The Sun.
London, England, 1827-01-05 00:00:00

the only question is; stall we, to get of the iticonve
nience of the one, give up the advantage of the ten thou-
sand. There is no middle course.. There is a fad. con-
nected with the projet of the French Ministry, which
cannot be too deeply impressed upon Englishmen. The
adoption of it has been advocated from the conduct of
juries in the recent trials for libel here. Thet eis nothing

that i done by England, whether in her Senate or in her
Courts, that has not a deep and lasting influence, not on
her, own subjects only, but ,on all the nations of the
civilized world. When example reaches so far, and where

its effects are so important, the responsibility of those who
set it is fearfully enhanced. If the liberty of the French
Press is to be fettered by the proposed law, as those who

are most interested fear it wil , the Englishmen whose
verdicts' have contributed to its adoption, will have- but
little, we should think, whereon to congratulate themselves.
New Times. . .

The President of the United States, in his late Mes-
sage to Congress, lays great stress on the spirit of conci-
liation which has uniformly been shown towards this coun-
try, and more than insinuates that the British Cabinet has
been actuated by verydifferent feelings in its conduct towards
America. As, however, we must Judge a GOvernment by
its acts, and not by 'the speeches of its Minister, we will
state a few facts which some of our readers may have ne-
ver heard of, and others may have forgotten. Soon after
the peace, the United States claimed from Spain compen-
sation for certain losses, alleged to have been suffered from
the privateers ofsNapoleons during the French occupation
of the Peninsulit. Spaiffsieither saw the justice of this
demand, nor had funds to satisfy it. General Jackson
was ordered into Florida. The inhabitants, among whom
were two Englishmen. -(Ambrister and Arbuthnot),
who had been long settled in the Colony, opposed
him, and were defeated. ,When resistance was over, the
two Englishnien were selected from the prisoners and
executed in cold blood. This sanguinary act was never
disavowed by the American Government, nor noticed bv
Our own. In 1825 our Government was assailed with
complaints from- Neva Scotia. It appeared that all our
waters on that coast (the fishing in which was expressly
reserved to us by treaty) were swarming with Americans,
almost to the exclusion of our own seamen. A brig of
war, the Dotterel, was sent to protect our interests. The
Americans were repeatedly warned not to intrude in our
bays ; at last one of their ships was taken. Upon this, a
Mr. Howard assembled-a squadron of armed vessels, over-
powered the Dotterel, and recaptured the prize. The
American Papers teemed with invectives against this
country, and national vengeance was demanded. The
owner of the capturedsbrig had even the impudence to
Memorialize Congress on the subject, but such was the
nature of the transaction, that; after a- minute investiga-
tion of the facts, they declined to interfere. They offer-
ed, however, no redress, not even an apology, for the
gross outrage thus committed on the British flag, in the
British waters. We hardly need allude to the-late most
insolent aggressions on our Canadian frontier. The indig-
nant and eloquent remonstrance which they called forth
from the Nova Scotia Government, has been before the
public. We can only regret that this 'monstrance,
and the able pamphlet which followed it, excited here
so little attention. These acts, however, are perfectly
consistent with the avowed policy of the American
Government:. ' Last year, it told us by the mouth
of its President, 'that, henceforth, it would permit
"no European Power" to colonize America. On the
other side of the Atlantic, no one doubts that this, me-
nace was meant to apply to, and to be felt by, thi's
Country. Let us now briefly review the circumstances
which led to the late Order in Council—that incubus,
which weighs so heavily on the harangue of the worthy
President. We early granted to Americans the privilege
Of trading with our colonies. They demanded that their
ships should be employed in this trade. We established
certain marts to which the ships of the two nations might
resort, to exchange the produce of their respective coun-
tries. They demanded that their ships might trade directly
with our colonies ; in 1822, this also was granted them—
and be it remembered that these favours were granted ex-
clusively to Americans. The very next Session of Con-
gress, they imposed a heavy alien duty on our shins engaged
in this trade, till such time as their produce should be
admitted into our colonies on the very same terms as the
produce of any other country, meaning thereby, the pro-
duce of Great Britain herself, and her American depen-
dencies—a pretension, as Mr.. Huskisson observed, tlf4,-
heard.of among Independent States. As well might we
demand that the produce of Jamaica should be received
into New York, on 'the same terms as the turn and sugar
of Louisiana. But-America thought we neither could nor
dared to do without her; she will now see her error. Two
hundred thousand tons of her shipping have been thrown
out of employment, and the trade transferred to British
hands. Had the good genius of our country presided in
American councils, it could not have directed them more
for our interests than has been done by their own silly and
selfish obstinacy.—llsid.