The Sun.
London, England, 1835-02-05 00:00:00

LONDON, TIRTRSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 18'35.

which, it will be recollected, was fitted up for the temporary
purpose of proroguing Parliament since the catastrophe which
has rendered these extensive alterations indispensable. This
apartment has been much beautified, and extra shelves have
been erected which will hold at least 2,000 volumes more. This
nearly adjoins the new House of Lords, and a passage has been
opened which leads direct to the Throne.

expressing their grievances, have been driven to seek for re-
dress in open rebellion. Hence the battles that have been
fought between the people and the military at Paris, Lyons,
and Grenoble—the blood that has been spilled, and that has
flowed like water in the streets—the massacre of old men,
women, and children, hurried indiscriminately to the same
fate at the point of the bayonet—and the many hundreds of
houses battered by cannon, or burnt down by rockets. Of
the excesses which have disgraced these sanguinary encoun-
ters, take the following testimony, as expressed by the Quar-
terly Reviezo:—" Do the English know that in consequence
of an enteute in April last, a massacre was perpetrated in
Paris by the troops of the line, under the special excitement
of their officers, which was, under all its frightful circum-
stances, as horrible as the massacre of the Abbaye ? that the
dreadful scene took place in the night of the 3d of April, and
that now, in the month of November, there has been neither
justification for innocence, nor punishment for guilt, nor ven-
geance for blood 1"
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And all this, Sir, has taken plaee since the glorious Revo-
lution of 1830, which the people achieved in the hope of being
freed for ever from the trammels of despotism and the abuses
of power. Never on the face of the earth was a nation more
basely and cruelly disappointed by the Government they had
raised, and in whom they had placed their confidence. But
the moral lesson this bitter disappointment conveys will be
turned to some account by the French. They know now what
Kings are, and how worthy of trust. They have tried Mo-
narchy in all its varied forms, and Princes of every degree,
in the person of Napoleon Bonaparte, Louis XVIII., Charles
X., and Louis Philippe—they have always found in the regal
power—whatever might be the hand in which it was vested—.a
leaning to despotism and selfish gratifications—a contempt
for the rights and interests of the great mass of the people.
Be not surprised, then, if when another Revolution take place
in Fonce—an event not very distant, there is every reason to
think,—that people prefer a Republic to a Monarchy, and an
elective Chief to an hereditary Ruler. This I know, that,
whenever they feel inclined for a Republic, they will not
stand aghast at the dread of the Holy Alliance.

A. G.

THE ARMY.

( From the Limerick Chronicle.)

The second battalion, Rifle brigade in Ireland, are to relieve
next summer the 79th Highlanders, in Canada, ordered home.
The Jupiter troop-ship has sailed from Cove for Ports-
mouth, with invalids of the 95th, and other regiments in the
Mediterranean. The Jupiter landed the 42d Highlanders at
Corfu from Malta in less than four days.
The 89th Regiment, commanded by Colonel Jones, and for
some time past quartered in Fermoy garrison, received orders
of readiness last week to proceed to Naas. The order of route
has since arrived, and the left wing, consisting of three com-
panies, marched on Wednesday. The remaining companies,
with head-quarters marched on Thursday and yesterday. The
95th Regiment replaced the 89th in Fermoy garrison.
On Monday evening last, the sergeants of the 94th Regi-
ment gave a ball and supper to the sergeants of the 89th in
their mess-room, Fermoy barracks, previously to the latter
leaving for Naas. The sergeants of the 29th depot, and those
also of the squadron of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards
in Fermoy, were invited, and attended. There were upwards
of 200 non-commissioned officers present.