The Sun.
London, England, 1820-01-26 00:00:00

REVIVAL OF TRADE.

We haVe had several occasions lately of laying
before our readers strong circumstances of proof,
that the internal condition of the country is fast
improving under the benign influence of those
Laws which Parliament recently enacted. It is
with sincere pleasure we add, that these auspi-
cious circumstances continue to multiply. , The
following intelligence from Glasgow indicates,
not only that this 'revival of trade and manttfac-

lilies is extending to various branches of industry,
h.it that it is mainly to be traced to the returning
confidence of the country, since the evil spirit of
Radical Reform has been coerced :

" GLASGOW, JAN. 22.—T0 the notices formerly
communicated respectiug the symptoms of the re-
vival of (lade, it may be meocioned that tallow
and potashes have already risen in our market ;
and that the holders of cotton-yarn refuse to sell
at 'thy 'former prices.

" We formerly mentioned the vivacity which
had partially taken place in the weaving depart-
went. The bleach-fields of course are consider-
ably thronged) and the cotton-spinners are in
better spirits. Those credulous people who
doubted fur a moment the stabilny of the Go-
vernment, and the resources of the Co►rntry, are
now regaining their confidence. The hoards'sl
silver is pouring fast into circulation, and there
Are coniparatively few complaints of want of
change."

" GLASG(IW, JAN. 20.—1 t i 9 gratifying to be
enabled to intimate that a general stir in trade is
now taking place through the country, and our
manufactures are giving indications of resuming
considerable activity. Wolk is tact g,tting plen-
tier. Many warehouses in town are taking on
hands for pullicates, lappets, and veined stripes,
particularly the last two."

IRISH MASVFACTURRS.-A new branch of the
11700Ilen Mannfaernre has been introduced
this city, which promises beneficial results to the
silk trade in particular, and to the conn;ry at
large. following are some particular-3 re-
specting it :

" All the yarn required for the wool Of tabinets
is spun in England from Irish wool, and import-
ed by the silk-manufacturers of the Liberties.
A manufactory has been established in Linen Hall-
street, for spinning this quality of yarn, which
has been attended with complete success ; and,
finalit, the demand exceeding the present means
of production, affords every motive for extension
so as to comprehend a full supply for the mat ket,
which would give employment to thousands, and
secure to It eWill a profi'able branch of matiufac-
r ure."—(Dublin Paper.)

In last night's Gazette, a reward of 50 guineas
is offered, and also a tree pardon, to any accom-
plice giving such information as may lead to the
conviction of the person who,aetnally ficed at Mr.
\V. STENON, sots of Mr. J. STEN4ON, Of Not-
tingham, lace-manufacturer. '!'he contents ot the
fite-arm passed throogh the back part of the
crown ot Mr. W. S.'s hat.

On Saturday last an Inquest was .held at the
King's Arms, parish of CI tend, in Surrey, on
view of the body of Mrs. Sarah Cornwall, who met
with her death in' consequence of her residence
being inundated with water. It aheared from the
evidence, that the deceased, tsho was op%vards
of 80 years of age, resided in a cottage near
Baostead in Surrey, and that from its local situa-
tion, it was completely filled with water on
Wednesday last, an overflow of which had been
produced by the thaw. On perceiving her dan-
ger, she made an effort to escape, but being very
teeble, she unfortunately fell, and was suffocated.
Verdict—" Accidental Death."

On Monday morning a most melancholy acci-
dent occurred at Loddington, near Maidstone.
A young man was shooting at sparrows from the
door of a cottage, and just as he had taken aim,
a young woman, named Sarah Horton, about
19 years of age, came f►otn a door almost adjoin-
ing, arid was entering the door where he stood,
wlien the gun went off, and the contents taking'
the direction of her bead, carried away her nose
and the lo►eer part of her face. Medical assist-
ance was immediately procuted, and she lingered
about five hours in the greatest agony, and then
expired.

Yesterday, George Taylor was brought up to
Guildhall, before Alderman WAtlmmAtst, charged
with keeping a receiving house for stolen goods.
The prisoner, it appeared by the testimony of
Forrest, the officer, was, now, and had been for a
length of time, keeping a house of the description
alluded to, for the express purpose of encouraging
young thieves, who generally sold him what pro-
perty they stole at a very inferior price. The
prisoner, who is a well known character, was fully
committed fo Newgate.
On
.Monday setenight, about twelve o'clock
noon, three men and three boys, prisoners in
Edinburgh, effected their escape in the
tolitiwing manner :—As the turnkey ientered a
cell where the prisoners were confined, for the
put pose of removing one of them to another
apartment, a quantity of snuff was thrown in
his eyes, and instantly the whole prisoners •Lt-
tacked and knocked hien down ; they then at-
tempted to put a rope round his neck, with the
intention to hang him ; but he, being a stout
man, prevented them carrying their purpose
into execution. The noose of the rope get-
ting into his mouth, prevented him from
giving the alarm. They !hen dragged him into
another cell, and locked him in, and made the
best of their way through one of the under pas-
sages, and got clear over the back wall. We lin.
dvrstand that three of them have since been re-

A flock (if ninety ewes, belonging to the 1,44
of P. J. Yates, Esq., at Naish-house, near.Bris-
tal, ‘vere, on the night of Tuesday se'nnight,
drowned in a shed, to which they' had usually
been dtiven %luring this inclement season, owing
in the heavy fain and rapid thaw which then took
pkt:e.

PROVINCIAL JOURNALS.

(Front " The Leeds btleiligencer," Jan. 41.)
We think it gray truly be said, that party spirit
has been the bane of this country; that it has
been the cause of the greatest part of that discon-
tent, which at present exists ; that it has aggra-
vated tensfold, the pressure of distress, by em-
bittering the minds of the people against the go-
vernment, and by ascribing to Ministers, not only
those evils, which may perhaps have been occa-
slotted by injudicious (we are certain not
tentioued) measures, but also those, which
human foresight could foresee, no human agency
prevent. A determined resistance is made to every
act of administration, " right or wrong," by the
men who are willing to sacrifice honour, future
fame, and the dearest interests of their country,
to the desire for ;dace, or the paltry gratification
of thwarting those, whose syvem is so opposite
to tire one they recommend. No opportunity is
omitted of ra;siug, from one end of the empire to
the other, an Outcry against the goverfiment ; and
the most dishonourable artifices are resorted to,
for the purpose of bringing non contempt, the
Sovereign and his advisers. This conduct is par-
sued by the ei-dirant "Friends of the People,"
burp in and out of Parliament. It has beep pur-
sto.ri by them for years back, and we cannot cal-
culate upon their adopting all other line of con-
duct, in years to come.
That such camiluct is not aceot dant with that
pwriotison, which ought to reign in every British
bosom, is evident to all who ore impartial spec-
tators of the strife of parries within this kingdom.
That it is or pased to every principle of sound
policy, and calculated to excite discouteot and
sedition, must be equally evident ; and we regret
the infatuation, which leads so many noble and
honourable characters, to rank therusalves in the
list of patty, or rather of Faction, to the embae-
rasmeotof public business, and the injury of the
public weal.
We do not mean to say, that parties should not
exist, that no opposition should be offered to the
views of Ministers. No ; far from it. A Con-
stitutional opposi+ion is necessary for the preser-
vation of our freedom, and the security of our
rights ; but then this opposition ought to be con-
fined within the bounds of reason and moderation.
The general and regular reprobation of every act
of the Ministers of the Crown, is not less degrad-
ing to the individuals who are guilty of it (Whilst
it is attended with infinitely more detriment to the
interests of the country), than is the blind confi-
dence, which makes the credulous populace the
dupes of the veriest knaves that ever disgraced
humanity. We " cannot conceive it a matter ot
honour or dtry (but the direct contrary), in any
Member of Parliament, to continue a systematic
opposition, for the purpose of putting government
under diffiet&ies, until tire Whigs (with all their
present ideas), shall have the principal. direction
of affairs placed in their hands ; and until the
present body of administratiou (with their ideas
and measures), is, of course, overturned and dis-
solved."—This is the ground on which we cen-
..snre the modern Whigs ; this is the ground on
which we reprobate that baleful party•spirit by
which they arc characterised.
It was justly observed by Lord Castlereagh,
in his address to the freeholders of the county of
Down, at the last general election, that " it was
only by tiro honest conflict of opinions, that truth
was elicited.. It would be impossible," said his
Lordship, " for the most enlightened Cabinet,
to govern a nation without tin boniest conflict of
opinion." In this, every independent man must
entirely coincide. Every measure of Ministers
ought to receive due investigation, but not un-
qualified opposition, without any investigation ;
they ought to be opposed if wrong, supported it
right. For if there be a " Ministerial corruption,
to which no man, be he of what party lie may,
should disgracefully bow," there is also a " wild
biasting licentiousness, against which it becomes
everyman to protest," arid " a popular corruption,
to which, if we bow, our disgrace will be our
lightest punishment." The evils of faction are
as devastating as the evils of corruption ; both
should be avoided, and -that manly independence
preserved, which would disdain alike to surrender
up the right of private judgment to rite beck of a
Minister ; or to tamper with popular prejudice
and passion, for the attainment of any private
ends ; or for the gratification of any motives
illicit ambition.

The proof that the conduct of the Whigs has
been the cause of the disaffection that was lately
openly manifested, and which, we fear, still se-
cretly exists, amongst a large portion of our po-
pulation, stares us in the face in every page of
our history, for the last thirty years. Who ori-
ginated the cry of Reform which has been rung
in our ears, till they were almost deafened with
the din ? Who set the example of designating all
who dared to dissent from their dogmas, as " the
unprincipled enemies of freedom, the worthless
and degenerate . hirelings of corruption ?" In
short, where are we to look for the origin of the
doctrines now broached by the Radical Reformers,
but in the speeches and writings of the Whigs ?'
And yet the latter now disown the former, for
having followed up their principles, to the' legiti-
mate conclusion ; and are angry, when told
that they are the " cause of the present discon-
tents."

That the 'opposition of the ‘Vhigs is only a
struggle for place, is evident, from the acts of
the Administration of 1806. That " talented"
Ministry, when in power, forgot the abuses,
against which they had declaimed with so much
energy, when out ; and never did any Ministry so
little fulfil the professions they had unceasingly
made. They were dismissed, by the united voice
of Prince and people; and they have since been
excluded " from the most exalted offices of
Stme," not (as we have lately been informed by
one of their apologists), '6 because they were
clogged with conditions, that would have de-
prived them of the power of reforming abuses, to
the extent which- they wished ;" but because they
refused to accept of them, except on terms, in-
compatible with the dignity of the Sovereign, and
the welfare of the people. Instead of a limited
Alonarehy, they wanted an aristocracy, in which
the Prince and the Peoule would have been equally
the slaves of a few great families ; and they

shewed their patriotism, end their regard for Eng-
land's glory and prosperity, by pertinaciously
adhering to their demands ; though they pre-
tended to believe, and endeavoured to persuade
the people, that nothing but their return to power
could save ate Country from ruin and dishonour !
They hoped, that the Prince would have been
driven to the necessity of acquiescing in their
art ()glint pretensions ; they calculated upon placing
him in the same trammels, in which the Fox and
Norib coalition hail placed his Royal father.—
But, happily for Britain, they grounded their
hopes on a rotten foundation ; the Regent formed
an Administration svithont their aid ; and dis-
missed ‘• his early friends," to mourn over that
wayward policy, which had led to disgrace and
exclusion from the confidence of both the So-
vereign and the People.
Since it has been the effect of the Party-spirit of
the Whigs, to excite discontent and disaffection ;
since it has been the policy of o'tr political agi-
tators,--to depict the peseta situation, and the fu-
ture prospects of Englishmen in the most gloomy
colours; to infuse into the minds of the lower
classes, a hatred of our Government and Institu-
tions : and to set before them a false representa-
tion of the happiness and prosperity of other coun-
tries, the inhabitants of which are, in reality, in-
finitely more depressed than themselves; the task
of every friend to his country, should now be, to
root out this spirit, and to re-kindle in the breast
of Britons, a love of " their own, their native
land ;" an admiration of its 'establishments in
Church and State, and a resolution to hold by
them to the last ; and to oppose all who aim at
their destruction. Instead of supporting a parti-
cular set of men because they assume an imposing
natne, and come before the public under the pre-
tence of defending their rights, and opposing the
encroachments of prerogative, let the people be'
taught to estimate measures rightly—and to sup-
port such as are calculated for the general good,
whether they emanate from Ministers or from the
Opposition. Let them place a generous confi-
dence in the Government of their Country ; and
not insult Ministers, by unfounded suspicions,
and undeserved calumnies. The task of governing
is no easy one, in the best of times ; and, as the
judicious Hooker observes, those who go about
to persuade a people they are not so well govern-
ed as they might be, will never want diligent and
attentive hearers." Whilst there are so many,
who are inclined thus to persuade the people—
every good subject should strive to counteract
their efforts.