The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-11 00:00:00

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On Thursday last there was a jubilee of glory at
Ingress Abbey, worthy of being recorded in the annals
of fame—a tribute to honesty, manly independende, and
modest but exalted merit. It was a testimonial such as
ali men of noble ambition aspire to, but which few have
the rare happiness to attain. To win the favour of our
fell e-citiens is justly con,idered an honour ; but to
insure not only their love but their respect—to excite
the admiration of friends, and command the willing
homage
_of rivals in all but the frank: sincerity
of heart which stimulates true desert, is thelot.of few
men, and among that few -is honest JAMES HARMER,

I ate Alderman of London for th.c... enlightened and inde-
pendent Ward of Farrineon Without. Our readers
are familiar with the circumstances which have led to
Mr. Ilanmun's retirement from public resolution
which caused much regret to his friends, and made his
enemies to wonder at the promptitude of the act,
while they applauded his .magnanimity. To be.
come the Chief Magistrate of the first City
in the world is no doubt a high honour—but to win the
esteem of his fellow-men for private worth, unblemished
reputation, ant-I patriot virtue, during a long career, is
an honour far more enviable, because more enduring,
and that honour Mr. HARMER has truly gained, as the
proceedings of Thursday, at Ingress Abbey, so amply
testify. We have seen many tributes of public esteem
paid to eminent individuals, but never an occasion
so gratefully interesting as the hearty testimonial
to Mr. Mamma ; it was the happiest event in his useful
and meritorious career, and must long serve as a
stimulus to generous exertion in those who appreciate
that worth in others which they honour by their con-
duct and emulate by their example.
Mr. HanmEn'e account of his early life was as simple
as it was affecting :

" A weaver's boy—he seeks no better name r.

An orphan at ten years of age to push his fortune in the.
wide world of London, has a dreary prospect ; but to
achieve his ou n redemption, unknown and unfriended,
save by that Providence which delights in helping those
who persevere in a good cause, was worthy of Mr. HAIL-
ME ambition, and does honour to human nature.
" A King may make a belted Knight,
A arquis, Duke, and e that,
An honest mates abuon his might,
Gude faith he maur.a fa' thai ;"
and Mr. Ilutmutt has proved in his own person that

" The rank is but the guinea stamp,
The man's the goud tur a' that.'

Mr. HARMER'S success iu life is valuable in many re-
spects, but more especially as a bight example to the
rising generation, how much may be gained by- probity.
industry, and cheerful rrseverance in the thorny walks
or life. That many labour, and achieve little, is the
general lot ; but neither rank nor'fortune can be attainid
without exertion ; and a man's happiness is just in pro-
portion to the consciousness that, whethi'm sueceslul or
not, he has done his best. ..

If Mr. lIARMER have not gained the summit of his
laudable ambition, he has yet achieved more than his
most ar,icnt hope could have pictured some forty years
ago ; :.nd we have no doubt that in his retirement at In-

gress Abbey, the beautlful result of his successful career,
he fels fir greater pleasure than he could have experi-
enced in the pompous Mansion-house.
And more true joy, Mareellus, exiled, feels,
Than Caesar with a senate at his heels."

We can conceive no event in a man's life more gratify-
ing than that of receiving the cordial, the spontaneous
homage of his fellow-men in the evening of life, after
having weathered the storms and periU of a chequered
career If there be any doubt on the mind as to the true
value of public character—such a scene as Ingress Abney
witne'sed last week must stamp conviction that
Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow;"

And such worth belongs in an eminent &glee t JAMES
HARMER, the trut. friend, unthatinted patriot, and bene-
volent Christian. May he lung live to enjoy his well-
e n ned honours, and the good a ishes of his fellow-
citizens

Ltd PONSONBY, our late Ambassador to the Sublime
Porte, arrived in London on Saturday. To us this is
most welcome intelligence. Would to GoR that we
hal had to record it two years ago. Far ditfertout in-
de id would have been our present relations France
had Lord PONSONBY been recalled at that period.
Never di l Minister labour harder to involve Europe
in an aimless, disastrous war than did Lord PONSONBY
throughout the whole negotiations upon the Eastern
question, and he would have succeeded, too, but for the
brilliant successes and straightforward diplomacy of
Commodore Sir C. NAPIER. His correspondence with
that gallant officer, published in the history of the Syrian
campaign, proves that up to the last moment Lord PON
SONBY encouraged the Porte to insist upon removing ME-
HEMET ALI from the Government of Egypt, although
certain that such a course must involve us in a war with
France. The Eastern question was settled by Lord
PALMERSTON and Sir CHARLES NAPIER in open defiance
of the wishes of Lord PONSONDY. This is well known to
every one who has read the Levant Papers laid before
Parliament; but it is not so generally known that several
of Lord PONSONEY'S despatches, in which his hostility to
the PACHA is expressed in language too strong for
the forms and usages of diplomacy, were pru-
dently suppressed by Lord PALMERSTON. Want of
space prevents us from making extracts from these papers
to-day ; but should the Journals whieh now trumpet
forth his praise, repeat their misrepresentations, we shall
enter upon kcloser investigation than we have yet done
of the diplomatic career of this very dangerous MiniSter.
Thank Con, however, that he is at last returned to us.
In his place in Parliament he may vote with what party
he pleases without weakening our honest conviction
that he will be less mischievous there than anywhere else.

The most violent diatribes against the French Govern-
ment in general, and M. Gunor and the English alli-
ance in particular, are addressed to the electors cf
France by the Opp )sition Press. It is strange to see
how they persist in railing at this country for ratifying
a tetuty which France sins the first to propose for the
adoption of all Europe. We broke no engaement—
receded from the fulfilment of no pledge made
to France. Why, then, assail us so unineritedly ? We
want to live in peace, in good fellowship, in friendship
with France. That we should so live is equally her in-
terest and ours ; nor has she a greater enemy than that
portion of the PresS which devotes its columns to mis-
representations and abuse of ,EnOind. •
The Spanish Journal, the Constitutional says —" Just as we
wer,. going to press we received a letter fe un (firma, which in-
forms us that a hundred malcontents, with a Colonel at their
head, hare penetrated from Frenee into Spain. It hat brelz
currinily reported this afternoon that Zurbano had arrived."
Our letters from Algiers mention a e rcumstance which has
caused some sensation in the capital of the Regency. By a
decree of the Lieutemnt-General Governor of the Ilrovinees,
Rozey. Lieutenant-Colonel of Militia, ha, been deprived of
his functions. The decree of the Governor-General scams to
us to rest on very slight grounds: It is evident thst M.:Hozey
owes his disgrace to the pamphlet which he lately addressed to
the Members of the two Chambers.
The following is another fact to add to the proofs of the
immense depreciation of the value of real property in the ban.
lieu of Paris, cawed by the fortifications. In 1839 the sum
of 475,0001. was offered for an estate at Belleville; this same
property, which has since been considerably improved, has just