The Sun.
London, England, 1817-01-30 00:00:00

JANlitittY
T fIE

"liapOy Stunal ! harshly though'that name
Grates on wine ear, I should have died with, shame
" To see wy King bcfi.,re his subjects stand, .
" And at their Bar hold up his royal hand." •
Cnuacurra.

Among the events which have eminently marked
the history of Britain, that which the solenMitieS
of this day are intended to commemorate, appears
nioA signally distinguished. Many persons, and
some among then qr no light character, have ad-
vised their abolitiorr: considering them perhaps
83 the perpetuation of a too dangerous remem-
brance, and desiring 'to repress the eucouragetuent
.tvhial. they affoid. Yet, if the humiliation with
whiall we labour to atone for: the error of our an-
cestors transmits to our posterity its record, it
preserves at the same time the attestation of our
abhorrence, and the amendment of our prin-
ciples.

The profane and flippant VOLTAIRE was used
to abserve, that on this day every Sovereign
in Europe rose with a crick in his neck : and we
expect the witticism to be revived by our own
Reformers with a most expressive chuckle.
To. them, we offer neither remonstrance nor
warning t—incapable of either :--but to the Pe°.
pie' whom they toil to deceive, we at this' time.
anxiously of both. We desire'them to obierve
that signal lesson which England has exhibited to
their forefathers, and France to themselves ; which
teachmthein, that the crop-eared Reformer of the
nineteenth' Century can meet no better success
than did his roundhead prototype. The
hypo-
crite, whO then pretended to love religion, '
the
hypocrite of our time pretends to love liberty,
failed in his pretence :—the power which had,
been 'elevated on the ruins of the Throne was
speedily overturned ; and taught by its fall the
salUtary lesson—well repaying the evils diet oc-
casion,ed it—and which France has.since happily
repeated, that neither e,Caoatweta.-nor a NAPO-
LEON, neither a gRADSIIAW nor a Foucna, e'en
accomplish, a permanent mischief. -Let, how-
giusfrsko moit v vi Reformer flatter himielf into the
importance'whick he cannot ttnulatel----Let him
not. twencourage4 by the parallel at which he can
never arrive I The limitation of their talent, as
well as the morality of the country, will alike
prevent an Horn., a CARTWRiGHT, or a COBBETT,
from any greater triumph than a little temporary
confusion. There is no need of a laborious em-
bankment to keep out a puddle;—though, as we
do not like to have our shoes dirtied, it may some-
times be necessary to sweep the streets. •
• To the Reformer, our observance of this day,
however ,he may affect to insult over it, affords
no gratifying rolectiun. He. may describe it to
his diatiples as the vonfession'of, popular power ;
meliee beholds 'in it,.the confirms,
tinn of -regal security. 'He .sees. the constituted
authorities of the realm, and the members of the
Legislature, .solemnly humbling themaelves be-
fore Heaven, deprecating, the punishment, and.
.
abjuring the guilt of this enormous offetice. He
May hash up the blasphemies' of PAINE, or choke
us with the trash of GODWfW ; he may tatter his
. togs at' Spa-fields, or rob the gunsmiths' shops
kon Soow-hill ; iffie:so pleases, he may stew his
own calve's-head in claret and, if hi happens to
have been bailed out of Newgate, or. lint yet to
have been mittiluused into it, he-racy swill revO-
Intim-tory tracts at the Crown and Anchor'.or
Freeniason's Hall, and stagger homeward in all
the eat Adorn) :---yet the decent solemnity
with which this day is still honoured amongst us`,
mortifies the disappointed Jacobin, because it
proves the country to have more loyalty and vir-
tue than exactly suit his purposes.
Therefore, we desire its observance to be otty►
tinned, and at this time snore especially ; as it.
shews to the multitude, that the delusions of their
Orators and Leaders can exist in nothing but in-
termediate contusion, and end in nothing but
their own ultimate punishment.
The two greatest Nations in Europe have now
sheWn that popular insurrection, however pros-
perOus, or however insolent, can have none other
cousquenatt than the confirmation of legitimate
authority-, „

Jo- consequence of the Lottery beginning so
einly as Nine o'clock To‘mtirrow Morning, we
understand all the Lottery :Offices will be kept
open till Twelve o'clock This Eyening;, and from
Eight till Nine To-morrow Morning. The whole
of the Copitals,may be drawn. To-morroW, as not
any aro fixed for,the Third (last) Dry.---The first
Prize drawn be more than. One Thousniul
Guineas, end max be TwontyOne •Thousund
Gulnens.