The Sun.
London, England, 1832-05-17 00:00:00

!'IPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

WC gin to breathe more freely, although our drubti
et not yet wholly removed. Lord Grey has been with
the King, and two Cabinet Councils have been held on
the subject of their conference. Reports differ 9s to the
precise nature of the first communication from his Ma-
jesty. We believe that it merely referred to the conver-
sation in the House of Common, on the preceding evening,
as expressive of the general wish that Ministers should
resume their offices ; at the same time adding his Majesty's
hope that no creation of Peens might now be required,
since the failure of the attempts to form another Admi-

nitration rendered all successful opposition to th.t further
progress of the Bill hopeless. We hope also, that the
further experience anti humiliation of the Tories may have
made them more tractable ; and that it may be possible to
avoid so extensive an use of the Royal prerogative as wss
at one time supposed necessary. It would indeed be some
reparation for their past folly, and one step towards a re-
conciliation with their countrymen, if they would even
prere their loyalty to the King, by saving him from
'iris painful sacrifice of his feelings. The other report
S—and which is spread with much induvry by the
'hungry adherents and followers of the faction, and for
which we do not believe there is the slightest foundation,
if, that the King's offer to restore his Ministers was
conditional, on their giving up their request for a crea-
tion of Peers, and agreeing to modify such details in the
Bill as his Majesty had ascertained by his communication,
with the Tories, would neutralize their opposition. We
are satisfied that his Majesty mhat hays too just an esti-
mate of the character of Lord Grey to have entertained for
an instant, the idea of such a proposition. The Conser.
vatiyes—for these reports are generally the fruit of the in-
?dative faculties of some member of that distinguish; d
uluh—proceed to state, that such an overture having been
made, was peremptorily refused by the late Government ;
that they insisted upon an immediate creation of at least
sixty Peers; that his Majesty in despair had again thrown
himself upon the Duke, who upon this occasion had been
more fortunate in obtaining the open and avowed assistance
f Sir Robert Peel, in formirper a party to protect the King
against the immoderate and outrageous demands of the
Whigs. We can safely assure our readers that there is not
one word of truth in these statements, and that from the kind
terms in which the Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel,
:itati the ultra divisions of the discomfited faction, pay
compliments to the conduct of each other in the late dis-
4;,,,sions, there is no danger—we should rather say, if
honesty has not become a by-word amongst public men—
no possibility of the re-union of those discordant materials

of the late Opposition. Lord Wharneliffe and Lord Har-
eowby are no longer of any party, The Duke of Wed-
:ingeon, it is understood, declines all intercourse with Lord
Wharocliffe, in his arrangements, fearing that the assist-
ance of so notorious a Ailarplot might destroy his other-
wise slender chance of accomplishing his object. The
negotiations now going on between the King and his late
Government must be brought to a close in the course of
to-morrow. The case in certainly, in one point of view, a
'lelicite one. It is understood that the parties wbo have
failed in forming a new Government have assured the
King, that they will ssti'adt,w all further opposition to
the Bill, to prevent the alesstsaity of a creation of Peers.
But what security can the public, or the late Ministers, if
they resume the management of affairs, have that this un-
derstanding shall be carried into effect? Are the Pro-
testing Peers to sign a declaration or engagement to re-
tire ; or by what process are their sentiments to be as
certained ? On the other hand, if Lord Grey, before he
has ascertained, to the clear satisfaction of the country
and himself, that all further opposition to the Bill would
be withdrawn, should insist upon a creation of Peers,
might he not be accused of forcing the King ? We fear
all these doubts cannot he cleared up till the discussion in
tile House of Lords to-morrow. But, delicate as the po-
si ion of Lord Grey may be, the public will repose confi-
dence in his observance of the same tact and caution
which has hitherto Cistinguished all his proceedings on
this momentous question. But of one thing the country
may he assured, that the integrity of the Bill is safe in
his hands; and that no consideration will ever induce
him to return to power without having ample security for
its full and final accomplislment.—Morniny Chronicle.
The events of yesterday confirmed the opinion which we
expressed on Tuesday, that the debate of Monday night
would give the coup de grace to the " Phantom Govern-
ment." The universal cry of indignation, the burst of
indignant contempt which resounded from every bench of
the House of Commons against the exhibition of political
pia fligacy announced by the Duke of Wellington and his
adherents, has preserved the country from the fatal con-
sequences which must have inevitably attended it, although
it leaves its authors covered with the infamy which they
have merited. We congratulate the country upon its
escape—we congratulate the House of Commons on having
nobly discharged its duty—we rejoice that, at a mo-
ment when, as we in our conscience believe, the choice
lay between order and confusion, between regular Govern-
ment and anarchy, between—we fear not to express our
opinion--the present institutions and revolution, we rejoice
that the great majority of the House of Commons should
have stood forward to advocate the cause of the people and
vindicate the insulted character of public men. The tri-
umph is complete, and we desire not to sully our record of
it by even an allusion to the miserable apostates, whose
base attempt has met the signal failure which sooner or
later the indignant feeling of their countrymen must have
insured. We leave them to sneak into obscurity, pro-
tected from the effects of public indignation only by the

contempt disappointed baseness must inspire in every honest li
bosom. But if this be the inevitable fate of those who
stood prominently forward in the attempted execution of
this great act of " public immorality"—if it be certain
that, for the remainder of their career, the finger of public
scorn will point at them, there are yet others who must in
justice share their fate, and who have deserved and should
undergo the same degree of punishment. Let not the
'midis:, in pouring forth the vials of its indigna-
tion, expend all upon the heads of those who boldly
avowed their guilt—let it deal out with an equal hand
their due proportion on those who, less bold, but still
more mean, would have shared the booty, although they
slunk from the open struggle. Let us not be deluded.—
The scheme of tire Tories was deep laid. Power and
place were the idols, not of one, but of all the party—not
of the ambitious General only, but equally of the plausible
and double-dealing ex-Secretary. Whilst the Field-Mar-
shal, with a boldness congenial to his character, in utter
recklessness of consequences, scoffed at protests, laughed at
solemn declarations, and gallantly con.ented to stand for-
ward in front of the battle, and boldly brasen out the
basest apostacy, the more cunning cad was at hand, ready
to share the spoil but not the peril. Safe from the charge
of change of opinion for the sake of office, he was to
have given his disinterested support to the Reform of
the non-reforming Premier. His plansibility, his dexte-
rity, his candour, were all to have been at the command of
the chief performer, and Joseph Surface would have
shone forth in all his glory, whilst the dirty work was
professedly performed by others. But the transition state
once past--hey presto ! a change of scene—the minikins
would have been withdrawn from the stage; those who
really pulled the wires woisid have assumed their parts.
The temporary Leader would have received his reward in

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a Peerage ; the subs were to have been transported to the
colonies, or translated to the Pension List, whilst the ex-
Secretai y would have stepped back into power and place,
the object of his fondest desires, and of his most self-deny-
ing protestations. This was the scheme; we defy contra-
diction. And was it really supposed that so flimsy a de-
vice could deceive—that so miserable a trick could escape
detection? Could it really be conceived, that whilst the
sacrifice of recorded opinions at the shrine of power ex-
cited universal indignation, their abandonment for the pos-
session of place, deferred only for a few short weeks,
or even days, would escape? Is the distinction be
tween virtue and vice so small, that he who receives
money down is to pay the penalty of the one, whilst
he who accepts a bill at a month's date as his
price, is to ride off with the honours of the other ?
No, truly. The offence only disgus's the more. It is the
same meanness without its only palliation, the boldness
with which it was avowed. Let the party look well to
tbisi Let him not hope to escape his just reward; above
all, let him nut venture to plume himself on his itnmacu-
lite virtue, or chuckle at the comparisons drawn between
h.s conduct and that of his chief—comparisons which he
may choose to treat as made in good faith; but in which
every by-stander reads the bitterest sarcasm.—Morniny
Chronicle.

The Duke of Wellington has turned a new page in the
volume of history. Other men have proved that an able
soldier is not necessarily a wise politician—other men have
modestly alleged incapacity for office, which they have
afterwards grasped on the first offer—other men have pu-
nished with a severity not less than that which outraged
Huskissou, a political inconsistency not greater than what
themselves would practise when adequately tempted...
other men have sacrificed conviction and principle to
expediency, and with the tyrant's plea--necessity—
have effected changes to which they had solemnly
pledged their opposition. Bat no other into, in times
ancient or modern—in countries civilized or barbarous—
ever made the badness of a measure at one moment his
pretext for wresting power from others, and the goodness
of that measure at the next his pretext for keeping power
himself ; no other man ever called on his countrymen to
tad eject his rival's party for striving to do t!•r,t