The Sun.
London, England, 1835-04-14 00:00:00

must not only endanger but disgust the country. There
is a considerable movement of persons, whose names
appeared in the lists of the recent majorities of the
House of Commons, towards the party of Lord Stan-
ley. and Sir J. Graham ; many of them, we understand,
going even further than that; and Lord Stanley has pub-
blicly declared, that his feelings of contempt and disgust
for the proceedings which have been carried on, be-
tween the Whig, Radical, and Repeal traffickers for
the government of the British empire, are so strong
that he will not condescend even to hold communica-
tion with any member of a government based upon
such principles as those which Lord Melbourne has
adopted for his guidance in the construction of the
new Cabinet. We stated yesterday that Mr. O'Con-
nell personally declines office. He can manage the
agitation of Ireland and collect the rent much better
without office than with it. We have to-day to an-
nounce another relinquishment of office, founded
upon kindred feelings, on the part of an English
member of the Whig-Radical faction. Mr. Edward
Ellice is to remain out of office, in order the
better to serve the interests of his party by or-
ganizing Unions and fomenting agitation, in Great
Britain ; and it is said—he himself, indeed,
vauntingly says—not without the hope that in .this
department of patriotic and statesmanlike duty he shall,
after a little more experiekce, be enabled successfully
to rival his Irish competitor. We must own our sus-
picion here, that Mr. E. Ellice considerably overrates
his own powers. It was confidently rumoured yester-
day, that Lord Brougham, notwithstanding all that
has passed, is again to have the seals, in order the
more effectually to promote the cause of agitation in
the House of Lords. This rumour, we believe, is in-
correct. Lord Brougham would very willingly force
his way to the Woolsack, as he forced it be-
fore ; but he is not yet quite prepared, like the
Lords Melbourne and Lansdowne, to lick the
dust from the feet of Mr. O'Connell. The lead-
ing Whigs recollect, beides, the letter which they
caused to be sent in the early part of last winter
to his Lordship, then in France, announcing to
him, by the hand of a Peer—an Irish Peer, in-
debted to Lord Brougham for his elevation to
the British Peerage—that in the event of the return
of the party to power he was considered to have for-
feited his claims to office. And as Lord Brougham
has not taken the proper course to secure the especial
patronage of Mr. O'Connell, the leaders of his Lord-
ship's late party manifest some repugnance, in this
particular instance, to eat their own words. A good
rousing speech, in the House of Lords, in favour of
establishing Popery as the State religion in Ireland,
which could be introduced conveniently enough by Lord
Brougham on the presentation of a petition, might do his
business yet. Lord Brougham, we dare say, will medi-
tate upon this hint; and we should not be much sur-
prised to hear such a speech from him in the course
of the next two days. If he can bring himself to this,
he will yet be Lord Chancellor, as certainly as that
either Lord Melbourne or the Marquis of Lansdowne
will be Premier. If not—not. His dexterous Lord-
ship, as we have said, will no doubt think of it. In
the meanwhile, we must in this respect, as in other
respects of still greater importance, wait with patience
for the result of the negotiations still going on among
Whigs, Radicals, and Repeaters. On Thursday next,
the day before Good Friday, the House of Commons
again meets. And as an adjournment will then, we
suppose, take place for the Easter holidays, it will be
thought necessary, perhaps, to offer, or to elicit, infor-
mation as to whether the United Kingdoms have or
have not a Government, or the prospect of one.—
Morning Post.
The announcement for which we prepared our
readers yesterday, was made by Sir Robert Peel in the
House of Commons last night. He stated that he had
received a letter from his Majesty, desiring him to
announce to the House that arrangements were in
progress for the formation of a new Ministry, and
moved the adjournment till
_Thursday, when we
suppose the writs for the new Ministers will be
moved. No positive appointments have, we be-
lieve, been made beyond Lord Melbourne's to the
office of Premier ; although, we understand, it is
settled that Mr. Spring Rice is to be Chancellor
of the Exchequer ; Lord John Russell, Secre-
tary for Foreign Affairs ; and Lord Palmerston for the
Colonies. Lord Brougham, it is said, announces to
his friends that he is not to resume his situation as
Lord Chancellor ; in which case, we presume, he will
be succeeded by Sir John Campbell, the late Attorney-
General. Nothing, however, we suppose, is yet defi-
nitively arranged ; and the public will be satisfied that
matters are in a right train under the guidance of Lord
Melbourne, Lord Lansdowne, and their friends in the
House of Commons, having the benefit of the advice
and experience of Earl Grey. Lord John Russell
came to town yesterday, and has been in consultation
with his colleagues at Lord Grey's and Lord Mel-
bourne's during the day.—Morning Chronicle.

The Tories at first flattered themselves, that though
defeated repeatedly in the House of Commons, they
might yet succeed by their intrigues in preventing the
formation of a Liberal Administration. Deprived of
this hope, they are now making the most desperate
efforts to obstruct the re-election of the members of the
House of Commons taking office in the new Adminis-
tration. An active canvass has already been com-
menced in Devonshire against Lord John Russell, and
an opposttion is even threatened to Sir John Hob-
house at Nottingham. There can be neither doubt
nor difficulty about the Nottingham election, but we
regret to say that we cannot speak so sanguinely
with respect to Devonshire. We learn that ap-
prehensions are entertained with respect to the
Tory votes added to the last registry in Devon-
shire, which it will require the greatest caution, zeal,
and exertion on the part of the Liberal party to meet.
A large subscription has been entered into, at the head
of which it is said Lord Rolle's name is placed for a
thousand pounds. The people do not require to be
told by us, that if they expect public men to do their
duty in Parliament, they must not withhold from them
the necessary support. Lord John Russell has nobly
fought the battle of freedom in the House of Com-
mons. There is but one opinion as to the wisdom,
skill, and manly firmness displayed by his Lordship
throughout the whole contest. He had to moderate, with-
out offending, the more zealous and impatient of his
own side, while he was every moment in fear of an
insidious and skilful foe, ready to take advantage
of every fault either of commission or omission.
The people may well suppose that these efforts of his
Lordship are by no means calculated to conciliate the
Tories. They would rejoice beyond measure if they
could throw out the leader of the majority which has
driven them from power. The people must, therefore,
expect that the Tories will have recourse to all manner
of acts of oppresaion and corruption, and we need not
add, that they can only hope effectually to resist them
by the most manly efforts to assert their independence.
Why should not counter-subscriptions be entered into ?
It is hard that the friends of the Liberal party should
be left without assistance and without support, to fight
a series of hard battles against the purses and the
malevolence of a bitter and revengeful oligarchy.
We call, then, upon the people to remember
that they have now a duty to discharge. In
England, we regret to say, the habits of the
period when electors were bought and sold are still but
too prevalent. An elector is but too apt to suppose
that he is conferring a favour on the candidate for
whom he votes. This base and servile way of thinking
will not long, we trust, be a reproach to the nation.
Nay, the time we hope is not far distant when an
elector will deem the canvassing him as an insult. But
however this may be, the electors ought not to throw
on the candidates the expense of what properly belongs
to themselves. Men should be returned to Parliament
without expense. The Representative who discharges
his duty honourably, ought not surely to be called on to
sacrifice his private fortune. We have said enough,
we trust, to induce our Liberal countrymen to do their
duty to the Members who have so nobly done their's.-
-Morning Chronicle.

It will be seen from the brief proceedings, last night,
in both Houses of Parliament, that the information
which we conveyed to our readers was, in every respect,
perfectly correct, and that no appointment had taken
place, save and expecting that of Lord Melbourne,
who had undertaken to form a Cabinet. Had any
appointment of a Commoner been made, that Com-