The Sun.
London, England, 1828-01-12 00:00:00

SPIRIT OP TILE PUBTJC JOURNALS

The dieedigion of .les Ministry tieing noff an affair
trot to he denied, a period of silence ensues,—a
period, howeeser,'Wffich must inevitably be hut short;
on aecotmt of the ulinost imitediete opening of the
Session or-Parliament. The late neistry most offer
in its members, we should conceive, many materials
.for the compcisition of the new; some must be re-
jected as useless. Indeed, bad tee o.tireselets been
adverse to the men now iu power, tuel still hardly
deprived of it, we, even in that case, could not have
seen how it would he possible tef replace them at
once and abruptly by their decided apponeutte at this
particular instant, when all the act:owes are made pp
for the inspection of Parliament ! nelese it were also
possible for-the Kin try diepierse with the meeting
of his' Parliament, and with the public suppliet, till
• cotincils diametrically Opposite to those by which he
he been influenced would be engendered and
brought ,to maturity. It ie clear, therefore,
that the- essence of the late -,Ministry must,
at least k. the Eire( instant's', (unless, indeed, it
be intended to pi -e a shock in the State,) be
transfused into t ich is now fertning. ghoul()
more impottant chat be contemplated, which we
have no reason tosuppose, they must be brought on
gradually; and alas ! . time is meanwhile dealing meth-
lessly witbekese ivho might have once been viewed
as the pereolftalculated to bring about such chunges.
There can be no Lord Chaneelkir Eldon again !
no Lord Westmarlandeeehardly a Lard Bathurst,--
as Ministers. The eßietemporariee of Lord Liver-
pool must be-cOnsidered as men on whose constitu-
tional vigour 110 A' eliance „can beplace.cl tbr the future;
and if a succession of heirs to their opinions be
looked to, where is it to be found ? The rising
generation, the advaneing race, with the exception
of Mr. Peel, profess snore liberal principles; and
what would be be, surrontural by such_ men as slr.
Dawson and- Mii Votilburn ? We cannot there-
fore, for our men pays, either see arty likeli-
hood of an iminedie% change, of iii: great
maxima ofiSlie'y Which- the late Ministry derived
from its leader; Mr. Canning; nor do. wethink that
a gradual swereirro from them is to be apprehended,
e
for the -causes above explained, namely, that the
men will be *tarn out by whom the deviation should
be conducted, and that they hare no mecessers. If
indeed, the Eltions, and Westrnorl ;cis, and Ba-
thursts, had had possession of the ground, and a
dissension had sprung up among them, the place of
one or two dissentients might have been supplied,
-and the wain of Government have been dragged on
for a while loiter, in the same round, and in the same
ruts ; but a fuchlen recurrence to them would be
dangerouss—a late mare impossible. The crisis, how-
ever, admits of no deisy. To these reasonings, we
believe we may ai-ii the fact, that nothing was
settled, or known ttehe settled, et re late hour last
night. We suspect that the project of trying an
mitre Government was hazarded, and failed ! but
artifice may tesui.it iri/y, it is thonght by some,
effect what hits Men rejected as a primary propo-
sititin. Awkward combinations may -be proposed,
or delusii•e offers made; and, these ending in pre-
designed abortion, ultrsrn may, be again teueeked
as a resource. We know trot how this may be : vie,
can hardly think it. The first mischief was the ad-
mission 4tirn who has blown up the Ministry, and
avho WZMNrobably foisted upon the unsuspecting
for that p&pose. Who excited anti - backed
him when he protested against Lord *A:Amp
beire Chairman of the Finance Committee ?
Not the Ministry, certainly, as a body" or. by a
majority ; neither Iris the seport of the
country to be e ected hereafter. Was the com-
mittee conco without his knowledge ?—No,
Wa3 ihe thine. of the -Chairman concealed from
him ?—No. - Was Lord, Althorp's nomination op-
posed by him in * first instance?—No; he heard
him earned, and `made no -objection ; nay, took -a
part in the Conversation as at quiescing. It is clear,
therefore, ikat he ili got his lesson" out of doors.
From any imputatiem,however, of being his prompter,
we sincerely exempt one gentleman, whose name W 2
have mentioned, and to whose public principles we
have fecely alluded above. But it is not possible or
likely' that -etta man as Mr. Herries, but just ad-
mitted ?eite liiresent oce, should have acted the
part he hes done, unless he bad secret *lenders, out
evitern he has relied more than cfn the Ministry Meth
which be has been associated. We shall conclude

with one simple question and the inferences. Could

Berries have destroyed the Ministry lr his
eloquence, or 'by- aoty other powers or mrtience
rh...ch he gossew• 't2 iTan open manner ? Certainly
oat; he coot& ,-A-0417•6$ taken away rl single vote
ti'ro tr., it. ft was only, tezi by being associated with
the Ministry, that he has been able to dissolve it :
and it was for this purpose; we fear, that he was
Owed there. And mho but he (we have heard it
irked) was it that first evtlitirtgly gave notie of the
i'!irce. of his enterprise, by informing the editor of
tiii, Br2n Gazette, that Lord Goderich had gone
dawn eMilidsor to do that which he hall made him
? Times.

We are not aware that any thing is as yet deter-
mine op'lon with regard •!o the new Airirmistration.
Communications on the Sul-jeot have naturally taken
plate between the fittN of Wellington and several
:::nflividnals, to warm he ilmeecbafsly /sent ; but we
kern:6,-,s intnielves uninformed *ether the persons
eorrinitmictiteiLritle have been tittered office or not,
and consider it• more candid, in the present unset-
tled state of affairs, to acknowledge our ignorance,
time, by piketending to information which we do not
pessess, to be instrumental. in misleadinrite public,
particularly as we believe that little or nothing of
:iropokialiee has blien allowed to transpire. l'hinking
vas *e klo with regard to Mr. iluskisiacin ant} Mr.
ITerries—believing thein both to 1* men of the
most undispnted integrity and superior abilities, di-
vested Of all trickery, and anxious to acquit them-
selves of their duty to their country by an honour-
able and zealous attention to , its interest—rtelihing
:1,00,1(1 have afforded us. nova slime pleasure than
had an tipporrunity of wining all allusion
co t ee,:!.ifferei.ces reported to exist between theta.-.-
,n-ot ~..'hether either or both have worked
their yta the high respective Stations they now
bordinate offices--if so, the more
Ax•cnri\-, thrlitift sts
ronciirable to theenselves—but in one point all must 1
wfee, gift bothpesfss the essential and necessary
I tai for pub lie office. The subject, how-
ever, has been so pointedly, and, in Our view of the
One, So unfairly allvercd to, end urged in the Thpes
to truth, and a desire to
et niaters in a -HWlght before the public, induce
,as to ~b-gent briefly tin the statement that appeared
that paper. Adverting, to Mr.- litiskisson *old
r.
Fier,,aF, it srates_tree former is understood to
have pro?oseVe formation of a COmmitteet.in re-
demption Ca?ming's memorable pledge of
effectual and'systematieletrencintient (we believe in
reply tt,Mr.Malyerly, on the 51lbjett of a rintEnte
Coneittet.,) We wish to ,pu these incorrect de-
clarations, applying to public servants of such value,
at rest, by stating at wife,' that Mr. litiskisson has
not Prapes.mi a Committer, consequently Mr. Herries
&trim:lt haVe eted the p(opoSitions; it is true,
felw-ever, that lie 41A., as we before stated, object on
public .4na on -Fat/lie grounds
alone, to
the nomination Lord A;.'iOrp by Mr. Tier-
nett, and Hasson. But does ...kis af-
ford AuY reason
Whatever why Mr. .1-Itiskis,-
son and M. Tlerries should Pot act and sit
Cabinet ? Our ansWer ii, cer-
together in tii,? sw'
tainly not : and we have good gitithids for lreheving,
that had there not existed other causes for a disso-
lution of the Glivernitierit, this dilierence of opinion,
-with respect co the chairman of the Finance Corn-
mittee, abstitiet4ll, considered, could not have
caused it. Whether this•phiin sla!ement trill prove
a satisfactory answer to the assertions of the Times
.ve are etrable to tell, but believe it to be the truth.

itut--what has this to do with the question at issue ?
.11fug,,it been urged tit& Mr. Ilerries has recorrrmended
gt -Committee OR principles unfavdurable or injurious
to the public interest ? Can any one centtu cto say
that he intends to shrink from a fair, candid, acid im.
partial investigation of !.11e publie expenditure ?
Will he be accused'of fit* !ring tire appointment of
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