The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-08 00:00:00

EVENING' ti:DiTION.

once, as a proof that the Administration were ma'
liciously disposed towards him, and let their hind
at ss. per acre to spite the New Zealand
Land Company. The people at large Will,
however, see nothing to condsmn in their
obstinate resistance to Mr. WAKEFIELD'S mono-

poly, and in their having actually allowed those
who chose to settle on their possessions to do so
on paying ss. an acre, giving them the security

into the bargain which a Government can bestow.
Because the Ministers, however, would not come int,
Mr. WA K ELD'S sche►ne, article after article had ---

been directed against them, every syllable of which

has assumed the most. patriotic and philanthropic
garb, while it has been actuated by the wounded
self-love, or the disappointed avarice or ambition

of the writer.

The Tory papers bear at present a very pleas'
however unwilling, homage to the sound good sees
of the people of England. They complain that the ..
people will not .trotible themselves about foreign p-
bcy, and that they are too much engaged with their
own real interests to occupy themselves with Turkey...
and Egypt. The. Tories, in fact, find that all thei-
efforfs to 'get up a factious outbreak of indignation
on the subject of our Foreign relations have been in
vain. Mr. C. ATTWOOD has talked, and Mr. 1.11"
QUHART has written and intrigued, without sue"
cess. The impeachment of Lord PALMERSTOX
has been as fruitless as the vituperation of Mr.

O'CONNELL. Even that part of the population,
which is most ready for a row cannot be set in mo-
tion by the hollow hypocritical pretexts, unreal ser-,-,
rows, and factious patriotism of the Tories. The
trade as Tories is at an end. They may con'
tinue it under a new firm, they may carry on their
schemes to delude, defraud, and oppress the
people in some new character, they may be unable'
for the Ethiop cannot cast his skin, to throw aside,
their love of tyranny and their habitual hypocriali
but as Tories they stand naked and exposed to the
public scorn, and will be believed and honoured n°'
more. Their factious object is clearly revealed',
and by their complaints they acknowledge their
defeat.
The Tory Journals testify also to the general!:
the almost universal, desire of peace, whili the/
wonder how it comes about that, with such a de°
sire, the country should be apprehensive of war. 'lt
is their tactics to ascribe this to the blundering et,
the Ministers ; more careful observers may, .Per
haps, trace it to a different cause. Thet;
Ministers have acted on the old principles'
of diplomacy, from which they, probably!
think themselves scarcely authorised to depart'
but they are no longer suitable to the condition,
of the world. The successive, but varying Pr
gress of States, from causes not connected with
conquest, the rise and decay of kingdoms, the ns;
tural laws which govern society, and the errors
internal policy, have long taught reflecting nte
that the maintenance of a balance of power le- 80
idle chimera. Under the influence, however' °f •
•
old prejudices and old errors, modern statesin
have still a hankering after the preservation..it,
,a balance of power, and they have got into a ilto •
conflict with each other about matters of °Piinhteoir
while the nations under the influence of
too
substantial interests, and guided solely by itn* we
of fact,, are resolute in keeping the Pee°,
do not make much account of the fire' i
-ssfre..
either nation, and while there is such an n"a'
t
rence to foreign policy, that the 'Tor." cane
write the people into a diseased action! and
steady and general aversion from war prevails, the
statesmen of both France and England will soon per'
ceive that their opinions and -View& must be mar
fled to, meet the dispositiion of the people, and the.',4
-circumstances of the times. To go to war fora y
barren piece of snow-covered lan'd in North Awe'
rica, was held to be th,e height of Or
nearly a century ago, but now to go,
to war merely in accordance with the antiquate°
themes and opinions of a few diplomatists, saeri.l'
ficing to their views the substantial material 3P!,
terests of several great nations, would be even 11.
greater folly than any of the wars of the last den' -'
b
tury. In this particular case the folly is pilot
The avowed objects of both nations are the nouir
tenance of the integ;ity of Turkey, and the kee,o,l;
ing Russia in check, for which purpose the toss
great Powers, by the union of which alone tit to'
objects can 'be effectually accomplished, are 11°.°40
go to war with each other. No method can he;ti;
effectual to give a complete triumph to Russia, `-s.
make her master of the west. Interest, reac°tu
and the public voice hi 'both countries loutllY p*,
test against such a provaiding.

•
The article on "the Power of the C ,
tracted from the Co•arfession of Augsburg,
long, will amply re pay the trouble of perusal'
deafly lays down the Divine Law relative totbefut.cii
observance of Coe Sabbath, and repudiates to:
claims of Polies. and Bishops to interfere Wit h,BO
made by the civil power. The fourth paragraph° the
chapter we recr,mmend to the careful attention of II
Pope of the F,orth. " The power of he Church'
say these formders of the Protestant Faith, " "tit
his comuumdment to teach the Gospel and to
minister the Sacraments." " Let it not break id
of
thottg;
another's office—let it not interrupt judgments
`he
any eheil ordinances or contracts." This web, ;
tio'd of the religious and political sentiments a
Protestants ought to be studied by 0
Puscyites as well as the Agnewites, both of "h°o f
'
appear to have lost sight of the true spirit
Christianity.

--op.—.
The news brou2ht by the Paris Journals of Sl°
day is more than usually interesting, confirni2irlig
the accounts received yesterday by extra0"111)- el
express of the refusal of MEHEMET ALI t° ebe
cept the Ultimatum of the Four Powers, and ta
preparations .of Commodore NAPIER for blnek,ah;
ing Syria. We have given in another part °f
Sun such details as we deem necessary for the '',,
formation of our readers under the head " Easter.,lll"
Question," and under that of " Treaty of Lot ac-el
will be found the announcements which appear ii
in well-informed Journals of Sunday 01 frens e
negof iations between England and Fran )
he
for, (as regards the two Powers resspectifet Y
a pa cific settement of this question. In of
mean time events are progressing so rapidly iri the
East.„ that we can no longer speculate 0131°11 1.,
probabilities of what a single day may bring f°11;;
We give up prophecy, and confine insourse
the
simple narration. .There are certain points 05
progress of public events which are not left t°
veil%
guidance of a single will, when thick darkness ,_.O
i.
the future fr quessw
am every eye. The Eastern
'OP
has r :ache.d v the first of these points. The 11" oc,
and 'English Governments may draw inference from
cee ding) y plausible, and very probable to°P or.
more than sod e 1,44
facts oli which the public knowledge is very ilof
stand s'°- ' "ti
Can't ; but while these Governments s.---- the:;,:
br,th exercising such a mighty influence In ti, .: '",
72.ast, it is impossible that at such a crisis as
an
present either of them could give
• ..,
opinion. as to what new births of circumstances the Vii.
world, 'i,t
actualities influencing the fate of the
~7
.I.' Wl'
li 4„!'0
A. „,..
future may bring forth. The result
of eve,.,
t '',
now depends upon an " IF." If Mehemet a ,
a u
continue to set the Four Powers at defiancCy
ort
the
he yie Id with a good grace—i France suqoers;
Vice,' oy, or if she unite with the Four -1-iitionol
these and half a score more of such Niftich as
conittnetions bewilder statesmen almost as.
il",_.
they do the " pensive" and inquisitive punsl dig-
In this state of general uncertainty and I.