The Sun.
London, England, 1827-09-29 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

Once more we call, in the most earnest man-
ner, for attention to the case of the unfortunate
Spanish exiles. To individuals we appeal. in
the first instance, because their impulses of hu-
manity are active and eager,—because they may
be indulged without the restraint of precedent or
form, ordeference to any authority
,but- the eotn-
man& of God, who bids the affluent feed the
hungry., and clothe the naked, and protect the
weak, and comfort the afflicted, and. thus lay up
for themselves treasures in Heaven. To those
who have any thing beyond the satisfaction of
their own wants we appeal, because the wants
which it' is their bounden duty as Christians,—
nay, as civilized beings—to provide for, are ..,so
urgent, that not one moment ought to be loit,
or can be lost with impunity, either to those who
suffer, or to those who fail to relieve distresses
utterly unknown to the mass of Englishmen, and,
if even describable to their minute and crowded
circumstances, too terrible for us to place directs
ly before a compassionate eye. The funds which
had been raised for the unhappy Spaniards from
private bounty, and administered through the
Committee, are, we have been informed, at an
end, or so near an end, that notwithstanding
some new recent subscriptions, scarcely enough
remaitis unexhausted for the pittance of a single
week. When it is considered that the exiles
generally consist of the most respectable families
of Spain, since none others were worth the trouble
of persecution,—that the most revolting menial
services are now and have for years been per-
formed by the fairest and the feeblest hands,—
that children born to eminence and nursed in
splendour, are now brought up during their ten-
der age amidst the sordid and varied miseries of
toil and ignorance, of nakedness, disease, and
famine,--that patriots and heroes, old and young,
are now and have long been withering in hopeless
obscurity, like their country unrevenged, and
like her unpitied,—that of these men, with their
women and children, the noble pride is still so
powerful, as to let hardly a moan or murmur
escape, proportioned to one-thousandth part of
the wretchedness which extorts nee& say
no more to show the gentlemen of England what
class of mankind it is for whom we demand their
sympathy. The Spaniards nowsperishing in this
land high famed for an aristocracy, rich at least
and munificent, spirited and manly, whatever
questions may be raised upon others of its qualifi-
cations, ara as proud of birth, as brave and noble,
as devoted to their country, (or they need not
have been dying of hunger here), as the best
and boldest of the nation to whom they appeal
for bread to support, and clothes to shelter them.
The lowest rank of tradesmen amongst us have
borne their full share of the commot,
humanity; with them the mere natl._

Spaniard in their shop is sufficient to reduce the,
fair price of every article which they deal in, anik
often to obtain for the utterly destitute the ne-
cessaries of existence gratis. This poorer order
of our countrymen have set a fine example to
others of the spirit in which " old 'English hos-
pitality" should be exercised towards the illus-
trious and houseless stranger. The winter sea-
son is now advancing on us ; besides the call for
immediate and liberal aid, there will then be
many a cold hearth to be warmed in the mi-
serable hovels which contain what once was the
flower of the Spanish nation. This, then, is the
time to come forward simultaneously, from every
quarter of Great Britain. Let committees be
formed every where to receive subscriptions for
the Spanish patriots, communicating with the
central committee in London, remitting to it,
and advertising the subscriptions, that it may be
known and settled before the inclement weather
begins, on what scale and to what extent the
system of relief may be undertaken. But it is
not from private persons only that we are anxi-
ous to obtain attention upon this great national
subject. The Government, we -have no hesita-
tion in declaring, have not done half enough for
the Spaniards—not one tenth, in comparison
with their claims upon this country, of what was
profusely lavished upon the French emigrants for
a long series of years ; for what claims, indeed,
could the latter pretend as persuasives to Eng-
land, except on the mere ground of general hu-
manity and compassion ? The French who fled
their country were not, like the Spaniards, allies
of English policy, partners of English interest
in that cause which, wherever ' its banner is un-
furled, ought to conunand the honest sympathies
of Englishmen, whose champions in victory haVe
a right to our sword—in misfortune to our open
arms and loosened 'purse-strings. It has, we
confesS, both astonished and mortified us to see
on what jealous principles, and with what a nig-
gard hand, the pittance of a very feW thousand
pounds
Eouutrotpoe. thesero unhappy
victims victims of the cause of England against her ene-
mi
e s 0 n at-year
continenta
dividuals who obtain the highest weekly alms,
just enough is given to keep the human body
alive ; for sickness or accident, there is no fund ;
and many are sick, and under the aggravation of
r was
doled
o f
casual suffering. But in our judgment all the
exiles from Spain for freedom's sake ought to be
adopted
~ur minas c
isterhsiln
mdruest
know
yote British
whthatt Governmentilesearetile
only
friends of England beyond the realm of England.
They must know, that these are the only allies
on whom 'we can'at this moment depend ; and
if they .do not know, they and all the world can
guess, that the time may come ere lon#, when
England will look round for allies.--..limes.
In the Chronicle of Wednesday last, we co-
iiid from the courier a notice of an article in
the Dublin Evening Mail, the object of which
is ' to fix upon the late Premier, the
appropria-
tion of a Secret.: Service Fund, applicable to the
wants Or available to the "purposes of Irish Po-
pish Priests; and that a certain office was esta-
blishedsaid he
Wished in Dublin
of such- fund; under the exclusive,, and unques-
tioned 'control of Mr. Canning." We can-
for managing the 'Clistriutiot
not," observed our contemporary, " adequately
without briefly stating it as we - find it in the
Dublin Evening Mail. An Irish Priest,
France, but
name of O'Brien, was recently tried for shooting
expose the infamous character of this charge,ofthe
at his coadjutor Bishop ; and Dr. Crotty, the
President of the Rothish College of Maynooth,
Asserts the following declaration to have been
with the intention of Proceeding to
Canning orderedw
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thatYrearrest Omfr'ehßoal 1 :Ili
se
,f 1.41 u'anoddsi‘to‘iniN'ateHri‘‘eithria-a.thteri erh (O'Brien)'eioht, had
gonecflor,
e
purpose ; that he had applied to -111 r. Canning
Saying, that on his
one of his clerks to write him ~..
Ace, he would receive 201. mom. He
a letter, inclosing
him a five-pound note, and
arrival in Dublin, by application at such an
the letter, and said he had produced
got the me:-... '' !,,iv
pocket.'" This has very much the:air (,: .s. cilHt
for the destruction of the Protestare'Religiiiii.
Around, behind, before, above and below us, the
crafty enemy is at work. Whoever is at all ..
versed in the History of England,- must 'mow