trust, it will be treated by all who wish well to
their country—all who are desirous that the Reform
Bill shall not be a dead letter—all who wish to amend,
to improve, and to ameliorate the institutions of their
country, but not to destroy them. We shall not again
allude to the very apparent intrigues of Sir C. M.
Sutton, to bring in a Tory Administration. We
shall say nothing of—
Nov. 18. The Speaker had an audience of the King.
19. The Speaker visited the Duke of Wellington.
Dec. 7. The Speaker had an audience of the King.
9. Ditto ditto.
11. The Speaker visited the Duke of Wellington two
days after the return of Sir R. Peel.
The Speaker, on the same day, visited Sir Robert
Peel.
18. The Speaker was closeted with Mr. Goulburn at the
Home Office.

19. Ditto ditto.
31. Ditto ditto.
because these things are notorious, and because Sir
C. M. Sutton having in those matters exhibited his
partialities, which, as a private individual, he had a
right to do—he is merely in such capacity to be looked
upon as a private individual, and, as a Candidate for
the Chair, to be treated as such. The matter is, in
consequence, reduced to the plain point—will the ma-
jority of the Reformed House of Commons have a
Tory or a Whig Speaker—the said majority of the
said House being Liberals ? We pause for the 19th.
—Morning Advertiser.