The Sun.
London, England, 1834-12-03 00:00:00

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.TESTY would have been justified in closing the doors
of the Palace against it—yes, even in giving orders for
the committal of every member of it, for contempt of the
Royal person and authority. Let the people of England
mark this. If the Magistrates of the first city in the
world—,if the accredited represented of the capital
of the British Empire are mere animals in the
opinion of the Tory underlings—if they are crea-
tures so ignorant that they cannot understand
the purport of two sentences penned by that
Great Philosopher, the Duke of WELLINGTON—
what reptiles must the mass of the British people
be, in the opinion of the great Tory chieftain ? If
the growl of the mongrel be so appalling, what may
we not dread from the bark of the mastiff ? We
thank the Standard, however, for its abuse
of the civic authorities, not that we were
ignorant of the line of conduct which the Tories will
pursue, if they ever come to enter upon the duties of
Government, but because it will convince such of our
readers as know nothing about them, of the regard
which is due to their promises. They will obtain power,
if they can, on any terms ; but once in possession,
the people will see themselves scorned, and trampled
upon as vermin in the paths of their rulers. Their
cries of distress will be laughed at as idle clamours,
and their petitions for redress of grievances treated as
insolent attempts to dictate to the government of the
country. " What have the people to do with laws but
to obey them," triumphantly asks the Standard. We
thank thee " Jew," for this very innocent question.
Perhaps the Standard will allow us in the name
of the people to answer it. We have to assist
in making the laws which we are. to obey ;
we have to insist upon their abrogation if arbi-
trary, and to abate them if oppressive ; we have to
assist the KING to execute them, nor are they laws
de facto, longer than they are in accordance with the
will of the people, and their Representatives in Par-
liament.

The meeting of the electors of Westminster, which
was held yesterday in Covent-Garden, will give a new
impetus to the popular movements throughout the
country. The Duke of WELLINGTON and the Tories
have a host to contend with in the person of Mi. Hum E,
who was out of England when the late Cabinet
was dismissed, and who unquestionably possesses great
influence over the minds of the Radical party, who arc
not unmindful of his great public services to the country,
by attending to the public expenditure in every depart-
ment. The meeting was wholly unanimous on one
point—that it was the duty of all real Reformers
to prevent the Duke of WELLINGTON and
the Tories becoming the Government of the
country. On this point all were agreed. There
was not a dissentient voice to be heard,
as often as this declaration was • made. We
regret that we cannot find roar• 'to "comment on
the excellent speeches which. were delivered, but the
subject shall not escape ;.‘s, especially as meetings are
this day being liele.,;n various parts of the city for the
same purpof-,.

Tl%-: demise of the Duke of GLOUCESTER suggests
,2 thought or two on the present custom of national
mournings. We are not of those who despise the out-
ward and visible testimonials of respect to rank and sta-
tion : the excellent effects upon society which result
from the. interchange of courtesies, fully justify the
-hithltenanee of such acts of popularTverernvaal- and
courtly etiquette. But in these days of speculative
daring, the people are by many degress less overawed
at titular distinction, and less passive about hollow but
costly formalities, than they were wont to be in " good
old times." It might be wise, therefore, in those with
whom such matters rest, to consider whether some mo-
dification in the occasion, circumstance, and degree of
external marks of respect for departed Royalty, were
not more consonant to present modes of thinking.
There are many hundreds of families in this king-
dom among the respectable middle classes, to whom
the compulsion of providing mourning attire for them-
selves, their wives and daughters, would be a very ex-
pensive vexation, and it might be somewhat impolitic
to force them by an act of (necessary) omission, to de-
clare before their own little world, a disrespect (really
unfelt), or a certain " straitness of means" which it
might be most painful to make public. The death of
a reigning Monarch, of his Queen, or of the immediate
successor to the throne, would properly demand such
a token of respect, as a general mourning ; but for the
decease of the more remote branches of Royalty for the
time being, a nation's regrets might be well left to the
bosom, rather than be displayed on the back ; a con-
finedly " Court" mourning would, we are sure, be
generally considered a very sufficient representative of
the reverence due to departed greatness.

It may be urged that a general mourning would
impart a very beneficial briskness to certain branches
of trade ; true : but the many arc not to suffer for the
advantage of the few.

These remarks are made, of course, upon general,
not upon particular grounds. Peace to the Dead !

The Paris Papers of Sunday and Monday have
been received by express. The Chambers assembled
on Monday, pursuant to the Royal Ordinance. The
KING did • not preside in person, nor was there any
speech delivered in his name. The only form observed
was the reading of a message from the Government by
the Presidents of the Chambers of Peers and Depu-
ties, informing the Members that it was the Royal
pleasure they should enter upon their judicial and other
functions in the usual way, and with as much expedi-
tion as possible. No great interest was excited by the
proceedings. The only thing done by the Ministry
since they resumed office, was to recommend the prose-
cution of the enquiries, respecting the commercial treaty.
It is rumoured that the several Members of the Go-
vernment are by no means on the best terms with each
other ; but this is contradicted by the Journal de Paris,
in which it is stated on authority, that the Ministers
are all on the best possible terms with each other.
There are various reports of successes obtained by
General MINA in Navarre, but the warfare is so de-
sultory, and victories so obtained are of so little conse-
quence, that we deem it unnecessary-to dwell upon
them. The hostile troops are imbued with, the most
savagely vindictive feelings towards each other, neither
of them giving quarter to prisoners taken with arms in
their hands. The greatest cruelties are daily perpe-
trated.

THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE.

The arrivals to our Market this week are moderate, and the re-
turn of Flour fair. The Wheat trade did not improve to-day, and
prices closed much the same as last reported. Barley, Beans, and
Pease each firm at Monday's currency. Oats in good demand at
last quotation. Flour unaltered.

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ARRIVALS.
Wheat Barley. Oat& Floor.
Ellglish - 0 qrs. 3,810 qrs. FM/ qrs 2,290 sacks
Irish . 2:,0 2,460 :3,084 ....—....
Foreign —......—

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 3, 1834.