The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-28 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1844,

cry of the enemies of his family. Even the odious
name of CUMBERLAND would meet with respect from,
these kind-hearted and loyal people. We attribute
this remarkable change to the good taste and judg-
ment of her MAJESTY. GEORGE the FOURTH, it is
true, visited Ireland and Scotland, but he went
thither with his usual pomp ; he did not mix with'
the inhabitants—he went to be worshipped.
The QUEEN goes as a simple individual among her
subjects, she converses as familiarly with the lowest
as the highest, she exhibits herself to her people as
their friend, she abandons all that foolish etiquette so
fatal to royalty, and so much regretted by a Liberal
Contemporary, but is she the less a QUEEN in the
eyes of the Scottish nation ? Should a doubt arise,
or an occasion occur, in which their loyalty could be
tested, these friendly visits to the northern part of
' her kingdom would rouse every man in her defence.
We hope the day will yet come, and speedily, when
she can pay the same compliment to the sister
island, and endear her family to a nation equally
loyal and generous. Only one obstacle stands in the
way of this peaceful achievement—the wicked policy
of the Tory party. They will rule Ireland as a con-
quered country ; they will maintain a Church with-
out a people ; they will exclude Irishmen from all

places of trust and emolument, and hand over the
government of seven millions to a few Orangemen
whom the Irish justly regard as foreigners. What

reconciled the restless and turbulent Scotch will re

concile the Irish—equal laws, an equal administra-
tion of justice, a due regard to the religion of the
nation, and a generous confidence in the honour and
loyalty of the people. 'We should then be an united
nation, and the Queen of ENGLAND would be wel-

corned with more enthusiasm at Killarney, and even
Derrynane Abbey, than she is now at Blair Athol.

The establishment:and extension of Railway com-
munications throughout the wide extent of Great
Britain appear to be the all-engrossing topics of public
attention. Week after week, nay,' from day to day,
we receive reports of the important proceedings and
speeches that attend the assemblings together of those
who are the legitimate representatives of the property,
the intelligence, and the local interests of the districts
within which they are held. It is thus made
evident that the public mind is fully awakened to the
incalculable benefits which, notwithstanding the pre-
sent grievances and displacement of invested capital
that, in:the great majority of cases, they undoubtedly
occasion, must, eventually, flow to the community at
large from the construction and organization of these
roads. It is no longer a conflict of undis-
guised private interests, embittered (as the
case occasionally really was) by the angry politic!
of neighbouring sections of country or adjacent towns.
It is no longer a question to be determined in refer-
ference to the political party—and its strength, or iti
weakness—to which the projectors belong. The an-
nouncement that a public meeting has been convened
to consider of a scheme for a proposed railroad in an
given locality, is now sure to enlist the attendance,
and to elicit the opinions, of all who are best quali-
fied to give them by their position, their experience,
their knowledge, or their possessions; of all who are
the most competent authorities on the question to be
decided, and the details and calculations to be preli
rninarily submitted.

Among all these
magnificent undertakings, we have
been few or none which, so far as we can form our
judgment upon the statements comprised in the
printed prospectuses that have come before us, will
have exceeded in social and civil utility, or in na
-ional importance, two—to the particulars of which,
as thew appear in our advertising columns, we would
earnestly recommend the careful attention of every
reader. The "Cornwall Railway," with a proposed
capital of 900,0001., contemplates, wad will aecum.

Accounts from the north of Scotland state that on
Tuesday last the firing of cannon was distinctly
heard on the hills to the north of Blair Athol, which
was said to be a royal salute in honour of the arrival
of the Duke of CAMBRIDGE at Black Mount, a shoot-
ing-lodge belonging to the Marquis of BRBADAL-
BANE, near Glencoe, a pass notorious in history. The
Queen of ENGLAND is residing at the foot of Schehal-
lion, in a district famed for the devotion of its inha-
bitants to the house of STUART; and the clansmen of
ATHOL, who in the last century risked their lives and
property in opposing the BRUNSWICK family, are
now the guardians of royalty, and the most
ardent supporters of the present dynasty. These are
remarkable features of the present times. It is true
the STUARTS are extinct, there are no competitors to
the throne, and the loyal Highlanders have no other
idol than the House of Brunswick, yet it is impos-
sible not to remark the change which has taken place
since the commencement of the reign of GEORGE 111,
when his most gracious MAJESTY might equally have
trusted to the fidelity of his northern subjects. Ile
never took a voyage to Scotland, or Ireland, or even
to Hanover, the birth-place of his family. He
remained ensconced in Windsor Castle or Kew
Palace, to be worshipped by cockneys and occa-
sional strangers; he imposed the same rule on
his children, and not one of the Royal Family, except
by stealth, passed the frontier of England. Now one
of his sons, the only surviving son in England, has
set out on his travels at the goodly age of seventy,
and is shooting grouse and red deer in the mountains
and valleys that had so often resounded with the war-