The Sun.
London, England, 1835-11-21 00:00:00

the Ha. Barontt is looking out fort4,tvt in that
House; and if so, his wrath with those who speak ill
of it, is at once accounted for. We regret that a man
like Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, who has so long been
honourably distinguished by his patriotism, should
have thought fit to publish so very foolish a letter, as
this of his, to the members of BROOKES'S. Many
will misinterpret his motives in doing so, and all—
except the Tories—will blame his indiscretion. He
has brought no one definite charge against O'CON-
NELL, further than he depreciated the Duke of WEL-
LINGTON'S military talents. This was ill-advised cer-
tainly ; but as certainly it is no such enormous iniquity
as should justify his expulsion from a liberal Club.

In another part of our Paper, our readers will find
some edifying particulars respecting an affair of honour
which " came off"—to use a sporting phrase—on
Thursday last—the very, same day that the Leeds'
Conservatives were engaged in the far more sensible
occupation of good eating and drinking. The com-
batants on this valorous occasion, were Dr. BLACK,
the Editor of the Morning Chronicle, and Mr.
ROEBUCK, author of some two-penny pamphlets,
whose names have escaped us in the agitation
produced by the thoughts of this awful business. Mr.
ROEBUCK, it seems, had applied to some parts of Dr.
BLACK'S conduct the epithets "base and disgraceful;"

and then, by way of apology, observed, that he " had
really considered him to be a philosopher, and not a
likely,person to fight duels ! " So, because a man is a
philosopher, he is therefore to be called " base and
disgraceful," hey, Mr. ROEBUCK ? Really this is
the most extraordinary reason for abusing a bO.

tleman we ever heard of ! Throughout the affair
both parties behaved with spirit ; but the drollest
part of the business is, that the two seconds
seemed inclined for a shot, though one had actually
never seen the other, till he made his appearance on

the ground ! Who shall say, after this, that duels are
not as infectious in England as in Ireland ? As re-
gards the Editor of the Morning Chronicle, he acted
in every respect as became a gentleman of his intelli-
gence and respectability. He was wantonly affronted,
and he called the aggressor to account for his con-
duct—though he has established a grievous precedent
by so doing ; for one Editor having thought fit to enter
the field of Mars, who knows but others may be
compelled to follow the same example? Hence-
forth we shall speak in terms of the most strait-
laced decorum of such a fire-eater as Mr. ROE-
BUCK ; for, if we whisper a word in disparagement of
his sagacity, the odds are that be may put as much
lead into our editorial brains, as he has been in the
habit of putting weekly into his own two-penny pam-
phlets.

We reiterate our opinion that the election of Mr.
Sheriff SALOMONS to the office of Alderman, re-
flects great credit on the inhabitants of the Ward
of Aldgate. At a moment when a desperate fad-
tion is striving, with all its might, to rekindle
the decaying embers of bigotry, and to embitter
party strife by the infusion of religious rancour, it is
gratifying to sec its best directed efforts overpowered
by the strong current of liberal principles. But while
we cordially rejoice at the victory which has been
gained over civil and religious intolerance, we see much
that we cannot approve in the conduct of the Liberals. I,
Why should Mr. HUMPHERY have opposed Mr. SA-
LOMONS ? This we think was something worse than
injudicious. A division of the liberal interest is in
every case to be deprecated. Where the candidates are
equally entitled to public confidence, and equally
qualified for the public service, a contest is in-
jurious, because it exhibits the unseemly spectacle
of a struggle for power rather than principle.
The case is ten times worse where a division
takes place among friends, when the enemy is in the
field. In such circumstances union is every thing,
and in order to secure its inestimable advantages, it
becomes the duty of every man to sacrifice private and
individual feelings to the good of the cause he professes
to have at heart. He who does not act thus' gives
reason to suspect that his motives are not so pure as
they ought to be.
The state of the poll at the close of this election is
a striking proof of the danger incurred by pushing
forward the pretensions of rival candidates on the same
side. This is an error into which the Tories never
fall. Whatevet power they possess, they generally
bring to bear with the greatest effect' toward the
promotion of the cause, the individual's claims be-
ing a matter of comparative unimportance. If this does
not proceed from a purer love of principle on the part
of the Tories, it at least shows that they are better tac-
ticians than their -opponents.
The case under our immediate consideration is dis-
tinghished by a peculiarity, which seems to have
escaped the observation of Mr. HUMPHERY and his
supporters, or at least to have had but little weight
with them. The question was, not merely which of
two equally liberal candidates should be elected an
Alderman of the City of London ; but whether, by the
election of a gentleman of the Jewish religion, a great
principle was to triumph ? This was the point at issue,
and it was in this view of the case that the real friends
of civil and religious liberty came forward, and by ex-
traordinary exertions defeated both the Tories who sup-
ported Mr. JONES, and the misguided section of the
Liberals who espoused the cause of Mr. HUMPHERY.
They saw the important influence which Mr. SALOMONS
election must have upon the general question. Their
efforts have been crowned with success. By the
breach which they have made in the wall of partition
which, to the disgrace of this country, has so long
divided the Jew from the Christian, they have pre-
pared- the way for its total demolition, andtfor that
happier state of social life when religion shall cease to
be the ground of civil distinction.

A Public Dinner was given on Thursday last to
Sir JOHN BECKETT, by the Leeds' Committee, at
which the Ministry and O'CONNELL were of course
the principal themes of abuse. Sir Jo FIN'S speech on
this occasion was a very lachrymose affair, and turned,
for the most part, on the iniquity of the Liberal party
in having turned out so virtuous—so -consistent—so
all-accomplished a Government as that-of Sir ROBERT
PEEL'S. The Right Hon. Gentleman had no patience
with such conduct, and was of opinion that it was un-
parallelled in the annals of political enormity. As
for Mr. STUART WORTLEY, he contented himself
with the startling discovery that O'CONNELL'S late
" journey through the kingdom was like that of a thief
in the night time I" We suppose, then, it was at night
time that he dined with two thousand Liberals at Glas-
gow ; and addressed upwards of fifty thousand at
Manchester and Edinburgh

The Paris Journals of Thursday, the whole of
which we have just received, announce that a tele-
graphic despatch from Bayonne was received by the
Government on Wednesday. It stated that DON
CARLOS was at Tolosa on the 14th, and judging
from appearances, was likely to remain there as long
as he could. General EGUIA was on the same day
at Tolosa. He had been before Bilboa. The
British legion joined CORDOVA at Vittoria on
the Bth, where a junction with EL PASTOR
and General ESPARTERO was also formed. The
cavalry and artillery had not then arrived, hav-
ing [followed the route by Burgos. We have