The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-25 00:00:00

THI4-tSTJN, LONDON, FRI

party are taunted on .dl occasions with the horrors
attendant upon the French Revolution. None can
leplore the wicked scenes that followed that impor-
tant event more deeply tban we do. The very idea
of the massacres of September makes us shudder.
But the Royalists were chiefly to blame. They pro-
voked by their obstinacy, their duplicity, and their per-
jury, the commission of crimes which disgraced human
nature. It was not the Mountain that. set the revolu-
tionary car in an onward motion. It was the want of
energy of the Right side, the indecision of -the Plain,
and the treachery of the Court. The conduct of the
National Assembly of 1788 was truly grent, noble;
and patriotic. The Deputies of the Tennis Court
may not shrink from a comparison with the Barons of
Runymede. In the memorable sitting of the 4th, of
August the National Assembly passed a series of reso-
lutions which comprise the very germ of the British Con-
stitution. Nor ought the celebrated Constitution, drawl]
up" in a morning" by MM. the A rchbishopsof„A UT UN
and BORDEAUX, LALLY, CLERMONT TONNERE,
MOUNIER, CHAPELIER, BERGASSE, and the Abbe
SIEYES, to be spoken lightly' of by a political dog-
matist who appears never to have read it. True
it was soon trampled upon by those fierce spirits
whom the stupid imbecile obstinacy of the KING called
up from the lowest haunts of obscurity ; but what of
that? The British Constitution too felt the pressure
of the iron.heet of Lord Protector CROMWELL. OLD
Not, taught ROBESPIERRE that most awful of revo-
lutionary truths—the mortality of Kings. And yet
had the fortunes of the contending parties, both in
England and France, been reversed, it is very question-
able whether the cruelty of kings would not have stood
forth as prominent in history as the revolutionary
horrors which now stain its pages.
But the principal topics mooted in Mr. DISRAELI'S
Vindication are yet to be glutted at—a task which we
shall not omit, although. we must defer it till to-morrow.
It will then be time enough to point out how signally
he has failed in serving the cause which he espouses
with such eagerness. It is quite clear to us that he is
yet to be initiated in the tactics of Tory policy. He
dashes on too precipitately, and by his rashness com-
promises the existence of his party.
,4 Fools rush where angels fear to tread,"
is an exclamation which all must make who have the
patience to read three pages of the Vindication conse-
cutively. Those doctrines which a cunning old Tory
would touch as gently as possible-.•and only touch,
to show that he was not afraid to approach them—
Mr. DISRAELI the Younger proclaims aloud in the
ears of mankind as manifestations of a divine inspira-
tion. Even our not over-scrupulous Contemporary of
Printing House Square was shocked at some of his
ravings. " His character of Partisan," observes our
Contemporary extenuatingly, and with a countenance
upon which we can discover a tinge almost amounting
to a blush, " has led him into the mistake* of attempt-
ing to justify that practice of voting by proxies
which no sophistry can support, and .which it would
be wiser as well as more courageous to renounce."
Of course, as Mr. D'ISRAELI dreads nothing so
much as.an imputation upon his courage—of which
the world is promised a signal proof on the arrival of
Mr. O'CONNELL in London—be will receive with
becoming deference the prudent advice tendered him
in the Times of the 22d inst. What our "brickbat
and bludgeon " Contemporary shrinks from attempting
in defence of the abuses of the House of Lords, is
rather above the ability of such hot-blOoded young
converts to Toryism as Master DISRAELI—the
Younger.

We have received the whole Of the Paris Journals
of yv eanbsuay-. ray a reverence
them it will be seen that the French army in Africa
destroyed Mascara, and on the 12th inst. returned in
triumph to Mostaganem.: This event has occasioned
great joy in Paris ; and, if followed up by subsequent
victories, will greatly tend to reconcile the people to
the reigning dynasty. The Duke of ORLEANS ar-
rived at Toulon on the 19th inst., where he will be
detained to perform quarantine. His Royal Highness's
health is greatly improved since his departure from
Algiers. It seems that the climate of Africa does not
agree with the delicate constitution of the Duke of
ORLEANS. Certain Journalists affirm that he does
not breathe freely in an atmosphere impregnated with
the smell of gunpowder.

PARIS, DEC. 23.—The Minister of War has received
from Marshal Clause], a detailed report of the numerous
and brilliant combats of the army (luring the campaign of
20 days. We shall give the details to-morrow ; to-day we
shall only say that the soldiers and Generals have worthily
maintained the honour of the French name.-IVfoniteur.

The C'orsaire of this morning says, " We have letters
from New York, by way of Liverpool, of the 28th Nov.,
which say that as the time for the opening of Congress
approaches, the language of the party hostile to France be-
comes. more moderate. The most violent partisans of the
President do not dare to urge him further on a path, the
issue of which they cannot see. These letters add that
the commercial interest of the Union has already suffered
in consequence of the alarm that has been spread, and that
it is apprehended that the effects will be still worse. The
merchants of New York, Members of the Congress, who
will set out in a few days intend, if the Message of the Pre-
sident is not satisfactory and explicit, to make a formal
motion, which will lead to a solution of this question, desired
by all sensible and clear-sighted men."
A letter from St. Sebastian of the 13th Dec, says :
" The Colonel, brother-in-law of Evans, has been with a
flag of truce to Sagastibelza, to ask how the English would
be treated who might be taken prisoners. The Carlist
General answered that the decree of Don Carlos was still
in force, and that in consequence all the English volunteers
and Chapelgorris that may be taken prisoners will be shot."
Three foreigners, two of whom seem to be English, who
have had long and frequent conferences with Don Carlos,
are now at Estella, where they have constant communica-
tion with the General and the principal persons of his party.
-LAlessager, Dec. 23.

The advices from the North of Spain are to the
16th instant. The Carlists were then before St.
Sebastian, the garrison of which was reinforced by
the unexpected arrival of the British Legion, under
the command of Colonel ARBUTHNOT. Shortly
after the arrival of the British troops, a truce was de-
manded by the British Commander, for the purpose of
ascertaining whether Don CARLOS had rescinded the
treaty for the mutual exchange of prisoners, and whe-
ther the auxiliaries were included in the orders given
to the Carlist Generals? SEGASTIBELZA, Carlist
Commandant-General of the province of Guipuscoa,
agreed to the truce, and in an interview with Colonel
ARBUTHNOT stated that Don CARLOS had not re-
scinded the treaty referred to, and that his instructions
to the army were, that the Christinos and the auxi-
liaries were to be considered as subject to the same
military regulations. The capture of St. Sebastian by
the Carlists was considered morally impossible od the
morning of the 16th instant.

Our advises from Madrid are to the 16th instant.
They merely bring the details of the past proceedings
in the Legislative Chambers. M. MENDIZABAL
was continuing to re-animate the country. Many of
the wealthier Carlists in the North have declared in
favour of the QUEEN, since the arrival of MINA in
Catalonia.

LEEDS CLOTII MARKET.--411 the coloured and
white Cloth Halls, the demand for goods has been rather
limited, but upon the whole there has been more business
done during the week than usual at this season of the year,
and less grounds of complaint on the part of the employer
and the employed.

The thermometer sunk down to 21 degrees a
Fahrenheit on Tuesday night, being the coldest point this
season.