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

UNIVERSITY INTEIOGENCE.

CAMBRIDGE, Dec. U.—Tile Master and Fel-
lows of Christ College have presented the Rev.
Charles Moisop, B. A. to the Vicarage of Help-
stone, Nort,hamptonshire.---The father of the.,ce-
lehrated Dr. Paley was the incumbent of that
parish for sixty-four yeP.es.

The Hon. WAI: CUST declines a contest for tit(
Representation of the County of Lincoln, in at
next Parliament,. and recommends Mr.. CHAPLIN
the son of' their old and much-esteetned Count,
>Member, to the suffrages which have placed him
,selt (Mr. Cu T) in so houourabit a post

SPAIN AND HER COLONIES.

(Continued frOni Thc Querterly Review.)

The lamentations of these liberales arise not from
any fear that England will viisturb that trtinquil-
Ity, but that tire positions which she has thus
"taken will induce the other powers of Europe to
maintain • an•elfel'iasting status quo, and to be Va-
-ti.yied as long as that lasts a situation which, be-
jug tie result of treaties of peace and of the law
of nal ions, and not toupded on the rights of
man,' must tens! to disturb the visionary ideas of
the revolutionary faction. In consequence of
England possessing the outposts she has acquired,
the tibet ty of the sea has been more effectually
se-
ctirecl than it could have been by the conquest of
Russia ; (the attempt at whose sulklugation the
rit:ht reverend politician mildly points out as an
error on the part •of Napoleon ;) or than it is by
the swarms of pirates of all nations, who, under
Solidi American colours, annoy and plunder the
peaceful traders on the Atlantic ocean. By the
repose which the naval superiority of England has
given to the world, the status quo, which this
author drew's, is, in. fact, likely to be realised.
All the naval powers, and England above all, have
been eriable'll to reduce their military navies to a
standard even below what any former peace has
witnessed. England has exerted herself to crush
the enemies of the liberty of the sea on the shores
of the Mediterranean, and perhaps ought to do
sonnets hat to suppress those equally piratical
cruisers which are fitted out by. unknown BUCCll-
steers,. tinder the banners of Spanish American
fleedotn. With
,these exceptions, the liberty of
the sea, of which, with a whining cant, the revo-
lutionists pretend to lament the loss, never was
-enjoyed in any period, or under any circumstances,
in greater perfection than at the moment when
they are alarming or attempting to alarm the Con-
tinent with their denunciation of the maritime ty-
ranny of England.
lint the cant of revolutionists has as little in-
fluence on our fears, as the war-whoop of en-
thusiasts has upon our reason. tVe would abstain
from aiding the Spanish Americans against the
inother-country,—not because we dread the re-
establishment of their independence, but because •
we doubt the probability of so peaceable a result
from the success of the Colonies against Spain,
and because we are sure that England has no
right to take part in the quarrel. We believe that
some middle result between submission and total
independence is at once the most probable and the
most desirable ; and we think that to such an
end, this country might Ivnd its aid in the man-
lier in which it has been willing to lend it here-
totore.

When in the year 18i0, the deputies from the
South American provinces came to England, an.
notinciog their resolution to maintain their al-
legiance to Ferdinand, to assist Spain 'with all
their pottier in the common cause against France,
but to provide independently for their non inter-
nal government, three distinct lines of policy were
open to the English Government. To unite our
forces with those of Spain, and actively to sup•
port them in compelling the Colonies to submit,
was a course of policy that no statesman could
advise, and it would be now a waste of time to
argue on it. The question then to be decided
was, whether this country should gibe an avowed
stippott to the Colonies in their contest for inde-
pendence, or whet tier, acting on the.ctear principle.
of neutrality, and endeavouring to secure Spain
the succours and resources of the American pro-
vinces- (iring the war against Buonaparte, it
should 'offer mediation between ihe mother-coon.
try and the Colonies. The Colonists proclaimed
their present object to be complete arid permanent
independence ; but the qualified manlier in which
their claims were then stated, seas a inateri,l point
in the cpti•stion, as Oleo presented to the decision
of the English Government.
At she first arrival•of this intelligence ill Eng-
laud, a loud outcry was raised in favour of grant-
ing immediate- and open assistance to the Colo-
nies. The opportunity, it was urged, might ne-
ver recur; -the success could not be doubtful in
the existimg condition of Spain ; the advantages
to EngLool were incalculable and certain, while
the ta-ar in Spain, as it had been decided by these
advisers, could only be productive of certain loss,
defeat and disgrace.
• Of the numerous arguments against the propo-
sition of employing at that time the arms of Rog
-
land in alliance with the Colonies; the first in
real importance, and which would appear•to us
abundantly softicient to decide the question, is to
be deduced -from the war, in which we were en-
gaged- as the Allies of Spain, against the, enor-
mous and usurping power of France. The policy
of employing the military resources of England
in a powerful exertion for the success of that con-
test may have been wise, • or ludicrously absurd ;
but it had been' adopted, and' its wisdom or folly
are indifferent to the present question. The prix
'nary object of all our exertions was to obtain
and aceure the independence of the throne and
people of Spain; and who will deny that the mi-
litary power of France was so formidable, the re-
souroes and the genius of Buonaparte were so gi-
gantic, that the principal, or rather the only
chance. of our success obviously consisted iu the
unity of our object ?
To those, indeed, who persevered in arguing
that the war in Spelt' was on our part an idle
waste of blood and treasure, and who had the
sagacity to perceive in Buonaparte a disposition
so pacific, and intentions so inoffensive, that Eng-
land might safely acquiece in the addition of Spain
to his dominions ; the privilege of recommending
in any year of the sear an expedition of freedom
and fraternity to South .Ametica most unques-
tionably belonged; but more especially to those
who had engrafted these principles on an indis-
criminate affection for all revolutiotis. If, how-
ever, Buonaparte hail in truth engrossed a degree
of poWer, which, having absorbed the liberties of
the .Continent,-had become a subject of national
alarm to England ; and if, as the event has
proved, the best opportunity of opposing a suc-
cessful resistance to his system of aggrandisement
was to be found in assisting a nation, exasperated
by his insults, and struggling against his oppres-
sion, it mustjte admitted that every deviation from
the singleness of our plan was rather to be avoids-
ed than to be pursued. Every object of policy

nechme -Of rumor consiequenet, arid no minor ob-
ject ought to have been allowed to distract our
attention, or to divide our forces. Wu certainly
might have contrived, wi!li mischievous ingenuity,
to weaken the exertions of our ally, and to dis-
perse our own, at the crisis of that arduous con-
test, "Spain seldom calculates with prudel►ce the
chances of political success : indignant at such
conduct, she might have chosen to break the alli-
ance ; and we should then have had the satisfac-
tion of adding a ►vat in America to that in
Europe ; or, avail events, ►ve should have otit-red
to Spain the alternative of preserving the integrity
of her empire by submission to Boonaparte, or of
suffering,at tl►e bands of her friendly ally, and
as a reward for her exertions in the cause of na-'
tional freedoni,—the dismemberment of her Co-
lur~ies. Bot bow would the advocates of this
policy have disposed of the question of national
faith, though the ground of expediency be con-
ceded ?—A question which they will admit to be
not only a very graceful topic of Parliamentary
declamation, but essential to the real interests, as
it is to the character of the country.
IVe cannot imagine any source of a more lively
delight to those individuals, statesmen, authors,
and orators of various nations, who pursue the
honest profession of misrepresenting the motives
and of detracting from the reputation of England,
than would have been the unexpected intelligence
—that at the very crisis of a war, in which we
pretended to a more than common zeal of friend- •
ship, and a hearty communion of objects with
Spain, we had, in breach of express and solemn
treaties, taken advantage of the first unfavourable
change IN the situation of our ally, to pursue at
his expence our own sordid objects of commercial
polic)—that we had, in short, betrayed tl►e cause
of Europe for a better market . for our commo-
dities! this would have been, indeed, a triumph.
Every Cazette and every political Assembly in
Europe would have teemed with expressions of
hatred and disgust ;—no libel from the press. of
our continental friends or enemies would have
omitted this invaluable topic, and what -defence
could have been made for this faithless, stifish,
and shop-keeping nation.

(To be continued.)

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, Dec. 11.

GAMING AND CLUBHOUSES.

TARLETON' V. HOLLAND.

In this cal..e, which was an application to affirm
the decree of his Honour the VICR-CHANCELLOR,
WhO had granted an injunction to restrain the de-
tendant, Staples, from proceeding in an action at
law for the recovery of the amount of a bill for
250/. given on account of a gamine transaction
which took place at a house in St. James's-street,
his Lordship's judgment was in affirmation of the
decree pronounced by his Honour the VICE-
CrIANCELLOR.