The Sun.
London, England, 1823-10-29 00:00:00

What shall we say. or the, subject ? The state.
[twig is utterly and entirely ,false ;,,but We ,are
really tired of disproving such statements ; they
sprout up like meshroems every meriting, and
every new tale is listened to with the same cre-
dulity as'all that had preceded it. The. case mail
extremely different with the truths which we
stated respecting the Spanish Loans. We
earnestly ,and incessantly laboured to forwarn the
smaller. British Capitalists against ,embarking, in
those tUlperate speculations ; and now not a day
elapses without otir, receiving the most piteous
heart-rending accounts, of, the misery that has
befallen, private faritilles from want of listening
to our admonitions. another column we in•
sert the leper of 1. M. who has been a severe
sufferer 'freon this cause. As drowning men catch
at straws, se E. M. and most of the people in his
situation catch' at the, idea that Government will
Interfere in behalf , ofjhe I,4ritish holders of Spa-
nish Stock. dovernmeut would, no doubt, be
glad to beilefit British, subjects ; and if King
Ferdinand would listen to its advice,he would,
no doubt, discharge all just claims on. the State,
whether public, or private ; but Qovernvnent
can
certainly tie no, more than advise ; any other in-
terference it has long ago explicitly disavowed.

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Lwow.fixe IkRALD.]
EFrom' a Gorrqspondent].»— The,...two .great
Political Parties, vvhich.,have more or less ani-
inated tbodebates,,and divided the opinions of
Bilgliihmen, since the era of our •Revolution,.are
at present. represented only in ..the House of
Peers. This is, a circumstance of no inconsider-
able Influence upon . the politics of the country.
The Commons are not only the exclusive. guar-
dians of the public,. purseHa 'matter of para-
mount importance in this opulent. nation—but
they are the sole - 'depositories .of eloquence,
which in every' tree country must. go far to form
political opinion and to.. secure .public favour.—
It is not probable: that Mr. Pitt, with all his ad-
vantages, cotild have held . office so long and so
uniformly, if Mr. Fox's eloquence had been sup-
ported by public confidence. The coalition with
Lord North,
.unexpected, aristocratical, and, in
every view, undefensible, could never be, effaced
from the "nternory .Of . lininbug-hating John •Bull.
The later, coalition with,Lord Glenville, proves
the wisdom of 'John's implacability.' Let Lord
North or Lord 'Grenville have been the best .of
Men and the ,ablest, of statesmen, , tbe,,vehement
..denouncerirof the principle of the Amirican war
could never form, a.cpa)ition with the farmer, or
the indignant condemners of the_ dismissal of M.
Cliativelin,. and the . declaration of hostilities
against republican France, with.thelatter,without
forfeiting for ever all claiinto, integrity and consist-
'fin cy in politics.T he even thas also proved the heart-
lessness of the latter coalitionalor the GlenVillites
are. again ivi , le, ,ylttetes i . Neither' Lord:North
'th tl l Nei
nor Lord Grenville, forsook, his principles, or
approximated his opponents ; .the desertion and
iirrender were entirely on the part of ttiewhigs—
and hence the.utter uselessness, of, all their elo-
qiience hitherto, and the hopetessnesa of tii'elr pre-
sent prospects. But their power and prospects-are
greatly .depressed by the want of alruder in the
tower' House. With Miukters it k very dif-
f..cent. 'They require an eloquent ?Wernher-In
the Commons ; but it is-by no mains necessary,
peihapi not desirable, that he 'should be-Pre-
ader. The late Marquis of Londonderry did the
business. most'eficiently even without eloquence.
Illr. Canning carries all before him ''.with the
splendour of Periiies, while neither the if hucy..
Aides nor theDernostlienes olthe.Oppesition can
clothe himself ' with the authority'and responsi-
bility of 'loader, ,or controul the attendance and
moveMents Of his friends. •
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rairiTtsit t!ttEss.j
The lite alatujing -litsuirectittii in the. Island
of 'Demerara,' and the sensation of terror it pro.
tinted throughout the entire of the Sngar
and among 'the great Weit India "Prepr4ters hi
this rostiltry‘' displays, In the strongest light, the
consequences attendant on they accursed system
of-,theSlave Trade; 'Ministers, it is ;Stated;
Itre about 'to increase the military force: in this
important station, and to add the presence' of
a stronger fittetj`l ti r those seas, to act ai !a'eheCk
on the discontented spiritef`the negtoes. Feria
for a while May:keep:down the sable'populatloit',
and, without any amelioration Of the condition of
this hapless race, retain the loVereignty in the
hands of their" task-triasters ; nut such it state of
thfrigs 'cannot lust. A temporary 'provision may •
take place for the safety of 'the property' of' 'the
planters,' but none for 'the gradual emancipation
and-happiiiess of the sfiettlied'alave. The antielit
idol of -gain will thus be propitiated, while'the
milder spirit, of hdinaiiity is outraged or forgotten.
No real efforts, in fact; have ben Made to *en-
lighten ortuitruct the slave population in thoie
islands ; the Mietlimaries sent among then'
have' been" for life' greeter' part .ignerant and
interested nien, who have generally produced;
by their artful fenifticiiin, much more mischief
than good..ln fact little effetttial can be done' to
change the condition of the present race of slaves'
iu the West Indie4; until -the infernal traffic by
which' they were brought to those shores is'com-
-
pletelY pavan etid to •throughoUt the' civilized
,World. -While France, lipairOndTiirttigal still
suffer their flags to be disgraced with this nefa-
rious barter, little tin be done for the great
anti' general cause or humanity, by any separate
interference and'regulations of Great liritain.
Until the traffic is' Made piracy by the taws
of these eduntties, and a general declaration of
the Pewers 'of Europe, with the Matral right
of iettith conceded, a • deati.blow 'will:never be
given 'to th"is abominable traffic, which
the disgrace of.:the nations beneath 'Whoseffag
tt
iv" sheitered,ruid the Cabinets of 'those' countries
by which it is secretly Countenanced njad sly'-
proved.' it is but too clear, from the Papers laid
from time'to time on the tables of lreiklfonses
Of Parliament, that this dreadful scoutge elitu-
nianity his abated very little. It Was net slur.
prising,--when' England, lvho had 'Carried on
thisArade to io great an extent, had wittniraWn
fir read 'wholly froth it, having Preiiiiinsly- miti-
gated theMoit 1,611-Hite irrencli.of it,"the middle
passage, by ".seYeral Salutary- regulatiohs,—that
wretches of all other nations, with hearts fitted