The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-19 00:00:00

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kind, that we think the conduct of the French
Honouring the remains of NAPOLEON defitisihle.
But we must divtinctly object to the injustice which
'ur Contemporary does that great man, when he
says—

saying a few words more on the subject this* it
was yesterday in our power to offer. We must re-
peat our heartfelt satisfaction that it was unattendvd
with the slightest disturbance, notwithstanding the
provocation to outrage which some journals threw
out. The French, and particularly the Parisians,
begin to appreciate the beauty and utility of quid,
order; and the general calmness of their deportment
not wholly divested of enthusiasm, will tend to re-
assure Europe, and win back that confidence which
the late gasconade of their journals frightened into
flight. It was a complete failure, so far as the hopes
of some scheming gentlemen were concerned, who
wished to make it an occasion for an men.% or
even a revolution ; many of the trumpery orna-
ments were not perfect; the whole pomp that can he
gathered together of the Catholic church was not put
in requisition ; it was in many points a poor exhibi-
tion ; but it called forth, in spite of the severe
weather, the bulk of the Parisian population, who
behaved respectfully, earnestly, sedately, arid even
with a species of devotion. For M. TRIERS, who
planned the scheme, and his friends who expected
to use it to their purpose, it was a complete failure ;
but the rest of the world arc, we believe, delighted
that it succeeded so well.
From the calmness of the deportment of Ow
Parisians, we are disposed to draw a more favour
able inference thsn some of our Contemporaries.
Whatever injuries NAPOLEON inflicted on France,
he beautified and aggrandized Paris. His reign,
for the Parisians, till its very close was a long suc-
cession of triumphs. Show followed show, as vic-
tory followed victory, and Paris was in a continual
carnival of glory. Paris had all the honours, and
felt none of the horrors of war till 181.5, and then
the presence of the Allies, the vast influx of
foreigners and ernigrat ts, the formation of another
Court, lessened the injuries and soothed the pangs
which the success of the Allies and the deposition
of the EMPEROR occasioned in other parts of
France. We do not wonder therefore, that the
Parisians almost deified their EMPEROR, and we
hail their present calm deportment as a proof that
twenty-five years have abated in them the supersti-
tion of hero worship. The restoration of the ashes
of NAPOLEON trif,lit have made them frantic, while
at Ham they would have found a new idol in young
NAPOLEON,who has already nominated m.THIERS
for his Prime Minister, and might have attempted,
under such auspices, again to make the bulk of
Europe tributary to Paris.
Our countrymen are disposed, perhaps, from
long enmity to BONAPARTE, and from suc-
cess against him, to judge the homage which the
French still pay to his talents and his genius
somewhat harshly. At any rate, our people can
scarcely sympathise with their feelings, and expect
too much of them in demanding that they should
look at BONAPARTE like philosophers, and cease
to admire him because he was not, like FRANKLIN
or WATT, a benefactor to the whole human race.
We have as little, or perhaps less, veneration for
the vulgar race of heroes, than any of our Tory
brethren. We cordially condemn the practice of
almost deifying successful warriors, in whatever
cause they may have drawn their swords ; but we
we cannot overlook the practices of the world, nor
disregard the usual feelings of mankind. We can-
not, therefore, now follow the Tory lead, measure the
actions of BONAPARTE by an abstract and perfect
standard, and at once turn into ridicule the honour be-
stowed on his ashes by the French, because he shed
their blood in useless wars, and was not a philoso-
phic statesman. We are, at the same time, highly
Great excitement prevailed in the
seas
political cir-
'
cies of Paris on Thursday, in consequence of a
delighted that our Tory brethren should have made
I rumour that the Porte had refused to ratify Corn-
so much progress in civilisation, as even to surpass
the Parisians, and now adopt those abstract doe- modore NAPIER'S treaty with NlEttEstEr ALI.
trines of non-hero worship which the philosophic
Afore recent accounts from Constantinople 1 • have
Radicals have for many years laboured to make the
enabled us to_pronounce this rumour to be unfoun-
creed of mankind.
ded. The remonstrance of Lord PA E rtsTo N
gainst persisting the sentence of deposition pro-
We remember at the same time, and remcm-
nounced against the VICEROY
boring are suspicious of their sincerity, that they produced, we have
still speak in almost idolatrous terms of the been assured, the effect intended by his Lordship.
great warrior who, without hating a much. better Not only had the SULTA N agreed to restore
cause than that of BONAPARTE, succeeded
Egypt to the DACHA, but to enter into such arni-
against him, Undoubtedly, too, when it shall cable relations with him as would tend to restore
please the ALMIGHTY to remove the Duke of harmony between the populations of Turkey and
WELLINGTON from this earthly scene, they will I Egypt.
require that honours something like those bestowed It was likewise rumoured in Paris that the de-
on the ashes of NAPOLEON shall attend him to the termination of France to continue her armaments
grave. To institute comparisons between these I had given great umbrage to the Austrian and
two great Generals is not our present business ;we Prussian Governments. This is not surprising ;
shall content ourselves with observing that the Dukel but after the evidence the French Government has
NAPOLEON of the pacific
of WELLINGTON is probably grateful to Provi- i received at the funeral of
deuce that lie was not exposed on the giddy spirit of the French people, we trust the arma-
°
height of an imperial throne to the ser- ments will be quietly discontinued. It is no lonervile adulation of a vain-glorious people, doubtful that the war party in France is by tio
and, that his lot was cast among a more staid and means so formidable, either in numbers or in influ-
more sober race than the French. Twenty-five ence, as was supposed during the 'debate upon the
years, as we have seen by the example of the Pari- Address. Of the 600,000 persons who paraded
sians, and the Tory writers, now suffice to make Paris on Tuesday, not fifty joined in the yell of
a great progress in civilization, and thirty years the youthful knights of the pestle and mortar against
have elapsed since cur countrymen conferred on jM. GUIZoT and Lord PAL mERsTo N. Their
the remains of their great Admiral, whose character I shouts were heard with the utmost indifference.
was no more without blemish than that of i
Even the female portion of the immense crowd
NAPOLEON or WELLINGTON, honours very i manifested not the slightest symptoms of alarm.
similar to those which the French have now I The following just and sensible observations upon
bestowed on the greatest of their warriors, and the contemptible attempt to create a disturbance on
hllrsdalye :_ columns of the
one of the most commanding men that ever this solemn occasion, are from h
lived. If our Tories would not beforehand tarnish Journal des Debars of
the honours with which WELLINGTON will be Certain cries of " Down with Ministers and Guizot"
and depreciate those con- dGid comal from certain companies of the National
stleaurtiOnalWecondturarrtt 4enYit.
conducted to the tomb,
sense, but inevitable' The fact is uncoil-
o underorder,
a governmentdiscipline,
oafn
freedom
e egd( hood
ferred on NELSON thirty years ago, they should , ,
not ridicule or condemn the French for the profound,
earnest, and peaceful homage they have paid to the and free discussion. Many National Guards would
ashes of NAPOLEON. be found to cry " Long live the Re üblio " or " Long
live Henry V. ;" nay, some may[l be 'Lind to cry
To judge of their conduct correctly, we must try
ofrnas complain of the bad
both. The Bonapartist Liberals of the present daY
the
entire the
it by the conduct of other nations, not by
p7aerispteiooninetto humour and disaffection
the philosopher's abstract rule. BONAPARTE ,u the publics. But in Napoleon's time, the
ilj-
our was greater, and hundreds would have cla-
was an Emperor as well as a great war- floured for peace, and " Down with the conscription," if
part °f
durst., It was a great act of courage on the
rior. Compared to all the Monarchs of
Senate in 18.13 to tell the Emperor, that
state prisons, and military tribunals, are rare in-
France who preceded him, lie towers above Louts
at the empire sighed after peace. Conserip-
ctiolcurNafie
XIV. and HENRY IV. far more than they tower tions,
above the rest. He was by far the greatest man
milled t (.1,15e re
reign.do e s n\Norte reignhave
ftrbeeedseilmentinunpalennittiyn,ty.
and
keeping down popular discontent. At
that ever sat on the throne of France. As lie sur- N
s
:sere are not dangerous. People may cry " Down with
clamour
freedom,
Ministers" in the streets, and then return to their fa-
nbau te thereet
strengtho u outcry o f the
passed all his predecessors, so he far outstripped
all the Sovereigns of Europe of his own age, and for
° d'enveil coWnseehnauveneaesproefssthtois
a long time previously. He was a man of great s
consequences too ; and, notwithstanding the
talents. They owed all the brillancy of their reigns, are good
headstrong and the mad, there is still
whatever it was, to their Ministers, Generals, and
Admirals ; they were only nominally great. He was foolish enoughstatesmen, in the country to stop the. career of
en, who so bungled and complicated po:i-
great in the cabinet and great in the field. Out of the tical affairs,thst they did not know what to do next, save
chaos of the Revolution lie brought forth order, but, v
‘ercry war.
ar . W e have saved Mn M. iers his Leipsic
arid for a season he made the French the arbiters and
Of the 600,000 persons on foot on
Tuesday, some few cried " Down with traitors ;" but in
of the fate of Europe. The other Sovereigns subs presence of the great mass of the people, these imper-
mitted to him as a god, or were saved, like England, ceptilbly few clamours did not succeed in even excit-
from his sway by a fortunate situation or the iodo- itnhae
_Lim- The isolation of these few in the midst of
without exception the most significant
mitable spirit of their people. Compared to him, fact of the day, Their efforts showed but their feeble-
, the Sovereigns of his time were no better than ness. Their voice had little sound, and no echo. None
boobies ; yet what honours almost divine, what
responded to them. The people came to respect and
,
honour the memory of a great man, and by its silent
long lines of soldiers, what solemn lying in state,what contempt resisted the puny efforts to convert the funeral
slow and mournful firing, what national mournings pomp into an cineule.
marked their exit, and were decreed to their remains f. The pacific and orderly behaviour of the Pa-
The customs of Europe are a vindication of the risian population on Tuesday will greatly strengthen
French. The Europeans honour warriors and the hands of the SOUL T-G UlzoT Cabinet; and
Kings. To ridicule or condemn the honours they it is very desirable that advantage should he taken
have bestowed on NAPOLEON, is to ridicule and of it to remove the larm entertained of the intern.
condemn the general reverence for Royalty. Such tentions of France by her neighbours.
remarks as those we copy from the Times and the The National was seized on %Wednesday by
Standard would become the New York Herald ; order of the Government. On the same evening
but in the Times, which lately strove to exalt some seditious cries were uttered by a number of
Royalty in public estimation, and the Standard, workmen on the Boulevards, but the police sup-
which is almost the advocate of the divine right of pressed them without difficulty. These workmen
Kings, they are misplaced. They are worthy of the, had not returned to their employment after attend-
columns of a Radical or Republican Journal. ;og the ceremony of the funeral, and were under the
In ti,, issatn we aerree with the abstract doctrines I iiiitience of wine.
of the Tizzies, and it is chiefly I,L ion ;,u dos ous. i The Cissori;er of Deputies assembkci oi, 'I ours-
toms of Europe and the general feelings of nun. j day to discuss the budget. The President read the

He had gone further towards eradicating the very
,eeds and principles of honest industry—towards wasting
in unjust ambition the resources and the fruits of corn-
tierce—towards rendering successful violence the stand-
ird both of policy and honour—towards per% crting
ul knowledge to the cods of desolating barbarism—
..reimpling on religion and its ministers, and utterly de-
praving the whole mind of Fr:ince. than had been effe.Aed
nom the accession of Lows XIV. and the massacre of
St. Bartholomew to 1793 inclusive.

Now we must remind our Contemporary, that
the Church in France had been overthrown, the
priests banished or drowned, religion had been
trampled on, mercy lost sight of, industry eradicated
by great oppressions, and the Revolution, in all its
worst phases, had been passed through, before tio-
NAPA ItTE arrived at power. The people who could
be guilty of what the rulers of France were k!uilty
before the Revolution, and of what nearly all classes
were guilty during the Revolution, could not by any
byl BONAPARTE.
profligate Church, very
The
if)aolsigsi(bioilnna
itiyibteionofa corruptedist
no
like our own at present, and the iron rule of a
grasping aristocracy, not very different from
our Corn-law makers, had thoroughly debased
and demoralized the French before 1790,
and ever since that period the fermentation of the
people has been directed to throw off some of the
noxious ingredients. To a great extent they suc-
ceeded. BoNAPARTE added, when he acted on
the old principles, many new ones equally noxious.
The French have not yet got rid of them, but one
of the best signs we have lately seen that they are
fast working themselves clear, is the calm and quiet
reception they have given to the ashes of NAPO-
LEON, notwithstanding the numerous efforts that
have been used to revive in their hearts an enthu-
siastic devotion to military glory.

In another part of the paper will be found au ac-
count of a meeting of Dissenters held at Edin-
burgh on Wednesday, which requires the serious
consideration of the Government. We have al
aiong held that her MAJESTY'S Ministers ought
to shun ad interference between the Intrusionists
and Non-Intrusionists in Scotland, and leave the
two parties to settle the question in the General
Assembly or i❑ the Court of Session, in the
best way they can. The Cabinet have hitherto
pursued that prudent course, while at the same
time they have allowed Mr. Fox MA uLli and
the LORD ADVOCATE, their representatives in
the North, to lend their support to the law-
breakers, the men, who (in the words of the Rev.
Mr. MARSHALL) are aiming at the thing the
Romish Clergy aimed at when the Church of Rome
was in the ascendant, and ►hat has been the con-
sequence ? The numerous body of Dissenters
identify these two patrons of Non-Intrusion with the
Government, and have come to a resolution to re-
fuse their support to any candidate who shall
advocate the wild doctrine that the Church,
while connected with the State, and esta-
blisl►cd by law, shall be independent of both.
The vanity of the present LORD PROVOST too,
and the rejection of Mr. BLACK, have added vot
a little to the bitterness of feeling which, unless
allayed by a strong demonstration on the part of
the Government, will do them incalculable
mischief in Scotland. The Conservatives rejoice
at this unseemly quarrel, ;Ind at the next election
will not fail to make a good use of it.

different articles, which showed that the receipts
for the year 1838 amounted to 1,149,612,932
francs, and the expenditure to 1,135,200,970
francs, giving a surplus of 14,411,962 francs.
The details of the debate possess not the shadow
of political, commercial, or financial interest.
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Madrid papers of the 10th inst. have reached us.
The Regency had abolished the offi::es of Under•
Secretaries of State and Chiefs of Division i❑ the
War and Foreign Departments of the Government.
A report of the Financial state of Spain, and of
the mea3ures to be taken by the Government for
the liquidation of the Hone and Foreign Debt,
was expected to appear in the Gazette of the
11th inst.

ESPARTERO was concentrating a strong military
force on the confines of Portugal, and it was gene-
rally believed that if the Portuguese Government
persisted in interrupting the navigation of the
Douro, he wot.ld cross the frontier; and carry war
into the heart of Portugal. The capital was
tranquil The Fives were at 26-4- for cash.

AMERICAN SUB-TREASURY BILL.—A CJrrespondent
has pointed out that the statement in our paper on
Thursday that the " Van Buren party had been unable
to carry through their Sub• Treasury Bill," is an error.
That Bill was passed and became law on July 4.
We, however, only referred to that as an illustration,
and the serious opposition it encountered, ending
'as we now tee in a change of the Government, will
equally serve our purpose of showing that no great al-
terations can be successfully made in the policy of the
United States, to which a very largo minority
is opposed. We muy take the same opportu-
nity of noticing a letter which appears in an
other part of The Sun, the writer of which seems
to have misapprehended our remark that Congress
would cease to exist on March 4th, which was only
meant to imply that it would then cease to sit. Our
Correspondent is correct in saying that it will only be
partially renewed. He is also correct, probably, in
saying, that on the meeting of the Cangress•in De-
cember next year, a majority of Whigs will be found in
the Senate and in the House of ltvresentatives,while the
President's chair will be occupied by a Wh!g. At the
'same time we aro of opinion that the Whigs wall not,
therefore, be able to c.ttry all their favourite measures,
out will be so far resisted by the large minority as to
nv.ke very slow progress, and will only succeed ulti-
mately, if at all, by first iofluencing public ()Onion.