The prospects of the Tories have been overclouded during the
last few days. It is believed that the King has been assured by the Duke of WELLINGTON and Sir lioutwr PEEL, that the idea of forming a Tory Ministry must be abandoned for the present. In the mean while, they will have to deal with the Irish Church and Municipal Bills in the House of Peers. The former, being a money-bill, cannot. be altered in the Lords, and must be passed or rejected as it is sent up from the Commons. It must he remembered that Sir ROBERT PEEL. did not venture to propose its entire rejection : will the Peers, in the present state of Ireland, and of the Irish Church more espe- cially, dare to throw it out ? It may be doubted : the hazard of such a proceeding should deter even the boldest among them. Besides, it is plain that next session a much more formidable measure would in that case be carried in the House of Commons.
As regards the Municipal Bill, there is this remarkable fact, which the Peers will do well to bear in mind—they have no authorized record of any opposition having been made to it in the Commons. It passed the first, second, and third reading, without an attempt being made to divide the House. It is only from unauthentic and irregular sources that their Lordships can ascertain that a single voice has been raised against it. To reject or mutilate a bill of such magnitude, passed by the Commons under such circumstances, would, we believe, be a pro- ceeding quite unprecedented in modern times.
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