The Sun.
London, England, 1836-01-28 00:00:00

justice, in the full conviction that you are able and wil-
ling to do so. Our ancient distrust is fast dying from
among us. The Saxon is no longer our hereditary foe.
The bow of promise is hung out in our heavens.
Better times are at hand ; and feeling—seeing this, we
arc ready to gain by conciliation, what we once endea-
voured to extort by menace.

If this be not the language spoken at the Dublin
Meetings, we have sadly misinterpreted its import.
But no, there is no mistaking the meaning of Mr.
O'CONNELL'S argument. It is throughout a broad,
but temperate, appeal to the justice and common-sense
of England, as impersonated by its Ministers. The
Hon. and Learned Gentleman is no frantic demagogue,
no visionary enthusiast. He simply speaks the lan-
guage of an enlightened Reformer. All he insists on

for Ireland, are, first, an ample measure of Corporate
Reform ; secondly, the extinction of tithes ; thirdly,
the placing of the registry in the hands of impartial
Assistant Barristers. And who shall say " Nay" to
these just and moderate demands ? Not the English
people, we are sure. Not the English Cabinet, we
are sure. No, they will be resisted only by the Tories;
who, by such resistance, will sign their death-warrant.
We must not omit to notice the nature of the sup-
port which Mr. O'CONNELL—as the organ of Ire-
land—proposes to give to Ministers. He will back
them in the spirit of a man, not as a partisan, or toad-
eater. He will not " extenuate their faults." He will
not " set down aught in malice." All he demands
from them is justice ; and a just support is all he
feels that they have a right in turn to demand from him.
B►:t the most cheering portion of the Honourable and
Learned Member's speech, is where he talks of the
union that now prevails among all classes of reformers
in Ireland. " We have called on the Aristocracy,"
says he, " and they have responded by consenting to
take their station at the head of the people. In a
word, we are all combined in one grand national con-
federacy." Hear this, Scotch and English reformers,
and lose not a day—not an hour—in combining is the
same spirit, and for the same glorious ends ! Do not
fall to cavilling, and splitting of hairs, when you
should be bent on nobler objects ; but, whether in
Parliament, or out of Parliament, have, one and all
of you, your attention fixed exclusively on the general
good. A great boon is not to be rejected, because
it is not the greatest possible boon. Half a cake
is better than no cake at all. Above all, Reformers,
do not attempt to be wise or persevering beyond
what is practicable. Theory is well enough in its
way, but practice is better ; for it is by the latter, not
by the former, that this matter-of-fact world of ours
is to be governed. If we indulge too much in Utopian
speculations ; allow ideas to sway us more than
' things ; prefer walking by ourselves, or with our own
little coterie, instead of being'duly drilled and disciplined,
so' as to present one compact confederated phalanx to the
enemy, we shall throw the game into the hands of the
combined High-Churchmen and Tories—for priestcraft
and Toryism go together, like substantive and adjective,
the one being the indispensable exponent of the other—
see the good cause slip though our fingers ; and be
compelled to put up with the shadow, where we might
have grasped the substance, of Reform. We throw
out these hints in no distrustful spirit, but simply be-
cause we feel convinced that in the approaching Ses-
sion, all depends on union. United we are irresistible.
Divided, we cannot stand a month.

Since the above was written, we have received by
Extraordinary Express, the proceedings at Liverpool
late last night, to which we beg the attention of
our readers, especially Mr. O'CONNELL'S ad►nirable
speech.

The whole of the Paris Papers of Tuesday have
b2en received. On Monday M. HuNIANN made a
speech in the ninth Bereau, or Committee, on the re-
duction of the interest on the Five per Cents, in the
course of which he took care not to conceal any of his
opinions on this great question. He stated that since
the revolution, which placed the present Sovereign of
France upon the throne, the eountry had increased its
debt to the amount of about eight hundred millions
of francs, or forty millions per annum ; that the de-
ficit in the public revenue amounted in 1834 to one
hundred and sixty-seven millions of francs ; in 1835,
to thirty-eight millions ; and in 1836, to twenty-one
millions. He further stated that Ministers could
not carry on the affairs of the country without obtain-
ing for the current year aim extraordinary grant of
seventeen millions of francs. The reduction of
the taxes on liquors, and beet-root sugar; would
create a large reduction probably thirty-five
millions and upwards—in the revenue for the ensuing
year ; so that the measure which he had recommended
to the Chamber for reducing the interest on the debt
was thus rendered indispensable. It was the confi-
dence he had that Government approved of his mea-
-1 sure for reducing the interest, or payinc, off the Five
per Cents., which induced him to continue so long a
member of the Cabinet. For had the result been
known to him, his retirement would have taken place
at a much carper period. He concluded by observing
that several of his late colleagues entertained the same
opinions which he did, although they had not felt it
their duty to imitate him in withdrawing from the Ca-
binet. The Bureau approved of the doctrines set forth
in the speech of the Ex-Minister, and declared that it
would forthwith adopt them in its resolutions, and re-
port to the Chamber. Thus, out of the nine Bureaus
or standing Committees into which the Chamber of
Deputies is divided, seven have declared in favour of
the " Conversion," as it is termed, of the Five per
Cents. Should this measure be finally resolved upon,
in opposition to the will of the KING and the clamours
of the Parisian shopkeepers, the recall of M. Hu-
MANN will precede its accomplishment.
The Paris Papers devote a considerable part of their
.columns to the hazards of a war now believed to be
:imminent between Great Britain and Russia. Strange
'to say, the French affect a neutrality in the event of
such a catastrophe. England, and England only, is
bound to watch over the faith of treaties. Well, all
this is of no great importance. Despite of the calum-
nies of the National, there are men in France who feel
that the nation to which they below, needs not Eng-
land to vindicate her honour, and watch over her inte-
rests. And were it otherwise, there is little cause for
serious alarm. England has before now taught the
Powers of the Continent that she can not only preserve
but re-adjust the balance of power in Europe. We
may, in the course of A day or two, take some further'
notice of the malignant libels respecting this country,
now daily published in the columns of the National.

PARIS, JAN. 26.—The Piedmontese Gazette publishes the
official news of the safe delivery of the Queen of Naples of a
Prince, who has received, among other names, those of Francis
d' Assisas and Emanuel.

The same journal gives news from Cagliari, which is unin-
teresting, but which indicates a country in which things are
going on in their natural course.

The Court of Peers will met on Saturday, the 30th of Ja-
nuary, at noon, to commence the proceedings respecting the
crimes of the 28th July.
A letter from Toulon, of the 20th, speaks of the arma-
ments which are Preparing there. In addition to the 6,000
hammocks in the magazines, 4,000 new ones are getting
reado. 10,000 hammocks are too many for the sailors tha
there are still remaining to be disposed of, and it is supposed
that troops are to be embarked.
The Hercules of 100 guns will be launched at the end of
February. Orders are given to equip it immediately.
It is stated that General Maya bra* 14 thifib? to )1?s wa7