The Sun.
London, England, 1824-03-13 00:00:00

I-MORNING HERALD.]

On Thursday night, in the House of Lords,
there was some discussion on the recent payment,
on the part of Austria,of2,soo,Qoo/. The Opposi-
tion Lords appear to be dissatisfied with the bar-
gain. The words " God-send," made use of by
Mr. Robinson in the other house, were ridiculed
by Lord Lansdown and other Noble Lords.—
Now we differ from those Noble Lords ; we do
not think that Mr. Robinson could have used
more appropriate words. What Englishman does
not think but that it was a " God-send ?" Who-
ever expected that England would receive one
farthing for that debt ? But we will go
farther, and ask what Englishman, who re-
members the late war, would have expect-
ed any thing from Austria ? As far as
we remember, it was a war principally on
the part of England against France—a war
originating in England's fears, that should France
succeed in setting up a free Government, she
would become a rival to England. Those, to the
best of our recollection, were the grounds for
the war, and England, by means of her agents,
stirred up, in all quarters, every Power, however
inferior, to render her assistance, and gave them
money for that purpose. The French eudea-

voured to remain at peace. They sent over a
special Ambassador, whom we sent away without
so much as hearing him. There were then two
most extraordinary men—both young, both full of
ambition, obstinate and vain—both sons of two
highly gifted parents, who had been at great pains
in their political education. We allude to Pitt
and Fox—men of extraordinary natural and ac-
quired talents ; equal, it not superior, in the
gift of eloquence, to probably either the Gre-
cian or the Roman orators ; the one at the,
head of the Tory party, in place, and deter-
minedeac to keep it—the other at the head of
the Whig party, not in place, yet, with his
party, desirous of obtaining it. These risen
divided the country, and that at a most cri-
tical period. The one was goaded on by
the high Tory party to make war with
Frant-e, to prevent the spread of
the example
in sweeping away titles and their appendages ;
the other goaded on by the Whigs, who expect-
ed that, should a change take place, they would
shine as second Condorcets, Brissots, '
tons, Franklins, &c. These parties were pitted
against h other,With a consummate orator at
the head of ench• One party fearing that should
);'Tench
the (lion extend its example to
England, it would lose all—the other expecting,
in such a case, that they should gain the title of
regenerators. Now) when two men like these were
)
at the head of t" Patties, it might have been ex-
pected that one or the other would triumph.—
Pitt triumphed, and his triumph left us a debt
of 800 millions. What might have been the re-
sult had Fox been victorious, no one can tell. His
triumph mig!tt, by Possibility, have been accom-
panied by our becoming a province of France ;
but be this as it may, Pitt, goaded on by his
party,and beset by Pox and the other party, could
probably not have kept his ground, but by plung-
ing the country into war. In order, therefore,
to effect the trampling down of France, he ran-
sacked Europe for allies. Among the foremost
was Austria* and it on h
gt to be recorded to her
honour, that, take her altogether, she proved
faithful. She fought till she could fight no
longer—we do not recollect any instance in
which she betrayed us. Even when she made
peace with France, it was when her capital was
in possession of the French ; and though
she afterwards enlisted in Buonaparte's league
against us and the Emperor of Russia, yet who
forgets the unwilling manner in which she as-
sisted Buonaparte in his invasion of Russia ; and
that, as soon as the least chance offered for aban-
doning the French and joining us, it was embrac-
ed ? As for the money we lent, it was consider-
ed, at the time, a mere farce. The Whigs said
they never expected England would receive
back one farthing. England forced those loans
on Austria, not for the advantage of the
latter, for she could have often made peace
with France, especially when Napoleon was
Emperor. It was generally understood that the
most pressing offers were made by him to induce
Austria to forsake us. It is more than pro-
bable that a large slice of Turkey was of-
fered to her, and a portion of England's
possessions in the East. These offers were
probably communicated to our Cabinet, and
what Englishman can doubt
but that our money
was offered to Austria, to induce her to remain
our Ally ? If such be the fact, how should it be
expected that Austria would pay us back what
we advanced for our own preservation ? What
we have got we look upon indeed, trilling as it
is, as a " God-send."

I, 'PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY.--Yesterday evening,
the Anniversary of this excellent Institution, was celebrated
at the'Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-
fields, when a numerous and highly respectable attendance took
place. His Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX, in the Chair,
supported by Lord l'orteiNoToN, and several other persons
of distinction, and the gallery
.was filled with elegantly attired'
Ladies. The Report, which was read by the Secretary, pre-
sented a most flattering account of the Society ; and in the course
of the night it was most gratifying .to witness the -procession.
of the various objects of the Institution, all bearing
.the most
healthy and clean appearance, parading the room with their
handicraft.