The Sun.
London, England, 1815-12-02 00:00:00

I be exposed to answer fur all the sacriEecs, lOsses,
and injafies, which have been sustained.", In all
Honscienee, the " unhappy" victoryofWaterloo
:,.rvs!tould be act ibed to the "generosity" pfFrance,.
and not the '' unhappy combination" of Prussian
sabres and British bayonets. .
" Extreme rigour'' this ! and such as " might
•.have been tempered in its application by the equi-
ty and magnanimity of the Sovereigns !" We
cannot wonder at a French Man's penchant for' he
word Magnanimity. The sound of it has already
saved Paris twice;. and we would advise Monsieur
RICHELIEU, in the third Punic War, to trust to it
rather titan to " Equity."
But it is pleasant to observe his reasons for this
rigour." God bless us ! what a term to use for
the mercy which France has received ! The Sove-
reigns were sufficiently inclined to be very tender,
amid very forgiving, and very magnanimous : but
" the nations influenced their councils by the
powerful action of opinion ;" and therefore, the
Sovereigns could not " influence the destiny of
the nations." So thee. ! When NAPOLEON armed
all France against us, her " opinion" was not
potent enough for his compulsion ; but when the
Sovereigns have conquered Trance, our " opi-
nion" is too potent for their " influence." The
Due de RICHELIEU will gratify us with an expose
of this curious contradiction, and detail the pro-
cess, whereby " opiiiion" could do so little in
France, ataso much everywhere else.
And will France complain' of " rigour," and
murmur against her " heavy hurthens," when she
recollects " the wars without end and without
Measure" which she has waged ; the " fears",
which she has excited, the " vengeance" which
she has provoked, the " resentment" which she
has kindled ? And will France complain of the
" distrust" which is shewn towards her, when
she recollects the " habitual. and systematic vio-
lation of all morality," which she contracted with
44 her terrible and fatal principle of revolution ?"
Oh most assuredly, her "multiplied infractions
pf 'all that is sacred among men," must deprive
hef'•of all confidence ! save only that miserable
species of trust which we extend to the felon and
the-sharper, when they are advertised, and impri-
soned, and fetterred, and roped ! when their will
of mischief is extinguished by their 'impotence
Yet even in this, abasement, the natural and
national vanity of a Frenchman can invent some
consolation ; and it has not escaped die, research.
of Monsieurßicutuau. The kory It4risi.ctflT:rk-e
01)12ined w*s indeed." ratalr and her victo-
ries have been " bloody.4k But what of that !
their Gallicism atones for every misfortune : they
are paraded and trumpeted throUgh France even
in the eye and car of her victorious masters.
The origin of this monstrous absurdity, which
exhibits a Loyalist Frenchman boasting the tri-
umphs of Jacobinism, vaunting its thieveries, and
deploring their surrender, is to be found in the na-
tloinality of the French character, and in its•
vanity, if indeed these are not synonymous
terms ; but its continuance is to be found in
our toleration of any the slightest trace of the
revolution ; the palaces, and the plunder, and the
privileges of its upstart brood. While France
retains one vestige of this principle, which 'Can-
not be reprobated in terms more emphatic than
the eloquent Duc de RICHELIEU supplies, her
Repentance is hopeless, and our Confidence is im-
possible.

The guard stations of the barriers of Paris are
now almost entirely-oceupied by the English. It
is remarked, that there are no longer any na-
tional guards at these stations.
Recent accounts from Gibraltar cha'rge the
Ameriaan cruising squadron off the coast of Al-
giers, with enticing on board our seamen ; one
staunch British sailor impeached to his commander
an American agent, who had attempted to seduce
him.

JEWS.—The Jews in Germanydmve named de-
puties, charged to claim, on their behalf, of the
Diet, about t 9 be opened at Frankfort, equal
rights 'with the other citizens. M. JACOBSON, of
Brunswick, is to be at the head of this deputa-
tion. Eleven Jewish families' established at Basle
had received order to quit the town within a cer-
tain time-. nine of those families have since ob-
tained permiSsion to remain till the General Diet
of Switzerland shall have determined the mea-
sures to be adopted respecting the Jews 'resident
in Swit zetland.

We lately mentioned an important pliilosophi'-
cal discovery made by Professor DAVY for prevent-
in g the explosion of fire-damps in mines, Ste.—
We now copy from a Newcastle Paper the fol-
lowing notice connected with the same subject,
and of infinite value, as tending to the prest:rva-
tion of human life, and the accomplishment of a
great object in the working of mines of every de,-
'script ion :

We feel happy in eongratulating our Readers upon the
accomplishment of that great desideratun, a secure Light
in Gaol illittea. The account of the trials which were suc-
Cessfully Made are presented to_ the Royal Societe; and we
pledge ourselves to take the earliest opportunity of laying the
particulars :it fore,the public. For the present, h is unne-
cessary to say 'wire than that Dr. Clanny's Safety Lamp has
recently been nsost satisfactorily tried by bithself, his friend
r • Ho! Incs, and a few others, in a part of a coal mine where
any other,liAtlit must hare prodUced the must dreadful conse-
queneen,lll "
CaptainAunaaT an Englishman,
who lately
sailed- troni this country with a cargo of forged -
dollars, purporting to be of the coin of Hayti, was
lately,aireSted in that island by President PETIoN,
11i5 cargo seized, and lainself"tried and shot.