The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-15 00:00:00

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The Chronicle in reference to the report that Sir R.-
Peel intends torepeal thenewPostage Act has the follow--
ing remarks :—" Were' we actuated by a merely factious
spirit of opposition to the new Ministry, we should de-
sire nothing better than that they should commence their
legislative and financial blunders by meddling with the
Penny Postage. But we have a deep interest in the
success of the measure ; it is one of those few practical
matters which speak to the people in a practical way,
telling them that the machinery of Government is used,
not for their oppression, but for their moral, social, and
intellectual elevation ; and if we had access to Sir
Robert Peel, we would earnestly entreat him, if it were
only for his own sake, nut to meddle with the Penny
Postage."
The Times, after attributing the repeated attempts to
assassinate the Royal Family of France to the infidel
works of Volney and Voltaire, thus describes the pre-
sent position of Louis Philippe There is, perhaps,
scarely an individual in public life in Europe at this
moment, whose peculiar position and personal anxieties
so naturally command our sympathy as do those of
Louis. Philippe. Whatever degree of blame may attach
to him for his conduct in 1830, there can be no doubt
that his conduct in the government of France for the
last seven years has been marked both by goosl inten-
tions and by a very uncommon degree of skill, temper,
and•sagacity. lie finds himself still, however, astride
an almost unmanageable and dangerous steed, to curb
whose wildness is next to impossible ; while to descend
from his seat would be to endanger not only his own
safety and that of every one around him, but that of
every valuable institution in his country."
The Herald has the following remarks on the same
subject :—" The atrocious attempt of the infuriate wretch
is another view of the extremity to which the enemies of
order and liberty ere prepared to advance for the purpose
of plunging France once more into a revolutionary
abyss; it also shows how feeble a restraining power in
France is moral influence or moderation in politics. In
England such secret societies as those from which these
attacks on Royalty proceed could not exist a month ;
public opinion alone would dissipate them; all classes of
society would combine to extirpate such monsters from
the land. It behoves the intelligence, the moderation,
and the education of France, to associate for such a pur-
pose. They owe it, not only to their fine country, but to
humanity, to make at least some efforts to relieve France
from the stigma produced by such criminal events. It is
hot enough that the Chamber of Deputies should condole
with their Monarch on the occasion of these outrages, or
pass stringent laws for the suspension or regulation of
the secret societies of Paris. French society must com-
bine for the destruction of the insane feeling in which

they originate." •
The Post, in a furious passion with some person who
writes in the Chronicle. against the Corn-law Lords, con-
cludes a short article in these words :—" Such violence
as this, the offspring of ignorance, vanity, and affected
passion, is. unworthy of any answer save the stocks or
the treadmill. We draw attention to it for the purpose
of showing what is actually done by that party with
which Lord Howick would fain associate caution and
discretion ! We are anxious that our readers should be
aware of the impotent fury which the beaten agitators
now display, not. that we want to excite our readers into
any warmth of indignation, for such rabid trash ought
not to make any sensible man angry, but that they may
be prepared to show (to all who quest;on it) the incapa-
city of theWbig-Radical party for conducting itself with
propriety in any position, and the necessity which exists
for setting things right by means of calm, careful, Con-
servativeGovernm9t.

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The BrijMon- Guardian has the following manly,
straightforward passage :—" The free-traders, the Corn-
-6w repealers, are zealous and determined men. Justice,
truth, and honesty are on their side. They have appealed
to Religion, and she has given a favourable answer. The
distress of trade and the poverty of the Exchequer work
with them. The manufacturing industry of the country
cannot answer the extortions of the landlords and the
taxes of the State. A palpable necessity exists for re-
laxing restrictions on trade, or submitting to a decreas-
ing revenue. To diminish the public expenses and
maintain the public establishments for which the Tories
in opposition were urgent, is impossible; and we there-
lore have no hesitation in saying, fair as seems the wea-
ther and smooth the water for the navigation of the Tory
ship, that her voyage will be short and disastrous if she
be steered the same course as hitherto."
The Cambridge Advertiser considers the present Ad-
ministration to be a species of Creole Cabinet:—", Sir
Robert Peel's Cabinet is a nameless one. In the vocabu-
lary of political nomenclature no term can be found that
describes it. It is not Tory—this is denied by Peel him-
self, by the Duke of Wellington, by Sir James Graham,
by cord Stanley ; it is not Whig—for this we have the
evidence of Lord Lyndhurst and the Duke of _ Bucking-
ham, Lord Aberdeen and Mr. GoulbUrn. Sir Robert
Peel's Government will be one of expediency, of circum
stances. Anything approaching to principle is entirely
out of the question with such a Cabinet, if indeed we
make no exception to the principle of having no prin-
ciple."