The Sun.
London, England, 1837-12-27 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Though to the writer of this, Canada is no more
than to yourself, viz., an oppressed country, appealing to the
sympathies of every true and constitutional lover of freedoms
I shall still individually ever feel grateful. deeply grateful 40
you, for your advocacy of the cause of the unfortunate Cana"
dians. An awful, but noble responsibility rests on you at this
time. You alone, of all the liberal daily Newspapers, refuse
to join the pack of bloodhounds yelling for slauglater—.... ;he
putting down at any cost," as it is phrased, the poor but noble-
spirited inhabitants of Lower Canada. Ido not doubt you
will prove yourself worthy of your position.
I address you these few lines, to offer my weak but zealous
ass;stance in one particular way. The columns of the Minis-
ter:al and Tory Press are already teeming with every specie.
of misrepresentation. All possible circumstances and events
are, and will continue to be, made favourable to the Govern..
ment projects, at whatever expense to truth, justice, or huma-
nity, and of course equally unfavourable to those of the
a• rebels." Franklin's famous advice, as to the best mode of
reducing a great kingdom to a small one, is being literal
followed ; such is the opinion of the gullibility of the British
nation entertained by these most dishonest Journalists l The!
will be deceived.

Will you then allow me, from time to time, to collect for
The Sun, all the falsehoods and fallacies most prominenilg
mischievous, as they appear, and to the best of my humble
ability refute them ? In many cases by their collection alone.
they sill so illustrate each other as to refute themselves.
Thanking you most fervently for the generous, manly, in;
dependent course you have taken on this important question,
subscribe myself,

With sincere respect and admiration,
Your obbeient servant,
December 27. J. S.

B. Whennell, Esq., died on the 23d instant, at.biS
residence, Harrow Cottage, Hornchurch, at the age of 86.
By his death not only his fiends and acquaintance, but the
poor cf the neighbourhood generally, will have cause for ,
re-
gret, for he was to them a great benefactor, particularly -.-
the chilJren of the Parochial Sunday Schools, to whom 116
gave liberal gifts of clothing, besides an abundance of plum
cake, &c., two or three times a year. The old fashione,
custom of " goodening," or contributing to the poor on °6*
Thomas's day, was kept by him to the last. An intimate
friend often remarked " he had a tear and a guinea for ever;
case of distress." On all public occasions, when colleetin
were made for charitable purposes, his band could be traced
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by the appearance of an old guinea in the plate. Durl7:'
the greater part of his long life he entertained a great Pa
tiality for the cliace. —Es sex Herald.
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On Wednesday evening last, a,eattlejobber, name
Simpson, was robbed of 351 at a house of ill fame, in Must°.-'
street, Bury.—Essex Herald.
ti.
Tuesday evening, as Mr. James Fry, of ChiPP:o''
ham, was returning on horseback from Castle Coombe, he re.
attacked by three young -men, who, after a desperateej
are
a
him on his part, dragged him from his horse, and r° area
him of his cash and watch. In the scuffle his hat was bed se"
almost to pieces, his clothes much torn, and he reolhieve4
veral severe injuries in the head and body. On thow ,ter,
lea, ing It:m, they threw him into a ditch neatly full° e• rn "
wh..re he lay some time sensAess, but, on recover',-riatton-
naged with great difficulty, from weakness, to reach trice,'
Keynell, on the Chippenham-road, where he procured 0, his
to accompany hint home. Mr. Fry's horse eseaPeu ily be'
falling, and dispatched to Chippenham; and his farnheijef
comingfound
l a rnmeaerdl,y exhaustedpparrotieeese(iini n
g search
v,ith of
his him,
f,.),.:,,i ai., fto3
Yatton towards home. Mr. Fry is now confined it u,.0,,J,
and seriously hurt; no trace of the thieves has yet been '
—Devizes Paper.
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There are building at Cumberland and on tt !
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no fewer than ninety-six ships, some of them of a iris _ few
and eight have been launched within th 0
days.— Cumberland Pacquet.
Academy of Music. The intimation
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vacant
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King'si )ee been
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Jewson in u highly complimentary letter from
sident of the Institution, Lcrd Burghefsh.
norLthaesritt
the Crow" and An--
together in the two great public looms of
st
blistiment of Oa
chor Tavetn, in commemoration of the
tatifigdhiNfeastleitrinutpaBrOisOhelsadinieasntai urdouglideLtlo_eitildroint
dfirroaninkttleles,
B‘ ritish and Foreik.-,n
West London Auxiliary Branch of the
great body rioting
dition
down to tea at the saute time was mit,
d Iternafx festoon;
music in the gallery, an a
'lied
of a good band of
total district VPiS, represe
Temperance Society. The effect ofi .s.u‘.chittean:%by
Tho:of banners mid laurels. Eaeht
by a table, surrounded with
tickets, which were sold for • .
butter; and those _
the FA d
chasat to tea and coffei", A real num
vOW ad libitum. g .
.9 and
freshments were given to evece brethren6l . from
e ach that e
n
ble for superiority of drtb,tc,
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ber of thi, women were remarkable
thee; ggregate prestc:
con"
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their attractive eountertaeoes ; andrt
and bread crag
d morality, and to ilia-
character of honest in
fru'aeni l'that could not fa' „pecc
it;
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pruor,
sequently, wall a r•rtueg-
rantieal vi
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' hation of their p .
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far their sincerity, and app.() of Fraen s,
Mr. John Hall, a member of the Society
dndopepoonnteenn
Pro& the most decided contentment,
of their system

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WITH WHICH
" THE TRUE SUN" IS NOW

INCORPORATED.

LONDON :
WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 1937.

-In deploring the state of affairs in Lower Canada,
we cannot withhold the expression of our deep regret
that the Colonial Secretary, and the rest of her
MAJESTY'S Ministers, seem to have been very im-
perfectly informed respecting the progress of events in
that Province—that the Cabinet never once antici-
pated conclusion of a struggle long foreseen by the
zrrtelligeut and disinterested part of the community.
It has been often observed in the House of
Commons, that Sir GEORGE GREY declared his
ignorance of proceedings which Mr. FIuME and
Mr. ROEBUCK inquirer! about, and of which they
had received, by the provincial Newspapers, regular
details. We fear from what has taken place, that
the Colonial Office remains in utter ignorance of pro-
ceedings which would mark the progress of public
opinion in that province, and enable Ministers, if un-
derstood, to guard against many evils which may yet
ensue. If our readers refer to the file of The Sun, for
the last year, they will see many and timely warnings
given of the state of Lower Canada, which no person
Of reflection could mistake ; and the urgent manner
in which we called on her Majesty's Ministers to
alter their policy will shew that we deemed the affairs
of that province in a critical state. On the 2d of Sep-
tember last, we published the proceedings of a public
meeting of the County of Lacadie, which slie'wed what
the the real views of the people of Canada then were.
Mr. PAPINEAU attended the meeting, which consisted
of 500 horsemen, 300 carriages, and an immense mul-
titude of people. The banners exhibited on that occa-
v Eion and the resolutions adopted, strong in complaint
of grievances, and loud against the policy of the Go-
/ernment, indicated to us a high degree of excite-
Ment. We concluded in these words :—" We con-
sider these resolutions as a sample of those generally
adopted in Lower Canada ; and, as speaking the public
opinion on the state of affairs, well deserving the
attention of Lord MELBOURNE and Lord JOHN RUS-
SELL ; for we cannot expect that any complaint will
have an effect upon Lord GLENELG, who has heti)
the supporter of the system of misrule which has
almost driven to a state bordering on insurrection
every colony of the Crown." On the 3d of October
ve published the Address of the house of Assembly
of Lower Canada to Lord GosFortn, passed on the
26th of August, breathing indignation at the treat-
ment the representatives of the people had re-
ceived, and intimating resistance until the policy
of the Government should he altered. We re-
quest our readers to refer to that Address to
his Lordship : and then let us ask why Lord
MELBOURNE did not pay attention to the almost
trnited representation of the people of Canada? The
-Assembly complain of " the withholding of the most
tittered rights of the Canadian people and of the
Legislature." And they complain of the formal and
total refusal of the reforms and improvements de-
thanded by that House and by the people"—they say,
in our efforts to remove the evils which have pressed
Upon our country, we have had recourse to None but
constitutional means, founded on the best recognised
Principles."—They conclude with these words—that,
`1 Strong in the justice of their cause, they rely on
Providence,__ and on the public and private resolves of
the people," for justice. No attention was paid to these
constitutional demands ; but one insult after another
was added by the Local Government, up to the period
a's'hen the accidental collision of the Sons of Liberty
Ithil the Doric Clubs brought on the present contest.