The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-26 00:00:00

Pte"
itfbr,,,i Litton

SUN OFFICE Three o'Cloch,

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The Times contains a good article, a propos 0
the Niger expedition, on the folly oft hose pre-
tenders to philanthropy who set about promoting
improvements at a railroad pace, as if it were the
manufacture of some new species of etc th which.
with"
can be multiplied at pleasure. It exPok3es
out mercy the shallow delusions propagated by
well-meaning em'pirics and quacks, who
-hoarse
the benefit of others the stoking
yan-
to the gratification of , their own
to
ings after distinction. It leaves nO rele
r
cover the nakedness of the "conceited citha"
siasts," who plan fine schemes to civilize iVan"
kind. But our Contemporary, to- whe' incon°
sistency seems so delightful that it opoos's aone column what it advocates in another. has a
second article on the .Anti-Cern-law League,
in which the subscribers at the late pub"
lie meeting to the League Fuod, such as
are taken
W
Mr. MUNN and Mr. THASSON,
sharply to task for discardiiN. all pretence
and all humbug, and boldly avowing
that
Ives. Th.e!
subscribe the money to serve theeise:
see their property melting aA a • uader a re,s,.:lle,
tion on the supply of food, and on theif -. of
and they openly give their money as a ineall'
r°
tile.
getting rid of that restriction, and saving
selves from decay and ruin. Can any thing be
and were
more straighttbrward amid holiest, they
first
praiseworthy ? for it is every nou' u
s Alat,,Y6
to help himself. But the League n
and
,
not act on the adviCe 'of the Times,
cares nothing for the ease of that Patirtel
to. which the Times is the slave. It i;
spises the empty words •that hide Piqaeit'lesi.v;
resolves to do its best to get rid or a vile •-• '
in spite of the sacredness of the Cieistiuti.nciiiiP
which is now always invoked to protect P°litio
lioiquity ; and therefore-the Times, in it' seCO.ust
li.kader, advocates quackery and einpit`iiisin;,iiks
e Sir F. BUXTON and' Sir G. STEPAI° 3 las-
with unctuous cant of promoting ,thurnituitY"orn
tice, and religion," and treats with se,.
the honesty. and fair dealing of the seen ,•
anoc
bers of the League. We ci
had le
from our Contemporary in his vigorous aYs,hich
from
seine observation of the Inntiveg ic
011
usually actuate men, that they al:c
distrusted when they disavoW thoiei to be much
usually
aii
purposes which are the main.springg eili.l inittibl at
actions, and pretend to have nothing-it P°lrc-cess
to promote the good of others,- anetbLsa-ore-
ef justice and humanity. These-0
I'"e ' these
tences on which priestcraft builds its altars', it,
are the pretences on which .tyranny et..l,e`;t teat=thrones. These are the pretenCeit car• L"c3 od
seeking legislators encliaia the linfiiiirr and
far
make liberty an unknown blessing;lt i 5 ail for
the love of justice and the' pro wen
and
humanity that the landlords pass Cern-10°c, ii
daily torture the half-starved multitude. .11:ce,
all for the benefit of the poor, and the ad°3front
went of religion, that the Church extorts t its
the public several millions a year, and °tar% at
Archbishops and Bishops wallow in I.uxufiare
the expense of the very classes whee vi-a is
they pretend to promote. 1 ft
We deligbteeste
nothing more at tUe meeting at Manctlonen
than in the honesty with which the ge_r-icl 11
there cast aside all false pretences, an
andjaws .-
`lnbritlf•and7snuglit the repeal of the Corn
only
openly that' they
.--- • V-theiliselvcs. That is, perhap, the
'.bil4ll : proper
•'n r - rO%
~ ;'i I; IL " all human exertions, and it 3 ,e
...,. ri.
,°-4vc?v,,,iJ. Nothing can nwre strongly r
Ivo
time twaddling imbecility that sornetiraeslc°ooo
ed their
over our Contemporary than thus to find eat of
subscrib
bold and manly Times become the oPrneoliu
an Ihinest avowal or motives, and the mai slid
advocate in one column of the empiricist; 0•
the quackery it exposes to ridicule inanota

China, thae,have received a great nuiniter efictier:virtel:
spectingi the origin and justice of the War the
some of our Correspondents blinil)gworcl
ritish Government for carrying fire and 3dioas
;among a defenceless people to maintain ant)
strong
traffic, and others justifyi n g then] in equallY cla
erms. The only letter for ' Which vre our
find 'room is the following, and eve
.10'1 ,its,
brief reply will satisfy uther' corfe4PPLivaes'yr
who join with the French in reps' 0106 00%
tend of policy which will confer ‘ great irt'dif-
rly on England, but China. " A gtean-deritr
erence of opinion," says our- Corresll-t re'
who styles himself a " Barbariiii;" " e- '':fs yas
si .cting the justice of the Ch.iiieto Ir 3 r 3t. fit:
can conveniently insert a short acentl`l",:,vil'
origin in the columns of The SO) e- gord
greatly oblige a number of your j9r,3-, i 3
readers." The answer to this que6tlpo'-iael
very simple. For many years the °l'itoa,
trade with China had been carried on at C:tioes
and, notwithstanding occasional Prncl,3l-,Lbori"
against it, was sanctioned by the officia' ai- For'
ties, the regular duties were paid,. and tilhe,:i)trere
tars therefore confidently believed that t";":
justified in carrying on the trade as usti'rel‘ii''
denly, however, art edict was issued frni'! that
ordering the seizure of all the o"pili:s at
into
place, and the CommissiOner sent to ca4„itiarv'
leffecti imprisoned the English Pler4ele-t„.oea
Ito threa't-i if
lt) was guiltless of all blame,
ohim and all his countrymen with death
lvlavasotnfeortsitl,einaosiptiaditilittnalylltg,aitsvheicir:
ling
to the value of nearly three inillionsr-ahle
mniportion
e
had becil )10
ated in the usual form. There was n 0 lot
it whatever, therefore, for preteadinfdttiag
was smuggled. But even , .1/(111,;flese
Gthat the trade was contraband, the ''''-t.i005,
overnmentactedcontrary to the lawt?f, ilai„ I)s'
and insulted the Sovereign of Great 01.444: her
imprisoning and threatening to put tci dea' be'4
that to the tilc
representative. We may add,
of our belief; no foreign writer, however 11°
'e
~•ray.
c
s:licipsi .pt s .intutc°ottitlic COl
di i:
to England, has justified this atroc/03 °"1 I‘.l
r i 5 ii
on a public functionary, whose 'cliaracte
sacred among civilised States: .• '
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'The:grand public dinner given on, I' Al-
last' to theiate Lord Mayor of -Publit'' elf
derman O'CONNELL—by the bye, how rang
elf
sounds the meek, dull, pacific word; A for
man," when couple& with thaeirti,6l"l"
fiery, ultra- Radical agitation, " °'C°i4,ereat
the dinner Given to this gentleman b 4:- of
majority of the Dublin Corporation onbiber, 11
those marked signs of the times which may ,
bear a word or two of comment. The ir.is",, ilhf.
tropolis has, it is well known, been.renntri`a—fe
ever since the memorable year 1638, faille fletr'e
zealof its Protestantism, its attachment t0,,-;itiv.
English connection, and its inveterateihostuZ,
to the Catholics. Among its inemberS'a
_ie t° -tre-
found the names of some of the inogasjell, I:4
political bigots in the empire. No eiOitSseZ;
it spared—no labour has it grudged—no*"c-!
has it hesitated to make—in order to showtits ratl''
pant loyalty and uncompromising
principles. As for listening to any speeches in 0-
your ofa repeal of the Union, we firmly betiqvctl'''t
there is not a Protestant member of the.c9r
tion who—but a -few years ago—would not will'
ingly, if he could, have hanged any ,muchn wilt'
should have dared even to sugges sad
fallen!
hypothesis. But how are the mighty
Hig-ii.Clinrch
How are the bullies tamed, and the zealots o-
bered ! The late Municipal Reforms have
completely cowedi the spirit, and .broken the
strength and unity of the Dublin Corpci
and accordingly they listened to a loagaPecch of
!of the
Mr. O'CONNELL, in favour of a -Repeal'
Union, not not merely with calmness, bnt ,4tlth
cided approbation ! "The spirit' tiftl goneeabroad," observed the Hoo, and Learaccfg
s'lo4e wild
man, " the sound had gone forth owl. ... ri
ration ;.
winds of Heaven ; it was: scatteceitotbroabci
the land ; and every hettie iirq 44rela° ,
throbbed more or less to reStorelkeii'a*icweu
~)!Whikti we
country to her national dignity r"--I,`; A-1 ed
stir that this exulting language iill 'je--7:3111:vs
with loud cheers by a great pUblic body,!./1
foremost to toast the if Glorious, Pious, ad.lol