The Sun.
London, England, 1820-04-18 00:00:00

FLANDERS AND HAM BURGH MAILS,

COURTRAI., APRIL-9.—Tk demarcation of the
frontiers of the kingdoms of FrAnce and the, Nt.-
therlands is entirely completed; A. boundary
treaty between the two States was, concluded and
signed here wale 28th of March.
VIENNA, MARCE# 29.—The twentieth confer-
ence6l the Ministers of the German Powers took
place to-day.„ and we are happy to be able to state
that all the subjects which the Congress had to
discuss are now terrninated. The loan, which
has already been spoken of, to the amount of
twenty millions of florins, has been now conclud-
ed between ony..,Court and Messrs. Daotl and
Parish, of Antwerp, and Rothschild, of Frank-
fort. Prince &iterhaiy. has *not. ratified 'a
loin.
concluded with Mr. Rothschild, for four hundied
thousand ducats.. Theism tickets of Rothschild's
Lottery are at a premium of 8 per Ceitt.
FRANKFORT. 'APRIL 7.—lt seems, by the last
accounts from Augsburg, that. the-piequenr, who
lately spread so much terror in that city, has not
been arrested. A person, -whose appearaufe
agrees with that of the individual of whom ti!e
polite are in search,. attacked, .in the middle of
t 1.4,, day, a young country girl, in the road from
Dittengen to Atigsbarg, and, in spite of her re-
sistance, made above-thirty incisions in her arms.
Ile afterwards escaped into a wood.
/3LCRLIN APRIL 8..—0 n Wednesday the sth,
these 'was a'grand, review of the troips- of the
Garrison, *for the 'annual commemoration. of the
taking of Paris on the -31st March, which was
deferred on•aCcount of the holidays.
COPENFIAGEN, APRIL 4 —lt has been decidtd
that gold in bars or ingots, going to Russia, 5h.,11
not be liable to any duty on passing the Sound,
in the same manner as silver bars, which pass
duty free like corn.

FUR siJN.

TilE OPERATIVE CLASSES.—No. I•)
EDITOII--it his h en the co:litattt

tice ot thk Oiv.sitioh dui the Terrill civil
MOtiotlS, tip Kitt-111,11e the ile4sott.dble deeds of the

ntisgird•ft uttn .ctio have bu0,4.;10 tlit4r,tce tiii
114 C Nfliuildl io oils( •t- st's i t Clic

titori whicti h.ye bortle y opoo thew ;tritl
ait:i to ;Ite of oppot:oiti'y to t:xvrt
thettisrivra io Elie ilotietl put solts of their 1;:.-
ape, live callings. It v.ooloi knve be ,:n mote
toioiy io the Wieig n iVtitrt4 to have
148,tetoc,i credo lOU thrit o.vo of

and 0,,A1 ec# at tbtir sttctet..s

cli,ciplcs, than to chiltge the r,.. It 1;p:,11 Provi

drucc., oo the bctilor .s of t S, or upon the

(;«,vermii,:ii tor tit Adotitii,t i fti ioo, as dogtie

dar ,tr•ts make it tn.-, it of th-ir c.ri Ilie

wolf it+ the f:44ir liVrk lib with rartirt•. (tit

routo I)r the i +hobs this ht: has sia"ghtertd. A 1•

lit"trabeiig p pulatimi eAwieS at the

nc,c Ot—.n6n,is for labour, and (11111;niEb-

CO ill, 411 S of siSlettArCe, inert:by reAlly invtdving
m.my i%!iflB: otl tAtAill.ds in o,iortss, rowark.

httlt. that 11,r tltirir ut revolt Etas i:sell
mit4i con•pictiou•ly lawn' tie breii
tub %vtgcs, eucl t' ho, Hever multi linve Ott (..mri
tlictr vettera'lett'fflr thr Comsuctttion, if

1.14 d uot brew iwtatuated by the pernicious conn-
sels and delusive argon', tilt, of a licentious Press,
interested Lea(kis. The late trial, have ploy-
ed, aii(l slip; oacltiiig trials will prove still ItiOrr

to, elidy, that tins is 11,, into y .desertion ; and it any
thtlig :vote wanting to dernoustr,qe the wicked-
ness tit rtsctilliug to poverty 411 d distress, criti!rs
proce,ql trom natural citravity or perverted
I,fnir Ift nioliogs,, we have only to look tit he neigh.
bo.;rhood of wliett 60,000 met) slim,-

their employment, and watitleted idly ►cbc►ttt
the streets, not of course because they cannot

earn the means or subsistence, but because they
have Leen taught to . di:ll).nd sonicthing which
they cannot define, hut whirl+ their seducers tell
them they must clamour atter. The tru'l dis-
trc.tscd, generally sire*king, hear their evils lid-
titti it,'
; hut the rebellious ltadical, not satisfied
witti his o,%ri vnito)tnetit of idleness, teats li,itiest
troni the loom; bud aims the unwilling
1131-til aglittst its Sovereign. Few amongst the
lead,og provincial 'tactic.ls are, tic how any
other c•titst -than their oxii had dispusiti‘ms, to

gather the fruits ut hottest inthistiy, and to earn
that fair and valuable acputation in the esteem of
the continunity, which is 95 LOII6IIE-able to tl►Ve
Mechanic as it is to the Physician, and as useful
in its infittence upon SOCity. They had only to
do their duty to become
.respectable ; but by ne-
glecting that duty they are become criminal end
Intamons. Clceeto was never more correct than
when lie said, i` Idleness is the tree ef utisfort MSC,
and its fruits are curses ;” and Dr. FRANKLIN, in
a more homely but squally excellent sentence, has
said, " the ruili stream runs clear water, bit the
stagnant pool is full of toads and filthiness."—By
hiving taken sortie pains in my infinities, I find
that several of the mistaken men who have lately
dared the vengeance of the law, were not only
able to earn the means of existence, but that some
few of them were to expert in their business that
they'could gain more in a week by their occupa-
tions as journeymen, than many respectable
tradesmen who etubat k their capital in their un-
dertakings. The wife of a Carpenter, lately ap-
prehended, has declared that he could always ob-
tain employment if be chose to apply for it, and
earn front 301. to 355. weekly, by which he once
maintained his family in credit ; another, a cabi-
net-maker, of superior talents as a workman,
never knew the want of work except front bit own
idleness, and could earn, at least, 50s. weekly,
like the carpenter, he abandoned the ho-
nest purstsits of industry, and followed the despe•
tate fortunes of his leader ; a third, a shoemaker,
has been represented to MC as a man capable of
earning-2Z. per week, and similar authentic ac-
counts have been given of other detected traitors.
The facts which this discovery elicited have struck
me very forcibly, as a means of pointing out to
the mechanical and labouring classes generally,
• not only the folly and danger of abandoning the
boater porsoits of industry for the wild and mis-
chievons doctrines of the Reformers ; but also the
little grotind they l:ave for cotoplaint against the
Government of their Country, and even their su-
perior station, contrasted with that of the same
class of persons in other Countries. As a short
tit,6triatent detronstrative of this position may not
be tinserviceable at this critical Hine, as tending
to he that discontent in England is rather the
result of a base attempt to poison the minds of
the People than of that severe distress which is
said to press upon all the operative classes, l•
will, with your permission, offer it to ihe
to..illUtrOw, in your Constitutional Paper.
I ant, Sir,
Your very obedient Servant,

G. M.

* Mr. CraLquete)r , the venerable Police Magistrate, has
tltnt an increase (if 203.01)3 itttrftenllt tithes pla.:c its
'At tistited Kilzgilows id Greoit Britain and Ireland.