The Sun.
London, England, 1832-03-17 00:00:00

tiality to the houst-01-Naserau___to prove destructive
to ourselves. This is the plain English of the ob.
nervation of the wily old FOx. But why this anx-
iety to damage M. Perier just now ? We cannot
help thinking that a strong suspicion is at this time
entertained that he is now on a uew tack. The
object of the Duke's speech is to destroy his credit
with the liberals; and Earl Grey's apology for him
reminded us of the proverb, " save me from my
friends." The European aristi;cracy must deem
the French Minister a firma' frere. The Duke of
Wellington did riot like the part of the speech which
related to Ancona. It smells of propagandism. In
the mean time it is clear that M. Casimir Perier
has given to the world a view of the conduct of
France in the case of Belgium, which the facts do
not bear out.—Morning Chronicle.

Though Mr, Hunt's motion on Thursday night
respecting the massacre was, in our judgment, ill-
timed, having been brought forward at a period when
Ministers had already enough to contend with, sse
think it will not be without its use. The motion,
it is true, was negatived, and by a large majority;
but one thing was very clearly manifested in the
course of the discussion, and that is, that opinion has
undergone a very cmsiderable change within the
walls of Parliament since they used to echo with the
praises of those valiant persons who had proved
their valour upon an unarmed, defenceless, and
peaceable multitude, whose only crime consireed in
their numerical display. We hail this change of
tone as the harbinger of better feelings
and better times. It now appears that the
"Heroes of Peterloo" must henceforward be satis-
fied with a very different appellation. The most
that could be done for them was to appeal to the
length of time that had elapsed, and invoke the
Christian spirit of forgiveness to interpose be-
tween them and the punishment due to their atroci-
ties. This invocation we cannot, as Christians,
disapprove, but great outrages live long in the minds
and in the passions of men, and though the trans-
actions at Manchester may possibly be forgiven, they
never will be forgotten by those who hate the wan-
ton and wicked effusion of human blood. It is far
from our wish to revive angry feelings, but the fact
is, that the feelings produced by the affair of Man-
chester have never been buried, and the tone of the
late discussion in Parliament will do more to ap-.
pease them, by showing that they are held in proper
abhorrence, than if the sufferers or their surviving
friends were left solely to their own reflections. The
time, we think, is not far distant when Parliament
will deem it necessary to take some further step,
not, perhaps, with a view to the punishment of in-
dividuals, but in order to pronounce an opinion upon
the transaction which shall stamp it with its proper
character. The Legislature can only wash its hands
of the pollution by denouncing it to the world.—
Morning Herald.
Our readers will perceive, on referring to the
Parliamentary report, that the Duke of Wellington
brought forward his motion last night with respect to
the speech of the French Minister, M. Casimir
Perier. It will scarcely fail to strike them in the
perusal of this debate how differently the Duke of
Wellington treats the momentous question of our
foreign affairs from his bilious colleague Lord Aber-
deen. Upon this question, as upon all others, the
Duke of Wellington went directly to the point. He
detailed the conduct of his own Govenment in con-
junction with that of France, and, in reference to the
transactions alluded to, with the candour that be-
came him, toe proud (though he beats not to be
the descendant of Kings) to indulge in a perpetual
snarl at those who have succeeded him in office.
Bat the report will do more credit to his Grace as a
politician than any thing we could say of him. It
will be difficult for the French Minister to get him-
self out of the dilemma in which he is placed, unless
there was some mistake in the published account of
Iris statement.--I.llorning Herald.
Thanks to the upright spirit which is now begin-
ning to pervade the Magistracy of the metropolis,
its inhabitants are likely to be soon freed from one
of the most noxious pests with which it was ever
assailed— -we mean the pest of those wretches known
as common informers, who play tricks in order to
enable themselves to lay informations with some
grace of truth, but whose only object is to extort
money at all hazards, and who, when they happen to
be exposed by the press, are actually the first, in
the teeth of the decision of the Magistracy, to
seek out vagabond pettifogging attorneys, who will
undertake, for the mere chance of bare costs, to
bi ig actions in their name against it. There was a
tolerable show-up of these gentlemen at Bow-street
on Thursday; and one almost equally satisfactory
yesterday; but both together are only a salving of
the sore from which the community suffers. The
law, which authorises informations on the part of
persons who have an interest in them, is, in all cases
a bad law, as well as a libel upon the community ;
and until that law, or rather that principle of many
laws, has been altered, the Magistrates will exert
themselves in vain to put down false informations
and false swearing. The law is the spirit which
gives them birth, and nothing but the extinction of
its principle of reward will relieve the holiest
part of the community from the dreadful scourge of
unjust informations from the dishonest part of it.—
Morning Adverliier.