The Sun.
London, England, 1832-05-16 00:00:00

OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

We refer our readers to our report of the pro-
aeedinge of both Houses last night, for all that is
oithentically known regarding the negotiat ons for
the return of Earl Grey's Ministry to office. In
the House of Lords, Earl Grey said—" Thar as he
understood that there was 110 important business be-
fore the House, he would move that their Lord-
ships adjourn until Thursday next. He did so,
because he had received a communication from hia.
lltajcsty." It was obvious from this statement, that
nothing Oecisive could then ha ennoutteed; however,
Lord Kenyon, ‘sishing to make asst.tarme doubly
sure, asked, " Were the House and the couotry to
understand from this statement that the result cif the
communication was the re-instaterneot of the Noble
Earl and his colleagues hi the places they had lately
held ?" Earl Grey answered, el et "he was sure
the House would see that it :would net be discreet
in him to explain farther.—( Cheers.) Ile had
stated all he had a right to state, under the circum-
static. s—namely, that he had received a ...orr muni-
evion from his Majesty—(Hear, hear)—of cour-e
the House most know this communicatioti could
only refer to the present state of the coantry, conse-
quent on the resignation oft he late Ministry.—( lie +r.)
The communication, however, had beet, so recently
made, that it was impoesible for him to explain him-
self farther ; and the more so, as nothing decisive had
been the result.—(Hear, beer.) It ass riot in his
power, therefore, to state whet the Noble Baron
was so anxious to extort ft out hirn—(Hesr) namely.
that it was decided the Members of the present Ad-
ministration should retain their places.—(He r.)
He did not feel himself authorised to state anything
farther.—(Hear, hear.)" Tnis is all that pa=ced on
the sus jeet in the House of Lords. In the Com-
mons, Mr. Hume first elludad to the repert which
was abroad that Earl Grey had see!' his Majesty,
and suggested the propriety of doing terithh_g to
increase the egitetion till the issue wets known.
Mr. Baring, who has been so much mixed op with
the attempt to form a new Mitiiatra, soon after
stated " that the communication: seith the D. ke of
Wellington for the formation of a new Administra-
tion was entirely at an end. After having made
that statement, he had no other ohservasions to
offer, but to express his ardent and sinvere hope
that the state of things to the administration of
which the Gt:vernment were aboto to return would
terminate in come turangement '°r the benefit and
for the peace of the country." Ho added, that "he
wished to take that oppoitunity of correcting a mis-
apprehension which an Honourable Gentleman had
fallen into when he said that it was ortelerstood the
Duke of Wellington had sece-pted Alta.. He had not
done so. Matters had nor come to that point at al.
He had only entered into corrimnoication with his
Majesty as to certain in -asures that might be neces-
sary under the peculiar circumstances of the mo-
ment." Lord Aithorp rose immediately after Mr.
Baring, and stated that the Honourable Gentleman
had anticipated bins in the information which he had
given to the House, and he merely recommended
the abstaining from discussions calculated to prevent
the allaying of existing- exeitemeet, and moved an
adjournment of the House to Theirsthry. Such,
then, is the present state of aff tirs with regard to
the Ministry. The rumour of a communiention to
Earl Grey first found its way into circulation yester-
day forenoon, and diffused general joy over the Me-
tropolis. The people, however, wril see the risers.
shy of not yet resigning themselves to a blind con-
fidence; let us nor halloo, till we ere fairly out of the
wood. Not that we cancels eit possible for tl.e Duke of
Welingt on to ride rough-shod over he House of Corn.
mons and the people of England ; or even, by steer:-
ficing ail regard to appearances, to drag such a num-
ber of Anti-Reform Peels, fellow Protesters, through
the dirt with him, as to he able to maintain himself
in office. Indeed, the proceedings in the House of
Commons on Monday night' must have struck his
Grace with dismay. They must also have, in same
degree, prepared the people for the intelligence
communicated Co both Houses last 'tight. Few
persons will envy the Duke of Weiiitiaton the feel-
ings with which he must have perto.ed the accounts
of the light in which his conduct was viewed, by
men of all parties, in Parliament. It was, indeed,
a great moral lesson. It has sorestimes been said
that hypocrisy is better than open vice, inasmuch as
it indicates at least a knowledge of the difference be-
tween virtue and vice. lITa Grace seems riot only
to attach no value to principle himself, but to be ut-
terly unaware that a detelictiun of principle would
not be viewed by the rest of the world with the
same indifference as by himself. It is said by Bos-
well, by way of apology for Samuel Johnson, that
though he sometimes yielded to temptation, he had
always a high respect fur firm principles. It is only
astonishing to us that the Duke can have lived so
long in the world without discovering that mankind,
whatever allowance each may make for his own
faults, agree to hold honour and principle in regard ;
for we are sure if he had been aware of this, he
would, at least, have paid more regard to appear-
ances. Physical force, however, would seem to be
the only force with which this old soldier is acquaint-
ed; and the strength derived from adherence to
pledges, conscientiousness in advancing opinions, and
consistency in maintaining them, is altogei hers secret
to him. In M. Dumont 's
instructive " Recollec-
tions of Mirabeau," he makes Mirabeau observe to a
bookseller's wife of the name of Jev, who was not
only without principle but did not see the neces-
sity of appearing to regard it—" Madame le
Jay, if there were no such thing as probity, it
ought to be invented as a means of insuring pros-
perity." We are further told that though the con-
duct of Mirabeau was often far from what it ought
to have been, " be had a quick eye to discern
the good, the moral, and the pure, and no one had a
higher esteem for energetic and virtuous characters.
There war: in him a sort of enthusiastn for what was
becoming, which was not degraded by his own vices."
Mirabeau had sufficient discernment to know that
however corrupt individuals may be, all men never
can be so thoroughly corrupted as to view virtue and
vice, honour and dishonour, with equal indiffsrence.
Some men who arc corrupt, avoid this mistake, by
calling to recollection their feelings while they were
yet uncorrupted. But then a man must at least
have once known the difference between right arid
wrong. We can easily conceive that a son of Bill
Saamea who had never left the paternal dwelling,
might have grown old without the advantage of de-
riving any benefit from recollection. What fell from
Sir Robert Peel on Monday night must have
startled his Grace. Sir Robert Peel, in the true
style of Airs. Candour, in answer to an observation
of Lord Joists Russell, observed, " If the Noble
Lord's inference is correct—that I feel unable to
enter into the service of the will at
all events add this to it, the! I baterly regret that
in the situation in which his Meje ay is now pieced

I am not able to accept office ; itn,l that the greatest
regret that attends my ref sal of office is the possi
bility of its affording an opportunity for sarcasm
being pointed by contrast against those who feel
themselves able to join the rk:ltt Administration.—
(Cheers fioni the Ministerial side) I grieve tii4 my
inabil,ty to be dishonest shou:tl redound so much as it
is likely to do to your disadvantage." Compassionate
soul 1 How the Duke must have writned under
this, the unkindest cut of all. No, whatever comes
of the attempt to return Earl G,ey to office, the
people of England will not, at all events, be insulted
with such open attempts to set all principle at de-
fiance as they have witnessed. We must, if we
cannot be virtuous, try once more the cloak of hy-
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to be too sanguine in their expec,ations. The in-
triguers have only yet .ustained their first deka.,
and have their spies and partisans in all quarters, in
the hope still of obtaining sorne advantage over toe
people, and some mutilation of the B 11, to break
their fall and mitigate their disgrace. The victory

probable; it is NOE yet won ; and we entreatll,
people to watch, with hope, but not without anxiee
end caution, the movements of the Court and th
tactics of the Opposition. They may have conE
dentin, after the proofs we have received of the,
bines'y and firmness, in Lord Grey and his col
leagues, when (and when only) it !ha') beofficiall
aunouncd that they have resumed their situations; bu
till then, we repeat, the safer course ell! be ro remain
on the alert, to hope the best, and be prepared for al
eontingencies.The Bill—the whole Bill, and ',otter)
but the Bill—full power to carry
in it—and the remo-
val of all functionaries the several department,
whose political principles are at variance with rho,'
of the Government, we take it for granted, are th
.one qua non conditions upon which Lord Grey %se,
coesent to resume the Government. The publu
may safely rely upon his known character for an as-
surance that he will use his victory with moderation;
but he must not permit his personal feelings toward-
the King to interfere with his duty to the people
He wants new powers for this security against du
infatuated majority in the Howe of Lords; and the
first and best sign which can be manifested of the ful'
confidence of the Crown in its servants will be th,
purification of the Tory nuisances at the Horse
Guards. We hear that Lord Mansfield was is
attendance upon his Majesty yesterday, after the
communication to Lord Grey. His Lordship is an,
honest man, who would at no time have abandoned
his principles for the sake of place or power ; but he i-
an ultra, and a determined opponent of the Rll, arid is
therefore, disquahfied from giving wholesome cony-
eel to his Sovereign under present circumstances.
A dinner took place afterwards at the Palace. The
Tories who were invited to meet the corps diplo-
ntatirine wilt have found, we hope, some consolation
for their disappointment in the splendid hospitality
of St. James's. To this we do not object ; but we
shall at the same time desire to see the intimate so
ciety of his Majesty, at St. James's, at Windsor, at
Brighton (at least occasionally), of a less decidedly
Tory complexion. This circumstance lies had more
influence than can well be imagined by those who
do not watch closely the movements of Courts on
ilia late intrigue, and should be provided against, as
far as a reasonable consideration for the Sovereign's
comfort and personal friendships will permit. Lord
Munster has been on good ;111(1 bad terms with his
:ether, as his wants of money arid claims for rank
and situation have been satisfied or withheld ; and
the public and the Ministers must have a strict eye
on all his proceedings. The public not en-
dor,- further rewards to him, for the ingratitude which
he has shown for past liberality. We should like to
sae the list, as far as it was framed, of the intended
Administration. Little is known of it beyond the
fact, that Lords Aberdeen, Ellenborough, Lynd-
hurst, arid Curnarvon, Mr. Baring, and the military
adherents of the Duke of Wellington in the House
of Commons, were parties to the arrangement. The
courtiers were easily got into their posts. Lord
Jersey, we suppose by this time, has again broker,
his Chamberlain's staff; and others, who were as
little behind the scenes, and could not dream of any
failure of the great Dictator's power, are equally
sighing over the disappointment of their already ac-
complished hopes. Another project, which we
heard repeated in the course of last evening, wa-
for the interference of the Duke of Wellington, if
he direct communications with Lord Grey should
riot lead to his re:urn to office, between the King
and Lord Grey, to obtain a reservation with re-
spect to the creation of Peers, and certain modifica-
tions of the Bill. Lord Grey, we hope, will have
nothing to do with mediators of his Grace's politi-
cal principles. If the Duke must have another trial,
let him undergo another failure with the assistance
of his Tory friends. Let Lord Grey act for himself,
and let his motto be, that which was bsfore referred
to in this article—the Bill, and the whole Bill—full
Power to carry it—and the removal of all Tories
and Spies from office.—Morning Chronicle.
The sensation produced throughout the coseury
by the resignation. cf Ministers is i; •Itsr_ribable.—
Not a town, not a village, -.that did not instantly be-
stir itself. Alie are unable to record even the names
of half the places which have already met. From
the Land's End to the North of Scotland, accounts
have reached us of the effects produced by the re-
ception of the intelligence. The intensity of the
excitement would almost seem to be in the ratio of
the distance from the metropolis. Thus, for in-
stance, we have heard, on excellent authority, that
in Cornwall, the steeples, sign-posts, &c., had been
very generally hung with black crape ; and the King,
whom, one short week ago, the whole nation wor-
shipped as a patriot (thanks to the treachery of his
own offspring, abetted by dirty intriguers, who would
sacrifice their Master to their own sordidness!), had
been burnt in effigy. At Dundee, the speakers
tittered sentiments with regard to the House of
Lords, which are so seldom uttered in this coun-
try, that they lead to serious reflections as ro
the rapidity of the transition by which a whole
nation may pass from love to aversion, from a
disposition to obey to a desire to resist. It is but
too evident, from all these demonstrations, that the
people are every where fully prepared to embrace
whatever resolutions the exigency may demand.
The announcement of a new Tory Ministry, so far
from abating their ardour, has served to add to its
intensity. In many places men of property arid in-
fluence have hitherto hesitated to become members
of Political Unions. The resignation of Ministers
became the signal for universal adhesion. At Wol-
verhampton arid all the other towns in the iron dis-
trict, as well as Birmingham, the bankers and
master manufaeturers generally enrolled themselves
nu the first receipt of the intelligence. At Bir-
mingham, a declaration, equivalent to the solemn
league and covenant, has been signed by the prin-
cipal inhabitants, pledging themselves to stand fast
by each other in their efforts to extort the Bill.
Such is Ihe present aspect of affairs. We trust that
his Majesty will see the extent of the danger with
which we are threatened, and emancipate himself
from the reckless and treacherous counsellors who
have sought to make so wide a breach between him
and his people. We trust that no evil has yet been
done which does not admit of nemrdy.— Morning
Chronicle.
King William, we hope, has by this time been
undeceived : the people expect a triumph over a
hateful faction, and if so, Reform arid, we trust,
good government, are secured to the country, be-
yond the risk of further defeat. These results have
been, if we may thus describe them, brought about
by the direct and uncompromising honour of Lord
Grey'; Cabinet, by the high " political morality"
OT7TEpties (but one) in the House of Commons,
and by the unflinching and unanimous determina-
tion of Englishmen to overcome every obstacle in
their path to the blessings of Reform. The debate
of Monday reflects, as we have hinted, the
highest credit on two descriptions of Members in
the House of Commons. The independent Whigs,
—such as Lords Ebrington and Milton,—and the
high and theoretic Anti-Reforming Tories, concur-
red in the infliction of as severe a punishment as
could well be administered to a third party,—viz.,
that which includes the Duke of Wellington and
his cl'que. Nothing could have happened more be-
n, field], ;n many respects, than the evidence of strict
integrity afforded by Sir R. Inglis and Mr. Davies
Gilbert, in their calm condemnation of that ravenous
thirst of office which springs at patronage or
pub] c money as if the spoils of the whole com-
munity were destined by nature for its prey. The
good consequence of the opinion which these gen-
tlemen delivered upon the deep disgrace which the
Duke of Wellington must incur from acting upon
Anti-Reform views for the sak-- of catching power,
and upon views directly contrary, for the sake
of kseping it, was made visible in a mo-
ment by the consternation of the place-hunters.
To thi: abandonment of their less worthy as-
sociates by the inflexible Ultras, almost as much
81 the glowing indignation expressed by the
members of the liberal aristocracy, aided by the ge-
neral sentiment of disapproval which predominated
through the House, may be ascribed the despondency
o f ins Duke of Wellington at an early hour yest( r-

day morning, when he waited on the Sovereign, al ii
told him that all his efforts and resources had finalh
failed him,—that he must raise the siege of Downing-
street, and retire to St rathfieldsay. The next good
effect arising from such a demonstration 04
steady principle, on the part of gentlemen 04
extreme but sincere opinions, is the tendency
which it must have to tranquillize and conciliar,
the people, by convincing them, that note 'ch.
vanding the wreck of public virtue in som,
quarters, arid the partial lowciing of the politica!
standard produced by is, nevertheless the avowed
conformi.y or approximation of individual sentiment
To that which may be at the time most popular, is
in itself but a precarious test of the esteem and cop-
fidence to which individuals are entitled ; and men
whose declared politics are most adverse to the
prevailing spirit of the time, may still possess a
solid claim to respect and forbearance from
the majority of their countrymen. At periods
of strews excitement, like the present, it is useful to
dwell on any circumstances which can fairly be ad-
duced 4o mitigate the headlong intolerance of the
holders of opposite doctrines towards each other,
and to encourage the growth of moral sympathies,
as a mollifier of those antipathies engendered so
often, but so needlssly, by clashings of the judgment.
We turn with cordial forgiveness and regret to the
intractable hut conscientious prejudices of Sir R.
Inglis, whilst the scheming, intriguing, and little
scrupulous, however plausible and extremely pliant
Wellington-coterie, excite no feelings but those of
resentment or distrust. The recognition of these
contrasted influences upon the public mind is favour.
able to virtue, to mutual charity, and to concord.
In the course of yesterday, though progress was un-
doubtedly made towards a final adjustment, nothing
so specific or determinate transpired as to justify our
stating more than a firm persuasion that the " Bill,
and the whole Bill," is now beyond the teach of ac-
cident. In both Houses certain announcements took
place. Lord Grey simply stated that he had received
a communication from his Majesty, and made that
fact the ground of a motion to adjourn until Thurs•
day. The statement in the Commons was more
striking and conclusive. Mr. Baring on the one
side informed the House that the " commission
given to the Duke of Wellington for the formation
of an Administration was entirely at an end,
(Loud and continued cheers)"—and that " any
new arrangements which his Majesty's Govern-
ment might come to would terminate to the ad-
vantage of the country." If he stated this as a fact
within his own knowledge, Mr. Baring ought to
have gone a little further, and explained his mean-
ing more precisely. However, some grand points
of public interest are gained : the Bill is unques-
tionably carried. The only liberal Administration
which the present stare of parties furnishes resigned
with no diminution of I,otiour, and is substantially,
if riot yet formally, restored, with an inevitable
increase and stability of power. The House of Com-
molls, the Reforming House of Commons, has mani-
fested a large portion of public principle and spirit.
The body of the people have shown a capacity
far achieving great purposes by lawful, pe ice-
ful, and unexceptionable means ; and if the majority
of the Lords have not maintained the same high level
, with the bulk of the nation or its representatives,
they will be taught their absolute weakness as the
people unfold their intrinsic and irresistible strength.
The only lo.s which seems at present to be irreco-
verable—as in all sincerity we declare our feeling to
be that it is disastrous—is that of the estimation in
which the Duke of Wellington has hitherto been
held by the greater portion of Englishmen, and the
consequent, though partial, blow sustained by that
high class into which his military successes and the
public gratitude have raised him. If among the
misf runes of the t'me, s.;iy one should be disposed
to reckon the vas:. :ncrease and presumed ascendancy
of Pol'4t,ai Union, let us reflect that it was the de-
sire for Reform which created these associations,—
that it is because of the dangers likely to befall the
Bill they save been multiplied,—and that, from
every deduction of fair reasoning, the establishment
of Reform by Act of Parliament will dissolve them.
—T;incs.
The present situation of the Ministry, if that
term may be still applied to Eat' Grey and his
friends, will excite the breathless attention of the
country. It will be but for a moment almost, but
we demand the attention of the country What has
passed between his Majesty and Earl Grey we know
not ; but what passed in the House of Commons on
Monday night we do know, and shall never forget.
On the strength of those memorable proceedings
and speeches, the Nobleman above mentioned, noble
in more senses than one, cannot, of course, resume
place without the fullest and most assured means of
carrying the Bill completely. If it might even have
admitted of some slight modifications, of which si e
are not aware, without detriment to the general
utility of its provisions, the manner in which it has
been treated—the manlier in which its friends
have been treated—put it entirely out of the
power of the latter, without exposing themselves to
the suspicion of joining in an attempt to delude
the nation, to admit of the slightest deviation
from the measure which has received the
reiterated support of the House of Commons,
and which was on Monday night stamped
with the sanction even of its enemies ; or to
take that measure again under their protection
without the fullest powers to bring it to a perfect
and happy conclusion, by whatever means may
be necessary or expedient. Indeed, it may be
averred without fear of contradiction, that the re-
turn of Lord Grey and his friends to power on any
condition of passing a modified Bill, or of a fresh
negotiation with " waverers," or of dispensing with
the Royal pledge to create Peers, would at once
destroy the high reputation which they have earned
by their well-timed and well-principled resignation,
and would islunge the nation in a sea of agitation,
compared with which all the excitement hitherto
witnessed would be the mere rippling of a brook.—
No, no, the unmutilated Bill alone can tranquillize.
the country.—Tines.

If the question of Reform were a party question,
instead of a national one, we would never have iden-
tified ourselves with it as we have done. We look,
arid have always looked, upon it emphatically as the
people's cause; for the Whigs originally forced it
upon a Whig Administration, and, without conced-
ing to the extent of the essential provisions of the
present Reform Bill, or, perhaps, to a greater extent,
no Ministry, formed from whatever party or coali-
tion of parties it may be, can long hold the reins of
power in this country. It was evident long ago,
not from the energy of the Government, but from
the decision and firmness of the people, that the
doom of the nomination boroughs was sealed. If
additional proof there wanting, that proof has been
amply afforded within the last few days, that the
judgment pronounced by the nation upon those de-
linquent boroughs cannot be arrested or reversed.
It has been justly said by a great authority that
" party is the madness of the many for the gain of the
few." We have never been accessary to such a blind
confidence in any party as would cause the people to
lose sight of principle. Ever since the Wings came
into power, though supporting the Reform Bill to the
utmost of our ability, and with that sort of advocacy
which addresses itself to the reason, but not to the pas-
sions, of the public, we criticised with as much freedom
and independence all the measures of their policy, both
foreign and domestic, as we did those of the Duke of Wel-
lington when in office, and when many journals and many
public declaimers, that have since placed no bounds
to the adulation of a Whig Ministry, were the bumble,
fawning sycophants of the military Premier, as they pre-
viously were the abject idolators of the anti-reforming
Mr. Canning, who declared, that as long as he should
have a seat in Parliament, he would never consent to any
measure for reforming the representative system. Yet
his
in
has been erected at the present juncture in a
position which it seems intended to exercise the in-
fluence of a tutelary genius over a reforming House of
Commons. They are not the best friends to the people
who, at the present crisis, endeavour to stimulate their
passions even beyond the pitch of excitement to which ,
the first news of the withdrawal of the King's appa-
rent. support from the Bill 'bad naturally raised them.
I"")thing hot violence on their part can endanger the suc
reel ef Reform; and many are acting as if they wished

to hurry them into violence. We do not wish the scenes a!
Bristol and Nottingham to he renewed; and if they were,
and the people cut down as at Bristol or Merthyr-Tydvil,
who would bring their destroyers to punishment ? Can
we forget the deplorable results of the Whig Spevial
Commissions? Ws, who had all along advised the peopl
to a temperate but firm support of the Reform 8.11, wen
not listened to when more stimulating advice was offered
them, and when public writers of imaginative power drew
glowing pictures of the overwhelming efficacy of physical
force. The ignorant and deurted men who aleetae:slefe.iliteoon,
this latter advice or inducement fell the victims of the
sword or of the sanguinary law, and, when we p
mercy towards seven of them who were consigned to ilia
scaffold at Bristol or Nottingham, there were those who,
having assisted in instiga'ing them to ac's of outrage, left
them unpitied to their fate. We, therefore, say to the
people, " Beware of violent counsel, come from what
quarter it may. Let your efforts he constitutional, and
they must be triumphant. Reform must succeed
against every obstacle but your own intemperance. Be
as determined as you will, only be peaceable in your
united energies, and the bloodless laurels of a great moral
Waterloo shall crown your exertions."—Since writing
the above the important tact has transpired in the House.
of Lords of his Majesty having sent a communication to
Earl Grey and Lord Brougham; and in the House of
Commons Mr. Bering has stated that the Duke of Wel.
lington had not accepted office, but was only authorised
to concert measures with a view to the formation of an
Administrition. We said the other day that it was of
the utmost consequence to all the interests of the empire
that a question so long agitated should be brought to a
speedy decision, and the public mind taken out of the
hands of turbulent and reckless advisers, who take ad-
vantage of the present crisis to further their own views
of ambition. We sincerely hope that tho message of his
Majesty may lead to such an arrangement as will
bring about a " consummation so devoutly to be
wished" in a way which will calm the stormy wave of
public commotion, convert discord into harmony, agi-
tation and anxiety into peace and joy, and regain for
" the King of a free people" the affections of all leis
subjects It will be seen that the tone of Hon. Mem-
bers on both sides of the House of Commons was very
different from that of the preceding night—it was bland
and conciliatory. Mr. Hume declined, under existing cir-
cumstances, to present 14 petitions, calling for a refusal
of supplies, until the passing of the Reform Bill, with the
hope that a reconciliation between the King and his 31i.
nisters would take place ; and the announcement of Lood
Althorp, respecting the King's message to Eatl Grey, ac-
companied by a proposition to adjourn the House till
Thursday, was received with loud cheering. We have
set out with saying that the question of Reform is not a
party question. The country, in the truest sense of the
ward, demands it. We hope all parties now, laying aside
their differences, will see the necessity of putting a
speedy end to a conflict which keeps this country in a
state of eternal dissension and weakness—which impedes
its industry, checks it-s commerce, and aggravates its dis-
tress. The state of the finances, the state of foreign re-
lations, and other important interests, require that the
country should have repose, that it. may not lose its place
among the nations of Europe.—Morning Herald.
The hopes of the Constitutional party, we might say
their confident and well-founded expectations, received a
sudden check yesterday by the announcement in both
Houses of Parliament that Earl Grey had been again sent
for by his Majesty. Of the nature or result of the inter-
view nothing whatever transpired. It appears certain
that some obstacles have occurred in the arrrangement of
the new administration, but we are yet, notwithstanding
what has taken place, far from being inclined to despair
of the speedy triumph of the Constitutional cause. No
precise information is abroad as to the obstacles that have
retarded the formation of the Tory Ministry. The
Duke of Wellington, we are confident, has not shrunk
from the duty of fulfilling the commieaion in-
trusted to him by his Sovereign; be has never quailed
before either the foreign or domestic enemies of leis coun-
t v ; if, therefore, he bave been unsuccessful on the
present occasion, the misfortune must be charged me these
to whom he load a right to look for support at such a
crisis; who, had they been men of true judgment and
liatriotism, would Lave emulated his firmness and courage;
but who now, perhaps, may be subject to the reproach
of
having disappointed the rising hopes of their party, the
just hopes of the loyal Tory party throughout the empire,
and of ingloriously flying in the very hour of victory. But
if what is supposed to have taken place will be a matter of
surprise and wonderment to the nation, that which is to
fo low with be no less so. Is Earl Grey again to take
office? Obviously tie cannot do so—he cannot again
assume the Government unless an extraordinary back-
sliding, a gross dereliction of principle, occur in one quarter
or another.—Morning Post.