The Sun.
London, England, 1825-11-21 00:00:00

at such easy means of expration. We repeat that
we have no wish to undervalue or misrepresent
the labours of any man who dedicates his time
to art occupation which must be less than any
other one of taste or mere inclination ; but we
should think higher than we do of such exertions,
if the task were not apparently so very easy, and
the results quite so, complete and uniform as they
appear to make them—and we should think still
higher of them if dying men were not made the un-
conscious instruments of parading those exertions
to the world; and if these unhappy victims of crime
were not made to undergo a second public expo-
sine after death, for the purpose, as it would
seem, not merely of evincing their own contrition
as a warning to the rest of mankind, and their
companions in particular,- but as means of puffing
off the piety and philanthropy of those, who, if
they are what they profess to he, ought to be
above the homage of so very doubtful a reward.

[NEW TIMES.]
Letters from Sierra Leone of the 2ist of Sep-
tember, received on Saturday, do not contain any
information of importance. The ship which• has
arrived from thence, and brings the letters,
newspapers, &c. is under strict quarantine.
Dispatches were brought by her from Major-
General Turner, the Governor, up to the 20th
of September. The dry season had set in,
and sickness had nearly ceased among the troops.
The greatest number of those in hospital were
in a state of convalescence, and likely to do
well. There had been no accounts received
at Sierra Leone from the Gold Coast since
the 24th of June : the last accounts were
favourable. The Governor, who is indefatigable
in his daily exertions for the welfare and happi-
ness of the Colony, had sailed, the day before
the Surrey, to the Bananas (a few small islands,
situated about 40 miles to the eastward of Sierra
Leone), with two small vessels, and 50 men, of
the Royal African corps, for the purpose of ar-
ranging some differences that had existed
between two strong parties, which had, in
a great measure, interrupted the trade of
the Colony from that quarter, by stopping
the passes ; and it was hoped his Excellency
would be able to settle the business, so that
the gold, and other trade, would have a free and
uninterrupted intercourse. The workmen were
about to commence at the new barracks ; all the
materials had arrived from England ; and it was
expected that the whole magnificent pile of build-
ings, consisting of superb officers' barracks, and
two distinct soldiers' quarters, would be com-
pleted in the course of five months ; one of the
soldiers' 'bad been finished previous to the rains,
and covered 200 men most comfortably.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
The great County of York is about to be agi-
tated by a contested election. The expence to
the parties will, of course, be enormous. Mem-
hers seem almost as vain of the extent of the
counties they represent, as Kings of the extent
of the s-tates over -which they rule. If their
vetes told in the House according to the extent
and population of their respective places, there
might be some reason for expending a fortune to
represent a large county, for, taking the popula-
tion of England and Wales at twelve millions,
and that of York, for instance, at twelve hun-
dred thousand, the question would be, if the
representation of twelve millions divides such
a number of good things;' what does the re-
presentation of one million two hundred thou-
sand divide? But if a quiet borough can be pur-
chased for a few thousands, it is certainly buying
empty honour very dear, to expend a hundred
thousand pounds on a County Election. The
Marquis of Tavistock some time ago made a for-
cible appeal to the Freeholders of counties on the
subject of the expence to which candidates are
exposed'. We believe that the Freeholders are
considered in England, as well as in Ireland, the
property of the owners of estates. In fact, the
reason why four-fifths of the lands of England are
let at will, is to secure the votes of tenants. De-
pendence and honour do not assort well together.
When the Bourbons wished to make their elec-
tions more dependent, they lowered the qualifi-
cation. However paradoxical it may seem, we
have no doubt that the raising the qualification in
England to 201. 301. or 401. a year, would render
the elections much more independent than they
are at present. It would certainly tend to re-
lieve the tenantry of England from the degrad-
ing dependence in which they are at present kept,
for.,a•tenant at will means a tenant who has no
will distinct from that of his landlord.

[BRITISH PRESS.?
Last night we received the Paris Papers of
Friday, including the Mode, bearing the date of
the following day. They bring an important
piece of intelligence. The Pope has transmitted
a communication to the Court of Madrid, stating
in substance, that unless the late Spanish Co-
lonies are again speedily reduced to subjection,
hie-Holiness will, in defence of the interests of
religion, be compelled to give canonical institution
to the Bishops nominated by the new authorities.
Some time ago, when there was a possible doubt
as to the success of the patriots, their envoys to
Rome were treated with indignity and dismissed
ivith contempt ; but the subsequent course of
events, and the spirited manner in which the insi-
dious attempts of his Holiness to sow dissentious
in the New States were met and defeated, have
rendered it necessary, in order to avoid the risk
of separation, that the Pope should enter imme-
diately into direct relations with the actual Go-
vernments. By the statement of the Etoile, the
Pope is represented to have urged 44 his Catholic
Majesty to make effective exertions to bring- back
his colonies under his dominion." Some of
the other papers contain an article in the
same terms ; but the Couricr Francais gives
a different and more probable version of
the application, and adds,—" )n such an
emergency his Holiness announces that he
shall shortly be under the necessity, for the
good of the faithful and the interests of the Ca-
tholic Apostolic Roman Church, to recognize the
Bishops chosen by the dissident governments,and
to give them canonical institution." The Pope
also has withdrawn his consent to the re-establish-