The Sun.
London, England, 1838-01-01 00:00:00

NOTICE.

reign, and independent nation. She is now anxious to
bury in perpetual nblivlon the disputes and dissensions
which for so hug a period had interrupted the friendly re-
lations between two countries eennected by old bonds of
union, identity of origins and reciprocal interests. What
lesson to other countries ! But, unfortunately, tUcl !Z:s-
sons have never yet produced any effect. Nations, lik
individuals, are urged on by their passions and prejudices ;
they underrate the strength of their enemy, and over-
estimate their own, and, after great losses and suffering,
are often compelled to rest satisfied with but a tithe
of what would have been conceded at the commencement
of the contest. As regards contests between colonies and
the mother countries, the resn't generally to the latter is
still more ruinous. The history of the disputes betwe( n
tliis country and our American colonies front 1776 to 1753,
the sanguinary contests between the Turks and Greeks
within the last few years, and the sad experience which Spain
herself had acquired by the successful resistance of the Dutch
to her vast armies, when in the zenith of her power, have ail
been thrown sway. The conduct ofthe Roman King, who paid
as much for thz, third, as he had refused to pay at first for
the whole of the Sibyl's books, showed absolute wisdom,
compared with the conduct of European States towards
their colonies. They have always paid the whole price, and
received nothing. And what has been the causes ? The
arrogance and injustice of the more powerful party. They-
have refused just claims, till the colonies saw no hopes of
redress, but from independence, and false pride, and ima
ginary strength then became arrayed against justice andl
sound policy. The wrongs and bravery of the weaker
party have roused the sympathies of neighbouring countries,
and the fight, in place of being confined to the colony, has
generally extended to all those states who only want
a pretence for attacking the mother country. France
assisted the Americans, and Greece owes her independence
to England, France, and Russia. Twenty years of peace,
encourage the hope, that mankind now see the folly of at-
tempting to obtain by war and murder what they may ob-
tain by the more certain arts of peace. Why should they
not apply the same rule to the disputes between indepen-
dent States and their Colonies ? Great Britain has now
an opportunity of leading the way, and showing a noble
example. Her power is vast, and she can afford to make
concessions to justice, without the imputation of fear or
weakness. The wrongs of the Canadians have been ad-
mitted by our rulers. Let them redress these wrongs in
the spirit of peace and conciliation. Let them propose on
the meeting of Parliament, measures of relief, which will
satisfy all impartial States, and if then there is no alterna-
tive but war, she will find what power a liberal policy and
a good cause will give to her arms.

Having purchased the Copyright of the True Sun
Evening Japer, the Proprietor of this Journal
respecyUlly requests the News Agents in Town
and Country to supply The Sun in future in
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the 23d instant.
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December 25,1837.

We understand that a public meeting will bo held at the
Crown and Anchor on Thursday next, to protest (says the
advertisement announcing the meeting) " against the series
of unconstitutional and tyrannical proceedings of Ministers
towards the people of Canada ; to deprecate a war which
can bring neither profit nor honour, but which must cause
loss and degradation to Great Britain ; and to prepare pe-
titions to the Houses of Lords and Commons thereupon." A
Morning Contemporary is pleased t• wax exceeding wroth
with the spirit that has suggested this meeting, and asks
with pert flippancy whether it " is to be an open or a packed
one"—just as if in the la tter case the gieat room in the
Crown and Anchor, which is capable of holding three thou-
sand people, would have been selected! Hole-and-corner
meetings, we need scarcely inform our indignant Con-
temporary, are seldom held in rooms capable of con-
taining nearly as large a body of men as WELLINGTON
fought with at Busaco. They are usually held in
quiet, snug, out-of-the-way places, not in the vary heart of
the Strand, at mid-day—an hour when hundreds upon hun-
dreds are passing the spot, and all are at liberty to enter :
As for the motives that have prompted the meeting, we
hold them to be every way justifiable. The inhabitants
of London and Westminster do not propose to meet—
as our Contemporary seems to think they do—for 'the
purpose of condemning Ministers, but for giving expres-
sion to their sentiments on the important questions of
Canada. True, many of them, who will attend on Thurs-
day, think that the Ministerial policy has been miserably
defective as regards these colonies ; but their chief object
is to protest against a war—should such occur, which
is not very likely, by the bye that will cause
only " loss and degradation to Great Britain." They
do not meet to discuss the past, but the present and
the future. Why, then, should our Contemporary fall
into such violent hysterics at the idea of Thurs-
day's meeting ? Is it unconstitutional—is it ultra-Radical
—will it depress Consols—or shake the foundations of our
national prosperity ? We really cannot account for all
this exceeding sensitiveness, unless, indeed, a hint has been
thrown out that a paragraph in condemnation of the
objects of the proposed meeting, would be acceptable a
head-qu irters.

O OUR SUB?,;ERIBERS, TO ADVER-
TISEP:s, AND TO THE PUBLIC.

IHE Unv.m of the True Sun with The Sun, and
!Aler circumstances, have now given us a posi-
tion which no other Evening Journal possesses.
It , appears from the Parliamentary returns, that
this Union has placed us at the head, and con-
siderably at the head, of all our Contemporaries.
The attainment of this position has not been effected
without very great sacrifices, and still greater
exertions—exertions which the whole of the Pro-
vincial Press has declared to be unparalleled.
We shall not, however, pause here. There are
other things of importance which have never
been attempted by any Newspaper, but which we
propose to effect.
The private business of Parliament involves property,
and affects interests to a much larger extent than
any of the Courts of Law ; yet there hare been
no systematic or periodical Reports of those pro-
ceedings. We intend to supply the desideratum, by
furnishing accurate anddaily reports of the proceed-
ings of every Private Committee; so that smuggling
of Bills through the Legislature, often of the most
important character, can no longer take place.
Every indi►idual who chooses may become ac-
quainted with any matter affecting himself or his
property that comes before Parliament. To Law-
yers—to Members of Corporations—to Joint-
stock Companies--this information must be very
desirable.
Our agricultural friends will not he forgotten. At
present they are dependent for prices either
upon local Newspapers, which are generally
published on the morning of each market-
day, and consequently only contain the
prices of the preceding week ; or upon Lon-
don Journals published only once a week. We
propose to remedy this defect by giving daily
reports of every Corn-market of importance
in the kingdom immediately after it takes place;
so that before any farmer goes to market, he
may know the prices that have been obtained,
in the shortest possible time, in his neigh-
bourhood.
Besides the above, we propose many other im-
provements which must contribute greatly to the
advantage of our readers ; but we have not time
to advert to them. Let us be judged by our
merits.
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MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1838.

mportant intelligence from Lower Canada—for which
we are indebted to two of our morning Contemporaries—
will be found in our columns of this day. There is not the
remotest chance of the civil war being put down before the
opening of the navigation of the St. Lawrence in May next.
It will be seen from the accounts received that Lord Goa-
FORD has issued a proclamation offering a free and unqua-
lified pardon to such of the insurgents as will lay down their
arms and return in peace to their respective dwellings—a
measure which the loyalists of Montreal and Quebec de-
nounce as a scandalous concession to treason and rebellion.
We differ in opinion from these worthies, who, in their ex-
cessive loyalty, have an eye to the pillage of the country,
or we are very much mistaken. Lord GosFonn,
in offering an amnesty to the Canadians, has re-
deemed his character for humanity—has acted in
the spirit of the mission upon which he was first
sent out as the Representative of the Crown in
North America. By all means, let the Canadians who
have been betrayed into the crime of taking up
arms against the mother country, have opportunities afforded
them of resuming their allegiance, and returning uninjured
in fame and fortune to their homes. We deprecate every
thing like vengeance, on the part of the Government, as
regards the insurgents in Lower Canada. While insisting
upon the necessity of their lay:ng down their arms, previ-
ous to the concession of the claims which they have taken
them up to obtain, we deem it our duty to impress upon
the Government, that any severity practised towards them,
after a voluntary submission, will prove fatal to the domi-
nation of England, and earn for Ministers the execration of
all mankind.

This day commences a new year—the first of QUEEN
VICTORIA'S reign—and may its successors, teeming with
promise, be memorable and many !—each realising the best
wishes of a free, loyal, and prosperous people !
But while we look forward with hope we are not With
out apprehension. The past year, though peaceful, has
been one of severe trial to the monetary and commercial
classes, arid the present is:ushered in with the torch of
faction at home, and the firebrand of insurrection abroad.
The very name of Canada trumpet-tongued is heard far
and wide, and almost heard alone ! It finds an echo in
every bosom—and awakens recollections which one endea-
vours in vain to evade or forget. But the crisis must be
met—and met with fortitudr, though reflection cannot
help turning with anguish to the folly and Ministerial
improvidence of the past.
As the meeting of Parliament approaches, public
anxiety acquires deeper intensity : and grave will be the
responsibility of those who counsel Royalty, or appeal to
the Legislature, at this important juncture. Their step,
though firm, must yet be cautious—and their bear-
ing, though high, should borrow grace from conci-
liation, and generosity from impulses of humanity—
in reverting to their own errors they will learn to be
megnanimous to others, while it is yet in their power
to be just. Man's power passes away—hut not so
the memory of his deeds. What memorials have
the MELBovatst: Cabinet in store for the coining year ?
Bright with promise we sincerely hope, if they wish well
to their own fame, to the honour of the QUEEN, and the
glory of the nation.

It appears from the New York Papers just received, that
a stronger sympathy, than we had anticipated, is felt
for the insurgents in that city and throughout the states of
New York and New England. The presence of PartNEau
in the United States will not fail to have a powerful effect
upon the citizens of the Republic, who, trammelled by no
foreign enlistment Act, may cross the frontier at any mo-
ment without incurring the wrath of their own Govern-
ment. In corroboration of this inauspicious view of the
progress of the civil war, we quote the following extract
from a leading article in the New York Morning Herald
of the 11th of December :

" Throughout New England and New York, the popular
feeling is unquestionably developing itself in favour of the
Canadian insurgents, as they are called. The newspapers of
this city arc no accurate representative of the state of public
sertiment, in that part of the country encircling the Canadas.
This sympathy with the revolutionists pervades both parties,_
but when it shall be known that the Administration tak-s sides
with them also, it will give strength and intensity to the new
sentiment.

Next to the insurrection in Canada the most memorable
event of the by-gone year is the recognition of the Mexi-
can Republic by the Crown of Spain. The contest began
nearly thirty years ago, and Spain, after much loss of
blood and treasure, and many vain attempts to reduce the
" rebellious traitors" to a sense of duty, now holds out the
hand of fr:ends'lip and recognizes them as a free, sore-

" In the city there arc many secret movements going on in
favour of the insurgents. Their recent defeats by the Queen's
troops are reckoned as nothing in the general chances of the
contest. Many begin to believe that the British Government
will agree ultimately to a separation from Canada, in prefe-
rence to the expenditure of blood and treasure which in the
end will be thrown away without a purpose. Others again
assert that the British authority in Canada will be maintained
at every sacrifice, not for the intrinsic value of the province,
but as a part of the great colonial system of England.
" We confess, looking on the insurrection in Cat.ada in
every point of view, we see in that affair a deeper, intenser
interest than on any other public question of the day. If the
popular sympathy of New England and New York should
run warmly in favour of the patriots, or insurgents (when
they gain a battle it will be time to call them patriots),
we are persuaded Mr. Van Buren would not hesitate one
moment to plunge his country into a quarrel with England,
provided he thought he would thereby secure his power, and
turn the tide of the recent political revolution at the polls, in
his own favour, and against the Whigs. On a que,oion of
great national sentiment such as that would be of the Cana-
dian insurgents, the people would grow wild and on:manages.
ble. All other questions, bar.ks, fiaancts, currency,
would sink to nothingness.
" The reply of the President, therefore, to the application
already made by the British authorities, asking for a passage
to their troops into Canada, or demanding an explanation of
certain secrct recruiting movements in this city and in New

THE SUN, LONDON, MON n AY, JANUARY 1, IB3A

England, will be locked for wiei great and paramount solici-
tude by the whole country."
This is altogether so different from the tone of the New
York Press when the
first finn""'77Leni of the Civil War
in Canada roa.±ejt that city, that we cannot help ex-
inessing surprise at a change of opinion so complete
as regards the feeling tow.!rds this country. It would seem

that instesd of that c.vcrflowing zeal in fa‘our of England—
of which Herald, only a few days ago, said so much—
ow' Government will have enough to do to obtain from
President VAN BCREN an official guarantee for the obser-
vance of a strict ntutrality. As to whether the United
States' Government ought, or ought not, to allow the pas-
sage of Britiqh troops through the territory of the Union,
we do not feel ourselves called upon to offer any opinion.
The question is one which Congress has a right to decide
upon in any way which it may deem rnol,t, consonant with
the honour and interests of the federal Government.

The Paris Journals of Friday and Saturday have been
received, together with adv:ces from Alidrid, of the 21st,
Berlin of the 20th, and Constantinople of the Gth ult.
From the French Journals copious extracts are given in
another column. The accounts from Spain, Russia, and
Turkey are of no po'itical interest.
FRENCH FL/NIIS—PARIS, DEC 31)
five pei Cents.. 1071. Mc. L'Sf Isc. Ire. 12c.
three per Cents. 701. SOc. 7. f.
Bank Actions, 2:5451 2,540 f.
tteate de Naples, 55f. liBf 41 e.
Roman Five per Cents., 100%X X.
Spanish Actives, 20X.
Spanish Passives, 41{,.
Uelgian Loan, Five per Cents, 101% 102.
Brussels Society, 1,71'1.
Belgian Bank, 1,5251 1,5271. Sec. 1,5301.
gICIIANOkus LONDON.
One month, paper, —l. —c. ; money, 25r. 471%c
Three months, paper. —f. ; money, 25f. 30,
LAS 1' PRICES.
Five per Cents. 10Isf. 30c.
Three per Cents., ;Of. 10c.
Bank Actions, 2,5401
Humans, 100 X.
Belgian Loan, 101.
Belgian rank, 1,5'101
Portuguese Three per Cents., 19X.
Spanish Actives, 20x.
Spanish Passives, 4X.