The Sun.
London, England, 1821-01-10 00:00:00

MODERN WHIGS.

MR. EDITOR—I have been greatly.
.struck
with some remarks in the Moritiag Chronicle of Wednes-
day last, which, though written I dare say with the usual.
patriotic object of turning out the Ministers, have an
obvious tendency to something so much beyond this object,
that I cannot refrain front attempting to expose their
ab,urdity. To thinking minds, they will carry with theta
their own immediate refutation;—but certain easy souls,
,vho ate in the habit of swallowing with implicit faith
whatever their daily purveyor of politics sets before them, re_
quire to be put on their guard. A word or two in. the brst
place (though that is not the Gravamen of my charge against
the Whig Journal) upon the notable discovery it has made,
that the Bill of Pains and PenaltieS,as proposed by Ministers,
" was the roost rer•olutionarr/ Measure that has ever been
agitated since the sitting of the Convention Parliament !"I
did once hear it advanced in a private 'company, that Minis-
ters had turned Jacobins upon this occasion—and the only
result was a hearty laughs at the - expence of such a
sapient reasoner ! But when a proposition like
,thii
appears in print—when a public Editor bits down
gravely to tell his Readers that this Bill " would have

established a Precedent,. which- :might equally sanction
the dethronement of a King, as of a Queen"—l am not a
little startled. .So, then I—A measure passed by the two
Houses of PArliament without the Royal Assent,—nay more,
an Act of positive aggresslon by two branches of the Legisla-
ture against the third—is just as constitutional—just as easy
of accomplishment—and just as much entitled to the weight
and authority of Law, as a regular enactment of the King,
Lords, and Commons !! This is a novel doctrine, at all
events, and somewhat astounding from those who profess to
he the only real friends of the Constitution! Hisd it come
merely from the enlightened PatriUts of the day, who are so
well inclined to dispense with the functions of Royalty alto-
gether, there would have been nothing to surprize us—hut
arc The Chronicle and its friends of this Class ?—No—they
tell us, day after day, that the only Addressers of the Crown,
possosing genuine loyalty and attachment to the person of
the Sovereign, are those who boldly lecture his Majesty upon
the necessity of a change, both of men and measures.—
And how do they prove this ? Must unfortunately for their
'own argument, by the case of Richard 11.. The Ministers of
that day, says Lord Bolingbroke, " persuaded the King that
they suffered for his sake—that the alas of Isis enemies was
to dethrone hills by di racing them." And was not this
very suspicion confirmed by the seqrsel ? fur we find them,
when they have got the King completely into their power,
forcing him to sign—what ? Not a pledge to.remove the ob-
noxious Minister's from his Counsels, which would have an-
swered all the professed object, but " an instrument confess-

ing himself unworthy to govern the kingdom." Observe
then the gist of the argument, which is simply this, that if
the King does not give up the power 'of choosing his own
Ministers to the dictum of popular Meetings and clamorous
addresses, he -commits a crime for which he may be called
upon to ahrogate his Throne ! !
Yet this is the loyalty and devotion to the King's per-
son, which, according to The Chronicle, are to throw into the
shade all the cletfarations of those, who are contemptuously
called the Ultra-Loyalists of the day. 'The Whigs disavow
on all occasions any sanction of the revolutionary principles,
which the Radicals arc so ill -able to conceal, hut where are
they now to draw the line.? Suppose the Radicals to march
boldly onward it 'their course to overturn the Government,-
where are the Whigs to stop, and say, " so far we will go
with you, but no further." W 5 know that they will join them
in a general condemnation of Ministers—in deprecating
places and pensions (such at least as have not beets created
by themselves)—in defending our virtuous Queen—and.even
in talking about some sort of Reform in Parliament—but we
have heentaught to believe, that if Matters came to any thing
like an open rupture, the Whigs would resolutely stand by,
and protect the Throne. We are deceived, however, for a
King may even he deposed, if he goes. the heinous length of
rejecting a Whig Ministry ! ! I. Let the respectable Whigs of
England, who retain their relish and their regard for the
genuine Constitution of the Country, consider seriously the
dangerous countenance which is thus given to violent and ille-
gal designs ! They are daily identifying themselves more and.
more with the proceedings of their radical adherents, and
are assisting in the erection 'of a battery, which, when once
its fire is opened, will assuredly be turned against themselves,
and all they hold :Mist dear .and valuable.
I am, Sir, your most obedient Servant,
AN ELECTOR OF WESTMINSTER,
January 6, MI. . .

IRISH TRADE.—lrish Butters are now selling
at 84s. per cwt. first quality ; and 80s. for se-
conds ; and 765. for thirds. Irish Bacon is in
band demand, at two shillings more than the last
week's prices. The supply of Irish Beef and
Pork in the London Market is rather scanty ;
but on the whole, all the above articles are look-
ing upwards. We cannot say
.so much for Irish
Wheats. ,and Oats ; but rather think they will
not be lower. •

BRIGHTON, JAN. B.—The KING this morning
took a lengthened promenade on the Palace
Lawn ; his Majeity appeared in excellent health
and spirits.. The weather was comparatively
mild, but with an atmosphere opaque and damp.
The Princess AUGUSTA took a carriage airing
this morning, accompanied by Lady M. TAYLOR.
Her Royal Highness, after passing a short-dis-
tance westward, directed the carriage to be
turned, and then proceeded eastward nearly to
Rottingdean. The Winchester family and Lord
WILTSUIRE, have the honour of dining with his
MAJESTY and Royal ,suite at the Palace this
evening.

A' letter from Cadiz, of the 16th says,—" Se-
veral ships of war are just arrived here, after a
short passage from Havannahipthe amount of
srcie brought by them is verArifling. .A fri-
gate, however, was to sail on the 10th from Ha-
Arannah,with four million of double piastres.
The convoy under the escort of the Pronta fri-
gate arrived at Ilavannah on the 17th. The
plague has broken out in the Pronta. We learn
that supplies have been thrown . into Carthagena,
and that the blockading squadron had retired to
Savanilla, pursued by five royalist ships.- In a
sortie made by -the garrison of Carthagena
on the Ist of September, 400 of the., besiegers
Were killed; among Sena were several English,
and four Colonels."