The Sun.
London, England, 1817-07-22 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL JOURNALS.

As it must be gratifying to the loyal people of this
Country to. know the sentiments which pre.vait 'all
Over the Empire, respecting the conduct of
vernment, and the stated public affairs, we shall
proceed in our plan Of giving extracts from all the
respectable Provincial Journals, and therefore
we insert the following article from.-The-,(llt-zn:
LIN) Correspondent
" The last Letters from- England .indicate the
prevalence -of it satisfied and-a-firm confi-
dence among the great body of the public, in con-
seqncnce of the measures which Wave been taken
to save :he country from being huiried away into
the devious courses of etperiment, uproar, and
anarchy. '[he Constitution of England is now so
settler) in practice, and ell its oi,e-rations are so
well regulated and so well under.food, that, -in
factk there, iS,riothing left An- diitpute abont, of
concerning which any strong dissension can be
Supposed to exist. The -three Estates of the Con-
stitution have their regular: orbit S-defined, -and
each reyolvei,within its= own sphere, by known
aud.establishecl, powers, and after such manner •
and form as contributes to the harmony, as well as
to the inoral'ellieacy, of the entire system. WO, k-
ing as it has•done,, it has conduced to the ad-:
vancement, of the nation, the:good of the people,:
and the honour of -the British name.. It has ob-
tained for theta a share of prosperity atid comfort,
renown and grandeur, niagniticence and 'glory,
infinitely transcending in quantity, as well as in
luStre, any thing heretofore enjoyed., by any dis-
tinct portion of the human race. Producing ef-
fects of this sort, there can be no necessity for
ebanging,this great and prolific cause—there can
he no svisilont in exposing to innovation, and all
its alarming.uncertainties; that which has been
the fountain of such multifarious blessiro
can be no justification for treating it wiLti any te-
merity. Outside the!boundaries,• the known and
visible demarcations of our Constitution, all is
enveloped in uncertainty and the ocean of meta-
physics, withohr shore or limit of any sort sur-
rounding it,as' the visible sea embracesthe islands
which we inhabit. If we would hazard a voyage
of exploration upowthis trackless and infinite sur-
face, for
.the chance of being better than, the
greatest, and the most renowned of nations—
wheee conifott is only understood, wherearts,
science, and-letters, have outstripped all contpe-
.tjon,,, and where moral feeling and sentiment are
more pure and just than in any country—we shall
hazard all that for'which we are adMired and an-.
vied, by the world7---the whole body !of our
tangible, enjoyed, felicities--and we cannot
reasonably flatter ourselves with the discovery
of a single benefit; even if we knew thit be-
nefits were to- be, found; on such ,experimental
enterprizes. nation, since the creation of the
world, that could adduce such testimonials
in fa-
vour of its Civil ConstitutiOn as we can do, ever
wished change -it--and tiO nation, which, with
-a worse Constitution than our -ancestors would
condescend to endure, ever ventured upon the sea
of metaphysics, •to roam in quest of something
better, that was notifempest-beaten .in the at
'tempt, and drivery, as the sport of the hurricane,
over the wild waters of confusion, without -ever
leaching that ideal destination which it was vainly
seeking to discover.. Why,,then, should we over-
leap the safe enclosures' of our liberty, and plunge
:,into..oe billows of destruction

The reflecting mass of the people do not de-
. ,
ttre thaSe 'desperate experiments.' Within the
circle of our Constitution, they know that all'is .
safe, plain, intelligible, established, and enjoyed— •
the war of theories, concerning the rights and
functions of the co-estates of the realm, is 'at
Test—the practice., is smooth, and salutary,' and
effective; and every man can discern his own, and.
the public rights, and find out a simple and legi-
timate way to the possession of them. Without
the Constitution, they'know—and they have their '
knowledge from appalling facts, and astounding;
examples—all is wraps up in clouds and dark-
ness—and the optata,' arena lies only in the region
of conjecture—therefore, these, the reflecting.
-body of the people, desire to be no better'than
they are, in' their civil condition—they wish to
preserve that' bleb they have—to save it from
officious innovation, and pernicious experiment—.
and they are contented:to see strong'and vigorous'
measures adopted,, and to place a generous confi- •
dence in those who are to exercise and administer
such measures, rather than have matters, of such
profound importance and inestimable value, left
bare and exposed.to injury or destruction.
" Liberty is, not the end, but a means of .ob-
taining an end—namely, the greatest portion'of
human felicity which our natures and our duties:
will. suffer us to obtain. We should not scanda-
lize our natures to obtain liberty, for its own
sake; tior violate the whole of our highest duties.
to possess it, according to wild and fastidious
fancies—but it is worthy of the best and noblest
of the human race to pursue liberty, in order that,
being obtained, mankind should he the happier ;
and it is consistent with the 'soundest and the
wisest principles of human reason, that, when
obtained, it should be applied to its grand purpose
of enlarging the happiness of its possessors. The
wisdom and virtue of those who have gone before
us, have not left their posterity unprovided in the
distributions of civil Jiberty—and, working with
this noble faculty, which impels and animates the
general mass of British Society, the product of
,prosperity, of improvement, of diffused property,
of .enjoyment, of cultivation, of moral advance-
ment, is infinitely greater, within the last twenty
years, than ever was supposed to be attainable.
May not the ratio increase, as the cause ie couti.

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nued and preserved ) ‘Vould it nut be t)
meddle with a cause which has produced such
transcendant effects ?

".There are mountebanks in politics, as well
~as in the art of healing and curing—and they will
attract by the enormity of their promises ; and,
because their remedies are desperate, ignora c:
an,l credulity will be ready, to think them the-o,
men for times of derangement and public embar-
rassment. - But these, of all others, arc the least
entitled to faith or confidence from the Polilic-7-it •
is againSt ..those adventurous empiric% that the
Public should take care to close their ears—or, if •
they should listen to their foaming trash, it ought
to be with consummate contempt, and determined
aversion. They will find sonic notahle examples '
this.sort'among the opponents, in the House of -
Commons, to the Suspension of the Habeas-Corpufs
Law in Great Britain."

COURT. OF COMMOI. COUNCIL, JULY 21.

It vas nnanitnottOy ordered that t:te City. Sul
shouhl he affixed to the deputation of John Prince!),
Esq. to he High Bailiff of Southwark, subject to
the revocation thrrein mentioned.