The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-21 00:00:00

IN HONOUR OF THE KING.

vp 8, To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
1 Was much rinsed and gratified with the remarks
, into your paper last week, from the gampshire Acker-
resPecting the, erection of a grand column and statue in
most elevatell part of Greenwich Park, to the honour
!ir excellent and beloved King, William IV. lam
417 ed that it only requires a nucleus to be formed,
~I, which his Majesty's subjects of all parties will most
ti,j;''Y be united, and vie with each other in the honour
Isetibing to the erection thereof.
„47 not recommend that silver or pence subscriptions
be received for such a purpose ; nothing less nor snore
'Llovereign, should be given by one party, and that such
ptions be limited, and accord with the number of days
~his Majesty's birth to the day of laying the foundation
,Id' and which, reckoning only to the present date,
count to more than 25,000/.
ieentral committee could be formed in London, with
,I'3' committees in the provincial towns and districts
h
I,.nited Kingdom, and subscriptions paid into the
b°J England and its branches. The names of sub-
"s to be finally copied and engrossed on vellum, into
I)o°lza—one book to be presented to his Majesty—one
:," ePt at the station, and the other deposited as the
".141ittee may hereafter direct. If Ido not see a more
t and eligible mode of effecting the above desirable
hsannounced in your paper, in the course of the pre-
"atb, I will not fail to advert again to the subject.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
lier, near Bristol, Dec. 19th, 1835. JOHN HOWE.
110

GRESS AND PROSPECTS OF
LIBERTY.

„ TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
T---The triumph—the complete triumph—of the grand
,elles of Reform is too apparent possibly to escape the
,11 °f any man who takes the slightest interest in poli-
,44latters. They are beginning to be rightly under-
and in good earnest acted up•.to, in those countries
!, freedom has ever before been linked to licentious-
opd where the most rational deemed the introduc-
,j any thing like a Constitution an experiment both
kellss and dangerous. Man has an interest in keeping
kt,ews in ignorance, because he can only exercise un-
-1 Power over them when that magnificent gift of Pro-
-1 ees--the mind—is held in miserable bondage. To keep
d
°"n--to curb, if I may so express myself, those
vet' independence, which it naturally possesses, has
i!te chief, and alas I. successful employment of despots
q'qne immemorial. But the day, predicted years and
Iltgo by the eloquent philanthropists of France and
itlild, has at length arrived. It was amid the jeers of
'olent majority that Fox, the wise—the humane—
tetle—forfatold the breaking up of corrupt systems
downfall of tyranny. This eagle eye beheld the
,11°,1 happ;Ler days, when others, selfishly despondent,
I,l' from a cause which seemed to them ” hopeless, and
ere hopeless, every hour." Dark as was the atmos-
itat that period, he saw particles of good floating
4 ' which wanted only time firmly to conglomerate.
• ve
‘e ot has happened according to the prophecies of
parted Statesman ; for although religious prejudices,
' :4 predilections or aversions, and a thousand other
.:sPlinging from human nature itself, necessarily corn-
render unanimity of sentiment unattainable, yet
pii:itwards the sole business of men in power will be
f, ster to the wishes and comforts of the people ;
l~rs path, who are bound together in all parts of the
e„ct world by that endearing tie, that " commune yin-
'Liberty. This is the magic watchword to dis-
ith
kil friend from foe ; the proud standard round whi,ch
•.,rally to a man whenever our rights are assailed, for-
,t4k temporary contentions, and merging them in the
h°4 danger. For myself, I often smile when I hear
ilq.', snore zealous than wise, talk about the immediate
iltation of Toryism ! They might with as much rea-
t'eani of the revival of Astrology. In fact, there is
Cesemblance between them, since both were grafted
th;eredulity of mankind, and both have been exploded
AI expansion. of the intellectual faculties. But view-
: quest:son through the medium of history, when, I
kols Li'perty—pure, generous, lovely Liberty—ever
~iela times eradicated from a soil in which it was
ya. irlY planted ? ' Ancient Greece, even, can boast of
Ittigel den days which foreign force alone utterly de-
l4t . Rome—that oasis in a mighty desert—preserved
p,:-P,Tity and power so long as she confined her in-
is 'Within just bounds. For three centuries and more
e?' virtue overcome every obstacle, and even after a
t;44 of crime and misfortune, some vestiges of former
Were found, when countless hordes of barbarians
44 through the gates of the Imperial City. The
tinci:glo-
ples established in the early part of the French
I,tion could not bear up against the furious attacks
44st1inary factions ; they were lost sight of during the
r.,i,tating period of conquest, and again recovered, but
114,;13% at the Restoration. The immortal " Three
'had the honour of bringing them to light (for a MO-
Jv ci the brighter and the purer, perhaps, from having
thtlirough the ordeal of blood, the seductions of Courts,
pk,!tenapta-tions of a brilliant but illusive epoch. What
tittStlg now in Spain shows that the movements of the
kit'tlltionalists in 1812 and 1820 were far from useless.
are and unfortunate as they were, they sufficed to
ix 4 cheering ray over the benighted land, and to quote the
~,,,t,qa late lamented' author every way capable of forming
,t get opinion, " the glimpse which Spain caught of the
i
•lil freedom—Pae knowledge that was conveyed through
, egintn of n free press to every part of the king-
e ,lead espe,cially to all ranks in the metropolis, and
is „t7estra•med interchange of sentiment--opened the
th": "Illf.iny and prepared all for a future and wiser
ia--(lnglis's " Spain in 1830.") We may also
' Y hope to see Poland wrested from the iron
4,,°.1 the savage Calmuc, and acknowledged as an in-
ent nation, whilst Italy and Germany must 'ere
-,i44llake off the debasing yoke of servitude. But
ytIR foreign ground, to tread on our own, who will
tat freedom has not advanced most rapidly ? There
'tiel. be sure not a few soft-pated persons who are
, t.l their assurances that the Tories will soon resume
B'l4 c,f Government ; but they are blind to certain
. ',i; w,,llie'n show beyond a doubt, that at all events the
. i,),:lt tsenuine Toryism can never again rule this mighty
to ~ When Sir R. Peel was called away in breathless
ki,t'ecnii Rome to be Prime Minister for a few weeks, he
44,5 d his determination to pursue the steps of his prede-'s in office. Not a Tory speech is heard now that
, ''se „t profess the necessity of reforming " acknowledged
Itl;,' and my Lord Wharncliffe the other day at Shef-
kil'ilas so hard put to it, when to please his vulgar hearers
ke, Sed the Whigs, that he had recourse to his inventive
i,k,'„and. denounced them (risum teneatis?) as being
e 'tied into the tools of a Republican faction!" Again,
' 441ser,,rative Journals have long ceased to be hostile to
lithelbourne Administration, and were it not for O'Con-
Q,,ieY 'would, tersooth, be obliged to shut up shop, as the
sti 4eerPkg, who will not lend a helping hand to the daily
VI sets
of men and creeds, has already done. ,If, these
~ Ire are not symptoms of decay, we had better at once
4,t, calling things by their proper names, and reverse
t)l•Aethe meaning of words. To me it seems evident that
t 11,01! 9f two great principles warring against each. other,
trow'tleal arena presents us with the petty jealousies and
Pre:lninded disputes that must always exist in society as
'‘,-. itnt constituted. The people, however, must not be
4 Ilt '1:1* The Tories, though they hoist other colours, and
tzti4,k readiness to conform to the times, are in their hearts
aged and unchangeable'; they are the same bitter
; ilt,ll to civil and religious liberty as ever ; the same po-
t,}l bigots with minds incapable of ,enlargement ; the same
''l),taded advocates of every measure tending to raise the
Iti",,i,° the prejudice of the poor man ; the same warm wor-
-0 ii:',' of a system ungenerous, anti-social, and adverse to
:illti:qa and dignity of man ; in a word, these smooth-faced
li:11;11.1en of a " goodly outside," are still, believe me,
Lqrt.;,'ountrvmen, Tories, and therefore, " rotten at the
jl,a , Maddened at their repeated defeats they are reek-
-11N-` tlle means, provided they obtain their end. Secure,
Liit: 4 Reformers may fancy themselves in the purity of
Nel/Wa views, they have yet to combat against the in-
il4tl4,of a rich and powerful body of mon. There is only
I:ty, ,„ of doing so with immediate effect—by uniting. If
;41 t;liew themselves to be split into a thousand sections
~,r!toltiltened like old women, or " foolish fading gentle-
: th'eat an uncouth epithet, a rugged truism in the mouths
NI, most eloquent defenders of their principles, they will
Ne°,te the views of their vigilant foe, and bring deserved
t 1 1,14 on their own heads. True it is that liberty
'kel;ever perish, but its progress may be impeded by the
'44l4ations of the bad, and much more, by. the conduct
IjZt hthe weak, - the vacillating, the inconsistent Good."
litt,m4 stand by one another like men—aye, like Eng-
reber• Let us be as active, as zealous, as devout, in
dill before
the Holy cause as our enemies arc in opposing
Nl', before many months their unhallowed principles
~'Y eave crumbled into nothingness. Feeble, indeed, is
'l2lsl,;tigle voice, but had I that of a Stentor, I would
'oti'llie word into 'the ears of my countrymen, and that
b should be—UNION.
16.
I,

MILO

~ot„, Brougham, since his return to town from
uta
at Hall, has employed himself in his favourite re-
'') d'Vetersham, in preparing and arranging for publication
eisions in the Court of Chancery during the period
Ass Lord Chancellor.,
‘/VCT.—As a proof of the great change of the
i°l34 o,' Agriculture, a respectable farmer in the neighbour-
tl/4 Melton, in this county, twenty-nine years since sold
ItlPiQr°l'e of Oats for the sum of 68/. ; but the present oc-
Ntir,,of the same farm, was only offered 551. for two
Coombs of the same quality, at bridge mar-
' Wednesday, Dec. 9.—Suplk Chronicle.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE ELECTION.

KETTERING, SATURDAY EVENING.—The apprehensions

I expressed yesterday of the certain defeat of the Liberal
interest have been confirmed by the result of the second
day's poll, of which I subjoin a statement :
Maunsell. Hanbury.
Kettering
Clipstone
Oundle
Wellingborough... 368 ... 380
Peterborough. . lB3 ... 281

1,852
Majority for Maunsell.., 597
At the close of the poll, Mr. Maunsell appeared on the
hustings, and endeavoured to address the crowd ; but the
tremendous noise and incessant hooting and interruption
rendered his observations utterly inaudible even to those
who stood close beside him ; he therefore retired, after
vainly endeavouring to procure silence—an attempt in
which he was not materially assisted by the officiousness
of his staff-bearers, who only enhanced instead of dimi-
nishing the confusion.
Mr. Hanbury did not address the electors at the close of
the poll ; but it is understood that he will do so on Monday,
either after the declaration, or at the dinner of his friends
and snpporters, which will take place in the afternoon.

1,255

GERMAN AND BRUSSELS PAPERS.

BRUSSELS, DEC. 17.
A solemn Te Deunz was performed yesterday at the
Church at St. Gudule, in commemoration of the King's

birth-day. Her Majesty, the Queen, accompanied by her
maids of honour, arrived at noon, and was received by the
Archbishop of Malines and his clergy. The Ministers, the
members of the diplomatic body, the members of the Cham-
ber of Representatives, and of the several Courts of Jus-
tice, the civil and military authorities, &c., were present.
In the evening the public buildings, and a great number
of private houses, were illuminated.
The Committee, appointed to examine the project of law
authorizing the provisional representatives of the province
to draw up . the provisional budgets, has expressed itself in
favour of the project, adding a wish that the provisional law
may be shortly laid before the Chamber.
The morning before yesterday a duel took place between
a French officer, serving in the Belgian army, and a Polish
refugee. The officer was wounded in the shoulder.
A new journal, called the Observateur," has just ap-
peared at Brussels. The following passage contains its
professions of faith :—" The two grand bases of the
whole policy of Belgium are, therefore, he Consti-
tution as the basis of its national policy ; the treaty

of Nov. 15th hs the basis of its foreign policy. We
shall constantly found our opinion on these two Acts, one

of which is the pledge of domestic peace, the other the
guarantee of peace abroad."
A new political and commercial journal, called the
Precurseur, has just been set up at Antwerp.
The number of students entered at the University of
Ghent is very considerable. There are above 100 in the
faculty of medicine.
Two members of the Magistracy of Mons are gone to

Paris, to counteract, it is said, the efforts of theinhabi-

,ants of Tournay, who wish that the great rail-road from

Paris to Brussels should pass through that city.
The- accounts from Holland say that the Government
has replied to the observations of the States-General, that
it cannot consent to any change in the project of law rela-
tive to the duty on corn.
BELGIAN FUNDS.—BayssELs, Dee. IS
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ,
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent 1401,4
Loan of City, 18.32, Four per Cent lO%
Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent l-10
Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent
—Brussels Papers, Dec. 19.

ST: PETERSBURG, DEC. s.—The Journal de St. Pe-
tersburg commences its Number of the day before yester-
day with the following article :
" The Journal des Debats, after giving the words in
which the Emperor on his passage through Warsaw ad-
dressed a deputation of that city, has accompanied those
words with observations equally hateful and disingenuous,
which are diametrically opposed to the principles of stability
and order which that Journal has for some time professed.
We have received orders to print this article of the Journal
des Debats, that it may be known in Russia. Such pub-
licity is the only answer that those articles deserve, and it
is at the same time the bitterest criticism on them, since it

will prove how little is here thought of the attacks of im-
potent hatred directed against the words or the actions of
the Emperor. The language which the Emperor held at
Warsaw will be received, as it always is, in the whole ex-
tent of Russia, with a unanimous feeling of loyalty and na-
tional attachment ; and in the kingdom of Poland it will be
heard with deep conviction as the expression of a serious
but salutary trust. For the peace of Europe is not reared
by flattering their passions. In order to insure perma-
nently the tranquillity and welfare of his subjects in the
kingdom of Poland, the Emperor was obliged openly to say
to them,— " Remain faithful to your duties, and you will

. . .
cause the past to be forgotten ; watch yourselves over the
tranquillity of your country ; preserve it from the propaga-
tion of incendiary publications, and you will establish its
welfare ; educate your children in the principles of religion,
and of fidelity to your Sovereign, and you will prepare for

. .
them a happy lot for the futuie ! Be the guardians of the
internal tranqnillity of your city, and the Alexander citadel
will be at hand to protect you ; if not, you will bring down
incalculable misfortunes on yourselves and your country."
These are the truths which the Emperor could not but in-
timate to the Deputies of the eity of Warsaw.—
Buta be added the folloWing words, which the Journal
des Debats has carefully suppressed :
" I have long since pardoned the offences directed against
.

myself and my family. My sole wish is to return good for evil,
and to make you happy in spite of yourselves. I have
sworn this before God, and I do not break my oath."
These words of pardon and peace were spoken aloud ;

they will find an echo in the hearts of all Poles who are
faithful to their Sovereign, and who really love their coun-1
try. They will
.also, we are firmly persuaded, be a new -
pledge of the reviving prosperity of the kingdom. Only
the enemies of its tranquillity can misrepresent or suppress
them. (Here folloivs the extract from the Journal des De-
bats, with the version given by it of the Emperor's speech,
and then an extract from the same paper of 13th Nov. con-
taining observations on that document.)
FRANKFORT, DEC. 15.—Exchange on London, 1511 ;
Ditto two Months, 1514.—Frankfort Ober Postanzts Zei-

tong, 16th Dec.
BERLIN, DEC. 6.—We have received, from an authentic
source, copies of the speech of the Emperor Nicholas, which
agrees with that in the Journal de Frankfort, and have no
doubt of the falsification which the Journal des Debats has
committed, in order to have a fertile subject for its phraseo-
logy. So prepared, the speech was the more welcome to
the greedy appetites of most of the French and English
journals. Every body who has, taken the pains to compare
the Parisian fable with the Warsaw speech, must have per-
ceived what a sensible difference there is between the two
versions. Those passages in the speech which dwell with
particular emphasis on reconciliation and gocd-will are sup-
pressed in the fable ; what might be offensive to foreign,
especially to allied powers, appears in the fable, but not at
all in the speech. So this house of cards 'falls to pieces,
but the refusal of the Emperor to hear the deputation, and
the threatening reference to the citadel, remain. Whoever
has fancied that after such a violent struggle all the
elements in Poland will at once be disposed to peace and
tranquillity,cannot be considered as either a pschologist or a
politician. The Emperor instead of employing smooth
Parisian phrases, in spite of opposing feelings said, what he
thought ; instead of timidly avoiding the ashes under which
the fire still glimmered, he boldly strode over them.
Alexander's confidence had made Poland a considerable
military power, and had restored it to that degree of inde-
pendence without which the kingdom could no more have
made an insurrection than the provinces of Posen and Gal-
licia. After such little experience a Russian Emperor
could hardly help thinkinc, that his predecessors had done
too much for Poland, and as the system of the latter to
attach Poland by gratitude had borne such fruits, he ap-
pealed to the prudence and consideration of the re-con-
quered country, which Call for submission, repose, and
obedience. The speech was dictated by clear, decisive
conviction of the situation of Russia with respect to
Poland ; and it is precisely in opposition to the every day
indecision of our times, that energy and manliness, both:in
words and deeds, are highly to be respected.—Supplement
to Frankfort Ober Fostttmts Zeitung, Dec. 15.
HANOVER, DEC. 11.—The Duke of Brunswick left us
yesterday, and the Princes Charles and William of Prussia
to-day. ,
BRUNSWICK, DEC. 10.—On the sth of this month an
ordinance to the following effect was published here. " We
William, &c. The pernicious tendency of several writers
who have lately come forward, and their declared efforts,
by the most barefaced attacks on the doctrines of the
Christian faith and morality, as well as on the existing re-
lations of society, to undermine the religious feeling, the mo-
rality, and the repose of the people of Germany, makes it
our uty to use the most energetic measures to prevent the
propagation of the false doctrines for which the writers in
question have lately endeavoured to gain a firm footing by
means of an association called ' The Young Literature,'
and the proposed publication of ' The German Review.'
We have therefore thought fit to prohibit all the
works of Carl Gutzkow, Heinrich Lanhe, Ludolph
Wienburg, and Heinrich Munds both their larger
works and their periodical writings, and the es-
says published by them in the journals. They can-
not be sold or distributed in any way whatever
in our dominions. All the inhabitants are to pay
due attention to them, and all authorities, especially the
Police and Post-office, to take care that the prohibition is