The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-26 00:00:00

EVENINc4 EDITION

the coteries. Had he depended on his unaided merits,
he would now have been earning a painful livelihood,
by the exercise of tongue or pen. But he betook
himself early in life to the more profitable arts which are
taught in the literary and political cliques of London.
H. e made himself agreeable to the Whig patrons of pe-
riodical criticism. He trod in those pleasant paths that
lead to Holland House, and to the mansion of Lord
Lansdowne. He threw himself for support upon the
spirit of religious dissent. Hence Mr. Macaulay's ef-
fusionsin the _Edinburgh Review were by influential
" Liberals" applauded to the echo that did applaud
again. Hence Mr. Macaulay was originally introduced
into Parliament. Hence Mr. Macaulay—having utterly
failed as a Parliamentary debater—was elevated to an
Indian appointment with 10,000/. a year. Hence Mr.
Macaulay has been again sent to the House of Com-
mons. Hence Mr. Macaulay has been appointed to the
Secretaryship at War, with a seat in the Cabinet. Mr.
1 Macaulay will prove a failure—so t-r as success in the
House of Commons is concerned—in office, as he has
done out of office."

The Morning Chronicle observes, with reference to
the Irish Ribbon Societies—" We way as well remind
the reader that these Ribbon Societies of Dublin sprang
into existence under the infamous system of police esta-
blished under the Protestant Corporation of that city,
as it were for the express purpose of countenancing
thieves and vagabonds, and encouraging riot and ruffian-
ism. The public will also recollect the part which the
Lords took in opposing and delaying the organisation of
the new police, the operation of which has almost en-
tirely extinguished the lawless associations from which so
much of the crime of Dublin derived its origin. The worst
atrocities perpetrated by the gangs of ruffians described by
Mr. Drummond, took place during the period when the
Government was struggling with the Tory Lords to
procure the blessings of peace and safety for the inha-
bitants of Dublin. We have more than once called at-
tention to a circumstance sufficient of itself to damn the
entire case of Ribbonisni, as put forward by the Tory
journals ; namely, the systematic refusal of the infor-
mants to give evidence, except upon an express stipu-
lation that their names are to remain secret, and that
they are not to be called upon to substantiate their
statements before a public tribunal, where they would
be subjected to cross-examination, and exposed to the
hazards of conviction for perjury. No rewards, no pro-
mises of safe conduct to distant countries, can induce
these witnesses to make their depositions in a court of
ustice."

The Morning Advertiser speaks of the Corn-laws in
the following just terms of reprobation :—" The Corn-
laws are a millstone round the neck of our commerce.
The injury which they inflict upon the country is alto-
gether incalculable. They are equally a curse to this
country and to others. While professing protection to
agriculture, they are in reality its bane. By creating an
uncertainty in the market, and causing sudden fluctua-
tion, such as occurred about a year since, when low
prices were fictitiously introduced into the averages in
order to keep them down so as to obtain admission for
foreign grain at a low duty, they frequently operate as a
positive injury rather than a gain to the farmer. Then,
again, a dearth is as like:y to be caused by the doubtful
nature of the demand for the articie as it is by unpro-
pitious seasons. Fen' will choose to speculate in the
cultivation or production of a commodity of which the
disposal is uncertain."