The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-29 00:00:00

SUMMARY CF NEWS

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Vabwiltr 04.1itutott.

" Who run.s may read."

rOREIGTC.

A rather prominent subject, in the French Opposi-
tion journals, is the tour of inspection of the Duke de
Nemours. They concur in regarding the tone adopted
by some of the authorities, in their harangues to the
Duke, as inflated and fulsome ; and two or three of them
remark, with some severity, on the way in which the
Ministerial journals record the progress of his Royal
Highness in the provinces.
M. Thiers, says the France, was present, before his
departure, at a meeting of the Left Centre held at the
bouse of M. Ganneron, and at which there were about
thirty Deputies. The same journal states that before
M. de 'Lamartine took his departure on Tuesday for
his seat near Macon, he had a long conference with
M. Odilon I3arrot.

The France in another place says :—" It is stated
that the members of the Left, to the number of forty,
met yesterday morning, at eight o'clOck, at M. Odilon
Barrot's. It is said that the • object was to decide on
propositions made by MM. Duvergier de Hauranne,
Vivien, and Genin. According to rumour, the ma-
jority of the members were of opinion to remain alto-
gether separated from M. Theirs. The ex-President
of March 1 was strongly attacked by several members
of the meeting, and it is added that Al. Duvergier de
llauranue 'was remarked for his eagerness to re-
establish the union between the Left -and the Left
Centre."

The Paris Globe exposes the blundering attacks of
the Presse and National upon England, for the
blockade of St. John of Nicaraga:- The Globe
concludes as follows :—" We take no. part in the re-
-criminations of the French journals against the pre-
tended projects of England. That nation does its
business, and we should do ours, quietly and sensibly,
instead of clamouring. We throw our soldiers on the
north of Africa, whilst England has not yet done the
same in the north of South America. The difference
is, that the French choose the worst points, and the
English the best. The French are quite furious at
every word or doubt thrown by the English on their
African possessions. Surely it is buffoonery in the
face of this, to quarrel with her about Belize or the
Musquito shore. She, at least took the pains to in-
vent an Indian King, and get a testament from him
in her favour, whilst we set about robbing Abd-el-
Kader without any circuitous excuses."
A considerable excitement, nay almost an emeute,
was produced afßoubaix, near Lille, by the conduct
of a policeman who took two well-behaved girls for
prostitutes, and arrested them under the supposition.
One has died from mere horror of the supposition,
and the other is despaired of. Such infamous mis-
takes and intermeddling of the police- is too common
in France and England.
rum.= OPEN ZON.
The Herald has the following remarks suggested
by the late trial of Nicholas Suisse, confidential ser-
vant of the late Marquis of Hertford :—" The recent
trial of Nicholas Suisse, the confidential valet of the
late Marquis of Hertford, has laid bare scenes of pro-
fligacy more disgusting probably than ever before
filled the columns of a public journal. It is due to
society, as journalists who deem that the cause of
public morality has been endangered, that we record
our opinion of the tone adopted by the Learned Judge
before whom the case was tried, and by the Learned
Advocate who conducted the defence. To dwell
upon the excellent character' of a mar. whose chief
merit consisted in the ability with which he minis-
tered to the vile pleasures of his patron, to describe
those services as 'invaluable' which were given
almost wholly to the furtherance of vice—are indeed
expressions of commendation which we little expected
to hear from the lips of a British Judge. The man
Suisse, as Lord Abinger would imply, served his
master with the pliancy for which his countrymen
have become proverbial, and so far he was invalu-
able' to Lord Hertford! But what was his value in
regard to the community at large ? How came
it to escape the moral apprehension or acute
discernment of the Judge, that even a rich
man's valet , needs other qualifications than a
capacity for pandering, before he earns from
the seat of justice the flattering acknowledgment
of being considered an invaluable servant ?'
How did the value of his services operate upon the
public ? Was • there no man's domestic happiness
wrecked ?-- Had ro mother cause to weep for the de-
gradation of her child,—was no heart broken or tie
severed, through this man's agency ? If not, then
Lord Abinger's dictum was a righteous one, and
worthy of his high position ; but if the fact were
otherwise, how are we to estimate his Lordship's
judicial opinion ? The trial altogether has produced
a most painful effect. It has not only unveiled the
profligacy which before was conjectural; it has not
only sown how readily the lofty in station and those
whose intellect alone should have kept them aloof, can
stoop to barter their morality for personal advantage;
it has not only demonstrated how supremely vice may
reign in this world if it have but the means, but it
has also taught the public a new code of morals, by
judicially declaring to it that, provided there be
honour amongst thieves,' a confraternity in evil—
provided a servant be true to his employer, no matter
what his - employment, the world need not trouble
itself about the rest; to be invaluable' in one sense
is to be invaluable' in all."
The Advertiser says :—" In any man associated
with either the present Government sr its predecessor,
it is not too much to say the country has not an iota
of confidence. It is intimidation alone which wrings,
or has wrung, the slightest approach to justice from
the Administration of Sir It. Peel or that of Lord
Melbourne. It was the greatest characteristic of the
irresistible.advance of a sincere and earnest liberalism,
that it has been the means of drawing from even such
Governments the small concessions which the popular
principle has received. But such men and such Go-
vernments are not what the necessities of the people
can longer endure. The Lord Johns may coalesce
with the Peelites, or a Lord Palmerston may be sug-
gested by the Whigs as a suitable prop for their de-
caying insignificance ; but the leaders of the nation
must start up from as different quarters from these,
as the middle and industrial ranks are distinct from
the unproductive and nonsensical greatness of the titled
aristocracy."
The following is from the Chronicle :—"We do
not disguise from ourselves that something more is
required by the Chartists than merely or simply a
fair day's wage for a fair day's work. They demand
political rights; they demand political equality; they
seek an elevation of moral as well as physical condi-
tion. As little do we disguise from ourselves the
twofold fact, that Chartist opinions are more widely
spread, and meet with more sympathy, amongst the
• people, than the middle classes are aware of; and
that, if at this moment, Chartism were by any means
to obtain an ascendancy in the Legislature, the na-
tional debt would be swept away, accumulations of
capital would be broken down, our social condition
would receive a fatal blow, and the existing Consti-
tution of this country would be overthrown. Not a
few of the working classes are distinguished for sound
judgment and clearly defined opinions; but the great
bulk of them in Eng'and are only in that purblind,
half-reasoning state in which they see men as trees
walking.' Universal Suffrage in this country in the
present condition of the working classes would, in
our opinion, probably bring about another version of
the French itevolution ;
yet there are the masses of
human beings virtually demanding it, assigning as
their first reason for the demand, that it would enable
them to obtain a fair day's wage for a fair day's
work. "
The Post thus alludes to the circumstances of the
trial of the confidential servant of the late Marquis of
Hertford :—" The Judge (Lord Abinger) described
the accused as a valuable servant, and, repeating what
had been said by the Counsel (Mr. Thesiger) that a
voice from the grave of his master proclaimed him
(the servant) a most 'exeeltent man. This was a kind
of rhetorical, perhaps hyperbolical, allusion to a pas-
sage in Lord Hertford's will, which states that Suisse
was a. most excellent man. The Times severely
blames both the Counsel and the Judge for thus de-
scribing a man who was long engaged in ministering
to the profligacies of a monster of sensuality and vice.
We think our. Contemporary is rather hasty in this
censure. Both Counsel and" Judge were merely look-
ing to the probable reasons for Lord Hertford having
given a most unusual quantity of money to his
servant. What we think the Learned Judge
censurable for is, that he did not avail himself
of the opportunity 'o make some remarks upon
the picture of life wlsch was brought under
the notice of the Coust, and to express a
just abhorrence of immorality so abominable.
The master of Suisse was no example of a class, but
an exception to all classes—a man of great abilities
utterly thrown away, and abused to the worst pur-
poses—a man of the most extraordinary daring in de-
bauchery—a fearful monument of capability for vice,
supplied sy.th unbounded means of indulgence. And
mark his end. Where' is the toilworn wretch, who
drags on existence' in the most abject penury, but
must feel that hi condition is better, and likely to be
better at the last, than, that of the proud—the pro-
digiously-weal by Lori. Hertford ? Behold him, in
his last days, tuv ,obje:t, not of pity, but of disgust,