The Sun.
London, England, 1823-05-21 00:00:00

SILK TRADE.

A general and crowded meeting of the ;nimbi.
tants of Christ Church, SpitaMelds, took place yesterday in the
spacious vestry-room of the parish church, for the purpose of
taking into consideration the propriety of opposing the Bill now
in progress through Parliament, for repealing the existing
law relative to the wages of those engaged in the manufacture
of silk.

By eleven o'clock the vestry.roorn was filled to inconvenience
by certainly one of the most respectable and orderly classes of
operative mechanics in the metropolis, when
31r. WIL t. IA M HALE (a gentleman well known for his active
and useful exertions in the promotion of the best interests of the
weavers) being called to the Chair, a series of Resolutions were
moved, seconded, and carried unanimously in furtherance of
the object of the meeting.
A petition to both houses of Parliament (of which we sub-
join a copy) having been then read and agreed to, was signed by
those present.

To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled.
The humble petition of the undersigned Inhabitants of the
Parish of' Christ Church, ,Spisameldmi
Sheweth :—That your petitioners view with great anxiety the
measures now pending in Parliament for the repeal of she Act
of 13 Geo. 111. c. 03, for regulating the wages of Journeymen
Silk Manufacturers.
That it appears toyour.petitioners that the Act in question.
is founded on the strict principles of justice, whereby the jour.
ncyrnan is secured the fair and just value of his labour, and
during a period of 50 years that have elapsed since the passing
of the Act, the numerous population of this neighbourluxid,
which consists principally
of journeymen weavers, have ad-
vanced considerably in moral improvement. That during the
period alluded to, the master has in no instance experienced
the baneful effects arising from illegal combination, and the
journeyman has felt secure in the enjoyment of the fruits of his
industry.
That the Act occasions no impediment to the application of
the use of machinery, it being well known to every person ac-
quainted with the silk ,manufacture of London and its vicinity,
that the use of machinery has never been so extensively applied
in this district as at the present time; and it by no means esta.
blishes a fixed price for labour, isa the rate of wages may be al.
tered from time to time, according to circumstances.
That It is the opinion of your petitioners that the mode of re.
fromthe rate, of wages of journeymen weavers has proved,
from long experience, to be wise and rood; and that a national
benefit would result from a genere! adoption of its principles in
the silk manufacture throughout the kingdom.
That your petitioners cannot conceal their apprehensions that
if the proposed repeal shall take place, the time will come
when the journeymen weavers of ads neighbourhood will ex.
perience the same reduction in the price of wages that has
places ; and, in short, that
taken place at Coventry and other
the journeymen will be obliged to eke out a miserable exist-
ence froni the poor rates.
That many of thtflmaster manufacturers have removed from
this neighbourhood into the City, leaving their journymen still
resident here ; those masters therefore will receive all the ad.
vantage of the poor man's labour, and this parish will have to
contribute to his maintenance.
The evils therefore that your petitioners anticipate are, an
alarming Increase of pauperism, and its usual demoralizing
effects amongst a class of society whose unexceptionable con.
duct and derneanonr deserve the kind attention of those around
them.
Your.petitioners thercibre humbley pray your Honourable
Hoase, that the Bill now pending in Parliament for the repeal
of the above-mentioned Act may not be allowed to pass into a
law.
And your petitioners, as in duty hound, will ever pray, &c.

" • " •

Thursday as two gentlemen were driving past
Pittheavlis in a gig, they observed a little before
them on the road a woman attempting to hold a
large black ram by the horns, and calling out for
help. Within the hedge was a girl, the woman's
daughter, whose limbs were much bruised and
lacerated by the animal. One of the gentlemen
came out of the gig to the woman's assistance,
but the ram was so infuriated that all might have
been in some danger, had it not been that a
butcher's dog fortunately came along the road,
which readily gave chase and put him to flight.

A Life of Brigadier General DON JUAN Mlll-
TIN, generally styled the EMPECINADO, with an
account of his military operations ,• has recently
been published. We have extracted the forlow-
ing description of his person, and have subjoined
his famous remonstrance to the King of SPAIN
Which must be peculiarly interesting at the pre-
sent moment. His talents will be again exerted,
and we hope effectually, for the. honour and in-
dependence of Spain :
" This extraordinary man is alittle above the middle stature,
with a firmly knit and muscular frame which indicates a capa-
bility of sustaining privation and fatigue : his complexion is
dark, his beard strong and of a sable hue, his eyes black, ani.
mated, and sparkling. His mental powers are strong and calm
in acting, and both clear and quick in perceiving. Of this
superiority he has given unequivocal proofs in the high mili-
tary talent lie displayed ; for he is active, enterprising, judi.
cities, and by his personal example inspiring the brave with
heroism and the timid with resolution—in his letters-..in his
celebrated address to his king—and in the manner in which he
has borne adversity, calumny, and prosperity. The qualities
of his heart are of a corresponding stamp, for he was dutiful
and affectionate to his aged parent ; he is modest in his de-
meanour and ingenuous in his communications, considerate
even in war of the convenience and feelings of those whom he
called upon for assistance—he forgave his persecutors anti
slanderers, and returned them good for evil; he was merciful to
his enemies, faithful to his country and just to all men. He
never sought reward for his conduct, though he solicited it fbr
those who served under him with gallantry; he never vaunted
of his exploits but detailed their results with simplicity to the
constituted authorities. Ire raised and organized an army
without money and without support, when surrounded by
an active enemy, and though exposed to great and vari-
ous difficulties, and embarrassed by envy, jealousy, intrigue,
and mutiny, he was victorious over the experienced commanders
and disdained legions of hostile France. In him the great and
varied qualities are combined which constitute a true patriot
and hero. His deeds and his name will be handed down to the.
latest ages, and call for the veneration anti imitation not only
of his countrymen but of mankind.
Representation sncule to Me King by Don Jean Martin Me Em-
peeinado, on Mc 13th of FSinx,ebruary, 1815.
Madrid.
To get into favour with kings by flattering them is very
easy ; but to tell them naked truths without offending them is
one of the things most difficult.
However, there have been found sovereigns at different pe-
riods and in different countries who, animated with the sincere
desire of' making their subjects happy,i have honoured 'and
preferred those men who with honest simplicity have laid open
to them their errors instead of concealing them. Although
convinced of this truth, yet I do not approach the feet of your
Majesty entirely free from the apprehension of displeasing
Majesty
; not because I do not feel perfectly convinced that your
Majesty has no wish more sincerely at heart than that of bene-
fiting the condition of your people, and to do so would
spare no means, no personal exertions; hut because the per.
Rona who surround your Majesty have so effectually deceived
you that my conduct, which is solely governed by pure zeal for
the good of my country and the glory of your Majesty, will be
so misrepresented and interpreted by them that I almost fear
they will persuade your Majesty that my honest and frank re-
presentation is the child of cabal and premeditated intrigue
yet, Sire, with my eyes open to the probability of being so mis-
represented, I cannot check the feelings by which 1 em ani-
mated, and which I may venture to say have obtained for me
the character of a good Spaniard and a loyal subject, In both of
which titles I glory ; and if iny services against the enemies of
Spain and of your Majesty did not sufficiently guarantee my
Loyalty,. this very act of mine, for no other purpose than that of
preserving the fair fame of your Majesty in all its purity, ought
and I trust will save me from the imputation of being led to
take this step by any improper motive; an imputation which I
have no doubt will be cast upon me by those servile courtiers,
of whose language and customs, thank Clod, I am ignorant.
With unbounded confidence in the benignity of your Ma-
jesty, I venture then to expose the danger with which I see you,
surrounded, anti to conceal which would be unpardonable; nor
would it be less so if I were not to declare that the only remedy
I can perceive is to follow a diametrically opposite conduct to
that which your Majesty now observes. •„
Siret. your Majesty arrived from a sadly protracted captivity
every Spaniard wished his neighbour joy at thus seeing the
desire of his heart and the object of all his toils completely gra-
tifletl.
In en instant your Majesty was surrounded by grandees and
persons who were fortherly employed under Oaloy". These
people, who in no way contributed to either the glory of your
Majeitty or of their country by taking part in the heroic struggle
which she maintained against France—these ciphers—these'
nonentities these nothings, who remained, during the whole
war, in Cadiz or other secure places, in the midst of luxuries
passive spectators of what was occurring, anti although many of
them military men, yet looking on with cold indifference at the
sacrifice of property and lives which was made every hour under
their very beards, nothing could stimulate them to assist their
country either with their means or with their persons!
What could be the object of such people in hastening to be
the first to surround your Majesty ?
Was it to shew their devotion anti attachment to your M-
ajesty ? No they felt neither at the moment when both 'were
required.
Was it to explain to your Majesty with candid sincerity the
'actual state of the nation P—No ; for if they had dune so, we
should not have now to deplore its State and the evils of which
we all complain.
SIRE,
I will tell your Majesty what I think they did : they sur.
prised you by their artful conduct into a belief of all they re.
presented they
.placed you at the head of a party desirous only
of ratifying thaw private revenge and carrying.their particular
objects; they careti, not to what deplorable evils they exposed
their country, they never felt for her like Spaniards!
I, Sire, never belonged to any party, either serville or liberal ;
I never entered into political disputes, Clod forbid I ever should;
a soldier and a mere soldier, rahould venture to tell your Ma.
hetty what I should have said, had I been so fortunate as to
ave been near your Royal person at that moment. I should
have held this language:—
Sinr,
I When your Majesty was seduced into France by the basest
treachery Spain was delivered up to anarchy and confusion, and
nothing but the unanimous desire to punish such' an outrage
Could have conducted us all to the same gaol without being feel
away by private passions ; yet such was the case at first : but
surely it was not extraordinary that, in the absence of your Ma-
whom we were all bound to obey, there should have ex.
next). an infinity of different political opinions.! The ideas of
men are so much at variance, and the medium through which
they see things is so different, that it makes it alinciat
sible to find any two men who think precisely alike ; put sup-
pose for a moment that two such persons were fbund, will they
form the same plan ? Will they even themselves of the same
means to bring about the same abject? It is not to be ex.
peeted. How then can it be considered a crime under such
circumstances that ; I do not think as another man dote, or
that ; I do not see things as lie see them ?
No., Sire, your Majesty ought not to look bat* upon the
time of your absence, except for the purpose of admiring the
valour and constancy of your people, which led them to make
such extraordinary sacrifices rather than obey any other Mos
narch than Ferdinand the Seventh !
All the faults and errors we committed during your sib-
sence should be forgiven : we were children without a parent—
,orphans without a guardian.
e.very,Motspintanthiards. throof:veeniof
wyeayuroatin
thcesintkorsin,geswire,ishestluttot throneuwe,litibeyh

tiedoy was the detested Prince of Peace.

Ferdinand the Seventh ; and from that exalted post direct
,
these words to your people :
" My children, I acknowledge the service you have rendered
me; I grieve at the serious calamities to which you have beep e
subjected i I will labour to remedy these evils to the best of
my abilities, and my sole object shall be to make lent happy.
To bring about this my anxious wish, I will beeita,by-sheiting
my eyes and ears against all details of party spirit, and I shall
consider all differences of OpiniOn to have originated in the pee
culler situation of the country : there must be no more dissen-
sions, no more parties. Be assured I will labour unceeleingly
for your welfare : unite then and help me, wise men of the na-
tion ; I require your assistance; you shall no longer be
far
-
cuted as you have been* ; I call upon you to submit for my
consideration the means of making my subjects happy ; I wish
to remove every obstacle to their happiness by *looting pro-
per measures; I will issue no decrees until 1 shall tee* con-
suited the wishes of my people."
After saying this, Sire, descend from your throne, and re-
ceive into your arms the wise men of all parties; thus the
hearts of all will be united, and your Majesty will want nothing
to ensure the prosperity of your awn country and to command
.the respect of every other.
Thus, Sire, would the Ernpecink., D- have advised your
Majesty.
What has been the result of following the councils of those
who advised the opposite system ? The total less of the Arne..
ricas I anti that you have afforded to the people of those coun-
tries a pretext for exculpating their conduct by threwing tito
prison their representative deputies, who were in general men of the hinhest distinction and the most beloved by their country.
men ; add to which whole families in that part of the world and
this have been thrown into the deepest despair ; sonic lamenting
the loss of their husbands, others of their fathers ; here a child
tore from them, there a brother I There is- scarcely a family in
the peninsula that has not to deplore the fate of some connexion
or bosom friend now dragging on a miserahle existence in the
loathsome dungeons of the capital or other towns ; nay, tee
over tilled are all the prisons throughout the country, that to
the disgrace of humanity be it known, many convents are fits.
ed up as gaols for the reception of supposed delinquents.
It would be better, Sire, that those who advised inea.sures so
opposite to the feelings of your 3fieteety, should have a chafe
about their necks 1 They are much more deserving of tiu-
nislurient; for to gratify their own private resentments they
have compromised the good faith of your Mejeaty,. and ex-
posed you to the sarcasins of every foreign journal, and have created even in your own nation enemies who employ them-
selves in propagating falsehoods and in spreading intlecourous
libels against your royal person ; I say they propagate untru the,
because 1 attribute all to your Majesty's advisers. Pardon me,
Sire, if I forget my humble situation and overstep my bounds ;
but I cannot check tny feelings ndr contain myself when I see
theselMen with such shameful indifference compromising the
dignity, the glory, and the honour of their king and of
their country ! Turn your eyes, Sire, for a moment to the finance of Spain, what a chaos ! what a labyrinth 1 from
which those who enter know not how to extricate them.
selves. Such is the complication, such the want of system,
that no progress towards improveinent it; ever Made ! riot even
an angel descended from heaven could conduct the office of
finance unless the whole plan was entirely changed. liVhen
the nation saw your Majesty ascend the throne, it boles]
for and expected improvement; but, Sire, judge 'with what
sorrow did we read the decree that things should revert to
the state in which they were in the year 11108 ! If so
many wise and intelligent Spaniards had not already writ-
ten their opinions and criticised upon the actual mode of
carrying on public business (that of WOO)" and ptoved beyond
contradiction the evils whichresulted toagricultureeto commerce,
and to the arts anti sciences, 1 would have ventured to say
a few words upon the subject, but it would be time 'and labour
lost. The truth of what they have so ably stated is evident to
the world, and therefore it behoves your Majesty to apply the
only remedy, that of convoking the fortes and assembling its
members in the quickest possible !Tare of time ; thus saving
the country and fulfilling your Majesty's promise of the 4th of
May of the last year ! If this step is not taken, how is the go.
%element to be carried on ?It is impossible-to expect any cone
siderable loan ; the country has fallen back to its criginal state,
and is without any credit.' for it has given up the 11104111, and
the only ones it had (as the Americas are loet) of paying the
common interest era debt ! How have the ecelciiiastical cabiklas repaid your Majesty for. having :mooned the decrees of Cie
Corree of the 2tah of January 1811; and kith of June, lel; by whiclayou exonerated them from paying the contributions
upon tithes ? Dow I say have they repaid your Olajeety ear this
favour? Why, by refusing to assist, your Majesty when pee
called upon them for a temporary hiam to meet -the pressing exigencies of the state I Yes, Sire, though your 3/ajcsty offer-
ed to them arta guarantee for the paymerit of this loan, the
produce of those most lucrative branches offinance, time noteenve
and eteurador, yet only a few of the teebiltlas steppes] forward
to assist your Majesty, and those with only the offer of seven-
teen millions of rods, of which barely four minions were really
produced; although the funds ceded to them from which to re-
pay themselves amount to above enehondred minions aff rcelsl
This conduct, Sire, is abominable, and is deprecated by all
who know it.-... 1 would venture humbly to suggest that the re-
storation of property to die friars should only be in proportion
to the positive wents of those who now live, and who are neces-
sary to carry on the religious dutiee of the country; but the re-
mainder should be appropriated to the payment of the Na.
done' Debt. This same couirideratioo should he borne in mind
when certain high ecclesiastical preferments become vacant;
they should not be filled • your Alajeity has directed this het
of conduct in the cases ofthe.Benefleios and Prestameros,—Siro,
nothing is to be done with the Spanish people,by force and ri-
gour ; the most that can be expected by such a system is to smo.
then the voice of the nation for a short time; but the hour of
vengeance will come, anti the people will avail themselves of
that hour ; I am authorized to say this by the history of Spain
teen times.
The mild administration of justice so highly appreciated in
Spain. in former days is not now to be met with in our tribu-
(la's! it has disappeared, and in its place nothing. but injustice
is to he found ! Ile laws are despised and trampled upon ;
calumny and vile treachery are upheld. Thus any men .wieh-
ing to be revenged of his enemy has only to denounce hhu
guilty of an imaginary'crhne before a -31agistrate, and he is
forthwith hurried to a dungeon, where he is kept in solitary
confinement, cut off from all communication with the world;
and if he should by chance be brought to trial and. be ale fared
innocent, yet the calumniator remains unpunished !
Ah, Sire, if your ~Majesty would hut reflect upon the mi-
ser
y which is entailed upon a family by per:sec-ming and sepa-
rating from it the father, the husband, or the brother I
Sire, such persecution cannot be permitted to last long; how
is it to he suppieeed that such a system of terror end deeolatien
can be suffered-to exist for a moment ?
now much more would it accord with your mode of thilike
ins;, and the known kindness of heart of your .51ajeety, to make
yourself loved rather than dreaded by your people.
In addition, Sire, to all that 1 have said, I must not conceal
from your Majesty, that I am apprised by persons of the
strictest integrity, that representatives from numerous corpora-
tions of . cities and towns throughout Spain ere pouring in to
Charlet; TVol• complaining of the actual state of this s, and
praying him to return, promising him their support if he does
so, and building upon the general dissatisfaction which per-
vades the nation : from the same quarter I have learned that
these representations have created a strange sensation in differ-
ent cabinets; of this, however, it does not lbecome me to speak
your Majesty must be better informed through your diplomatic
agents.

I have already told you, Sire, that nothing but the affection
I bear to your Alajesty could induce me to lay before you these
plain unptdatable truths which may perhaps offend, but which
I feel it my duty to detail, because the public without re-
flection attributes to your Majesty all the defxts and
evils which belong only to the ill-disposed persons who sur-.
round and advise you.
But I implore you, Sire, not to despise the exposition
have made, but to consoler it as the strongest proof can give
of my devoted attechtnPnt to your Royal Persons; and I be-
seech you, Sire, to apply. a speedy remedy ; if you do not, I
fear that when your Majesty may hereafter wish to. du so, it
will be too late the good and well thinking people will then
sutler AM deplore the state a things ; but they will lenient- in
vain. Your Majesty will have allowed the golden opportunity
to pass—the day will have vane by !
Tfl E Ia lll'l<:t'lNADa
At the Feet of your Majesty."

Madrid, 13th Feb, IBM

• Achninds Caj,etano, Vaides and Ari-uelles, anti many other
patriots, were then in kf,slol ; Count Toren° and many other*
were banished.

t Father to Ferdinand VII., King of Spain, dethroned by
Duonaparte's intrigues.

PARIS PAPERS.

PARIS, MAY 19.
TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH.

COPY OF A DISPATCH FltOM ARANDA.

" On the 15th the head quarters of his Royal
Highness arrived here. General Obert is to-day
at Almazan, and tomorrow will be at Siguenza.
lie is perfectly well received every where. Ile
‘communicates with Bessieres, who has taken two
hundred men, two but muskets, and four
pieces of cannon from nallasteros, who is retir-
s.
mg towards Valencia. lie loses considerably ty

desertion.
" Marshal 'Oudinot was on the 11th 'at Val-
ladolid., where he was received, if possible, with
`more lively enthusiasm than any other place. The
Nan-guard has proceeded towards the Douro.
"-Intercepted letters and various reports, an-
nounce from all quarters the weakness of the
,Constitutionalista, and the good spirit of the Roy-
alists iu the provinces."

( Front the Constitutionnel. )
PEUPIGNAN, MAT 10.

(DitIVATE COTtIiESPONDENCE.)

- General Donnadieu entered Vich on the-oth, after merely a
slight skirmish in the wood of Tosco, between Olot and Las..
presas, where we had about 30 Wounded.
The enemy continuing their retreat, they have passed the
`bridge of Roda over the Ter, have abandoned the left bank of
that river, and retired upon the Llusanes. When General Don-
nadieu entered Vieh, the enemy detached 4,000 men from their
army, who reascended the right bank of the Ter, and having
• marched by the road of Vich to Ripoll, they arrived on the Bth
at Campredon, a town three leagues from our frontiers, in order
to cut off our communications with that place, from whence
'General Donnadieu draws aU 'his supplies of provisions and
ammunition.

The entrance of this corps into Campredon was announced
by the sudden and unexpected arrival of the same Monks, who
‘on the 4th, at six in the morning, went forth to the sound of
music to proceed to theirrespective convents, and take posses.=
lion of their estates anti benefices. The arrival of, the enemy
at Ripoll is further confirmed, by the way of Cerdagne. On
the 7th the inhabitants of Ripoll fled to Ceidagtie, announcing
the arrival of the army of Mina in their town. The whole of
the following night the troops were underarms, expecting every
moment to see the troops of Mina arrive; but it appears to he
the, object of that General to occupy Campredon, anti cut off
-the communications of General Donnadieu. A considerable
convoy, which had set out for olot, returned to Prndts on the
gth, at half past one in the afternoon.
'We know nothing of the ulterior operations of those two
.corps. We only know, that on the Bth General Donnadieu
sent orders to the 3d battalion of the 18th line, which was at St.
Laurent do Cerdans, to cover that part of Ivor frontier, and to
proceed immediately to Olot ; the battalion set out on the Oth.
The enemy do not seem much disconcerted by our entrance
into Catalonia ; and those of their partisans who remain in the
villages which we occupy appear well satisfied with the opera_
lions of Nina.

The sailers of the division of cl'Broles, who remain in Cer-
-dagne, desert every day, with arms and baggage. The Officer%
of the Faith pretend that it is because they are not paid : their
.treasury having followed the head-quarters of the Baron
d'Eroles, there was no one left in Cerdagne to pay the troops
.of the .Faith.

BATOWNE, MAY 11.

[PRIVATE connrsrownExcfl

We. know from travellers that the Constitutional Govern-
tnentof Spain has prohibited, from theist instant, all comm.
riestion. with those pelts of the country Occupied by the

.French.

It is very true, I repeat it, that on the apProaeh of our troops
'the greater number of families in easy. Circumstances take

Segovia was evacuated five days agco With the exception
:of come field pieces, which the students of the school of artil.
lery conveyed to Rodrigo, all the materiel •was abandoned for
'want of the means of conveyance.

Atxdrid is almost eleserted, nearly every one having left it for
,the Andithisias. The roads are encumbered with emigrants,
carrying with them their most valuable effects. There is no
theection amongst the troops, nor do the bands of the Faith
increase.

The otettpation of the capital luts been foreseen, and no per-
son appears alarmed about it.
The necessity has begun to be felt of escorting the convoys,
'from its being known with certainty that several COntititutlonal
~guerillas are forming in the provinces.
We know that the prisoners, 60 in number, made at the affair
of Logrono, have arrived at Vittoria. Use.leis efforts have been
inatic to incorporate them with the Army of the Faith.; they
have all rduseti with great energy, declaring that they had
lather be shot.

Nam., MAY 18.—The report which has been
circulated of the complete defeat of the Spanish
Royalist corps, commanded by Romagosa, con-
sisting of 2,000 men, by Mina, who unexpe-ctedly
arrived, assumed more consistence yesterday.—
It is said that the plan of Mina was to attack the
two divisions of 14,..r01es and Romagosa, for the
,porpose of dispersing them before coming into
contact with the French army.
ft is reported that the Marshal Duke of A t-
bufera is shortly to set out for the army.
The Journal de Toulouse, of the 12th -instant,
quotes a letter from Perpignan of the 7th, con-
taining the following passages :---

" The 19th regiment of infantry of the line, which has
arrived here, about .1,310 strong, which was to proceed towards
Payee:ll:l, has received orders to march to-morrow morning for
Spain, by the way of Bellegardel one battalion into proceed
to Gerona, another to itlfa, and a third to Jonquere. This
regiment appears to be destined to protect the convoys which
may Ix, disturbed by the. Guerillas left by Mina in the quarter
of Olot.

" It is reported that the French Commandant of Figueroa
sent, ,the day before yesterday, a flag of truce to the Governor
of the fort to induce him not to ire. upon the town which lie
had damaged, threatening that when the garrison should be
compelled to surrender, they should be treated with rigour, if
this practice was continued. The Governor received the flag
of truce, took notice of the object of the mission, but so far
from complying to the request, he had no sooner sent dr the
flag of truce than he issued orders to fire."

(From the Quatiiiieime.)

Though it may be thought superfluous to go
over all that has been said in opposition to the
principles of true policy in the Parliament of

Englona, it may not be deemed useless to notice
the determined spirit with which the English
Opposition have on every opportunity protested
against the war now making by France in favour
of Legitimacy. We think this spirit only tends
to confirm more and more the policy which we
have upheld in this Journal, and which the Go-
vernment has tardily. embraced. This policy
might have appeared suspicious if we had seen
the Radicals of all countries view it, we will
not say favourably, but merely with indifference.
It must be obvious, that independently of their
political doctrines, the Members of the Eng-
lish Opposition have more than our Revolu-
tionists a special reason for detesting our O-
lney—we speak of that national rivalry which
exists between France and England, and which
I adds to the hatred in revolutionary hearts
against order, justice, and fixed principles.—
, We are not therefore astonished at this manifes-
tation of English Radicalism. It foresees, as we
have foreseen, the consequences of a war which
places Bourbon France in its true rank in
Europe. One of its orators has not even hesi-
tated to say so, and certainly we felicitate our-
selves on finding in such mouths new proofs of
the justice of a policy which, in spite of the pre-
judices and fears of a contrary policy, will sooner
or later carry with it the conviction of all France.
What Radicalism avows in England affected
Liberalism among us passes over in silence, be.
cause our Revolutionists do not wish to have the
appearance of having opposed the war with
Spain, on the ground that it may turn out for the
benefit of Royalty. [hit as there is amongst the
innovators in all countries a community of wishes,
fears, and lippes, the Orator of the English Op-
position, who acknowledged that the war with
Spain might confirm for ages the House of Boor-
bon on the Throne which it occupies, has pub-
lished the whole secret of the Revolutionary sect
of France, and all the motives of a policy which
has vainly endeavoured to support itself by appa-
rent reasons, founded upon public interest, mo-
deration, and philanthropy.

(front the Journal des Dads.)