The Sun.
London, England, 1825-02-14 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
Extracts, rom the Morning Pnpers,Feb.l4,lB2s.

[BRITISH PRESS.]
The speeches of the Earl of Liverpool and
Mr. Canning, at the anniversary dinner of the
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iShipowners'teres th
Society, e o
clearn Saturday,an and
st
strong
declarations will be react
w
of these eminent members of the Administration
in favour of the liberal principles on which the
commercial policy of this country is now founded,
will, wo trust, have their due effect in explaining
and recommending it to other nations. It certain ly-
is not surprising that thwy should, at 'first, sus-
pect that 44 we are adopting some new mys-
tery," into which we seek to draw them for pur-
poses of an exclusively selfish character. Mr. Can-
ning remarked truly, that it was long " before we
ourselves learned the secret by which we prosper-
ed." It may be some time before the rest of the com-
mercial world will follow the successful example
we hold up to them for imitation. Some States
may, perhaps, weakly refuse to thrive with us ;
they may deny themselves the right of sharing
in the general prosperity ; but their error will
recoil on themselves alone. They cannot inter-
fere with the march of our welfare, nor set li-
mits to the increase of our stupendous wealth and
greatness. If there be any foreign statesman at this
moment who doubts the propriety of falling into
the course in which we are proceeding, let him re-
flect upon that eloquent passage of the Foreign Se-
cretary's speech on Saturday,in which he observes,
with reference to the fact of his presence at the din-
ner:—" It is a satisfactory circumstance belonging
to this fine country alone that the Ministers of

the Crown can mix with their countrymen on
occasions of this description, and freely commu-
nicate information on matters of the greatest inte-
rest, with perfect sincerity, and a complete ab-
sence of all disguise. There is nothing at this
moment in the policy of England, whether ex-
ternal or internal, that will not bear the crucible,
and that will not come forth brighter on every
examination."

[THE TIMES.]
The Irish papers in the interest of the Catholic
Association have opened upon Parliament with a
hue and cry about the re-enacting of the " old
penal code." This is a mixture of ignorance and

fury : no person has entertained any such inten-
tion : there is no resemblance between the penal
code which affected Catholics only, but most
sensibly, and the new nonsense-code, which is
designed to operate upon Orangemen as well as
Associators ; but which will not prevent either
faction from pursuing its own object in forms, and
through channels, not cognizable or assailable by
any law that the wit of man can devise ; except,
indeed, it be such a law as would render the do-
minions of George IV. one vast and intolerable
prison. Mr. O'Connell, it is true, in measured
phrase, admonishes his brethren to pay strict
obedience to the Legislature, the instant that
an act shall have passed for putting down the
Association under that especial title. But mark
the further expressions of this demure and modest
penitent :—" Beyond what the law may exact,
64 no submission can be expected, that will pre-
" vent the Association from pursuing the most
" effectual mode of embodying the liberal sen-
" timents of their Protestant friends with their
" own views," &c. &c. There it is. " We
" will obey the letter of the Act of Parliament,
44 but depend upon it we shall find out some way
" of driving our jauntiug cars through it. We will
44 out-pettifog my Lord Eldon, whatever his
44 Lordship's dear friend, Mr. Plunkett, may
44 promise on our behalf, of magnanimity, re-
" signation, and so forth. With the help
44 of our good allies, the Corporation Juries
"of Dublin, we shall puzzle and plague
44 Mr. Attorney-General yet, as much as
" ever the Orangemen contrived to do." And,
accordingly, Mr. O'Connell starts in this chase
of Catchpole after Catholic, at the very top of
his speed. Ile fulfils his pledge almost before
he snakes it, having already given notice of a
motion for transforming the Association into a
44 Liberal Club," which is to meet in the very
rooms hitherto occupied by the creature about to
undergo this metempsychosis—to be composed of
the same parties—to pursue the same objects—
to address themselves to the same passions—
to wield the same powers—to continue the same
dangers—and to propagate the same bitter and.
poisonous fruits. Is not this wise and beautiful
legislation ? Is not this most vigorous and effective
policy ? Mr. Plunkett confesses, with befitting
candour, that the Association is but the symptom
of the fever which he deplores, and that his new
law undertakes for nothing but to repress the
symptom. The Right Hon. Gentleman's attempt
is an humble one ; yet it promises, as we have
seen, by far too much. Instead of changing the
seat of the disorder, it will not repress a single
indication of it ; the eruption will be as thick,
as offensive, and dangerous as ever. It is no
case for blistering, still less for bleeding, nor
for quackery of any sort; the open air, liberty, and
ease of mind,are the only specifics for this constitu-
tional malady. Why, then, cannot such natural,
such providential cures, be administered ? Alas l
the doctors disagree—the college is divided ; each
stands by the theory which first brought him into
practice,—the unfortunate suffer is not worth con-
sidering, and the Sangrados, who constitute the
majority, have the multitude yelling round,
" Give us plenty of hot water and blood." In
the mean time Messrs. O'Connell and Shiel have
each (like good Catholics) his patron Saint.
Shiel has quitted the shrine of St. Donouglimore,
whom the Kerry pilgrim still professes to wor-
ship ; and much learned vituperation hath flowed
from this unsightly schism.

[MORNING !JERALD.]
Friday's Paris Papers arrived last night. They
contain much political speculation and little
news. The Journals of the Liberal party, and,
even the one Journal which especially Parc' s
the interest of M. de Chateaubriand, have takut
a decided part for England against Russia. In.
deed, their tone is such that one would suppose,
in the absence of any other evidence, that the
I two nations were actually at or ou the eve of