The Sun.
London, England, 1816-01-17 00:00:00

'CO-morrow is a I)ay of Thank‘giVing, and Re.
juicing ; and if ever Nation had eanse to iyjOiee
and be thankful to Providence for. its divine die-
pensations, it is Great• Britain. Countrymen,
leave it, to tile discontented. to evince,
murmurings And exaggerations of common snf-
feriogs, their enmity to their fellow-creatures
and ingratitude to the Giver of all Good.: 'Let
us act ,better. the Britott'and the Christian's iiart.
Let us'htutour the PRINCE under whose attsiice,s
the mighty events which we are caked upoji to
,celebrate; have been producer! ;--let_ ns
.praise
Goo for his hoernty, let us not forget or contemn
the blessings wherewith lie has blessed us.
it •is true we: have. distresses Whkn•was ha-
mauity without its sorrows It is trite we have
still •to struggle under ilitheidties whim were
mankind free from cares ? But are we right :so re•
pine because the Utopia 61, a Volden Age
realized. Have We indeedeattst tote angry with the
lot which the Almighty,lnis assigned to its, or Ht.,
titer, are we not, like the Prophet Of. ,NineVeh,
unworthy of the favours which., have beilO shower-
ed upOin us ? Look at our situation- at any pe-
riod of the last 'fifty years—nay, Contemplate the
• most glorious era in•our history es'a Nation, and,
contrasting it with the resent happy hour, say
Comntrymen, ought we not to pour via our'snula
in joy and thanksgiving ? !

We copy the following fro,n. the autlu
quoted. There is not the slightest doubt of the fact
stated in the Times; find as for the arTitment uf
the L'lti.unic/o, we leave -it to common sense to.
trust protection is due to Conspirators
of, any nation. For ourselves, we declare, that
if Proved guilty of this foul ,act ,this scandalous
breach of In , this flagrant inroad .
upon the independence of a toteign Throrte, 80
Weil ealcillated to' embroil the countries ; were
the delinquents our dearest rejatiyes we would say
surrender them 'to offended' justice, and' punish
them with all the rigour of the law,
Our Minister in Paris of course made an intine:.
*skate inquiry into the affair, though what ittiikVel'
he received We pretend not to know ; butt
awe are corairince4l that no., want, of tliginty
vigilance will attend isis;eiforo. In
,the mean
time, we shall give no opinion on this measure. of
the French 00Verilnient, ill it must entirely de-
pend for justification upon the conduct of that par-
ties who hurts brought themselves into this
situation.

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'We beardlast night, from what, we holieve to
be good
.authority„ that three t,!tiglish Officers
have been pot umivi urrest, att the charge of as;
sisting LAVAIATTE itt .111$ escape. Hs wai, it is
B?ineti, concealed, for four days in or iteltr:rdijti by.
their contrivance... Their nalues,,,as
.we'Lare in-
formed, are, Lieutenant limn c it? WILIONi-- Cant.
11tiTC11145024. ielition of LOrd fitiitottii4sora),,
etid Cit.ovrorm .I.lauca."—( Times.) •
• " We have this day to announce an ettroordk
nary occurrence, in which the honour of the Engli b ..
.name is assailed, By dispatches from Pdrit.
received yesterday, we learn :that three Boglkl+.
Gentlemen have bec.4 arrested by the Minister of •
Police, and thrown- into the Abbey.. nil are
Sir J.tdattaT Moots, Captaiklitnetwourt, sod