The Sun.
London, England, 1831-04-23 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN.

Sun,— The Royal William is the finest vessel that has
ever floated on the waters of England ; she is the admi-
ration of her gallant people, and commands their attach-
ment. There is no sacrifice which they would not make
for her preservation : she is as near to perfection, as it is
possible for human mind to plan, or human skill to exe-
cute. Upon her preservation hangs at this moment the very
existence of the British empire :.—therefore there is not an
honest heart, a gallant spirit,which will not now be ready to
arm in her defence—devoted crew after devoted crew will
be supplied to resist the attempts of the enfuriated enemy,
who would forcibly take possession of her—to direct her
strength against those great interests, for whose salva-
tion she so happily became the property of the British
Empire. The mutinous, malignant, and insensate
wretches, who accidentally had the charge of this magni-
ficent vessel, anal who abandoned her in the hour of danger,
seek now to drive her on the shOals of public discard, whence
she might afterwards drift upon the rocks of public con-
vulsion, and where in their haleness and fury they would
destroy her by the flaming torch of deemonism.
The great dispenser of events has decreed that this profli-
gate and hellish band shall be destroyed ; that they shall
perish in their own violence ; be consumed in that very
fire which they would kindle for the destruction of their
country. No, Sir, the proud vessel of State will be pre-
served by the pure and patriotic devotion of the
virtuous people of the British Empire. She will
not be made a sacrifice to ignorance and insanity.
Sir, is it to be believed that the disappointment of the
faction should be so desperate as to have led them to insult
Royalty in the exercise of its virtuous prerogative? But
such is the fact. Not content with declarations of insult
and menaces to intimidate, they were so far lost in their
maddened anger, that they actually proceeded to acts,—
The House of Lords yesterday exhibited a scene that would
have disgraced the hustings of Covent-garden, when the
mob are stimulated to indulge in their hatred against un-
popular representatives. Whilst the King was robing, not
only were violent gesticulations and stamping of feet in-
dulged in, but groans, biases, and yells. Shall mobocracy be
only condemned, and the insolence of an unprincipled
aristocracy be admired and sanctioned ? When man
becomes the victim of his passions—there is no distinction
between the Peer and the peasant—the former loosened
from the restraints of civilized life, is, indeed, a greater
savage than the later ever can be; he has less of the na-
tural kindness of man, and from his corruption is capable
of committing greater outrages—Swing or Terry Alt
are children of meekness and of mercy, in com-
parison with the great and wealthy Lords
, who disgraced themselves, and degraded their
order, yesterday, in the House of Peers. In what
does their loyalty, consist? In insult to the Monarch in the
performance of his sacred duties? Ilow is their attach-
ment shewn to the institutions of the Constitution ? By
the most outrageous opposition to the exercise of that pre-
rogative enjoyed by the_ Monarch for his very protection
against a body who, for their own aggrandizement, have
sought to destroy the Monarchy and enslave the people.
Let these infuriated men beware, that they are not struck
down to the earth by the vengeance of the people.
An insult offered to the King is an insult offered to
themselves, and will be equally revenged. The King
and the people are identified. The two branches of the
Constitution—the Monarch and the people—are now but
as one ; and they will act together to the destruction of
that faction that would destroy both. This union will
have the support of the most distinguished of the Aris-
tocracy. The Oligarchy that has brought the State to
the verge of ruin will now perish in the abyss which
yawns for their reception, and into which they would have
hurled their country-.
The British empire is saved—the Kirig has done his
duty—the Parliament is dissolved—the people must do
theirs. CO-RADICAL.