The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-05 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF TIIIS DAY.
(Prom the Globe.)
Professor Butt appears to be regularly installed chief
brawler in the cause of bigotry throughout Ireland. The
noisy Professor is admirably qualified by the possession of
unblushing effrontery and sleepless activity, united with
a convenient obliviousness of history and an equal igno-
rance of passing events, to pour forth floods of that spe-
cies of eloquence in which the Orangemen delight, and
uproariously applaud. At the Fermanagh Orange dinner,
a few days since, this adopted of the Dublin corporators
it
delivered himself of a speech, of which to say that it was
eminently fitted to gratify the auditory for whose benefit
was spoken, is at once to describe its character, and award
to it the commendation it deserves. That a knowledge of
its merits were not confined within the narrow walls of the
room in which it was at first spoken, is, of course, attribu-
table to the " babbling press," which has published to the
three kingdoms, the extraordinary production of the Pro_
lessor's genius, and enabled us to draw attention
to some
mepecofulr
its contents, as illustrative of the orator's pecu-
liar claims to the notcriety he has acquired. Professor
Butt does but echo the regrets of the faction of which he
is both the oracle and the tool, and embody in somewhet
more decent language than they arc capable of using, the
hopes which they yet fondly, but madly, cherish for a re-
turn of that halcyon state " which existed fifty years ago,"
and which the Learned Professor feelingly describes as a
p,!riod " when Roman Catholics were not possessed of the
o nB NrVu
eend nheasd-
cic,,,tiee franchise, and were not possessedooounfrealcosirrrigeslepond
ele-
ment of power—when not a single member could be found
to support their petition for emancipation."
Robert Peel's
unpolled. A
(From the Standard.)
i rt ual
remainingl y decided.
dPe ae;rnn. butfl:oCmSir
aelp aeyt
majority
it
ohno,u igt though
sft pollhsleaoi7d,,
a is
:cdo,tnhatrisenaueeesn
col
Election Trial Act renders the Liberal prospect in that
Correspond-
ent, nt, ThetlreCr ea Carlow election
electors'as v
quarter very gloomy. There is now no hope of such a
Committee as decided the last Carlow petition The
day of Committees has passed. Mr. 0' Connell
•
must fill up the blank; for, if we Were to use the word
which he applied to his brother senators, we might not
escape with a mock reprimand, as he did. We read in the
Ministerial Journals of," frightful intimidation" practised by
the Tories, but no cases arc mentioned.
For our part we
cannot understand any frightful intimidation that does not
threaten violence; and that Col. Bruen's friends were not
only guiltless of violence, bet meek beyond what we ever
saw of the meekness of mankind, is proved by their patient
endurance of the lying and beastly speech off a priest,
who for an hour and more abused themselves and their
candidate in a style which no people on earth but Irish
Protestants, disciplined by custom to such insults, vv ceild
submit to for live minutes. But we suppose that the
frightfal intimidation spoken of is the exercise by land-
lords of their legitimate influence. We hope to have a
great deal more of such " frightful intimidation," and our
hope respects altogether the well-being a of the tenantry.
There is now raging a war between the priests and
the landlords ; not a waro the possession of political in-
fluence by one class or thef other, but
for the existence of
the present distribution of property in the
country—a war
is, in short, for the estates of the landlords. The land-
lords have found out that, if they leave
political influence
in the hands of the priests, their eath.c pis lost, and that by
whatever means, they must take their tenants from under
the sacerdotal tyranny. It is no common case, and it
dealt with upon ordinary principles. The
landlords
a'ru not be
idlords must influence the tenants that they have, or
must have tenants whom they can influenca—Protes-
they
will defy the uric f ' • '
ant tenants, who d •. ' • 1 0 this we hope it
twill come in the end ; an nothing but a miraculous im-
provement in the character and conduct of the priests, or a
' successful rebellion, can preveet this termination; but
smuecach-while it is the duty of landlords, in mercy to the
wretched tenantry, to use all lawful and honourable per-
'
suastves that may preclude the necessity of the harsh ilia-
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mate remcd;',
discussion in the Chamber of Deputies.
(From the Cowier.)
of the Courkr Will be found the con-
Ile Pariii papers of Thursday are, of course, again oc-
cupiedproceediegs on Wednesday. M. de
Gamier Pages,
Remusat, M. M. Guizot, and M.
Mauguin were the speakers. The further the discus-
.; nrocceds the more evident does it become that the
.;on F • - •
ti con-
tinuation an t°i ot another
fi
rt
of li? 2ttrbbtce

late Thiers' Ministry used every pepsible exertion to bring
about a war with this country. It is manifest, also, that
it was owing to the prudence, firmness, and enlightened
views of Louis Philippe that the crisis was averted.
M. de Remusat disclosed the fact that M. Thiers
wished to send the French fleet to Alexandria, in order
to watch the movements of the Allied squadron, or more
properly speaking, to give some pretext for coming into
collision with it. There cannot exist the least doubt
that if the views of the late French Ministry had been
carried out, the attack upon St. Jean d'Acre would not
have been allowed without risking, or probably without
necessitating a collision with the French fleet. After all
we have heard about the disinterested views of the Cabi-
net of the Ist of March, it does appear rather surprising
that M. Remusat should have admitted, as he did, that
France was vitally concerned in connecting herself with
Egypt, which it desired to govern "in the sphere of
French ideas." Here, then, is the solution of the oppo-
sition to the Treaty of the 15th of July. All the decla-
mation which has been employed to show that the dignity
and honour of France had been compromised must now go
for nothing, after the admission of M. de Remusat " that
it was for the advantage of France that the Pacha's empire
should be a French interest." Englishmen may now judge
of the straight-forwardness of a Cabinet which like that of
M. Thiers avows one thing in its diplomatic relations, and
onf eases another at the tribune.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
(From the Chronicle.)
fhe political morality of many of the most distinguished
men in the Chamber of Deputies is of the very lowest de-
scription. They seem utterly unable to conceive how there
should bo such a thing as honesty in the world. Accord-
ing to them, nations are continually preparing to rob each
other, or forming combinations to rob a third party. They
will not believe that England bad any other objeep in view
in preventing the formation of an Arab empire at-the mu
pense of Turkey, to be under the protection of France, than
the seizing for herself.the Isthmus of Suez, in order to con-
nect her Asiatic with her European possessions. Why should
England wish the Isthmus of Suez--a high sand bank--
which can be approached on either side only by boats, and
to make a communication over which would be at-
tended with an enormous expense? We put out of ques-
tion the security of a communication through such a
country. The truth is, that England wants no additions
from any quarter in the Mediterranean. The lonian
Islands were absolutely forced on her at the Congress of
Vienna. She wished them to be given to Austria, and
they would have been so given, had not Count Capo d'ls-
trias implored the Emperor Alexander to prevent this ar-
rangement from being carried into effect, and use his in-
terest to induce England to undertake the protection of
them. England would even have allowed Russia to take
them rather than that they should fall to her. There isoa
very general persuasion in England that a character for
honesty is a chief source of a nation's strength. While
nations are exerting their ingenuity to cozen each other,
they are cutting up confidence by the roots, and fear and
insecurity take its place. While French statesmen are
looking out for additions to their maritime strength
in Egypt, Greece, and the Lord-knows-where, Eng-
land is silently and steadily every day adding to the re-
sources of which no enemy can deprive her. Every year
large additions are made to her maritime means. She pro-
fits by the prevalence of general security, and despises the
trickery which arms every neighbour with stppicion. Her
exertions for the preservation of the integrity of Turkey
have had no selfish object in view, but were called forth by
a sincere wish to discourage all attempts at territorial
aggrandizement, which must eventuate in a ruinous Euro-
pean war. The light manner in which these statesmen
talk of war, which must necessarily be attended with re-
sults unspeakably calamitous, is ,absolutely revolting to
every well-constituted mind. We deplore these exhibi-
tions—they almost make one ashamed of our common na-
ture. War is an evil which it may be impossible to es-
cape, but it is a dreadful evil, and no reprobation can be
too strong for those who, without the most valid justifica-
tion, inflict this scourge on humanity.