The Sun.
London, England, 1832-08-24 00:00:00

whole revenue of Greece was agreed to
be pledged as security for the interest.
It so happens that the revenues of Greece
are already pledged to the bondholders of 1824
and 1825. Without injustice to them, there-
fore, the convention cannot be carried into ef-
fect, till an arrangement is made for the settle-
ment of their claims. It is very likely that, in this,
as in many other cases, right may overcome might;
but putting aside the absolute legal obligation
of the Greek Government, in whatsoever hands
it may be, to the bondholders of 1824 and
1825, these have claims founded on principles
of fair dealing and gratitude, superior to those
of any other persons whatever. They advanced
their money when the cause of Greece was
doubtful, when that country was struggling
into life, and when there was great risk of
every shilling of it being irretrievably lost ;
whilst those who are now to step in, and,
under the cloak of the English name and gua•
rantee, obtain an unfair advantage over them,
are secured from all possibility of loss. We
hope for the sake of justice that the bond-
holders who met yesterday, and of whose pro-
ceedings we then gave an exclusive account,
may succeed in getting something more than a
bare acknowledgment of their rights.

It was with some dismay that we this morn-
ing saw a portion of an article in our yesterday's
Paper, relative to the introduction of poor laws
into Ireland, quoted by the Morning Post with
an expression of satisfaction ; and, having some-
thing of PifocfoN's feeling about us with regard
to applause from those for whose opinions we have
not an excessive value, feared we had made some
lapsus pennce which would require explanation ;
but were quite relieved upon reading the com-
mentary with which our contemporary followed
up our remarks. It presents so amusing a spe-
cimen of Tory logic that we cannot forbear pre-
senting it to our readers. Upon our state-
ment that there were few instances of men taking
up arms, except in the case of religious wars,
for the mere sake of abstract opinions, the Post
says, " We hope, therefore, our contemporary
is willing to admit that those people are the
wisest, who, provided the Government enables
them to live comfortably and prosper, do not
trouble themselves with the intricacies of the
machine, and prefer attending to their own pri-
vate business to involving themselves in political
subtleties." Doubtless, we are quite ready to
make the admission required by our critic,—as
ready as we should have been to admit any other
self-evident proposition we might have had pro-
pounded to us ; but what the admission has to do
either with the argument which we were endeavour-
ing to enforce, or that which the Post would insi-
nuate, we are at a loss to imagine. We wished
to establish the fact, that framing laws for a
people who were in so desperate a state as to
reap no benefit front obeying them was useless.
The admission required of us by the Post, does not
affect that position. Neither can it strengthen what
we suppose was the Post's concealed object, viz.
a condemnation of the people for their late spirited
conduct. Silly indeed would have been the
English people, if in the enjoyment of all that can
render life desirable, if—to use our contemporary's
words, " living coo?fortably and prosperously,"
they had troubled themselves with the intricacies of
the machine to which they were indebted for
this happy condition ; but was that the situation
of the English people when they called for a re-
form in the legislature ? Had it been for years
in this situation ? Even the Morning Post—
and in our turn we appeal to it for an admission
—must grant that for years the people have been
suffering, more or less, degrees of misery, occa-
sioned by the unequal pressure of taxation. Was
it not high time that they should look into
" the intricacies" of their taxing machine ?