The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-24 00:00:00

SOUND AND FURY.

The Post is in a terrible rage. Racks, daggers,
wretches, miscreants, traitors, " diabolical spirit," " ex-
asperated falsehoods," and " a satanic ingenuity," run
through its columns in all the mazes of metaphorical
confusion. The Post's leader of Friday last is, in tact,
a perfect chef-d'ceuvre of naiaiserie and abuse. From
beginning to end it is stuffed with hard words and Bil-
lingsgate epithets, nor indeed would it be easy to discover
what it is all about, were it not for one little passage
which, like a gleam of light breaking through the cir-
cumabient gloom, enables one to catch a faint glimpse
of its gist, origin, and design. After nearly three
quarters of a column of dark, obscure, unintelligible
rhodomontade, from one single loophole the following
little stream of light is suddenly thrown upon us :
" Perhaps but very fcw of the aristocracy and gentry
may be aware that the most influential journal of the
ex-Ministerial party has not scrupled to turn to the ac-
count of faction evon the charitable exertions which a
severe winter renders incumbent upon such as can
afford to help the poor. It has been represented to
the poor and needy that, but for the law, which the
aristocracy uphold for their own exclusive advantage
(meaning thereby the law for protecting British agri•
culture from foreign competition), they might have
twice as much meat, twice as much soup, and twice as
much bread, from charitable sources, as they can have
under present circumstances." " Angels and ministers
of grace defend us I" what a pity it is that Anti-Corn-
law writers, who feel it incumbent on them to depict in
the strongest terms possible the accumulated evils of
that iniquitous law,—what a pity it is that they will
not cut and mince, and soften and polish, and gild their
phrases ; that they will not adopt a sort of mollified
euphuism in order to please the delicate sensibilities of
the too susceptible Post. But they sod/ not, and
" there's the rub," no matter how the nertes of this
fashionable morning lecturer may be ruffled and dis-
turbed. Amicus Flato, amicus Socrates, sed magis
amica veritos. The truth must and will be told, no
matter to what extent interesting mammas and sen-
timental young ladies may be terrified at the rough ex-
pressions which the iniquitous Corn-laws draw down
upon the heads of their monopolising and guilty de-
fenders. But the article of the Post appears in won-
derfully appropriate time, after the meeting which was
held at Sheffield on Monday last. The truth was there
spoken out, and in pretty plain terms too. " What
was the reason of ail this?•" said Mr. Ibbotson, alluding
to the prostration of the American market. " Because
the Americans have nothing to give us in exchange for
our goods? America has an abundance of what our
people are dying for." Aye, but then step in the
Corn-laws, and prevent our starving m►lljons from being
fed.. " Tell it not in Gatb though, proclaim it not in
the streets of Ascalon," lest one rose-leaf may be ruf-
fled upon the couch of the lady-like Post. In fact, a
more puerile and contemptible piece of unredeemed and
unredeemable balderdash never disgraced the columns
of the Post before. And at the " heel of the hunt "
the Post recommends that it is now high time that
there should be a sort of surveillance or espionage esta•
blished over the press—whether public or private
though it does not say. A very proper suggestion, in-
deed, to be thrown out by the leading journal of the
Tories.—Sunday Times.

The Gazette du Midi of the 16th (Marseilles
paper) contains a long report of the trial of the Marquis
de Forbin des Issart (a Legitimatist), a Major-General,
formerly Deputy fur Vaucluse, and afterwards a Peer of
France. M. de Forbin wrote a strong pamphlet, entitled
"My Opiniop, on the Humana Census." It was an at-
tack on the Government, and the Crown lawyers prose-
cuted it before the Court of Assizes of Vaucluse, sitting
at Carpentras. M. de Forbin was defended by MM. de
Laboulie and Masson, the former once Deputy. The
speeches for the prosecution and the defence embraced a
complete political view of the state of France and her
policy since 1830, and the discussion was carried on with
much talent and earnestness on both sides. Two ques-
tions were put to the Jury, first, whether M. de Forbin's
pamphlet was a provocation to disobey the laws (he hav-
ing recommended the closing of the doors against the
agents of the census) ; and, secondly, whether the writ-
ing did not bring into hatred and contempt the King's
Government. The Jury, after a few minutes' consulta-
tion, acquitted M. de Forbin on both questions. The
trial and verdict have caused much excitement in the
south of France.

A banquet has recently been given at Bonn, to
the celebrated pianist, M. Liszt, in commemoration of
the anniversary of his natal day, which was attended by
about 280 of the first inhabitants, among whom
were the Rector of the University, the cele-
brated Dr. Arndt, and • numerous other professors,
the members of the Committee for the monument
of Beethoven, M. Schadaw, the Director of the Academy
at Dusseldorf, and many foreigners of distinction who.
happened to be at Bonn at the time. In the evening a
serenade was given by the Society of the Liedertalel.
The next day M. Liszt started for Berlin, where doubt-
less brilliant triumphs await him.
THE NEW WORK ON INDIA.—We are re-
quested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-
street, has this day published " Five rears in India ;
comprising a Narrative of Travels in the Presidencies of
Bengal, a Visit to the Court of Runjeet Sing, a Resi-
dence in the Himalaya Mountains, an Account of the
late Expedition to Cabul and Affghanistan, Voyage
down the Indus, and Journey Overland to England,"
by Henry Ed%%ard Faille, Esq., late Aide-de-Camp to his
Excellency the Commander-in-Chief in India, 2 vols.
small Bvo., with 22 illustrations. Mr. Colburn has also,
just ready for publication, " Frederick the Great and
his Times," comprising Original Letters of that Mo-
narch, now first published, with an Introduction by
Thomas Campbell, Esq., author of " The Pleasures of
Hope," " The Life of Tetrarch," &c., 2 vols. Svo.
FATHERS AND SONS.—This forthcoming
work of Mr. Hook's portrays a section of society afford-
ing beyond any other the most effective materials for the
novelist—materials which, in such hands, cannot fail of
being turned to admirable account. n drawing the
characters of one of the fathers and sons, who figure in
his pages, it is believed he was desirous of showing the
effects of a club life on families of a certain grade (for
which he was well qualified, having long been a member
of several of these institutions), and the worthy Baronet
who belongs to the " Doldrum, ' and his hopeful son who
is a member of " Crockford's," are put forward as show-
ing the influence of club education on both the young and
the old gentlemen of the present day. Besides these,
there are many novel views of character and manners,
and a story of striking and peculiar interest, which will
perhaps make " Fathers and Sons," the most popular of all
the author's productions, admirable as they are univer-
sally considered.
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