The Sun.
London, England, 1826-12-11 00:00:00

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Lion or intelligence, which in England transmits the least I
vibration orfeeling or alarm with electric sensibility from
one' end 'Of the kingdom to another, and, :which unites in
bonds of connection men of similar interests and
Lions, has no existence in France. -Tlma.it. may be
said, perhaps with truth,' that the fall' of the King, Court,
Lords, Nobles, Army, Church, and Pnrliaments, is owing
to a -Want of intelligence being, quickly circulated, con-
sequently is owing to the. very effects orthat thraldom iu
which they held the people," The Lord Chief Bitron
Alexander, his . charge, said, " The plaintiff deserves
from your.hands a severe vindication of his character; and
lam sure that yon Will give that vindication to him, if you
are not improperly influenced by the topics which have
been this day adrtressed to you, I hear. , with regret from
so able and experienced a Counsel Seerlettokriqob-
servation that it is no offence to, repeat charges of
,this na-
ture if you state who the authorg of them are;. and 'that the
only parties against whom, the. party libelled can justly
proceed, are the original inventors` and pnblishers'of the
caluinny. I hope it is unnecessary for me to any;: that I
am, as Nvell as every other Englishman, 'a friend to the
freedom of the Press (the pro Verb says, SaVe me from
my friends, and I will take care of my enemies); but
must say, that it seems to me essential to, the freedom of
the Press to check its licentiousness, and That the real
enemies of the Press are those who seek to excuse and
palliate its licentiousness. You may as well Open your house
at night to house-breakers,' and allow them to enter and
take from you your property with impunity, as'not' to. pu-
nish the Proprietors of, Newspapers when they are guilty
of repeating such atrocions libels us thOse which have
this day been brought before you. It is no justifica-
tion of any person who publishes that which is in-
jurious to the happiness of society, and to the Constitution
we enjoy, to say that he only republishes that Which has
already appeared in print. It appears to rue, that the re-
petition of such calumnious and libellous matters, is -an
,of-
fence both to God and to man ; and is an injury to the
country, as well as to the person who undeservedly suffers
rrom This is colouring with a vengeance.. Offence
;o God ,and man !if-atrocious libels !—injurious to the

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happiness of society,!,7—dauee through the-periods of the
venerable Judge, in a most extraordinary manner. ifutthe
libel is 'only atrocious even in his eyes, ve suppose, because
it is not justified. " The defendants had pleaded the ge-,
neraViSsue, and had' not pura justification upon the record
(he say:), a circumstance Which prevented the truth of the
libel from being that day brought into question. It must,
therefore, he taken as false .But every statement copied
from a distant paper, which becomes the subject, of prose-
eution, must be atrocious in the eyes of ,thtt Chief Justice:
on this principle because it is.next to impossibleior a Jour-
nal to justify any such statement. In the first plaCe, he does
not posseK the local' knOWledge to:enable him tOdliCOver
the necessary witnesses ; audio the next place, the exponee
of conveying them to town, and maintaining them there for
months till the cause happen to be called on, would be ruin-
ous. The general issue must, therefore, of necessity, be plea-
ded in all such trials, and the libels will always be atro-
cious and of in the eyes of 'God end Man. There
may he cases
,tif libels published in some contemptible
Ct►untry Paper,: for the sake of beiKcopied. into a 'Paper
in town, or some contemptible
Town Paper, tube copied into ry respectable Paper in the
Cot ntry; if it,can lie made, out that such is the
fact,- we are not preparpdto say that Juries should not
find verdicts against..botli Myers. lint' we contend, tleu
these ought only to be exceptions, and that parties onvlit
to lie eontined to the original ppas for redress. . The por-
poSeS of justice will be completely ansWeredin thiS way ;
lot it be stated, in aggrawitiop, when the libel is prosecitted,
That the injury lies been' increased - by the extended circa
lation'of the 'libel- .throtighour the country!. but let diet
party who has caused all theinjurt pay all the tlarnagej,
flteAietrini oflthe Chiebßar'on goes to 'the coMPlete
destruction of ill :that is valuable in Nowsquitnall,—,Morn-
ing Chronielehi.. ..et v.,, tut l:

There'is a eircurnatinca flaking our trade With Sonth
America which deierveg examination. • The interruption
which our !commerce has sustained flout the- blooktde of
,the Rio de hr' Plata, by the Brazilian squadrini, is: well
known: and no small toss wilt be sustained by our mer•
chants and underwriters, in consequence of the great mini.
'her` ofutiVvesseltiwhich have been, detained, in attempt,
leg to proceed to•BuenoS.Ayres, and will probably be con-.
&med. Of this we haVe no right.: to coMplairt,•so
long as the same rule is applied to us and other nations
Iruhseilmitnitely,• . But there are tivo eirctimataneei, which
seem to us not alittle extraordinary ; first, American ship
seem to be much more succesritil in reaching Buenos 'Ayres
than `imw vessels am; iseemully, the instances' in which
Atherican ebips are, detabied-'und tarried to Brazil, for ad-
judication, ure wondrously .64; 'when compared with the
numberof British ships•witich share that fate. The' Atne.
ricans, it is true, pay 'ley, respect to the Laws of Nations
'than we do ; the BraAlians are bound to enforce the
blockade equally atrainst : and if, from any motive, they
permit, 01' lit, tilt ihrriliq 106 of 'it' by one nation
more than tinother,, it ought not to be any longer re 7
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ST A T OF Tli Litt AAt A.—l f Shakspoare' litto
drawn him f",ociolanescr and his Richou/s for the Kembles eno
'thelteans, by whom they tvell' first p4fortheol, his Eitsiejr for
leome'Elliston, To.uchihres for his Liston of the day, his plays
would have taken no permanent or general hog of the World,"and
the 1100eit. of the poet reload have flied in tlie.same hoar, and gone
into the same oblivion as the actors. When ,a play is written for
An actor, there can, l^, no true fueling,---on deep human nature in
it; -and it vill, not bear transportation even info Ow iwxt county.
Until, therefore, this fetter is broken, awl floe, who,toold de.
lineate from oature, and write at the iilltoike of genius, be per-
mitted to tome before the public Without tranneel, 'either from
the 'enpidity of Managers or the coticeii. of ;mom, it may he'eon.
Healy tail that-we'llever can 'have a gtiod. Phiy—a play that
Will please eitin the lowest vulgar, after the' mimic for whom
it was mantifeetured has teased to act, or become tiresome in it,
—Mont* Review. ,•
• CANOVA AND NA POLEON—ci UtMOVa :WM ad-
'Milted to the familiarity of NapOluort t he was very .tifteo at Mal-
' ruoilieni with him and the ECupreior Josephine. • The warrior jested
'with the artist. ' Yon' ;hake conqiiesno on • marble,' said he ;
they are harder, than mine.' ',Arid perhaps 'more durable,' an-
swered Canova. AWL he advisedhito, to repo** upon his trophies,
to enjoy his-power, and not to Tut, a destiny to the proof which
Inul been so many,times Axed by yietoryv• The F.'mperor laiughed
at' the gettiptorli fears, and allowed, '1 gong.ags if) new battles as
.on make ttitw. statues.' ',Tito eau is.Vety.diNrAntoi rattlied Ca,
•t an• artist onght. never .to, atop in the career of thg,fine
arts. Ile ought to march from conquest to conquest.; mediocrity
alohe think it has obtained: its ',object. But a thousand dangers
accompany the warrior to the road of,ambition. Recollect Mins
Cesar,. and a number of others.' You think, then, the Ides of
of Mareh are' to be dreaded on my account ?' ' Your, death is less
to he apprehended than a defeat !' do not fear either,' replies'
Napoleon; both of then, would fool me as firm as your statues.'
After Napoleon bad married Macii Louisa, he appeared disap-
Pointed that ( ituovit bad not, complimented him on the occasion.
' Ought. Ito congratulate you,' nail the latter, for having; di-
von cii fortane —Lilerinif Gazelle.
8 QUI It It El4c.---it is t 1 cutitiuB circumstance, anti 110 t.
generally known, that most of those oaks which are called spon-
taneous, are planted by' the.sonirrel. This little embroil low per-,
firmed the most essential service to the British navy. A gentle-
man walking one day in the woods belonging to the Duke of
Beaufort, near .Tray House, in the county of Monmouth, his at-
tention watt diverted by wagniirrel, whirl' sat very composedly upon
the ground. He stopped to nliserve lois motions; in a few ton-
ciente the squirrel darted to the top of a tree, beneath which he
had been sitting. In an instant he was down With an acorn in
his mouth, and after digging a small hole, he 'stooped down and
deptetitedtbe worn ; then covering,iti he dacteti up the tree again.
Ina topologic its was down again with another,: which he burritsl
in 14°4"w Manner., This he continued to do AS long at the oh-
server thought.
Proloar tOowateb hint. The industry of this little
animal is direetml tuthe.purpose of. securing hintagainat want !in
the winter; and it is probable that Ida metuory is ,sit
retentive to _enable him-to remember tico *patio which be doial,'W.
every acorn ; the iudostrious little fellow, no doubt, loses altw
every yow ; theta: up, and are &Anted to, supply the
place of the. Party Moos it Britain, insomemeasore,
debted to the. fltin'strY aft'y, end memory of a squirrel, for suer
pride, her glor
hor vory exist€4ce....;-,edidintyit ~emus
Courant.

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