The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-02 00:00:00

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LONDON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 18.14.

Mr. D'ISRAELI, who, we believe, is generally con-
sidered the founder, as he is one of the chief sup-
porters, of that school of political zealots who call
themselves " Young England," has just been address•
ing his constituents at Shrewsbury in a speech not
less conspicuous by its calmness and good sense, than
by the manly, healthful tone of independence that
pervades it. Though we may differ from this gentle -
man in some of his more extreme opinions, yet it is
impossible to deny him the praise of being influenced

in his public conduct by the loftiest and most disin

terested motives. There is nothing petty or grovel-
ling in his views; and if at times he pushes his poli-
tical theories to the verge of Quixotism, yet the error is
one that may be readily forgiven, for it originatts
in the most generous impulses, and in a hard, selfish,
utilitarian age like the present, when Mammon-
worship pervades all classes of society, and lofty
principles of action are treated with supercilious Con-
tempt, it is little likely to find numerous imitators. We
are by no means unqualified admirers of the doctrines
of " Young England," but mixed up with much
that is puerile, romantic, and extravagant, there is
much that is substantially good in them—much that
appeals to the better feelings of Englishmen—much
that is calculated to elevate and purify their tone
of thought, by reviving their proudest historical
recollections, and raising them from that slough of
distrust and despondency in which the majority are at
present sunk chin-deep. But what we chiefly admire
in " Young England," is the intrepid uncompro-
mising stand which the party is snaking against the
fashionable Expediency system of the day—a system
which is the bane of every generous emotion, which
begins and ends in Self, and which sacrifices the
great interests of the future to the petty necessities of
the passing hour. Against this narrow, purblind rule
of action, the " Young Englanders" strenuously and
conscientiously protest. They plant their feet on
the high, broad, solid vantage-ground of prin-
ciple, and are not to be lured from their
position by the intrigues, the flattery, or
the sophistries of the expediency-
mongers. The
right is with them the expedient, and they will
not allow that a shuffling, timid, evasive course of
policy,
can be followed either with honour to the Go-
vernment, or advantage to the country. 'What they
feel strongly they express boldly ; and do not hold
one language to-day and another to-morrow, merely
to satisfy the small exigencies of the moment. They
are not Conservatives—they are not Whigs—they are
not Radicals—they are not Chartists. They do not
believe in the infallibility of Sir Ronzar Paxr nor
do they oppose, as a matter of course, every 1
a.
public measure that emanates from Whig
workshop. They do not thick it necesssary
that the agricultural and manufacturing interests
should be kept continually at variance with each
other; but, admitting the latter to be in its way as ,
"great fact" as the former, they would see fair play
meted out to both. Surely there is nothing here to ,

which a dispassionate, thoughtful mind, need object!
The views are neither those of Revolutionists nor of
bigots, but simply those of men of reflection and
principle, whose feelings have been quickened, and
whose convictions have been strengthened, by the
humiliating acts of tergiversation which they have
lately witnessed among public men, and which,
instead of calling forth the unanimous disgust
of the people, have been regarded by a
large portion of them with absolute indif-
ference, if not approval, as the results of inex-
orable necessity. Now the "Young England" party,
if we understand them rightly, hold as the funda-
mental article of their creed, that what is morally
wrong cannot be politically right; and that no ne-
cessity, though it may partially excuse, can wholly
justify, a glaring dereliction of principle on the part
of public men. So far we are fully prepared to agree
with them, for the proceedings of parties on one or
two memorable occasions during the past session, have
quite sickened us of the very mention ox the term
Expediency.

For an admirable specimen of "Justices' justice,"
we refer our readers to our Gravesend police report
It apps rs that a Mr. WILLIAM SMITH, IL gentleman,.
but who, in reality, is the scion of a noble family,
and holds a lieutenantcy in one of the regiments sta-
tioned at Chatham, had, between twelve and one
o'clock on Thursday evening, kicked his heel against
one of the Star steam-packet boards, placed against
the rails in the crescent, and broke it in pieces. A
policeman inquired of him for what reason he had so
wilfully damaged the board. No satisfactory reply was
given, and the policeman then felt bound to take him into
custody, there having been numerous complaints re-
specting the breakage ofseveral steam companies' boards.
The prisoner not being in custody to meet the charge
on the following morning, Mr. OAKES informed his
brother magistrates that he had been waited upon
early that morning by the friends of the unfortunate
young gentleman, in the hope that he might be li-
berated, as he had to mount guard at an early hour
on that day, and if he was not in attendance the con-
sequence might prove most serious to him. He,
therefore, consulted with the police as to the offence
the prisoner had committed, and finding that it was
one of those foolish, boyish freaks, he allowed him to,
be set at large, so that he might go on duty. They
therefore, would adjudicate upon the case in the ab-
sence of the accused. _ _

The other magistrate naturally asked if there had
been no security given for the man's appearance on
his liberation from the police, and the report thus goes
on :—" Mr. OAKES (very low)—No, no ; the police
are satisfied. Now let us hear the evidence." Hav-
ing heard the evidence Mr. OAKES delivers judg-
ment in these words : " Well, we fine the ac-
cused ss. for the offence, and if the officer will go
down to the Falcon Tavern and present my compli-
ments to Mr. FRENCH, stating the amount of the fine,
it will be paid." This is the rich man's law. For the
poor man's law turn we to a case adjudicated
on the same morning, by the same magistrates,
in the same Court :—" A poor donkey-driver was
charged with driving his ass without a badge empower -
ing him to do so. Mr. OAKES observed that if the
laws were made they must be attended to, and the
least they could fine the prisoner was the amount of
expenses he had incurred, viz., 7s. 6d., which the poor
fellow reluctantly paid out of his hard-got earnings,
and was then allowed to depart."
Mother COLE, with her Prayer-hook, was nothing
to Mr. °Axes. Admire his administration of the law
of jackasses ! With what dignified severity doth he
rebuke the delinquent donkey-driver—" If the laws
were made they must be attended to." It is to be
hoped that he made the same observation to " the
unfortunate young gentleman" before he libe-
rated him at the request of his friends ;
and it is to be hoped that " the unfortunate young
gentleman" was duly.penitent, and did not laugh in
his sleeve at Mr. OAKES as he mounted guard that
morning, and that none of the military friends of
" the unfortunate young gentlemen" will be seduced
into running even to Gravesend to have a ss.
lark," trusting to the kind heart of OAKES to
liberate them in time to mount guard the
next morning, lest the consequences of not being
in attendance might prove most serious to them.
The consequences of non-attendance on his customers
that morning were no doubt most serious to the
donkey-driver ; but then he was not " an unfortunate
young gentleman." We are told by persons in
authority that the poor are becoming every day more
and more demoralised—that they are losing all reve•
rence for the laws, and pay no respect to those who have
heretofore been considered their superiors. Are the
distinctions thus made between donkey-drivers and
" unfortunate young gentlemen" likely to increase the
reverence of the poor man for the laws, or his respect for
those entrusted with their administration. English-
men like justice in all places, and if those in authority
wish to enjoy that respect from their fellow-subjects,
which has heretofore been paid to them, they must
administer the law, fairly and equally to all—
without favour, without affection, and without making
any distinction—" unfortunate young gentlemen" and
other classes of the community.

Intelligence from Madrid, to the 23(1 inst., has been
received. A change of Ministry was still talked of,
and it was said Queen CHRISTINA had written to
MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA, the Spanish Ambassador
at Paris, requesting him to accept the office of Mi-
nister for Foreign Affairs, and it was generally be-
lieved he would yield to the desires of the QUEEN.
the military authorities waited on NARVAEZ to con-
gratulate him on his return to the capital, when the
General addressed them in a long speech, and called
Jn them to promote as much as possible the security
of the throne with the liberty of the country. Mr.
BULWER had arrived at Gibraltar.

Madrid Bourse on the 23d—Three per Cents. 271
for account; Five per Cents. 20j- for cash.

When the Paris papers went to press on Thursday,
neither the dispatches from the Prince DE JOINVILLE
nor those from Marshal BUGEAUD had been published,
so that we have no means of ascertaining how they
were received. Little doubt, however, exists that they
would afford the highest satisfaction both to the
Royal Family and the country. The journals are
chiefly occuped with the question of war or peace.
Those of the Opposition still madly urging on the
Government to extremities, while the others are
calmly endeavouring to bring these fire-eaters to
reason.

" We have highly blamed," says the Journal des
Debats, " the insulting and provoking language of
certain English newspapers, and we must equally
condemn such of our own journals as seem to take
pleasure in crying out for war. The Government
has declared in the most solemn manner that, in re-
pelling an unjust aggression, France did not intend
to make a conquest of Morocco, and form permanent
establishments in the country. This declaration has
all Europe for its witness, and our national good faith
for its guarantee. We add, that the Opposition itself
has become a party to it. It may then he said to be
a settled point, a word of honour, by which we are
bound. War, no doubt, may compel us to
occupy for the moment a port or town belonging to
an enemy, or even a point of his territory.
We, on this occasion, do occupy the island of Moga-
dore, and the Prince DE JoINYILLE has landed some
troops; we will go up as far as Fez, if we should find
it necessary; we will, in fine, use every means which
war affords us ; but they will be employed only for
imposing secure terms of peace, and not for conquest ;
to obtain the reparation and guarantees to which we
are entitled, and not to aggrandise our possessions in
Africa. In saying this we say nothing but what has
been formally declared from the tribunes of the two
Chambers, and repeated by the press. Is it the Na-
tional alone that has not heard these declarations ?
11017 can it talk of confidential promises made to
England ? England has much better than confi-
dential promises, it has the public pledge of France !
Confidential promises might vanish with the Minis-
try that had the imprudence to make them—an
engagement entered into in the face of the Cham-
bers, and ratified by them and by public opinion, be-
comes a national obligation. It is not a concession
yielded to foreign influence, it is a resolution demanded
in our own interest. To accomplish the pacification of
Algeria, and to colonise it, is the great object of our
present efforts; and the burden of this alone is suffi-
ciently heavy for our budgets. We have nearly
100,000 men in Africa, and to conquer and preserve
Morocco, we must have another 100,000 men ; and
while all the blood and treasure of France will be

absorbed by a land which cannot render any return
for a long time, what would become of our position
in Europe ?—where would be our political freedom ?
It requires no magic to answer this question. There
is no need to recur to secret and shameful compro-
mises,
for explaining the resolution taken by the
French Government not to conquer and keep Mo-
rocco ; it is not her interest to conquer and keep it.
She desires peace, and she will gain it by making a
barbarous people feel the superiority of her poWer in
arms. She will dictate her own terms of peace at
the point of the sword. Morocco has attacked us,
and the lesson to be given to her must be severe
enough to make her lose for ever all temptation to
disturb our possessions. This is the only object of
the war which we have undertaken and carried on
with so much vigour."
In reference to the affair of Otaheite the same
journal has the following remarks :-
4' The Bourse was again much agitated on Wednes-
day; some alarming reports were circulated, and a re-
markable fall took place. We are aware of the gravity
of the question pending between France and England—
we consider the excitement prevailing in the two coun-
*ries perfectly natv'al. Nothing demonstrates the ne-
ortha. good understanding better than this agita-
uneasiness ! Whilst we reckon
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s genera,
lionana
u of the two Cabinets, we are ignorant of
the po
manner in a_n the wi.,714)m
tuch the differences will terminate, and
for no consideration
would we lull to sleep public opi-
nion in presence of so st-.."°us a
dangber of the
e must, how-
ever, add, that the greater the reports in cir-
culation are inexact, or at leash premature. It is not
--tied the ultimatum of
true that the Government has rec‘ hre is nothing
England. Up to the present moment
the tw.,,o_Gog.
new and nothing changed in the relationst re
so:
vernments. As for us, our hope is ever that a nael".
lution will restore tranquillity to the public min..., ar
that two nations, whose concord is necessary to I. e
world, will not rush into a fatal war from inability to
discover a means of reconciliation consistent with their
reciprocal dignity."
The other Ministerial paper, the Globe, is equally
pacific. " The situation of things," it states, " may
be delicate, but nothing ought to be added to it by
exaggerations without any serious motive. The men
who in France and England are charged with the
task of deciding the question raised between the two
countries have confidence in each other's honourable
dealing ; they have kept up, for four years, friendly
relations founded on a pacific and civilising policy ; a
fact unexpected, personal, foreign to the general
.system of their policy, has occurred not to trouble
this harmony, but to occasion an incident. It cannot
be doubted that this grain of sand will soon disappear
from amongst the wheels where chance has intro-
duced it; the dispositions on both sides are friendly.
The same desire of peace exists, and a suitable solu-
tion must be expected to a difficulty evidently in a
course of being settled."
In another place, the same journal, in alluding to
the banquet given by the National Guard, says :
" There are people who imagine that they - exhibit
boldness when they bawl out, and who confound energy
with brutality. In general, the democratic party falls
into this double error, and it fancies that it has not
given a proof of firmness until after having made itself
hoarse with singing the Ma rseillaise. A banquet was
'given on Tuesday at the Opera, by a part of the National
Guard to the officers of the garrison, who had directed
the school of instruction of the legions of Paris. There
is no grand dinner without a toast, and some of the Na-
tional Guards, more patriotic than prudent, had thought
it right to prepare speeches in reply to the sully insults
addressed by the Times to the French navy. The Na-
tional pretends that a roll of the drums prevented the
toasts from being proposed. If the fact be exact, we
cannot but approve of it. Serious men cannot be af-
fected by all kinds of insults • no one thinks of replying
to the invectives of a drunken man. The abuse of the
Times could not excite amongst us more than a shrug of
the shoulders ; and the English journals generally prove
that public opinion in London is impressed by the
height of dignity and disdain which had greeted in
France the • correspondence of the Times. It would,
therefore, have been a great piece of childishness to ex-
change in a banquet of the National Guards ridiculous
threats with the taverns of London. • The speeches that
might have been pronounced could never have been as
eloquent as silent contempt."
The Revue de Paris gives the following as a reason
for the Government not publishing the whole of the
dispatches transmitted by the Prince DE JonsvILLE.
We give it to show the spirit of the writer, but, really
it is entitled to no credit :

" Great astonishment is expressed at the Ministry
no having published the Prince de Joinville's report of
the bombardment of Tangiers. We can understand the
reasons c!rhi3ll have guided the Ministry's conduct, if, as
we are assu:ed on good authority, the Prince complains
in his report ot" the English manoeuvres in Morocco. The
Prince de Joinville has done his duty in apprising the
Government of the real dispositions of the agents of our
allies, and we cannot blat:,e the Ministry for not pub-
lishing a document of such 6-‘•avity, especially if it be to
reserve their action with the Ca.l)inet of London."

Another gossipping letter-write: gives a very dif
ferent reason, and asserts that the con:luct of two
the ships was severely blamed in the disc; of
teh, and
blame attached to the officers for the way in v,"hich
the guns were served. We believe both statements
are pure inventions. We give the following from the
National as a specimen of the spirit which animates
the war party :

" The report of the cannon fired at Tangiers, Moga-
dore, and Isly, has resounded throughout France, and
everywhere it has excited the same feeling. Morocco is
forgotten, and even the unpopularity of certain of our
generals, and the success of our arms is alone remem-
bered. There is not a French heart which does not
thrill at the idea that we are at length on the eve of a
contest with England, and that our land and sea forces
have worthily commenced the campaign. In the midst
of the general emotion the Government alone remains
silent, and it might be said that it endeavours to con-
ceal what it ought to feel proud of. In the towns of
our departments cannon has resounded in sign of
rejoicing, whilst at Paris, the seat of the Govern-
ment, the victories gained have scarcely obtained an
honourable notice in the official journals under the head
of telegraphic dispatches. 'Whence comes this singular
modesty of the Government ? The cause is easily ex-
plained. It is that the victories of Isly and of Moga-
dore are, in fact, advantages gained over the English
feeling, and that our statesmen, if we can employ that
term, bleed at all which may wound England. They
have not abandoned the hope of receiving pardon from
the British aristocracy for the blows which they have
been forced to permit. This is the reason why the
official journals, so prolix when some miserable razzia
is to be described, make us wait for the dispatches of
Marshal Bugeaud and the Prince de Joinville re-
lating to actions which have done honour to our
arms. It is, however, quite useless for the Govern-
ment to endeavour to make itself little in order to avoid
the anger of the British aristocracy. They will have
war whatever they may do. The best informed British
journals have said so, and proved it. It is only a
question of time. England sees clearly that she cannot
trust her French friends to restrain our nation ! She
knows that the culpable state of neglect into which our
navy has fallen has not prevented it from assuming an
alarming development. She knows, in fine, that our
commerce and manufactures are threatening her every-
where with formidable competition. She wishes, and
she does not conceal her wish, to crush an enemy before
we have collected our strength; and if she still hesitates,
it is because she cannot divest herself of that fear of
change which pervades all the old Governments in
Europe. England hesitates, therefore; but whether she
wishes or not, she will be forced to engage in the battle,
and it is a deplorable policy on the part of our Govern-
ment to hide its head under its wing in order to avoid
being seen by our enemies. If it were only in order to
prolong peace, a contrary attitude would be the only one
suitable, for in the state of anxiety in which all Govern-
ments are at present, the only means to make an im-
pression on them, and even to dictate one's will, is to
persuade them that one is not afraid of war."

THE BOURSE—TuntsnAY, AUGUST 29.

First

Llighest Lowest

Price. Price. Price. Price.
!Preach Five peresnt.s..•••• 119 85 .. 120 05 .• 119 75 .. 119 75
Four per Cents. •• ••• 104 45 .. 104 45 .. 104 45 .. 104 45
Three per Cents.•• • • $0 • • SO 20 80 .. 30
Bank *f France ..... 3025 ..3025 3025 ..3025
LaMtte Rank, 1,0301. Sharesl6Bo ..1080 —lOBO —lOBO
Belgian Bank. ..... 660 .. 660 .. 660 .. 660
Belgian Fives, 1540 ...• lO4 .. 104 .. 104 .. 104
1142 .••• 1/61 •• 1061 .. 1061 • • 1061
Spanish Active .• ••••• • • • • • 30 • • 301 .. 30 • • 301
Threes ...... ••• • • • 33 • • 33 • • 33 .. 33
New Deferred.• • 127 127
• • 12: •• 12:
Portuguese FITS per Cents •• 441 • • 441 •• 44 .. 44
Neapolitan • 57 10 .• 97 10 .• 17 80 .. 97 so
Ronan •• • •

RAILWAY SHARES.
St. Germain • 875 .. 675 .. 875 .. $75
Versailles, R. 8.• ....... •• .• 370 ..370 .. 367 50 .. 3G7 50
L.B .
Rouen ....... .
Rouen to Hayrs•
Orleans
Strasburg to 8a1e....
RAILWAY SHARES FOR THE ACCOUNT, 31sT OF AUGUST.
Versailles,R.B 367 50 .. 367 50 .. 367 50 .• 367 50
L.B 230 .. 233 7i .. 230 .. 233 75
Rouen —.. . . 945 .. 952 50 .. 945 .. 945
Rouento Harrs.• ....• • .... 720 .. 727 50 .. 720 .. 722 50
Orleans
Strasburg to 8a15.......... 236 25 .. 236 25 . 235 .. 235
Avignon to Marseilles •• • ... 740 .. 740 .. 735 .. 743

There is no truth in the report published in the
Post, that Lord Aberdeen had demanded of the
French Government the evacuation of the island of
Mogadore. The correspondents of newspapers incur
a fearful responsibility by furnishing such false
statements at a period when excitement enough
already prevails in both countries.

MAIRIXD.—On the Ist of August, Mr. W. Buck-
laud, of Malmesbury, Wilts, to Ann, eldest daughter of
Mr. Woodrouffe, of Waltham Abbey, Essex.
ERRITUAL—It was incorrectly stated on Friday in
a leading article in The Sun, on the subject of the pro-
ceed'age before the Gravesend police, that Messrs.
Spencer and Oakes were proprietors of the Diamond
Company. We have since been informed that these
; entfemen are not proprietors of the Diamond Com-
FLU, but are bondholders of the Town Pier.

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