The Sun.
London, England, 1835-02-27 00:00:00

respect to the question of tithes, no Member of the Go-
vernment opposed the inquiry-the only opposition was to
the details of the measures proposed, not to the prin-

ciple.—(Hear, hear.) Then again, it was said that the
whole of the Church Establishment in Ireland was not

made a subject of sufficient importance. Now he considered
it would be premature to express a decided opinion on this
important subject, .until the Church Commissioners had

made their report.—(Hear, hear.) The next complaint
was the subject of Irish Tithes. Now, he would defy any
Noble Lord to point out a single passage in any of

speeches where he expressed himself hostile to a commu-
tation of Tithes in Ireland.—( Hear, hear.) What ground,
then, was there for saying, that the Royal Speech was a
Speech recommending Reform contrary to all the former
professions of the Ministers of the Crown. He had gone

through it head by head, and he could see no such meaning."
We cordially concur in the opinion of the Royal
Speech expressed by the Tory CHANCELLOR. We also

have examined it, paragraph by paragraph, and we are
bound to assert, that we could not discover a sentence in it
upon which it would be possible to ground a charge of epos-
tacy against the most Tory Member of the present most Tory
Government. We never heard that Tories were bound
in consistency to close their eyes to the effects
of their favourite system, no matter where, or in
what shape, exhibited—we never understood them to
be pledged to no more than a resistance to change.
Now, the Emu's Speech recommends no change what-
soever ; and for the correctness of this assertion we have
the authority of the LORD CHANCELLOR. The most it
promises is inquiry, and in that there is nothing
opposed to the genius of Toryism. The Tories
scout the inference, that because commissions of in-
quiry are issued, changes must ensue—and, we must
say, with great fairness. Were we to promise to visit
Poet's Corner, is there any one who ought not to be
laughed at, who would infer from the fact of so promis-
ing, that we engaged to change the site of West-
minster Abbey ? The Tories are gentlemen—men of
honour, as they say of themselves—and so having promised
to enquire into the state of the Established Church, no
doubt they will perform that promise to the letter. But
they will do nothing more. They promise not to make any
innovations, and most certainly they will not attempt any
—that is, if they be not driven out of Downing-street be-
fore time is allowed them for such an experiment.
What then, will be asked, is the use of issuing com-
missions, if Ministers have made up their minds be-
forehand not to act upon the reports which may
be furnished by them ? As an answer to this ques-
tion, we will ask another—Why do sailors, off the
coast of Greenland, throw tubs to whales? Or,
why does the hunter, who has robbed a tigress of her
whelps, when closely pursued, drop one of them ? Or why
do slavers, when chased by men of war ships, hoist
some of their victims in barrels overboard ? The answer
in every case is to gain time by diverting the
attention of the common enemy: The whale mistakes the
tub for the boat ; the tigress seizes the relinquished cub,
and while restoring it to her lair, the spoiler escapes with the
others ; and feelings of humanity oblige officers of the
navy to prefer saving the lives of the doomed
Africans, to the inflicting of proper punishment
on their lawless oppressors. The Tories knew the dan-
gers they must• encounter on taking office. They saw
that some scheme must be devised to throw dust in the eyes
of the multitude. They were aware that Reports may be
drawn up in favour of any side of a question, that while
Commissions would provide handsomely for their under-
lings, agents, and dependants, the gulled country would
bear all the expenses. But unfortunately for the discom-
fitted Tories, they forgot to defend themselves at all points ;
and in repudiating the charge of apostacy, they have been
driven to admit their hypocrisy. The vigilance—the
amazing power of irony—the sarcastic bitterness of Lord
BROUGHAM wrung from the CHANCELLOR an exposition of
the miserable shifts and subterfuges resorted to by the
Tories in their last struggle to retain the reins of Govern-
ment. The sum of the LORD CHANCELLOR'S defence of him-
self and his colleagues against the charge of political apostacy
was this :—" We promised nothing—we promise nothing—
and we never intended to promise anything. We said we
would institute enquiries into the state of certain things ;
but we neither promised, nor do we now promise, to
make any change or take any step, be the result of
such, enquiries what they may. It is possible
the country may misunderstand us ; that is precisely what
we intended. You see there is no cause for accusing us of
apostacy."

The division of last night has, however, sealed the fate
of the Tory Administration—despite of all the so-
phistry and deception of the Conservative Cabinet.
The fruit of so much deep plotting—of so much
haggard watching—of so much toil, anxiety, and eager
thought, must now be gathered into other granaries. The
Tories are extinct as a Government—nay, they are virtu-
ally annihilated for ever as a party.

In the House of Lords last night, Lord BROUGHAM ex-
posed the inconsistency of Ministers in proposing to act
upon the report of the Corporation Commission, which the
Loan CHANCELLOR had expressly declared was illegal. A
brief, but spirited discussion took place on this subject,
after which the House adjourned at half-past six o'clock.

Lord Stanley gave a thjeuner a la fourcheite in
Carlton-gardens on Tuesday, to a party of ab'out sixty noble-
men and gentlemen. A similar entertainment was given on
Wednesday.
The new Speaker has given the situation of Secre-
tary to Mr. W. Vizard, whom Lord Brough-m made Se-
cretary of Bankrupts. Mr. Vizard has appointed as his
deputy Mr. E. Romilly, who sat in the late house for
Ludlow.

We are sorry to state that the Earl 'of Shefton lies
dangerously ill at his house in Arlington-street.

The rejected candidate for Middlesex, Captain
Wood, of Littleton, canvassed the Corn Exchange, in antici-
pation of another dissolution of Parliament, on Monday last.
-Wc have heard of other symptoms on the part of the Tories 01
a like sort. _ _ _

TRIUMPH OVER THE TORIES.—The defeat of Sir
Charles Sutton, though it was not unexpected by us, appears
to have disappointed and confounded the Tories beyond de-
scription. An illustration of the state of their feelings in
Dublin may be taken from the fact that one of them wagered
one hundred guineas to five guineas, on Friday last, that Sutton
would not only be returned, but returned by a large majority.
We noticed, on the morning of that day, that the Standard
" talked wildly of a majority of a fifty." When expectation
was so high amonst them, it would be difficult to exaggerate
the extent of their mortification and amazement upon ascer-
taining that it was visionary !—Dublin Morning Register.
The present is the twelfth Imperial Parliament. Of
this number (since the Union with Ireland) the longest has
been that elected in 1818, which ran "very nearly its whole
limit, having lasted six years, one month, and nine days ; that
elected in 1812 lasted five years and a half and sixteen days ;
three others lasted upwards of four years ; one of them, that of
1807, nearly five ; and none of the last reached the second
year. The shortest-lived during that period was that of June
1831, which passed the Reform Bill, the duration of which
was only five months and twenty. days.
At the Westminster Sessions yesterday, the grand
jury returned a true bill against Mr. O'Gorman Mahon, for an
assault upon Mr. Wigley, the solicitor.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.
—We have no change to notice in Cotton since Monday, except
that less business is doing, and the market in consequence ap-
pears quieter. The sales made to-day are estimated at 2,500
bales, chiefly to consumers—viz., 20 Pernams, 130.; 50
Bahia, 12d.; 40 Sawginned Maranhams, Hp. ; 100 Surat,
7d.; remainder in American, from did. to for Uplands,
an 12d. for Orleans and Mobile.
CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yesterday evening an in-
quest was field at the Two Chairmen, South Bruton-mews,
Berkeley-square,. on James Treacher, a fine young man, aged
25, late m the service of Mr. Gunter, confectioner, of Berke-
ley-square, whose death was occasioned by suffocation from
charcoal. Thomas Ward was employed at Mr. Gunter's,
cook and confectioner, of Berkeley-square. The deceased
was in the same employ. The room at the back of the pre-
mises occupied by witness, the deceased, and others, had lately
undergone repair, and in consequence were damp. On Tues-
day the deceased intimated his intention of burning charcoal
in his room, to prevent the dampness from injuring his (de-
ceased's) health. Witness advised him not to have recourse to
such, as it was a dangerous expedient. The deceased ob-
served he was not afraid of the consequences , he should open
his window and door, and that would let out the noxious vapour
of the charcoal. Witness saw him about eleven o'clock on
Tuesday night, just before he went to bed, when there was a
pan of charcoal burning in his (deceased's) room. At six
o'clock the following morning witness knocked at the door of
the deceased's room, but received no reply ; he then obtained
a ladder, and entering the room through the window, disco-
vered the deceased in bee, dead and cold. Mr. Michael Blood,
surgeon, deposed that the death of the deceased was caused
by the noxious vapour arising from the charcoal. The Jury
returned a verdict accordingly, and observed that the present
case ought to be a warning.