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London, England, 1844-06-20 00:00:00

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THEk ~,4'411 S BENCII.—II (TIS DAY.)
ox 1..)E BODE •TDB QUEEN, ON A PETITION OF RIGHT.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)
sien._r examination of witnesses, and the reading of docu-
tiaae`", Y evidence on the part of the Baron tie Bode, con-
h4e to five o'clock, when the Court adjourned.
144reirease, for the Baron de Bode will be continued to-
SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
GLOB GLo, Tim EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
ter} ~,,t)l''•—Sir Robert Peel has the same' sort of mas-
kis ,er his party as Napoleon had over Spain. He
With
the aid of the veteran Commander in •Chief of
he .'hisiro, the military possession of the country ; and as
ierao:.1(18 it with certain Napoleonite ' pretensions of
tetheing antiquated abuses, and introducing the spirit
°alilieentrives to win over, or to neutralise,
Witark4e3 from the ranks of his natural opponents.
the appliances and aids to boot, we have seen
tau, mister barely maintain the field on days of pitched
quer-1 but his moral position in his seemingly con-
-114:4 territory exposes him to a more exhausting and
a,,sing warfare. The intervals between those en-
tzle-ants, where the whole nominal dominion is at
off s; are filled u with uerilla encounters, cutting
fore,;ragglers, endangering supplies, &c. Thus
fth. e
teed kl the Napoleon of Downing-street are rit-
the er4waY in detail • and day by day he loses
--p°ll,lld hardl • achieved' by the right of conquest.
i'llresi-°,.°ert Peel has to learn, like Napoleon, thatr
lwees are three parts in four of victory. W e
keeed. indeed, he has -by this time learned it; and that
kit 'tesPair of his 'ministry more than he does.
h,3._,othout under-rating the obstacles any ministry
ch°;°tend with, it. appears to us that the Prime MI-
L'litth-itdoself has been the great author of
.his o.wn.
iet thi„l. He may talk of combinations against him,
hiaLis a single uncomb'ned letter in the alpha-
Teh."llliie,' has been mere fatal to him than all the
at oils we have seen' against or for him.
Sir,s , the moral position of a Minister, whose
Ith "ominion of his party is not only brokenup
hostile guerilla bands we see it split. intq (and at
,1115tlih " Vestries" debate of last night. afforded
• 'Neil:nen) but whose position is one of aloofness.
pPara
tion even from his own colleagues ? If Sir
ttl'ilite:` were Lord Chatham, this position might be
sil:a.,le• Under a popular Constitution, a Ministe.
11-11'. separate from all parties, and even from. his
Itro4;?sitaal associates in power, provided he strikes
once new or revived chord Of national feeling,
IrelWea's, clearly and intelligibly, to some recognised
,It, 1,11•°,r patriotic faith. Uncoubtedly therecrise,
;L'rowsleta the public will support a Minister who
;41 se -s I`l,llls-.lf On its support—and support him none
;h4liej,willingly because he seems to discard mere pafr. y
thilit Di,- tut then he must do this in the full and Li.-
-„,rsit of nobler than party objects. Party atta.ch-
thli' -`l, 43' be fused in the heat of a more ardent patriot-
D• :ut party attachments have themselves a heat
tiLlieTerous than mere personal circumspection. The
i 4 Par-t? support a Minister—granted—who.. ceases to
thas • a?, man, because his party feelings are absorbed
[l;pl)h'rei'mls at grand national objects. But what can
t', ';‘10 make of a Minister, who does not melt all
allt.-S 18 his nobler heat, but chills and splits to pieces
threfdatParty b his benumbing coldness ? A Minister
e Morey than a party man—granted—but Sir
tikh•
."
'eel
nes' appears less—less by all the inferiority of
6.4111-i'Peet and circumscribed eelf-regard to the
.more
"ril'-ve and generous, if not unalloyed, sympathies of
liktftiulection
I,7laist•"l-)ARD..—The rumours of a resignation cf
ranks, 'rs, Poured forth in such unsparing profusion from
and the Reform Club, on the last Sabbath, have
41411e4 an effect, we imagine, little gratifying to, their
everywhere that the story obtamed a . mo 7
47,Ps'• eredir, the resignation was heard of as a national
• Y the •'t of the people, the few who seemed
ae warm y
ktid I news with satisfaction or indifference were the
b•tivea,vowed enemies of order. Among the Cons9r-
Odi "i'ne feeling was uniform • even the most spiteful,
I:Atdie,,,, and sordid of the disappointed who profess
P, it Conservative principles, were obliged to coln•
tele -0 words of their proper organ, the Dublin
p that " the result must be disastrous."
14p;litll‘ri;_i•tgs who set the. fiction going have had a
Valyt; '-on from their experiment. In all the
b"e Tos to which the supposed retirement of
.Sir
(;tiltil4t gave birth, no one dreamed of resorting
Oados a Ministry. The Duke of Buckingham and
ON; ' Lord Ashley, the Duke of Richmond, were in
aim a Gil spoken of as called, or likely to be called, to.
Whi `lovernment• but ho human being ever suggested
kr'reft • In the grave procession of public men,
4 imagination for the selection of a Govern-
atelPY were not found, or found only as objects of
-eik't. The Conservative leaders were summoned
'ir'„„`ssion by popular surmise; but as for the Whigs,
'l:74itioa was such as the great poet has described
bitela se, with much more contempt, men's eye
ISo iBe°wl upon them. None cried, Heaven save you!'
t„ed°3'ful tongue gave them a welcome home ;
Whi'st was thrown upon their luckless heads,_
thee with such gentle sorrow they shovii.ott .
Thell,r faces combating with tears and smiles—
That "adges of their grief and patience—
Thehad not Heaven for some strong purpose steeled
44, gearts of men, they must perforce have melted,
1,t./hti 1-I,arharism itself hav9 ptihtiedevtheeumts..”
et,th 4,11,3 e zee hate
felt saomhae t'nder emotions towards the
it :hut the came the rude reflections, so fatal to
11.,-4,:°n--they brought it all- upon themselves ; and
Cry to -the public good that they for ever wither
01.-re u Pon the bbet they have raised for themselves
pel'°ws ! Another effect that has been produced
tt,:tlZ,,,Periment, is a demonstration of the manifest
4"ar,,' of all that the Whole W-Radical
resan
4 Portion of the professing Conservativespress
tr,"jrif:TlsaYing for the last two years, of delusions ne-
p,,,At c`„'esorted to by the present Government, in order
tV4eiPti,"o°loo. No delusion can now exist as to the
tiPon which Sir R. Peel and his friends propose
the of this country. Farmers, West
Maas affairs
e,to 'le People generally,now know perfectly what they
Iht4e exile People from the Right Hon. Baronet at the head
4,',Y ail °Verlllllo t • and with this fulness of knowledge,
Vie...t;gard ?possible remouvahl
tas the reatest of
e%t with tithe most
rue,
eo p, as an eve g
consequences. Canfrthere then be a doubt
theres. knowledge of 1844, they had to
Wee ? choice of 1841, they would repeat that
I,;rs ago What necessity, then, existe_d_. three
e
1414 tar .1., t. for practising a delusion ? We have
Hies shown that no delusion was, in fact,
uY the Conservative leaders, though we are
51seivs"3'ing that vain and greedy men did not d_ ellBu4de,
t4aeli 1,n4 their expectations from the change of 1
k,-at p' en are always deluding themselves ; but here
a
Otis tac'f worth a thousand, that no delusion. w
for here is evidence that no delusion was
P;11 Sirr' pond a public man must be much more raw
th ,obert Peel, who will unnecessarily multi-
g'q)ect t. of his party, to be afterwards
hem , a ions
ir, stvt "PM him as debts of peremptory. obligation.
'ki lar will read the speeches of Sir Robert Peel,.
'll(ilia4l-35d to 1841—indeed, during the whole Whig-
opt t,4-14inistration—with candour. .and with care,h
tqh,
t.oat there is nothing against which he throug -
ttirlitte4drefally guards himself as tha being thought
!st 'kte to all the objects of all his supporters,d in their
44*,11t* This, we know, has been impute to
_him
iimplaiq ally craft, but it is nothing of the kind—it
15' heneallog, prudent honesty—precisely the same
I,,..i_esty which prevents men incurring pecuniary
Sir erl'uout a prospect of being able t odischarge
kletob„,thervvise raising what are called falsei hopes.
chef• could not. prevent vain an greedy
45 41 t own cheating themselves, but he was
!IS „`) undeceive them as far as he could
he took care that they should have
Ithlvthe "fs° .for accusing him as an ,acces_somry.
lirti4ti'd practised by themselves upon the
'k, te,elio, again, says our Contemporary, Sir Robert
4,1113" Led the •agriculturists by placing Sir Edward
td,
ore
IV the in his Cabinet. This frau lat least did not
hPeThier to office—for he must have held office
)I‘.Ntive°tPd practise it ; but this way of talking is
8111 fat, fr. 3•. Why should not Sir Robert Peel
T 1,1141 of the agricultural interest in his Cabi-
dt%'4 ef.l he has, in effect, proved himself the best
at gar agriculturist? Was the Minister who has
(,ttleri: tjeluded the spoliation scheme of a " fixed
,'„46*htliq .lieela re war upon the. agriculturists, and exciteh.
"tt,t-'t?r-ssa,t by excluding every agriculturist from is
,ve ql,„" e need not; we believe, say mo.re. of the
,'ll%the Siinday's• experiment in extinguishing. for
• .(18: s 3 4rY ef a delusion practised on Conservatives.
•ketel Was
have given abundant proof that no
11, as Practised, or was necessary.
DIAL PARLIAMENT.
(THIS EVENING.)
the 1-I°USE-6-°."--)2 COMMONS.
• At,-kr,ER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
41d in''''ONNELL presented 49 petitions from
131," nur of a repeal of the union.
4 titition QsLN-TERs CHAPELS BILL.
f-sr against this Bill were presented by Lord
f,ren; 4r. b°1•11 Yorkshire; • Mr. Shaw, from Middle-
k" 1,-"x Maule, from Scotland; Mr. Evans,
t°15,1, Y•
; Lord lngestre, Wolverhamton ; Col.
AORte 04 Mr. Plumptre, Manchester; Mr.
'• ' "oventry • and Mr. Bankes.
otir „
of the CONNELL presented a petition in
ahi.r.l3lll.
Atnq Presented a petition from Sheffield
1)14,4t. b;• avings' Banks Bill.
tote o Irej CCIMBE presented a petition from a
- thai'l.nd Prf4yiti,• for inquiry into the present
ties- , cottutry.
/It SOAP DUTY.
'lkin TT •
Oleo 'B' on . said, having been disappointed in
to .ay, 0 114 Motion with reference to this duty on
hit It Mowing to the circumstance of there not
14 rested se, he had, after consulting with parties
tested
d • abandon
tin pre. determined to his intention
4t 4pig, it 'era session, with the view, however, of
I‘,l earl , tlnder the consideration of llon. Members
fey4r. tl3j Period next
_ err year.
14 4 aai, 'a- presented several petitions from North
also lAqzlislrny alteration of the corn-laws.
'hi Idled uNBY presented petitions from the
he the Di Sisters and chapels of Cumberland
-Uissenters' Cjiapels Bill.
Sji,j• Y. Lue,_()IJ,NTY RATE.
444 esh 1-4:41,411, gave notice that on Tuesday
(11:vid leave to bring in a Bill for better
Ying, and collecting the county rate.