The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-11 00:00:00

that of Thomas Wilson and Co , of this city, one
of the four American establishments which yielded to the
financial pressure of 1836, will assist in the management.
Tho new agency commences with a deposit in its hands of
the sum of 750,000/. sterling to face the drafts which are
to be passed upon it from the United States, the cash
having been realized out of a portion of the mass of those
American securities with which the United States Bank
imprudently encumbered itself. The transfer of the agency
to a house of the well-known opulence of that of the pos-
sessor of the Fonthill and other valuable estates is an ar-
rangement which is undoubtedly calculated to aid the con-
cern most materially in extricating itself from its embar-
rassments.

Mr. Jaudoe remains in London for a few weeks or
months, for the purpose of giving what facilities he may
be able to his suecessors ; after which it is supposed his
services will be employed in a different sphere. Ilia
abilities are thought to qualify him for the higher duties
of diplomacy,
and he may possibly be called upon to fill
the office of one of the leading European embassies ; but
this point has evidently yet to be determined. It is not
unlikely that be may he charged with the helm of his own
bank at Philadelphia, or, in the event of a national bank
being founded under the new presidentship, that his talents
may be made available by the appointment of him as its
principal director.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
(From the Morning Chronicle.)
So long as the French Gevernineet- continue to in-
crease their armaments, the other Powers mwt mo-t:
or less in a state of unen:iness The le,ers of pence
in France, who form the ereat majority of the nation,
at ell events woho form the majority of the classes pos-
sessed of the greatest influence from their moral worth
and their station in society, must see that it is impes-
,ible for one great country in Europe to arm, without
alarm being- felt by all the surrounding countries. Alarm
dictates, as a measure of prudence, counter armaments
..n a scale of magnitude, and these entail on the papilla-
!ion of the diff,rent countries sacrifices of the most pain-
ful and burdensome nature. It is impossible not to
have been struck with the accoucts received from the
diferent States of Germany of the enormous amount
of misery occasioned to families by the withdrawal
for the different
_levies of the heads of these families,
attended, this must often be, with total ruin to the
different pursuits in which they were embarked, and
'he consequent destitution of wives and children. We
implore, then, the peaceable and well-disposed of our
French neighbours to take these circurnsttoces into
their serious consideration. When a nation makes an
11-advised step, it may not always be poasibla for it to
recede with ease and credi.. The countries alarmed
by preparations of which they do not clearly peree ite
the object, but which they naturally construe into a
design against their independence, into counter pre-
parations, cannot be expected to entertain any other
than the most hostile and even vindictive feelings to-
wards the people by whom they arc compelled to
make these sacrifices. It is of the utmost conse-
quence, then, to all who look forward with horror to
an European war, to make their stand against what-
Over tends to bring so dire a calamity on the nations.
It is much easier to combat the bad and unprinci-
pled men who are seeking, step by step, to bring the
masses of Europe into armed collision, than to alley
!he storm of war when it shall once be fairly raised.
We call, then, en all the wise and good men of France
:o make bead against the band of conspirators against
peace. and order, who, under the pretext of apprehen-
sions for France which arc not seriously felt, or through
appeals to mistaken honour, are seeking to draw their
countrymen into perplexities which may be lamented
when too late. More true courage may be shown in
disregarding the imputations which may be cast on
these who set at defiance vulgar prejudice and appeals
to the worst passions of an unreflecting mob, and in
boldly combating the enemies of peace and order, than
;n combating in the tented field. Universal esteem
will ultimately reward them for any temporary sacrifice
of popularity they may have to encounter. In this
country there has, from the first, been a strong and
rooted aversion to any policy which might eventuate in
again plunging Europe in a general war, though, frcm
eur insular position and the strength of our wooden
bulwarks, no nation has less to dread from the general
war than we have. Were it necessary to adduce any
proof of the desire for, and love of, peace which pre-
vail amongst us, it would be found in the enthusiasm
with which the recent declaration of peaceful sentiments
by Louis Philippe was received by all classes in Eng-
;and, and the satisfaction before felt at the removal by
him from his councils of a Ministry under which peace
could not possibly be of long continuance. The eleva-
tion to his councils of M. Guizot reinaved all appre-
hensions previously entertained here, for the utmost
confidence was felt, not only in his serious desire to
maintain peace, but in his honour and straightforward
honesty. The only fear now remaining is lest the am-
bitious intriguers who have been defeated in their
schemes by the King and the present Ministry, should-
in spite of the well-known sentiments of the Govern-
ment, succeed in drawing it into approbation of mea-
sures of preparation which may, by rousing the jealousy
of other Powers, render the preservation of peace a
difficult problem, notwithstanding its good intentions.
We repeat that we have the utmost confidence in
the honest disposition of King Louis Philippe and
his present Ministry to maintain peace. We know
also, that the best understanding prevails, not only be-
tween the English and French Governments?, but also
between the French Government and the Governments
of Austria, Prussia, and Russia. There is really nothing
in the present state of affairs to " warrant the infer-
ence," sought to be drawn in a long and elaborate article
in the Times of Saturday, " that there must be a screw
loose somewhere in the transactions of the Foreign De-
partment, with one or more neighbouring Powers." It
is an almost inevitable result of the very difficult posi-
tion in which the French Government is placed, of
being forced, notwithstanding its anxious desire to
maintain peace, to make so many concessions to am-
bitious opponents who appeal to the warlike pro-
pensities of the nation, that speculations like those of
our Contemporary, the Times, should be entertained.
Our Contemporary has, we see, been deceived by
its Paris intelligence into the belief of a note having
been "sent by Lord Palmerston to M. Guizot,
which, though on the face of it of a most respect-
ful and conciliatory nature, and evincing the most
delicate consideration for the difficulties which sur-
round that statesman, requesting also that France would
join with the other Powers in regulating what is still un-
settle(?, does, nevertheless, contain a proposal that
France should disarm, or rather discontinue the arma-
ments now in progress, viz., those of which the minimum
scale has been fixed at half a million of soldiers." That
a report of some such note was in circulation in Paris,
to know ; and, in the Chronicle of Friday last, mention
is made of it in our Paris intelligence. But we can
positively state that no note has been presented by the
English to the French Government about these arma-
ments. What led to the report of this pretended note,
it is impossible for us to say. We are assured also—
and our assurance is from a source on which we can place
implicit reliance—that M. Guizot has received no
note or despatch of any importance, from any of the
great Powers, for the last six weeks. The whole of
the superstructure which our Contemporary has built
on this loose foundation must, therefore, fall to the
ground. There never was a better understanding
than that which now exists between the present Go.
vernment of France, and all the Great Powers. But
though we are happy to say the gloomy speculations
of our Contemporary are utterly unfounded, it is not
the less important that the French Government
should be strongly impressed with the necessity of
doing all that it possibly can to prevent the alarms en-
tertained on account of its armaments, and the pos-
sible misconstruction of its motives. Let there be no
possibility of mistaking the intentions of France.
France is too important a member of the European
commonwealth to allow the other nations to be in-
different to what passes within her boundaries. Ap-
prehensions France herself can have none from the
rest of Europe. Nothing less than the dread of an
attempt to realise the ambitious schemes of certain
Frenchmen to extend their frontiers could render a
confederation of the other Powers possible. A code-
ql cureasttiioonn forwaegegnretrsesaivte,
tphuernp,otshees
%,,i,seilq_dujistpeosoedutciotfizetlnies
of France to rally round their Government and
strengthen its hands at this juncture, that Europe
have no cause of apprehension. Danger at
presentemay
from France there is, none ; but Europe shou'dfe
that there is no danger. Such an article as that of the
l
Times, full of wars and rumours of war,
i,is necessarily
it
of the most mischievous tendency.
commerce and industry are sensitive, and whatever
rs tends of
teuv
even to beget a suspicion of the possibility of peace
being disturbed paralyses enterprise and involves thou-
sand in distress.
(From the Morning Post.)
Mr. O'Connell has been rash enough to avow an in-
tention of visiting Belfast, in order to set the Repeal
agitation agoing there. We suspect he will endeavour
to find some. excuse for backing out of this exploit. He
will find some sturdy Conservatives to grapple with him
there, and a population upon a considerable part of
which his blarney will have no effect. The fittest man
alive to have a tussle with Mr. O'Connell has already
sent him a challenge to open conflict in Belfast. This
man is the Rev Dr. H. Cooke, a Presbyterian Minister
of vieerous, athletic mind, who is totally unembarrassed
by any scruples of refinement. He has plenty of words
at command, and strong ones too, and can give O'Con-
nell blow for blow, with ample interest, unless we are
much mistaken in him. We differ from the sturdy
Doctor's theology, and think him more fitted to shine be-
fore a coarse audience than one of cultivated taste, but
lie is on that account none the worse match for
O'Connell. Dr. Cooke is a thorough Protestant, an
ultra-Protestant, whose hatred of Popery is perhaps
stronger than his love of anything, but he has too much
skill and too much practice to let this emotion run away
with him in the debate. Besides, he professes his desire
to avoid every purely theological topic, and to confinehiurself
exclusively to subjects of political economy nailjurisprudence. We only wish
diit uthrbatthOe'aseOtn-tnoe.ll may't m
wouldeet
him, and that no riot may