The Sun.
London, England, 1824-11-15 00:00:00

move ; and to leave your purse either in a shop
or in your chamber, or to lose your port-
manteau from your carriage, are assurances that
you will never see either of them again. How
can this be I It is not luxury, it is not gatning,
that produces this marked difference in the Na-
tional character of the two countries ; for in both
those respects the inhabitants of the French ca-
pital at least far exceed us. It cannot be found
in the different religions of the two countries,
for if that argument were worth any thing,
the absolution of the Catholic furnishes ap-
parently a greater palliation of crime than
can be found in the principles of the Church
of England, or of any of the sects diverging
from it, if we except, perhaps, those only
who hold out faith without works as sufficient
for salvation. After all, wherever the root of
the evil to be found, there surely must be some-
thing decidedly wrong in the education, in the
religious and moral principles of a community
which is so prone to dishonesty as that of this
country is becoming. The disciples of Gall and
Spurzheim have not, we believe, ventured to at-
tribute if to our nature. The feature of furtive-
ness (as these silly people call it) is not more
auspicious in the skulls of Englishmen than in
those of other countries. Yet so it is, that while
we have an Established Clergy, possessing
large revenues, distributed through the country
for the religious and moral guidance of us all,
while we have schools of every denomination for
the education of both rich and poor, we hear of
more crimes committed by persons of all ranks
in society than can be found in any other coun-
try. In our limited space we can, of course, only
glance at a subject like this. It is one, however,
of infinite moment, well worthy the consideration
of persons of every rank in life, and as worthy,
we should think, of a statesman's attention as any
which can occupy it.

[THE PUBLIC LEDGER.]
We are glad to see from the Paris Papers that
the popularity of the French King, so far from
being on the wane, as had been predicted, is
really on the increase ; and they furnish a
striking instance of the judicious manner in which
he tries to gain the affections of his subjects. The
art he employs has never failed of success, for
confidence is sure of a return ; and to shew how
much he confides in his people, he has laid aside
that cumbrous ceremonial, which, to render
Royalty more respectable in the eyes of the
vulgar, tends to subtract from the esteem of the
wise ; whilst it makes the Monarch a prisoner in
his own Palace. Of the confiding manner in
which the King treats his people, an example
is given in one of the Papers of Friday
last ; which, though fools and knaves assert the
contrary, we maintain is as consistent with true
dignity, as with a due regard for his personal
safety. It reminds us also of his descent from
Henry the Fourth, much better than the bon
mots of his predecessor ; for the goodness of
that great Monarch displayed itself in acts like
that of which we are going to speak, more than
in words. It appears that, during a recent hunt-
ing excursion which the King made to Com-
peigne, in company with the Dauphin, the public
were admitted, with little or no distinction,
into ins presence whilst he was at dinner.—
It is unnecessary to say how much condescen-
sion, like this, has a tendency to win every
heart ; but this was not the only proof which
Charles gave, during his stay at Cempeigne, of
his determination to dispense with forms, which
owe their origin to a vain and heartless ostenta-
tion. The public Authorities had, according to
custom, prepared Addresses, which, as a matter
of course, abounded with the grossest adulation,
and consequently conveyed a satire, under the
guise of praise. Under the delicate pretence of
relieving the Prefects and other functionaries
from this formality, the King declined all the
Addresses that were prepared for him ; and hav-
ing thus proved that he was worthy of the homage
which it was intended they should convey, he
returned to Paris, where, after having, in per-
son, held at the baptismal font the sons of
three of Buonaparte's Marshals, he presided at a
Council of Ministers on Thursday, which lasted
four hours. The Dauphiness was the other
sponsor ; and this shews that she has got rid of
her old antipathies, and substituted for them the
generous desire of confounding all distinctions,
that serve only to keep up party rage, and fan
the embers of faction.