The Sun.
London, England, 1832-04-21 00:00:00

APRIL 7.
FRANKFORT-ON-THLMAINE,

(From the MiJrnti,g Chronicle )
The three subjects which have most to merkable
aecited the spirit which now animates G. 'many
re the commercial
cuial regulations propt:oel by Prue-el-
f,,e of Poland, and the !ors relative to the Pre•• #
On the first head I have already touched, and yo
'eve been long since informed by the newspepere '1
.he popular proofs, at Hamm and elsewhere, of op
aosition to those very obnoxious measures. The im-
mediate interests of England, as her mantira :-
•nree are concerned, are too much involved in the
question to make any lenethened examination of
oon my part necessary. It is only relative to mist-
ers of more remote but not minor importance, tl at
you grant information or require excitement.
And foremost amongst those is the fate of Po-
land. I might vainly attempt to dejeirt the mischief
lone to the cause of general liberty by the app rent
apathy of England on that question, which has
itnost every where dee worked up the eyrepathies
of mankind to a pitch of unparalleled enthusiasm.
The inability of your Government to cooperate
with France, for the purpose of saving Poland from
' aerdition, is admitted and deplored. No blame
is thrown on your Ministry; no reproacir on
your people. But the absence of all public proof
of interest, of every tribute of sympathy for the
heroic men who led the forlorn hope of libery, and
confronted despotism's myriads during a whole year
of depair, has sickened the hearts of all who look
to England as the great model and patron of free-
dom. How different has been the conduct of the
people of Germany ! From worth to south, from
east to west, all cle.ises have sent I,leir offer-
ings to the aid of the brokeredown
A. universal impulse has animated the various Swig.
Not a mere burst of feel rug, but u continuous
eit•poerire of betievelence. Not :dere in those
places through which the sufferers pased, but horn
the most distant corner of the count y, where a
Pole haw never been seen. T4l, has Listed unabated
for months. It will net cease es lneje as a single
el jest requires its display Fear thousand Polish
!fficers have already teaversed Ge, m ,ny on their
way to France, in search of an allum, which I-
.nuch doubt they will nut find a sure one. Their
journey of some hundreds of miles has been a march
of triumph. Money, clothes, subsistence, fetes
processions, and, best of all, true cordial smperhy
have met them at every sate. The most so:id i,nd
the roost graceful tributes have profuee'y strew ere their
path. Committees of relief have been formed if, every
tee n. Men of the first respecteb fry have wholly
voted their time to this truly a erred ealling. Lot-
teries of fancy work have every where been e-ra-
/dished, to which females of every sta on
stave contributed, and in which pers ors of all mike
oave purchased tickets,toiticrease t he funds formed t y
public subscriptions, amateur conceite, arid other
sources. Nothing, in fact, has been left- undone to
ameliorate the condition of the sufferers, whose (1' "
titude is as deep as the generosity of their beer-fae-
tors was delicate. But you must not set this down
ro the score of sentimentality on the pair of the
Germans—still less to that of ostentation. H enem-
her what I told you in my first letter as to the reel
eharacter of the country ; arid believe that this veld
display of national feeling i,, founded on the sol d
and simple basis of the general good. Germany
knows that Poland fought and fell in the common
cause of European freedom. In relieving the
ruined warriors, she offers a premium .o patriotism.
I could send you some verses, enforcing this prin-
eiple, written by a peasant in a neigl.bourieg
village, forwarded with his subscription to the
Polish Fund, and rivalling those of Burns, in grace
and ene gy. Our main hope is that England may see
the question in the a tme 1 ght, and clearly and sta d
that the small States of Gt-rmany an- the true •oil iti
which to transplant the roots of the tree of liberty,
whose stem has beau cut down in Poland. That is
the grand means for European freedom; bet with-
out your aid it must remain unaccompl shed for ever.
We Want no armies, no fleets. The glittering of
French or British bayonets would bli id the opening
glance of German patriotism. But prove to our
conviction that regenerated Etiglend will sincerely
protect free principles abroad, as well as practise
them at home, and who will then dare to thwart our
resolution to be free ?—Every one is now convinced
that Poland was too remote—too insulted—too
feeble to stay the march of barbarian ambition.
When Castlereagh consented to the formation of
the kingdom of the Nether!an Is, and stipulated f
Constitution for Poland, he probably meant to ocu-
fralise on the East the mischief he perpetrated in the
West; but he did little harm or good in thus blow-
ing hot and cold. Neither act was effective for
its intended object. The Netherlands were no
bulwark against France; Poland no barrier against
Russia; each was a negative, and together they
were a nullity. No; if liberty is to be established,
the place on which to plant the lever is Central Ger-.
many. A political Archimedes may thence raise
the world. And what is the mighty lever for the
performance of this miracle ? A Free Press ! Geve
us that, and we ask no more. Let but France and
England say together to the triumvirate of Absolu-
tism that they shall not stifle the public voice
through this its natural organ, and the revolution
we have begun will not be one of blood. We shall
force freedom from the already despairing despots,
by pouring a stream of conviction into the very
heart of their dominions.

You know that the State of Baden has passed a
law, which came into operation the Ist of this
month, giving considerable extension to the liberty
of discussion, abolishing the censorship, and creating
a Special Tribunal, whose sittings are to be public
(the first of the kind), solely for the trial of offences
of the Press before a Jury, now first introduced.
Already the Government of Baden has been forced
by the influence of our Diet, to size two numbers
of the new Journal set up at Freyburg, by Welc-
kar, Van Rotteck, and other leading patriot,, and
to issue an ordonanee, which pronounces the new
law to be in contravention of that Act of the Det
which has hitherto borne so hard on free discussion.
Mr. Welckar has protested against the seizure, and
pronounced the ordonnance as illegal. Ti s question
is to be immediately tried before a new !ribunal. All
Germany waits for the decision with an anxiety as in
tense, if not se agitating, as that which England at
this moment feels for the discussion of the Reform
Bill. The question of political freedom is every-
where equally momentous, let its developement take
what farm it may.
THE MARKETS.—(TOIS DAY.)

COVENT-GA.

IEN MARKET.

There was a good supply at this morning's market, and t
trade was somewhat brisk, at the prices of this day sennight.
s.d. s.d. a. ci. s.l,
Potatoes (cwt.)
Ca..bages (12 heads) 0 0 0 0 Apples
0 82
00
OvOnions , 35 0 38
4.1 8
Savoy ditto 1 0
Hoe Radish (buiadie) 4
Brocoli 1 0 2 0 trench ditto
Rhubarb
Celery
Carrots (12 bunches)... 4 0 5 6 Brazilian Nuts 2 0 4
Turnips
(t)
Coleworts or Greens 1 9 3 6 Seville oranges 8 0 14
Leeks 1 6 3 olLemons 9 0 la
. 0
Young Onions, 2 0 3 6 French Beans 1 0 4 %I-
ron Grapes (per 1b.).... 1 0 2 6 Eurlive (pummet) 0 9 1 '
English, Forced 3 0 5 0 Small Sallad 0 2 0 4
Filberts
Pine Apples (lb.) IU 013 C Sew Potatoes 0 3 0 6
Turnip Greens (bush) 0 4 0 6 Radishes (hand) 0 2 0 3
Brocoli Sprouts 0 6 0 9 Asparagus (bundle)... 3 0 5 0
Cucumbers (brace)
.0 4 0 4 Stray-berries (ourc..). 2 n 3

11AI( MARKta.:".—(Ai. per Luau cii U 0 Trum...., '
CUMBERLAND (LATE ST. JAMES'S.)
coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 10 to .V 2 15
New Meadow Hay
00 0 0
Useful Old Ditto 3 0 3 15
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye.grass Hay
Inver Hay 4 CI 5 10
Oat Straw...... i Is to il 14 I Wheat Straw 1 18 2 la
Supply good, trade null, aaiLl price..t tionary.
SMITHFIELD.
2oarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 15 to £3 0
,tew Meadow Hay 0 0 0 A
.Jarful Old Ditto 3 5 3 15
..'ine Upland Meadow and Bye-grass Hay ..... —.• 3 15 4 to
lover Hay (extra fine)....£s 0 —General).
,t straw f 114 tu .Cl 16 I Wheat '=craw 1 18 2 0
Straw 2s. per load higher than last quoted ; prieea of Hay sta.
ionarY. A moderate supply. and a steady trade.

Despatches were received this morningat the
Colunial-offioe, from the Hon. Sir G. Lows: Core, the
Governor of the Cape of Gexi Hope, dated Feb. 16.