The Sun.
London, England, 1825-03-23 00:00:00

,LTUE, PUBLIC LEDGER.]

;it;reaily appears that the French.nation is be-
•-gitmin,:g. to a wake from itsonaccountable lethargy,
'atid,rsitould -the feeling. which has been created
take root; the Ultras would have
.to thank them-
selves; for it. Such has been their indiscretion of
Jate, that .they have compellod- ,the rest of
Public to look to desperate expedients, in order
to, meet .a danger which is assuminrr. -every day
amore alarming character.. Had they been
contented with the inroads they ha%e made
?OA the contract entered into, at the itestora-
hot WPPII the King and the People, it
is pribable. that the latter, exhausted . as
ithey were by .their extraordinary efforts.-during
the, preceding '.quarter, of a century, would have
submitted :to them without as mocii. as: a loud
.traurmur. But, when they began to invade the
by which three4fths of the landed pro-
'iperty of the kingdom have been held for the
thirty years, they: undermined the considera-
,:tion which made the maintenance of public tran-
:;,quillity,the-first,want of the nation. To se-cute
their property, which is more subdivided than in

any other country k Europe, the great body of
proprietors opposed themselves to every move-
ment that had a tendency to create disorder,
however favourable it might be in its results
to their interests. We have no doubt it was
this vast sub-division of property that was
the chief cause of the peaceable settlement which
succeeded the return of the Bourbons, a number-
less cla,. of persons being thus immediately in-
terested in preventing any dangerous explosion ;
and private advantage, as usual, triumphed
over every inducement connected with the public
good. The Ultras, however, either too ignorant'
to ascertain the feeling by which the nation, that
at once hated and despised them, was induced to
bear with their domination, or too arrogant to re-
spect that feeling, have absolutely entered into
open war with it, by laying claims to that very
property which has hitherto rendered the French
quiet subjects, and lukewarm citiaens. As the
Emigrants are proceeding, this distinction -is likely
to be inverted ; and the two-thirds of the nation,
who have hitherto seen in the preservation of
national repose the guarantee of their own se-
curity, may be now tempted to seek, in the over-
turn of the existing order of things, their remedy
against the spoliation with which they are
menaced.

[THE TIMES.]
The private letters from Lisbon state that the
Coma de Subserra (Pamplona), who was to have
had the embassy to this country, has committed
to writing a long and elaborate review of the
consequences which have resulted to Portugal
from the connexion with England, dating from its
earliest period. The object of the work is to
show, that Portugal has uniformly been a sufferer
by the alliance, and the conduct of England is
consequently attacked with much severity. tis not
printed, hut several copies have, we understand,
been made of it, which are now circulating in Lis-
bon. We have of course no further evidence than
that of the letters,that the statement in question has
been written by the Count de Subserra. We must
first express our joy, that a Portuguese Noble-
man educated under the old system, supposing
Count Subserra to be such a person and so edu-
cated, can write a book. We are glad he can
reason, though he reasons wrong. A short resi-
dence in England, and converse with its inha-
bitants, with a few glasses of Port wine, may in-
form his judgment better. But it is curious and
augurs ill of the disposition of the Portuguese
Cabinet towards us, that it should have chosen
to send us an Ambassador who is in the first in-
stance an enemy to our policy.

ENEW TIMESI
In the House of Commons, last night, Mr.
Grattan brought in a 13111 for the Relief of the
Poor in Ireland ; and from what we can gather
from the speech of the Hon. Gentleman, we see
with some apprehension that he has in view at
least a partial introduction of the English Poor
Laws into the Sister Island. We would
strongly deprecate every such attempt, and
rejoice to observe that Mr. Gonlburn at once
took his stand, and expressed his determi-
nation to resist so pernicious a measure. In
the Committee on the Wine Duties' Bill, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer stated, in reply to
a question from Mr. Alderman Wood, that the
drawback would be allowed on half a tun, or
126 gallons, whic!i was considerably lower than
the increase upon the rise of duties, as nothing
less than a tun was formerly charged. Some
regulation of the excise duty on glass bottles
was stated to be under consideration.

• The late lamentable accident, which has occur-
red on the Cam, will, we trust,operate as a warning
to the Members of both Universities against the use
of those dangerous boats called canoes. Some per-
sons have suggested that the Heads of the Uni-
versities should prohibit the use of boats of any
description ; but it is not reasonable to suppose
that such a restriction could be carried into
effect ; and the issuing an order, which would
be sure to be set at defiance, could only prejudice
the discipline of those seats of learning. The case
is different, however, in prohibiting only a parti-
cular kind of boat, and that of a construction evi-
dently hazardous in the extreme. In the Uni-
versity of Cambrige especially, where so deep
an impression has been produced by the awful
fate of two fine and amiable young men, it may
will be expected that the Students themselves
will join ie deprecating the use of canoes ; and
he example would probably be followed by the
Sister University.— (Ibid.)

[MORNING- CHRONICLE.]
The commission for Lord Combermere, as
Ccnimander-in-Chief in India, is actually in pre-
paration, and his Lordship is expected in town
'from Ireland in a fortnight, to take the ne-
cessary steps preparatory to his departure.—
Of course, when the Civil and Military Autho-
rities are in collision, a removal of one or
the other becomes necessary. Without pre-
suming to sit in judgment on the merits of
these parties (our information is too imperfect to
authorize us to speak decidedly on the subject),
we may say, that the public feeling here is de-
cidedly against Lord Amherst. In fact, Sir Ed-
ward Vaget's only crime is confidently said to be
an indisposition to act under a man who has
proved himself, in every respect, unfit for his
situation. Under these circumstances, it may
easily be conceived that the recal of Lord Am-
herst would have been more acceptable than that
of the Military Commander. The forces under
the command of Sir Edward were; in the month
of October, moving on the Sylhet position.