The Sun.
London, England, 1832-11-27 00:00:00

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LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27, 1832.

M. COMTE and M. PutoN, the Director and
Sub-Director of the French Post-office, have
been obliged to return to France on account of
the meeting of the Chambers, leaving the pro-
posed arrangement for a daily estafette in an un-
settled state ; but they are expected in London
again in the course of the ensuing week to re-
sume the business with the Duke of RICK-
MOND, who, it is but justice to say, has shown
great anxiety to bring it to a close in a manner
which would be satisfactory to the merchants
and others most interested in a daily communi-
cation with Paris. There are, however, many
difficulties in the way of an arrangement which
the Duke must remove before it can be con-
cluded. In the first place there is a monopoly
among the subordinates of the Post-office in
each country, but more particularly in France,
which is directly opposed to a daily com-
munication, a considerable income being de-
rived from the transmission of newspapers,
and even letters on the non-estafette days by
some of the clerks who have influence enough
to embarrass the heads of the Post-office by
delays and obstacles, when reform and im-
provement are in question ; and, secondly, the
very great difference which exists in the mode of
charging the postage of letters in the two coun-
tries, the one being by weight—by far the more
reasonable and equitable plan—the other by the
number of enclosures, if the letter be more than
single. At present each Government conducts
its own share of the Post-office intercourse be-
tween the two countries ; but, as it is considered
necessary, as well for the purpose of economy
as for the interests of the public, that the arrange-
ments should be, in a great measure, on the same
footing between Great Britain and France, as
between France and other countries, many things
must be altered in order to accomplish so de-
sirable an end. As the Duke of RICHMOND
and the Director of the Posts in France, M.
COMTE, appear anxious to conclude the nego-
tiation in such a way as will benefit and satisfy
the public ; and as they are both willing for that
purpose to make concessions to each other, we
hope in a few days to be able to announce that.
every thing has been settled for the commence-
ment of the proposed new system in April or
May next.

The German Papers received this morning
contain some further notices of affairs in the
East, where preparations for resuming the war
were carried on by the SULTAN and the Pacha
of EGYPT. The article from the Polish frontiers
speaks the secret feelings of the Northern Courts,
but we do not think they will court war at present,

unless something very favourable for their cause
turns up in Holland. They have all too much
to lose and little to gain in a war of opinion
which the next general war must certainly be.
Extracts will be found in another column.

The French Papers of Sunday have been re-
ceived, but they contain no news of interest.
The impression gains ground in Paris that a
general war will not take place, but to be pre-
pared for the worst, the greatest activity con-
tinues in the war department. The lady who
pretended to have saved the KING'S life is now
said to have been the real culprit herself !
With respect to the proceedings and views of
the political parties, we cannot do better than
give 0. P. Q.'s version of the matter :

Some very wicked and unkind, hard-hearted and sus-
picious people, have been had enough to ask the follow-
ing questions, to which no one has yet replied, and which
still remain open for answers. Read them, and then say
what vnu think of this pistol plot of 1 832 :

'' 1. Is it not possible that Miss Bourry might have fired an
unloaded pistol herself, in order to declare that she had saved
the life of the King ?
" f 2. Or, is it not possible that a friend of Miss Bourry did this
for:her, and that she allowed him to escape ?
" 3. How came it that, if Miss Bourry was really insulted
by a young man, she did not appeal to the soldiers and the
agents of police, who were all at her elbow, and have obtained
his removal, as he obstructed her view of the procession ?
" 4. How came it that, if Miss Bourry saw the pistol pointed,
and had time to see it drawn out of the pocket, levelled and
fired, and had also the presence of mind to arrest the arm of
the assassin and turn the pistol upwards, she htd yet not the
time to have him taken into custody oy the soldiers and police
at her elbow ?

" 5. How came it she came to Paris alone—remained three
weeks alone to prepare and present petitions, which could have
been done as well from the provinces as at Paris—remain seve-
ral days to see the procession—go to it alone—get into o very
bad place to see—on a descent—at the corner of a bridge—and
where she was sure of being pressed, and greatly incon.
venienced ?

"6. How came it that she got to the front row—stood
next to the assassin—let him escape--and then on her recovery,
first of all called out for M. Thiers ?"

'Tis enough ! We will say no more ! FORTY HESITAT-
ING, dubious, uncertain DEPUTIES gave their votes imme-
diately for the Doctrinnaires or for the Jmte-milieu, and
there has been a cry heard in the land, "'MAT THE Alo-
NARCHY IS IN DANGER, AND THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO
RALLY ROUND IT !" M. Dupin has said, " No, Sire,
!hey d d not fire on you, but on themselves !!" The Pre-
sident pro tempore of the Chamber of Deputi-a has said
the factious attempted to assassinate you, and thus de-
stroy France." The patriotic portion of the Chamber and
the nation has been indirectly accused of intending to com-
mit assassination. The Doctrinnaires have tn,ide the most
of the pistol, and the plot has failed, though the weapon
missed fire !

We have not done with this affair, and will return to
it in a few days.

From the PISTOL PLOT AND MISS BOURRYWE will turn-
to the consequences which have resulted from this explo-
sion—from the arrest of the Duchess of Berry—and from
the connive at expedition to the banks of the Scheldt.
" CAUSES PRODUCE EFFECTS," says Sir James Searle t,
whose fortune supplies ample proof of the truth of his
motto. We have looked late'y at some of the causes of
what has been going on in the Chamber of Deputies dur-
ing this week, now drawing to a close—and now let us
look at the effects !

Well, then, the Conipte Rendu has been defeated ; the
Patriots in the Chamber and out of the Climber have been
thoroughly beaten on every point, and in every election ;
and the Juste Milieu have completely triump).ed. It would
be an act of folly to deny this ; and we shall not serve,
..ut injure, the cause of the people, by an attempt at con-
cealment.

Bat though the Compte Rendu has been defeated—
he Doctrinnaires have been also exposed to a similar re-
pulse. Nut one President, Vice-President, or Secretary,
belongs to the Doctrinnaires ; and on the Commission to
prepare the draft of the Address to submit to the Depu-
ties, only two friends of the " Broglie," " Guizot," and
" Humann" portion of the Cabinet have been elected
out of nine. The Juste Milieu, with Dupin at the head,
can do whatever it pleases with the present Chamber of
Deputies. Out of all the Deputies composing the Oppo-
sition, only one, M. Felix Real, could obtain an appoint-
ment in the offices of the Chamber, which was that of
Secretary, and on the commission to prepare an Address,
not even one was elected. M. Dupin was returned as
President by the large majority of 98. The Vice-Presi-
dents selected by the Opposition were equally unfortunate;
and though M. Dupont (de I'Eure) had nearly gained the
election of one of the Vice-Presidents, yet his adversary,
who is a Juste Milieu, contrived to obtain a few more
votes, and thus exclude the most virtuous and most ho•
nourahle Deputy in France (next to Lafayette) from the
seat to which he had a right to aspire.
The friends of M. Dupin are now then in a great ma-
jority in the Chamber of Deputies, and if the Parlia-
mentary system is really to be followed, M. Dupin must
he charged to form a new Administration. The Doctrin-
naires are opposed to this. They say that the Juste-
Milieu ought to join them ; but the Juste-Milieu re.
ply, " No—you ought to join us." The Opposition are
the third party, and keep aloof from both these systems;
',it as the triumph of the Doctrinnaire system would
sooner bring about a denouement than the triumph of the
" juste-milieu" system—why, the Opposition will vote
rather for the Doctrinnaires and their adherents than for
the Juste-Milieu and their partisans. M. Dupin and his
friends affect to feel strong in their own party, though op-
posed by all others. They are mistaken. The Opposition
can overthrow either party, by uniting with their antago-
nists. If at this moment—l mean to-day or to•morrow—
the Opposition should join the Docetrinnaires in order to
push them on to extremes, and to the realization of their
a ad projects of gagging the Press, bringing in military
law, defending the state of siege, and even attack-
ing the independence of the Tribune, and defending
the Duchess of Berry against the just operation of
existing laws—why, the Opposition can do so, and thus
bring about a denouement. If, on the other hand, the
Doctrinnaires shall be opposed by the Opposition, their
defeat will be signal ; and then, when the Juste-
Milieu shall obtain the object of their wishes, and be
named Ministers, the Opposition can, if it will, overthrow
them ; and, by uniting itself to the Doctrinnaires, render
a Juste-Milieu Administration wholly impo4iible. I
have said, " if the Opposition will," because the Oppo-
sition has not at this moment decided on the course it will
take. If it perceives that the Dupin party is willing to
come to terms with the Opposition—willing to make
concessions—wining
to join in overthrowing the Doctrin•
naires, and the attempt at a counter-revolution which they
are charged to make—why then it is possible that a
Dupin Ministry, with some modifications, might receive
the support of a large portion of the Deputies of the
Compte Rendu. But if Dupin and his party will
make no concessions, and come to no terms, then
the Opposition will join with the enemies of Du-
pin's party, and overthrow it, until the Govern-
ment of France shall feel that it must march with the
Revolution of 1830. You will thus understand, that
if there were but two parties in the House, the Oppositson
would be for ever defeated in this Parliament, since the
Juste-Milieu and Doctrinnaires, in the event of a union,
would be very nearly two to one against the " Compte
rendu ; " but as there are three parties in the Chamber—
First, the Doctrinnaires—Second, the Juste-milieu—and
Third, the Opposition—whichever side the Opposition
shall join on any one or more questions, vvill be sure of a
majority.

You will probAly say, that under these circumstances
the Chamber of Deputies ought to be dissolved, and
France should be appealed to. We say the same thing.
This is what should be done; and the Doctrinnaires
would then learn that France desires as much the system
of Prince Polignac, as she does that of the Duke de Broglie.
or M. Guizet.

The Journal des Desbats of to-day begins to feel the
difficulties in which its party is placed, and the impossi-
bility of surmounting them in tre present Chamber. It
sees that the juste-milieu will not support the Doc-
trinnaires, and it knows that the Doctrinnaires will not
support the juste-milieu. It knows that the " bona-
fide " Comte Rendu Opposition can calculate on one hun-
dred and fifty voting members, and it knows that this
number forms more than one-third of the total number of
Members who attend and vote. It knows then, that the
Opposition can only be vanquished by the union of the
"Doctrinnaires" with the juste-milieu, and this union,
it is fully aware, cannot take place.
The Debuts adopts for the Doctrinnaires this morn-
ing, the state of siege—the military tribunals—and all
the measures of exception against which France protests ! It
says that this is the ground on which the Minister consents
either to triumph or to be defeated. If the Opposition,
to hasten a denouement, shall vote for these measures, and
support, as a ruse de guerre, the Doctrinnaires, then they
will triumph for the time, but the re-action will be terri-
ble. If, on the other hand, the Opposition shall vote with

the Dupin party against this system, then the Doctrin.
naires will be left in the minority, and will be compelled
to retire, or to di,solve the Chamber.

This is our position on Saturday, the 24th of Nov. The
next week will decide much. Let us hope that it will he
favourable to the only real good cause worthy of r eing
served, or of being espoused. I mean the cause of the
People. 0. P. Q.

In nothing is the freedom of the English press
more strikingly useful than in the power it pos-
sesses of drawing the attention of the public and
the Government to nuisances which would other-
wise escape notice. In the administration of a
large empire, abuses will spring up in remote
corners, which for a time may escape even the
Argus eyes of the press, or, when discovered,
may, in corrupt times, set its indignant watch-
cries at defiance for years. Thus it was that the
Cape of Good Hope and Canada were long
suffered to remain under the most odious op-
pression, preys to all the abuses which necessa-
I fly spring up under a tyranny almost irresponsi-
ble. But the strength of colonies of the magni-
tude and population of the Cape of Good Hope
and Canada will always prevent oppression
going beyond a certain point. It is in
new settlements, where the colonists are too
feeble to command justice, where there is no
press to call the attention of their countrymen
to their wrongs, that abuses spring up like
weeds, choaking all healthy vegetation. The
peculiar situation of a new settlement, too, ag-
gravates into injuries of a frightful nature, what
elsewhere would be comparatively harmless. We
have been led to make these reflections by the
distressing nature of the accounts we have re-
ceived from Swan River, and, as it appears to
us, the culpable conduct of some of the autho•
rities at that colony. The letter which contains
the charges we are about to transcribe, is written by
an intelligent agriculturist, not at all inclined to
complain of the soil or of the inevitable hard-
ships of a new settlement. On the contrary,
although he has been at Swan River nearly from
the first, has spent a large capital, and has not
been able to raise enough food for the supply of
his family and establishment, he still thinks the
qualities of the soil so good, the climate so fine,
and the situation of the colony so happy, that
it cannot fail, ere long, to be in a prosperous
condition. He complains, however, of the neg-
lect of the Government in protecting the
settlers from the robberies of the natives, and its
sanction of the most scandalous conduct on the
part of the military. The natives are described as few
in number and harmless ; but, like all savages,they
are much addicted to theft. After describing
the manner in which their sheep, pigs, and
poultry, were carried off before their faces, the
writer of the letter, to which we have referred,
says ;

" Perhaps you will ask, what are the soldiers doing ?
They are keeping grog-shops and stores ; and, as flour has
been selling at 10d. per lb., and the quartern loaf at FOUR
SHILLINGS, some of them have made large sums, unless,
indeed, the report be true, that they are supplied with
capital by one of their officers, whose dignity would be
compromised by keeping a store-shop. A corporal keeps
the dearest store in Perth, and is adding house to house a,
fast as he can. The Sergeant.major keeps a dairy, sells
milk, and has also built several houses. The Captain has
been building a large house, upon which he employed the
soldiers under him, giving them a shilling per day. He
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annutn. Whilst the military, which ought to protect us,
are enriching themselves at our expense, we are not al-
lowed to defend ourselves. If a native is shot whilst dri-
ving away our sheep, we are threatened with hanging ;
and wben we have taken natives in the act of robbery,
they have, after a night's detention, been sent about
their business, with a present of a loaf and
blanket ! Lord Goderich tells us that we must
protect ourselves by congregating in towns, and never
going nut without being well guarded. But how we are
to cultivate our farms whilst residing miles from them in
a sea port, he has not told us any more than how we are
to employ men to guard us when we can scarcely feed our-
selves. lam satisfied, however, that the Colonial-office
cannot be aware of the manner in which we are left to
shift for ourselves."

We trust that the supposition of the writer in
the last sentence is correct, for grievously indeed
would it lower Lord GODERICH in our estima-
tion if he could have given the silly advice at-
tributed to him, with a full knowledge of all the
facts. But we know how difficult it must be
for him to arrive at truth with respect to a
colony situated like Swan River, from which
his information must come either through dis-
appointed settlers, who went out with exaggerated
hopes, or parties directly interested, perhaps, in
concealing the kind of abuses exhibited in the
extract given above. We hope and trust that
his Lordship will direct his attention to the
circumstances we have stated, for the friends of
the unfortunate settlers of Swan River have
sufficient anxiety upon their minds on account
of the unavoidable hardships they suffer, with-
out having added to it the thought that they are
aggravated by the neglect of the Government.

We understand Parliament will be dissolved
on Monday next, and that the writs will be issued
and sent into the country, by mail, the same
evening.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

By the French Mail this morning, we have accounts
from Navarin, stating that the French have disarmed a
battalion of the regular Greek troop•, who had taken a
part in all the seditious movements. Colocotroni has
taken possession of Angas. Fourteen private vessels have
sailed from 11t.gne, each of them taking a different course.