The Sun.
London, England, 1817-12-18 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL, JOURNALS.

The-iMorai•v Oreos-of the plan which We Have
itdOpted of•cotlitnutticating the opinions Of Pro-
4vincial 'Journalists, Are -evident in'the 'espective

Tapers under their direction. Those %.110 wcie
animated by loyal principles have been gratified

'in knowing that, through the medium of THE Surf,

-their seiii.iintiits will t,e clitFased, aril their

'!rider established, not only throughout the Britisl

cnilire, and- its Dependeneiel, :East and West,

nod :the 'United Statei of Ante' *lca, but in 'every

part of the civilized world that halls an amicable
and commercial intercottr4e with this Country.
:4;')lt the other hand-, [hose rrovilicial.-30urnati,IS

who arc vacillating or mischievous in their poli

Ilea' principles and views, will be more upot
their guard, under the consciousness that thei

ennduct is beheld by the woihl at large.

The

-Wavering may be led by that consciousness into
more detemined principles of action, and the
mischievous tray be induced eo check their sedi-
tions feelings, and if not converted into constitn-.

tional viitue, yet be in sonle mewsure restrame

in the practice of political turpitude. The fol-
lowing -observations.are taken from The C4esier
Courant, ei.c.&e. of Tuesday, a very respectable
Journal, that appears to be attached to Government
without a servile devotion to Min6Eo s

" Libels and licentious discotirses against the
!State, when tliey are, frequent and open ; and, in
the like sort false news often running up and
down, to the disadvantage of the State, and
hastily embraced, are (says Lord Bacon) amongat
the signs of troubles. kVc have lately been able
to verifythe truth of these observations. Libels
and licentious discourses, and all sorts of false
news, have been often running tip and down, and
too wally:have been deluded -to embrace them
hastily. Like Pandora's box, they have proved
a tremendous source of evils and suffering ; but
this very suffeting will in the endbe productive
of correspontling good; men's eyes will thereby
be opened, - and they will discover . the shadows
with, which they have been deluded. ' Liberty,
.under which we must comprehend all the most
valuable enjoyments, has two enemies in civil
society. l'he, first and greatest is licentiousness
and
,confusion ; and the second, is oppra3sion
Arising from tyranny. The first of those t
evils arises from Liberiy itself, when is not kept
within due bounds. The second is- owing to the
Tetnedy which mankind have contrived, agitinst the
former evil, that is, the sovereignty. The height
of human felicity and prudence is to know how to
guatd against those two enemies: the only me-
thod is.to have a well'-constituted Governm, tit,
fprmed with such precautions as to hanisb licen-
tioustirss,- and yet be no way introduc tire to ty-
raony.'--An this. votatiott,. though we perceive
. some errors-, yet, on the whole, we find the true
,principles of Our inestimable . -Constitotion. If
any conntry ever enjoyed this height of human
felicity,' it is that . under which we have the ho-
ly/In-and happiness to live. IVe do indeed pos-
sess - a ". well-constituted Government.' Great
`.,,precantions' have been taken to banish.
u been-,
tionsness,' and to ensre that golden mean, which
in• Government, a; well as in the cotnnmmtest
cerns of private life, is 'lie wisest, the happiest,
and the most lasting state, and, which best pro-
motes the true interests of bcith King anti people:
" But.in the prefent wonderful age.of political
iinixotism, the wise institutions of our fathers are.
looked on with .scorn, and the experience of ages
is treated as a mere btibble. We have Solons and
Lyeurguses in every village ; and their constant
cry is, all is barren!' We are called.npon to
give away the bird in hand for the bird in the
bush : to demolish the edifice and trust to chance
far another !—This mania, however, is passing
away;' but the promoters of it, fearful that a calm
of public feeling- will succeed the storm, are still
labouring hard to keep up the ferment. They
!mow and feel, that .without some sort of excita-
tion they would cease to be noticed, and if one
scheme fails they have others to resort to. Major
Cartwtight, now that he cannot force his con-
stitution down the throats of, the nation,
vi
et armis, has determined print it and shame
the fools !' or in other words, to make a rimy
by it. Cobhett still kindly supplies us with
his Register 5 but he leaves his Printer to
encounter the :hazard of spreading his lawless
rhapsodies. Wooler, finding it necessary to
keep his lime- afloat. by some means more pci-
tent than the Black Dwarf, contrives to engage
• the Courts of Law, and by pleading his Own
cause, he disseminates his opinions and:secures
his name .a place in the public prints : and what
is mate to his purpose, he is enabled to treat the
Public ni;11 a half-a-crown pamphlet on packed
juries thwi • the cunning: Isaac pilfers his fame,
and sells his falsehoods ! Other more humble la-
bourers in the.same field are busily employed in
groaning over...the liberty of-thePress,' which they
want to persupde tcs ive "Tossers only.in a trifling
degree, and thLit, evyi that lit Ale tve are pot to have
niuelt. longer We offlfred •a-few remarks on this
subject in our last Paper, in .which, we freely ex-
ptessed our opinion. • It is scarcely'- necessary to
rlnat that there'.-is lint• theleast foundation for
the clamour/that,. has been • raiscil, and which is
• still kept 'There were certainly sonic
iudis-
• 'ereet olr4ervat inns -in a bOndon Newspaper, hut
• ' titlC"tht-Se were- laid hold .oras text, tbe expla-
naroty remarks,-"or rather the• miqualified contra-
' - airpear'ed the following day, was
passed over in siltqiec. The reason is evident ;
• • the former 'suited the purpose of'' clamour ;. the'
' • rieVter'' would have allayed it 1- and thong!' they
41frecied to renrobate‘and mourn over the para-
.graph,ln question, nothing could give them more
.preasu're tiran its' appearance. •Tacitus'had such
mien iti• View When he• observed that •‘• none
Mintrn with more affectation.of sorrow than those
• .who are inwardly rejoiced."'

Southwark, Dec. 15,—We have no alteratio'n in
our flop Market since our. last—there are very.
inv buyers, aml.not many sellers.