The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-30 00:00:00

EVENING EDI rioN.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

(FROM TER DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.)
(From the Globe.)
While we believe that the bias of the King of the
French has sometimes been detrimental, by excessive
caution, to the interests of the country, and of its al-
liance with Eneant—for what is alliance without frank
and fearless concurrence in action ?—and how is it pos-
sible that the constant tendency, on one side, to traffic
with other parties should fail to throw an ally (left
without aid) into other connections?—while we
believe this, and regret the consequences of want
of French co-operation on some occasions, when
(on mutual principles) we had certainly some right
to consider it due—we at the same time acknow-
ledge with pleasure that the cautious character of the
King of the French has shown itself in a striking
and beneficial manner in the pending transactions. In
the state of feeling (factitious or not) which had re-
cently been excited in France, it was the part of the
Sovereign of that country to show himself first of all
national—and oppose no obstacles to the display of the
force of the nation. The most ruinous suspicion
(and rightly so) that can attach to a French Mo-
narch is the suspicion of subserviency to foreign dic-
tation. The King of the French might feel the
wilful exaggeration of the public sentiment ;—as
the first representative of the nation, it was, how-
ever, his first duty to obey it. He did so ; and gave
full swing to the Ministerial plans of preparation.
When, however, M. Thiers' Memorandum came out,
and there was nowhere indicated a eases belli, justi-
fi'zatory of anything like a threat to all Europe ;
when, moreover, the disposition of the Powers appeared
to the utmost conciltatory—it was then full time for
the King to determine that no step in advance should
be taken of such a nature that neither Sovereign, Minis-
ter, nor Chambers, could retract. Such a step (in
effect) appears to have been proposed in the late
draught of the Speech. The alarms of Europe at the
attitude of menace assumed by France, appear to have
been proposed to be met by new demonstrations and
new menaces. And this, on the opening of the Session
of those Chambers to whom it belongs to indemnify
the past, before they sanction the future !—to decide
whether there has been reason for all that has already
bees done, before they follow a Royal initiative en-
gaging in alt but actual warfare! It is difficult to be-
lieve that the late Ministers expected their Sovereign to
commit himself to such a degree with France, and with
Europe. What is certain, at all events, is that the
King has taken a strong and a safe ground. The re-
spon.t-ibilility of what has been prepared belongs to the
late Ministry ; and the resonsibility of what may be done
will belong to the Chambers. The Sovereign has acted
neither more nor less than that mediatorial part which
he is called upon, and enabled, to take by the Consti-
tution.

(From the Courier.)
As we anticipated yesterday, in opposition to some of
our Conteraporaries, the Moniteur has come to hand
bl ink of the new Ministerial combination announced.
Our private correspondence from Paris, however, men-
ti ned that "matters are advancing towards a denoue-
ment." A morning paper asserts that M. Guizot had
absolutely acceded to the Ministry proposed. We are
ourselves assured by the friends who should be in the
confidence of that wise and enlightened statesman, with
tp.c)flaing caution, that he bad, on Tuesday last only,
",://iicst decided upon entering the Cabiaet." His position
is naturally one of embarassurent, for to a certain, if not
to Oa,: %%hole extent, he must be compromised with the
external po.icy of the Tillers' Cabinet, whose Ambassa-
dor he ,vas, and therefore, in the event of accession to

ctliaf!, the programme of his foreign administration could
cot rmiteriaLy vary either in principle or detail from that
of M. 'niers. We are told, however, and can readily
virlt:rttand, that in a conjuncture so imminent he would
refit object to assume the responsibilities of office " pro-
s ided he finds a disposition on the part of the Chamber
and the kfluential men of the country to rally round
the Administration" which he would form. M. Guizot,
leas:, of all the public men of France, is deficient in
rn.o.al courage ; his energies rise, have ever risen, with
the emergency ; but however willing to grapple with
evcry difficulty, ho,vever ready to accept that sinister
legacy of the foreign and domestic position be-
qu wiled to their successor by the Thiers' Cabinet,
ciratinistances of which man may be the original creator,
but of which, like M. Tillers, he may finish by becom-
ing the creature, may prove past the control even of
Gdz it, who in fix, l and honourable principles of
action wields nevertheless a lever for powerful action
upon opinion and affairs, of: which the other, without
chart or compass, was deplorably destitute. The com-
plications of the moment appeared so inextricable of
peaceful and satisfactory solution, that, we repeat it,
the Doke de Broglie, the ilohourable and aisle friend
of XI Guizot,COLlaFellcd his abstinence from the Minis-
terial perils of the occasion. It is fail to add that our
regular correspondent looks upon the formation of a
Gu:zot Cabinzt as certain, and " unless something totally
unf,roseen occurs," that we shall have the " official corn-
thuaication" of the fact in time for our next number.

( From the Standard.)

The pressure of matters of more temporary interest
has hitherto prevented us from drawing the atten-
tion of -our readers, in an especial manner, to the
noble Conservative demonstration in South Lamm-
shire, the proceedings of which were reported in Mon-
dils,'s Standard. What an answer do the numbers
and resnectability of the members of this Associa-
tion supply to the effrontery with which the partisans
of her Majestl's Ministers have dared to deny that any
reaction has ;Men place in public opinion with regard to
them ! We have hare a body of members, originally
urninsed of from 16 to 20, now complising upwards
of 1,000. The speeches of Lord Sandon, the
Rev. Da. Molcsworth, Lord F. Egerton, Mr. Cresswo,
and Lord Wilton, were excellent in matter and man-
ner: Tee system of " enormous lying"—that perti-
nacity of misrepresentation by which the feeble
pulse of Ministerial existence is from time to time
prolonged—was happily exposed by several of the
speakers, and by none with more searching and caustic
eloquence than by the Reverend Gentleman whose con-
duct as a clergyman and a loyal subject of her Majesty,
las been the theme of such incessant vituperation. Dr.
Molesworth affirms, in the most solemn manner, that
ro such language as that which was said to have
been made use of in his presence, was ever employed
on the occasion alluded to. But there are offences
much more serious in the estimation of her Majesty's
Ministers, of which the Reverend Doctor not -only
admits himself to have been guilty, but glories in
the commission. He has not scrupled on all suitable
ppo r t unities to record his opinion of the conduct of
her Majesty's Ministers ; to illustrate, by passages of
their public career, the evasive meanness and incon-
sistency which have characterised them. In answer
to the fictions of their scribes, he refers to circum-
stances in their history of almost universal notoriety.
He dwells on the mode in which the public patronage
. . _

of the country h administered ; their attempt to per-
suade her Majesty that the nobility and gentry of Eng-
land are unworthy of her confidence, and that her only
true and devoted subjects are the 500,000 fighting men,
who, with Mr. O'Connell, are now prepared to compel,
"moral force," the dismemberment of her empire.

DREADFUL MURDERS IN HUN-

GAILY.

From the Private Correspondence of the Gazette des
Trzbunaux.)
A horrible crime, committed is the little town of
Tsernity, has just spread terror and astonishment among
the inhabitants of the frontier of Hungary, which is
likely to excite a strong and bitter feeling between the
mountaineers and the Austrian Government.

It appears that a young woman residing in the town
of Cataro, belonging to the Austrian dominions, named
Lubomla, the only daughter of a merchant named
Etienne Dravenko, was sought in marriage by a young
and rich Montenegrine named Sava Baj-hitch. There
was nothing to delay the union, and it was accordingly
celebrated at Tserniry, in the presence of the principal
landed proprietors of the place. Labonia was a young
woman of great beauty. She had a fresh anti blooming
colour, and her figure was a model of symmetry.. She
had always manifested much filial tenderness towards
her father. But slander had not entirely spared
her, and previously to her marriage it had been whis-
pered that she cherished a secret passion for a young
Hungarian officer of Hussars, and even that an
improper intimacy had existed between them. The
husband, to whose ears these reports shortly came,
would not, however, lend any credit to them ; and
the marriage was about to be consummated when the
young Luboasla, instead of appearing decorated with
a red crown (the mark of virginity), according to the
appeared
custom of the country, sheosto with a white
one. This strange deviation from mappeaarded
the
confirm the reported liaison between Lubomla
Hungarian officer. From this moment the life ofn poorte
Lubomla became one of constant humiliation and
persecution, and after struggling with her wounded
feelings for a long time, she at length resolved to fly
from the roof of her husband to that of her father.
At first Sava Baj-hitch did not manifest any angry
feeling at her departure. But sent to her to request
that she would restore an image of the Virgin
which she had from feelings of surperstitious rove.
rence taken with her. Not many days, however,
elapsed before his apparent indifference gave place
to the most violent rage and projects of ven-
geance. Founding his belief upon false information,
he persuaded himself that she had gone off to her
former lover. From Tserniry to Cataro the distance
is not great, and Sava having assembled about sixty
mountain brigands, armed some with guns, some with
cutlasses, and some with hatchets, he put
.him-
self at the head of them, and marched for the re-
of Etienne Dravenko, her father. He was
whom he on the frontier by the Austrian officers,
fiercely attacked, and, having killed nine
of them,proceeded on his way, and arrived the
same night at Cataro. The old man, Dravenko,
of
his servants,
and four
were unable to offerany resistance to the infuriated
men, who took theta out of their beds, tied them