The Sun.
London, England, 1819-10-23 00:00:00

LIKE LIKES LIKE

Our English Reformers are ,never asbamed at
the humblest imitatiou. Perhaps they have not
sufficient talent for originality ;—perhaps the
French and Irish Reformers had pre-occupied every
inch of ground. No matter which of our per-
haps-es is the right one ;—nothing that proceeds
from a Reformer is worth discussion, except for
its mischief.

The arrangement between the Whigs and the
Radicals in Yorkshire seems faithfully copied froth
thst which the moderate Papists and the violent
Papists had agreed upon in Ire3:►nd. It was there
settled, that one half the pack 'were to be very
quiet, and decorous, and loyal ; when, of course,
Emancipation was the safest thing in the world ;
anil nobody could have the cruelty to refuse it, to
such dear, good, well-disposed creatures. The bait
did not exactly take : and then, the remainder of
the kennel were to be turbulent, .and impudent,
and patriotic when, of course, also, Emancipa-
tion was the wisest thing in the world ; and no-
body could have the hardihood to refuse
,it
to people so great, so powerful, and so dan-
gerous. ,

Tl4us, we were to be I►it either way. What
could not be yielded to threats, must be granted
to supplications ; what could no►t be given to
mildness, must be surrendered to insolence. Real-
ly,,one would have thought a trick so barefaced
beyond the repetition of any bronze.

But what will not a Reformer enterprize ;
.The very same manoeuvre is now played off be•
'tweet] the Whigs and the Radicals; We want,
say the Whigs, nothing but a moderate Reform of
tile Borough System in. a few of its worst parts,
and Triennial Parliaments. Nay, we pledge our-
selves, not only to seek nothing more, but to re-
sist any extension of those objects.
Surely, the Legislature cannot in its candour
refuse an entreaty so Perfectly reasonable.

'We, say the Radicals, we want the sweeping
'Reform of Annual Parliaments an Universal ,Suf-
fiage., We will accept any in, vrrnef!iate measure;
but we also pledge ourselves, never to be satisfied
without the attainment of these ultimate pur-
poses.

Surely, the Legislature canunt in its prudence
refuse a demand so perfectly irresistible !
The process of this minceuvre is also completely
As the tolerant Papk!s aid the bigot Pa-
pists clamoured and quarrelled among each other;
so the moderate Itetot niers and tl►e_ railieBl.flte-
forthers dispute by agreement. They have their
amicable altercations, and their understood mis-
understandings ; like.the prize-fighters, ulio settle
before-hand the due number of cuts and slashes.

But this is a ,•ale trick. A century ago it was
noticed in The Spectator. " Do you give cots, or
" receive them ?" belief one of those beargarden
Heroes ; " receive thetn," said his confederate,
provided you cut nu deeper nor longer than we
agree." And so themompany were cheated out
of their shillings.
Precisely in this manner it may be settled be-
tween the half-in-half Reformers and the all-in-
ill. For assuredly we cannot imagine any other
motive, which could bring a Gentleman into .asy
possible place where .he could encounter 311E11 a
miscreant assemblage a's'tbe Radicals. Tu see a
,courtly Duke exposed before a white-hatted
Quaker---a Ho WARD put,in jeopardy of contact
with a WooLvat—at bit; Perhaps, anti-in-armed
,by Citizen HUNT—prescribed to by Apothecary
WATsoN---and clappetfon‘rhe back (just by way
of encouragement) by 61h1E:rPkgs.roNl. •
We never mix oil anit,yinrgar, withwut having
a sallad in contemplation; and, as the old RAical,
JACK CADE, observed,,:r',l-411ink this,: word sal-
' lad; was born to do•-megnod ;" the new Rodi-
cals may comfort themselves with a :convezion,
devoid of all sympathy4u taste, in Pabit,-or, in
feeling:
lire are liberal enough: to regret this mixture
oißadical vinegar and Whig oil ; but mat quiet
foolish enough to swallow it.

WINWOR, OCT. 22.-Yesterdav the remains of
the Quartermaster ADAMS were taken from
the Cavalry Barracks, in military -.form• The
pall was carried r by sik- QuartermasterS,• the Offi-,
cers followed two and two, the band -druMs
muffled his horse followed, the boots and sitars
bung across, reversed. The troop he bad belonged
to followed, the band, playing all the Way to
Clewer Church•yird from the Barracks. A greiit
number of spectators followed to witness the in-
terment of this much-respected man.

A most magnificent dessert service of Meissen
china was lately exhibited at Dresden, of which
the KING had made a present to • the Duke of
WELLINGTON. On the plates, nine dozen in
number, are painted the•victories and triumphal
processions of his Grace, as well as beautiful
Saxon, Spanish, and other scenery ; the edges of
the plates are ornamented with a golden wreath
of laurel 'and oak, hound with white and green
riband. Each plate cost forty dollars.
Yesterday beillg the birth-day of the Marchio-
ness of BUCKINGHAM, the Noble Marques's gave
a grand entertainment to a numerous party of
(1151 inguished personages, .at their seat, Mington,
Hants.