The Sun.
London, England, 1834-09-23 00:00:00

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LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1934.

The shifts of poor Sharp, in the Farce of the Lying
Valet, when with a clean larder, an unfurnished board,
an empty cellar, an exhausted exchequer, and no credit,
he sets about to prepare a sumptuous supper for Justice
Guttle, and the rest of his master's guests, are mere
trifles, when compared with the laughable straits to
which some of our very sapient contemporaries are re-
duced in their efforts to trump up some charge—to
throw out some suspicion which may lessen the confi-
dence which the country reposes in the honesty, the
firmness, the zeal, and the talents of the Lord CHAN-
CELLOR. At one time he is a second Sir Pertinax
itlacsycophant, who made his way in the world by
" booing"—who " never in his life could stand
straight i' th' presence of a great mon ;" and when the
country cries "Shame, shame !"—remembering his treat-
ment of certain illustrious personages who presumed too
much on the privileges of royal birth,—it is then found
out that he is a counterpart of Young Clacket in the
comedy of the Guardian, or a sort of learned precep-
tor, of talents, tone, and temper, to direct the studies
of Dick the apprentice. It would have been of infinite
service to the traducers of Lord BROUGHAM, had his
Lordship been previously less taken up with exposing
the imperishable pedestal on which his greatness rests.
It had been mighty fine to have been able to ask,
" What has his Lordship done for his country, that
he should be so reverenced ? Where are the proofs of
his talents ? where the records of his genius ? where
the monuments of his knowledge ? where the traces
of his oratory ?" What a world of babbling—of empty
noise—of low, base, and contemptible shuffling—of
self-degradation—would have been spared to our con-
temporaries, could such questions as these be proposed
for public solution. But there is nothing left them to
urge in this quarter. Even malignity must invoke the aid
of invention, and that, when taxed to the utmost, rises
no higher—produces no more than scurrilous oppro-
brium, based on low innuendo and false insinuation.
There is nothing which even malice can prey upon
about the open, manly, straightforward, honest bear-
ing of Lord BROUGHAM. What he does, he does
in the face of the country ; what he resolves to do, he
declares in the presence of multitudes ; and what he
thinks on all political subjects, he announces in the
hearing of nations. But his Lordship's calumniators,
though hardly beset, are not to be beaten out of a
field, where truth is the only weapon employed against
them. They know, as well as Fast-tiff himself, that
honour is no healer of broken bones—no filler of empty
purses—no mender of cracked reputations, and there-
fore they will contrive to do both without it and con-
science on the present occasion. With respect to the
LORD CHANCELLOR, they will act up to the virtu-
ous, high, and chivalrous resolve of the redoubtable
Petruchio, when about to woo the amiable daughter
of old Baptista—

" Say that she rail ; why then I'll tell her plain,
She sings as sweetly as a nightingale :
Say that she frown ; I'll say she looks as clear
As morning roses newly washed with dew:
Say she be mute, and will not speak a word ;
Then I'll commend her volubility,
And say she uttereth piercing eloquence."
Substitute he for she in these lines, and apply the pro-
noun to the LORD CHANCELLOR, and you have the
spirit of the determined right or wrong opposition to
his Lordship's future public conduct which now
actuates the majority of that portion of the public Press
now leagued against him. They know that they dare
not, for their own sakes, tamper with the public too
far in a direct way ; but motives may be always ques-
tioned with a show of reason, and doubts of sincerity
may be expressed without hazard, even when the act
which forms a handle for scepticism in moral worth,
relates to affairs of which man ought not lightly to
take cognizance. At present, however, they are safe in

being as scurrilous as they may think proper.
LORD CHANCELLOR ha.: given them legitimate cause
for abuse in avowing himself opposed to the stamp
duties on newspapers ; in. neglecting to rain down a
shoWer of honours on the heads and heels of those who
were his quondam worshippers ; and in daring to act in
conformity with the dictates of his conscience after
being fully reminded of the direful consequences, from
the creators and the created of leading journals of every
shade of opinion. Mere is, therefore, nothing sur-
prising in finding newspaper bullies address Lord
BROUGHAM in the eloquent language of their great
prototype in oratory and reasoning, Jack Cade, when
passing sentence upon Lord Say :
" Now art thou within: point blank of our jurisdiction regal.
Be it knowh unto thee by these presents that I am
the besom that must sweep the court clear of such filth as thou
art. Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the
realm in erecting a grammar school ; and whereas before our
forefathers had no other books but the score and the talley,
thou hast caused printing to be used; and, contrary to the
king, his crown and dignity, thou has built a paper mill. It
will be proved to thy face that thou hast men about thee
' that usually talk of a noun and a verb, and such abominable
words as no Christian ear can endure to hear."

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This includes a summary of the articles of Lord
BROUGHAM'S impeachment, and we fear he has no
chance of being able to defend himself against charges
so incontrovertible. The CHANCELLOR is undoubt-
edly guilty of conspiring against ancestorial ignorance;
consequently he is " point blank with the jurisdiction
regal" of the newspaper monopolists.
Some of the attempts made by our contemporaries to
bring the CIIANctLLoR under the balm of public opi-
nion, are particularly worthy of regard, from the satisfac-
tory manner in which they expose the little mean de-
tractions to which his calumniators are sometimes
obliged to resort. At the great dinner given to Lords
GREY and BROUGHAM in Edinburgh, FRANCIS
JEFFREY, the• late Lord-Advocate, now a Judge, was
not present ; and immediately it was discovered that

he was on unfriendly terms with the CHANCELLOR.
Now the truth was, the dinner, strictly speaking, was
a political one, and the only cause which prevented
the late Lord-Advocate from being present, was the
consideration that his appearance at such feasts would
not accord with the character of a Judge. Previous
to the dinner Mr. JEFFREY had paid his respects to
Lord 8R07.:(37:.‘m, and they both publicly walked to-
gether to church. They also dined in company, and
in no way whatever has the harmony, which has so
long subsisted between them, been in the slightest
degree disturbed.
This, perhaps, may be regarded as a trifling circum-
stance, but the use that has been made of it by those
who traduce Lord BROUGHAM, will sufficiently justify
the present notice of it. Had the late LORD ADVO-
CATE been present at the dinner, we should have had
our ears stunned for months to come, with complaints
of the political partizanship of Judges—the staining
of the ermine—and a hundred other charges, all bearing
on the same point ; nor would we ourselves have felt
any great desire to witness such conduct. This the
late LORD ADVOCATE knew ; and, therefore, he
wisely resolved not to peril his own reputation by ap-
pearing in an assembly where he could not have ab-
stained from the expression of political opinions,
which, coming from a Judge, might give of-
fence to a large and influential portion of his
countrymen. And for this Lord BROJJGHAM is
attacked—his sincerity is impeached—his honesty
questioned—his talents scouted—and all because his
Noble Friend and former colleague had not sunk the
character of the judge in the notoriety of the advocate
for party triumphs. The day is not distant, however,
when the country will take a very different view of the
conduct of the able and talented JEFFREY from that of
attributing it to any private or personal feeling. Such
conduct must command respect to the laws, and confi-
dence in the impartiality of their administration. To
the late LORD ADVOCATE nothing could have been
more personally agreeable than the introducing of his
late noble and illustrious colleagues to the inhabitants
of Edinburgh, but his office forbad it, and his sacrifice
of feeling to principle must raise him in the estimation
of his countrymen. As to the LORD CHANCELLOR,
he has only to pursue the same course in which he
has moved for the last fifteen years, to ensure him the
lasting gratitude of the people of the United Kingdom.

The Paris Papers of Sunday have been received by
express. They are unusually dull—so heavy, or
rather so barren both in news and sprightliness of
spirit, that we are almost tempted to believe LOUIS
PHILIPPE has issued private instructions that the
juice of the poppy should supersede the blood of the
grape in the direction of Parisian periodical literature.
Even scandal is speechless ; while political rancour
licks the feet of power. Rumours there are, but
so vague, and many of them so very trifling, that it
would be a waste of time to notice them. The only
occurrence at present worthy of notice, is the publica-
tion of a circular by M. DUCHATEL, the Minister of
Commerce, addressed to the Commercial Chambers in
the various trading towns in France, apprising
them of his determination to bring forward a
draft of a new law during the next sitting of the
Legislative Chambers, for the purpose of making con-
siderable alterations in the customs' duties. The
French Journalists appear at a loss to understand what
the Minister means by the publication of this circular;
but to us it seems quite clear that he only wishes to
gather the general opinions respecting the present
operation of those taxes on the provincial trade. The
publication of his intention will most certainly call
forth a general expression of the sentiments entertained
by those on whom the new law will chiefly operate,
which, of course, will enable him to consult for the
interest of all parties. This so obvious a view of the
question is even announced in the body of the circu-
lar, as the Minister prays the co-operation of the
Chamber, with a full expression of whatever conclu-
sions a previous inquiry into the subject will enable
them to arrive at. It is not expected that France will
benefit as much as she ought from this projected, but
most necessary, change in the law of commercial taxation.
The country is evidently at the mercy of the stock-
jobbers, who have every thing, and will continue,
during the reign of Louis PHILLIPPE, to have
every thing their own way. The KING is in point of
fact a Royal money-jobber, more solicitous of filling
his purse than of preserving and extending the liberties
of his people. We see clearly how it will be. Some-
thing will be done—just enough to excite public atten-
tion, and awaken national expectation—but not a suffi-
ciency to satisfy the just demands of the people.
The accounts from Spain, yid Paris, are by no
means satisfactory. The war still continues in the
provinces, and though the Carlists are beaten in every
engagement, still the Queen's forces are not sufficiently
numerous to garrison the towns, and consequently the
moment they are called away to defend one place, the
Carlists take possession of the quarters they have
left, robbing the people, levying contributions on pro-

perty, and committing all manner of excessive cruelties.
In this deplorable condition are. four of the Spanish
provinces, so that unless France and England inter-
fere, the war may go on for several months to come.
In our extracts from the French papers we have given
from the Journal des Debats, with the editor's re-
marks, an article of the Bulletin of Guiposcoa, a Spa-
nish journal, which will be read with general interest.
It contains a summary of the civil war in Spain from
its commencement, with some very sensible and very
able remarks on the only speedy and efficacious means
of terminating it. We need not remind the public of
the many times we have urged the sound policy of
adopting the precise line of conduct recommended in
the following extract from the Spanish article :
" Although we should undoubtedly give the preference to
the employment of national forces, still it appears to us that in
the actual state of Spain, the desired effect would be more
promptly produced by the means of foreign intervention,
which should not extend its operations beyond the Ebro.
The blindness of the rebels is so great, that in spite of the
proofs daily given them of the vigilance of the French Go-
vernment, and its determination to prevent the entry into
Spain of arms, horses, ammunition, or any other article of a
warlike nature, they continually flatter themselves with the
hope of being supported by the French in their enterprise.
This infatuation, which the Chiefs do all in their power to
maintain, will never be dispelled but by a'practical demon-
stration on the part of the French Government, and also of
the English Government, in support of Queen Isabel, and
the presence of a French army on the Spanish territory
would be sufficient to confound the rebels, and cause the
arms to fall from their hands. If such a demonstration had
taken place at the beginning, we should have been spared all
the misfortunes we now deplore ; but if made even now, we
shall be spared those calamities which we shall otherwise be
sure to experience. Is it not a matter of despair for good
citizens to be reduced to the sad conviction that the means
employed up to the present day will not crush the insurrec-
tion until after the complete ruin of the four provinces, and
that the song of victory will only be raised over tombs and
desolation ? All feeling of national vanity, however noble in
its source, ought to yield to the consideration of so dreadful
a catastrophe. We who live upon the spot, who see with our
own eyes the fatal progress of the disorder, and have every
motive to proclaim its severity--we do not understand how the
national honour would be tarnished by the collection of a few
auxiliary troops, which would crush at one blow the insurrec-
tion in the north."
The soundness of this course is so manifest—the
necessity of it so obvious, that we do not understand
for what reason any rational being can be opposed to
it. Some say that the recollection of the atrocities
committed by the French soldiery in Spain, during the
triumph of the Empire, is so graven on the
hearts of the people, that they would prefer sub-
mitting to any evil from their own countrymen
rather than again behold themselves in the power of
such deliverers. This may be true, but it is not just
that such impressions should be suffered to exist, and
the best way to eradicate them would be by French
interference properly and mercifully exerted. The
Spaniards would find Frenchmen a very different people
passing through their country as auxiliaries, from what
they found them as foes under the stern command of
NAPOLEON.

It will be seen from onr extracts from the Ger-
man Papers, that the Emperor of RUSSIA has
postponed, for another year, his intended foreign
journey to the confines of his own territories in the
East. His Imperial Majesty has more reasons for
declining this expedition than are yet known to the
Journalists in Petersburgh. The Eagle of the
North meditated a Royal flight, and anticipated
pouncing upon prey worthy of his wing, beak, and
talons, but he was intercepted before he had had time
to expand a feather. Had his Imperial Majesty
been so fortunate as to have found his way to
the neighbourhood of Constantinople, on pretence of
being the chief of a Royal pleasure party, the SUBLIME
PORTE would not be long unacquainted with the dis-
tance between them. But France and England by ap-
pearing in the Bosphorus, dispelled the gorgeous dream
of Eastern conquests. The appearance of the British
flag, as if unfurled to receive him beneath it, was by
no means suited to the taste or the temper of the CZAR.
He wanted no such officious attention as the English
and French squadrons were prepared to offer him, and
therefore he has thought proper to remain at home for
another season. This ought to teach the Govern-
ments of England and France a very useful lesson.

His Majesty's sloop of war Nautilus has arrived at
Falmouth, from Lisbon. Don PEDRO'S health was
improving. A small squadron had been dispatched
for the Duke DE LE ICHTENBERG, the fortunate
husband (elect) of the young Queen DONNA MARIA.