The Sun.
London, England, 1827-10-05 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

We insert an article from the Moniteur, in a
spirit of admonition to some other Journal which
it does not name, for perverting or Misrepresent-
ing the motives of FranceraeiseinEt,ngolranfiditinurteh,eoirf
present mediation with regard to the affairs of
Turkey. The Moniteur rebukes the peccant
Journal for having the temerity to avow the
slightest uneasiness, past, present,
the designs of Russia, in yelation to the terri-
tories of the Porte. Indeed, we never read an
article in which the characteristic bonhommie,
benevolence, simplicity, and confiding innocence,
of the Moniteur and its Government, were more
conspicuous ,or more touching. Nor has Russia
less abundant reason to boast of the virtuous for-
bearance of her policy, as described by the
French Journal, than the French Cabinet, and
all Cabinets—all European Cabinets, of the
present day, have, on the same incontrovertible
authority, to pique themselves on their respect .
for public credit, and their devotion to the main- -
tenance of peace ; nay, every thonght which
might " even in remote futurity disturb the
peace," so universal " and so precious," the
Moniteur declares in the most positive manner,
" will be banished from the Councils of every
Sovereign." We protest we are glad to hear such
an assurance. It is a delightful article. There
are no traces of bad, blood, or any blood upon
it, nothing but rose-coloured paper, the same on
which was printed the dove-like ordinance. of
Louis XVIII., announcing that his nephew, at
the head of 100,000 soldiers, was about to
enter Spain—the same on which Ferdinand, in
his " fundamental" respect for public credit,
printed his resolution to disclaim as unlawful the
debts which he had incurred as Constitutional
Sovereign of the Spaniards—the same, in fine;
on which the Holy Alliance and the principle
of legitimacy were proclaimed—on which the
far-famed compact of " legitimate" Sovereigns
was subscribed, by which they announced as the
" fundamental basis" of their policy, a determi.
nation to persecute, and hunt down to destruc-
tion, every reform or change of any kind, which
did not spring from the will of an arbitrary-Mo-
narch ! It appears to us—who are but: humble
spectators of the legitimate stage-L-that its ma-
nagers will not; unless they mend their _system,
be always as competent to adopt and act upon
their own uncontrolled and supreme decisions as
at present they apparently feel themselves. It
seems to us, that even in spite of the managers,
the dramatis Tersonce bid fair to be augmented
in number, and enlarged in power : that Courts
may devise for a short season the ." fundamental
basis" of a favourite policy, but that nations will
build upon it as they list.—Times.

The Whig part of the Ministerial press, though
affecting to be not a little pleased at the recep-
tion afforded to the Duke of Wellington during
his northern tour, gives, in one and the same
breath, evident indications that it wishes it were
not so. The accounts from the provincial papers
of the enthusiasm with which the Duke is every
where received are manifestly garbled=-every
means of throwing an occasional slur, or air of
ridicule, upon, the matter, is resorted to ; and,
above all, great pains are taken to have it be-
lieved that it is on account of his iilitary achieve-
ments only that the applause of all ranks is
showered so profusely upon his Grace. That
the Duke of Wellington's victories live, and ever
will live, in the grateful recollection of his
country, there can be no doubt ; but it is now
above twelve years since the last and crowning
wreath of his glory was acquired ; and therefOre.,
though the very name of Waterloo is embodia'd
in the feelings and recollection of the nation, it
is somewhat too much to presume that, after so
long an interval, and that an interval of peace, a
new ebullition of popular feeling, like that which
the Duke is now experiencing, can break out
from no other source but the smothered embers
of 1815. The truth is, and the Whigs know
it full well, that domestic politics have quite as
much, if not more, to do with the feelings just
now exhibiting towards the Noble Duke in the
North, than even the remembrance of his
splendid career of professional glory. Let the
Whigs attempt to disguise the matter as they
will, their very wincing shows where the shoe
pinches, and where the real pain lies. They
would give the world could they find some
vagabond mob only hooting his Grace for an
instant. This would be raised by them into an
unerring criterion of popular feeling. But this
consolation is denied them, and they are only
left the sorry, hypocritical consolation of regret-
ting that the company of the Marquis of Lon-
donderrynt i
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paid to the Duke. But all this while they care-
fully avoid looking at the other side of the pic-
ture, and of owning (as truth should compel
them to do) that every huzza bestowed upon the
Duke is, and is meant to be, a condemnation of\
themselves, and especially of the way in which
they have stolen into office, utterly regardless of
all the pledges their whole former life has been
employed in giving. For our own part, we look
upon the applause bestowed upon the Duke as
doubly valuable at this moment—as showing, oil
the one hand, that the country entertains a just
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much heroic services; and, on the. other hand, that it
Morn-
ing Herald.

We are by no means desirous of detracting
from the praise to Abielt Mr. Iv
is justly entitled, for'originating
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the State of our Population, when we point out
the inadequacy of the means proposed by the '
Committee to meet the evil. Very great good
whichy
first containsimportance
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w subjectlii
will have been done by the publication, through-
respecting
out the country, of the Report of the Commitee,
however,
very great prejudice prevails. It is indeed highly
gratifying to find, both in'this Report and that
of the Committee, of which Sir James Graham
was Chairman, a bold and manly spirit of In-
quiry, worthy of Statesmen ; and we hail these
symptoms of a better spirit in our ten of rank,
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as one of the best features of the times in which
we live. It is now admitted that the character
of a people varies with the circumstances in which.
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they are placed, and that neither religion nor law
will preserve a people in a sound moral state, if
What
flowery lan-
guage, was stated with equal force by Mr,
Thomas Bradbury, an old Buckinghamshirer.
far-
mer, examined by the Emigration Committee CthielyiefrJeusiltl
:
" 1 have had a great deal of
practice in parish affairs,
and farming of all description
There is
a great deal of theft and sh : • • • eep-steahrig •
about the country,
g from the distress the labou '
cessity drives them to it r ;
there has been ing community;wt i noi -
aand" hebt I'd nbuni-
her in Aylesbury gaol, for sheep-stealing
roosts, and thesepetty thing.; -the g lam beenro robbing
es-
gaol thronged,