The Sun.
London, England, 1823-03-04 00:00:00

REFORM IN PARLIAMENT.

Who are the person;who cry loudest for this
measure ?
Are they not the very same who are constantly
labouring to corrupt society, by the multiplica.
tion and circulation of works of profligacy and
impiety ?

If they wish to reform us, surely they should
leave us a little morality and religion to aid the
work !

Suppose they were first to reform themselves
would not that give them more influence
Corrupters can hardly be honest Reformers.
808 SHORT.

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

TXTRACTS FROM THE DAILY MORNING PATER%
111«rch 4, 1523.

No11141;40, POST.)
In the House of COmmons last night, the chan-
cellor of the Exchequer moved his resolutions
*pectins the Sinking Fund, which were generally
and justly approved, and consequently agreed to
by the House. The EncNelopredia of Finance,
it will lie seen, again figured; away on this occa-
-sion.. One sees in a Pantomime, and often with
feelings of uncontroulable merriment, the poor
Clown not only belaboured and tormented by
his avowed enemy Harlequin,. but overthrown
and tumbled about by his dear friend Pantaloon.
Mr. HOME, with all the drollery of that
persecuted holiday favourite, comes in for the
buffettings to which he is exposed from friends
and foes. The Tories, from whom he ratted,
lay on the lash without mercy, and the
Whigs take every opportunity of avenging
the disgrace which they have sustained, frinn
his being supposed to be one of them. Last
night the State Doctor having prescribed for the
country in his usual style, got aphysicking from
Mr. Baring, who stuck to him like a leech, and
iave'him many a' bitter pill Mr. Baring very
ably proved, in opposition to Mr. Jiuttie, the va-
lue and importance of a Siiiking Fund, and show-
ed the arguments of the far-famed Member for
Aberdeen to be only fit to impose upon idiots and
old women ! We shall not be so unfeeling as to
dwell on the painful subject, but wishing the
lion. Gentleman better discretion, we refer him
to. Mr. Baring's speech, and leave him, if we may
borrow one of Mr. Hume's very pithiest sen-
tences, to " take his change out of that."

THE JESUIT9.—A Petition will be presented
this evening to the House of Commons respecting
the Jesuits in the United Kingdom and the Bri-
tish Colonies. When this most important sub-
ject was broached4ily the Biship of Chester on
the 16th of April 1821, and by Lord Colches-
ter on the 21st June 1822, in the House of Lords,
it met very little public attention. But facts
have since fully proved that these distinguished
personages must have had substantial reasons for
their strong statements. The Petitions presented
by Mr. Brownlow have caused a very" great sen-
satioe, as the efforts of the Jesuits have per-
vaded all parts of Ireland, rendering that unfor-
tunate country almost a land of desolation.—
Should a Cornmittee of the House of Commons:be
appointed to inquire into the influence and prac-
tices of the Jesuits, this Committee May throw
such a light on the subject of the real causes of
Irish miseries, as will produce the happiest ef-
fects ; and prove to the, world that the Orange-
men of Ireland are the most loyal subjects the
King has in the Sister Island, although their zeal
may at times have been indiscreet.—(Aid.)

[THE TIMES.]
The Dhnes of this day merely refers its Readers
to a letter from a Correspondent, observing, that
It touches Upon subjects ifi which the British
nation, through its representative, is principally
concerned ; and other rumours agree with the
allegation of the letter. Sir William A'Court's
position at Naples, when the Austrian iniquity
was perpetrated there, certainly rendered him
an ineligible person to send to Spain. It
would be too much for that Gentleman to
witness the degradation of two European
cdtpital4. As to the Spaniards, we hope that they
will distrust generally, whosoever offers them
counsels to introduce any change into their con-
stitution, with a view to satisfy the foreign ene-
my, whether the 'advice comes in an,ollicial form
or otherwise. The fate of the wretched Ferdi-
nand seems to be now obviously in the hands of,
:be French : if ihey advance, they of course
mean his destruction, in order to avail themselves
of as a pretext for overrunning the country."

1540nN1N(3 lIERALD.)
The herald of this day does not contain any
leading article from the

[NICI ILN 1 NG, CH 11.01.ItCLE4
-To enter into a serious refutation -of the opi-
nions of such a notoriously UnprlnClplpti man as
Chateaubriand would require an apology for the
insult that we should offer to the understandingi
of our readers, if indeed, after the notice taken
of them in the House of Commons, it were for
any purpose necessary. Contempt and neglect
must await them wherever the author of them is
known. The impudence, however, of his pre-
sent conduct, and the eulogy bestowed upon
him by the writers in the service of the Hour..
bons, whether of France, Naples, or Spain,,
may occasion a forgetfulness that he is the
wretch who excluded all the sycophants of
iluonaparte in adulation—in fact, imitating the
paresites of antiquity, by offering to, him almost
Dl,Vino Honours. We venture to assert, that as
illasphemer, Chateaubriand, is not surpassed in
modern or ancient history. Nothing, however,
was further from hispurpose than to bring religion
into disgraci;, or to be guilty of impiety (for he
has given sufficient evidence to that effect in his
book upon the Genius of Christianity); his blas-
phemy proceeded from his efforts to gain distinc-
than in the Court of Napoleon—from the SEMIC Selfish
motives, in truth, that actuate him at this hour.
It was Chateaubriand who said (see his Preface
to 41111(0 that Buonaparte was a man whom Pro-
vidence had sent into the world in token of his
reconciliation with the human race, when he was
tired of punishing mankind ! It was Chateau-
briand who likened the birth of young Napoleon
to the Wren: of the Redeemer ! ! Xt was Cha-
teaubriand who brought water from the River
Jordan for his baptism ! ! !

inurrtsu ritEss.l
The crisis of events is rapidly hurrying on in
Spain, anti the superstitious and despotic Ferdi-
nand, that wretched, yet cruet imbecile, is urging
theut fr9t to their'gaol. When we sent our pa-
per to press yesterday the accounts lay before us
of this being's having attempted to dismiss the
Ministers of the country and dissolve the Cortes,
while heiwaiteti himself iu the capital the efforts

of the fugative Bessieres and his band of factious
to rescue him on the presence of an invading army
within the Pyrenees, to awe the Constitutionalists.
of Madrid, and afford to this dangerous fanatic'
an opportunity of long-meditated flight and es-
cape. We own we did not credit these accounts;
We ,thought the atrocious attempt impossible.
Much as we distrusted this perjured bigot from
the commencement, and infamous as we knew his
whole career to have been,. we did not imagine he
could have ventured so very far—though we re-
collected but too well the patriots he had mur-
dered, and the hundreds of victims he had im-
mured within the dungeon's gloom—though
we remembered the rack revived under his
reign, and the bloody Inquisition rejoicing in
his return, we could not imagine that, with
the crowded throng of liberty around him,
with its shouts penetrating its palace walls—
with his solemn oath tecorded and registered to
the Constitution, and his closing address to the
Extraordinary Cortes at the termination of its
sittings only a few days before—we could not,
we repeat, have thought this regal hypocrite
would have ventured on the act of such unprin-
cipled daring as the dismissal of the Constitutional
Ministers, the dissolution of the Legislative As-
sembly, and the utter abandonment of Spain to
civil faction and foreign hatred, to the daggers of
domestic traitors, and the bayonets- of an in-
vading army, about to pass the Pyrenees for the
avow ed purpose of making this sanguinary wretch
single and absolute. Yet such has been the case.
The despot, on the decree of the Cortes being
communicated for his removal, and being ap-
prized of the preparations necessary for his de-
parture, refused to obey the deree, and signed a
mandate for thedismissal of the Ministers. The
atrocious duplicity roused the indignation of the
citizens of Madrid ; they surrounded his palace,
and but for the brave Communeros, the national
militia who were on guard, his worthless life
might have been the sacrifice. Iris fears, how-
ever, alarmed him into an instant revocation of
the decree, and the
.Miaisters were restored to
their places.
[New 'macs.]
It is usually difficult to 'ascertain the real
character of revolutionary events at the time of
their oEcurrence., So many conflicting passions
and intrigues are mixed up with them, so much
turbulence and confusion take place in their
transaction, and so few persons have` the means
of correct observation, even upon- the spot, that
clear and consistent accounts can hardly be
expected to travel to a distance. This has
been peculiarly the case with regard to the
late important occurrences at Madrid. That
political struggles of the most serious kind have
taken place, both there and also at Cadiz, is very
certain ,• but we must confess, that on comparing
the different statements respecting both those
places, we find it extremely difficult to put our
readers in possession of an accurate knowledge
of the facts. We shall, however, collate the
different versions of 'the same story, and endea-
vour to extract from them a sketch approaching
as nearly as possible to correctness. The first
account mentioned that Ferdinand had at-
tempted to dissolve the Cortes ; but this was
inaccurate ; Ole Session of the Extraordinary
Cortes drew to a termination, and was regularly
to be closed by the King's Speech.. It was then
said, that in this speech Ferdinand had d'eclared
his resolution to dismiss the Ministers and prin-
cipal Generals ; but it now appears that the
speech was drawn up by • the Ministers them-
selves, who put into the King's mouth what
sentiments they chose ; and that he did not
even deliver it in person, but sent it to the
Cortes on the 19th ult. the last day of their
sitting On the same day, a meeting of the Pre.
naratory Junta was held to make arrangements
for the first sitting.of the Ordinary Cortes, which
was fixed for the Salt ult. A change of Ministry
had beets previously anticipated, and was de-
sired, for opposite reasons, by different political
parties :—the Royalists hoping that the King
might find more moderate men—the Conineros,
that they might force upon him some Re-
volutionists of their own particular class.—
The Ministers, on their part, were .sup-
ported by the Freemasons, who had the majority
in the Extraordinary Cortes; and they obtained
from that Body two decrees, one authorising the
King's removal from Madrid, and the other pro-
hibiting him from filling up the Ministerial and
other offices out of the Council of State, by which
means they not only excluded their rivals from
power, but. left the King no practicable means
of forthing a new Minstry at all. On the very
day that the Extraordinary Cortes closed. their
sittings, the Ministers attempted to secure and
carry ofrtheir victim. They told the King he must
immediately - remove from Madrid. lie re-
fused. They said he would be compelled.
nere begins the'crisis, and here of court-, the ac-
counts are in direct opposition to each other.
One statement says 'the seven Ministers agreed
among themselves to resign, with the exception
of OtIP, who should merely remain in till another
Minister should he appointed • and that this task
fell, by lot, upon Eget', the Minister of Finance.
Another account says that the King indignantly
drove the six who had personally insulted him
from his presenCe and Councils. Certain how.
ever it is that in the early part of the 19th a
Decree of dismissal of six of the Ministers was
signed by the King and countersigned by Egea.

FIRE AT CIiESTER.-:-011 Mondny morning last,
about a quarter before three o'clock, the coach
Manufactory of Mr. Parry, in Foregate.street,
again took fire. Before four o'clock the, entire
range of premises was completely gutted. The
buildings, property, tools, &c. as heretofore, were
insured with the Sun Fire Office, to the amount
Of 2,0001. but the loss, it is said, will considerably
,exceed that sum.—We are told nearly 50 car.
riages were burnt, amongst them a new coach
for Jones Penton, Esq. High Sheriff for the county
of Angleasea.
Wheat rose fifteen shillings per, load in Salisbury
market on Tuesday list ; and the bakers In-
stantly made, a rise equivalent_ to 40 shillings, so
that the gallon loaf immediately after the market,
and before a grain had been ground at, the Mill,
tvui advanced two-pence, making it flittrteeu pence.

COMPARISON BETWEEN THE FRENCH AND
SPANISH REVOLUTIONS.

[From the Umpire of Sunday att.]

Having mentioned, in our last number, the points of simi-
larity between the French and Spanish, we now proceed to the
far more agreeable task of bringmg into notice the points of
contrast.

First, then, as to the origin of. the revolution in Spain, as
differing from the origin of the revolution in France.
There may be some truth in the assertion, that the abuses of
the old riginie, and the necessity of some improvement, were
the ultimate causes of the revolutions in both countries. But
their immediate rise, and their actual commencement, are al.
together separate and distinct. Let us look to the state of
things in the two kingdoms. We are ready to allow, with re-
gard to France, that the revolution was, in a great measure,
engendered by a eomniixture of weakness, ignorance, negli-
gence, and numberless errors in the Government;" that "the
States-general, however imprudent their convocation may have
been, might have produced only useful reforms, if they had
ibund the limits_ of their power marked out by a hand suffi-
ciently firm to have kept them within that extent." Yet, in
France, a legitimate monarch was on the throne ; a monarch,
anxious for the good of his subjects—a monarch, who. had n 6.
thing in his own disposition tyrannical,perfidious, and unjust--
a monarch, ever ready to conciliate and concede ; whose great
fault, and whose fatal misfortune, was a want of stern and un-
bending resolution—an easiness of temper—an infirmity of
purpose. The revolution was begun under his eyes,• which
was at last consummated by his blood. In Spain, on the
other hand, the nation was left to itself. The Spaniards were
without a King. Ferdinand; if he had not betrayed, had left
them—if he was not prepared to gain the friendship of Napo-
leon by the basest compliances, the most dishonourable sacri-
fices, he had least thrown himself foolishly and pusillani..
mously into his power. The Spaniards had no head, or none
but an usurper. By themselves, therefore, and tbr themselves,
the Spaniards were compelled to legislate and act. In the ab-
sence of their legitimate sovereign—with usurpation, and ty-
ranny, and national disgrace 'before their sight—with the/M-
-ash people as their ally, and 'with British soldiers as their
companions in arms—they naturally imbibed a love of free.
dom ; for freedom they fought—in the cause of freedom they
conquered. They released Ferdinand from his imprisonment—
they restored Ferdinand to his throne. If they abridged, con.
stitutionally, the power of their King,. they gave to. Ferdinand,
personally, whatever power, he might resume : and he was
bound, therefore, by common gratitude, and common justice,
to allow them to enjoy the liberty which they had achieved,
and make a fair trial of the constitution which they had chosen.
Secondly. As ,to the progress of the two revolutions, we
shall not waste the time of our readers, or insult their under-
Standings, by drawing the contrast. We shall not harrow up
their feelings afresh, by detailing the transactions of that most
strange and dreadful period in the history of man—the shocking
indignities offered to the King and Queen before their incarce-
ration and death—the barbaritiei and assassinations—the daily
and hourly horrors of the reign of terror—the total destruction
of all moral feeling, of all principle, of all decency in men and
in women—the indescribable and almost inconceivable atroci-
ties perpetrated by Denton, !Veva, Itebespierre and a thou-
sand others. In Spain, if the King had not endeavoured to
reinstate hiniself in the possession of absolute power by overt
acts, and secret intrigues' not a drop of blood would have been
shed in a civil quarrel. As it is, although no humane or sober-
minded man can approve the cruelties of Mina, and a few more
of the military partisans, or would countenance the violent ex.
ceases of the Landaburian club, ive have the unquestionable
testimony of facts, the authority of the first Minister, as well
as of the ablest thinkers, ' and most impartial writers in this
kingdom, that the Spanish revolution, on the whole, has been
peculiarly characterised by moderation and forbearance.
Thirdly. Can a parallel be fairly drawn betiveen the treat.
ment of Louis, and the treatment of Ferdinand ? 'We say, that
the cams are not parallel ; the characters of the two Kings have
little resemblance ; die treatment of the two Kings hits not been
the same. We very much doubt, whether, at the present mo-
ment, Ferdinand of Spain is under More restraint, or corn.
pelled to act in a manner more contrary to his inclination, than
Louis XVIII. of France: and, alas ! if Ferdinand had falleh,
with all his imperfections upon his head, amotigsueli men, as
the French Revolutionists, we need not ask, what would have
become of him. . If ne cast a momentary glance at another part
of the Penineula, which has been mixed up with Spain and. the
Spanish revolution, hai4 there been no 'difference, we would in-
quire, between-the treatment of the Queen of France and the
Queen of Portugal ? Can .we suffer ourselves to forget that the
most barbarous cruelties, the grossest and foulest outrages were
heaped upon the one; and that the other has been only pre.
vented from doing mischief, by a method sanctioned by the ex-
isting laws, and necessary for the preservation of the existing
government.
• • Fourthly. Have the same measures' been taken with regard
to religion by the French and Spank& revolutionists 2- 'Mere
is the wisest and most obvious distinction. The Spaniards may
be accused of bigotry, but they cannot be accused of irreligion.
They leave not been the 'appostles of Atheism: they have not
converted into temples of reason the churches dedicated to their
0 on. It may be unwise to proclaim "the Catholic religion
shall be the religion of Spain, and none other shall be toleratr .
ed :" but it is surely a very different thingfroni denying the
existence of a Deity in the face of the world, and treating all
religion as a farce.
Fifthly. The Spaniards have no farther wish than to retain
In quiet the Constitution which they have framed. They have
net attempted to spread their revolution, or to propagate prin-
ciples subversive of society. A pamphleteer, who writes under
the strange title of " the Ghost of the Marquis of London-
derry," asserts that " the Spaniards are not revolutionists ;
they are aiming not to destroy, but to ameliorate (as they think)
theform of the government." At any rate, they are only re.
volutionists at home : they seek not to molest or Invade others,
as they deprecate molestation and invasion. If they can rest
undisturbed within the Peninsula, they will care little what
happens beyond it. The French revolution, on the contrary,
was, throughout, one tissue of frenzy at home, and interference
with other powers by means of French' emissaries and French
agents. France was not contented with Its internal crimes or fol.
lies; but endeavoured to assimilate all the countries of
Europe to herself: to amalgamate all constitutions and all re.
ligions with her new system : to hug the world in the horrible
embrace of fraternity and citizenship, and unite mankind by
the holy bonds of Atheism, blood-shed, end convulsion. The
revolution of France resembled the description of Danger in the
Fairy Queen.
With him went Danger, clothl in iagg'd weed,
Made of Wares skyn, that him more dreadful niade ;
Yet his own face was dreadful, ne did need
Strange horror, to deform his grimly shade :
A net in th' one hand, and a rusty blade
.In the other was : this mischief, that mishap :-.-
With th' one Ms foes he thriaten'd to invade
th' other he.hisfriends meant to enwrap t
Par, .whatn he conk}. riot kill, he practii'd to entrap.

On the whole, then, it is impossible to mix up the French
with the Spanish revolution to reason from the one to the other,
or to pretend that the opinions which were adopted, and the
measures which were pursued, in the former case, must necessa.
rily be adopted and pursued in the latter, without the most com-
plete confusion of ideas, and the strangest abuse of language.—
They were both called revolution*; anti the thingi have been
supposed identical, from the identity of the name. But to say
that the events are in reality the same is an. atrocious caltunny
upon the Spaniards, an assertion which is only tit for' the mouths
of the Sovereigns of Verona, or the ultra-Royalista of France.—
We have not done with this subject t but for the present we must
'et we would conjure Englishmen and English Statesmen
to consider that the Spaniardshave been; and areii our friends;
If we must not render them assistance, let us do them justice.
We must remeinber that duringthelate struggle ‘ViihNapolain,
they imbibed from companionship with, us the hatred.of arbit-
tary power; 'and their desire ter a Repreientative Constitution.
We taught them to be free, and should hardly desert them in
their freedom.
But awing the French revolution, that nation was our savage
foe; and wished to make the war with England, a war of ex.
termination. Then, too, the . tipartish and I:nglish were to-
gether. 6' Soldiers," said Buonaparte, in the early part of his
career, " you are Frenchetni y?u, :are free: before you are
Spaniards—Eng/idtmen...e/ooes. ' These words, we cOnfees,
are no longer applicable. For the French revoiuthinary feel-
ings towards England, we may consuit every docunient, every
dispatch, every state-paper of the period. ktut one will be
enough.
Letter from Fouchd to Collet d'llerbois, his, colleague and
friend, Alember,of the Committee of Public Safety.
Toulon, 28th of Frimaire, Veer 11, of the Republic,
)
And we also, my friend—we
amid indivisible.
—wehave
contributed to tbe taking
of Toulon, by the terror we struck into the cuwertls who en-
tered
thheedirtweaearPeomifteilie,p,altites.
exposinganend if
to their sight the cartage% of thousand*
o
if we know how to avail ourselves of
this memorable victory., Let 'us be, terrible; that we may not
be in danger of becoming weak yr cruel let us destroy, in our
wrath, and at one blew, all rebelet conspirators,, and rraitors. , ;to
spare ourselves the anguish, the
,tedious misery of punishing
them as King'. Lei‘te exceurt justice es Nature does ; let us
avenge ourselves as a people r. let strike- like, a tluouterbolt,-
atnodnuanterillhwilasote
ilenvfentitteertyas.lies of, our foes, .th 4, they nply not_
May the perfidious and ferocious English be attacked in all
directions ;array the whale Republic form but One volcano to
overwhelm than' with its aevouring lava; tray the inflinpus

Isle which produced these monsters, whom humanity disowns!
be ingulphed for ever in the depths of the ocean.
Adieu, my friend, tears of joy gush from my eyes, and inun-
date my soul. The courier is departing—l will write again by
the ordinary post.
(Signed) FOUCHE.
have_only one way of celebrating the victory ; this
etuning we send two hundred and thirteen rebels to meet death
&Midst the thunder of our guns. Extraordinary couriers will
be instantly dispatched to convey the intelligence to the army.
Good Gon ! and. is it with men who entertained such sentt-
ments as these, that the Spaniards are to be compared ?
We shall endeavour hereafter to prove, that the war of the
French Revolution was not, properly speaking, a war of aggrei-
sion, on the part of England. That it was never considered in
this light by the British Ministers, the official document, in
answer to Napoleon's proposal for peace, dated Downing-street,
January 4, 1800, will suffiently demonstrate.
[Here follows the Note alluded to, but we have not space for
its insertion.]
Can France, then, justify an aggressive war upon Spain at
the present moment, by referring to the conduct of England
during her own Revolution? This question we have already
a right to answer in the negative; but we trust to render the
absurdity of the plea still mere plain and undeniable by our
farther prosecution of the subject.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE ASSIZES, FEB. 2S.

Mr. Baron GARROW arrived at Aylesbury at about half past
four o'clock on Thursday afternoon, but was so much indis-
posed as to be unable to attend divine service this morning—
Ile however came into Court at half past twel►c o'clock, and
apologized for his non-attendance at Church on so solemn an
occasion, informing the Court that he had been confined to his
bed for three days previous to his leaving town under a severe
course of medicine.

The Grand Jury were then sworpo—Marquis of CIIAIiDOS
foreman. His Lordship, in charging them, remarked that it
was a !matter of deep regret to behold so heavy a calendar.
tie called their minds particularly to the horrid murder, and
took an opportunity of expressing his satisfaction at having
been fhvoured with the depositions in this case by the Earl of
Bridgewater, while in town, which on account of their length
would have taken him a considerable time to read over. After
touching on the case of the Rev. Mr. Eyre, his Lordship con-
cluded by remarking, that should any difficulty occur in their
arduous task, he should be happy to render them any assist-,
ance in his power.

Several cases were tried, but none of any public interest.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING-ROOM, DIARCII
DEN

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