The Sun.
London, England, 1827-04-21 00:00:00

MR. CANNING AND THE CONGREGATION.

We foresaw that the Journals of the Congrega-
tion would be alarmed at the elevation of Mr. Can-
ning, but we were far from thinking that the expres-
sion would be so warm and so incautious ; it is
quite a declaration of war by our Apostolical Junta
against Mr. Canning. Its organs would willingly
cry that the casus fccderis has occurred, and that all
Kings and Aristocracies must take the field against
him. " Liberalism," says the official Journal of the
faction, " has just obtained a complete triumph : a
new rallying point protects the invasions of revolu-
tion amid agitated societies. Never were principles
more openly threatened : every thing seems to fa-
vour the march of revolutions : we rush thither,
pushed on by some indescribably blind fatality,
which precipitates us; and in the confusion of omi-
nous doctrines, every day sees some just principles
effaced—some men die who had insured the restor-
tion of European Monarchies."
We must not forget, that in the language of fac-
tion, the word revolution is synonymous with Char.te,
and that by the restoration of European monarchies,
we must understand the restoration of privileges and
absolute power. Thus the fears of the faction are
excited by the triumph of constitutional doctrines.
which bring nations from a state of servitude to re-
cognize the rights of men and citizens. The nomi-
nation of Mr. Canning is to them a mortal blow,
for they care little for the fate of the Catholics of
Ireland ; what they desire, and imperiously demand,
is dominion—absolute dominion. During this cla-
mour, the Ministry preserves a mournful silence.
Our Ministry is engaged in a system totally oppo-
site to that of St. James's. Hostile to our liberties,
it is also hostile to those of neighbouring nations;
it has given, by the suppression of the ordinance of
Andujar, absolutism to Spain. The English Mini-
stry has the confidence of the nation; it favours the
liberty of Portugal. What a harmony might exist
between the two Ministries ! Is not the conduct of
Mr. Canning a bitter satire on the conduct of our
Ministers ? What means their silence, unless that
they regret that the Oligarchy did not prevail in the
councils of the King of Great Britain; or that they

fear the retirement of an Aristocratical Ministry is a
signal for their own-?
(From the Courier Francais.)
PARIS, APRIL 18.—The voice of alarmed France
has reached even the Throne; yesterday the ap-
pearance of the people, melancholy and silent, re-
vealed what the Ministers wished to conceal for ever.
The King, in the midst of his people, understood,
their prayers, and he has listened to them ; and the
Ministers, despairing of success, have not dared any
longer to oppose the Royal will. Perhaps also the
example of England, receiving from a new Ministry
a more determinate impulse in the career of social
ameliorations, has demonstrated, better than reason-
ing, the dangers of a retrograding course. When
an act is good of itself, we may believe that no
praiseworthy motive, no principle of wisdom, was a
stranger to its origin. France, in applauding the
triumph which Royal wisdom has obtained for its
threatened interests, will inquire with anxiety if the
Ministry, which has so overstepped its duty, is to
preside over its destiny; if the corrupting and hy-
pocritical system imposed by a foreign power is any
longer to compromise the interests of the throne,
and the dignity of the nation ? Rejected by the
public, and overwhelmed by their own faults, the
Ministers have no longer the power, if they have
the will, to do good. They can only bring in their
train opprobrium, disaffection, and discord. We ask
if the same Ministry which formed the project that
the Royal will has destroyed were to draw up a
law truly wise and useful, would any person be-
lieve in the reality of this benevolent conception;

or should we not rather suspect, in the best ap-
parent enactments, some hidden design to deceive
and to plunder ? Can they repair their work who, by
brutal destitutions, took vengeance on the academici-
ans for an opposition that is now sanctioned by the
Crown itself ? The Ministry, by its conduct, has ren-
dered itself incapable of carrying on public business,
and nothing remains for it but to retire, imploring
from the national generosity a contemptuous obli-
vion. By deferring so long this Act of Royal wis-
dom, the Ministers, faithful to their customs, wished
to deprive the Throne of the grateful acknowledg-
ments due to it. Why was the Ordinance read yes-
terday in the House of Peers not published the day
before in the Moniteur ? The King would then
have been saluted by the voice of public joy, and he
would have recognized those same—to his, ear—
pleasing sounds, which he heard on September 30,
1824. The transports of popular delight which
broke forth last night would hare rejoiced his heart.
But very soon, perhaps, another opportunity will
occur, and public opinion will 'make itself known,
and the Sovereign will discover that the calum-
niated people, so easily governed, are not only grate-
ful for the benefits. bestowed on them, but also for
the evils they are spared.

(From the Quotidienne.)
" The political change which has placed Mr. Can-
ning at the head of the English Ministry, and dissi-
pated all the wrecks of Lord Castlereagh's system,
will doubtless long fix tho attention of all Europe.
It indicates events of serious consequence to all
Cabinets in direct contact with England; but chiefly
to France, whose interests have been imprudently
blended with the interests of the trading party which
sways the destinies of Great Britain. It is a great
novelty in modern political history to see a monarchy
like that of Lewis XIV. submitting to be dragged
in the train of a Minister who threatens to overturn
every thing in his own country, and a brilliant resto-
ration, like that which we have seen accomplished
by the united arms of the civilized world, seeking
strength in a policy which openly encourages rebel-
lions, and changes, &c.