The Sun.
London, England, 1828-02-05 00:00:00

SPIR OF i'IIi3IAC JOURNALS.

Two circumstances have been 'briefly noticed ,in
our city 'article which deserve to be Called out hither
to :attention. The first is, that great ,fundholders
suspend their ordinary operations till they know
more precisely what may be the' policy of the -new
.Administration : the next, that the-efforts of the
cottoo-manufacturers in• France to compete- 'with
those of this country threaten oar rivals with ruin.
We are' far from rejoicing at any difficulties to which
any class of. our continental friends may be sub-
jected, but perhaps it would be wiser:if they weft'
to direct their industry to the cultisatiOn of the na7
tural products of their own fine country. With ro-
spect to the two articles taken together, we must
observe, that as we should rejoice much less in the
fall of any. Administration than in its adoption of a
proper policy, we hope the new Illinistr7 which has
been formed here will see the extreme hazard of al-
tering the system now in operation,-and the benefi-
cial working of which begins to be felt.—Times.

- We are a strange people ! A year has not elapsed
since the profound knowlege displayed by his Grace
- the Duke of Wellington, during the progress of the
Corn Bill, served for subject of merriment to both
Houses of Parliament, and furnished matter for pa-
ragraphs for all the perio,ii,:al writers from the Lands
End to John O'Groat's House, for a couple of
months atileast. Some people who ..did not know
aye toughness of the Duke's moral constitution, were
actually in trepidation, lest the Great Captain of the
Age should be unable to support these ineessantat-
racks. Now, however, his Grace is hailed as the
Saviour of the Nation. While we were making the
most of what we thought rather a bad bargain, and
. casting about to discern some foOd for consolation
in some good qualities of his Grace, .which might
hitherto have escaped our notice, comforting our-
selves at the same time with the pious observation
of Cervantes, when Sancho Panza •proved himself
such a heaven-born Governor—" And in this
instance we see that Governors, though
otherwise fools, are sometimes directed in
their de'c'isions by the hand of God"—to our
great surprise, we tind his Majesty's faithful Corn-
, :mops unable to contain their joy and atisfaction at
the good fortune which has befallen, he nation in
obtaining a Premier like his Grace. )iie Honour-
_ able Member (Sir John' Sebright) observed last
* night, " With respect to the appal; ttment of the
Duke of Wellington to be Prime Minister—as far as
that appointment by itself went, he highly approved
of it ; and as to the objection that was
.so generally
made, that he had been the Commander of our
Armies, all he (Sir J. Sebright) had to say about
that was,_ that the Duke could riot have been brought
npin-it better school—not only looking at it as a
good nilitary school,. but as one in which those quali-
ties were likely to be produced which would lead'to
firmness and decision, which were better calculated
. to suit his (the Duke's) character than the details of
office. Whatever might be urged against the new
• Prime Minister, in him at least would be found deci-
sion, and that of all other qualities was the most im-
portant."—Mr. Liddell was forced to acknowledge,
that his Grace " is a great and wonderful man.
On his Atlean shoulders he seems capable of bear-
ing a world-of ordinary cares. After_ raising to the
highest pitch the credit of the British arms, it is re-
served fur him, probably, to prove the angst extra-
. ordinary individual of the times in which he has
lived." These eulogies, and anticipations of.the
bliss we are warranted in expectiii from the mini-
sterial career of his Grace, were received with loud
cheers. Sir Joseph Yorke had no doubts as to his
Grace's decision. of character, but he had doubts
whether such an Admirable Crichten as Mr. Lid-
del described might not prove more than an over-
, match for our glorious Constitution. What may we
, not fear from such a rare .tuition „ of—virtue'valour,
and wisdom WinkteNtex,migl444*,ergeclegainst
the new Minister, in him At least-would be found
decision !. and that of all qualities was the- moot
portant." Immortal Cervantes! how tame is thy
satirical display of the confidence which power
gives, and the disposition of the satellites of power,
by thick and thin admiration, to increase that con-
, fidence, compared with these ebUllitions of his Ma-
. jesty's faithful_. Commons ! " Every 'body. who
knew rancho. was, struck with admiration at hearing
him talk so elegantly„ and
,could not account for his
naprovement any other way than by.supposing that
posts mid places of importance enlarge the faculties."
. Decide! that he can—,he could not have been
brought up in a better school for that.. No man can
. decide quicker than he who decides without
troubling himself about. the merits. In the
• Corn Question there was• no want of decision—he
was ready to destroy the Corn Bill, for which
• he had before decided, not deeming it at all ne-
. cessary to know whether the Amendment he moved
was not destructive of the principle of the Bill. The
Ministerial papers of that day, we. remember, apolo-
gized for his Grace, by saying that - Lord Lauder-
dale had abused his confidence. Well, we have at
list found a Premier who has . been brought up in
the best school for deciding—a military school.
- What a happy people we are; we have always had
the best of Kings—we have the best of Constitu-
tions—schoolboys are transformed in an instant into
Heaven-born Ministers—soldiers, unlerrered and un-
read, start forward .paragons of wisdom and pro-
, ficients in political knowle_dge. Whatever is is right
in this happy country. Who would give their days
and their nights to study, when :the beet*Legislators
in the world are formed by fox-hinting, and the
best Premiers in the tented field ? HoweVer, it is
well for the nation that we have at last found a Pre-
mier who can decide, a Parliament willing to receive
the decisions without challenge. Formerly Mr.
Huskisson was obliged to urge reasons for his sys-
tem of free trade, and was obliged to encounter no
little obloquy froth those who did not like to be
troubled with reasons, and yet did not like his con-
clusions. But Mr. Huskisson has onlynow to' say,
his Grace has decided that the course I propose is
the best, and the decision will be hailed as a heaven-
born emanation.—ilforning Chronicle. -

It was stated by Mr. J.. Smith in the House of
Commons last night, that no conjunction of interests
had taken place between the Dissenters and the Ro-
man Catholics, but that the former were most
anxious that this fact should not be
_construed into
an indication of any feeling of hostility among the
Dissenters to the Roman Catholic claims. Mr.
Smith stated this on the authority of a Resolution
Passed by what he termed a Committee, and which
la at present sitting in London. Our purpose in
noticing
a statement which runs Counter to all that
we have heard of the sentiments of the Dissenters,
with
the "Seption of a very small and insignificant,
though not very silent sect•—the Unitarians—(whom
we scruple to class among Christian Sectaries)—is
to elicit from Mr. Smith some further particulars
respecting this said Committee, and its claims to
represent the Dissenters
That body (4 men %vas odfesetrbibeedLinbyittr.oeda _Empire.
contem-
porary, the other day, as ~mounting' no fewer
than six millions. Of tbstnnb somewhat
more
than two millions were, assigned
sotorn
nave any powers been transmittedg to the Corn-
mittee by the Dissenters of Scotland We
`.) -
Scotland—.
dare not affirm that none have bean, but they
certainly cannot have
come through the • re-
gular channel.
.The Presbyterians of the Esta-
blished (who- amount Church in Scotland
least a million and a half),
have the _ nt to at
General As-
. which to speak their grie
sembly through grievances—a
Court resembling, in some measure,
the ancient
• Convocations of the English Church, Ink possessing
higher powers than ever the Convocation had. •The
ether Presbyterians, Who may be about half a mil-
, lion in number, have their Synods or General
Courts, analogous to the Assembly of the Church.
Have any or all of these public and recognised Courts
communicated with the London Committee' Again,
the Methodists of England, both Wesleyalis and
• . Whittieliites, have each a Convocation, to which
• • the general superintendence of their respective ad-
herents is entrusted ; the General Baptists also have
their communions ; the Quakers have their meet-
ings. It is unnecessary to go into detail, but we