The Sun.
London, England, 1840-11-10 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FRONT THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
(From the Globe.)
The Times, like a man in an ague, is hot and cold on
alternate days. On one day coldly praising the Treaty
of July, and on the next furious against the Allies for
carrying the terms of that treaty into execution. On
one day admitting the duty of the Government to main-
tain the honour of England, on the next inveighing
bitterly against the Government for the firmness, blend-
ed with dignified moderation, it has evinced—firmness,
by mainwining the position to which France was origin-
ally a consenting party, but from which she receded
for reasons which, though convincing to a portion
of her people, are far from satisfying all—modera-
twn, in affording the fullest and most ample explana-
tions and expositions of our motives and intentions,
which have satisfied all reasonable men in both coun-
tries that France has had no just cause of complaint ;
that her grievances are imaginary, and her alleged af-
fronts supposed. The Times this morning, with an
alarm which must be merely affected, calls upon the
country to force the Government to take, without delay,
measures to " protect Europe from the horrors of war ;
and of retrieving our policy, ere it be too late, from the
dangers which attend a breach with France." As far as
we are informed of the proceedings of the Government
of this country, and of the Powers who are its allies in
carrying into execution the treats, of July, we are in-
clined to believe that they are taking the most effec-
tual means to preserve Europe from the evil the
7'intes so strongly deprecates, by organizing ar-
eingements for assembling, within a very short space
of time, should it be necessary to do so, a force of
500,000 Germans on the Rhine, to resist any aggres-
sion from France, and to " defend the Father Land "
from violation by foreign invasion. We have no doubt
but this display of unanimity and determination by the
German States will have its due effect in repressing
warlike propensities, if such anywhere exist ; while the
vigour and energy which have been silently at work
to place the English navy on a footing of equipment
which would enable it to maintain our maritime supe-
riority, will also strongly tend to produce the same pa-
cific result. It seems, therefore, that measures have
been taken, and are in progress, " to protect Europe
from the horrors of war."
(From the Standard.)
The result of this trial of strength must give confi-
dence to all who wish for the peace of Europe, and the
real prosperity and happiness of France. The contest
for the presidentship has given to the King a great
victory—a victory great beyond the expectation of even
his Majesty's most sanguine friends. The candidate of
the Ministry was elected by a majority of 220 to 154,
a clear majority of full one-sixth of the whole number
of Deputies, and, therefore, equivalent to a majority of
110 in our House of Commons. The opposition had,
too, a great advantage in the character of their se-
lected candidate, M. Odillon Barrot—among the
public men of France he who for worth and
talent ranks second only to M. Guizot. The Minis-
terial candidate, on the other hand, though an able
and estimable gentleman, is comparatively a person
of little mark ; but M. Sauzet was the King's candi-
date, and the candidate of a pacific Ministry ; and,
therefore, he triumphed by the decisive majority which
we have stated. This speaks well for the mind of
France and for the prospects of Europe. We antici-
pate from it an easy task for the new Ministers in the
Session that has commenced. With so encouraging a
view before us we can look to the ravings of the Oppo-
sition press rather as matter of amusement than for se.
rious reflection. Elsewhere we have copied a summary
of comments upon the Royal Speech, from which it will
be seen how hardly the Thiers journals are pressed to
find in that document any topic of complaint. The
National calls it, indeed, the discourse of the foreign
Ministry—" Discours du illinistere etrangere"—but
can discover no tangible subject for censure but the
phrase, " I continue to hope that the general peace will
not be disturbed," which it stigmatises as a " stereotyped
barbarism"—"barbarisme stereotype." What ! the ex-
pression of the hope of peace on the part of the King of
a great nation a barbarism ? What a barbarian must
he be who thinks it such, and what a stupid bar-
barian to give utterance to the execrable sentiment.
But, says the National, at the utterance of this
" stereotyped barbarism," the Ministers of the Allies
smiled. Questionless they did ; and all good men
smiled with them as soon as they heard of it—among
these good men :220 French deputies. But there were
others who smiled too—others, whose existence the
priestly education of the Editor of the National has
taught him to disbelieve, though it has taught him to
pray to them as gods : yes, angels, we may well believe
it, smiled to witness the pledge of a wise and good man,
that the most favoured of the human race, the nations
appointed by the Creator to conduct his creatures to
the greatest degree of happiness, and to the highest
pcf fection of which their nature is capable, should not
employ in destroying one another, and his image in
themselves, those energies and oppertunities given to
them for the kindest and the noblest purposes.
(From the Courier.)
The triumph of the Soult-Guizot Ministry on the
question of the Presidency of the Chamber of 'Deputies
has been more comolete even than we anticipated, and
augurs favourably both for the stability of the Cabinet
and the preservation of peace. And now more than
ever is the time to improve the advantage thus gained
in France for the cause of order, by a seasonable re-
inforcement of friendly propositions for the arrangement
of subsisting differences front this side of the water.
Whether such advances have been made already in
the true spirit of conciliation by the British Cabinet
there may be room to doubt, but that made
they should have been on the very first opening there
can be none. The Minister who shall so have aban-
doned the firs: duty of a Statesman and a. Christian
will stand justly arraigned, not of the comparatively
venial offence of oversight only, but of culpable crimi-
nality. No excuse can be admissible for one moment
groundod on the strict observance, of mere ceremo-
nial forms of official decorum, according to which it
might be urged the fi st advances should be made
from Paris, for diplomatic etiquette has been too
often and unnecessarily violated during the whole
course of the discussions on the Egyptian ques-
tion foi such a plea to be held good now. It is
not surely a time to quibble about empty points of
honour when upon one conciliatory movement the
peace of the word may be said to depend. The po-
sition of the Soult-Guizat Ministry is not, more-
over, so firmly fixed that it could withstand the shock,
even were it so devoid of patriotism and energy, of fur-
ther offence against national pride or vanity by an appa-
rently tame overture for accommodation, however welt
and sincerely disposed, as we are fully satisfied, the first
veteran Marshal and ;lie ablest as most upright states-
man of France would be cordially to meet and to greet
the first amiable approaches towards a renewal of
former good understanding from the side of Downing-
street. And such approaches may now be the more
becomingly proffered, inasmuch as the quintuple alli-
ance so tar is in the full tide of success, and it is lousily
boas'...ed, if not believed, that all its objects have been
thoroughly accomplished.

The Countess of J )
e rse•• left Berkeley-square on
Saturday last, for Middleton-park, accompanied
Jerseyhad previously ar-
rived at the above scat,
by Lady
Sarah Villiers. The Earl of a
visit to the Duke of Graf-
tun, at Euston-hail, nearfr(Tmhetford.
APPROACHING
MA RRI AGE IN HIGH LIFE.
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understand that the Hon. avid
Carl. Nlurofray, ,
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of the late and brother of the present
will conduct to the Hymeneal altar to m ordraouwg,h
3teirissofGrant,
daughter of Mr. John Grant and grand
Gray.
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The Earl of Liverpool will (-rive grand entertain-
ments menus two days this week to the members
of theShrews-
bury Hunt, at Pitchford flail. Mr. John Dod and Sir
Richard Jenkins, G C. IL , M. P., also receive the mem-
bers two days at their respective seats.
ODESSA, OCT. 15. The marches of troops
in our neighbourhood continue. The entire 10th division
of the Russian army, every regiment of which has four
complete battalions, will shortly arrive here. It is destined
to recruit the 15th division, which has suffered severely
on the Circassian coast by disease, especially by the scurvy.
DEATH OF THE PRINCESS BORGHESE.-In-
telligence was received in Paris on Friday of the death, at
Rome, of the Princess Borghese, daughter of the Earl of
Shrewsbury.