The Sun.
London, England, 1832-11-06 00:00:00

acquiescence of the injured from despairing of
redress, and at all events must bring into con-
tempt or distrust the whole administration of
poor man's justice.— Times.

The long-expected and anxiously looked-for
arrival from Holland has at length taken place.
The King's answer to the last and peremptory
sommation of the English and French Cabinets
for the surrender of Antwerp is already in the
hands of our Government, and no doubt now
remains as to the intentions of the Dutch Mi-

nistry ; though, perhaps, the next question of
peace or war still remains without a final solu-
tion. It would be affectation in us to pretend to

be acquainted with the exact terms of a response,
which are known only to those to whom they
have been intrusted in official confidence, but we
will state what the presumptions as to its tenor
are, favoured at once by letters from Holland,
the speculations of the well-informed at home,
and the previous knowledge of the almost inva-
riable policy of the Cabinet of the Hague upon
this subject hitherto. The speculations, we
dare say, will not be found to vary from the
document itself when it comes to be textually
stated. It is taken for granted, upon all hands
there, that to all that concerns the substantive
challenge of an almost instant—that is before
the 12th of the present month—surrender of
the citadel of Antwerp to the Belgian officers,
the Ministry of King William have returned
a flat and unqualified refusal. Whatever be
the result, they say that they will not submit to
terms dictated in a tone so imperious, and con-
taining conditions so summary and imperative.
This is a setious resolve—an actual taking up
of the gauntlet ; and it is not to be supposed
that it has been come to without the most grave
deliberation on the part of the Dutch Govern-
ment. Accordingly our readers will see by our
letter from the Hague, and the extracts which
we present from the Dutch Papers, that the Mi-
nisters were for several hours engaged in Cowl.
cil upon the subject—that the Prince of Orange
was called up from the army to assist at it, but
also that, although much time was consumed in
discussion, there was but little discord of opinion,
for all the Members—and primarily the Prince,
who is said to have expressed himself with
warmth upon the occasion—agreed in advising
the King to reject the ultimatum of the English
and French Minis!ers, who now, beyond all
doubt, stand distinguished from what was called
the " Conference of London." The Prince,
after this decision, returned to his quar-
ters at the army, and orders were simultane-
ously despatched to all the Dutch vessels of war,
otherwise scattered, to concentrate upon the
Scheldt, so as to be ready for hostile operations;
all the officers of the army upon furlough were
ordered to join their colours without delay, and
every thing was put in train, consistent with a
determination to abide the fortune of events,
without seeking to propitiate it, whatever that
might be. With all these demonstrations,
however,we are assured by persons well acquainted
with the character of the King of Holland and
the temper of the people, that there is no thirst

for wantonly entering upon a state of warfare on
their part, but that if aggressions are made upon
what is considered the national honour, no
sacrifice will be considered too great to be made,
in the endeavour to resist them. The King,
and there is no doubt but the whole nation go
hand-in-hand with him, still professes, though

immoveable as to the immediate evacuation of
Antwerp, his willingness to submit his claims
to the arbitration of the Conference—mean-
ing thereby the Five Powers, in contradis-
tinction to the two—England and France ;
and the Dutch accounts more than insinuate

that it is not without some prospect of
support from Prussia, Russia, and Austria,
that he still persists in his obstinacy. This dis-
pute has now arrived at such a crisis that it
would be quite out of season to offer a word
upon the argument of prudence as to the King's
resolves, or hardship as to the treatment which
he has received at the hands of the English and
French Governments ; but we cannot avoid
complimenting him upon the very liberal and
rational rule which he has laid down to himself,
in the event of actual hostilities, of distinguish-
ing private interests from the State concerns of
the country to which the accidents of commerce
have thrown its subjects in his way. King

;William is said, much to his credit, to have
decided upon respecting the neutrality of British
private ships in his ports, notwithstanding na-
tional hostilities, and that upon principles which,
if more generally acted upon, would strip even
war of many of its, horrors.—Morning Herald.
The people of England are grievously mis-
taken, if they suppose that they can obtain the
blessing of good Government and a fair and
impartial administration of justice throughout
the country, without many a hard struggle.
The Tories are united and powerful. They are,
of course, no match for the people when the
people pull together. But the moment the
people relax, the Tories are ready for mischief.
The Tories yet have nearly the whole working
of the Administration. The Lord Lieutenants
are nearly all Tories; and the Magistracy
throughout the country are nearly all the crea-
tures of the Tory Lord Lieutenants. These
Magistrates have, as every one knows, great
power to annoy and persecute ; and woe betide
the honest man who at the last election agitation
made himself conspicuous in promoting the re-
turn of Reform candidates. In some places the
Magistrates proceed to most disgraceful lengths
in wreaking their vengeance on those who are
opposed to the return of the Tory candidates.
A strong proof of the truth of these remarks has
been recently furnished in the borough of Car-
marthen. That borough has been thrown into a
state of great excitement by the commitment to
prison of George Thomas, Esq., one of its most
respectable inhabitants ; an attorney who has the
largest practice, and is possessed of a large pro-
perty independently of his profession. On the
last Charter Day, as our readers may remember,
there were riots in Carmarthen. The next day
Mr. Thomas was arrested, and liberated for
fourteen days, on finding bail himself for
1,0001. and two sureties for 5001. each.
At the expiration of that term, he was put
in prison, and bail refused, though ten-
dered to any amount. Mr. Thomas was obliged
to apply to the Court of King's Bench, and the
Judge (Mr. Justice Mattison) on Saturday week
stated, " he never heard of a more gross case,
and could not conceive how any Justices could
commit a respectable gentleman to prison for
feloniously demolishing a house, when it ap-
peared on the statement of the witnesses for the
prosecution, that all the damage was done before
The riot was made a handle of
he got there."
to arrest this gentleman, allowed by his very
Tory enemies to be an honourable and most
upright man. He was committed for felony, in
riotously assembling with divers other evil-dis-
posed persons, and with force beginning to de-
molish and pull down the dwelling-house of one