The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-16 00:00:00

i - SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

obi - ~ PROM THE EVENDJG PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
rala GLOBE.—The waters are out ; and the question is
ire our new rulers engineers enough to let .them- off
tetiifely, ere they force a ruinous channel for themselves ?
the; waters are out, physically as well as politically ; and
theligreat statesmen, who, in default of corn may ask us
whyedan't we eat 'potatoes, will be well answeredley the
.counter=queegion=usitt they guarantee us potatoes to eat?
.We tell the party who now stand at the helm of
timer, that they are responsible fog whatever may ensue
from their long-protracted policy. They have deterred
.• for years the enemies of the-existing restrictions on food
• ' from making a Government measure of the necessary
Commercial. Reform. They have turned them out the
• -moment they did. Make it a Governmentemeasure ;
and they hare
,cOldly refused all immediate. discussion
of any substitute. They, stand accountable for
all the mischief which may follow from this main-
tenance of monopoly. The postponement of change
fur many years past has been due to them indi-
rectly ; a change for which Lord Althorp was as ready I
as Lord' John Russell is now—but the proposal of
which, it was known; would enable the Tory Opposition,
to upget, the 'Governments • -The direct -obstruction and
frustrat idyl mf.this essential reformeinev lies, tt theiadoor
it now lies with them to meet consequences which they
have stubbornly :but ssheireeyes to ;„and which we be-
lieve, in our hearts, most, fermiclable, and mosturgent for.
Vigorous •••xneasul es. Is the new Government capable.Of
taking Such measures ? *Sir Robert Peet aye he is as
free as the *incl. What"will he do with his freedom?
At present he sits boasting among his closed Wind-bags—
another aEulus. Which of them will he untie krone
Which quarter wilt he visit hit Weathercocks ? 'Will
he give- us a trade-wind or a /and-wind ? Will he send
Sir Edward Knatchbull •or Sir George Murray
to, the . opposite point ,of the compass from that -they
have hitherto indicated ? .2Eolus boasts e but will he
blow away his dukes from their acred. anchorage ?
We say nothing of his consistency ; but what will he
make of those who call themselves his constituents ?
Were Canning or Huskisson at the helm, we should
know how to answer these questions. We should know
with certainty that such men would not allow their
names to go clown to posterity as the mere instru-
ments-of sordid oligarchy—that, at the critical point of
time for their own fame, and the fortunes of their coun-
try, thezwould look forward—and neither around to
aduerents, nor backward to HansurcL These were not
men " content to dwell in decencies for ever." They
cauld think about other things than momentary adree-
tueres over opponents in --ryt4cy Mad act for
other purposes than " building, up a great party" as
their pedestalrCOUßlEß.—The Herald, which has throughout
treated the question of MaLeod with a powerful pen, re-
turns to it opportunely this morning in an article pos-
sessing strong claims to attention at the present moment,
and watch as such we reproduce elsewhere. The subject
vas doubtless recalled to the aecollection of the eloquent
writer by the tenour of certain later advices of an alarm-
ing character from the United States, received via
Havre yesterday, and published in a second edition of
the Post, from whence transferred to our columns.
" We write," says the Herald, " at this moment, under
a vivid impression of the enormous magnitude of the
results involved in the fate of M‘Leial. This impression
is based on the conviction, that betiveen the restoration
of that individual, in 'sq/ety, to the authorities of Eng-
land—and war between England and the United States
in the event of his destruction—there is no aPerna-
ave.' There is no middle term between these two ex-
treme conditions." There is, indeed, and tittles can be,
no "middle term." We may submit, as we have stei-
emitted, , violations of. neutrality the most outrageous
and unprovolsed, to usurpations of territory the most
flagrant, to the patient endurance.ofpreteesions theanost
arrogant and untetutaea,. :seta n thevuttimce,uksonSClOUS,
net's of might as well as right c
not without so much derogation liational honour at-id-
tor the preslivation-
reputation in a =MX"- rice as has evidently' tended,
- nta to conciliate forbearance or 'command respect, but to
fan smouldering fire into fiercest flame among the reck-
less freeboters swarming on the Canadian frontier, who
• mistake the ,repose of strength and protracted acquies-
cence in insult for the signs of weakness and the
proof of pusillanimity. But submissive though we have
been, and abject as we have seemed, we are- not yet so
prostrate in every sentiment becoming the dignity.of a
great nation as for one moment to tolerate the final con-
summation of iniquity and atrocity in the conviction and
n executio of the so long tortured M‘Leod. Blood must
hare blood, and if but one'hair,of his head be sacrificed
tothe frenzied cravings of a lavvles4 populace, the Whole
:Union will hear (::f it' its retributive thunder' along the
whole line of its costs and at the gateS.of its most popu-
lous cities. •
STAN D ARD.—If Sir Robert Peel does not:find-Ireland
" his chief difficulty"—and we rejoice tosay that to all ape
pearance he finds Ireland no difficulty whatever—there
is • atwitter person to, whom the present condition of
the island in question presents a difficulty of no small
amount—that person is Me, Papipl ~0 Connell. IVe
have copied from the .).‘nory Tfl:yraph—oue of the best
of our 'many excellent provincial journals—a, proof of the
titter failure of the rcpeal.cry in the North of Irelitude
even in the most Roman Catholic districts of
and from the south,- the west,* and'the east of Ireland,
we have precisely similar accounts.' Were it not for
the unhappy Municipal Bill, the very purpose
of which seems to be torevive annually an otherwise ex-
piring agitationapolitical dissension would seem to be at
rest in Ireland. :tilut what -is to become of Mr. O'COn-
nelle if peace, a guest, so long a stranger, should be
restored to his natii land ? He is now too old
to dig, and though certainly not ashamed •to beg,
his. mendicancy will be little profitable when he shall
cease to be bully as well as beggar. The rent will fail ex-
actly in proportion 'to the restoration of tranquillity.
The wretched old' man appears- indeed to be nearly
at, the end of his game ; but this he ought to have'
foreseen. " The state bordering upon civil war,"
though embarrassing to a Government and afflicting to
society. recoils with most force upon the party that fool-
ishly supports it. The members of that party squander
their time and their energies—upon what ? The attain-
ment of some ultimate advantage ? No ; they are
aware that they.. can expect. none, and • that all
their sacrifices and labours are wasted upon mak-
ing them:RA wretched" and hateful, and their
neighbours uncomfortable. ' Men will in the end
tire of this. As, one atter another, they see
their more prudent and, peacefully disposed country-
men pass them by in-the read to competency of wealth
and the public ra'Spect, they will naturally reflect upon
the fully of • •
their • •
nusemp (vim.; own time ara talents,
and the mass of the seditious will rapidly. diMiniSh.

HOP INTELLIGENCE. WORCESTER, OCT.
15.—1 n consequence of a lanllti. supply of ner.• Hops
being at inark,a±tsoonbsSeraltudrday last, a decided 'flatness in
the demand as and some of the lowest de-
scriptions did not :fetch so much by ss. per cwt. as ori
the previous market. Fine qualities come in very short,
and are difficult, to obtains atf the late currency. Duty
13,0001. Tne scale returns planter's Hops sold and
weighed on Saturday last is, onrew, 1,348 ; old, 173. In
the week, new, 744, and old,
fil42. Present prices, per
cwt.:—Brown 100 s. to 120 s ;
905., 130 s. to 1475.; choice,
150 s. to 1605.; 1839'5, from'
60s. to 845.; very few old Hops lets. 1265.; 1837'5, from
A few days ago a poor M3ll in Litith was most
agreeably surprised at receiving a Letter from his son in
time had been
Canada, whom he considered fur
no more. and fur whuni he hadr gone3onle into mourning.
The particulars of the case arc briefly these ----pa'cribtyo
younz man in . question had gone out in the capacity
of baker, in the ill-fated. vessel the President • 1
a kw days before she sailed from New yo'rhknwiae,Zrg'
had some misunderstanding wi.h the captain, e sigia-
.
Sea his
,determination not to return in her, but the car-
fain, not being able to supply his place to his Tl,
'-'na,
=
.expressed his determination to compel him, ant t(
which the young;-'man, only two days before .:,,ie .ajiotidd
leftthe vessel clandestinely, and was thu- „aveci from
the melancholy fate which otherwise wor to have awaited
ban. • . ..