The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-21 00:00:00

Ztie tut,

LONDON :
MONDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 21, 1842.

We rejoice to .see the merely Whig Journals
heartily abusing Lord LYNDHURST for his-ap-
pointments in Bankruptcy and Lunacy. They
are erecting a standard by which to test the con-
duct of the WhigS should they ever be restored
to power. That they will follow in office, how-
ever, the rules tlvey lay down when in opposition,
no man can be baby enoegh to believe.
The Government of this country, depending on
tie representation which is mainly purchased by
money, and founded ou bribery, is, and must be,
etcien corrupt. It can only exist by paving
for the representative power that is bought. We
no more expext, therefore, that the Whigs, when
in office, will avoiil corrupt jobbing, than we
wean to say that the accusations against Lord
Ivivintunst. are entirely without fbundation. To
nook for high-mindedTatriotisni, fine moral feel-
ing, and pure integrity, in the Ministers of a
radically corrupt system, is to betray a more
ollarmitg simplicity of, character, and, a more

complete ignotpa nee of human nature, than we

eneirallt- meet with in the most ignorant re-
, chis.Q. :it would surmise us amazingly in Me-
., iropolitlx Journalists, were it ncit probably as-
.

mimed. for the. occasion. .
Wo;have no doubt that Lord LYNDHURST has
- 'Propvided, as f'ar nc he could, Ibr his friends, de-
Penclueniv, and assistants; we have not the least
4°+ ,t that, in making those appointments, he
kat,- thought much more of the individuals than
(-)t ttie public service ; but so all Ministers ever
live done, and we blame him much less than the
sY-114'11:1. At the. siVt)e time, we are not sorry
; 115 kt the disappointment of `it: great number of ex-
pca4ants has, by their reproaches, provided us
a standard of excellence to which, in every.
kW-rage, the Government must be made to ap-
Twitch.

14thout....resurning to defend Lord LYND-.
_mitusT Tor trio appointments he has made, and
twain no acquaintance whatever with any one
of the gentlemen he has appointed, we must
guard our reader's against the complaints of a
numerous and hungry profession. Barristers
are at all times much .more abundant than
catises,:scores of them are always on the 100k-out
tbr any scraps of appointments they can lay
hands on, and those who do not catch them are
very likely to make as loud and teasing com-
plaints as an Irish beggar to whom alms is
refused.
We have'not heard that any of Lord LYND-

rittsr's men are-unsuitable on account of clia-
'Meter. They are not branded as immoral; they
are said to be incompetent. This is a tbolish
accusation on the face of it. All of them are
gentlemen' eonaected with the profession, and
most of them ha"ve enjoyed some practice, while
the duties they will have to perform may be
le.avned by any man of ordinary and average
capacity in a month. There is less' difficulty
than the proftssion would have the
public be-
liege L mastering its jargon ; and to decide justly
neeas little help from law.
The appointments are all new; that they are'
all neoessars that fewer places and lower salaries
would not have secured ;ir. effectual performance
of the pubic business, we will not assert; but for
the regulations the Legisllature, not Lord LYND•
nUitBT) is responsible, ; xrad be only filled up

the offices which it created. That he has
made the most judicious of all pcissible appoint-
ments, selected the very best, roost fitting, and
most deserving, men, is not our opinion but he
has done quite as well as can generally be ex-
pected of Lord Chancellors. We caution the
public, therefore, riot to suppose the appoint-
ments to be anything more than a common act
of the abuse of official patronage, because a score
of disappointed expectants fill the newspaper
world with their complaints.

On Wednesday week we called attention to
the complaints of the shipping interest, and
pointed out, as one cause of its distress, the oppo-
sition between. the conduct of productive la-
bourers, including the shipping interest, and the
conduct of Government. The former strive to
make commodities cheap and plentiful, the latter
makes laws to keep them scarce and dear. The
shipowners have learned to make three voyages
where they only made two formerly, and Go-
vernment, by tariffs, protective duties, and pro-
hibitions, has given *hem less goods to carry.
The means of transport have been increased
without a corresponding increase of commodities
to -be transported. What is the consequence?
" I understand," said Mr. COBDEN, at the Liver-
pool meeting on Friday, " that there are 70,000
tons of shipping in the Liverpool docks looking
for freight." "It is in contemplation," says the
New York Herald of October 31st, "jto hold at
Boston a convention of ship-builders and owners,
and all connected with navigation, to take into
consideration the causes which have led to the
extraordinary depression in that important
branch of business." As an instance of the want
of employment, it is mentioned that " the noble
packet ship, the Roscius, came in the other day
with 500 dollars freight; in 1830 she would
have had 10,000 dollars." On the one hand,
our Legislature makes Corn-laws, which prevent
American ships bringing corn here, and, on the
other, the American Congress passes a tariff
which prevents English ships carrying goods to
New York. It is impossible to find a more pal-
pable connexion of cause and effect than between
the restrictive regulations of the two countries
on their mutual interchange, and the idleness of
those ships and men who are the instruments of
making it. The laws of the two countries cause
the ruin of their respective people.
It becomes for us a. serious question, How long
can this last? How long will the industrious
03..) prt of mankind suffer their best- nterests, their.
It `piness, and their morality =-= for whoever 11
lesi ar decaying people. to, be mdral---to be, de,
stroyed by the ignorant and absurd legislation of
a set of idle and worthless landowners? The re-
verence of men for law in general will carry them
a great deal too far, if they continue to tolerate
such an enormous abuse. Because the prohibi-
tions of law are sometime the same as the prohi-
bitions of nature, and crimes which she forbids are
punished by the Magistrate, people clothe all
laws, however absurd, cruel, or iniquitous, with
the reverence which is justly due to those which
prohibit and punish crime. Thus the law which
stifles trade and commits many homicides, is s
much obeyed and honoured as the law which
prevents murder.
A Sunday paper before us, following, however,
in the wake of the Times, supplies a striking il-
lustration of this sort of perversion. Because the
law improperly punished the Scotch Reformers,
who were virtuous men, honestly intent on bet-
tering the condition of their countrymen, these
two journals, out of their reverence for the
law, jump to the conclusion • that it would
be as proper to erect statues to Tun-
PIN or Sixteen-stringed Jack, as to these
patriots. They did, it is true, what the law for-
bade, but what all good men in all ages have
applauded; the felons did what good men in all
ages have condemned. The acts of the latter
were crimes in themselves; the acts of the
former were only made offences by an erroneous
law, and when the public obtained information
enough to see the error of that law, their of-
fences instantly ceased, and they were properly
looked upon as martyrs to an error. Will
TURPIN and Sixteen-stringed Jack ever be
looked on as martyrs? Do those who class these
felons with virtuous patriots so look on them ?
We do them the justice to answer, No. They
never will so look on them, and it is only a
foolish reverence for every absurd regulation
called a law, which so perverts their judgment
that they class virtuous patriots, the victims of
error, with common felons who were deservedly
punished.

We quote this as a sample of the perversion
against which it is now necessary to guard the
public. Because it is a law that there shall be
no direct corn trade with the United States, and
also a law that a murderer shall be punished, it

is erroneous to conclude that the former law,
which is cutting up commerce by the roots, and
consigning thousands of our people to want and
starvation, deserves to be obeyed and reverenced,
like the latter, which gives protection to life.

There is one leading characteristic of Corn-
law abolition, which we do not remember to have
seen noticed, and which ought to recommend it
above most other reforms to the people. We
take it for granted that they are becoming, to
use the language of Mr. VINCENT, averse from
" man worship." They are tired of human idols,
having found them even more mischievous than
idols of wood and stone, and they do not want

any new masters.
When the French took it into their heads to
sweep away all their old constitutions, those
on whom they conferred power to accomplish
that became their masters. They took pos-
session of all the power which had been orga-
nised by the old institutions, and they became
more tyrannical than were the former masters of
the people. No person, we suppose, can deny
that DANTON, ROBESPIERUE, and BUONAPARTE,
had. the lives and. fortunes of the French more
absolutely in their power than the old BOURBONS
and
do
n
dthe oldoat denyristo thateraey.
We
it was necessary to get
rid of the old worm-eaten and corrupt institu-
tions, but if the people had possessed more poli-
tical knowledge and wisdom, they would have
been careful not to put down those institutions
till they could have got rid of the thing and the
power as well as the name: Theyeiv in Enould have
Now, allowed them to die out. No, if w
were suddenly to establish complete or universal
suffrage, we should want some individuals to
carry that system into effect. We should be
compelled to place all the present powers 'of
Government, embracing all the corrupting pa.
tronage of the colonies, of the Church, of the
army and navy, in the hands of the leaders of
the complete suffrage, or the universal suffrage
movement. It would be impossible even to se-
parate from the colonies, and abolish the
Church, without placing the power of effecting
those great changes, in opposition to the will
of a great portion of the people, in 'the
hands of some individuals. The destroyers
would want leaders, and those leaders would
be their new masters. But the people want an
extension of freedom, not a new set of masters,
and they would rather be governed by Sir R.
PEEL and the House of Peers, than by Mr.
FEARGUS O'CoNivon. and the Executive Council
of the National Convention. Many men, seeing
no alternative between these, resolutely oppose
all reform, and sanction the continuance of ac-
knowledo•ed abuses for fear of establishing some
greater tyranny.

Now, the characteristic of Corn-law abolition,
which should recommend it to the people, is,
that it will increase the power of no individual.
The Anti• Corn-law League will expire with the
abolition of the law. When the complete suf-
frage scheme succeeds, its leaders will be placed
in office, and we must substitute STURGE for
PEEL. The repeal of the Corn-law will make no
such change. it will leave all parties to struggle
with each other just as at present;
except that
it will, by removing a great weight from some,
make
the struggle fairer. It will call no dema-
•fforrue into existence; it will require no MIRA-
w
BEAU or BONAPARTE, and yet it will be a great
extension of the liberty of all.
Some persons , say the abolition of the Corn-
laWs will increase the money power. This is an

error. The money power is a command over
food, and the more fbod is increased the more
the money power is diminished. The abolition
of the Corn-laws, by increasing food, would give
some power and independence to the people.
It creates a new franchise, and it erects no
new idol. Freedom of trade, after freedom of
conscience, is the noblest freedom for which men
ever struggled.

The meeting at Liverpool, on Friday, was of
the most animated and cheering description.
The account, which appears in another part of
The Sun, is well worthy of perusal, particularly
Mr. COBDEN'S speech. We believe with Mr.
GISBORNE, who spoke on Thursday, at Manches-
ter, that the bulk of the intelligent population is
with the Corn-law abolitionists, and that it will
be impossible fbr the monopolists much longer to
The good cause is making a rapid pro-
gress, and a few more steady exertions before
he meeting of Parliament will insure success.
Honour to the League.

esist.

THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO WALIVIER

CASTLE.

WALMER, SUNDAY.—Yesterday the unsettled state
of the weather prevented her Majesty from taking her
accustomed walking exercise.
His Royal highness Prince Albert walked out on
the beach for a short time.

Sir J. Clarke arrived at the Castle in the morning.
This morning her Majesty walked out with his
Royal Highness Prince Albert on the beach upwards
of two hours. Her Majesty and the Prince, after
walking as far as Deal, returned by the sea-side to
King's Down and back to the Castle.

The Princess Royal was taken an airing.
Her• Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince. Al-
bert attended Divine service this morning, which was
performed in the Castle by the Rev. Mr. Lane, rector
of Deal. Lord Charles Wellesley, Viscount'Sydney,
Col. Wylde, and most of the suite were present.
There will be no addition to the Royal dinner party
this evening.
Viscount Sydney takes his departure on Tuesday
next.

The inhabitants of Ramsgate, Sandwich, and
other places of interest in this neighbourhood, have
been anxiously expecting the honour of a visit from
her Majesty, and, consequently, hare been in a state
of preparation for several days past to give the Queen
and his Royal Highness a welcome reception. So
much, however, depends on the fineness of the weather,
that no day can be positively namad when her Ma-
jesty will honour her loyal subjects in these parts
with a visit

It is expected that the Prince will accompany Capt.
Bullock in the Fearless surveying steamer to Rams-
gate; and, should the weather take a favouFable chance,
there is a great probability of h'er Majesty going to
this port by the same convevancF.
To-morrow, at nine o'clock -in the morning,. the
Thunderer w, ill dress ship—at noon fire a Royal salute
and man yards—in the evening illuminate, by light-
ing each port. _ _ _

-Afr. Bieckman's fox hounds will throw off on Wed-
nesday next near the Telegraph, Tilmanstone, about
five miles distant from Walmer, for the convenience of
Prince Albert, should his Royal Highness wish to
hunt on that day.