The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16.1810.

of it than the clergy of Canterbury, including the
Archbishop, " sucking their monstrous heap of

wealth" from the rustics of Kent,—sucking it on

pretence of teaching them, receiving it as the pay-
ment for the performance of the duty of teaching,
and leaving them in the darkest ignorance, and the
prey of a most debasing, man-worshipping super-
stition ?

Between the iron-masters and the mill-owners,
and the clergy and the landowners, there is an es-
sential difference. The former are under no obli-
gation whatever to their labourers but honestly to
pay them their wages, as they are determined by
competition with the landlords' labourers ; and it
is admitted that they nay their wcrkwen well. They
undertake the work, and they give to men, who
would have nothing but for them, the share in wages
which they agree to receive. The endowed
priesthood and the landlords, however, receive
their incomes—we will not except the land-
lords, for service was originally attached
to the possession of land—for the perform-
ance of certain duties to the community, such
as teaching and defending it. But they grossly
and scandalously neglect them, and their most impu-
dently reproach the mill-owners and iron-masters
with not doing what the priest and the landowners
are paid, by their endowments, their possessions,
and privileges, to perform.
We maintain that when the iron-masters and
mill-owners, who stand in the relation of buyers to
the labourers, have paid them the price of their
labour, they have done all which the labourers have
a right to exrct, except showing them those com-
mon civilities, courtesies, and kindnesses, which are
always due from one man to another. The mas-
ters, or buyers of labour, have no more business to
attend to the moral culture of the sellers of labour
than the latter have to attend to the moral and re-
ligious culture of the masters. That is :he duty of
the priest, the duty of the landlord, the duty of the
Legislature, and it is sheer impudence to shove
it off on those who buy and pay for labour.
But certainly the landlords and priests are amongst
the most impudent men that ever lived. They
suck out a monstrous heap of wealth from the toils
of a large population, they suck it out on condition
of performing certain duties, which they never per-
form. They expect, without performing those
duties, to enjoy that wealth in peace and secu-
rity—they expect it, too, while they not merely leave
the people ignorant of their moral obligations, but
daily and hourly set the whole community the
wicked example of perverting the law, intended as
a protection against wrong, into a means of rob-
bery ; aud after thus leaving undone those things
which they ought to have done, and having done
those things which they should have left undone,
they have, in their own persons, and by the mouth
of their organ, the most monstrous, the unheard of
impudence, to reproach mill-owners and iron-
masters with not doing their duty, and providing
for the moral and religious culture of the people.
What they aim at by this impudence is to frighten
or beguile the iron-masters and mill-owners to
build churches, and endow more parsons, but we
hope, with the case of THom's followers, gathered
from the lands of the Chapter of Canterbury, fresh
in recollection, (a complete proof that the parsons
are inefficient teachers) , that the iron-masters and
mill-owners will not be cheated out of their money
and their senses.

We copy from the Gazette of last night another
despatch from Sir ROBERT STuPFORD, chiefly
concerning the second explosion at Acre, but also
referring to the conquest of that place. We missed
from the first despatch the language in which it is
usual to speak of the exertions of the officers and
men under an Admiral's command. That is now
supplied. The Gallant Officer also recommends
his flag-lieutenant, and the senior officers of the
respective classes, for promotion, which has been
well deserved ; and his recommendation will, we
hope, be complied with.
We also copy from the Gazette some despatches
from Admiral ELLIOT and Sir JAMES GORDON
BREMER, giving an account of the capture of
Chusan, and of the proceedings of her MAJES-
TY'S ships employed in the Chinese expedition.
Most of the particulars mentioned have already
been made known by private letters, and official
communications to the Government of India ; but
our readers will be pleased to learn, from Ad-
miral ELLIOT'S despatch, that a profound
impression has already been made on the Chinese,
who have begun to treat our officers as on an equal
footing with the servants of the Celestial Empire.
It may be hoped from this that the objects of the
expedition will be obtained without any necessity
to shed blood. The great advantage of seizing
Chusan, which has been treated by some of our
Tory Contemporaries as a slight and inefficient
measure, will be apparent from the possession of it
enabling the Admiral to stop the " enormous
trade" which is carried on by the rivers and ports
which he has placed under blockade.

The Globe of last night, in noticing tl►e pro-
ceedings of the Chartists at some public meetings,
enumerates several places where they have failed, but
forgets to mention Edinburgh, where they suc-
ceeded. It includes Glasgow also amongst the
places where they failed, when, according to the
accounts we have seen and quoted, they were the
most numerous, and the address was declared to be
carried by the partiality of the chairman. To dis.
guise or pervert the truth on this subject can only
deceive those who ought to be well-informed.
That the Chartists tried their strength at the
county meeting at Northampton, and at Lne public
meetings at Brighton and Bristol, where
the object for which the meetings were
called was one of pure loyalty, is an
evidence not of their weakness, but their au-
dacity. They were numerous, or they could not
for a moment hare commanded the attention of
these public meetings. Had they been only a few
they would at once have been put down. Those
who are taught to believe by such re!narks as those
of the Globe, that Chartism is either weak or wan-
ing, will very likely rue the day when they gave ear
to such partial representations.

We have received the whole of the Paris Jour-
nals of Monday. Thu remains of NAPOLEON
had ascended the Seine as far as Argentenil, where
it was to be removed from the small iron steamer
Dorade, on board a larger boat, which was to con-
vey it to Courbevoie, where the coffin would first
touch the soil of France. The ConsOutionnel
affirms that all the accounts received from the line
traversed by ths Imperial convoy, attest the reli-
gious enthusiasm of the population respecting the
memory of the Great Emperor. The banks of
the Seine were crowded with thousands of citizens,
testifying by tliti• acclamations and their tears their
veneration for the remains of the personified mili-
tary glory of France. Women and children threw,
themselves on their knees as the boat passed, and
wept as they gazed upon the coffin of him whom
France loved so well. From this imposing scene
the Constitutionnel turns to the sublime solitude
of the hero's grave at St. Helena, in order to have
a hit at England, and concludes by an attempt to
demonstrate that the acclamations and tears of
French citizens on receiving the remains of NA-
POLEON are so many national protestations against
the dastardly policy of M. GUIZOT. Unfortu-
nately for the Constitutionnel, all authentic accounts

received from the banks of the Seine represent the
mass of thr prople as indifferent to the p;
convoy" except as a mere s?ectacle, for-
gotten almost as scon as witnessed. " No-
where," says a Correspondent of the Chronicle,
who accompanied the cortege from Havre, " did ex-

eitement or enthusiasm savour of the dangerous or

the extravagant. The Norman peasant never loved
the conscription, and none of his class evinced a
desire to see NAPOLEON'S spirit or regime revive.
As to the population showing any consciousness of
what had taken place in the Mediterranean by di_
rection of the Allies, not one seemed aware of the
fact, which, according to the Paris journalists,
filled the mind of the French. The presence of
NAPOLEON'S remains excited reminiscences of
Austerl;tz, but of nothing later. The French pea-
sant and the French citizen ale not so unreasonable
as the journalist who demands that France shall be
ever the France of NAPOLEON, " going forth con.
quering and to conquer." This we believe to be
true, not only of the dwellers on the banks of the
Seine, but of nine-tenths of the whole industrious
population of France.

Expectations were generally entertained that no
oncute would disgrace the French capital on the
arrival of NAPOLEON'S remains, and that a sense
of dignity and decency would prevent the populeee
from offering any insult to such strangers as would
unite with them in offering a tribute of respect to
the ashes of the illustrious dead.
A testy and rash expression uttered by M.
THIERS in one of the Bureaux of the Chamber of
Deputies on Saturday, is made the handle for a
severe attack upon him by the Journal des Debuts.
In answer to some demand by a Member of the
Committee fcr information relative to his Adminis-
tration, the ex-Minister said hastily, and in ill
humour—" I declare that I know no reason why
I should make myself useful to a Government by
whom I have been treated with such indignity."
" Let us inquire," sarcastically observes the jour-
nal des Debats. "In 1830, M. THIERS had a
history of the French Revolution, a remarkable
work, without doubt, but which was filled with
false and dangerous principles of Government.
Three months after the Revolution of July, M.
THIERS was appointed Under Secretary of State.
Some time after he abandoned M. LA WITTE, who,
without question, did treat him with indignity.
On the 11th of October, 1832, M. THIERS was
named Minister of Commerce. In the month of
January following, he was appointed Minister of
Interior. A vote of the Chambers hurled him out of
the office, and in twenty days after he was nomina-
ted Minister of Foreign Affairs. He retired from
office voluntarily. On the Ist of March, 1840, he
accepted anew the Presidency of the Council and
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and on the 29th
of October he again voluntarily retired from office.
Such has been the career of a man who knows no
reason why he should make himself useful to a
Government which he regards as having treated him
unworthily. The Government found him a Jour-
nalist and it made him a Minister and entrusted
him with the management of the affairs of
a great nation ; and now he discovers that he doe
not owe it the obligation of ordinary civility."
These remarks will be gall and wormwood to the
ex-President of the Council.
Thirty-two statues of French Kings and heroes
were drawn up on either side of the colossal bronze
statue of NAPOLEON, by Bosto, which exhibits
the Eclipser of Kings in his imperial robes. The
line begins on one side with CLovis, and ends
with Marshal LoBAu, and on the other with
. CHARLEMAGNE, and closes with Marshal MAC-
N
DONALD.
The Monitear Parisienne contains the following lines
on the mission of Baron Moonier :
.• Several journals announce, after some London papers.
that the mission of Baron Mounier has failed.
' .. We think that this expression does not properly elm-
racterise the result of the journey of Baron lounier.
The Hon. Peer had no definite object to attain—no parti-
' ,
I though we were the first to announce hi, departure for
London, we carefully abstained from repeating, as some of
lour Contemporaries have done, the reports of various kinds
j to which his departure gave rise.
' Baron Nlounier was sent to London merely to explore
the grounds (sonder le terrain) to obtain, and then to
transmit to the Government an e::act knowledge of the
sentiments which prevail at this moment among the in-
fluential men on the other side of the channel. Baron
Mounier is particularly acquainted with some of them,
especially the Duke of Wellington.
It is apparent that this proceeding, being confined to
mere observation, was of a nature to fail or to succeed,
at least if an immediate result, was meant to be spoken of.
If Baron Nlounier brings back from London to the Go
vernment precise and accurate ideas of the state of peoples'
minds on political matters, the object of his mission will be
accomplished, and the expression which has been used will
be incorrect. Success or failure in this matter depends
on the advantage which the Government may derive from the
further conduct of its diplomacy from the communications
which have been made."
All Ibis is doubtless very true, but Baron Mounier did
failure, but the 4acts speak for
obtaining some result ;
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Baron Mounier left London on the 10ili to visit the
Duke of Wellington at Strathfieldsay.—Le Commerce.
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MUNICH, DEC. S.—The Austrian General Baron Von
Boss has arrived here.
DRESDEN, DEC. 5. —Tbe P•ussian General Von Gra-
xnann passed through Dregden yesterday, on his retort,
from Vienna is Berlin. The Grand .Duchess Helen and
her three daughters having passed a few days here, set out
yesterday for St. Petersburgh.
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LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(TI4Is DAY.

LONDON, DEC. 16.—i‘ ind this day at noon, mode-
rate breeze at North.

DEAL, Nov. 15.—Wind E. by S., fresh breeze.
RANISGATE, Nov. 15.—The Galway Lass has been
placed in the dry dock to-day for temporary repair.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 15.—Wind E , light.—Arrived the
Suviab, from Mobile ; and Victory, Jarves, Newfoundland.
Sailed Maypo, Mann, for Lima ; Dee, Pale, Africa; Gos-
sitner, Browne, New Orleans. The Messenger, Taylor,
hence to St. John's, New Brunswick, got on shore on
Point Escumiaac, 25th October, and was condemned. The
Caledonia, HuxtabieJrom Quebec to this port, was totally
wrecked near Arichal, 13th ult.—erew saved. The Mont-
rose, front Quebec to this port was wrecked at Point Ebert.
12th ult—crew and cargo saved, but two passengers
drowned. The Chester, hence to Savannah, was spoken
12th inst. off Csstletown, and with loss of fore-top and top-
mast, and main-cap and topmast sprung, bearing up to Cork
HARWICH, DEC. 15.—The Sophie, Stronibeck, from
Giff... t, Harfleur, on shore at Hanfl 'et Water, has been
got off, and towed into the harbour full of aster.
Atmtiokol'on, Dnc. 15.—A ship's long-boat marker!
" 'frevie, Sunderland," with several pieces of wreck
washed on shore
_yesterday.
HULL, DEC. 15.—The Cane Grove, Stow, arr:v.,d here
yesterday trJin Rigs, was in Helleaund, (lour days con.ing
across) and left about 200 sail in the different harbours.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 15 —Wind E. N. E.—Arrived the
Johannus, Clockgeter, from Baltimore ; Daniel, M'Cul-
turn, Mai seines for Yarmouth, with loss of bulwarks and
about 10 toils of cargo (oil cake) thrown overboard during
a gale on the 7th inst. in lon. 9.
FALMOUTH, DEC. 14.—Wind N. E. to E. N. E , strong
breezes.—The Lady Rolle, Powell, from Wales to Ply-
mouth, in coming in here last night missed stays and went
on shore under Pendarvis Castle, but is expected off.
The Madswiel, Stang, from Philadelphia to Hamhurl.ll,
which put in here on the Bth inst. with damage, is dis-
charging
BRISTOL DEC. 15 —Sailed the Minerva, Furlong, for
Jamaica. The Thomas, from Newport to Chepstow,
touched on the Spit Sand yesterday, became leaky, and was
bzached below Porthead, where she fills with the tide.
CARDIFF, DEC. 14.—The Ulida, Lucas Reales, which
sailed hence the 12th instant, for Rotterdam, has been
towed into Barry harbour with four feet water in her hold,
and it is expected must discharge.
PENZANCE, DEC. 4.—The Alrrt, Helyer, from Cardiff
to Bridpsrt, has put in here with quarter stove and less of
bulwarks, stancheons, &c., having been run foul of off the
Lizard this morning by a brig, name unknown.
Sournwol.n, DEC. 15.—A small piece of the stern of
a vessel, marked 2-2 in yellow letters on a black ground,
a handspike, marked " Heba, Whitby,' and a studdin-
sail boom, marked " Mary, N 5.," have been washed on
i shore.