The Sun.
London, England, 1835-03-23 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—The recent decision of the House of Commons not to
repeal the Malt Tax, gives us citizens a hope that we may
fairly calculate that the Window Duties may be abandoned,
thereby in full relieving the honest tradesmen from the domi-
ciliary visit of the Tar Gatherer, as far as residence goes.
With respect to the other Assessed Taxes—a man may keep
his horse and vehicle or not just as he pleases, or twenty of
them as he can afford ; but why a tradesman's horse should
pay a tax when the agriculturist's does not, I am at a loss to
know.

The trade of this country suffered exceedingly through a
long war, and the grower of produce was much benefitted;
now a long peace has happened, the farmer says agricultural
distress happens. Pray how much more has the Land-owners
paid and the Parsons than heretofore ? Is it not impiety to
to call out agricultural distress, when Divine Providence
blesses the land abundantly with fine harvests? Lower the
Rent, Tithes and Taxes—the price is quite high enough for the
Commercial and Manufacturing population of this kingdom.
Advance your price of food, and the Foreigner will undersell
you in all markets ; and the labouring manufacturer, the prin-
cipal wealth of the kingdom, is ruined by starvation from want
of employment. L

To.revert to the first part of the Letter. I much believe
that all restrictions in the way of taxing horses, carriages,
posting, &c. &c. if repealed, would give trade an immense in-
crease, and the farmer's produce an immensely increased con-
sumption,—equivalent in advantage to Government as the re-
peal may appear a loss, and to the infinite comfort and
convenience of his Majesty's subjects; for every Government
may rest assured, that a cry of liberty with excessive and in-
numerable taxations, will not be believed for ever.

We ere getting a requisition signed here for the repeal o
Window Duties, agreeable to your hint in The Sun Paper,
I am, Sir, yours,
Exeter, March 16, 1835

HOMO,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
En ces extremin'is quel conseil dois-je prendre?
De pal cote pencher ? a quel parti me rendre?—ClNsza.
SIR. —ln a late letter of mine, which you did me the honour
o insert, I ventured to affirm that matters in France were be-
ginning to wear'a serious aspect, and I see no reason to-day
for abandoning that opinion. It is pretty evident that inge-
nuity has exhausted its stock of artifice'' in endeavouring to
keep affairs going on, at any rate ; but the fertile brain of Du-
mourier's aide-de-camp I has failed him this time, and we are
come, at last, to a full stop. In the interim the nation may
shift for itself; the Chamber of Deputies may ring with the
indignant exclamations of men who claim to he heard in be-
half of their country—c'est egal, the pleasure of one individual
is to be consulted, his whim must be gratified coute qui coute.
M. de Sade may demand explanations, and M. Mauguin con-
tend till he is hoarse, that the " country cannot go on without
a Ministry ;" but the Citizen Monarch is determined boldly to
confront and confound his enemies, and (effecting much more
than merely to surround his throne with republican institu-
tions) to save henceforth his people the expense and annoyance
of an Administration, by uniting in his own person the duties
of King, Dictator, and Despot.
The subject, however, is too important to ba made a joke
of. In the first place, it is an undisputed fact, that, be the Mi-
nister who he may, the King himself will be the Premier. It
is he who will direct the machine of Government, whence no
act will emanate without his seal having been first fixed to it.
Here we might stop and take our stand—here is a direct vio-
lation of the twelfth and most important article in the Charter.
Now, let the DuC de Broglie or M. Guizot assume the reins
of power, it is quite immaterial as to the choice of the Manne-
quin ; the sword of Damocles is suspended over their heads;
they can move only with the nicest caution, and advance but
to a certain point. They may possibly, now and then, sub-
mit measures approaching to something of a sound constitu-
tional nature; but ere they appear before the public, they will
too visibly bear the impress of the iron hand that last revised
them. At the opening of the session M. President Dupin
explained, in words not to be misunderstood, his ideas of what
a Cabinet ought to be ; that it should be a united one. "pre-
sided over with dignity, and enjoying independence ;" that
" Ministers, at the same time, ought to enjoy the privilege of
conferring amongst each other ;" and he concluded his able and
fearless speech thus--." I have refused seven times to be Mi-
nister, and I will refuse a thousand times unless upon these
conditions."
Louis Philippe, in his address to the Chamber of Deputies,
condescends to use the argumenturn ad miserecordiam, speaks
of his embarrassments as " great," and throws himself upon
the generosity of the Deputies in his contention with "politi-•
cal passions." Ido not fancy that this scheme will take ; .the
French, whose feelings are so easily worked upon, and who
are the first to bestow pity when really required, are also fore-
most in discovering the ridiculous side of things ; and I think
it not unlikely they will respond to this Royal display of tears
in the words of Moliere's M. de Bonnefoi—" Vous me fendez
le cceur ! ces larmes sont hors de saison, et les-chases n'en soot
point encore In effect, who has raised the political
storm ? Who has lifted up the lid of Pandora's box ? Have
the people, willing to accept the most trifling boon, hemmed
in their Sovereign with difficulties? Has the nation, majesti-
cally reposing after its iplendid victories beneath the broad
drapeau tricolore, been a cause of uneasiness to their chosen
Chief, and made his crown " a crown of iron"—.his bed " a
bed of steel?" Was the Monarch, in his political tour through
the Provinces, greeted with-sullen countenances, and disturbed
by seditious cries ? Better, perhaps, far better for him had
this been the case ; he might then have seen the necessity of
conciliating, and struck out into a nobler path. Agitation is
a wholesome medicine when administered judiciously ; it fre-
quently prevents many evils, and serves to keep eyes open
which would otherwise too often feel inclined to shut. Yet,
Sir, it was not to Louis Philippe that we ever thought this
reproof would be necessary ; we deemed not that one of the
revolutionists of 89—one of the Generals who fought under
the true national flag—had needed so ignominious a spur; in
him we, in our simplicity, fancied to have discovered that
rara avis—a King without guile—in whose heart were re-
suscitated all those splendid qualities which made Henry
the Fourth the pattern of a Prince. When the keys of
the temple of Liberty were presented to him, it was not simply
to enter that sacred edifice, and to cast a furtive glance at the
statues of the great men that adorn its exterior ; it was to
gaze upon them with the fixed and solemn resolution of follow-
ing in their steps—it was to advance unhesitatingly up to the
altar, and there deposit garlands and votive offerings—it was
to come forth with a heart purified and softened—ennobled
and warmed with the generous blood that flowed in the veins
of a Constant, a Foy, and a Manuel.
These ought to have been the feelings that animated the
Duke of Orleans, when, on the 9th of August, 1830, lie ac-
cepted the Crown of France amid the thunders of artillery and
the shouts of the Marseillaise Hymn. It was in the open air,
beneath the deep-blue canopy of heaven, and guarded by the
bayonets of the National Guard, and the esteem of all, that
the soldier of Jemappes and Valmy declared the sacrifice he
was making in leaving a peaceful and happy home, to assume
the helm of state ; then also did he swear that every other sen-
timent should merge in the one predominant feeling of his
heart, the love of his country. It is well now to recal these

circumstances to memory, because it renders the present re-
siding policy more inexplicable, and consequently prepares the
mind for great changes. No one can for a moment doubt what
will ultimately be.the result of the struggle which has begun :
it may be months before the decisive blow he struck—BUT

STRUCK IT MUST RE, and it requires no prophet to tell us which
side will have the victory. Opinion can overcome every thing ;
it is the slow disease which wasteth away gradually ; it is the
scarcely visible speck in the sky, which spreads, and ushers in
the tempest. Opinion brought about the Reform Bill ; it ef-
fected the French Revolution ; it has been exposed to many
a storm, but has still been always triumphant. It does not,
indeed, like the foaming cataract, hurry along the mightiest
obstacles that oppose its violent course ; but as the stream
gently falling upon, eventually wears away the solid rock,
it silently glides among our evil habits and institutions, and
crushes them, without our knowing whence 'we the destroyer
and whither he has fled.

" Purpurei metuunt tyranni:

MILO.

On Monday a meeting of the Short Time Com-
mittee was held at Huddersfield, to take into consideration the
propriety of petitioning Parliament for the repeal of the pre-
sent law respecting the employment of children in factories,
and the necessity of passing some other measure more con-
genial to the interests of both masters and operatives. A
second meeting was held on Tuesday evening, upon the same
subject, and it is expected that a public meeting will be called.
PRESERVATION OF A VESSEL BY A FISH.—
The brig Endeavour, Gregory, from Whitellaven to Drog-
heda, put in on the morning of the Bth instant, in a very leaky
state, having been out under the heavy gale of the 7th. Being
hauled up the harbour, her bottom was examined this morning
when a small fish called the sea fin,' five inches in length,
was found pressed into one of the seams under her bottom,
and alive. The fish was certainly the means of saving the
vessel and the lives of all on board. The fish is preserved.