The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-13 00:00:00

NORTHAMPTON-MONDAY.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
The Reformers here intend, on Friday next, to give a
dinner to George Peach, Esq., Mayor, who is the first
Liberal that has filled the civic chair of this borough within
the memory of man. They go upon the good principle—
one which was unknown at all former Mayors' inaugaration
dinners—of each paying his own expenses. This is a good
plan : it keeps both parties on independent terms, and does
not preclude any man possessed of only a moderate fortune
from taking upon himself an office, honourable in itself, but
almost ruinous to individuals, unless they resort, as did the
old Corporators, to the charitable and other funds for
assistance. That the public money was misappropriated is
certain, from the fact that almost everything the Corpora-
tion had under its control or in its possession, was mort-
gaged to such an extent as to leave it bankrupt at the time
of passing the Municipal Reform Bill, and obliging the pre-
sent Town Council to sell off some portion of the property,
in order to remove the pressure of the debts upon the re-
mainder. At the dinner, Mr. Vernon Smith, M.P., is to
take the chair ; and among those who are expected to at-
tend are Earl Spencer, Lord Lilford, Lord Charles Fitz-
roy, M.P., Hon. Fox Manic, M.P., Sir William Wake,
Bart., E. Bouverie, Esq., C. Hillyard, Esq., Raikes
Currie, Esq., (the new Liberal candidate), the whole of
the Liberal council, &c, &c.

The requisition to Mr. Raikes Currie is at present very
numerously signed. The electors are delighted with him,
and there is but one feeling with the Liberals—that of
casting aside all minor differences, with a determination of
bringing in both Vernon Smith and Raikes Currie. The
Tories have given up the idea of there being any chance.
If we are not greatly out, our good friends at Northamp-
ton will save their present nzisrepresentative (and most
familiar friend of Sir Robert Peel *) the trouble of attend-
ing at St. Stephen's. He may then devote his leisure to
enrich the literature of his country. The Quarterly knows
the VALUE of his communications ; and if his college tutor
is still alive, Mr. C. Ross may rise to literary fame as
bright as the Lord Brudenell Peter Pindar talks of, who
took a German to the opera to tell him when there hap-
pened a small slip with any unlucky performer. Pindar
says—
" He grew from that hour a Lord of wondrous skill ;
And though the man is dead, he keeps so still.

It has been remarked that Mr. Ross is the only Member
of the House who ventures to address Sir Robert as " Peel."

THE PRESS IN SWEDEN.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
Sweden, in throwing off, in 1809, a despotic King, Gus-
tavus Adolphus IV., obtained a constitution in 1810, and
with it the liberty of the press. In 1812, the Diet thought
proper, as an amendment, to grant to the then King a
partial censorship, but it was only a temporary right, and
which, as soon as the emergency which created it had sub-
sided, ought to have been abolished. Since that time
twenty-four years have passed away, and the succes-
sor of the Kirq to which it was but temporarily given is
still in possession of this odious and mischievous power of
seizing the edition, and hinder the further publication of
any newspaper, without assigning reasons for such an act.
The Government is therefore in this case judge and execu-
tioner, and interferes with private property in a manner
which in England would be considered approaching very
nearly to robbery.
Almost every newspaper in Sweden which belongs to the
Opposition party has more than once been subject to this
despotic act. An Evening paper (Aftonbladet) which has a
very great circulation, has been seized no less than six different
times, and the publication stopped. Besides these seizures, the
editors are often proceeded against for libels that have ap-
peared in their respective newspapers about Foreign Powers.
The Constitutional Government of Sweden degrades itself
by thus being made the tool of the despots of the
Holy Alliance. The above named Newspaper has
now a prosecution azainst it, for copying an article
contained in the Ben Sens, a Parisian newspaper, called
Democracy in Italy," in which were some remarks alluding
to the despotic and cruel behaviour of the Austrian police
in Italy. The prosecutor in this case is no less than the
citizen and republican Bernardotte, who fought for liberty
in America, who spilled his blood for liberty in France, in
Italy, in Germany, and in Holland, and who was elected
by *a free people as their constitutional King. We hesi-
tate not to pronounce such conduct unworthy of so great
and so celebrated a Sovereign.