The Sun.
London, England, 1839-11-14 00:00:00

" A PALTRY PRESS."

These be hard lines, as the sailers say, but " non nester hie
sernio."

It will now, we imagine, be admitted that something i the
shape of an able and honest Journal is required to " stop the
gap." To put such an intellectual vehicle upon the road, we
think, would be considered Quixotic, even by so speculative and
excellent a judge of such matters as Mr. Peter Purcell. " A
Party is necessary," exclaim the Tory parson, and the Liberal
placehunter, "or else you will reckon but few readers." Upon
this point we join issue, and hope, for the honour of civilized
humanity, that as the Irish public maintain a sufficient number
of newspapers to tell them falsehood, they will vouchsafe to sup-
port one which, at all risks, is determined to announce to them
the truth.

" All that mortal art bath wrought,
In our cell returns to nought ;
The molten gold returns to clay,
The polish'd diamond melts away.
All is altered, all is flown—
Nought stands fast but truth alone."
In Politics we shall be Radicals, and devoted to the People,
utterly regardless of the smiles or frowns of the select and
interested few. Such a course, we know, is always perilous
and often profitless—
" Hard is his task who edits—thankless job—
A weekly journal for the factious mob ;
Alike undone, or if he praise or rail ;
For this affects his safety, that his sale
He sinks, at last, in luckless limbo set—
If loud, for libel—and if dumb, for debt."
We sha always be happy, when we can agree with those
men who, nowever they may sometimes err, have rendered
efficient service, and made many sacrifices for the cause of
liberty; but w shall not advocate that wait-a-while policy
which holds out promises to suffering millions which are never
likely to be
4, realized—
My father, Time, is weak and grey,
With waiting for a better day,"
We shall judge the Government by its acts, and shall oppose
&Premier, be he Whig, Tory, or Rsdical, when we find him
averse to the removal of the remnant of the Penal Code, which,
absurdly enough, forbids the appointment of a Roman Catho-
lic Chancellor ;—a Colonial Secretary, when he resists the
cßoalnlsocti;e i
—otoroesiv:n so amiable and enlightened a Statesman as
the present Irish Secretary, when he seems half disinclined
to grant an increase of popular privileges to the Irish people.
rally
happy and contented until she again has the advantage
believing that Ireland never can become gene_
of a DOMESTIC LEGISLATURE, we shall persevere, by
arguments and facts, to advocate the
REPEAL OF THE UNION, asmy otrheeg
li„htbrigade beneficial i
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not
We will brine. into the field the heavy artillery of reason,
Pursuing "the even tenor of We shall be
staid with the stead
" From gray:: our way," we shall "run on
glittering like a brook in ther ' mfriormthfluivlowyittoh
severe."
The sunshine,'
The Statesman will find
proclaim us lovers of the healing or
discover that we know a thin
us political, and the Lawyer will
art
; the Physician shall
learn that we can clear a country _ithr; the Sportsman shall,
him. " THE WORLD'
to the Lady of Fashion shall be as
Agrioulturist shall not have to complain ofurt Gazette, and the
interests of the Merchant and Manufacturer shall shall negligencereceive
; tourhe
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the
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singing
Artist; at-
tached
eaun varietydinade
close attention; the United Service will
to the cloth ; we shall " take our garland
robes about us" with the Poet; visit the studio
and deal our impartial criticism at the Theatre.
Every number of " THE WORLD," in richnessue
will be a Magazine ; and arrangements have
to
embellish its columns with sketches from some of the best pea-
cils of the day.
" THE WORLD" will be a large quarto, printed with su-
perior type upon first-rate paper, and will be published every
Saturday morning, with a late edition for the country, con-
taining all the London, Dublin, and Provincial Intelligence up
to the dispatch of the evening mli3s. Sutscription, IL bs.
per Annum.—Sept. 10, 1b39