The Sun.
London, England, 1818-11-17 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL JOURNALS.

- • The. observations in •The (Dublin) Correspondent
are always marked by. such. good sense, po-
Utica' judgment, and genuine loyalty, that we con-
ceive it a kind .of duty to direct- our•attention to
it, and we extract the following article from that.
Paper of the I It-h ipstant . _

• r •
The last Letters Irons, the uonttnent pretend
to few political strokes of .invention. The Bugs
list) Opposition Papers, however,'continite• to flat
ter theiir Party, by circulating. a few rumours'
more congenial to their, views, than those formi-
dable facts, which every succeeding day prodticei,
and which, by establi'shing; with increasing firm-
ness, the foundations of public.peaceund
happi-
nest, are become utterly destructive to all'ilreir
hopes. They have, in this humour—and also to
have something to condemo—been pleased to
imagine, that the British Government have sub-
sidized a large army of Prussians, to protect Bel-
gium from any hostile attempt on the side of
France ; and that a new army, composed of
the troops of our Continental Allies, is to
be formed; and to be placed tinder the com-
mand of the Duke of Wellington, for the purpose
of observing the conduct of France. Those com-
plaisant efforts of imagination, which tend only
to raise the spit-its for the moment, scarcely de-
serve to be honoured by the enmity of either
truth or argument ; and as those accommodating
little fables are all that. the Whigs have where-
with •to comftirt their ruined hopes and shattered
spirits, let them enjoy them, and be as happy as
they can in such enjoyment.
The security of Belgium must ever be a main
object with a British Statesman. It was the
prize for which we fought many a battle in vain,
and carried on many a tedious negotiation with-
out effect. To obtain for Holland a sufficient
barrier to protect her against the injustice and
ambition of France, some of the politiCal sages
of past tithes strained all their talents, exerted all•
their zeal, and employed all the powers of :the
itish State ; hut anxiously and earnestly as all
tho;e endeavours were made, this grand object
for balancing the power of France in a most es-
sential place—and thereby securing that which
should be the objects of all States arid Govern-
ments—the General Peace—was never obtained,
until the Sovereign power was administered by his
Royal Highness the Prince Regent, and the pith-
lie Councils were guided by his present
iVli-
t Oar ancestors (bid not look beyond the
security of Holland agaimst France, and a limited
barrier would have satisfied thew—for they dared
not have aimed at that bottler and more valuable
scheme of policy, which, by throwing Holland
and the Netherlands into one united awl powerful
State, gave the strongest guarantee that it was
possible to conceive, against atiy successful ag-
gressions being ever made by in that quar-
ter. This grand design being now completed by
the present advisers of the Crown, it becomes
Well worth the best efforts of Brigham! to preserve
it complete—to guard it against insidious schemes
or open violence, until the component parts of
the new union shall betirinly cemented together,
tinder the wisdom and care 6f the common Go-
vernment, and able to resist any shocks. The
obvious, importance of maintaining, in its present
form and power, the kingdom of the Netherlands,
has, perhaps, suggested the' extravagant fancy,
that our Ministry intend to subsidize a large Prus-
sian army for guarding it, during the process to
its complete polilical.atnelgstmation."

GANG OF Roasztts.—At an early hour on Sun-
day mottling, several houses in Brompton-Cres-
cent were broke open, and robbed of a. variety of
articles, by a gang of villains who have for a long
time infested the neighbourhood ; and in the pa-
rish of Chelsea the inhabitants have been thrown
into the greatest consternation by these midnight
plunderers. The most active measures have been
taken, and great rewards offered to discover them,
but hitherto without effect. Front-one of the
houses in the Crescent, a mahogany tea-chest was
stolen, but afterwards found in a garden, stripped
of its contents, and particularly an old-fashioned
pair of tea-tongs, recently mended, with the letters
3'. B.' very legibly marked upon them. The win-
dow of another house was attempted to be forced
open, bit -without effect. The-next was robbed
of a quantity of provisions ; but probably the dis-
qualifiCation of the thieves preserved the game in
the larder of the adjoining premises (though in all
respects insecure) ; for every partridge, hare, and
pheasant remained untouched, and in the greatest
preservation.—The public are particularly cau-
tioned against leaving steps or ladders on their
premises. .
A melancholy accident happened on Tuesday
last, at Milford, to • a Mr. DANIEL STAgancx,
timber merchant at that place. He was super-
intending the stowing of a pile of deals, and
whilst rendering a little assistance, the upper part
of the pile gave way, and several of the deals fell,
by which .Mr. S. was knocked down, and received
so dreadful a fracture upon his head and face, as to
occasion his death in about half an hour after the
accident. tie was one of the sect of Quakers, a
man very generally esteemed, and respected for
his punctuality and fairness in the course of trade.
The men assisting were not materially hurt. Co-
roner's Inquest—" Accidental Death.".

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