The Sun.
London, England, 1819-08-07 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL JOURNALS.

The following observations are extracted from
The Birmingham Chronicle, and it is not a little
gratifying to know, that in that very town which
to send a pseudo Candidate to Parliament, that
Paper and The .Birmingham Herald are to be
found inculcating right principles, and repelling
the attempts of Reforming Traitors, who dif-
fuse their specious doctrines in order to delude
the populace into rebellion, and involve their
Country in ruin :

The most important political event of the
wet.k is the issuing of the Prince Regent's Procla-
mation against Seditious Meetings and other sedi-

tions praniceS. It brings, nt 0:1ce, tnin vtem
that great question—whether the institutions,
under which the country has been happy and
prosperous beyond example, shall be preserved or
shall be abandoned a prey to the designs of bad
men and the fury ola misguided populate. This
very moment, we may say, called for the measure.
The movers of the scenes which surround us have
not merely laughed in their sleeves. The times.
are gone by, when they felt constrained to check
the smile upon their lips they believe the multi-
tude is theirs, to lead 'into the battle; and they
have persuaded themselves, that the question can
he brought by them to the trial of physical strength
whenever they are snffiriently prepared. And the
train into which they have placed' things would
come to that if undismthed. The real friends of
the real Constitution had no one moment to lose.
They are not, however, essentially too Irate. We
believe, that Earl Fozwilliam has seen correctly
into the character of the populace under his im-
mediate observation ; and we firmly hold that to
be still the character generally of tie English po-
pulace. It was, therefore, w'se RS well as humane
in tire Government to seize .on this moment to
endeavour to save the mass of the people from the
snares spread around them. Nor will this first
movement of the Cabinet be sin vain, if the honest
arid peaceable part of the community 'low see the
quantity and exact character of the danger which
besets them ; and perceive the simplicity and easi-
ness of application of the remedy. The great ma-
jority of those who attend the Meetings in ques-
tion, have no thought of overturning the Govern-
ment, and may be easily kept away from those
assemblages by the influence of their employers,
and of the wealthy and respected persons who live
around them. There is something essentially
good in the character of the English labourer's,
which even the sharpness of hunger 1133 not de-
vroyed. It is the duty of their neighbours, of the
better condition, to cultivate this valuable dispo-
sition, which is the beauty and the strength of
this country's moral anti political character.. It
is the duty also of the Wealiby and of Govern-
ment to endeavour by all possible means to give
employment to those who want ; and more can be
done to this end than is usually believed, and we
will not suppose that any of the means will be
neglected. With respect to the real designs of
those who agitate the mind of the populace, there
can no doubt any longer exist. But if it could
he in the nature of things that their meaning and
purposes were honest, their ignorance would sub-
vert the Constitution. Universal Suffrage and
Annual Parliaments are the principles of a House
of Commons usurping all the Executive as well as
Legislative Power; arid to such a House, a King
and a House of Lords would be a Nuisance
speedily to he marked for a contemptuous or exter-
minating removal.

THEATRICAL REGISTEit.
Performed Last Night,
THEATRE•• ROYAL, HavmARKET.—The Castle of Andalusia
Don Fernando, Mr. Duruset ; Lrenza, Mrs. T. Hill.
After which, The Green. Man. To which was added, Wet
Weather.

Tif EATRE ROTA!, ENGLISH OPERA 140USE.--(lst time), Belles
Without Beaux. After which, Walk fur a Wager : Merring-
ton. Mr. Itowhotham ; Emma, Miss Kelly. To which was
added, One, Two, Three, Four, Five, by Advertisement.

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