The Sun.
London, England, 1838-06-29 00:00:00

DOVER-THURSDAY.

(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
The Ccronation of her Majesty has been kept here with
every feeling of attachment and loyalty. The shops and public
offices have been closed since the morning ; and at noon the
depot of the 43d regiment, under the command of Major For.
long, and that of the 69th regiment, under Major Brookes,
assembled on the Marine Parade, where they were met by
Colonel Munro, R. A. ; Lieut.-Colonel Thomson, Royal En-
gineers; and the other officers of the Garrison. Royal Sa•
lutes were fired by the Artillery from the western heights;
and feu de joi by the troops, who afterwards presented arms,
and were marched to their respeetve quarters.
As soon as the troop; had quitted the Parade, the children
of the different charity schools in the town were marched in
by their teachers to tables that bad been provided for them;
and about 2 500 children were hospitably entertained with
cold beef, plumb pudding, &c. The tables were placed la
two lines, the whole length of the Parade, and the admirable
arrangement reflects the highest credit on the Comroittee.
Unfortunately', before the children had finished their dinner,
it began to rain, and continued without intermission during
the afternoon, thereby preventing further amusement that had
been provided by the Committee in a field near the town for
the remainder of the day. It was a very interesting sight.
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of spectators.
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There is tl be a ball this evening in honour of the Goro
ration, which is expected tJ ba very well attended.

LITERATURE.

CHAPTERS ON CORONATIONS.
Parker, London, 1838.

We are indebted for much of tha very valuable acid
recon-
dite information which The Seas of yesterday will be found to
contain, relative to the Coronations of British Sovereigns►
from the Conquest to the happy Accession of her preseag
Majesty (to whom may God grant a long and prosperous
reign), to the very elegant little volume now before us. It it
beautifully got up, and handsomely illustrated. 'll,le author
has our thanks and best wishes.

On the PRESENT CONDITION oft!ft PEOPLE 01
this COUNTRY, and the BEST MEANS
of 1.31.
PROVING IT, cS•c.

Br THom4s 2114ccr,Nria, EsQ.
A PSIZI? EssAr.
The object of this Es'sr..y- is to point out the princiPel
evils of our present scr:t.::t condition, and the best means e
getting rid of tt,,lm. It is very satisfactory to learn
according to I.'Lle author's summary, that in our present
condition, lyJvrever evil it may be—
" Thera is no providential calamity—no stroke of the rod of Heaven,
in faini7,e, pestilence or war—no judgments of the Ruler of nation'
mix.tfd up with it, to which human ingenuity could apply no remedy, all
Under which the chief virtue would be submission. No, the whole t""
is bad its it is artificial and superinduced, and to this it is the province'
duty mid interest of social man to devise and apply remedies. We ai;
dress ourselves then to this the most difficult part of the subject, Out
we have ,btained a correct knowledge of the disorders to be unseats"'
one half the cure may be regarded as already accomplished."
The Legislature ani the Executive certainly take great
credit to themselves for every kind of public prosperity and
every improvement ; and they are therefore likely to bear
the blame of every public distress and every deterioration'
How far the evils of society are caused by bad legislation
and how far they lie in the natural constitution of man,
in his ignorance and his passions, is, however, much too
wide an inquiry to be disposed of in a few pages of $
pamphlet. It will be remembered by many readers, that
this question gave birth to Mr. Malthus's " Essay on Pc'
pulaCon,"'and his three volumes were written to prove'
contrary to Mr. Macconnel's assertion, that the evil°
of society are the necessary consequences of the principle
of population. We cannot venture to decide such an Mr,
portant question in our limited space, and we are afraid
that those who have ever entertained Mr. Malthus's doubts,
will not be convinced by Mr. Macconnel's assertions.
is quite consistent, however, with his principle, that be
should recommend various political reforms as the boa
means of improving the condition of the people. He ea'
vocates Universal Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, the e,pplicatil
of the property of the National Church to the abolition
the National Debt; the abolition of all compulsory par
ments for religion ; the removal of all Taxes on Knowledge ;
the placing the issue of paper money In the bands of a I' °v
pular Government ; an alteration of the Corn Laws, and e
system of National Education. reeling great respect for hie
intentions, and admittimg that many of his remarks are
acute and clever, we are, hoeiever, of opinion, that such $
multitude of weighty subjects cannot be treated of to of
good purpose within the compass of 60 octavo pages. Mr'
Macconnel says, however, that it is his object " to condense
a great matter into small compass,"—" to give gold in the
black, and leave the beating it out into leaf to those Whl
think it worth the operation." We are afraid the public
Wi
not regard a feu, paragraphs devoted to a number of Pe;
pular topius, each of which separately has occupied, and
still Occupies, many public writers, as sterling meta
Toe public will be wrong in Mr. Macconnel's estimati(M'
and time, the only infallible judge, will decide between them'

MEMOIRS OF HENRY THE FIFTH-2
Bentley, London, 1833.
A plain, sensible, biographical sketch—for the work
little more than a sketch—of one of the most remarkable
sovereigns that ever swayed the sceptre of England. rill,:
author, Mr. Tyler, takes the favourable view of Hanr/
character, and, in particular, strives hard to exoneratef
him from the well-known' and often-repeated charge °
cruelty to his French prisoners after the battle of Mil;
court, justly observing that in the embarrassing position 34
which the English monarch was then placed, he coul
scarcely with safety bavq acted otherwise.