The Sun.
London, England, 1838-07-14 00:00:00

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told would endanger the Throne—destroy the Church—
render anything like regular Government impracticahle,
and end in foreign war, or in the lawless
of a fierce democracy. In every instance, the l'oreigo
Ambassadors can tell their Sovereigns these predietiozr;
have been falsified. There is no throne in Europe so se-
cure, or so much respected, as that of the British
QUEEN ; and all the countless bayonets that bristle
around NICHOLAS, or any of the old members of the
Holy Alliance, could not preserve the order, or pro-
vide half the security, which have been provided by
the people themselves on the present occasion. Well
might Sir R. PEEL say, after he hdd seen the working of the
Reform Bill, Lat our institutions were perfectly safe in
the keeping of the British people, and as to the practiem-
hility of the Government, he must have had some proof
of it yesterday, when the Government which turned
him out—which was forced upon the SOVEREIGN by
the good sense of the nation—was proposed as a toast by.
the first Magistrate of the City, nod received with
loud applause in the presence of all the representatives
of Europe. WELLINGTON, too, must have had some
proof of the peaceable di-position of the people from the
shouts in Guildhall, wi,ieh scaled the bond of friendship be-
tween him and Marshal SOULT, the warlike Representa-
tives of two countries that had so long deluged the world
with blood. Another grand Coronation takes place this
year (we mention it not to draw an invidious distinction,
but to verify the effects of good Government), and we will
leave Prince ESTERHAZY to mark the contrast between
what he has seen in London and what he will witness at
Milan, when the Iron Crown of Lombardy is placed on
the head of his master.

Yesterday was a proud day for the City of London, and
a memorable clay for the annals of civilization. We do not
speak of the aldermanic luxuries, though they might per-
haps be greater than ever Aldermen before witnessed ; nor
of the sp'endid illumination of the fine old Gothic
Hall, though that surpassed all the marvels that ever
Eastern poets fancied ; but of the meeting there,
in peace and friendliness, of the two greatest mill_
tary heroes now alive, and of their mutually and
sincerely complimenting each ether, and mutually ex-
pressing a desire that the peace which now so happily
unites the two nations may be eternal, like the two beau-
tiful, and fertile, and neighbouring lands which the AL-
MIGHTY has assigned them for dwelling-places. Well
did his Royal Highness the Doke of SUSSEX begin
the after-dinner addresses, by alluding to the subject ;
and well did Lord MELBOURNE follow it up, though he
took no credit to himself, as he might, for what he has done
to establish that general peace in which we have all a
right to exult. Well, too, did the Royal Duke allude to the
conduct of our people, as admirably calculated to im-
press on our Illustrious guests the high value of
our national freedom. England was yesterday honoured
by many just encomiums, and the union of that day,
with the rest of the fort;vities of the Coronation,
will make her more than ever respected amongst the
nations. Everywhere her power has long been fit, out
now only ore her Civic virtues becoming known. Cor-
dially do we echo,if cue may be permitted, the Christian wish
for perpetual peace of the Princes and Nobles who yester-
day honoured the City of London with their company ; and
if that wish be realised, the great feast of the Foreign Am-
bas,adors in the Guildhall of London on July 13, 1838,
will hereafter be regarded as the mark of a memorable
epoch in the history of the human race.

We a Jain publish to-dad, and shall repeat every Satur-
day, an authentic statecient of the price of sugar, which
shows the effect of the bounty, in taxing people. Seven-
teen shilling; per cwt., for example, is thcthe addition which
that bounty makes to the price of the poor man's treacle,
though some canting opponents of the priaciplcs
of free
trade allege the advantage of the poor man in getting
treacle at a cheap rate,as a reason for taxing the rest of tbe,
community by the bounty, and forcing them to eat sLu
g
uall -
poison. We hope to be able to supply our readers t.Areeklv
with the accounts of some other markets, cqhendc
and equally instructive. Aut

The repeated postpat of the Mails n ailway's
Bill, which ought to have been comm;i.ted o
three weeks
ago, has led—not unnaturally we coafess—to the suppo-
sition that it is not intended to be proceeded with this
Session. There is, however, no ground in fact for this
supposition. Ministers are, we have reason to believe,
fully determined to go on with this important Bill, and the
apparent dilatoriness which has taken place with respect to
it., is probably to be attributed to the great pressure of
public business, as well as to a conviction thn.t the
measure, not admitting of much discussion, may at
any time be passed in the course of a few days.
But whatever excuse there may be for the delay, we cannot
help regretting- it, and expressing our hope that the Bill
may get into Committee on Monday next, the day for
which it now stands. Further postponement can hardly
fail to damage the measure materially.
We find that one consequence of tae concession mado
by the Government in withdrawing the clauses empower-
ing the Postmaster-General to run Post-office en-
gines and carriages on the Railways, has been to
make the Railway people advance their pretensions.
They have discovered that it is desirable to have the pi in-
ciple recognized in the Bill, that the arbitrators bctweeu
the Post-office and the Companies shall, in making their
awards, take into account not only the expense of con-
veyance on the railroad, but the outlay in the construc-
tion of the road itself ! This is truly a modest demand.
The trial-coaches pay no tolls. Not a farthing is contri-
buted out of the public purse for the use of any road re-
quired fn- the public service. But now that the
KING'S highway has been superseded by another de-
scription of road, sanctioned, be it remembered, lay
the Legislature, solely on the plea of public advan-
tage 0), the whole rationale of the thing is changed. It is
found out that it is just and fair that the public shuld pay
for the privileges which it grants, and that th o
ose who ob-
ta'n the privileges should also obtain something more, viz.,
a little of John Bull's hard cash. Where will the impu-
dence and avarice of monopolists end ?
Some wiseacres have ventured to say that it is now too
late to legislate for the Railways
sanctioned by Acts of which have beginthe Legislature, and that
the things now proposed to be done ought tfl.ave
been done when the Bills were before Parliamhent.
That is neither more nor less than to say that the Imperial
Legislature which is competent to alter and repeal other laws
according to its own will and pleasure, has no such power
as regards Railway laws! Oh, no That would be an
axnvdithwhpaitivantoet. proltperwtya,s':
however, not considered an interference with pri-
aunrporbeebeetrleyn;ed,,
a s p interferenceol ia tion,"
vote property, for a few persons to lay their heads
together, for the purpose of taking, willy-nilly, the house
or lands of any man in the kingdom, by which they
imagined they could put money into their own pockets,
arid then come to Parliament for its sanction and authority
to carry their project into effect, with the most solemn
asseverations that they had no object in view but the
"Tublic good." In this stage of the business all was
smooth and promising. Had any one then Inentioned
such ill-conditioned words as "spoliation" a-d " robbery,"
he would have been set down as worse than a heathen,
and an enemy to the " public! good." Yet those
very gentlemen, formerly so 'zealous for the interest
of the public, row roar that
they are robbed and
plundered if the Legislature
presutne
authority, in order to compel the to interpose its
m to perform their en-
garments to the public
Before closing these le narks
priety of introducing a clause it;, we would suggest the pro-
to the present Bill, to pro-
pvide for thf: du.,!inspection of the arches across railways by
ers.ms of competent ability, in order to prevent such ac-
cidents as that which
occurred the otlici day on the Lon-
don 11.1 d Birmingham Lane.

no prorogation of the French Chambers took place on
Thursday. The Cabinet has thus secured to itself some
months of b-e,ithiog time, during which it is not likely that
anything wig occur to endanger its stability.
09 W's:dres;lay the Tribunal of First Instance pro-
nounced the Royal decree, bestowin,r, the Chateau and
Wood of Eunuen uroi the Duke IYAumALE, fourth son
of the K;ng th 3 Frenelt,iileqal, and deeid.,d that the Doke
should restore this prepATiy to the L aion Gf Honour. The
Duke claimed the elw.teau v.'ood or I.lcouen as the
rightful heir of the Princv of CuNDli ; and the ]Legion of
Honour a 3 having obtained a -ritnt or it in pc petui