The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-29 00:00:00

,
tj 11004/0

LONDON:
MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 29, 1842.

tli llt visit
MAJESTY this morning leaves England
to her people in Scotland, where she
litqkue Welcomed with honours due to her high
lier society, but with still higher honours for
tietvirtuous conduct, and for those noble quail-
Which ought to distinguish the Sovereign of
l r
kiee People. Since she came to the throne she
ktle°nducted herself with a degree of propriety
theBPirit perhaps never surpassed, and it is,
livl". fbre, proud tribute to her subjects of the
Lo that she selects them as the first in
tr`
distant dominions to honour with her
lyl
„nee, and exhibit those qualities in person
tlich',-Ilave gained her such just honour among
C inhabitants of the United Kingdom. The
4110,13.indieions in many respects. It has been ar-
ts,.'44l without any note of preparation, or any vain
tIA:e, which might be considered necessary to
tr'..e the kind reception of a less welcome So-
liileeign• She visits, too, a people, from whose
°ref. Kings she derives her right to the throne
great Britain and Ireland; and it is therefore
aces
that she should be anxious to see the
kiets of her ancestors, and to witness the habits
this customs of a people who, independent of
ip Circumstance, have distinguished themselves
):,erY part of the world. For five hundred
Th-" they resist( d the whole force of England.
f,
th:ugh the country was poor and barren, though
hot Vere without ships or commerce, and had
kuilng to trust to but their own native energies
(1111;48t a population six-fold superior, they not
loninmaintained their independence, but often
ttCted severe blows upon their more power-
-Itithneighbour. They resisted the EDWARDS
tro the most powerful forces that ever England
t(l,ll,ght into the field; they fought CROMWELL
407 last, and would finally have expelled him
thell the country but for the mad conduct of
,t, clerical leaders at the battle, of Dunbar.
torey
sahniitta, ,however, jn go oVeomp,any!.
Itt„`"
the same iron, hand that
,subdued ?cot_
lit;had previously prostrated the united
7ngth. of, England /and Ireland.' If, welocilc•
is later periods; the people whom the QUEEN
"out to visit have performed a distinguished
;ll in all the arts that distinguish a civilized
1,.-(Ye• It is needless to mention the celebrated
'Lers which Scotland produced during the last
century, nor the excellent system of Church go-
(ailment (which latterly has become somewha
kfased) nor the blessings of her parochia
nor her improvements in agriculture,
sp,„tPssi those wend,ll landt These
te- known to the
4ritnarkable phenomena in the history of a small
tr. 4 barren country. The peaceful and indus-
trious habits of the people, too, deserve great
can fight as well as their
117.18 e, for though they
tthbours one regiment is generally considered
mTiite sufficient to keep all the discontented in
e
I*.
These are matters of fact, and we there-
:make no apology for citing them as credit-
able to the people, and as very good reasons for
paying this early visit to
h 7 ~: beloved Sovereign
ancient kingdom of Scotland.

We are happy to have to repeat, that through-
out the disturbed districts there is a general dis-
b°,Bl'ztion on the part of the working people to
-returnic.. to their employments. The operatives of
4aeliester, Oldham, Middleton, Heywood,
44 sitton, Rochdale, Bury, Bolton, Wigan, Pres-
t") and several other places, are gradually re-
sullling work ; and there is every prospect, pro-
v Lund the authorities and the police act with dis-
cretionary forbearance, that none of the mills in
England and Scotland will be standing idle for
rat of hands at the close of the present week.
At. is now evident that the rising was not preme-
Itated, and that if the Chartists and others have
taken advantage of it to advance their own views,
the bulk of the Turn-outs had no previous
intention of co-operating with them. We
trust the knowledge of this fact will go
a great way ‘towards disposing the Government
to treat such of the misguided men as are in

their power with lenity: The working people
have not been wholly to blame, even where they
have had the misfortune to set the law at defi-

ance. The premature and altogether needless
alarm of the Magistrates in several districts, and
the wanton insolence of the police, produced
scenes of disturbance which would not have oc-
curred had 'they acted with common discretion.
The people have good memories, and any dis-
play of vindictiveness on the part of the Govern-
ment now, will be remembered in conjunction
with the Manchester massacre, and similar Tory
atrocities, of which, for a century to come, the
-country will feel the melancholy consequences.
How necessary ioever it may be that every
Government should maintain the inviolability of
the laws, and punish the violators of the public
Mee, it is clearly impossible to imprison,