The Sun.
London, England, 1821-01-25 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

[DAILY EXTRACTS FROM TUE MORNING I'APERS.I

[lllotiiing Post.]
A -very favourable impression has been already
made upon the public mind by the first events of
the Session ; and this it not the first time that
the cloudS which had been collected during
the recess began to break immediately ` after
the meeting Of Parliament. A clearer proof
of the unshaken confidence of the great body of
the nation in the wisdom and virtue of the Legis-
lature, could not be adduced ; and we would ad-
vise those, whO think their .plans of violent reform
ripe; to. take this plain fact into their serious
consideration. They are as ignorant of the real
disposition and feelings of their countrymen, as
they are unfit for the task they. have undertaken.
Confidence in the justice of Parliament, is a
strong sentiment in the Country; and the'pro-
ceedings of every Session, instead of weakening,
tend to confirm it. 'When the
,publiC 'mind is
most agitated, a single debate is sufficient to re-
store calm; explanations are made which do
away with unfounded and mim:hievous rumours,
or meastwes are recommended which are adapted
to the emergency.

On the financial state of -the Country a most
cheering disclosure was elicited on the first day
of the Session. It presented two objects, of con-
gratulation, an improving revenue and a reduc-
tion of expenditure. This is the way
the Government has thought fit to repel the gross
charges, and to meet the gloomy predictions that.
have been directed against it. When it is ac-
cused of waste, it meets the accusation With re-..
trenchments-; and it reduces the army, when -it
is said to be entertaining views favourable to a
military despotism. The- predicted ruin of our
commercial greatness is refuted in 'a manner
equally conclusive, by shevving that commerce
and manufactures have- been improving for some
time, instead of falling off; and by the increased
Ivages and occupation of the operative classes.
*fleeting men know how to estimate this mode
of refutation ; and when they hear the changes
ring again in their ears, they will turn round and
answer, that they are not borne out-by facts;
that it becomes neither a good subject, a true
patriot, nor an honest- politician, to exaggerate
the ditilcnities and under-rate the resources of
his country. It is also unbecoming to excite un-
warrantable distrust; and we admire the igno-
rance as much as we do the coldness of that man's
mind, which sees in a country, possessing so
many advantages, only causes of complaint and
defpondency:—.( Ibid.)

[British Press.]
Seldom, if ever, has a -Speech from the Throne
been conclied in lanpage sty cautious, so reserved,
• and so little calculated to excite disCussion as the
Speech which his Majesty was advised by his. M-
inisters to address to the Parliament on Tuesday ;
it exhibited, iii a very high degree, the art in which
.'.Shakspeare,tells us that Gratiano excelled, " in
speaking an infinite deal of nothing," and in this it
was so extremely felicitous, that abstracting every
personal consideration reSpecting the admirable
manner in which it was as usual delivered from the
Throne, it really presented no subject either for
praise or Censure. The negative character of the
. Speech consequently relieved the Opposition
in Parliament from the disagreeable necessity of
moving an amendment to the Addre,lS; and this
circumstance. arising from, their'own prudence or
timidity, the Minisl.ers'very dexterusly converted
into *a topic- of self-gratulation, and exulted in the
seeming acquiescence of their political antagonists
in the terms of the Address, as if the absence of
an amendment were a concession to their merits

or their fortune. The Addrels; however, in every
teiitence conveyed -a triumph to the independent

, •
• -portien of the conuntinity. On every point of
•public- iiterest \filial- had recently occupied the
pubtic mind—on every ,one of these topics
which had Agitated the country, and were re-
galirled liy the"partiSans of • the Ministers as the
watcb-word's of faction—on all of these the Ad-
nrinis'iration has made' tint fullest concession to the
voice of the public'. • Iniste'ad. of-echoing the war-
hoop of blasphemy, sedition, and treason, the

Minicters.Vittthis Spe.ech, make a full and volun-
tary acknowledgment of the moral feeling and
.sound loyalty of -the great body of- the Nation—
a loyalty too that is admitted to have passed
through the severeordeal:of distress, being'now
purer and brighter in propc;rtion to the severity
of the frill]: - -

[ll.forning
The subject of theConfetreracy .egainit Naples
was again brought before the House of Commons
last.night. Lord Castlert;agh di-?'elined to ans4er
the questicpw put to Ilint on that interesting S4b-
ject ; but he ..disclosed enough to -chew that he
-bore no good will to, or rather that' he had a
strong leaning against Naples. The Neapolitan
nevointion was, forsooth; brtrlght about -by a
-Secret Society ! This is almost as. amusing a:Piece
of assurance,-as his .alfirmatintr, on the preceding
evening, that the possession of the. confidence
of the House of COMnions, was a certain
proof of the posSeAiOn of the confidence of!
the country ! :-L—Secret Societies and Secret.;
Meetings ! Did his frordship ever heat of
any Despotic Govertmen'f. allowing its measures,
to be pUbliclY opposed? Thoe who can meet
in public will 'not 'rneet in secret ; and when,'
men dare not:Meet in-public,' they >will meet' by-
stealth. Who' ever heard of Secret Societies'in.
England ? Tyranny would never fall; if
,it. knew
beforehand, and could be prepared for, the me,di-.
-tated•attaCk. Gloomy;--iirdeed would
.be the
prospect for mankind, 11. a. Despotism were to be
as secure as a Conititutional Government: But
then the Itevolution'of Naples was calculated to-
endanger 'the tranquillity of other States,' and'
the'Society which brought about that ReVOlution
bad 'prem been accused of wishing to unite all
Italy under one Government. When of two bad
Governments the one improves, it is easy to see
that if the other does not also improve, it will be
in danger. As to the accusation against the Car-
bonari, of uniting all Italy under one Go-