The Sun.
London, England, 1837-12-25 00:00:00

HAND-LOOM WEAVERS.

Mr. Fielden's motion last night, on the painful distress
of the hand-loom weavers, produced one of those discus-
sions, which, though creating no sensation in the House,
will have considerable effect upon the country. Mr. Fiel-
den's position, that hand-loom weavers are borne down
by excessive and unequal taxation, was not met by argu-
ment ; in fact ,it is not to be refuted. Mr. Hindley put the
whole question upon the right footing, when he said relief
must not be sought in legislative interferences with the free
disposal of capital and industry such as, for instance, a mini-
mum of wages, but in the repeal of the Corn-law. This
is perfectly true, all industry is depressed by that most ini-
quitous law, but the hand-loom weavers feel the depression
most grievously, because machinery has to a large extent su-
perseded their occupation. Their own employment being de-
stroyed, the narrow field of industry, occasioned chiefly by the
Corn-law, affords them no opportunity of seeking other means
of subsistence.
But though the hand-loom weavers as the lowest on the
scale are at present alone starving, yet other classes of labour-
ing industry are daily approaching towards the same condition.
All are in a certain proportion injured by the Corn-laws ; but
the weakest suffer the earliest. And it should never be for-
gotten that every day during which the landlords' monopoly
exists a permanent irrecoverable injury is done to the manu-
facturing interests of this country. We are now giving our
rival manufacturers a premium upon their productions, which
are daily supplanting our own in the market of the world; and
each succession of strength made by our Continental competi-
tors enables them to maintain their competition with greater
success.

This is a subject which can scarcely bear postponement, yet
it barely obtains a hearing from the House of Commons.
We must note as a good symptom, that there appears to be
a growing desire on the part of the Liberal Members to adopt
the principle of direct taxation upon property, in place of in-
direct taxation on coatfost and indusrry.— Weekly True Sun.

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WITH WHICH
" THE TRUE SUN" IS THIS DAY

INCORPORATED.

LONDON :
MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 25, 1837.

After a struggle of nearly six years, the Evening
Paper, called the True Sun, has terminated its career.
The last Number appeared on Saturday, as will be sewn
by reference to the manly address of Mr. HARVEY,
in another column. While we congratulate our readers
on this termination of the matter—friendly and highly
honourable to Mr. HARVEY in all respects—we can-

not but revert with sorrow to the past. In the above
period, will our readers imagine, that upwards of
60,0001. have been sunk between the respective Jour-
nals ? Yet so it is. During that desperate and ardu-
ous struggle several have been ruined—and some have
unhappily sunk. Of those who started the rival
Journal, it were ungenerous (of one perhaps un-
grateful) now to speak. He is. far away and cannot
answer ; but—

" The msn
Who taunts me with a favour merited
Cancels the boon and gratitude together."

'Tis, however, gone !—Calumny has done its worst,
and The Sun still survives. But alas the sacrifice
exceeds the value. The past appears a dream—but
for the sad reality—.
' I dare not raise the mantle of the tomb,
For fondness sleeps beneath that may not wake,
To breathe in beauty and endearment—Oh,
Remembrance l"

But enough !—the world hath sorrows of its own—
yet the well-springs of affection will overflow unbidden.
And now to politics, and principles, and parties.
The party of The Sun is the people 1 It was the
people who supported the enterprise of The Sun, and
it will be, as it has been, the interests of the people
at large, that The Sun shall continue, honestly,
fearlessly, and consistently, to advocate—indepen-
dent alike of all faction or influence—but that
which tends to promote justice at home, and
honourable peace and good-will abroad. The true in-
terests of a nation are bound up in the freedom, secu-
rity, and prosperity of all classes—in the humble hap-
piness of the peasant, as in the superfluous enjoyment of
the peer—for the shepherd's song from the vale, will
find as sweet an echo as the clarion of royalty from the

mountain top.
Will such sentiments propitiate our new readers ?
are sure of our friends. Unshackled by party
prejudices—untrammelled in our political opinions—
the foe of monopoly and the scourge of oppression in

whatever shape--we hold the tenor of our way ;
alive to desert, however humble its condition, and
ready to appreciate virtue for her own sake, with-
out reference to her political or religious garb.
Conscience should be free as the aspiration of
the soul to the fountain of all truth. Legisla-
tion cannot reach conscience ; it may, indeed,
fetter the body, but who shall hope to inter-
pose between man and his Creator ? So much for
Civil and Religious Liberty—now for Party.
And first in " bad eminence" stand the Tories.
The Tories have ruled the country so long that they
lav claim to a continuance of that honour as matter of
right. Tory and power were once synonimous terms ;
but now the charm is broken, and may long remain
But the Tories, though now making common cause
for their own ends, and now encumbering the Whigs
with their help, are not overwise in their generation,
—else why not have granted the Irish questions—
those stumbling-blocks to their ambition—and so have
settled down in office ? Why have strained at a
million, when they had swallowed the seven—Libera-
tor and all I But a hero cannot conquer for ever—and
the star of Waterloo was eclipsed by the shadow of
Reform !

Next come our (?) friends—the Whigs—they are in
power, and it were best to be safe ; for they Elope lcng to
continue in power, even although Lord ALTHORP said
that the days of patronage were gone by—but are
those of duplicity ? Some people forget—but the world
never forgets ; at least those who expect to be re-
membered !

It is an old remark that one is never so near stum-
bling as when he fancies himself oversafe. May not
such be as applicable to the cabinet as to the footstool ?
In the long run honesty will be found to be the best
policy in public as in private life, and we shall be
agreeably surprised to learn that Lord Jo IrN It us-
SELL'S declaration against the Ballot—the Extension
of the Suffrage—and Triennial Parliaments, was only
a mistake. That is a word of ominous recollection—
but let it go i—it may awaken salutary recollections in
more heads than one.

Let us, however, do the Whigs justice ; they have
reduced taxation and opened the floodgates of know-
ledge ; they have enlarged the freedom of trade, and
broken the fetters of the slave ; but they almost seem
to repent them of their good works, for they strive to
perpetrate in Canada what they had undone in the
West Indies; Such insane conduct (we say it in

charity) is only comprehensible on the presumption
that they are going over to the enemy with the spoils
of their glory, from an apprehension that having only
done good by stealth, they blush to find it fame !
It has been remarked that when taxes are put on,
very few are pleased ; but when taxes are to be taken
off, nobody is satisfied I This may appear a paradox,
but so it is, and for this reason, that no one gets
exactly what he wants. A calculating Minister of
ambiguous character once said, that if he reduced or
repealed all the disposable taxes at once, he would
soon have nothing to give ; whereas by doling them
out by degrees, he would secure the gratitude of his
country by a retiring pension !
One amiable attribute of John Bull is, that be
is esteemed alike by Whig and Tory—the country be-
longs to one or other of them as the cat may jump—
and the ins and outs are as familiar to his ear as " ride
and tye" along the road. It so happened, however,
that some time ago their weight became so op-
pressive, that the poor fellow betrayed symptoms of
an " ignorant impatience of taxation," and so turned
Radical I

Here we tread on tender ground, and must welcome
the man of independent mind because he dares to
think for himself, although he does not profit much
by his wisdom.
What then would the Radical have ? Preference of
honour and worldly riches ? No ; equality. Ab-
surd! There are two to one against him. The mar-
ket is overstocked. Let him try emigration, while
yet at large. There is no room for him ; both are
agreed on that, if on nothing else ! Happy unison I
The land belongs to them ; the bread which he buys
is made of their corn, and both agree to charge a
good price, to make his labour sweet. What next ?
Let him wait and test the proverb about two of a
trade, and he may yet live to grow his own corn.
" Why should the Radicals ask for too much ?"
inquire the Tories gravely. Because they can get
nothing, answer the Whigs knowingly. " Serve
them right—they are mere poachers." "On our
grounds," reply the Whigs. Hence arises the great
danger of political familiarity between the Houses, by
a third party pressing the " previous" question to a
division. Poor, honest, but misguided Radicals !
You must just even bide your time, as the fowls of
heaven wait the coming harvest. Be of good cheer,
but behave a little more discreetly. The tide has not
yet set in in your favour—and before it does, it must
ebb on both sides the Channel. You are in the broad-
way, or, as sailors say, mid-sea, which may be ac-
counted for by having got out of your reckoning when
half-seas over ! Intoxication, whether in wine or po-
lities, only leads to repentance. Remember " the
Pilot that weathered the storm."
But we must conclude for the present, by wishing
all our readers, of whatever politics, so they pledge us
in a liberal spirit, a merry Christmas and a happy
new year!—the longer the better—that we may become
better acquainted.

The affairs of Lower Canada demand the earnest and
immediate attention of the British Government, Par-
liament and people. That province is now the
theatre of a fratricidal civil war, the flames of which,
unless speedily arrested, may soon spread to the re-
motest district of the British possessions in North
America. Although we have hitherto advocated the
cause of the Canadians against the Government, we
are not prepared to admit, either that they were justified
in appealing to arras, or that it is the duty of Ministers
to make any concessions previous to their un-
qualified submission. England is happily too
powerful—her vast military resources are too univer-
sally known and acknowledged, to suffer her states-
men to apprehend that any concession which she
might make to the Canadians—under whatever cir-
cumstances—will be imputed to fear ; but for all that,
we do not believe that Parliament will recommend the
Crown to concede the claims of subjects in a state of
open and declared rebellion. Before the Canadians can
hope to obtain any terms they must lay down
their arms. This is the only safe course—the only
resource they have against a war which must
terminate in their destruction. We are confident that
Ministers—sensible as they now are that the line
of policy hitherto adopted by them was not in accord-
ance with the wishes of the Canadians—desire only
a legitimate opportunity of retracing their steps ;
and we are equally certain that they will be sup-
ported• in such a course by a large majority
of the House of Commons. It is madness for any
portion of the people of Canada to suppose, for an in-
stant, that they can be successful in a struggle with
Great Britain, and they are enemies both to them and
to humanity who would encourage them to persevere
in so unequal a contest.

It appears that Dr. REID'S Reformed House of
Commons is now as bad as Lord GREY'S ; and, if
the opinion of medical men is to be taken as gospel,
that gentleman will have to answer for the deaths of
not a few of the Members before the end of the Ses-
sion. Sir EDWARD CODRINGTON assured the
House on Saturday, that he never went home after a
lengthened debate without a severe head-ache. Mr.
A. WHITE declared, that ever since he had become a 1,
Member, he had been troubled with an unusual
cough ; and Mr. WAKLEY vowed, that unless the
ventilation was altered, and the atmosphere rendered
more moist, nothing would induce him to retain his
seat. The remedy for all the evil, he thought, was a
side-wind. This we should consider a most dange-
rous experiment. Dr. REID'S politics are unknown
to us ; but the circumstance that the complaints come
all from one side of the House, and all from Radicals,
ought to excite the strongest suspicion. As it isr
though he tortures them grievously, he has not yet
been able to unfit them for duty ; but if he were
allowed a side-wind--if he could direct his air pipes
literally on the smooth pericraniums of Mr. WAR-
BURTON and Sir EDWARD CODRINGTON, and con-
tinue to supply Mr. WAKLEY and others, whose
heads are better protected, with dry deleterious air, he
might despatch one a week. We should not wonder
if the " SPOTTISWOODE gang" are at the bottom of
the mischief. It is true that the suggestion comes
from a good Radical, but it is equally true that th e
devil too often makes his innocent tools his victims.

The annexed important communication from Got-
tingen is copied from one of the Paris Journals of
Saturday. King ERNEST Of HANOVER is doing all
in his power to drive his subjects into a state of open
rebellion. The tyrant is a King now, but will he
die one ?

--
The following from Gottingen is dated the 15th inst. :
"In the afternoon of yesterday the following notice was posted
on the door of Professor Dahlmann's lecture-room I have
this moment received intimation that I am dismissed by the
King, and consequently am under the necessity of clos?ng my
lectures. If my auditors have any friendship for me, of which
indeed I have had many proofs, they will retire with the most
perfect order, strictly observing the law, and thereby honour-
ing the few days I have left to pass amongst them.
( Signed) Dahlmann.' It was immediately learnt that all
the seven professors had been dismissed, and that Messrs.
Dahlmann, Get:vhis, and T. Grimm, were ordered to quit
the kingdom within three days. In the evening there was
great agitation in the street called the Weende, near which
Professor Dahlmann and Albrecht reside. The gate was
closed and guarded by a squadron of dragoons, while de-
tachments paraded the streets with their swords drawn,
and several other squadrons were posted at Weende, a
village close to Gottingen. This morning no one was to
be seen in the streets but patrols of dragoons. Several
students have been arrested. Yesterday, when the seven
professors received the orders for their retirement, they drew
up a protest against it as not being in conformity with the
laws and ordounances. This afternoon we learn that several
students have been wounded, the inhabitants, however,
have remained passive. The following declaration has just

been published We, the undersigned professors of the
University of Gottingen, declare by these presents, in o'der
to rectify false reports, that we have never expressed ourselves
in terms of blame on the sentiments contained in the protest
of our seven colleagues, and consequently have not concurred
in the address presented to the King, at Rothenkirchen, by
the deputation from the University, nor in the speech of the
Protector.' ( Signed) C. 0. Muller, W. T. Krant, H.
Ritter, H. Toel, Ern. de Leutsch, S. Schnedwin.' It is
feared that these Professors Rill resign their functions."

The Ministers of England and France at the
Hague have received instructions from their respective
Courts, to submit certain representations to the King
of HOLLAND, relative to the cutting down of the
Forest of Grunenwold, or otherwise hostilely invading
the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg. We know not the
precise nature of these representations, but we have
received assurances that they will successfully avert
all apprehensions of an immediate war between Hol-
land and Belgium.

The Paris Journals of Friday and Saturday have all
been received. They bring no domestc intelligence
of the least political interest. The Chambers have
not yet disposed of the preliminary business, which
must be all gone through before any question of im-
portance can be brought under discussiom. In most
of the Journals the despotical conduct of the King of
HANOVER is strongly reprobated, and expectations
entertained that there will be a revolution in that
kingdom. The conduct of the King of HOLLAND
is also represented as likely to lead to a declaration of
war on the part of Belgium. We have good grounds
for stating that no such calamity need be anticipated.
FRENCH FUNDS.—PARis, Nov. 23.
Five per Cents.. lo7f. 70c. 80c. 75c. esc. boc.
Four per Cents., 101 f.
;lire,: Der Cents., 78C 85c. nOc. 1,5 c.
Bank Actions, 2,590 f. 2,553 f.
Bente de Naples, 17f. 65c.
Roman Five per Cents., 100X3y.
Spanish Actives, 20% Xi.
Belgian Bank, 1,536 f.
Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents. 193(1.
Haytian Loan, :370f. 372 f. 50c. 375 f.
ENCHANOR ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25f. 4714 c.; money, 25f. 474;C..
Three months, paper; 25f. 30c. ; money, 251. 2'7%c.
LAST PRICES.
Five per Cents. 107 f. 95c.
'Tyree per Cents., 78f. 95c.
Bank Actions, 2,585 f.
Romans, 10 )5E
Belgian Bank, 1,530 f.
Portuguese Three per Cents., 19,%.
Spanish Actives,
Haytian Loan, 372 f. 50c.

We have received, via Paris, important news from
Spain to the 17th inst. inclusive. The Change of
Ministers, so long expected, has at last taken place ;
though the names that appear in the new list promise
neither strength nor permanence to the Cabinet. The
telegraphic despatch received by the French Govern-
ment is as follows :

" MADRID, DEC'. 17.
" Count Ofalia, President of the Council.
" General Espartero, Minister of War—Baron Solar filling
;he office ad interim.
" Senor Mon, Finance Minister.

" Marquis de Somemelos, Home Minister.
" Senor Castro, Minister of Justice.
" No Minister of Marine yet named."
Count OVALIA filled the office of Ambassador to
London and Paris, and served in the Ministerial ranks
Under M. ZEA. He is said to be a respectable diplo-
matist, but an indifferent politician—a man of expe-
dients lather than principles. Senor Morr is a young
aspirant for Ministerial distinction, of whom the Mo-
deratos entertain great hopes. Senor CASTRO is a
lawyer, neither deficient in eloquence nor confidence
in his own powers. The other Members of the Ca-
binet are men no way distinguished for abilities of any
kind, being merely the creatures of Count TOREN°.
Brigadier NARVAEZ has been promoted by the
QUEEN to the rank of Major-General, in considera-
tion of his great military services. Were her MA-
JESTY to place him at the head of the army, she would
render a most important service to the Constitutional
cause in Spain. NARVAEZ is the only officer in the
Peninsula who has displayed abilities entitling him
to such a distinction—the only officer who, during so
brief a command, proved himself capable of thwarting
the military projects o► the Pretender, and of putting
down the civil war in the Provinces.

Advices from Bayonne of the 19th, state that Don
CARLOS was at Amurrio on the 15th, and that there
was a rumour in circulation of France and England
having joined in a negotiation to put an end to the
war in Spain. A lady of distinction, supposed to be
the Princess DE BEIRA, had arrived at Bayonne on
her way to the Pretender's head-quarters. She was
supposed to be engaged in some political intrigue, of
which France was not ignorant.