The Sun.
London, England, 1837-06-26 00:00:00

LONDON,
MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 26, 1837.

The mingled tone of braggardism and despondency
lassumed by some of our Tory Contemporaries is ex-
ceedingly amusing. One of these worthies, in the

first part of an article which will be found in another
-olumn, is all hope and joy—so at least he would have
the public believe—at the brilliant prospect which has
opened for the cause of which he is the advocate.
The approaching General Election absolutely throws
trim into extacies. Such a triumph as is preparing
or him and his 'friends was never yet achieved—never
even so much as dreamt of before 1 The present Go-
vernment is even challenged to follow the example of that
headed by Sir ROBERT PEEL in 1834, and to spare no
neans of corruption within its reach ; still it will be in
Such is the extent and intensity of Tory feeling
re-action----throughout the country that nothing
will be able to resist. it. The excitement, however, as
the writer proceeds, sobers down by degrees, until we
tied all this confidence in the strength of the cause,
And in the virtue of its supporters not only evapora-
ting, but changing into something not very unlike
despair, and a direct charge of indolence or lukewarm-
ness brought against the Tories—patticularly that
section of them that showed so much arduur and ac-
tivity at a late carousal in Gray's Inn-lane. " What
are the loyal people in the City of London
about?" exclaims our contemporary, in the agony
of his " impatience," as he• gently expresses it.
[Tad he been attending to the proceedings which have
taken place in that quarter, he would not have asked
ithe question. But in case he should not have the
means of information at hand, we beg to acquaint him
that the loyal citizens of London last Saturday elected
Messrs. MONTEFIORE and. CARROL to the office of
Sheriffs—men distinguished for their devotion to
liberal or anti-Tory principles, and one of them
a worshipper of GOD according to the Jew-
ish form of religion. This may not be very
acceptable intelligence to our Contemporary and
his readers ; but by us, and all the other friends of
civil and religious liberty, this event is regarded with
peculiar interest. It is looked upon as a happy omen
tor that great cause, occurring, as it does, on the com-
mencement of a new and, we trust, a glorious reign.

We have received the Paris Journals of Friday and I
~-• Saturday. The French Court went into mourning
yesterday for the death of his late Britannic MAJESTY.
The time fixed for the mourning is twenty-one days.
~• In the- Charte of Friday we find the following official
1-,,, paragraph :
" For the last two days there has been a talk of arrests
',,., having been made during the 19th, to defeat an alleged plot
7,,igainst the life of the King. Arrests have been made ; but
-yi :ve are authorised to declare that, up to this evening, the in -
formations obtained by the authorities do not give to those ar-
,,!, rests that character and degree of seriousness which has been
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supposed to attach to them."
The Journal de Paris, recently the evening organ
of the Government, and still in the confidence of the
:,Ex-Ministers, was the first to proclaim the existence
~;.of a conspiracy which threatened the KING'S life.
Notwithstanding the positive declaration of the Charte,
,;t reiterates the statement in the following article, which
l appeared likewise on Friday :
'tih
;1 " The Government is much annoyed by the conspiracy, and
i takes every means to disguise its real character. Still we can
ii assert that it seriously existed, and we can almost warrant the
, correctness of the following details. The plot was announced
% '1 two non-commissioned officers of the 51st Regiment to
their Colonel, and not to the officers of the staff. They de-
clared that for several days overtures had been made to them
te join in a conspiracy to take away the King's life, but
= 'bat the precise mode of committing the vet had not been
revealed to them. They had attended several secret meet-
ings, where they were supplied
with liquor, and promised the
ank of
captain. They affirmed that similar attempts at
t... 1" eduction had been made in several other regiments quar-
tered in Paris. On Sunday morning they were told that
ijthe project was to be carried into execution on the fol
;Towing day ; that a riot was to be created not only in
the Place de Greve, but in the ball-room itself, during
which the person of the King would be seized, or he would
„.. be Put to death i that the troops had nothing to fear, as
.the insurgents, relying upon their patriotism and good sense,
would not fire upon them, as was done in 1330. The autho-
rities considered these communications worthy of attention,
and police-officers were sent to the rendczvovs pointed out,
where they arrested five persons, armed with swords and dag.
. fir,ers, and having a number of cartridges, which they asserted
had been made for three years, but which must have been
recently made, as the materials were found to be journals
L.;, of the present year. Shortly afterwards a sixth man ar-
Arived, who was immediately seized and searched. In his
A pocket was found a list of ten names, and a letter from an
ereissary, who had been sent to Lisle to take advantage of the
'''distress of the workmen there, and who expresses his regret
"! that .he finds them too peaceably inclined, but at the sante
.4:time promises to persevere. Since this first arrest several
t i her persons have been taken into custody ; and among them
fi are a surgeon at the Hospital of Val de Grace, several medical
,
students, a man who appeared before the Court of Peers as a
,:;witness in the affair of Lunoville, and a house-painter, who
-k., was lately a soldier in the 51st Regiment. This person ap-
,:: pears to have acted as agent between the soldiers and the other
.„.eonspirators. Ho was arrested in the barracks of the regi-
ment. Notwithstanding the statements of the Ministerial
FjJournal, we persist in maintaining the accuracy of the facts
we published yesterday, as well as of those we have above
related."
There is no other domestic news of any account in
the Paris Papers, save that' all parties are looking for-
ward to an early dissolution of the Chambers. The
, KING is in high spirits.
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The news from the Spanish frontier is .unfavourable
-- to the Carlists. The rebels arc in the weatest distress
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'for provisions, and their money is all expended. The'
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