The Sun.
London, England, 1818-01-29 00:00:00

transportation less difficult than was expected."'
It is uncertain when we shall march ; poloPs

two or three days."

ARMY AND FORTIFICATIONS.
The "following Message was received from tile
President of the United States, delivered by I‘''
J. J. Motswog, his Secretary :
" To the House of Representatives of the United States.
" In compliance with a Resolution of the House
of Representatives of the United Statts of the 111 h
of this month, requesting to be informed of die
present strength of the Army of the United State's'
its distribution among the several mill: ary P°stl
which it is designed to protect, and its comPe.
tency to preserve and defend the fortificatious
amongst which it is distributed, and to aid in Oa'
structing such military works, if any, as it may be
deemed proper to act for the more effectual securitf
of the United States, and of the Territories
thereof; I now transmit a Renort from the Se..
cretary of War, which contains the informatiell
desired.
" JAMES MUNROE."

(From the New York Commercial Advertiser of Dec. R7')
PHILADELPHIA, DEC. 2G.—The Earl of 5.61'..
KIRK arrived in this city on Wednesday last, 8114
this morning proceeds to New York.

The Paris Papers of Monday last, wilich Were
due this morning, hare not come to hand.

It has been usual, as our Readers must gene'
rally know, in former times, whenever it has beta
deemed necessary to suspend THE HABEAS Cott'
PUS ACT, to let the Suspension Act expire ill
due course, but as the tranquil state of the Cott"
try, the improved habits of the lower orders, and
the revival of trade, manufactures., &•. &c. h3cB
removed all danger of pubic commotion, ex'
cept what may be found in the daily incitement'
of the factious Journals, Ministers, we. find'
will not wait for the slow progress of time, but,
with all' the dispatch which Parliamentat.y, f r nig
will admit, have resolved to take away every cal°
of discontent, which, however, has only existe4
among weak and factious men, by at once annul'
ling the Act in question, and restoring the C 01"
stitution and the Laws to their free and full oPe"
ration. If there were any candour in anpositioa
within doors, as well as witlmut, they would
give credit to Ministers on this occasion, but
they still obstinately persevere in pretenili4
that there was no cause for the Suspension,
though the commotiOns in several parts of th°
kingdom were pregnant with danger, which soLlt
only averted by the wisdom and timely vigour
the Government.

THE BREWERS, we find, have come forwar4
with an advertisement, in which they signify that
they are ready to meet a Legislative inquiry
We trust that such an inquiry *ill be speethlt
made, and an effectual check be put to their
monopoly and arbitrary power of levying contri•
butions on the Public. That the Meeting, held
on Monday last for this purpose, should be re'
garde(' with an evil eye by The Morning Chronicles
would be wonderful, if, with all its pretended
public spirit, it did hot betray the cloven- fool,
by accusing the Ministerial Writers. of having'
made the " most irritating statements" on the
subject, though, in fact, the complaint has been
general against the BREWERS, and their arbitrary
proceedings. No—for the honour of the English
Press be it observed, that The Morning Chronicle
is the only Paper which has attempted to raise a
censure on what it stiles " a cry against a whole
body of Tradesmen," and which, after declaring
that it " knows nothing of the case," it yet lot
the rashness and folly to stigmatize as " unjust,
and, when countenanced by Magistrates, oh'
viously dangerous." HOW long has The Chro-
nicle been thus solicitous for the purity and 110'"
nour of Magistrates ? But the truth happens to
be quite the contrary. The grievance has been
too much countenanced by Magistrates, not the
general " cry " against it. All the otherpublie
Journals have sympathized with the Lahoolin;;
Poor, on a subject which so nearly affects them,
and have exclaimed against the late arbitrary in-
crease in the Price of Porter. But that this,
like every thing else, should, by The Chronicle,
be tortured into a question of Party, is as
impolitic as absurd, and, indeed, insult-
ing to common sense. If ever there was a
question aloof from Party, that interested the
greater MISS of the People, this is that ques-
lion. Perhaps- The Chronicle means to identify
the interests of the BREWERS with the Orro-
slTlOi►2, and those of the PUBLIC with the
MINISTRY. The Ministerial Journals, as those
which differ from The Morning Chronicle are
stiled, are accused of having inflamed the public
mind by the exposure which they lave made
of the exorbitant impositions of the Brewers,
and of the corruptness of the Licensing System,
which favour their avarice. We may ngain ask,
how long has The Morning Chronicle dreaded the