The Sun.
London, England, 1838-08-28 00:00:00

Mit. POULETT TIIONISON'S TRADING CON;

PANIES AMENDMENT BILL._( From the .11fr;clieste; Courier
of Saturd.y last. )--" The article bearing this title which ap-
peared in our last number has so effectually stirred up the ire
of Mr. Poulett Thomstm's over-zealous, and over-kind friend
the editor of the Guardian, that he has written a very angry,.
and, it follows, a very weak article against The Sun, for fur-
nishing us 'pith the means of exposing the young Baltic
merchant's' incompetency either to preside at the Board of
Trade or to represent the borough of Manchester in Parlia
ment. The Guardian's impertinence has drawn a rejoinder
from The Sun, which, whilst it corrects the presumption, ex-
poses the folly and absurdity of our Contemporary. The
following extract not only furnishes a justification of
our strictures upon Mr. Thomson's character and con-
duct, but exhibits his rubbishy Bill in a proper light :"
[Here follow our remarks on the defence set up in fie
Guardian for Mr, Thomson.] The Courier then and thus pro-
ceeds :—" Mr. Poulett Thomson is a person of just sufficient
importance to be mischievous, but his mischievousness pro-
ceeds rather from ignorance and incapacity than from any otl7:er
cense, and he is a li,ing illustration of the maxim ,'„at it is
always dangerous to set up ble2kl,.ic:dts iehigsl,aneness.balNlVseced.o.
not expect the editor of the Guardia,.. *EO agree with us in
these leading truths. because tb`.l,r application in the present
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AFFAIRS OF HANO-yEn

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HANOVER, AUCVST 18.—The quiet en our poutteataionz.on,, -...v
has been interrupted by a slight breeze. ,The .final-/clreifsort•
of the Diet, for which King Ernest waits aVaiiatliiais,Vtis-il,
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people, has not yet been given ; it is stated that at the d?.
tir,:t meeting of the commission appointed by the Diet to in-
quire into the Hanoverian case the question was put, wheacr
any corporation or individual had the right to appeal to the
Di ?t on a subject concerning the whole country. This may be
regarded as, and is called by the.n who raised the question, a
mere point of form, but it must appear plain to every
thinking person that on it tures the fate of Hanover, indeed
the safe existence of all the German constitutions, and
therefore the peace and welfare cf all Germany : as the
States have not the right to assemble without bring
called togetlir by the sovereign, the latter, if he choose
to destray the Constitutien, need only dissolve his States,
nor call them again together in the same form as before,
and he is secure from any interference of the Diet until
the breaking out of an open rebellion. You will perceive,
therefore, how important, how tremendously dangerous to the
peace of Germany, an answer unfavourable to the right of
Corporations to appeal must prove. I could almost wish that an
unsatisfactory decision of the Diet might place the Hanove-
rians thus, because I have a firm conviction that their only
path to freedom and good government lies through the terrors
of a violent but short revolution ; as, also, that any attempt at
a tedious uncertain change by way of the law will only nort-
po.:e, but cannot avoid, the shock.
However desirable a speedy and, if needs must, a violent
decision of this struggle may be, yet it appears little probable
that such a course will be adopted, still less that it will he
carried to a successful issue. The means of communicating
between the different parts of the country are few and diffi-
cult of access : there is no Press that could be of any
use. The light which the few existing publications dinse
is like the ignis
,fataus, meant to deceive, and only leads
astray. The people are also divided among themselves,
because they are ignorant, because they know not that the
welfare of individuals is a benefit to the whole. Here, in the
capital, the greater number of inhabitants belonging to the
upper or middle classes, as also all the Magistrates, are the
decided opponents of the King, but the citizens in their
guild (Burgerschaften) are all more or less dependent ea
the court, the nobility, or the King ; they may not oppose
the King, even if they hate his arbitrary demeanour ; and
thus it happens that not even a petition or representation to
the Diet has emanated from the city of Hanover, while
Osnabruck, H.ldeshcim, and many other cities, have boldly
and independently expressed their wishes and opinions in that
form. But, worse than all this, it is well known that all the
Continental Governments, France, perhaps, excepted,
would unite to crush any attempt of the people to attain
their rights by force. Under all these discouraging circum-
stances, it would require more than ordinary love of free-
dom, a firmer conviction of its blessings, and confidence in
their own strength, to persuade the ill-used Hanoverians to a
decided step.
The result of the debate (if debate it may be called), or the
questioa of the right of the Corporations to address the Diet,
has been sent by the commission to the Diet. Saxony has
declared herself in favour of the right of the Corporations,
and has, it is said, boldly expressed herself concerning the
expediency as well as justice of that opinion ; Austria,
Prussia, Holstein, Bruneswick, Mecklenburg, and Lippe
against the right, and the other ten States have postponed
their vote (.rich ihre Erldarung vorbehalten); and there is
thus some live le7t that the final decision of the Diet may
prove favourable to the good cause.—Morning Chronicle,

FRANCE AND THE ARGENTINE
REPUBLIC.

FALMOUTH, Aua. 23.—The brig Scylla, Scott master, ar-
rived off this port this evening from Buenos Ayres, whence
she sailed the 9th June. The subjoined extracts are taken
from the British Packet and Argentine News of that date :
" In our last we inserted the Message of the Govtrnment
to the House of Representatives of the pro%ince. The fol-
((ming are the projects proposed by the majority of the Com-
mittee on Constitutional Affairs, viz., Doctors Lahitte, Garcia,
Camparia, and Irigoyen

" DRAFT CF A DECREE.

" Art. 1. The official and private conduct of Government
in the affair which it submitted to the consideration of the
Howe in its note of the 25th ult. is approved.
" Ai t. 2. The Government than continue in the manage-
ment of this weighty aff-ir, in conformity to that which the
eational honour, independence, and the circumstances of the
country demand.

" Art. 3. It shall be charged to claim opportunely of his
Majesty King of the French reparation for the wrongs offered
to the Confederation, and the injuries inflicted on the country
from the unjust blockade it now suffers."

" DRAFT OF A REPLY.
" 'The representatives of the province have attentively
considered the note of your Excellency, under the date 25th
ult., and the documents annexed to it, comprising the whole
of the correspondence, official and private, which your Ex-
cellency has carried on with the Vice-Consul of France and
the Rear-Admiral of that nation in regard to the pretensions
advanced by them ; and, after careful deliberation upon the
matter, have resolved unanimcusly to reply to your Excel-
leney_That the conduct observed by your Excellency in this
weighty affair has worthily corresponded to tl:e august mis-
sion with which your Excellency is charged. That the in-
dependence of the country, its sovereignty and national digr
niv, arc to the Argentines not only the most precious gilt it
enjoys in thu social relation, but the oath they have expli-
citly and in the face of nations pronounced, pledging them-
selves to sustain it even at the cost of their lives, property,
and honour ; in virtue of which your Excellency, sustaining
this pledge as sacred as it is inviolate, in the present case,
will only add a new title to tilos, which the country recog-
nised in distinguishing your Excellency with the renowned
appellation of the " restorer of the laws." That, in the
meantime, it is painful to the representatives that the Go-
vernment and country have been forced to sustain principles
and rights which never ought to have been a matter of dis-
cussion with individuals, officers of a nation to whom the
Argentine republic has given such repeated testimonies of
friendship and kindness.
" That the representatives trust that your Excellency,
laying before the Government of his Majesty the King of the
French the rights of the Confederation and the grievances
and injuries which have been offered to it, will obtain from
the liberal and just sentiments which characterise his Ma-
jesty, not only an acknowledgment of the rights which have
been denied to it, but due reparation for the said grievances
and injuries.

" Tint in the meantime the Representatives, confiding in
the patriotic zeal of your Excellency, in your prudence, wis-
dom, and foresight, leave to the enlightened councils of your
Excellency the selection of the means which you may deem.
couvenient to maintain inviolate the national sovereignty, ands
to obtain reparation for the wrongs offered to the Republic.
" God preserve your Excellency many years.
( Signed)
" LAIIITTE, GARCIA, CAMPANA, IRIGOIEN."

" The House met on Wednesday last to receive the Report
of the Committee. A debate ensued, which did not terminate

till yesterday. The result has been the adoption of the Re-
port of the Committee, with the addition of the pledge to
sustain the oath of independence taken in the presence of
God and the universe, an amendment moved by Senhor An-
chorena."

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