The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-11 00:00:00

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If there be a more bitter peel to political vanity
the rz this we know not where to find it—unless it
be in the lock-up or dislocation of the Cabal Joint-
)c:k Company of self-distrusting conspirators for
po cver.

NOW let us see what Mr. ROEBUCK says of
the actor on the stage of assumption :—" Gen •
tl, amen opposite have been returned to this
h. Duse upon an understanding very different
fi;.om that of the old Tory party. There is
nOO longer an old Tory party. They are a
I leform party, spite of themselves, and if
they. obtain a majority to-night we shall have
a. good Reform Bill propounded by the right hon.
g entleman which will easily be carried through
the House of Lords. Therefore, I say that
the house will receive from the party opposite
quit e as good a Reform Bill as it will get from the
twee noble lords, and that it will be certain to be
carried through the House of Lords. But lam
toad that they are to have additional support. It
is to be a triumvirate. The hon. gentleman the
naember for Birmingham is to lend his aid to
this composition Cabinet. If that hon. gentleman
were in this house what he is out of it—if he spoke
as boldly here as he does upon the platform at Bir-
mingham, I should have much greater faith in his
efficiency and on the effect which he would produce
upon the Cabinet ; but at Birmingham he roars like
any lion, and when he comes here he is a sucking
dove. Therefore, I say that the addition of the hon.
gentleman to this composition Cabinet will notbe of
any great advantage to the people of England."
No, nor to anybody else. But does the right (?)
honourable gentleman expect to remain a week in
such company ? If he does he will soon wish
himself well out of such troubled waters. The
jealous envy of noble lordism will steam hint off in
smoke before he will find time to sit easy in his
new elevation. They will make the place too hot
for him before they are smoked out themselves.
Then, as to the noble lord who promised a
Reform Bill with the intention to forget it, what
does Mr. ROEBUCK say of him in the event of his
coming into office, for as yet " there's nobody
asked you, sir, she said !" Why—" That
by the very Parliament which had been
called together under the delusion of the name of
PALMERSTON —by that very Parliament he was
within a year hurled from power, and the people of
England backed up the Parliament. And this is
the man who ha 3 kept the world in combustion
ever since he has been in power ; this is the man to
whom we are going to confide the keeping of the
peace of Europe. I want to know whom the
noble lord is about to bring with him. Are we
to have the benefit of the great abilities of the late
President of the Board of Control (Mr. V. Smith) ?
Are we also to have the benefit of the great intelli-
gence of the right hon. gentleman who governed
our colonies (Mr. Labouchere); and are we, more
than all, to have the splendid abilities of
him who nearly ruined the navy of England ?
But there is balm in Gilead. I am told
that this is to be a composition Cabinet, and pos-
sibly the three right hon. gentlemen whom I have
named will be kept out of it. If so, does any one
believe that the Cabinet will be in power for a
quarter ? Will not the divisions thus created be
far more dangerous to the continuance of the Admi-
nistration than anything which can happen to the
present one ? I do not mean to flatter gentlemen op-
posite. Ido not think ery highly of them, but of this
I am sure, that we can compel them to give us much
more than we can obtain from the noble viscount.
You—(addressing the members upon the front
Opposition bench)—will go into office, but you will
not be there a week without bickering and con-
fusion ; and ix the midst of all your trouble and
confusion England will be forgotten. I have seen
that happen before. Poor England !"
After this telling illustration of character, we
may remark that what Mr. ROEBUCK said of
the Opposition—(cries of " Oh, oh")—in their
endeavours to hoot him down, was worthy of
himself :—" There seems to be a very curious
tendency to risibility on this side of the House.
(Laughter.) Laughter, however, often marks
emptiness of head, and I can only assure honour-
men gentlemen that I look upon the question
under discussion as a most serious one. I cannot,
therefore, deal with it as a laughing matter, for
I have to consider what is best for the wel-
fare of my country. That statement may again
excite the cacchination of hon. gentlemen on this
side of the house, still the question remains, what
is it that my duty compels me to do ? It compels
me to take this course—namely, to support the
Government, not because I deem them that
which I should wish an Administration to be,
but because I think they are better than any
Government by which they can be replaced.
I have had considerable experience now for twenty-
six years of the Parliamentary government of this
country. When the Reform Bill of 1832 was passed
it was stated that we were about to get out of the
old track of being ruled by the great families
of the kingdom. Such has not hitherto been the
case, so far as this side of the house is concerned.
But I must say for hon. gentlemen opposite that
they have cast about to find ability, and in the
attainment of that object they have not asked how
a man was born or to whom he was related. From
1832, however, up to the present hour there has been
on this side of the house a constant and careful exclu-
sion from office of everything that is termed plebeian.
The real Government of this countryhas been confided
to a certain small number of hands, all drawn from
a certain small number of families. I may be told
that this state of things has come to an end. When
that is the case I shall rejoice, and when I see it I shall
believe it. No, I have no faith in sudden conversions
of this description. The same feeling of exclusion
which has hitherto narrowed down the Govern-
ment of the Whig party to the smallest
possible amount of brains, still, I believe, cons.
tinues to exist, and, as I am of opinion that
the real welfare of my country requires en-
larged principles of Government, and
a widely ex-
tended cast of the net to secure intelligence
wherever it may be found, I intend to oppose
the amendment which has been moved by the
noble lord the member for North Lancashire."

The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Alice,
honoured the performance at the Olympic Theatre last
evening with her presence. Her Majesty was attended by
the Viscountess Jocelyn, Hon. Emily Cathcart, the Earl
of Verulam, and Lord Colville.
THE PRINCE OF WALES.—The Prince of Wales
is expected to return to England in about a fortnight. His
Royal Highness, after spending a short time with his royal
parents at Buckingham Palace, will proceed to Edinburgh,
and will reside at Holyrood Palace for some weeks for the
purpose of pursuing a course of study preparatory to going
to Oxford in October, in which city his Royal Highness
will, it is understood, attend lectures, and take advantage
of the facilities for completing his education afforded by the
University. It is not improbable that his Royal Highness
will pursue a similar course at a later period at the sister
university.
HARROW SCHOOL.—The day fixed for the Harrow
Speeches is Thursday, the 30th inst.
COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.—At a Court of
Common Council held yesterday in Guildhall, the freedom
of the City, in a gold box of the value of 100 guineas, was
voted to Lord Elgin in testimony of the high sense enter-
tained of the important services rendered by him in Canada,
China, and in Japan. At the same Court, the London-
bridge Committee reported that the negotiation with the
Southwark Company to open their bridge free to the public
during the proposed repair of the carriage-road of London-
bridge had failed. The committee therefore recommended
that one-half of London-bridge should be closed during:the
repairs. The report was agreed to.