The Sun.
London, England, 1831-12-08 00:00:00

A POLITICAL ADVENTURER.

A young wan, at the commencement of his
political career, is given plainly to understand
that, if he hopes to succeed, he must turn his
talents to the advantage of the party—that he
must have no opinion opposed to those which
they entertain ; and that his success will ever be
in proportion to his useful subservience. This
at once breaks down the whole fabric of his
former morality. His first step as a political
adventurer, robs him of his conscience. This,
however, might possibly enable him to acquire
new habits of thinking ; to acquire which Mr.
Bentham has so aptly termed " interest-begotten
prejudices.”—His duties, indeed, will quickly
be found to throw great obstacles in the way of
such a consummation. The conduct of his em-
ployers utterly precludes the possibility of its ac-
complishment. He will find that he is constantly
employed to defend every species of abuse by plau-
sible pretences. He will be expected to discover
good reasons for bad conduct—to keep out of
sight the real circumstances of the case, to sub-
stitute favourable ones where possible ; and to
gloss over such as cannot be hidden. His con-
duct and his language will be constantly at sari-
ance ; and while he is making professions of
pure virtue, he will know himself by the very
process to be utterly base and dishonest. Delu-
ion even will be almost certainly precluded ; but
lest there should be a chance in favour of this
virtue, his superiors are ever careful by their de-
meanour to mark to him that he is not labouring
for the interests of his own class. They are to
be found among the people, and with that.
class he must rank himself, however acciden-
tally he may become the advocate of that of
his superiors. Thus the better feelings, even
of party morality, are excluded from his mind.
He is never engaging on the side of his affec-
tions—he does not unite himself heart and hand
with his party, and merge the great precepts of
universal, into the more narrow, but still general
precepts of party virtue. There is always some
advantage or other in having a precept or rule
of conduct expressed in general terms, that is,
in terms which have reference to classes of our
fellow-creatures—while the consequences to
our fellows, from the actiors we commit, are
kept before us, some sympathy is kept
alive in our bosoms, and some generous ten-
dencies will remain with us. To make a
man utterly and completely vicious, nothing is
so efficient as to make him shape his conduct
by precepts which regard himself alone; but
such must be his case who is the partizan of a
party, without being of that party. If he is
their partizan, it is solely because, by being so,
he benefits himself. They reward him, therefore
he is their advocate. He loves them not—he
is a renegade, to whom his employers allow not
the privilege of oblivion. The compound of
such a man's mind is of a fearful description—
dangerous to his employers, dangerous to his
Country. He is, of necessity, utterly unworthy
of confidence. He is a scoffer at all enlarged
morality, all generous emotions; he is a disbe-
liever in human virtue, a hater of human nature.
Such a man, when able, turns round upon his
employers ; he becomes liberal out of hate or
self-love. His good deeds are not prompted by
a love of his species, but either by love of him-
self, or hatred of others.—lVatnunster Review.

COD FI S H.—Never within the memory of
man has the Menai been so stocked with these wholesome
as at this time—they are seen by fishermen in thick
and extended shoals, are caught in abundance with hand-
lines, and brought ashore in boat-loads. They were
hawked about Beautnaris at four or five dozens for a 8161 -
ling.- Carnarvon Herald.

SUlClDE.—Yesterday an inquest was held at
the Southampton Arms, Grafton-street, Fitzroy-square,
on the body of FREDERICK HODGES, aged 18 years, the
footman to JAMES, Esq., of 28, Fitzroy-square, who
was found dead in his bed-room, having suspended him-
self from a hook in the Ivan with a jack towel. He was
quite dead and cold. Verdict—lnsanity.

SUICIDE.—An inquest was held on Tuesday,
at the Red Lion, Parliament-street, on the body of
JOSErit BALDWIN, aged 86, the footman of EDWARD
ELLicE, Esq. of Richmond-terrace, Parliament-street,
who cut his throat with a razor, on Monday afternoon, in
his master's stables, fie had a short time previously
given a letter to a fellow-servant to deliver to his wife, in-
closing a 5/. note, and stating, " Dearest wife,—I hope
you will receive this letter safely, and endeavour to forget
your unhappy husband. God bless you. J. BALDWIN."—
The Jury returned a verdict of Insanity,

FRENCEI PAPERS.

CIIAMI3ER OF DEPUTIES, DEC. 5.

The Minister of Commerce made a communication from
Government respecting the vote of credit of 3,500,000 f
in behalf of the unemployed poor. It was propo,ed that
it sllbuld be distributed among the departments, according
to their wants.

The penal code was then taken into consideration, and
many amendments mitigating its penalties were agreed to,
with scarcely any debate.

(From:the Moniteur of Monday.)
ENTRY or THE DUKE OF ORLEANS AND MARSHAL

SOULT, MINISTER OF WAR, INTO LYONS.

A telegraphic despatch received this day (Sunday), at
three o'clock, announced that his Royal Ilighne.s the Duke
of Orleans, and the Minister of War, entered Lyons on
Saturday morning, amidst the acclamations of the popu-
lace. At the moment this despatch left Lyons the Prince
was proceeding to the Place Bellecour to review the troops.
The following proclamation, as well as the order annexed
thereto, of the Minister of War, were stuck upon the
walls of Lyons, o❑ the evening before the entry of his
Roy al 11:411ness.
'We are waiting for the details of this event, which can-
not fail to arrive in the course of this day (Monday), and
which we shall immediately publish.
The disarming of the workmen was effected with the
greatest tranquillity.