The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-15 00:00:00

Public meetings seem to have had their day
in England, and are probably now to be num-
bered :with the things that are passed. There
has beien. an insurrection, all classes have been
exciatai. or alarmed, the state of the country has
been-A4T is deplorable, and yet, beside the
attemp tsat Kennington-common, at Clerkenwell,
and tilt • meeting at White Conduit House, the
Public." Lave not assembled in parishes, boroughs,
or coup ties, in the old constitutional form, to
take these peculiar and striking ci
into ciistisLieration. The City has notrcumstances lifted up
Westminster has been dumb,
Bir-
wos constrained to be silent, and the
;:nrZoler have' taken no more notic:... of the
great
N`at than! if it had happened at Japan.
verit t!less it has made known to the com-
munity eaat the manufacturing population is in
attlaer
onlnidaigt ion which is at once humiliating and
that something must be done, or it
will rernedn full of terror; but even that has not
roused 'tl le community; to any manifestation of
(31);fliuo• The wish of the Chartists would seem
(lel'u ue F gratified, and public meetings, once
monce' I as a farce by the Duke of WEL.
%.‘,.,tl,l;:rteTo:/;,, are; it seems, not to be held, since the
is. not the law of the land.
he fea r of increasing the excitement has pro-
Par)l con tributed to the 'result, but it has been
to "Y cat sed by the confidence generally enter-
trd hi the authorities, and partly by a convic-
t " that 1 hose who are paid to govern the coun-
%lT 1.
hose
"ISt -perform their duty, without any addi-
_
;()met] p from the paying people. There is a
wing position disposition amongst us to trust every-
'rig to Y.Magistrates, Ministers, and the Legis-
reliably this is expedient for the mo-
Lent ; the disposition is the reverse of
isiotisni, and begets a itonduct totally opposed
that by which our forefathers preserved and
:aincd theme rights, which they handed down
us.
When such unbounded confidence is reposed,
is not sdrprising that it should sometimes be
iously trespassed on; but the confiding people
ye scarcely any,right to complain that the per-
is on wain they so implicitly rely come to deem
it owntonvenience of paramount importance.
is for ase of the authorities that their power
)uld log Unchecked, and nothing should be
ine of TrtNii. they have not the cog-niz and \trol. 'Renee Sir. J. GRAHAM found a
itnce right
place all 13.01%1-meetings under the control of
Police constable 'andhence the Rev.T. S. MILLS,
liagistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire,
intbrmed the branch association at Deiph,
kldleworth, of the British Association for the
tree ouragement of Temperance, that temperance
tins are illegal, and must not be held. 4aglistratea will willingly fall in with the The
pubc
111,rezte4rnl. at an-Assemblage of the people; they have
:y, in4ieveral cases, taken means to prevent
agfto ; andstheY will readily combine with the
uar fists to7make public meetings be spoken of
thiings passed away.
14In reply to the Branch Association at Delph,
t IBatcuT, of Rochdale, the President of the
sir Association, 'has asserted that it is com-
reteat for the Branch to hold its meetings, and
recommends them to be held. If they are
its trpted, Mr. BRIGHT tells the Branch it has
11, rernedy by action. It is, however, a very
,7s
2aristdons thing to rely on an action against Ma-
Ars Res,a and the propriety may be doubted of
totiWoresting the Magistrates with unbounded
siohs• deuce, and then appealing from their tied-
ult will.be something like what is now oc-
e-otill.riogin the United States, where a large party
Jlains bitterly that the PRESIDENT has exer-
Ibis,' the Veto Which the Constitution has intrusted
%t. W.
_hit on purpose to be exercised when he sees
ties To mil in question the acts of the authori-
%tily when the public asks so much at their hands,
);:ils
andresolved to place•such great power at their
~
‘.'a, is scarcely consistent. We are afraid
pi., ilatorter will not find general support.
14, ",_ll all that we can learn, there is at present a
Irs •,'s.ition to acquiesce in whatever the authori-
Qpes:t Ink right—to regard the public security as
ent on.their will being implicitly obeyed;
. •
e authorities say that Temperance So-
re
aree
st " art illegal, the public will support them,
•-•:
a. (rata in saying that temperance meet-
ita„. all not be held. We regret that any
istrai,„
should form such an opinion, and
r M'e die meetings ofsuch useful societies.
hUch,gret~
too, that the public 'should feel so
i,tile
,darn
t at assemblages of the people; but
io
elttolerate any mneasures to prevent them are
Y to be t '
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and
.4 111(441.0./1 Ppebir inexplicable to some persons,
it yet ,:7-Pvll4-k- tact, faet does not at all surprise those
ike to
jii;,i:44114e47474v:. the me? tha.t while the various
States ‘
„oor 4 pr, .sootland, including high and low, rich
;:BSTER, ,' di Itlr.. 'Or ',Lb-- - . .. . vild vattl ''" nig anti Tory, are rejoicing in the
3, it .
,-I(Per,,, eor their -SoVereigni the Non-Intrusionist
in five, J ' ..-,9fivAlliolYtal(.ll€: should exhibit great dissatisfaction,
uccesS„,i -
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itiklbo`lag: aln.-,-Ose to hatred, towards our young
iceed", J'''iiiirejbfistle°\'ed QVNEN. They have taken mortal
ttheY ft.'' alci,i"l4 becauseer MAJisry did not leave her
-- A 04 Q 41,1 • •,,,,v)v4 a_ or --,11, and submit to a lecture from
of the, ;.1"-. Pmttio„ the sect, who might probably have
. - illy -rJat, mtleed
main- - , Usta
her the Supreme Courts of Law,
n the 4tB,iNti in,"er Minister of State, and not • spared
nom- ' 134rtv '4°Yalty - 'itself. The organs of tbe
i
Lid or 114ve" and fortunately they are very few,
tea % aten- 4 d " ri Making a terrible outcry for the last
b kYs
could kkk against this want of courtesy to law
id erg •
Treat ,--mv-6 , lad appear quite furious against the
~ ..el.s
the - ,,'„,"'elid„, cif her MAJESTY' for having recom-
with ' " o,k tii„,i.su acourse which "can be regarded only as
, i --Ned
ll be .fiVe°Ple and positive slight to the Church and
ary; j'- io/ipliqly :)t. Stland." Nay, they go farther, and
gto 1,0) 30,itterQet1.11Putte to Sir ROBERT PEEL the design
-,:',,401,0iikt l'ig ,tin Episcopal Church on the ruins of
~,,htivi,., stablisbment' which the QUEEN has sworn
~ e civil
are 411 Asii4 to preserve and maintain, thereby
ers, 'l'l'Pq QR. doubt even on the, solemn assurance of
e is
are . .itillje:trtEz3- herself, renewed to . the clergy at
ith. $i
ii
. ' alt the 111, these ly9os, "You may be assured
td 80 emn engagement into which I have
) be
,0 - ( -, I th 10 preserve,all-tlie-rights and privileges
'',lo, :VII e%u
ion. i fi ea ~ Lire as egablished by law shall be frll.-
,•-r •- .41
ent
fweitift ilt; jeply `',3? sue with scrupulous fidelity." This,
for%Leoiliter AZ course courSe was trained with the consent of
ies fors
Orli 3'94E14 I,443Ty's Ministersl yet they are told in
11`' 0010,1-;;;•" 0 a s'ertos that they have given their sanction
ich,-,.'
~,,,,-0-41 , kered pledge, which they intend to break, in
r,go-
irtes to.
-ed ,g o- tile niake way for the successors of LAUD
i ~
gn :41,1* ..,1.0 Presbyterian Church. Such absurd im-
.rd ':' 4,,'
ill, rk°
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.ans..

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authorising the issue of Treasury notes to the t patations
amount of 6,000,000 dollars, in lieu of that
amount of the loan authorised at the present
session, had been passed. A law has been
passed, too, giving to the Supretne Court of
the United States full jurisdiction in all ques-
tions in which the United States, or any one of
them, is involved with foreign Powers. The
11141.4E0p case, then, has compelled them to
settle this important point in the Constitution of
the United States. That the matter was
left without a provision was a reproach
to- the Americans, and now that it is
provided for, it will be a means of avoid-
ing disputes with other countries. Cotigress
was ,to adjourn immediately after the departure
of the packet.
Some of the papers contain reports that
Mexico was immediately to invade TexaS, and
perhaps attack Galveston, and that the Texans
were to invade Mexico; but nothing very definite
appears in the Journals.
V.re soe with great pleasure that the British
Government has presented six gold medals,
bearing the portrait of the QUEEN, to six Captains
Of American ships, for their exertions in saving
the lives of British seamen. We cordially echo
the'-'words in which the receipt of one of these
Was acknowledged on the behalf of Captain
CaorTza, formed y of the packet ship, Columbus :
0 Such rewards of such deeds most truly tend to " peace
brotherli,
u earth," and to bind nations in one common bond of
ties like ,od and are hearty auxiliaries of glorious trea-
a,, that, full of "glad tidings" to two happy people,
lien Y au, Sir, and a noble British Minister, have lately
the eternalhonour of concluding between two of the
wh•
bo tl"t natirms on the globe, mother and daughter,
se s eamen, I pray, will for ever hereafter meet to
sale, an d not to destroy, each other upon the high seas,
All this news is extremely favourable, and we
have gr eat hopes, from seeing such a disposition
n both sides of gie Atlantic, that other disputes
and pithier questions may also be honourably
adjuste d.

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