The Sun.
London, England, 1821-01-23 00:00:00

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TOR TIIE SUN.

• TO BOTH‘HOUSF,S OF PARLIANIEI4II,
LORDS AD,ti- Gvrt.EMEN---You are about
to renew your ancient combats,and probitbly with
more violen6!than ever. At such a mOrrient, al-
low an old man to remini you of the fable of
iEsop, which represents The Lion and the Bear
as having contended so fiercely for a carcase of
venison; that ,both were eihausted ; at which
juncture tame by a fox, Who, seeing the state of
the noble rivals, quietly seized the prey, and left
the mighty beasts with nothing but their wounds
for their trouble, both equally baffled and hungry.
What the venison is, for which you are accus-
tomed to contend; it is not necessary to men-
tion ; but in the struggle you seem not at all to
have remarked the fox, who lies waiting till you
shall have disabled • one another, to make his
own advantage from the result. This fox is the
democratical,.jacobinical party, which hates one
of the combatants quite as much as the other ;
with some addition of contempt for that which
pays him most respect. Much better would it
be to share the venison between you, than to
suffer that vile beast to creep in, and carry off
the whole.

To drop the metaphor and the fable : how
much would every real lover of his country rejoice
to see opposition carried on with more modera-
tion ; and 'such a mutual apprOach take place
between you as - might enable hiS Majesty to
form out of the two parties an Administration of
such strength as to defy all the arts of disaffec-
tion If this cannot be brought about within a
moderate time, the fable, we all fear, will be
converted into a prophecy.

NESTOR.

The political rumours of yesterday were—that
the Ministerial Members would master strong—
that the Opposition were to have a meeting last
night, to decide on the course of conduct they
were to pursue; but it was generally believed
that no motion. would be made by them in oppo-
sition to the Address, as the Speech was under-
stood to be quite temperate—that the Revenue
had been more productive than was represented—
and that whatever might be the issue of the nego-
ciations of the Holy Alliance, that some assurance
would be given that it is not the intention of
this Court to interfere. It was also reported
that a suitable provision is to be made for the
QUEEN, but to what extent the rumours were
various ;. some stating 50,0001. per annum, being
the amount which her ithJuiTY, we understand,
would be entitled to in the event of the demise
of
,the Crown ; whilst others mentioned 35,0001.,
and others less. If a division should take place
on the Address, the speculations as to the num-
bers who would divide on both sides were very
contradictory, and there appeared much doubt
how Mr. WILBERFORCE and his friends meant to
vote. On the other hand, it was said that seve-
ral Country Gentlemen intended, from the pecu-
liar aspect of the times, to support the Ministers,
though they had in former Sessions voted against
them. We give these rumours as we heard them.
A few hours will decide whether any of them
are entitled to credit or not. We cannot, how-
ever, close these remarks, without expressing our
regret that so much importance should 'be at-
tached by BOTH. Parties to the interest or in-
fluence of Mr. WILBERFORCE and his friends.
We have always reprobated as injurious to the
Country the recognition of a middle party.of this
description, for reasons which we conceive must
be obvious to every reflecting mind ;—whether
they go over to the Government, or arrange
themselves under the banners of their opponents.
For the present we shall postpone our further
observations on this interesting subject, intend-
ing to resume it on-an early day.

The Writers in the seditious and infidel pe-
riodical Works are so fertile in their production
of falsehood, that, notwithstanding our most ac-
tive attempts to expose and destroy it, we have
the mortification of frequently finding ourselves
obliged to put off the consideration of many arti-
cles which call loudly for reprobation. The au-
thors of them must not, however, fancy they can
finally escape. We shall not allow any lapse of
time to be pleaded in bar to our right of attack-
ing their falsehoods ; we shall, therefore, as op-
portunities present themselves, bring before the
Public such as we hare reluctantly suffered to
pass unnoticed. Amongst them, we shall mention
the constant and disgraceful misrepresentations
of the Earl GREY and Mr. LANIBTON of the con-
duct of the Clergy in the Diocese of Durham.
The motives of these distinguished Friends of the
People are, however, truly appreciated, and we
hope the time is not far distant when the Conn.;
ties of Northumberland and Durham will be
rescued from a thraldom and dominion as dis-
graceful to their independence as it is injurious
to their general interests and welfare. They
'should not altogether forget the disinterested and
spirited conduct of the independent Freeholders
of Durham in 1790, when the political strength
of the Old Families was overpowered and de-
feated by the loyalty and patriotism of the great
body of the Trading and Shipping Interests, who
then returned to Parliament an individual, who
rendered in a few years more permanent services
to the County than all the branches of the LAMB-
TON q, B AKERS, &c. &c. ever did from their first
establishment within it to the present time. The
Merchants and Shipowners of these Counties will
soon have an opportunity'of judging how THEIR
interests are protected by 'meta Representatives,
and the-attention and deference which is shown
to their applications on subjects of vital import-
ance to them and to the Country at large.

The Marquis of I' AVISTOCK wrote to Lord
GRANTHANI-, to say he was desirous of signing
the Bed foydshire Loyal Address, if not implying
approbation of Ministers or their measures
against.. the QUEEN—Lord GRANTHAM referred
the Marquis to the Address, for himSZtlf to
judge, but candidly admitted it was framed by
Gentlemen friendly to Administration.- The
Marquis,,,of TAXISTOCK, on this, declared he
could not sign.

Mr. GIIATTAN has announced 'himself a Can
didate for the County of Wicklow. '