The Sun.
London, England, 1823-05-23 00:00:00

.LONDON JOURNA

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DAILY
Extracts from the Morning Papers, May 23.

[MORNING HERALD.]
In the House of Lords, last night, Lord Laos:
down asked, What we.thOught a queer 'question
of the Ministers. it was to this effect—hat there
been a Convention as to the military occupancy
of.'s*itzerlatiti- by Austria is. well known
that Switzet land once ,belonged • to. Austria..
is ,also well known, as tr principle in human na-
ture, that what we once have had, we aro.always
hankering after, and that we never rest satisOed
witti.l.we are again in .possession of that
have lost. Now our belief is, that Austria,longa
for the
.re-pos.session,of Switzerland, part of. her
ancient. dominions, and that she, will, ,leave no
stone unturned until she is again master of that
country. 13nt we also believe, that as :soon. as
she has every thing ..in readiness to seize. on
Switzerlpd,,, she will do it .without asking
theiperMission 'of either Lord Liverpool, Lord
Linstlown,, or John Bull himself. ,In just
the same manner, the , French, under the
Duke of Angouleme, marched into Spain in
spite of even, Lord Wellington's remonsirances—
that great general, who had bealen Buonaparte,
the beater of all the European Continental,
igmperors, Kings, and their Generals, What
Austria finds it convenient to do as to Switzer-
land, we believ.eShe will do; and we think the
time is fast approaching when she will again take
possession of that, country, from, which William
'fell, and those whom he 'inspired with.enthu-
siasm,, drove the AustrianS in former times. It is
singular to' see how the world 'change's, and that
that which is brought about in one century,
-should be liable to he so singularly' overturned
in another.

The best speech we have heard for a longtime
least, .in our opinion----is the.,speech which
Mr. Brougham made on ‘Vednesday night, and
which.appeared in the Morning. herald yes-
tertley,. It wns.in opposition to a Bill Whieh Mr.
Martin brought into the House of Commons to
do away, with the horrid, unchristianlike amuse.
rent of bull-baiting. The speech is so excellent
that we, be; our readers to. peruse it again. It is
't Mr Itionotwr said he would take- that opportunity' of
giving notice that he would opose the 13111, unless the Hon.
lqember would introduce words to prevent the rich as well as
"the poor 11'ot-it indulging in all those sports„ which were found
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ninflicting cruelty on,, some animals. lie was as great an
enemy as any one to animal as well as human torture. But he
could not see why the poor should be curtailed in their plea-
sures, while the rich were allowed the fulleSt indulgenee. lie
would, therefore, iippoSe the Bill, unless the lion. Member
amended it by introducing the words fishing, grouse shooting,
partridge shooting to lin-Ming, hare hunting, &c. fie 'weak'
oppose any Bill anal ,tended to draw a distinction between the
. rich and poor classes.' •.
:The chief reason why we ao much like this speech
thut it is at knock-at cant, which is one of. the
vices of this " enlightened age," as it is called: by
such as wish to be designated " enlightened
.roen." 'We quite agree with Mr. Brougham, in
the opinion, that there cannot he the least differ.
ence betyteen beating a bull, or riding on horse.
back with a pack of bounds after o hare, a stag
,or a fox, until the latter aniMals break their
hearts, and become a prey to the dogs and. the
huntsmen. .T 4 speeches in opposition ,to Mr.
Brougham's speech .were, in , our,
.opinion, very
flidisy, and especially those proceeding from
gentlemen who are occasionally seen ot ;Meetings;
for the purpose of distributing, among the ,liee.4
then the sublime precepts ,of Jesus Christ through
the means of the NeW Testament, or gentlemen
who if they do not appear at those meetings;
take to themselves the,merit of promoting their
interest by subscribing ,to them. We cannot
dismiss this subject without saying, that we
smiled whew we. saw, after
,this 0014 of Mr.
Brougham's, the hurry with which a great pert of
the house was in to get rid of .Mr. Martin's
trod Mr. Broughum's Formed amendinent to tliat
B i it .--(lbid.)

[JAE TIME-$.3
Same anxiety has prevailed of late respec
a design attributed t 9, the Itoly Alliance of occupy..
jog Switzerliwi with its armies. A question was
asked in each House. of Parliament last night
upon, this very interesting subject. Allusion wad
made by. Lord Lansdown end, Mr. Brougham tO
ti treaty said to have been signed in March, by'
virtue of which the troops of Austria were to take
possession of the Cantons. But our Ministers
had heard nothimr, of any such treaty or con-
vention, personally or, otlicially. Now this
.might satisfy reasonable men, if it were not on
record in what profound ignorance the same
Ministers had been kept by their Allies, of
,the • schemes w they meditated against the
panish nation. If it he the interest of the
Bourbons and the other despots to go on deceiv-
.
Ing our credulous Cabinet, why it is plain
enough that the deception will be practised, as it.
has already been. The French Ministerial pa-
pers, we observe, deny, not that a treaty for the
ucttpation of Swic4erlan4 has been signed, but
that any demand has • yet bean made upon the
Swiss for permission to execute such a treaty.
We would out giye a straw for such denials'
ordisavowals, front, those, who bad the face
to declare that. the French Army of the P
reete3 was only to ward, the Barcelona fe-
ver. ' It Is a just consequence of one fraud, that:
the party who commits it is:'ever afterwards
suspected of dishonesty ; and the fruit of a cri-
minal outrage is, that the perpetrators excite
'ahicrn for the safety of others besides their pre-
,sent victims. it is natural to fear an attack on,
f-hritzerland fro" the tyrants of. Italy, and the
64:1ared Vaelllks of the tipanhtrds, witether.be-
co use the Republic is the seat of freedom, the
•
key to Italy, or the-high road to Spain. It is
curious, too, that the crusade over the Pyrenees
on behalf of peace and order should fill all Po
rope with disquietude, , and that the English
Cabinet, whose neutral posttton ought to ,clairn
for-it,uf least the proverbial advantage or "
looker-on," should he, 4kbat body in the whole
world which sees least of what is going format!.

[MORNING CIIRONICI.E.I
The answer gve by Mr. Canning to a ques-
tion put by Mr. Itunrne in the House of Commons