The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-21 00:00:00

We quote the following extraordinary passage from
Address which has been forwarded by Sir AN-
DREW AGNEW to the Earl of ABERDEEN, in the name
of the friends of the observance of the Lord's• day in
Scotland :—" It is a well-known fact that Scotland
has since the Reformation been distinguished among
the nations of Christendom as a strict Sabbath-ob-
serving country, in the true scriptural sense of that
word; and it is this important fact which, with all
imaginable respect and deference, and dutifulness and
loyalty, it is humbly prayed may be brought under
the notiee at this time of her Most Gracious Ma-
jesty the QUEEN, not doubting that in this, as in
all other respects, it is the gracious desire of the Royal
mind to recognise, to respect, and to gratify the
religious habits, the peculiar characteristics, and
the best principles of her MAJESTY'S most loyal and
devoted subjects in this her ancient kingdom. It
would be the highest presumption to suggest to your
Lordship's consideration the extent of the overwhelm-
ing moral influence which the example of the Court is
calculated to produce upon the religious habits of
Scotland on this most auspicious occasion." Most of
our readers must be familiar with the name and the
achievements of Sir ANDREW AGNEW—that doughty
religious Quixote who, had he lived in the days of
the Praise-God-Barebones Parliament, would have
taken high rank among the Saints of that period.
This remarkable gentleman it was who, in the ardour
of his puritanical zeal, brought forward in the House
of Commons, not less than three times, a Bill, whose
avowed object was to put a stop to every species of
amusement and occupation on the Sabbath, no matter
how innocent, or indeed meritorious such amuse-
ment or such occupation might be. Not content
with endeavouring to put a veto on all Sunday riding
or driving in the parks or elsewhere, he actually pro-
posed to starve the poor into piety by shutting up the
baker's oven, and giving a twelve hours' holiday to the
kitchen-spit; moreover, he headed a crusade against
the old women's fruit-stalls ; anathematised the
village ale-house ; launched the thunderbolts of his
wrath against the heads of all tavern-keepers, as
though they were so many direct importations

'rom Tophet ; and solemnly conjured the
louse, in such moving terms as caused a
general rush of Members ,to the door, to
visit with condign reprobation every Atheist who was
caught in the sacrilegious act of travelling by steam
or railway on the Lord's-day. It is supposed that
he would even have gone the extreme length of pre-
venting the sun from shining, and the wind from
blowing, on the Sabbath, could he but have been
assured of the feasibility of the scheme; but finding,
on mature consideration, that it was somewhat im-
practicable, he wisely abandoned it, and confined his
ghostly attention to more mundane matters. Well,
the same over-righteous gentleman, who exhibited his
ultra- devotional sensibilities in this strange fashion,
some five or six years since, not content with the
flattering and enviable notoriety which he then ac-
quired, has now come publicly forth again
to challenge the admiration of the world,
by forwarding an Address to one of the
QUERN'S Ministers, whose object is, to acquaint her
MAJESTY with the impressive and novel fact, that
the Scotch are of an exceedingly pious turn, and will
to!erate nothing like laxity of conduct on the Lord's-
day. Of course her MAJESTY did not know this be-
fore, or Sir ANDREW AGNEW would not have been at
the pains to communicate it to her ; and we have no
doubt that she will receive the novel information with
becoming thankfulness. But, to speak seriously.
Can anything be more ill-judged we might
almost say, impertinent—than an Address, whose
chief and evident object, carefully as it is dis-
guised, is to convey a hint to her MAJESTY
that she must be particularly strict in her
observance of the Sabbath during the period that she
remains in Scotland ? Could not Sir ANDREW AG-
NEW, and those in whose name he writes, have left
the matter to the QUEEN'S own innate sense of reli-
g►ious propriety ? Was it necessary to remind her of
the duty which she owed to her Scottish subjects and
herself? Has she ever, on any occasion, evinced a
disposition to treat the Sabbath with neglect ? On the
contrary, has she not always been exemplary in the
discharge of her duties on that holy day ? What ar-
rant presumption, then, in these officious zealots to
remind
.ber—just as if she needed the hint l—that

" It is easy to accuse every Ministry of want of skill
and of feebleness. It is easy to aggravate their faults.
It is easy to pervert their intentions. What Ministry
ever found favour in their eyes ? None. But would
another Cabinet have done better than that in exist-
ence ? That is the question, and experience answers in
the negative. Place yourself for a moment in the posi-
tion of MM. Mole, De Broglie, Thiers, and Guizot, and
suppose that you were told—' Serious events are in
preparation. If France yields, it is the sacrifice
of dignity. If France resists, it is the sacrifice
of peace.' Your first movement would be to reply—
There must be no hesitation between disgrace and
war.' But, what would be your second answer
if it were added—' France has not sufficient horses
to remount her cavalry and artillery, should the
war be prolonged. She can fight but one battle, and she
may lose that one. We must choose between an act of
weakness or a disaster ?' You would, in the face of
such facts, lower the tone of your voice, and you would
bend your head, in order that the course of events might
pass over it. And when the danger was passed (as you
would not have sufficient time to study so many serious
questions which remained to be resolved—as you would
find that there was too much to be done, you would do
nothing)—you would attend to the most pressing mut-
ters, the business of the day. You would act like all
previous Ministers, and you would, like then, fall
under the weight of the task, without even having en-
deavoured to raise yourselves. It is thus that official
business is conducted, and there is reason to fear that it
will continue to be so conducted. Our great fault in
France is to have too great a contempt for the minutiae
—for materiel and organisation. May we become con-
vinced of this fact, and at a later period, perhaps, we
shall repair the fault."
The same journal (La Presse) states that—
" The evening papers, including the Moniteur Parisien,
attribute the fall of 50 centimes which took place at the
Bourse on Tuesday, in the Five per Cents., and of 45
centimes in the Three per Cents., to the degree of con-
sistency assumed by the report of the approaching con-
clusion of the loan, notwithstanding certain assertions to
the contrary. We believe that we can further assign as
a cause for this fall what has transpired relative to a
plan for the conversion of the Fve per Cents. into a
stock bearing four and a half per cent, interest, which is
at present under the consideration of the Minister of
Finance, who appears to have taken the vote of the
the Chamber of Deputies into serious consideration.
Perhaps this may be again denied, but it will be with
respect to this fact as it was with that relative to the
loan—it will be not less true for being contradicted."
A letter from Toulon, of the 15th, says—
" When the squadron under the orders of the Prince
de Joinville arrived in the roadstead of Cadiz, the officers

the example of the Court is calculated to produce
an overwhelming moral influence npon the religious
habits of Scotland !"

Accounts have been received from Madrid to the
12th inst. M. MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA has refused to
accept the.office of Minister of Foreign Affairs. Ac-
cording to the Heraldo he had anticipated his journey
to Madrid O‘hither he would have been called as a
Deputy in a few days), " merely to explain by word
of mouth to her MAJESTY and the Ministers the
motives that induced him to refuse the department of
Foreign Affairs, and which he appeared to have re-
nounced definitively."

The Clamor Publico reiterates the statement that
seven thousand men are forthwith to be marched to
Navarre, where the partizans of Don CARLOS have
generally triumphed.
The Heraldo, however, states that the Government
would not be obl!ged to march troops to Navarre, all
the accounts from that province describing it as per-
fectly tranquil, although the Carlists had carried the
elections.

The same journal affirms that the rumours
current as to an impending change in the Cabinet are
unfounded, and that none will take place before the
meeting of the Cortes.
The re-organisation of the National Guard was
also talked of, and the partisans of the Cabinet like-
wise declared that it contemplated making consider-
able reductions in the army.
t. The roads of Spaia, ad especially those of Anda-
lusia (says the Tiemo) a\een
infepsted with bands of rob-
bers, who freely exercise their culpable industry. In the
vvry environs of Madrid robberies are as easily perpe--
trated as in a forest. It would appear that Stain is not
pt near losing the fame she has long obtained as the
classical land of smugglers, &c."

MADRID BOLZA, SEPT. 12.--Three per Cents.
27 3-16 at 60 days; Five per Cents. 20 at 60 days;
Floating Debt, 63} at 60 days ; Coupons, 25f, to the
28th of September. Exchange, London, 37g.

We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday.
The Moniteur, of that date, contains the following
official confirmation of the intelligence from Otaheita,

I march on to London, and dictate peace at St. James's. I stating that a collision had taken place between the
The " King of the Barricades," however, had no French and the natives, which appeared in the Eng-
such intention. He seriously contemplated, as a gal- Hill papers some days since :
lant Frenchman, a return to the compliment paid to " The Government has received the following intelli-
gence from Otaheite, of the date of April 24 ;--4 After
him by our QUEEN. He could do nothing less. He having vainly endeavoured to bring back to their obedi-
and Lord ABERDEEN, by mutual consent, threw ence the rebels who made the attack at Taravan, Go-
PRITCHARD and D'AUBIGNT overboard—the Prince vernor-Bruat went out to meet them at Mahahana, where
de JOINVILLE was allowed to batter down the mud they had made themselves entrenchments, defended by
3,000 men, and three ieces of cannon. On the ,
fortresses of the Moors—glory was obtained for his Governor Bruat landed p
with 441 men of all arms. 17th
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son—and no compensation was demanded for the redoubts were taken by the bayonet, the enemy having
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was occupied—no indemnity was asked—the district
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pposite Gibraltar was regarded as sacred ground side we have to lament the loss of two officers—M. Nan-
and France, to her honour, rested satisfied with the suety, easeigne de vaisseau, and M. Seignette, of the
conditions proposed in her first ultimatum. No period, artillery. We had, besides, 52 men wounded."
therefore, could be better chosen for the arrival of the This intelligence has produced great excitement in
King of the FRENCH. But the incident is in keeping Paris, an excitement which has been increased by
with the whole of his history. Never was there a the silence of the Government papers, which content
man so prudent, so industrious, so deep in his designs, themselves with publishing the official account with-
and so successful. At the outbreak of the French
out observation or comment. Not so the Opposition
Revolution he sided with the Republicans, he fought papers. They are furious in their denunciations of
Mr. PRITCHARD and the English missionaries. The
at Gemappes, and DEMOURIEZ says he decided the
battle. Banished from his native country, without Courrier Francais says :
money or credit, he worked for his daily bread; he
"On whose head ought all this blood to fall ? Ought
it not to be on that of the intriguer, the mischief-maker,
taught the youth of Switzerland geometry and mathe- whose fanatical harangues excited the people of Otaheite
matics. When driven from that hospitable region to arm themselves against France ? Ought it not to be
he travelled to America, came to England, returned on that Consul who infuriated their resistance to our
domination, by promising them the support of England?
to France in the train of Louis XVIII., took up his Ought it not to fall upon the head of Pritchard ? Aid
quarters in the abode of his father at the Palais Royal, yet this man will receive the price of blood when he is
lived in obscurity, never forgetting the education of paid thet indemnity tfhore
hFre.nchdGaroevdertonnlmentrihaoasn
his children. He kept on good terms with the Royal tagreedis manofor owp.enly sowing the seeds of rebellion and
Fandly of France, was chief mourner at the funeral war, a French officer has been publicly reprimanded !
of the Duke of BARRI, retired to the country when Is this all ? This blood flowed in the name of Queen
the fatal ordinances or July were issued, in a few Itillataarew,alianadt ohuerr,barraevetosaibleorsn,nanfdteemr,
nbeedingtocroemppaetlalehdhatho
days was installed as Lieutenant of Royalty, and in a her in the sovereignty of the island. For this woman it
few days more mounted the throne. He has kept it is that an Admiral has been disavowed. This disavowal
hitherto—he has preserved the peace of Europe—he of iltlutfleetihtlThdooufaros—thffie reprimandllievreantthoatd'hAauabhigny
has raised France to a pitch of commercial industry shcaal—theser are what weo coewrseatuo Pomare and Pritchaercdu
unknown in that country ; and, in the seventy- second And this is not all—for Pomare is to be restored and
year of his age, is now about to throw himself unpro- Pritchard indemnified !"
tected among a people called the natural enemies of
The Constitutionnel, the organ of M. TRIERS, ac-
France. These natural enemies will do him justice. cuses the Ministry of having purposely kept back the
SOULT, though so well acquainted with the English intelligence. It says—
character, was astonished at his reception, and, if we " Now, these facts were known in England on the 9th
; necessarily, therefore, several days must have
mistake not the feelings of our countrymen, they will passed assed since our Government received this news. It has
equally astonish the humble exile who once lived at been, no doubt, unwilling to give it publicity so imme-
Twickenham. diately after making known to France the arrangement
of Pritchard's affair. It hoped that in eight days all
would have been forgotten. This, however, is the state
of things—Mr. Pritchard, on quitting Otaheite, left us
war behind him. He had blown the sparks of rebel-
lion, and the flames soon burst out and spread. This
man, therefore, is responsible for the deaths of two
French officers full of honour and courage, and for the
wounds of our brave soldiers. He raised the island,
and our situation in it became intolerable. Famine, an
armed conflict, a disputed possession, a protectorate ren-
dered impossible, are what we owe to Mr. Pritchard.
Twice has France made apologies to him, twice has she
disavowed her officers to give him satisfaction. He has
caused the deaths of Frenchmen, and for the inconve-
nience which so many kind cares for us has caused him
we grant him an indemnity ! M. d'Aubigny, who too
well comprehended the part played by Mr. Pritchard,
and the consequence of his intrigues, is reprimanded
for having come to an energetic and legitimate resolu-
tion ; and we are to pay Mr. Pritchard the price of our
own blood which he has caused to flow ! For Admiral
Dupetit Thouars and Commandant d'Aubigny, dis-
avowal and reprimand For Mr. Pritchard, an in-
demnity !"
The National is, as usual, more violent than any of
its Contemporaries :
"A vessel which reached Brest on the sth instant
(says that journal) brought dispatches from Otaheite.
The Minister carefully concealed the contents of these
dispatches. They were communicated to him, and
nevertheless he triumphed at the blame expressed against
M. d'Aubigny and the indemnity to be paid to Mr
Pritchard. This indemnity has been well earned. The
intrigues of this firebrand hare borne their fruit. To
the gold which is to be given to him may be added the
blood of the French officers and soldiers. You may be
convinced of it by reading the accounts published in the
Messager thirteen days after their reception. Is it not
just to give an indemnity to the principal instigator of
the revolt ? Two officers killed, 52 men wounded, out
of 441. Is not that worth the 25,000 f. promised to
Pritchard ? And had not M. Guizot a right to rail at
the Opposition, and to show himself full of pride for
having terminated without disgrace the affair of Ota-
heite? Will this revolt be at least the last? Has there
not been another battle? We cannot say, but no doubt
the Minister would have assured us of the fact had he been
assured of it himself. All that we know is, that out of a
population of 7,000 men, there were 1,000 armed and en-
trenched against us ; that they were provided with cannon,
and that for indolent beings they defended themselves
with most unexpected bravery. All that we know is,
that French blood flowed at Otaheite ; that our establish-
ment there is insecure, and that we are acting no longer
as protectors, but as conquerors ; so that the present
Ministers, whose cowardice is beneath contempt, have
found means to bring on their hands the most stupid of
wars, and they have arranged them so as to render their
expense of men and money completely sterile. For, in
fine, what is there at the conclusion of these battles ?
There is the disavowal of Admiral Dupetit Thouars—
the blame of d'Aubigny —the indemnity of Pritchard.
But we demand, not of our friends, but of every citizen
who has a drop of blood in his veins, what effect can such
measures produce ? If the possession of Otaheite had
been tranquil, our power in those seas would have been
seriously weakened. But the English have succeeded in
exciting an insurrection. We have fought three battles,
and before our wounded men are healed, and at the
moment, perhaps, when our mariners flatter themselves
that they have conquered security by their devotion and
their courage, Admiral Hamelin will have landed to
fulfil his glorious mission. He will say to Queen Pomare,
Resume your throne.' To the English,' You were right
to protest against our occupation.' To M. d'Aubigny,
' You are blamed.' To the friends of Mr. Pritchard,
We are sorry for the injury which has been done to
him, but he is to be indemnified.' We cannot coolly
contemplate such a position ! We cannot discuss in-
famy I We point it out ! Let the man of Ghent boast
of these—they belong to him ! He may with a proud
attribute make his journey to England. He can never
receive as much homage there as he deserves execration
in his own country 1 That man is responsible for the
death of two French officers full of honour and of courage,
and for the wounds of our brave soldiers. He has ar-
rayed the entire population against us, and our situation
is intolerable. Famine, an armed struggle, a disputed
possession, an impracticable protectorate—all these are
the work of Mr. Pritchard. And yet Feance has twice
apologised to him, and twice disavowed her own officers,
in order to give him satisfaction. He has been instru-
mental in the death of Frenchmen, and for his trouble in
organising the revolt we have indemnified him ! M.
d'Aubigny, who detected him in the act and too clearly
perceived the consequences of his intrigues, is blamed'
for having come to an energetic and legitimate resolu-
tion, and we pay Mr. Pritchard the price of the blood
which he has caused to be shed ! We disavow the con-
duct of Admiral Dupetit Thouars and Commander
d'Aubigny, and award an indemnity to Mr. Pritchard."
It is somewhat remarkable that in the official ac-
count the Otaheitans should be designated as rebels.
The French Government having repudiated the
assumption of sovereignty of Admiral DUPETIT
THOUARS, can scarcely be justified in designating as
an act of rebellion the resistance of the Otaheitans to
that acknowledged injustice.
The following article in the Presse is considered to
indicate that a change in the French Ministry is by
no means improbable :