The Sun.
London, England, 1817-01-24 00:00:00

THE SUN.

1501..E1 QV IS DICERE YALSUNI AUDEAT

LONDON,
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1817:'

.
:'Paetion is a very Proteus, and assumes every
,shape. tii.accomplish its diabolical purposes ; or
rather, according to the excellent fable, Vice is a
CHOUe dexterous juggler than even Proteus, and
can change its forms with infinitely greater skill,
in order to work the evil it never ceases to pursue.
Yesterday our comments were devoted to. the
despicable' political S windlers, who taking to
themselves, the appellation of Delegates,for Re-
form from various places Which know them not, held
a seditious conclave at a tavern ;—to-day we are
galled on to devote our attention to an assemblage
of another outward appearance, but precisely the
saute in principle; labouring with '
the Sante tools,
and aiming at the same overthrow of the British
Constitution.. We allude to the Common Council
of the' City of London, as dictated to by
ROBBIIT WAITIIMAN and his Associates. It
is
said, indeed, that these Gentry ought not to be
CollfUtiVicicd with tilt tend HUNTS and
PILBSTONS BIIdWATSONS--Illat their object is good,
and can only be retarded by the companionship of
such auxiliaries. Now, for our souls, we can see
no difference, except that the former are more
specious and cunning than the latter,and endeavour
(not very cleverly indeed) to ftvoid alarming the
countrybyatoo preMature disclosure of their designs
'But can any one not bereft of reason doubt tbe unity
'Of their aims ? And why should ROBERT MIAMI
MA'6l,be ashamed of the fellowship of Wieetsivt
COABETTOOr THOMAS FAVELL of the company of
'THOMAS HUNT ! According to the proverb they
ought to flock together, for tsunnestiwtiably they
are Fowls of the same, Feather. Whether they els,
moor for annual or triennial Parliaments, for uni'-
versal or partial suffrage, for ballot or for oral elec.
• tion,tise ultimate purpose of aet. is Revolution. For
this we have not rail), the sanction of common senscoat
e,
a uthoritfof that thorOligh-pacedTurn-
CODARTT himself, who, all regardless of truth as
he is,' .may he, believed when, he discloses the
mysteries of the traitorous conspiracies with
which
he is so conversant, In Isis first Number
of the porcupine, he hastened "to tell his
" Countrymen that he anti all those who
" thought other Countries happier than their own
" were deceived . . . . and,, that eight years ex-
" perience had taught him to despise those Dema-
" gogues who, under the pretence of
overthr a Reform in
" Parliament, were endeavouring, to o the
" Government." Ile then told them (Politicalw
Register, August 7, 1802) " that Sir FRANCIS
" BURDIITT is a scoundrel, who ought to be
" trampled under foot,"* ,and that " ALL RE-
" FORMERS only wish to pillage, oppess, and
insult the people."---" ()fall the tyrannies," con-
tinues he, " that the Devil or Man ever invented,
" the tyranny of an cleetive assembly, uncontronl-
" ed by Regal power, is time most unsupportable.,,
Addressing himself to Englishmen, he says—
" The AMBITIOUS ICNAVIIS who flatter you with
" high notions of your rights and privileges,

o A Morning Paper of this very day furnishes a clue to
ConsFres change of opinion with regard to Sir F. %MATT.
It charges him " with not being able to speak so freely
against Sir FOANCIS %WATT as lit would otherwise do,
from private considerations; of the costly Register not being
~1 own. but being consigned by mortgage to a quondam
dealer In brown stout whose property, therefore, the two-
penny Register is not meant to improve; and a variety M
other matter, which we date not publish in plain tetras."-'
{See Tinto.)