The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-01 00:00:00

1110N7WLY CHRONICLE.

The subject of a " French and English Al-
.ance," which was started in the last number of
his periodical, is resumed in the present. The
article is penned in a sensible and liberal spirit,
and repudiates the notion that France is anxious
for a war with this country. " War," we are as-
sured, " is not the wish of France ; it is the wish
of scattered parties who are at war with each
other. We have no right to attribute- hostile
views to the nation from the blusterings of such
—no right to feel less friendly to her alliance—
no right to allow of ourselves being irritated be-
cause the press of her capital is so, Paris is
France, but France is not Paris. Admitting her
centralising system, admitting her intellectual
and moral monopoly, admitting the influence she
exerts throughout the country, we are to recol-
lect what this country has now become; we are
to recollect that it is to material rather than
moral industry her great mass is indebted, and
that it is to that mass we must look, and ask, are
they inclined for war ?" " Illustrations of Dart-
moor" is a poem from the pen of Mr. Reade.
It is languid as a whole, but the versification in
places is not amiss. " New Zealand" is a glance
at the history of the colonisation of these remote
islands, and at the present period will be read
with interest. In the " Sketches of Spanish
Generals" we have an entertaining memoir of the
Carlist Chief Gomez. " Saison" is an account
of a visit paid to the famous executioner of that
name, who guillotined the Royal Family of
France, arid the majority of the Girond-. sts,
during the notorious Reign of Terror. From an
int.res.ing document entitled " Inedited Facts
respecting the French Revolution of 1789," we
quote the subjoined singular anecdote :
" Politics and cupidity were not the only evil passions
which sent their victims to the revolutionary scaffold. All
the baser feelings of human nature furnished their con-
tingent, envy, hatred, malice, and all uncharitableness,'
jealousy, sensuality, and even the wounded pride of bad
poets and wretched actors. The following anecdote is
related by Heron, private secretary of Fonquier Tinville,
the public accuser. On the sixth or seventh Thermidor
(two or three days before the fall of Robespierre) one of
Heron's friends called upon him at the bar of the tribunal,
for Fonquier had scarcely any other domicile taking his
meals and his rest at the bar, so urgent was the work of I

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his lips. • Br4vo I citizen Heron !' said he, 'l,:n
the wok coca brit-0y on ; ffty-four to-day !Eb I
h. V. al, many for •e-morrow ?'...• Not quite'
"• • 11A ?
i` 11V , 7. Nui Y'; but.
;:o you ye rat.
fanatic, or any othtr to denounce? ' Unfortunatell'
no ; but I have a small favour to ask of you. IPY
for you are n•y friend, are you not? Oblige ine,d!
cpuulto.tiunsgi mycymwairfee's
jn,kamine, orn.t.he list.' ... ' Your wilet C;
earnest ; and I assure you, ‘itUrslt'.(ll7 ht:lYd}:,:nbgljunriela lis'n;L:11;
service' r joit;eti H.., on • t,t riy, 04"
last Duodi we din,d th,r. '; •0. on;
see tied
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lighted with the citoyenne Ni tu.) oh nt
ot her HU, • BUT s'" iA a:, , 1
culotte 7' ... Not at all,' r.•pited thf. hui,hand. 4,e t%-nd
ar sli,erc. and I can pr ova r • Yo:t
Heron ; 'she is :th go.,ti wife, And y(.4 tat quickly rrii
pent it ' Not at, aim ; tist, nto inc.; once, twice' rill
y .0 gu llotine my waft, ier rt e ?' ... • Certainly n"t
brit
Heron ; ‘• have ,;„ It'
to place any reliance uon te exelaiwed the
p
visitor as he nillnin w, angry Nth 1-1,..t0tt ir,f,.-ede
latter had ',fused to him eat assiquat for a bu'd
franca, or to sign a c r fieetc of The ere'-
of the story is, that they cont-nucd to live lot/int:111 to
gether for thirty years; and that. the stile never re%
tamped the slightest suspicion of her husband's stno6)l'
attempt to get rid of her,'

TAI T'S MAGAZINE.
Tait is somewhat tame and heavy this 111°ut11,
o
with the single exception of his opening article;
entitled " Burschen Melodies," wherein he ,cie
hibits both spirit and liveliness. In this aru.nk,
we find some curious details respecting the drlare
ing associations of the Germans, which, we set
told, " are held from time to time in house.,
re..
apart specially for that purpose ; and in the Pgred
ceedings of which none but students are alil°oog
to participate. Beer on these occasions is urireg
right methodically ; and woe be to him who g'.tiff
the least indication here that he is not a
toper his thirst will be quenched for ala.ilYo..-0
day, for.. the watch-word is, .4 drink and 51,..11;,
and whoso on these points cannot approve !".!1
self well appointed, is despised as a vveakilllgi
We must confess we have nd- great aPILPf the a
with these young German beer-guzzlers, ir out
beverage—provided at least it resembled,
common English beer--is anything but eniiyes.
ing; indeed, it is provocative rather of sulleaate
than vivacity, and subdues rather than invig.An °raetle
the fancy. It must be a very coarse, 1111c.ellf
sort of nature that can sit for hours contea.
guzzling swipes. In a letter addressed to
the
editor by Mr. Cobden, on the subject oft;it
" Eastern Question," the writer draws a I)°,l'
of the late Sultan Mahmoud, which, though tl
the
flattering, is, we suspect, more correct tilauteeo
generality of the characters that have dir.
given of him. " The Sultan," saYs ust
Cobden ic was amusing himself with the ring
childish pursuits, while the world was ertile
him credit for bestowing all his thoughts 011.00.
improvement of his country. He was passe e 4
ately addicted to the bottle ; and his face, I/ po.
I saw him, bore the usual evidences of derPlato
tations. Yet when violating, in this partielit. to
the precepts of his religion, he lent Maisel the
the most rigid enforcement of its forms upon the
people. When I was at ConstantinopleLfloi
populace were actually driven to the 111°7,0r.
five times a day by the police with whips, rtho
suant to an order just before obtained fr°lllThet
Sultan by the ministers of relicrion."
" Feats and Fortunes of Richard the Reive"aisil
of the ordinary tone of magazine stories,,,,h" or
defers to one of the freaks of James the
flr
Scotland, who was very fond, as is well kiwi,'
o.
of traversing the country in disguise, from 'lOO
tives of gallantry and adventure. " Auto g 0
graphy of an English Opium-Eater," is deuc-of
in point of interest; moreover, it is negligieiriq
and verbosely written. " Oliver Cromvve,,'
an able and dispassionate notice of a late poP:ths
romance, which appeared four or five ilirreo
ago. We select for quotation, some sensible re'
marks by the Editor on Tee-Totalisnl
drinking songs:—
" A Reverend and a teetotaller expresses gnats sttl.
tisfaction with our melodious efforts for the aaluselitne,;4
the public; accusing us, in plain phrase, of ' eorr;lptirs°
the manners of the age ;' and warns us that, if °ue'
ceed in our wicked courses, we shall certainly fall of
der the condemnation of Jack Sheppard.' To this ells
-rod
our answer may be very short : we advocate drinking. !`uor
sing drir.king songs; but we say nothing about the
that shall be drunk. Banish beer, banish wine, bate
Crambarnbuli (of which anon), and say coffee, cocett
water, and the song will remain as good as ever. exe'vr'oo
rhyme here and there, which it is your duty to chset,esoll
are dissatisfied. It is not wine that we sing. but ts",ree'
orjoy and jovialty incarnated in wine ; and if theeP
totaller shall succeed in incarnating that soul in"-. p
'rnil•
fectly (for Vishnu has many Avaters) in coffee or woe
water, and convincing
the world to that affect Oenelr
web which Pantagruelizing fancy weaves. will n
show ,"10
pictures, and the language of convivial poetry will
changed But the poet cannot dictate in these matte!;?
be receives and enjoys. For himself, the present wr''."o
confesses that be loves a glass of good wine, both oa
own account, and as a clear mirror wherein truth from tavi,
face of a friend bath again and again revealed itself ti.;
umphantly—to the utter rout and prostration of
,t"
r.
minced propriety and laced dignity which has how l'eusbie
pily become part of the habitude of social etiquette in ta,
country. Aral as for Tee-totalism, no doubt it is° aye
mirable thing, according to that Scripture, . If thin!
,eoc
offend thee, pluck it out ;' whereby, however. it II be
said, that what is expedient or necessary for one go
obligatory on all. But let abstinence flourish by all me
its
rather than drunkenness; and if a man loves water' Ai
him rejoice in it—as wine-drinkers rejoice in winch'ereS
the same time it must be remarked, that never was t",eaa
greater mistake than to suppose that &inking-song§ e-i-ofe
drunkenness. They do so certainly in a fashion, as 1*
may create lust, and religion superstition ; but is it a'
somewhat mare common to find that lust burns love to or
cinder, and that superstition chokes and strangles relighose
Let a man look about among his friends, and note Ito,
who are most given to mere physical excess at the tiitb
Certainly not those who make the banquet billow "00
flJods of melodious glee. They who give so much the
farm the soul, cannot be Wring in to the body ;•
ran Ist
human being can I) Iform only tine function g:io'
the same time. A black hen lays a white egg ; as
pinta
gen. of drinking-songs are generally very temp
persons."

UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL 60-,°
The first article, on " Fortifications of
s of great length, and embodies the arguniciers
and opinions of the most celebrated commander engineers as to the expediency of an 1111,00
taking which now occupies universally the at'
tion of the French people, and to a certain eto
tent the attention of Europe. It is needless of
give even a summary of them, as they arethe
a conflicting character, and the subject for the
last ten days has been so fully discussed in re
newspapers. We shall content ourselves, ti"bf
fore, with quoting the conclusions come Ode
the writer of the article on the print'.
of fortifying Paris, which are briefly these he
Ist. That French legislators far overvalue
eit
importance of the Parisian fortifications, 117--er
they attribute any serious moral influence vi
Europe to their construction, or when they ';;;oot
upon them as calculated to avert war, or to nrliot
the progress of counter-aggression. 2dly. ai
if these fortifications can be serviceable in
trolling the population of Paris, all Europe
unite in applauding their establishment. 3d Yd
That the enormous expense to the nation, ;id
positive vexation and loss to the citizens dur,lol
peace, do not appear. to promise any equivaliveo
benefits in the event of war. 4thly. That 1111,,•ve
Paris be defended at a distance, by her acl,itif
armies, she never can be rendered sufficien of
strong to defend herself, through the agency e 5
her citizen garrison. And, lastly, if the fortune,
of war should turn against the French arID
as it did in 1814 and 1815, and should ;wehe
Allies, after a succession of victories, or";" it
within gun-shot of the detached forts, tlia'oo
would be an act of cruel heroism, to
the part of commanders and citizens,theii
attempt resistance, and thus to expose i'dc.
great city to all the penalties of attt in
" The Navy and Army of the United States
n.
1810" will be read with interest. The Nail cooe
slsts at present of seven ships of the line, 06
frigate of 54 gut s ,f.airteen of 44 guns, tw° °nd
guns, twenty-o: e 'loops of from 20 to 16 Winking.
a few smaller vesse!s, with five war steam-9'W.a..
The Army, altogether, including infantry, uog
goons, artillery, &c., amounts to only 19're,
men. These returns are furnished by the Leicia
taries of the Navy and of War; and cer— the
appear not very formidable,—not equallingitte
naval and military forces of even a third
power in Europe.

DRURY LANE THEATRE.—Lord Caws.- •
who occupied the front seat in ono of the private heli
at this theatre, on Thursday night, was perceiyed,sed
recognised by some persons in the pit, who comma",, he
pointing him out to others as the " black-bottle man' but
was groaned and !rimed by a majority of the Wee'
Hig
he had a considerable party who cheered hie' for,
Lordship o
remained in the box to the close of the Perjet
mance, apparently disregarding the reception he the
with:; of course under these circumstances very little f,
beautiful music could be appreciated. When the itm,
formances were over numbers of persons rushed out o 0
pit to give him, which they did, a lusty parting grotto
the street.
l
A. SPEIRS, ESQ., M.P.—We rejoice to el
that there is no truth in the report that Mr. SPel" ding
at Leamington on NVedneaday the 17th inst. Accer.ii at
to letters received within the last ten days, he wa s
Naples, but not in very good health. The Paagrb
an
,announcing hs death was communicated by a gentle°
on whose authority we have generally implicit reliaPee'

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