The Sun.
London, England, 1835-01-27 00:00:00

TFIE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JANITARY 27, 1835.

the labours of others an exclusive claim to the grati- '
tude and confidence of the people.
The three points to which we have now alluded
comprise the whole of the Right Hon. BA RONET'S
stock in trade as a Reformer. He lays claim to no
more, and let their dimensions be swelled to the utmost
extent that his most ardent admirers could desire,
we apprehend the stock will generally be considered
rather scanty, to carry on a brisk and thriving business.
To do Sir ROBERT justice he makes the most of his
materials. He is very skilful in giving a false colour-
ing to that which requires to be disguised, and in
keeping out of view those points on which the real
merits of a question depend. Apparently elated with the
consciousness of his own achievements, he exclaims" An
apostate indeed 1 Who can justly charge me with the
dereliction of any principle supposing I do enforce
economy, reduce unnecessary offices, facilitate com-
mercial enterprize, or remove impediments from the
course of justice ?'' We answer, none—nobody ever
thought of such a thing. But if a man, who has all
his life been an enemy to Parliamentary Reform, who
opposed with all his might the Reform Bill, who has
over and over again recorded his deliberate conviction

that that Bill leads, in its direct and inevitable re-
sults, to the destruction of the Monarchy and of
all our other national institutions, and who has, more-
over, declared solemnly that it has placed an everlasting
barrier between him and office ;—if the man who has
said and done all this, turn round, in the twinkling of
an eye, and say that he is ready to take office on
the condition of following out this Bill, so denounced,
to all its natural and legitimate results ;—to him
we say that either he has been through his whole past
life a hypocrite, or he is guilty of as great a dereliction
of principle as ever disgraced the character of a public
man.

The result of the Elections up to the present day
,s 231 Tories to 403 Reformers—Majority 172.

The brave people of Scotland have given a mo,,

cheering response to the call made upon them by the

Reformers of the British Metropolis.
proved to the United Kingdom that their claims to
intelligence are well founded—that their sagacity em-

They have

braces a knowledge of men and measures—and tba'

neither rank, pervious services, personal influence, nor
a fear of the visitings of aristocratic displeasure, is able
to swerve them from a proper discharge of the trust
reposed in them, as electors of the British empire.
They have not forgotten that their bold deeds in
other days entitled the Reformers of England to look
forward to their sturdy co-operation, with a degree of
placid confidence unusual in times of great excitement ;
and they have realised the expectations of those who
trusted in them, by hurling from its high pedestal the
idol of Toryism in the North. Most heartily do we
thank them for the timely assistance they have thus
rendered the great and good cause, in which we are all

heart and hand engaged. Did they do no more than
turn Sir GEORGE 'MURRAY out of Perth, that one act
of public virtue—that one brand stamped on the fore-
head of a renegade to his plighted promises—would
of itself entitle them to the thanks of every honest
constituency in the kingdOm. Where the conse-
quences of an act are of no individual importance, the
discharge of a public duty entitles no person to thanks ;
but the case is very different when men oppose them-
selves to the arbitrary power of a landed aristocracy,
as the gallant Reformers of Scotland have done in this,
and almost every instance.
That the royal burghs of Scotland have not been

behind the more open constituencies in the advocacy

of Reform principles, we have a noble proof in the re-
election of Colonel LEITH HAY, by the electors of
the Elgin district. This gallant officer, who repre-
sented his present constituents, in the two last Parlia-
ments, was indefatigable in his efforts to promote the
true interests of his country, by voting for every mea-
sure for the reform of our Civil and Ecclesiastical insti-

mons.

tutions, and by his support of every proposition for ex-
tending the operation of the Reform Bill. Our readers
will find, in another part of The Sun, the honourable
and gallant Gentleman's address to his constituents,
thanking them for his re-election--a document which
at the present moment is deserving of peculiar
attention. The sentiments it contains cannot now be
represented as put forth to serve electioneering pur-
poses. Colonel LEITH HAY is not now soliciting the
suffrages of the electors, and had he thought it most
prudent to conceal his opinions, there were none to find
fault with him for so doing. There is another cause
for attaching particular importance at the present
period to the sentiments of Colonel LEITH HAY, and
Reformers of that class ; viz., they formed no part of
the ultra-Radical opposition in the Reformed
Parliament : on the contrary, they were ranked
among the Whig Reformers, and generally voted
with the late IVlinistry. Such men are never
found opposing a Government through factious
motives : they are driven into opposition only when
the safety of the country is periled. Now what says
the hon. and gallant Gentleman in this address to his
constituents with respect to the Tory Administration ?
" I have no confidence," he tells them, " in his
Majesty's Ministers, and go to Parliament with a firm
determination to use my best exertions to obtain their
speedy expulsion from that power and influence, which
there does not appear to me the slightest prospect of
their exercising for the interests of the community, for
the stability of the. Monarchy, or the preservation of
internal harmony and prosperity. It is the policy of
Tory tactics to call us Destructives ! The real De-
structives are those who attempt to rule this country in
direct opposition to the wishes of the people."
When such men as Colonel LEITH HAY express
themselves in such language as this, the country can-
not be mistaken in straining every nerve to remove
from office the misguided faction who are now in
possession of the " high places." The time chosen to
give utterance to it is a sufficient test of the hon.
Gentleman's sincerity, as well as a secure pledge that
the promises made by him to his constituents will be
fulfilled to the very letter, and in the true spirit in
which they were made and accepted. Colonel LEITH
HAY goes into Parliament to oppose the Tories, and
he will find himself well supported.
Now that the elections have terminated in Scotland,
we are happy to congratulate the Reformers of the
North on the glorious victory they have achieved.
They have done their duty, in many instances under
circumstances requiring the greatest moral courage,
and Trot unfrcquently by making great private sacrifices.
131:4t their virtue shall not long go unrewarded. The
Tories, notwithstanding the influence of the Court,
destruction. Indeed, it is now ques-
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wait to be kicked out by a vote of the House of Com-

The result of the late election at Bristol was hailed
by the adherents of the present Administration as a
glorious proof of re-action. It was trumpeted forth as
the triumph of Toryism over liberal principles ; and
seemed to surprise those who expected that nothing
could impede the salutary working of the Reform Bill

in a large Constituency. The apparent mystery is very
clearly explained in a little pamphlet just published,
entitled " Causes and Consequences of the Return of
two Tories to represent the City of Bristol in Parlia-
ment." From this publication it appears that of all
the strong-holds of corruption, Bristol is the strongest.

This is her trebly entrenched camp—her impregnable

'ortress, from which not even the Ballot would be able

,o expel her.
The Corporation of Bristol is a nest of Tories, and,
together with the vestries composed of the same mate-

rials, has at its disposal Charities to the annual amount
of 20,0001. This immense patronage, distributed by
men who look only to the advancement of the interests
of their party, among a set of mercenary wretches
nick-named freemen, would of itself be sufficient to ac-

count for the preference given to the Tory candidates

But this is not all. In order to make " assurance doubly
sure," the wealthy Tories had establishedby subscription,
an Institution to which they gave the name of " the
Conservative Operative Society." This is a benefit
club, to be entitled to participate i❑ the funds of which,
it is only necessary for the freemen to register them-
selves in the books of the Society as voters in the
Blue interest. From this sink alone the Tories raked
out about 1000 votes ; and that a similar supply may
never be wanting on future occasions, they have
formed an Association of Apprentices, who, on paying

a nominal subscription, have their freedoms taken up
for them, and are in due time drafted into the other

battalion.
When to these causes we add the Governtne.
patronage,—not a little item in such an account ;—the
personal influence of the Corporators and Vestrymen,
all of them active canvassers in the Tory interest ; the
undisguised intimidation resorted to; and though last not
least, the hard cash paid down upon the nail—the
downright bribery unsparingly and unblushingly prac-
tised; our wonder is, not that the Tories were success-
ful, but that. the Reformers were able to make so good
a stand as they did. The obstacles they had to en-
counter were, we believe, insurmountable.
But though the loss of the election is a subject of
regret, it is the means by which the successful candi-
dates were returned that calls for the most serious at-
;ention from all who profess to love the Consti-
Here is a plan deliberately formed, and
systematically acted upon, by a junto of powerful
and irresponsible men, for the avowed purpose of
evading the law—of defeating the objects of
the Reform Act. If the nefarious practices of the
Bristol Corporators are allowed to pass without con-
dign punishment, every Tory Corporation in England
will follow the example ; and corps of pension-
ers, under the name of clubmen, will be every
where regularly organized, drilled, and kept ready
to march to the poll at the first summons.
How, then, is this evil to be remedied or prevented ?
The answer is obvious—by Corporation Reform. It
is to this greatest and most pressing of all Reforms that
the attention of the people should now be earnestly
and unceasingly turned ; for it is evident, from the oc-
currences at Bristol, that until the Corporations, at once
the receptacles and the sources of corruption, be
cleansed, the Reform Act, when it has to contend with

tution.

them, is a mere non-entity.
With respect to Bristol itself, the mere reform of the
Corporation will not suffice. The freemen must be
disfranchised, and the vestries thrown open►.

We direct attention to the intelligence from Swi
zerland, contained under the head of German Papers

Intelligence from the Spanish frontier will be found
in our extracts from the French journals.

We have received the whole of the Paris
Papers of Sunday, but their contents add nothing
to the intelligence received yesterday. The ex-
citement occasioned by the menaces of the United
States, and the unexpected claims of Russia, still
continues. We stated yesterday that the claims of
Russia to compensation were to be discussed in the
Chamber of Deputies on Monday (yesterday) ; so
that by to-morrow we shall be able to submit the Mi-
nisterial defence to our readers.

There is no domestic news in any of the Paris

papers.

THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY).

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

By the express from—Paris vit is stated that two armies are
about to be established by the Spanish Government, one in
Andalusia, and the other in Castile. Another account from
Madrid states that an armistice may be expected to take place
between the contending parties. This information has caused
an improvement in the Spanish and Portuguese Stocks this
morning. We can state that, for several days past, a negocia-
tion was going forward with General Alm, to put an end to
the war in Spain.

THE FUNDS.
Consols, which left off yesterday at 91k to 91i for the
Account, opened at the same price this morning, with little

doing. -
Exchequer Bills are at the closing price, 41 43 ; India
Bonds, 20 22; India Stock, 257 258.
In the Foreign Market Spanish have improved : left off
yesterday at 54i to 55, opened this morning at Por-
tuguese, which left off 911, are at present 91i ; all other
Foreign Securities may be quoted at the leaving off prices of
yesterday.
New Spanish Scrip, 1 premium.
HALF-PAST ONE.

Consols continue steady at 91i to i for the Account, with
little doing, as the chief business is in the Foreign Market.
Spanish is steady at 55 to -I, but not so good as in the
morning ; Portuguese Stock keeps its price of 91 to i ;
Spanish Scrip is improving, and may be quoted at 11 j.
THREE O'CLOCK.

Consols for the Account, 911 I.
THE FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES.

Rank Stook "24
3 per Cent. Red 9l!
3 per Cent. Cons 11.4
31, per Cent.
31,4 per Cent Red '9%
New 3!4_ per Cent Mil
4 per Cent. ANsented —
Dissented —
Long Annuities to expire
Jaa IStin l7 3-16
oct. 1959 l7 1-16
Jan. leso —
_ _

BRITISH FUNDS.
India Stock 159
Ditto Bonds.— "I pm
South Sea Stock
Ditto Old Annuities
Ditto New Annuities
Ex. Bills. I 0144/....
Ditto 5)41/ 42 pm.
Ditto wil 42 pm.
Bank Stock for Act.
India Stock rm. Opg.
Consols for Opg.

FUNDS.
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per cent 9014
Ditto, New Ditto 91%
Prussian, 5 per cent
i Russian Bonds, 5 per cent. 1043!4
Ditto, Metallic
Spanish, 5 per cent 5474
Ditto, ItS'3
French, 5 per cent
Exchange
French, 3 per cent
Dutch, 1: per cent 54 4
Ditto. 5 per cent .... 101