The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-02 00:00:00

SECOND PART

BEETHOVEN'S GRAND BATTLE SINFONIA,
By the augmented Band, with instruments of novel construc-
tion, asd 340 rounds of artillery and musketry, giving the
most vivid realization of the events of the Battle of Vittoria.
Spanish Chaunt. Fantasia from " Oberon," Weber. Waltz,
Pl;iilomen, Strauss. Quadrille, Le Marriage. 3lusard.
Pie vast Panorama al Fresco of Iceland and its Volcanoes, by
Danson—Bceaking up of the Ice—. Melting of the Snows—
Release and .Nparture of the Discovery Ship.
Carter's astonishing " Koniaphostic," or " Lime Light.
Eruption of Mount Hecla,vNith increased magnificence.

ADMISSION ONE SHILLING.
Feeding Hour of the Carnivora, Five o'Clock.

Concert at Half-past Fire.

Eruption at Half-past Eight.

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LONDON:
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1840.

To be slow of belief is one of the marks of a man
of the world. He knows all things, he is never
credulous and never surprised. On the contrary,
to be always expressing wonder, to have a large
and ready capacity for belief, and to be staring with
curiosity as if every thing were new, are charac-
teristics of gobemouches all over the world. We
bad hitherto given the Times credit for belonging
to the former class, and concluded by its silence
aince Thursday, that it was ashamed of the silly
trash about a wonderful invention with which it had
then polluted its pages, when yesterday our Con-
temporary published another article on the same
subject, showing that, like other monsters, his mon-
•stous appetite had grown by what it fed on. It is
now capable of swallowing a great deal more.
Such a mental gullet was never seen in any other
individual, always except the officer of 40 years
standing, who vouches for all that the Times be-
lieves. We cannot trust ourselves to give an
abridged description of these marvels, and must
therefore copy the words of the Times:—
The discoveries we have in view are not confined to
It single invention applicable to the sole purpose of de-
struction, as both friends and loPs seem to surmise, but
apply to a vast number of naval purposes, superseding
altogether every system of naval tactics and ma-
ncouvres.

" In my opinibn," writes this experienced officer,
" the merits of these inventions are so extraordinary as
to vest the absolute sovereignty of the seas in the hands
of the first Power that shall adopt them ; for I am fully
convinced that it is impossible for anything that floats
to resist them, either at close quarter's or any given dis-
tance, even to a range of five and six miles. The
strongest fortifications in Europe could not withstand
these extraordinary powers for a single hour ; in river-
ways and against stockades, as in India, the largest
armies would he annihilated without a chance of escape, The readers of The Sun do not now require to
and the most difficult mountain passes would be utterly
untenable against their operation. The country might be informed that " the prominence given to Church
h?. their application be rendered impregnable, for 100 sail questions is one of the most re.markable circum-
o; tlie line might be easily destroyed by a single small
stances of the da" We :save for months past
y.
ship, constructed on the principles I have had explained
to me ; and wherever it might be necessary to coil this occasionally dwelt on that fact, and have con-
power into action, its effects would be attained at a tinually spoken of Church questions as the key
partto
tro.fling expense, and upon the shortest notice." In
the whole policy of both political parties. The
another of this important Report the gallant writer
Times also found that out yesterday, the soi-
r,rnarks—" I consider the whole country deeply in. Tt
de',ted to - disant leading journal being now, with the true
tulle is due to him for the patience, forbearance, and 1
characteristic of Toryism, like the duck-legged
self dental he has shown, when, with so mighty a secret
in hi; bosom, his own interests would have been csta- crummer, always in the rear. It found (At too,
hlished in any other !and by its disclosure. I therefore yesterday, that 'this has been caused by a vast
"' earnestly entreat your Lordship not longer to neglect a
movement that has taken place within
man upon whom the existence of the country may be religious
truly said to depend." the last thirty years." It adds—
What a wonderful man ! HERCULES was a The tokens of this movement are visible on every
barfly to this new master of the world. All the ce- si(le. Those great voluntary and popular associations
t
lebrated labours of that semi-god and semi-brute country, religious
or w purposesh ien
have whichsprung up on the
ar e almost:
arc like playing on a child's V. histle to the chiefly from sympathy or imitation, are now raising an
annualis,um. of 1,000,0001. sterling. Thirty years back
prodigies which the renowned hero of the Times
onloao,/e. per
ge a
tenn-
nurn‘
is to perform. The existence of the country de- co tp eettiovelBrle6 therecei swwereerebenloot an average, below
0,00
},ends on him. Like ATLAS, he holds up the reew churches built in England in a year. At the pre-
globe. He is armed, too, with more than the powe:, sent moment, after having raised in the last twenty.five
y
of lightning, and the Thunderer takes him to, hi,ears considerably more than one thousand churches,
the people are still augmenting their number by a yearly
arms as a brother. The two will not merely con- addition of at least a hundred new ones.
quer, they will smash the whole earth.. By light- Now this extraordinary fact of what the Times
ning, or an accident, a single ship mity be destroyed; calls a religious, but which is in reality a pelf,
but this new Immortal is, by 'one discharge, appa- movement, is coincident with another great fact,
rently, of his voltaic battery, "to destroy 100 sail of which is repeatedly stated on the same unexcep-
the line, at a trifling. expense and on the shortest tionable Tory authority, namely, that thete has
notice."
been within the last thirty years a rapid increase of
Tile superhuroan virtue of the man, too, is more crime. Of course the Tories and the Churchmen
astonishing than his skill. Endowed with this ex- will deny that these are cause and effect ; but it ap-
traordinary rower, which he might at once bring
into opears to us that the abstracting such large annual
pera '
lion, and make himself the terror of mart- sums from the due employment and sustenance of
kind, instead of f commandin g and compelling all productive labour, to devote them to the promotion
mortr,ls, kings andqueens, to do homage to him, of priestcraft—the rewarding of cant, hypocrisy, and
he is content to waste his own resources, and to sue humbug—the imposing of additional restrictions
lo Lord MELBOURNE for a pittance whereon to on human liberty and human enjoyment,, is very
live. I-lis forbearance and
secret iu his bosom which would confer , with a likely to cause
l-de self-denial,
i al
more
fon him than ever was possessed by BON APA RTE,
priation in question deprives industry and deprives
-are most extraordinary, and onl ,
) to be .
circumstances be not cause
virtue of their reward, and bestows wealth on by-
equalled
by the humility with which he supplicates Lord pocrisy. If the two .
MELBOURNE for a few pounds when he ought and effect, the coincidence is at least extraordinary,.
to and • , sufficient
seize the treasure of empires. Such A man, anti
is to make the efficacy of Missionary
Societies and Church-building
such an invention. combined, would surpass all the
The same journal gives us another extraordinary
marvels that have ever been witnessed, and we re very doubtful.
piece of information. While the Tories have
commend the Times to catch the monster as soon headed the vast relioious movement, and have in-
as it can, and make a large fortune by exhibiting
• ,-)
-satiably directed it into the channels which ferti-
liiin. rze their pastures, they have been, so says the
Perhaps the first para::raph we have quoted af- Times, zealous Church Reformers. We quote as
a proof these two letters of Sir ROBERT PEEL,
ieing marked
fords some clue to the modesty of the inventor, if
not to the invention. " The discoveries apply to a one of which I ' " most pi ovate requires
vast number of naval purposes, superseding altcge• that the Times should explain how it came to
ml,e,r(tlimotsitgphrtivlantoepoer to
..liNivdehitleiiismilii,gphet
c:.--;2,
ther every system of naval tactics and manoeuvres." throw off the bushel under which the Tory Pre-
The modest man cannot carry his own scheme into
1834. ~ MY DEAR BISHOP Or EXETER,7I felt assured that
execution. He wants help, and the stupid people I
are not yet drilled into being his slaves. The Mar- I I did not go beyond the limits t
quis of
; pared to advance on the questions of
o which you were pre-
WORCESTER seems to have had some no- Church Reform
lion of a stearn-engine upwards of a century before : ( I include in those terms the various pendino.subjectsit
the machine was actually for discussion) in the address which I thought vis..
brought into use. When lie • able to issue. I solemnly declare my main object is to
lived there was little or
no want of such an invention, . Promote the true interests of the Church of England. 1
because labour was abundant and cheap. in relation i
will most willingly return to private life, and make the
to work, and there were 110 persons capable of re- tv,e,rL'.' verywhich I
small sacrifice of office, rather than consent
alizing his idea, the anything conscientiously believe to be preju.
ingenious assistants ':'-}rich dicial to theA great and
_sacred objects far which the

Church was established : but my earnest advice is, that
the Church should avail itself of this, possibly the last
opportunity of aiding its true friends in the cause of ju-
dicious reform, by enabling us to go all the lengths we
can go with perfect safety, and to make, if possible, a sa-
tisfactory and final settlement.

" The haste in which I am writing, and the imper-
fect manner in which, I have no doubt, I am exprt ssing
myself, will account to you for my omitting now to
enter on the much greater question of Church Reform.
Here, again I s.iy, let us do all that we can do consis-
tently with our own conscientious conviction that we
are making no concession hurtful to the true interests
of religion.

" Csbould be most happy to hear from you on this
great point, to which I am confident your attention
must have been anxiously directed. I need hardly as-
sure you that all mere political considerations, all views
of Church preferment, as being subservient to party in-
terests, are as nothing in my mind compared with the
great objects of giving real stability to the Church in
its spiritual character ; and that 1 believe enlarged poli-
tical interests will be best promoted by strengthening
the hold of the Church of England upon the love and
veneration of the community.
" Believe me, my dear Bishop,
" Most faithfully your's,
" ROBERT PEEL."
" In a second note Sir Robert asks—

" After providing for the maintenance of the fabric,
and the proper performance of all cathedral services, in
what mode can the superfluous wealth of cathedrals be
made available for the spiritual instruction of the peo-
ple, with the greatest effect, and the least violation of
principle ?',‘ Y think it is impossible to maintain the
principle that an office of the church, without corre-
sponding duties, shad have large emoluments attached
to it, while the cure of souls in some populous districts
is wholly unprovided for.' "
But what sort of a reform is it that Sir Ro-
BERT advocated and proposed ? Just such a one as
might for the moment appease the enemies of the
Church, and enable it to grow and flourish in abuse
and corruption more than ever. The reform
which he proposed, the Whigs, as the Times says,
have accomplished, and nothing more, because the
Tories would not permit them ; and they were strong
enough to obstruct good works when undertaken
by others, though not strong enough to achieve evil
themselves.

Sir ItosutT was a Church Reformer after the
Bishop's own heart ; but a true Church Reformer
must reform it after the hearts of the people, and
they desire that the Church should be put down
that religion may grow up.

It is said, too, of the late memorable declara-
tion of the Duke of WELLINGTON, that " the
Duke, instead of enunciating any new principle or
decision, had merely re-stated the very principles
upon which Sir ROBERT PEEL, the Archbishop,
and all the assisting Prelates, had been proceeding
from the first." This cannot be true, because the
Tories had year after year, for many years, voted
large additional sums to the Church ; and instead
of making it provide for the spiritual wants of the
people out of its own resources, they con-
tinually complained of their insufficiency, like Sir
ROBERT INGLIS, and seize—as in the case of the
Weaver Churches—other funds to increase the
wealth of the priesthood. The Tories have found out
that the people are convinced that the nation has
too much Church—that the Church in Ireland
and the Church in England are the sources of most
of our political privations and disasters—and, as
usual, the Tories are trying to slink away from
their own principles.

The Paris Journals of Monday devote their
leading columns to the subject of the memorandum
addressed by the Four Powers to France relative
to the Treaty of London ; and as it is of consider-
able importance that their opinions should be
known to the people of England, we have taken
the trouble to select copious extracts from them,
which will be found in another part of The Sun.
All the Ministerial and Court organs, without ex-
ception, contend—firstly, that the document is
not authentic ;_and._...,gmaly,. tt...-(niginal me-
morandum contained two statements, 'against which
M. GUIZOT protested as being untrue. The
first objection may, possibly, be well founded
Till the document is given to the work
by the express authority of one or other of
the Great Powers it would not be, becoming,
on the part of public journalists like ourselves, to
assume as incontrovertible every syllable of the
contents of a copy surreptitiously obtained, when
protested against by the Government in possession
of the original. Not that individually we entertain
any doubt of the accuracy of the memorandum, as
already published. Baron BuLow, to whom is
imputed the instrumentality of its appearance in
the newspapers, is not the man to expose himself
to the certainty of being convicted of the interpo-
lation of State Papers. But the French Govern-
ment having asserted that the published memo•
randum is inaccurate, and being, moreover, aware
that an authorized copy must be given to the world
at a no very distant day, we are content to waive
all further controversy upon this head. This re-
spect for the character of the Press, not less than
for the French Government, exacts from us. But
we cannot so readily admit that the second state-
ment of the French Journals is deserving of being
equally leniently dealt with. On the contrary, the
bare supposition that the Four Powers combined in
the concoction of a lie, to the prejudice of France,
is monstrous. We will not go so far as the
Standard, and assert that M. THIERS is not so
worthy of being believed on his solemn word as
Lord PALMERSTON ; but there is as little doubtful
as there ought to . be offensive to the French
Minister in maintaining that his bare word is worth
very little when balanced against the written decla-
rations of the Plenipotentiaries of the Four Powers.
We arrive at this conclusion from no particular re-
gard for the individual character of one or other of
them. We will readily grant that any individual
Minister might possibly either unconsciously or
wilfully misrepresent a fact ; but we cannot adm

that four Statesmen, representing four great nations,
could unite in the manufacture of an egregious and
useless falsehood, which they knew could be dis-
proved as soon as uttered. But we need no argu-
ments where facts speak out 'so plainly. We have
only to point to the note signed by Admiral bous-
six and the diplomatic body at Constantinople, to
expose the apostacy of the French Cabinet, and to
demonstrate the little credit which ought to be at-
tached to the imputations cast upon the Metnoran-
dum of the Four Powers:
The Presse charges the Ministry
with having
ss
ao
tmi
oen
betweenhand i n
Loutst he fabrication
PHILIPPEof
and
a allegedn t h
e A
cuosnt
rivearn-
and Prussian Ministers, which first appeared in
the Univers, and was copied into The Sun of
Monday. As the Presse has some influence at
Court, and was the pet of the Ministry up to the
date of its exposure of the nefarious doings on the
Bourse, we make no apology for publishing here
its defence of the Sovereign:—
We know that M. Thicrs has for some days past been
endeavouring to throw the responsibility of his policy
upon the King. Europe has no confidence in M.
'Tiers, and will not see in him the personification of
France ; therefore an effort is made to transform in
the eyes of Europe, the King, the most elevated and
the most durable representative of the country, into a
scrt of double of M. Thiers. Let the King 60 made to
use towards Foreign Ambassadors language which M
Thiers would be ashamed to write—let him cover with
contempt the Governments which they represent, and
call the Ministers of those Governments eel-venax brules,
and then, perhaps, no person in Europe wilt inspire Snore
respect than M. 'riders, and we must put up with.hirn,
uoeuhs,edmopuibritelesssilty:wishothsee
imujonddes •aotf rtehais-
did a more guilty calculation enter into the head of a
msb:Olmiirg'inetofltihitaehledgearsuetd.inaicSes of the country are placed. Never i
dictator at his last gasp.

There is very little general news of any interest
in the Paris Journals of Monday.
The head-quarters of General Espartero have, been