The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-20 00:00:00

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LONDON:
MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1841.

The hardy men of the North are too bold in
conscious rectitude to allow themselves to be
scared from the noble purpose they have taken
in hand by the foul and big words of the Tory
Journals. The Times may rave according to its
wont, without having the smallest influence on
the stout hearts in the manufacturing districts
that are resolved to stand up for their rights.
On Saturday it said :
But though the Leeds Conventionists be harmless
enough in the way of argument, they may do plenty of
mischief in the way of inflammation. Their discourses
are intended to be disseminated by- a Radical press
among multitudes of people, all of them more or less
pinched by want, and all of them persuaded that their
wages, whether high or low, are at all events lower than
they ought to be. And, for the, edification of such.
persons, Mr. T. Flint moved a resolution, that " this
meeting, regards the Corn and Provision-laws as equally
unconstitutional, unjust, and injurious; and as tending,
if pertinaciously maintained, to destroy the attachment
and allegiance of the people to the Government." It is
absurd to say that such passages as this are merely
the expressions of free opinion. They are direct
incentives to rebellion. And, that nothing may be
wanting to render the hint intelligible, Mr. T. Plint 1
takes care to add a gloss of his own. " I do fear," says
he, " that this will be the case ; and if the Legislature
should present itself in the odious light of upholding
these laws fur their own particuLtr benefit, who can won-
der if the bond of aliegiaNce be severed? I hope they will
be wise in time. Then follows more such " perilous
stuff,". about curses loud and deep, and so on. Itwould
not be safe to say, " If the Corn-laws be maintained,
the people Should rebel ;" but there is thought to be
less of hazard in saying, "If the Corn-laws be maintained,
we cannot wonder that the people should rebel." And
these are the patriots who told us, ten years ago, that if
we would but pass the Reform Bill, the people would be
so justly and truly represented, that they could never
more have occasion to complain of Parliament !
it is unfbrtunate fl.>r the reputation of the Times
that. it comes with its hints and threats about
rebellion after the Morning Post. It is some
weeks ago since the latter Journal under took to
denounce some of time opinions of the ....Liberal
Press as seditious and treasonable; but it -was, we
belieVe, slanted front such unworthy- tactics.
The course Which for the Post was unsmccessful
and abandened, the Times has now taken up,
with this difference, that it directs its arrows
against the suffering manufacturers, svi wile the
Post, with a brotherly love, contented its elf with
aiming at other Journals. The Times a till suc-
ceed as little as the Post, and neither Illa .PLINT,
nor any other manufacturer, will modify- his lan-
guage the shadow of a shade fa on 1 any
• fear of the Attorney-General.
pleasure at knowin,, , tt mat the
For our parts,
we feel unfeigned
mantitheturers have the sense and spirit: to adopt
and we- should
desire Nothing
such laugnage,
better for their cause than that the lam id ed aris-
the great question
• tocracyahould bring . . at issue _-
between it and the other classes to a deals ion, by We have published a letter on the Observance
some criminal proceedings against then .anufac- of the Sabbath, not that it contains any argu-
turers before-the Judges of the land. ments which in the slightest degree invalidate
Let us look, howevei, a little dos, it yat the those urged by another Reverend Correspon-
language said to be " incentives to r, !.1 )ellion." dent last week, but in order that on such
Is it not true that the present Provision , laws are an important question both parties • may
97) have
"equally unconstitutional, unjust, and in itir.; olis • a fair hearing ; and we are glad
to find that though the two venerable pastors of
Is it not unconstitutional—nay, contrai ly to the
th
very principles on which political s. wiety is
to eChurch pursue different routes, they come
to the same point
founded, on which any Government ventures
Christianat last, namel • that the
Sabbath
(adopting the words of
ask or to hope for the allegiance of the . maple— St. IGNATIUS)
ought not to be kept as ato tax one class to enrich another? The Govern" Jew-
ish Sabbath. This, however, is all the praise
tnent is established to give equal prof em, to that can be given to the arguments of "J. S." in
every individual and every class, and ti then it opposition to those of his fellow-labourer in the
taxes and oppresses one class it forfeits i s right vineyard, and as he seems to boast of his supe-
to the allegiance of that class. Is not tba ..t the rior abilities at the advanced age of four score,
question which was practically decided. I 'y the we may be permitted to remind him that both
success of the United States? his logic and his memory are defective. He
The injustice of' the tax is equall 1 d that because our Savicrea y e eaa an argues, appeared to
admit on the first
ted• Has not Lord STANLEY Said ti tat it his disciples twice day of the week,
enhances rent, or puts money into the
po ck 3tS of that day should be observed as the Sabbath
the -avanak a Can 401 i- 'la that he appeared to '
ers anything be more ab 3Mi- without reetec-inie them
noble than that they should make laws t oen rich a third time, when they were at sea fishing,
tbemselvss? is it not their argument t: nit t. heir If he studied his Bible
a • carefully, he would find,
estates would remain uncultivated to a ce. t taro too, that Sr. PAUL preached oftener on the last
extent if7ll''Y did re 4 tax the people's . .
b i 'a d ? than the first day of the week; that he preached,
Can f.nything be more scandalous . r
than t hat t tiff in fact, on all days; and that he never made
should compel the rest of' the attributed to him—
cornmunit yto 1 riY use of the expression
for the cultivation of their estates? P keep it holy.'
eine. th us ‘: Remember the Sabbath day to
:unconstitutioal and ' .
unjust can
Ina n If our venerable friend confounds MOSES with
doubt that the law is in• • „ _ any
jurious : . Does i [111S"' Q PAUL that his quotations are
tice mean anything ea.
.J _ ,at. he must admit
ainerent tr( only de-
It does not, and to . 4,1'. inji ary 1
, worse than useless, because they persist in an Ur ,
-- Mr , t cour, ' °A. ceive. He assumes also that the letter to
policy,' because it is supposed t - ' fi to the Ob-
is to eclair' the teeth of •"be 7 )ene cial, which he refers, was opposed .
0,... exr• Ran esty servance of the Lord's Day, whilst it
is notignly tne best, it is tl •
le only akd a ad a had the opposite tendency, and described, in
law wltich, is unjust, that is, f a icy; Z.
.Na-, . orbid
.. . de aby 1.11 terms of great exultation, the blessings which a
Lure or`taon, is. necessarily In• .
jiITIOUS. Christian (not a Jewish) observance of it confers
writers, and and it is
To state such truths is the bness, )i. all public on mankind. If arguments are not founded on
absurd
them as incentives to rebellion. To ..
to describe I.,:lets, they only defeat those who use them.
WS. •
4ise
inevitable consequences of such in' ribe the
i itous laws me news brought by the Levant mail from
qu
on the minds of the people—alt E
ay producing
aft is exceedingly unfavourable to British
first, suffering, suffering, then discontent, an
d, finally, but commenialists. A letter from Alexandria ofthe

In reply to our remarks, instead of proving
that Mr. WARD continues worthy to represent
Sheffield, the Weekly Chronicle pours out two-
thirds of a column of fretful, peevish vituperation
of The Sun, and of its proprietor. We have
no inclination whatever to imitate the Weekly
Chronicle, nor come into collision with Mr.
WARD, or any other individual, and no intention
to indulge in personal remarks. As public Jour..
nalists, however, serving a great and a good
cause, we have public duties to perform, and we
can only regret when the performance of them
obliges us to speak harsh and unpleasant truths.
The Weekly Chronicle reproaches the pro-
prietor of The Suin with being, in his political
opinions, "Everything by turns, and nothing
long." Such an assertion is the effusion of mere
spleen, fbr The Sun has steadfastly adhered to
the Reform cause and the Liberal party, having
never changed its opinion of any great measures
or principles, though it has been driven to
change its opinion of men, since it came into
the hands of the present proprietor. Un-
doubtedly The Sun has, at former times, sup-
ported Mr. WARD, and, if it cannot do so now,
the change, it is presumed, is in Mr. WARD,
and not in The Sun. The Sun has seen with
regret two or three of Mr. WARD'S proceedings,
but only noticed that part of them which ap-
peared to it to be a complete sacrifice of the
principles for which Mr. WARD, as a Corn-law
Repealer, professed to contend. We have
reason to believe that the Hon. Member for
Sheffield's conduct has not given satisfaction to
his constituents, and the Weekly Chronicle
would better serve his interest by reconciling
him to them, than by making a fidgetty and
somewhat contemptible attack on us.

6th of November, states, that MEHEMET Au
had ordered the Commercial Treaty between
England and Turkey to be carried into effect in
all the ports of Egypt, and that one of the
immediate results was the raising of the duty
from 3to 12 per cent. British goods which
had paid a duty of 3 per cent. were required
to pay the remaining duty of 9 per cent.,
and in case of refusal to be seized. In con-
sequence of this order large seizures of
British goods actually took place at Cairo, nor
did it appear that the new Consul-General was
over eager to afford protection to the merchants',
whose commercial rights were thus fraudulently
invaded. The PACHA gave no notice to the
merchants of his intention to inforce the Treaty,
and his conduct in claiming an extra duty upon
goods upon which the regular duty charged
when they were landed in Egypt had been paid,
is clearly a violation of international law.

Madrid Papers of the 11th inst., have been
duly received. In the Gazette of that date we
find a decree of the Regent, granting an am-
nesty to all the soldiers implicated in the attack
on the Palace on the 7th of October. This is a
very salutary measure, and a complete answer
to all the furious and unfounded diatribes of
Mr. O'CONNELL at the Dublin Cora Exchange.
On the Madrid Bourse, on the 11th, one bar-
gain took place in the Threes at 23, for 60 days,
to the amount of 200,000 reals; twelve bargains
in the Fives, at 32k for cash ; 321 331, for 60
days, for 5,960,000 reals ; seven bargains for
10,309,576 reals took place in the debt without
interest, at 5k 6 for cash, and 61 f, for 60 days.

The French Journals of Friday and Saturday
have been duly received. On Friday the Court
of Peers found a batch of the prisoners guilty,
but as the Court will have to deliberate upon
their punishment, it may yet be a week
before sentence is pronounced upon them.
In the mean time confessors are set at
work to terrify them into confessions
of guilt, and hopes are held out to them.
that if they find more work for the
Procureur-General and the Peers, they may
look forward to a mitigation of their sentences.
DUFAUR and COLOMBIER have already swallowed
the bait. These men sent for M. PASQUIER, the
Chancellor, to whom they made confessions as
black as that judicial hack could desire.
The consequence was, that on Friday two car-
riages full of workmen, in the Faubourg
St. Antoine, were seized and lodged in prison.
Of course the example thus set by one portion
of the prisoners will be followed by the rest, and
thus we may expect to hear of arrests enough to
keep the Peers employed for weeks to come.
But the great affair of interest in Paris is the
case of M. DuPoTy. If this man be found
guilty, the Charter of 1830 is of no more
value to Frenchmen than an old song. The
Peers will then have as openly violated the
constitutional liberties of Frenchmen as
QUENISSET violated the law in levelling a
pistol at the head of the Duke of NEMOURS.
From that period the bonds connecting the
Crown with the nation will be broken, and it
will be a question of policy and convenience how
long France may submit to the despotic yoke of
the House of ORLEANS. The Court
,of Peers, in
trampling upon the charter, releases Frenchmen
from any allegiance which they may suppose
themselves to owe to the ORLEANS dynasty.
We have given in another column the opening
Speech of the Minister of Commerce to the Coun-
cils of Commerce, Agriculture, and Industry,
now sitting in Paris. We recommend it to the
attention of Pro-Corn-law legislators at home.
In France the effect of protective duties has been
nearly to ruin the elegant manufactures of Paris,
and to lead to a decrease of trade with Portugal,
Egypt, North America, and various other States.
The beet-root monopoly is playing the very
deuce with the French Colonial trade.
By a Royal Ordonnance, dated the 7th inst., the sum
of 649,126 L remaining unemployed out of the credit of
6,000,000 E opened to the Ministers of Public Works and
War, by the law of the 10th June, 1841, is placed at the
disposal of the Minister of War, to contribute towards
the expenses of the fortifications of Paris, authorised by
the law of 3d April, 1841.
31. Gervais, the deputy for Provins, in the Seine-et-
Marne, has, in consequence of his failure, resigned his
seat. M. d'Ossonvile, son-in•law to the Duke de Brog-
lie, comes forward to succeed him, and M. Simon, a late
Sous-Prefect, is also named as a candidate.
A correspondent of the Augsburg Gazette at Brussels
says that it is now proved that the persons implicated in
the late abortive conspiracy kept up communications,
not only with the Orangeists, but also with the French
Republicans.
A Toulon letter, in the Commerce, says that the four
ships of the line, under orders for sailing, left that port
on the 12th inst., and, it was believed, would proceed to
Tunis.

A letter from Rome states that the Duke de Torlonia
has brought a company of French actors to Rome, for
the winter, at his own expense, to give a series of re-
presentations in his Palace.
By Royal Ordonnance, of the 7th inst., none but
French vessels are to be employed in transport between
France and Algeria, except in cases of urgency.
General de Rumigny, who is going to take the govern-
ment of Algeria ad interim, arrived on the 11th at Toulon,
The equipages of the Prince de Joinville reached Toulon
the same day, and are waiting his Royal Highness's return.
The Sentinelle of Toulon says :—" The four ships of
the line, destined for the Archipelago, are all ready for
sailing. They are to be joined by several frigates. Ad-
miral La Susse, having completed the term of his com-
mand, will, it is believed, be succeeded by the newly-
promoted Admiral Le Ray."
The steamer Havre, bound to that port from Rotter-
dam, was run foul of by an American vessel as she was
coming out from the port of Rotterdam, on her last
voyage, not many days back, and was forced to return.
She repaired her damage, and sailed again, but the
weather was so bad in the Channel that she was ob-
liged to put into Boulogne for several days. She has at
length made llavre.

The Municipal Council of Mulhausen, on the propo-
sition of the Mayor, M. A. Kceehlin, has just voted an
annual sum of 100,0001. for an indefinite number of
years, together with the land required in the banlieue of
the town, towards the formation of the Mulhausen and
Dijon railroad.

The Bordeaux papers state that the Abbe Lacordaire,
the Dominican, is now preaching in that city, where he
excites the greatest attention. By order of the Minister
of Justice and Public Worship he is not allowed to
appear in the dress of his order, but only in the usual
ecclesiastical costume.

A heavy inundation has been experienced at Rennes
within the last few days, where a bridge has been carried
away, and some of the quays damaged, but the waters
have at length subsided.
The Hare of Caen announces the destruction by fire of
the house of the Count de Bricqueville, and also of the
great shot-manufactory of M. Benard, near Pont
l'Eveque. The latter accident was caused by lightning,
during a storm in the night of the 7th instant. Several
smaller houses in the neighbourhood were likewise burnt,
so that numerous families are thrown into great distress.
A correspondent at Calais says that the weather was
so bad yesterday, that the steamer for London could not
leave the harbour. A fishing-boat from Boulogne foun-
dered off the port during the previous night, and its crew
of five men perished.
The father of Quenisset is said to have arrived in Paris,
with the purpose of presenting a petition to the King for
the pardon of his son.
The professors of the Ecole des Beaux Arts have elected
M. Ingres as their President, and M. tarry de Mancy
Vice-President, for 1842.

Count Le ion, the Belgian Minister, left Paris yes-
terday, to be present at the opening of the Tubise and
Mons railroad, a ceremony which is to bo honoured with
the presence of the King and Queen of the Belgians.—
The Belgian Embassy was brilliantly illuminated on
Thursday evening, in honour of the birth-day of King
Leopold.

Admiral Jubelin, late Governor of G-uadaloupe, has
been named a member of the Commission, of which the
Duke de Broglie is President, to inquire into the slavery
system and the political condition of the French colonies.
A correspondent of the Sud writes from Beyrout that
the Maronite Patriarch has taken refuge on board an
English ship of war, and intends to proceed to Malta.
The Sad states that the Sultan was lately insulted
while going to a mosque in Constantinople to perform
his devotions. A fanatic in the crowd caJied him a
giaour, for the reforms which he patronised in the Em-
pire. The man was immediately arrested, and severely
punished.

A letter from Constantinople represents the first wife
of the Sultan to be dangerously ill, tae physicians having
announced her to be in an advanced. state of pulmonary
consumption.
•

It is stated, in a letter from Rome, that, as soon as
the railway of Castellamare shall be finished, the King
of Naples will matte
another, which will extend to the
frontiers of the Roman States, near Terracina, and that
a railway will be made from Leghorn by tfie Tuscan
Government, through the Maremme, to the frontier.
A letter from Vienna, in the Swabian Mercury, states
that the creditors of the house of Geymuller who hold
bills will receive a dividend of 50 per cent., but that
there will be no dividend upon book debts.
M. Dupont, an inhabitant of Verviers (Belgium),
died there on the 12th inst., aged 102. He retained all
his faculties to the last moments, tuid, until within a few
theda violin.ysofh s death, passed much of his time in playing on

During the last harvest at Diever, province of Drenthe,