The Sun.
London, England, 1820-03-04 00:00:00

FUR THE SUN.

" IttitAtomamine, de to haec fabula narratur."

Ma. EDITOR—Ai/ben you and 1 and all the
world were good little boys, we were all amused,
_no doubt, with the old £sopian story of a
Trumpeter, who, being taken prisoner in battle,
•called upon his Captor to let him go, as he was
.sio fighter, and did not even carry a sword.—
True," said his assailants, " you are no fighter
we see, and you carry not a sword ; but then
you carry a trumpet, with which you excite
others to bloodshed !"

• But, Sir, if such reasoning was correct in an-
cient times, what stall we say no'v to modern
trimpettrs—to CORBETT, WOOLER, SHERWIN,
lie ST--to City Knigios and City Mac-men—and

to r.triotti others, ‘lllOlll it is fleetness to tlesig-

(191 V.

N.sy, even after the results of their spent-

in;; and writing liie been .recorded in letters of
blood, the cloven foot 'sill still slim itself; and thus
we find The Times and Morning Chronicle of Mon-
day last, after denouncing Conspiracy in good set
phrases, return to their silly petulince against
Ministers, " hoping that they will desist from
those measures which have driven a part of the

pe(ple to desperation I"
I do not repeat the exact words, perhaps ; but I
give their sense, much within bound., and refer
the inert diilooS 10 the leaders of those two Papers
nn the o.ay mentioned.

Now, Sir, this insinuation comprises two
points—what Ministers have done, and who they
have driven to desperation ; but I protest I Cannot
see any thing either committed or omitted by Mi-
nisters, that could drive any body to desperation,
except their obstinacy in retaining office so long
after Messrs. TIERNEY, BROUGHAM. &C &c. &C.
have told theta that they are totally unfit for it ;
and as for the who, why really, Sir, I can only
suppOie those to be the Whigs themselves I
Let ns look at the Conspirators ; what have
Ministers done, iVhich they ourtht not to have
done, to Thistlewood p Will The Times or Morn-
ing Chronicle have the goodness to answer that
question plainly and directly, and 'without going
about the bush ? Will they explain how
Ministers have reduced cobitts, butcl;ers; and
the rest of.,the gang taken in Cato-street ? Will
they point out any one of those individuals
whom Ministers have injured ? Is less meat
eaten I Are fewer shoes worn out ? [lave they
made porter dearer and worse ? Look at the war
malt lax repealed, and ask the 13rewers' druggists !'
If tl►ey cannot positively specify any one of these
points, what opinion are we to form of the hearts
that could dictate, the heads that could conceive,
or the pens that could give form and substance to
such ribaldry ? It is in fae.t throwing oil instead
of water upon a horn ing house. It is an ignus
fatuus that may lead Jurytnen astray, and pre-
vent the due course of public justice Party we
must and will have—but partizans ought to
" think twice and write once,"—to calculate the
consequences of a party squib before they throw
it into the crowd.

Your's,

IGNOTUS.

P. S. Oh, Sir ! Oh, Sir ; the Westminster
riots are begun ! Sir FRA.NKY has already broken
ratactAN's head,: and murdered his Majesty's
English ! Nevei.did I lament the death of HORNS
Tooxe until yesterday; for though his senti-
ments were not Eaglish, yet Nis language was.—
I wish he were now, alive that the Baronet and
he might play a little more at Purley. Look at his
Address Sir,—why be makes as sad work with the
ablative absolute, as he and his gang would make
with power absolute if they had it. Besides, Sir,
he will certainly come under the Treating Act,
as he has already-served up to his Constituents
LAMB with sour sauce ! Then he reminds the
Electors that his proposed Colleague is just come
Out of Newgate---] dare say, the Electors al,o
remember when be himself came out of the Tower,
end the name of the gate by which he made his
pirate exit, flying like FALSTAFF Of old from
his ragged recruits on the bill. But then he
dont care twopence for the ATTORNET-GENERAL !
It may be so ; but he does nut spew that by the
way in which his Address is worded, unless in.
deed that he expects an Ex.officio information for
fake grammar. the jam saris !

Robbery of the Duke of and Lord Ayles-
ford.—On Thursday last, in the afternoon, as the
Duke of AnGYLL was leaving town in his travel-
ling carriage, behind which his servant had care-
fully fastened a trunk, containing valuable pro-
perty, some villain or villains contrived to cur
the straps, and endeavoured to carry away the
trunk. The evening of. the same day, Lord
Asurtsroara was leaving town in his travelling
carriage, when, in Park-lane,' although the set-
vents were sitting behind the carriage, some vil-
lains had the audacity to run atter the vehicle,
•nd en, this straps which fastened the trunk, con-
taining the butler's book of accounts, and various
valuable articles. 'l he Coronet of the above
Noblemen is on the different articles, and Plank,
the Officer, at Marlborough-street, yesterday, re-
cei►ed information of the robbers mud a dosirip-
titan of the property.