The Sun.
London, England, 1826-09-23 00:00:00

LONDON.
SATURDAY EVENING, SEPT. 23, 1826.

At a late hour yesterday afternoon we received the
?toile dated Thursday. We have since received the
other French Papers, of the same date, from which
extracts will be found in a preceding column.
The courier Francais gives a very sensible article
upon the treaty of Gulisten, between Russia and
Persia, the principal conditions of which it comments
on with much liberality and freedom. It will be seen
by this treaty that Russia gained every thing and
Persia nothing—where then is the wonder that Persia
should seize the first opportunity fin- recovering some
of the substantial benefits which she before enjoyed ?
The conditions of a treaty between two Kingdoms, if
founded upon injustice to one of the parties, cannot be
more binding than the terms of a private contract
between individuals, where one party makes a profit at
the expellee of the other. But such bargains can last
only as long as the weaker party is unable to assert its
due rights. Nothing is more pernicious than an over-
,.
reaching disposition to take all, merely because chance
or the peculiar nature of circumstances, enables the
stronger party to take advantage of the weaker. Russia,
true to the grasping principles of her ambition, first
seized on certain provinces of Persia, and then
retained them as a matter of policy, on the vague
plea of state necessity, or some other plea equally
insidious. Persia submitted, for the best of reasons,
that she could not help herself, but demands the
restitution of her rights the first moment she conceives
herself in a condition to enforce them. It were, how.
ever, idle to suppose, that Persia could contend single-
handed with Russia, or that she would provoke the
vengeance of such an antagonist, unless supported in-
directly by a-more. efficient Power. The observations
of the French Editor on this subject are so much in
unison with ourown views, that we cannot do betterthan
refer the Reader to , them, merely observing, that
Russia would consult both her own interests and those
of other Countries, by << letting.well enough alone:r
for, she may find, when too late, that an extension of
territory will only weaken instead of augmenting her
power.

The lamentable story of a young lady from the
neighbourhood of Hampstead Muir, 'which we have
given in another
part of this paper, is one of those nar-
ratives, the perusal of which might give warmth to the
coldest heart, and eloquence to the tamest pen,—the
warmth of
Passionate pity and burning resentment,—
the eloquence of anguished lamentation over the victim,
and bitter invective against the destroyer. On such a
topic, and till both sides have' been heard,—if indeed
the other side will venture to claim a hearing,—we are
fearful of trusting ourselves in any effusion of feeling;
nor perhaps is this the proper moment even for touch-
ing the subject in the way of discussion. In imitation
of venerable
even irronl authority,
good
words, or from what we ought possibly to hold ou/-
peace appear to
us such but the circumstances of this tragical tale
confirm certain views of the state ofthe law that have
long been familiar to us ; and, under the excitement of
:
such an occurrence, our suggestions
may probably ob-
.
tain a more careful hearing than they would be likely
to command after the sensation should have subsided.

The law of Scotland, on the subject of inarr:age,
seema in some points sufficiently preposterous. Surely
it is_ absurd, and it is more than absurd, that the most

sacred and Awful contractlriteavltich two human beings
can mutually enter, shodhlrequire to he auspicated by
far tot' ver and lighter solemnities than some of the most
ordinary transfers of property. The question asked
with reference to a similar case in the old play, "
tamne rent tam ncgligenter agere ?" is Immediately
applicable to certain of the forms (if forms they may
be called) of matrimony, permitted, though not Au-
thorized, by the Scottish system of jurisprudence.
But, having made this observation with all freedom
and all respect, we cannot help thinking that, in one
patthwlar, the framers of Marriage-laws in E»gland
might most usefully receive a hint from the regulations
of the sister kingdom. The value of that hint will he'
estimated at once from this simple statement, that,
taking the tragical occurrence that has given rise ie.
these remarks to be exactly as stated, such an occur*
rence could not possibly take pl;:re under the opera.
lion of the law of Scotland. By that
law, sedadion,
on a promise of marriage, is impossible. The 60e-
cess of the villain who means such a crime, floe itself
complete the marriage ; the injury which be meditates'recoils on himself ; the intended prey to his hearties)
wickedness becomes ipso facto his lawful wife ; En?
the contract, into which he solemnly but friudnienilY.
entered, is at once, and.according to the striciest Prin.
ciples of justice, indefeasibly carried into effecon t,
Surely it may be worthy the considerati of the
legislature, whether. a rule 'so simple and so efficacious
as this might not with infinite advantage
disappointment of many atrocious schemes, and the
preservation of many hearts from breaking-10
duced into the English Statute-hook. It is of row°
a
supposed that the proof of the promise of •
marrige
must be strict. Placing the case on the. lowest possible
ground, it falls within the obvious operation of that
that where
well-known principle of justice and
.equitY,
—with the
then,
an agreement has once been deliberately made'
• ofi
if it be so far acted upon as that the contracting psrLif'
or either of them, cannot be completelY
e t shall be
their respective situations, the agreern-
.t• the want
held valid and complete, notviithstanuing
• by the
of certain adjunct formalities requiredA
whieb
law. But what instance can be
a
the parties are so irretrievably Comm:
tted
as one of the re
acting on the inchoate agreement, reinstated in.
ties in this instance ? It is not that the unhapPY :
She has in*
tim cannot he replaced in statu quo.
her all. The difference is between a valid contract 0"
the one hand, and utter desolation on the other.
of
If it be said that even the weaker party, in C3CB,
seduction is not free from moral fault--the positl°`
must be admitted. Even arguing on that
foonagv
however, a great deal might be said on the .conll'are"
tive delinquency of the two, supposing the transges'
, stun contra Lonos shores to be equal, we have to add'
on the part of the sedbcer, the very blackn,s.l
jury. But the truth is, that no question, of the eDd
arises. Once pass such a law as that of Scotland
and there is an end of crime on both Bidet. It "'li
be perfectly known, that neither of the
agents could
assume the contract to be complete, without 04°
•making it so. Thus, the very occasion of offence
would be cut off; and this is not one of the least' te':
commendations of such' a rule. On the whole, n•
deed, it seems to us, that such a rule must aei'ib
diminish the mass both of crime and of misery ;
place a barrier round youthful innocence ; and °Pe's"
h lk;
as a material safe-guard to the peace and the oele
k
of families.

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London to know, that the day before we left New ° Idle
the 29th August, intelligence had arrived there„gh of
disembarkation of sor 6000 troops from 113."6,—, iii;h'
the Mexican coast of Panuco, from a Spanjob
_Lad." stsii
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from Cumana, in the Indicador del °'llocco,
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and repose demand it : the obec
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and bad spirit which animates thoseity'who.direct thou events.
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goe peasantry from the Island of Madeira, for the PurrSpoin
tending the cultivation of the grape. f. he 147°s'fifnillitisie Pli-
boLuory, had arrived at Van Dienian's Land, with l'-„,1 Christ
m urft among whom are Alummery, the clergYin, t lad aloo
mu, the hanker's clerk. The.Doncoster, Cap aft Cliurcm tieing
arrived at that colony • Dunn, the busbranger, aftes:t 001
wounded and supposed to havepe;ished, was still st liter "i °me
been joined by four or five runaways end liad Plup:11 tl tr° WI
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