The Sun.
London, England, 1829-03-14 00:00:00

Insult to the British public to suppose that they
would not resent the attempt to trifle with the na-
tural anxiety which they must entertain for the vin-

dication of the reputation of the personages so deeply
compromised by the reports of the alleged contents
of the papers, which so much pains have been taken
to obtain.—Morning Chronicle.
The circumstance of Sir Henry Ha'ford having
had a long interview yesterday with the Duke
of Wellington at the Treasury, naturally gave
rise to conjectures. We are unwilling to allude to
the reports in circulation with respect to the highest
personage in the realm; reports which, after all, pro-
bably had their origin only in the surmises alluded

to. It is known too that persons of known hostility
to the great measure now before Parliament, are
about his Majesty's person. From a passage in
Lord Eldon's speech last night, it would appear
that his Lordship wished it to be believed, that by
the presence of the Duke of Cumberland, he has been
put in possession of his Majesty's secret wishes. We
believe the whole to be a sort of stage-trick of that
crafty Lord, to which he has resorted with a view
to revive the drooping spirits of their partizans
throughout the country. After citing the part of
the Speech at the opening of the Session, which
regards Ireland and the Protestant Establishment,
his Lordship added—" This was a distinct pledge to
the country that nothing would be done by his Ma-
jesty that would bring the Protestant Establishment
into the slightest hazard. His Majesty distinctly
stated his determination to preserve the institutions
which must ever be held in this Protestant king-
dom inviolate. For this gracious declaration he
(Lord Eldon), for one, felt the deepest gratitude ;
and it was the more necessary to call the attention
of the House to this declaration, as his Majesty's

name had lately been used on several occasions
in that House, in a manner not at all accord-
ing with Parliamentary usage and principle. Their
Lordships, however, had the declaration of a Right
Rev. Archbishop and a Right Rev. Bishop on that
subject ; and it was his own conviction, founded
upon means of judging of his Majesty's opinion, such
as few persons had the happiness to enjoy, that it
was his Majesty's determination, to use the terms
of his Majesty's most gracious speech, to preserve
inviolate the Protestant Constitution and form of
Government in this country. The question, therefore,
would be—whether the measures which were soon to
be submitted to their Lordships' consideration were
of such a character, that his Majesty might give
his consent to them, and yet preserve inviolate the
Protestant Constitution and form of Government."
It is quite clear that Lord Eldon here means to in-
sinuate that his Majesty had changed his opi-
nion, and that the measure now before Parliament
would not receive his assent. He means to convey
this, or he means nothing; because to say that he
had particular means of knowing his determination
to do only that which is put into his mouth in the
Speech at the opening of Parliament, namely, pre-
serve the Protestant Constitution inviolate, is
merely to say that his Majesty did not intend to
deceive Parliament. But, on the other hand, his
statement, if it mean anything, conveys an imputa-
tion against his Majesty's sincerity, or a libel on his
understanding : for its meaning is, that the mea-
sure which had been submitted to his Majesty, and
approved of, would, after all, fail to receive the
Royal Assent, as his Alajesty had either changed
his mind, or was expected to change his mind in
time to defeat the measure. We consider these the
lowest and most despicable arts of defeated faction.
—lbid.