The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-24 00:00:00

THE ;,ITN, LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24. 1840.

which, without alarming men of property, will
convince them that the cause in which we
arc engaged is just. Have we not good
reason at present to urge some of these
truths ? If we were fairly represented would
100,0001. a year have been given to a Queen
Dowager who supports the party opposed to the
people ? Would Lord CARDIGAN have been suf-
fered to return to the army to insult the brave
officers whom this aristocratical system has placed
at his mercy ? Would Lord HILL or Lord FITZ-
ROY SOMERSET be in the Horse-guards? Would
the vast swarms of the off-shoots of the No-
bility and the breeches-pocket men be suf-
fered to fill every public department, where the
labour is nothing, and the income everthing ? Or
should we now be threatened with an European war,
which the great body of the people look upon with
horror and dismay ? Nothing will cure these evils
but a thorough reform in the representative system,
and that cannot be carried into effect without the
assistance of the multitude. To all Reformers:
therefore, we appeal in the words of the excellent
address to which we have adverted:—
We would strongly urge upon your consideration the
necessity of instituting such measures as may unite
in your support the industrious masses of these
kingdoms. The union of the higher and middle classes
is not enough to accomplish any great social or political
reforms without the additional aid of the working classes.
They have a deep interest in the improved government
of the country ; and we believe them cordially disposed,
at the present time, to unite with any party really in
earnest in their efforts for the common good. Endea-
vour to work out tLe principle embodied in the resolu-
tion passed by your Volunteers of 1782—" That the)
only are free who ate governed by the laws to which
they have assented, c Vier by themselves in person, or
by those whom they have freely chosen to represent
them,"—and you canrcy fail ere long to unite in your
support all the honett and earnest Reformers of the
United Kingdom.

The resignation of the THIERS Cabinet is, in
the present agitated state of Europe, a most im-
portant event. In making the question of the
augmentation of the army a pretext for his retire-
ment, M. TRIERS throws himself into the arms
of the war party, whose leader he aspires to be in
the ensuing Session of the Chambers. In the
conespndence of our Morning Contemporaries an-
nouncing this event, which:we have quoted in another
part of The Sun, it will be seen that the prevail-
ing impression in Paris on Thursday afternoon
was exceedingly sombre, and that war was thought

to be more than ever inevitable. We entertain
quite a different opinion. The retirement of M.
TIIIERS in a great measure satisfies us that
there will be no war. The Oriental policy of the
Four Powers was, in 1839, the identical policy of the
Statesmen whose names appear as the successors of
the 'fit IERS Ministry ; and, except the signing of
the Treaty of the 15th of July, nothing has since
taken place out of France to either change or mo-
dify their views. Besides, as we urged from the
commencement, it was in some sort imperative that
11. TIMERS should leave the final settlement of
the Eastern Question, as he did that of the Spanish
Question, to men who had the moderation not to
commit themselves by pledges made beforehand.
He had left nothing. to coming events, and, there-
fore, had no power to modify his policy. This first
upset him in Spain ; it has now vanquished him in
Egypt. He chalked out on both occasions fixed
lines for himself—he pledged himself religiously
to pursue them; and, when circumstances arose
which rendered it not only desirable but necessary
that he should swerve a little from his proposed
course, he fell, the victim of his own arrogant self-
confidence. Even now he has left the legacy of
upholding unconditionally MEHEMET ALI in
Egypt to his successors in office ; and though this,in
the present frame of the public mind in England can-
not be very difficult, it might have proved a NES-
SUS' shirt to France.

That M. THIERS will take a prominent part in
heading an attack upon the pacific policy of the
KING, we, regard as certain—but that he will do
all in his-power to pro!okewar::between England
and France is what we refuse to credit for a single
instant. On the contrary, we are persuaded that
M. THrEits will secretly support the pacific policy
of the KING, and thus hold himself in readiness to
return to power whenever the final adjustment of
the Eastern Question takes place. Violent
speeches we expect him to make, because by such
violence only, can he presume to justify the enor-
mous expense to which his Oriental policy has
put France; but if the war party trust to him as a
leader, they will find themselves grievously disap-
pointed. " I am nut for war," said M. THIERS
in 1831, " for it would consume a million of men
and an hundred millions of money. A stronger
reason against war is, that it would necessitate a
revolutionary Government." The mischiefs a war
in 1831 would have inflicted on France, are not
likely to be lessened, even in the opinion of the
late President of the Council, in 1841. Then
England stood by the side of France, and Portu-
gal and Spain, however weak and distracted, were
heart and soul with her ; now her only ally is the
rebellious Viceroy of EGIPT. Nor is it to be sup-
posed that M. TRIERS' horror of necessitating
another revolution has at all lessened within the last
ten years. So far, then, as we can pretend to see
our way through the perplexing entanglements of
the imperfectly developed policy of France and of
Europe, we venture to say that for the present
ere will be no war between England and France

We copy from the Madrid Gazette of the 15th
inst. an official account of Queen CHRISTINA'S
abdication of the Regency, which we recommend as
worthy the perusal of our readers. As Queen
ClutisTlNA's political clnucction with Spain i,

now terminated, we feel no inclination to enumerate
the evils whiCh her mai-administration has inflicted
on that distracted country.

CATLIN'S INDIAN MUSEUM, EGYPTIAN
HALL—It will be seen, by his advertisement, that Mr.
Catlin has brilliantly illumined his rooms with gas, to be
kept open hereafter during the evenings ; and for Monday
evening, the 26th, at eight o'clock, he has invited a nu
merous and fashionable attendance to witness a most novel
and picturesque display of splendid Indian costumes, wea-
pons, &c., on a great number of living figures, who n ill
form a promenade lndienni through his rooms, giving the
war-cry, yells, songs, &c. Mr. Catlin will be present
during the evening, explaining everything that transpires,
and will deliver his lecture in the room, himself in full
dress a /a Indienne.
Yesterday, at Hatton-garden, James Littleton,
alias Shammus, a ruffianly-looking fellow, aged about
twenty-five years, who has been repeatedly brought to this
Court and convicted for violent assaults upon the police,
was placed at the bar before Mr. Combs, charged with
the wilful murder of Mary Nichols, aged twenty-one
years, with whom he cohabited, at No. 2, Ham ard Hcg-
yard, St. Giles's. Thomas Saunders, having been sworn,
stated as follows ;—I live at No. 2, Ham and Hog-yard,
St. Giles's. The prisoner occupits a room above me in
the same house, with a woman Lamed Mary Nichols, de-
ceased. She died on last Wednesday morning in thi:
Middlesex Hospital. On Sunday night last, between
nine and ten o'clock, I was in bed, when I was awoke by
a man running up stairs, and, to the best of my belief, it
was the prisoner. On his arrival at his own door he de-
manded that it should be opened. Silo knew it was the
prisoner's voice. He exclaimed, "If you don't open the
door I will break it open." I did not hear anybody answer
him. He then exclaimed, " You b—y w--, get up."
I did not then hear any answer, but after that I heard the
round of blows, which continued for between five and ten
minutes, and were like the sound of a strap being used
upon some person's body. The prisoner then went do n
stairs again five minutes after. I heard the prisoner ri n
up stairs and enter the room, when he said, " You b--y
tell me the truth, and I will forgive you.' I heard
no answer, but I heard blows, which were given re-
peats,elly, I then heard the woman say, For Jesus
C'dsisca sake, Jim, leave off; for God Almighty's sake
leave off, Shammus, or you will murder me." Inspector
Bell, of the E division, here stated that the prisoner was
universally known by the cognomen of Shammus, which
was the Irish for " James." Other evidence corroborative
of Saunders's statement having been adduced, the prisoner
all the time behaving with brutal effrontery, Mr. Combo
remanded him till Tuesday next, and bound over the wit-
ussz.>4 to give evidence.