The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-06 00:00:00

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" Tout pour la France ! " This must be their
motto. Such, indeed, should be the motto of all
rulers. Everything for the country ! It is a motto
which rulers would do well frequently to
call to mind. This truth is being just
now impressed upon the rulers of Christendom
in a manner which they will not very easily forget.
The coronation formula of the ancient Arragonnese
contained an admirable exposition of a governor's
duties. " We, who are as good as you," said these
independent electors, " make you-our King, to pro-
tect our laws—if not—not." The Arragonnese had
a correct notion of what constitutes the right
divine of Kings. Everything, for the country !
This is the watchword which alone can
restore tranquillity among the several nations
of Europe. The people of each kingdom,
troubling themselves as little as possible with foreign
affairs, must each concentrate their energies on the
amelioration of their own country. Everything for
the country ! This is a warning cry, which may be
profitable in our own kingdom likewise. During
this stormy year we have been almost too much en-
grossed with the wonderful events daily transpiring
abroad. Secure in the consciousness of their own
freedom, the people of England have watched
with eager and heartfelt interest the struggles
of other nations to obtain similar privileges.
This was natural and, indeed, unavoidable. The
contemplation, however, should not be without its
profit. Let us tura now to the consideration of our
own country's necessities, with that sentence ringing
in our ears and finding an echo in our hearts—
Everything for the country 1 It is not for us to
boast—although our constitutional superiority is al-
most universally recognised—it is not for us to boast.
Our boasting would be drowned by the groans of our
suffering poor. While crowds of savage and starving
children, such as the creature who defied the power of
the "Haunted Man," roam through our thoroughfares
—while the noisome cellar, the ill-ventilated alley, and
the deluged hovel contain their suffering thousands—
while treasures are lavished for the punishment of
vice, and comparatively nothing for its prevention—
while one end of the social chain grovels in miserable
prostration—let us not boast. Tiue it is, and thank
Gob it is true, many attempts have already been
made, many good measures have been initiated for
the amelioration of these evils. But who
will venture to deny that immeasureably
more must be done ? Now that a new
session is drawing near, the public will do well to
think upon these things, which concern them infi-
nitely
more than the question of who is Minister in
France, or what is doing by the King of PRUSSIA.
We admit, nevertheless, that the affairs of one nation
do concern another. Any improvement effected, or any
act of tyranny inflicted on the one, will indirectly, or
a long while afterwards, affect the other. But if the
family of nations be thus connected by a community
of interest, how much more powerful are the links
that bind together the various members of one
nation—

"Where less or greater sot so justly true,
7 hat touching one must strike the other too,
Till jarring interests of themselves create
Th' according music of a well. mixed State."

Without in anywise deprecating the great interest
taken by the people of this country in foreign affairs,
we would conjure them also to look at home. We
would conjure them to echo, as well u to admire, the
patriotic exclamation of JEROME BONAPARTE—
" Everything for the country 1"

We yesterday published the reply of Mr. GLAD*
STORE, the respected President of the Liverpool Re-
form Association to the letter of Major-General Sir
WILLIAM NAPIER impeaehing* the correctness of the
fourth tract published by the association, which ap-
peared in our columns on the 29th ultimo. The Gal-
lant General appeared to feel deeply what he con-
ceived to be a grievous insult to himself and such of
his brethren in arms as have attained the rank of re-
gimental colonels. He accordingly used language
which we have no doubt on more mature
consideration he will feel to have been more warm
than the occasion required, and which he will him-
self be the first to regret. The object of the asso-
ciation was manifestly to point out the defects in the
present
l-n system, and the impropriety of rendering the
o
the party to provide clothing for
the soldiers of the regiment, and not to east any
colonel-in-chief e iri e
p
putations upon the personal honour
in these
a situations.ndintegrityof
the veterans who are
of official corruption, which
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swept away. In former days the pulbailninaoffindesetrTibgyh straight-
forward course of roviding for a
Single payment, was avoided in every possible man-
ner.w In place of fixing a fair salary equivalent to
the duties
which to be
performed,
d;a
bsymavlalrsiouums was nominally
given,
fees and emo-
luments to the contemplated amount,
and in the ma-
jority of instances very
far beyond it. It was a
part of the general system which pervaded every
department of the State. Latterly many improve-
ments have taken place, and fixed salaries have in a
great many instances been substituted for payment
by ties or emoluments. We would gladly see the
alter4ion extended to military clothing. Far better
that the colonel of a regiment, whose situation is ad-
mittedly a sinecure—intended as a reward fur the
past services of distinguished and meritorious officers

—should receive the amount to which he was
conceived entitled, than that his profits
should be made up by an item in every

1 this department, and additional facilities been
afforded for the transmission of corresi ondence, which
fully accounts for the decrease of the net revenue.
In the Crown Lands there has been a small im-
provement of 4,0001. on the year, but a falling off of
10,0001. on the quarter; while, in the Miscellaneous
the improvement is on the quarter to the extent of
1 9,9631., and a falling off in the year of 83,7601.
The above exhibit the changes that have taken place
in the ordinary branches of the revenue, which indi-
cate the general state of the national finances. We
therefore find that there have been improvements under
these heath of 2,019,4561., and reductions to the
extent of 1,143,7511., and on the quarter increases,
amounting to 593,0051., and reductions to 150,3901.
The extraordinary items under the several
heads of " China Money," " Imprest, and other
Moneys," and " Repayments of Advances" all show con-
siderable improvements on the quarter, which add to
the increase, making it amount in the whole to
837,2171., or, after deducting the deficiencies, to
686,8271.
On the whole, the returns to which we have alluded
afford good grounds for congratulation, and lead us
to hope that the country will gradually arrive at more
prosperous days than those we have witnessed during
the last two years.

The Hotel des Invalides witnessed an impressive
sight on Thursday last, when in the presence of the
last relics of the grande armee, JERoME BONAPARTE,
the only surviving brother of the EMPEROR, assumed
the post of Governor of the Invalides and Custodian of
the ashes of NAPOLEON. During the past year we
have been so frequently reminded in some marvellous
manner of the vicissitudes of human life, that even
this event may be regarded as an ordinary occur-
rence. After the changes we have already con-
templated, it seems hardly matter of astonishment
that an individual born in obscurity should, in the
prime of manhood, find himself invested with a regal
crown, and that a member of the most remarkable
family in the world should be almost instan-
taneously hurled from his high elevation, and
become a wandering exile during many years, find-
ing himself at last, in his old age, uncle to the Chief
Governor of his native country, and guardian of the
tomb of an imperial brother. Such has been the
history of JEROME BONAPARTE. May his last
years be as peaceful as their predecessors have been
eventful ! The brief address of the new Governor of
the Invalides on assuming his dignity was worthy of
the occasion—it was truly patriotic and republican.
"The EMPEROR," said he, " owed much to France,
but his family owe him much more. They will
never forget that having sprung from the People,
there is no sacrifice too great for them when it
can serve the People. Allons mes amis !
Let us cry from the bottom of our hearts, ' Vice la
France! Tout pour la France ! Ricn que par la
France!'" By acting in accordance with such senti-
ments, and only by so doing, the Bonaparte family
will prove themselves worthy of their name and of
the occasion which has again called them to rule in
France.