The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-30 00:00:00

tion that the priests are appointed by GOD to be
the coadjutors of the landed interest in carrying out
the detestable system of annihilation sketched by
the Quarterly Review. A more scandalous taking
f the Holy name in vain never fell under our notice.
One peat advantage, however, will attend it. The
Reviewer has put it forth appropriately to warn the
Livery London that the party which is appeal-
ing to their prejudices to keep Mr. HARMER out
of the Mayoralty propose to raze half the metro-
polis ; and they propose to do this in the name of
that very GoD whom they call on the Livery to
honour and to serve by rejecting Mr. HARMER.
Let the Livery, by rejecting him, give strength and
support to the terribly fanatical, bigoted, and arro-
gant crew, who speak through the Times, the Quar-
terly Review, and the Post, and they will virtually
pronounce a sentence of extinction on half the
towns of the empire.

Nobody now looks for consistency in the Times
from week to week, hardly from day to day ; but
even that Journal did not till yesterday reach the
climax of inconsistency, and make oae column con-
tradict another. The first leader was on Fiance
and the Eastern Question, and seven columns from
it there was a leaded article, from a Correspondent,
on the same subject. As the doctrines of the Cor-
respondent were neither disclaimed nor apologised
for, they are as valid as those of the leader ; but the

two neutralise each other so exactly that no im-
pression remains after reading both. The gist of
the leader is to blame Lord PALNIERSTON for not
agreeir.g with France, to recommend him to adopt

the plans of France with respect to Egypt, and to
a'A the mediation of France. It contains the two

following, amongst other Oa' ssages
" The mare we comider the propositions which Mehe-
met Ali, by Lc advice of France, has been induced to
make to the Porte, the more we are convinced not
only that it would be madness to reject them, but that
they would effect a more advantageous settlement of
the Eastern question, even for Turkey herself, than
could be obtained by the most complete success to the
military operations of the allies, and the utter discom-
fiture of the Pacha."

" No settlement which does not include France can

be safe, satisfactory, or lasting. Despise the miserable
insolence of the French press and of " Young France :"
accept the mediation of her Government, meet her half
way, show a disposition, not to succumb to menace or
defer to unreasonable pretensions, but to act in a fair
spirit of compromise, with a frank and friendly con-
sideration of the feelings of the French nation, and we
may once more return to those relations of amity, the
cordiality of which ought never to have been inter-
rupted, and on the continuance of which depend the
peace of Europe and the happiness of mankind."

The gist of the letter is to throw the whole blame
of the interruption of amicable relations on France,
to represent MEFIENIET ALI as a rebel, and his
demands as destructive of the balance of power ; to
make her actions suspicious to England, and to
warn England not to be duped by France, much
less place her honour in the hands of France, by
soliciting her mediation. It contains amongst
others, the following passages

" What concern has the degree of rudeness or of
courtesy shown to France with the question, whether
the integrity of Turkey shall be maintained, and whether
a victorious rebel shall be permitted by the great Powera
which have pledged themselves for the protection of the
Sultan, to tear the territories of that Sovereign piece-
nleal, and £0 far destroy the equilibrium of Eastern
Europe, in preserving which the whole of Europe, west
and east, is so deeply and vitally interested ? The con-
elusion to which every sound mind must come is, that
no such breach of etiquette as that complained of by
France—cons ruing it in the full latitude assigned to it
by France—would, in the eyes of fair reasoners, be a
tenable ground for leaving the key provinces of Turkey
in the hands of the rebel who had usurped them, and in
a state of total disruption from the remaining body of
the empire. No one has yet explained the relevancy
of these two topics, or shown any sequitur of one from
the other.

•• There is a torrent of rancorous menace and abuse,
poured out upon the Government and people of Great'•
Britain,- but addressed to the ..F? click people, whom to
cheat would be at once perilous and unprofitable.
Which is to be believed? Again, there is yet another
test whereby to judge the integrity of the French
Minister—a test even more infailible than the violence
of his mercenary journals. What arc the acts of the
French Government ? Are they pacific' Do we see
men of war dismantled ? Seamen discharged ? War
contracts discontinued ? Preparations of any kind re-
laxed ? The direct contrary. Never with;i3 the me-
mory of the oidest amongst the present generation—

never within the traditions of a preceding century, were
the nerves of all France so strained, or her preparatory
movements so vigoroui and rapid—never was so much
done within so short a time towards extending the
whole of the war establishments of that great country,
as by the existing Government within the last four or
six months. If the real policy of France be a pacific
policy, why such ill-omened and alarming preparations ?
Why a cost se immense, and in that case so gratuitous ?"
It will be admitted, we believe, that a Journal
which contains such contradictory arguments and

recommendations, urged with equal iervour and equal

authority, will not have much weight with the
public. Such, however, is now the Times. It has
still a prodigious circulation, without corresponding
influence.

The Guildhall yesterday presented an animated
scene, and the great crowd which was in favour of
Mr. HARMER is, we trust, an augury to his
complete success. At the close of the poll he was
150 ahead of Mr. PIRIE, who had 141 votes.
I. HARMER, therefore, polled more than twice
as many as Mr. PIRIE, who was 5 a-head of Mr.
JOHNSON. Let the Livery only exert themselves
to-day, and keep, as Mr. STEVENS observed, Mr.
HARMER in the same relative situation ahead of
his opponents, and the contest will be at an end.
The dishonest bigots will give up in despair.
Neither Mr. PIRIE nor Mr. JOHNSON coun-
tenances the vexatious proceeding, and the prime
movers of this disgraceful attempt to entrap the
Livery into giving a blow to civil and religious
liberty remain concealed and ashamed. The Times
denies that it is the author of the Declaration of
the Livery. Who is, then ? Mr. MEEK,
who spoke so well, that the Standard de-
scribed him as making a rambling speech in
support of Mr. HARMER, could never have origi-
nated the opposition to Mr. HARMER, though he
allowed himself to be its instrument. We believe,
as well as trust, that the bad men who seek to re-
vive persecution, and hope to make the presumed
prejudices of the people the means of gratifying
their personal hatred, will be properly defeated.

The notice of HANINIERSLEY'S Bank, which
we borrow from the Bankers' Circular, seems to
us as instructive as any similar paper we have for a
long time met with. It is evidently the production
of a person intimately acquainted with the subject,
and it throws a flood of light upon the pretensions
of many of the bankers to assist the commerce of
the country. We are, as our readers must be well
aware, in no wise inimical to private bankers ; but
just in proportion as their functions, when honestly
and properly exercised, are of great public advan-
tage, will be the tempta.tion to dishonest men to
assumetheir
s m
character,enf
and palm themselves off on
the world
greaa pecuniary means and
capabilities. Unfortunately the amount of capi-
tal embarked in HAMAIERSLEY'S bank is not
stated ; but that bank, not many years after com-
mencing business, got hive lved by a Honiton bank
in liabilities to the extent of 280,0001. Mit that
accommodation was given in the shape of bills,
and by an understoods
kept
constantly a
arrangement 200,000/. of
continually borrowed this sort of money
flowoaetd. Tthhaet
out the public knowing spuamrtieosf,thbeetpwuehein th
publics without
anti it ultimately fell chieflywhat
po
rno p theo, .
any-
thing
of it,
house of HA NOCERSLEY to pay it.
tion of the borril ws d money it used itself, aHd how
much it lost by the failure of its partner, we cannot
judge, but we a. pprehend that the sum put down i„