The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-21 00:00:00

(From the Standard.)

" Would (said the late Mr. Fox, in the most elo-
quent passage perhaps that he ever delivered)—would
that statesman would in time reflect upon all the horrors
and e4irses implied in that one word—' War.' " We
have little hope that the statesman (if a may so
grossl' abuse the word, who are now seeking to disturb
the peace of Europe, will take Mr. Fox's advice ; and
even to the generality of mankind the horrors and crimes
of war are become so familiar, and arc so much disguised
by the gilding of false honour, that to descant upon the
moral and physical evils of war would be thought a
fooiish expenditure of wearisome common-places.
Bet though it would be unprofitable to attempt to
.persuade such persons as M. Thiers and his abettors
i'y ergurnents suited to prevail only with good men and
we.e men, there are considerations affecting rather the
po.itlical retails than the moral or physical incidents of
Thiers' war, which may reach the merely cuw•ing.
As to the belligerent Minister himself, we frankly own
that we do not believe it to be in the compass of rea-
sonic-% to move loin from his present temper and dc-
sego. His views are entirely selfish. Louis Napoleon
undcr:stood the man periectly wed when he named him
to continue Minister. Provided M. Thiers can retain
snsiticn, the petty peasant will be in-
iiilli!rent what tlyt.asty shall reign ; to what system of
w.bernment, democratical or despotic, France shall
submit ; or what calamities she shall be made to suffer.
Oi millions of Frenchmen, however, there can
be but few in this respect like M. Thiers, and it
would be well for the rest to think beforehand of what
&mixt be the re34lt of a protracted war, as regards the
ceeralion of the elements of her social state upon
.P'rq,•tce herte(f. The experiment nnw threatened is I
one; to use tire law phrase, " prima impressionis." In 1
toe history of France, or, indeed, in the his'ory of any 1
other country, we find nothing like it—a war threatened
by ~ne State against nil her neighbours, not for the pur-
pos..l of resisting aggression—not for the protection of
a,-:y private interest—not for the vindication of out-
r.lged honour—but simply and nal di3 directed to as-
s,ert fur the arrogant disturber of peace the right to
dictate to the wor:d. Snell a Vi,ll' as this must tri
umph by a cw4i) tie irain, or extend to ages, if not
sooner teriniwated by the humiliation of tho aggressor.
&ten a war admits of no interme;hatc itccommoda-
tion: the defensive league cannot submit without for
ever surrendering their ;ndependence ; the aggroasive
State can hardly retreat without underg&ng that dis-
grace which to it nation is almost equivalent to utter
estin-ctioss.

(From the Courier.)
Tke journals its the pay and service of Ministers
must be sadly at a loss for some plausible pretext to vent
their venom at the highest subject in the realm, when
they convert the fact of her health having been received
with enthssiasm—a tribute to her virtues, her station,
ek,i(t l ~/.r worth—by the Conservatives of Leicester, into
an occasion for insinuating agaest that illustrious per-
eonSge the charge of being ignorant of her duty towards
toe Sovereign of these realms, and of intercepting the
" supreme attachment" of her subjects. That the name
er Queen Adelaide, the venerated widow cif our late
revered monarch should command respect, and excite
enthus asni in any assembly of Englishmen sensible to
the claims of exalted virtue, ought to be a matter of no
surprise to any rightly-constituted mind ; the malignant
temper of faction could alone discover in such an event,
cause or provocation for a renewal of the unmanly ca-
lumnies with which her character had before been assailed.
or evidence of any want of loyalty on the part of those
noblemen and gentlemen who attended the dinner at
Leicester. Lord Brougham was not far from the
truth when he declared, that every man in England
with nn incoare estceeding .5001. a year, was a Conser-
vative at heart ; how unreasonable is it then in our
Ministerial Contemporaries to rail with such bitter.
ness against Queen Adelaide for her supposed partici-
pation in the sentiments, political and religious, enter-
tained by an overwhelming majority of the educated,
enlightened, and influential classes of the empire.
There is also another order in the State against which
these Whig champions are for ever darting their poi-
soned missiles—Oe mean the clergy ; but whether this
proceeds from their own mere motion and will, or they
net_.eupon•instruetions from their employers, it were
etifE tilt to determine ; certain it is, however, that no
opportuaity is let slip for reviling the clergy, and sneer-
ing at their claims to the respect and affection of the
people. The cause of this enmity is, however, easily
.disceraible ; the clergy, as body, have' but little con-
fidence in the wisdom or integrity of the Whig Cabinet,
aseither were they able discover any proofs of Wbig
reverence for the Church in the repeated "heavy blows"
avowedly aimed at its independence. and efficiency
both in England and Ireland.
sonth,wrathfui
and indignant
against Whig journals ore for-
.thhe British clergy,
because they grace and sanction their presence
igolswdbeiohhutier hdo o
to
Conservative festivals held in their
and because Conservatism is eomewh:tei
them for its rapid progress and development
last five years throughout the empire ; but we within the
never heard that the aid and co-operation of the Bennishe
priests in Ireland had been rejected by their patrons,
nay, we have a shrewd suspicion that it is to that co-ope:
ration-and the " compact alliance" from which it springs
GUILDHALL.
that the latter owe their continuance in ofEce—truth Samuel Ifillett, conductor of the Fulham omnibus,
will not permit us to add—in power. How absurdly No. 2111—
was summoned by Mr. Adam Smith,. of
'ngnets, ; wahte nB;ot
hhwee
ludicrous is it for the organs of such a party to assume Blandford ; uarhe,
oltiictlr,he,ta_ a
.inspection.
airs of imlependence, when in their inmost souls they must ney, for ;sing for improperly loitering on the Jour-
foursi.ve language, and refusing to produce
feel the galling conviction that their return to place was hismrare.tasl
mainly brought about through the agency of Irish
h ying been sworn, stated, that he got
priests and the virulence of sectarian bigotry ? Where into the defendant's omnibus in the Poultry, but soon
would the Melbourne Cabinet be now, had it not been so bad to complain to him of the creeping pace and nume-
cthhuenrch Cheiipside, he said he
e°"tantly and undeviatingly supported by the nominees
wroc,uusidstegpept
of the Hughes's. and the WI-Idles' of the Irish
defendant told him he might
b"d—by those who now echo and sustain the clamour go to a certain place
l"dietol that he would not.
fin. rellowl and separation, and who have been the main get out, but would take the derfeepn a t before a Magise
:aestruneent, in
; finally, owing to the
got out at Norfolk-street,
agitatien producing the disturbance, turmoil, and trate far using such language
when be asked the conductor to show him li.
of which Ireland has been this se' ene and the sluggish rate of the vehicle, he
victim for the
whose
twenty years. It well becomes,
isbbuas,dagned;
indeed, those
retasterymasters were restored to the
.d defendant
‘‘T ha t i
s s pointeduit eisufficient
their
you. Dumber,
Witness
f itthoeesoomnl
Offiee. and are
replied, he
there by such " base second / sal d,
means" as those we have alluded to, to assail the British had that number, but it was not sufficient ; the defend-
clergy for mildly
,persisted in his refusal, and
and temperately expressing their sea- I ant, - - ainwnts as British citizens
;(and drove off.
part of
the national religion!
, _ for thneo‘,
as faithful guardians of f On being
xel,a,ollresdhiopnthoort his_answer, Pendantdrilythoendot,,oii,tc,y
he 'ltith secti t re
at :Y are • •
,oge, ttr be held respore ible aGuevor, we sup- ; referred his
'l4 fti,eiconduct in this
on 0 r
, palpable indiscre. ' Act, which requires, when the complainant is the
purialia their vocation an iiresdrehts ".s they
c arging are but la_ witness, that he should relinquish his claim to a
the duties nu , the penalty before he was sworn.

LORD MAYOR—How (lid you know that he
was going to sell you ? The Boy—Oh, when he
said he was going to Cuba, we knew what it was
for, and we were all so glad when the ship was sold at
13:rmuds.

The LORD MAY OR—Then he was guilty of traffick-
ing in slaves ? The boy—He couldn't mike Ili slaves ;
he tried all he could, but the cruiser heat him.

The LORD MAYOR—WeII, and did the other boys
come with you? The boy—No; John Roberts and
another boy was with me when I went on board, and
they came along with toe, and we were all to be 831 d
with the other boys ; hut, God bless you, we shouldn't
have lived long, for Cuba is a cruel bad place. They
call it hell upon earth, and they say, them that's tried
it, that it's as bad, every bit, as the other hell ; so I was
taken on board the Jane, of Margate, as cabin-boy, for
they told me I could get a passage easy from England
to Jamaica, but all the rest stayed at Bermuda.
The LORD MAYOR—And I dare say your father and
mother think you are a slave ? The boy—Yes, they
don't expect to see me any more, but I think I'll steal
in upon 'cm soon, and how I will make them laugh.
The LORD MAYOR—You'll not trust yourself in a
strange ship again ? The boy—Not in a Spanish ship.
I'd go any wherein an English ship, but not in a Spanish
ship. No, no 1 I'll not go to hell.
The LORD MAYOR—How long have you been absent
from your parents? The boy—More than seven months =
is'ntit a long time ? _

The LORD MAYOI3.It is, indeed, my little fellow;
A very long time.

The boy (laughing)—That's the reason I'm glad the
gentleman brought me to you, for I know, by your kind
looks, you will take me home. If you like, I'll cook
for you this very minute here (warming his hands by
the fire).
The Loan MAYOR—I'II find you a passage home,
The boy—Ab, I knew it ; and I'll promise you never
to beg any more, I'll always work.
His Lordship having communicated with Messrs.
Mitchell, the West India merchants, on the subject,
these gentlemen immediately received the poor boy,
rigged him out, and sent him to do duty in the cabin of
one of their vessels, which is to sail immediately. He
returned soon afterwards, to tell the Lord Mayor bow
thankful he was ; and every one was amused to see him
hold out his hand to show, by shaking his Lordship's,
how sincere and gratified he was.