The Sun.
London, England, 1827-07-02 00:00:00

of Parliament, and to prorogue the present Parria-
ment, were assembled in the House of Lords, and re-
quested the attendance of the Commons.
The SPEAKER, accompanied by all the Members
present, then withdrew, and remained away for
about a quarter of an hour, when he returned, and
proceeded to read the Speech, standing at the
table (for which see our report of the Lords.)
The SPEAKER then bowed to the Members pre-
sent and withdrew.

When any individual, or any party of men,
are in the habit of selecting for their perusal a

Newspaper, or other periodical work, which holds
truth in utter contempt, and panders to the
worst feelings of mankind, by the use of language
which would be considered disgusting even in

Billingsgate, we can have no hesitation in draw-
ing one of two inferences, either that they are
dead to those feelings, the possession of which
constitutes a gentleman,• or that the virulence of

Faction induces them utterly to overlook means;
in their zeal to compass the ruin of their oppo.

nents. Thus the character and refined. taste a

the party at present opposed to his MAJESTY'S
Government, and of a certain class of the Esta-

blished Church, may be pretty accurately inferred
from the following severe and witty paragraph
which appeared on Saturday in a new Journal
of theirs called the " Standard," and which

will, no doubt, be perused with avidity by those
persons whom that Journal classes amongst its

readers.

There is a journal which we sehlotn read, and never, save
in the open air, ao extremely offensive is its odour. It is
nevertheless the Court Journal, for the Courier has under.
gone the uniform fate of traitors, in being thrown over-
board by the party to which it sold itself. The journal to
which we allude is " THR SUN," which, as we have . said,
may be traced by its physical unsavoriness, and which,
upon a close acquaintance, will be found to reward but in-
adequately the desperate adventure of a perusal. It has, in
fact, been described with literal fidelity more than a cen-
tury ago in the following lines, which we would humbly
suggest as an epigraph :
Thy formal nods, important sneers,
Thy whisperings foisted in men's ears,
They are, whatever you may think,
BUT NONSENSE WRAPPED UP IN A STINK.
This journal, all stinking and all stupid as it iv, is, how-
ever, the property of a Cabinet Minister (whose brother is,
if we mistake not, its registered proprietor), and therefore
entitled to some notice. On Wednesday the offensive pub-
lication (we would be understood to allude to its phyical
offensiveness, for otherwise it is too contemptible to
offend) inserted a list of Noblemen and Gentle-
men, as connected ,with this Journal, in the capacity of
editors and contributors. This list is one which would
indeed confer the highest honour upon the council of a
Sovereign, and which it must seem presumptuous in a
newspaper editor seriously to disclaim. Highly flattered
too we should be, did any more respectable authority than
" TtIE Sux" give us credit for reflecting, at the humblest
distance, the opinions of the splendid circle in question.—
Something is however due to truth ; and neither the fear
of being charged with presumption on the one side, nor
the influence of vanity on the ether, shall prevent our de-
claring, that with the individuals so impudently enume-
rated in the paragraph of " THE SUN," we are wholly
unconnected. Will " THE SUN" say .as much of Mr.
Charles Grant, or the Times of Mr. Huskisson. As we
have ventured to look into " THE SUN," we would advise
it not to repeat the practice of libelling private gentlemen
who happen to be opposed to the politics of Mr. Canning.
Public men are fair game ; but there is no excuse because
there can be no legitimate motive for saying of a respec-
table clergyman mid most satiable man, that lie is 14 " eon-
" h Threses," &e. We suspect, that
without extending very violently to*
laws, some place within them could be found for calum-
nies like those..
We.have to apologise to our friends for hav-
ing polluted our pages with any thing so offen-
sive as the above 44 elegant extract," but we
have given it for the purpose of holding up to
shame, not the shameless creature who wrote it,
but those persons who permit their families to
have daily before their eyes the contamination of
such revolting language.
Their modest disclaimer of the Duke of
RUTLAND for their Court Newsman, and of Sir
T. LETHBRIDGE for a Flying Reporter, is really
too good. Most people find little difficulty in
discriminating between a • squib, and a gravely
narrated fact—but it seems to puzzle the obtuse
faculties of the Standard.
As to the SUN being the property of any
Cabinet Minister or other Member of the Admi-
nistration, we shall simply say that the assertion
is an absolute falsehood.. Some men may have
a particular standard of morality, but it does not
suit all consciences to swear falsely to a Pro-
prietorship at the Stamp Office.
The Standard seems highly offended at our
strictures on the Rev. PETER LECH, whom it
wishes to shelter as not being a public character ;
but when a private individual brings himself
before the public as a mob-orator, vilifying the
head of his MAJESTY'S Government, we shall
never hesitate to offer our comments on, such
conduct with perfect freedom, even should the
individual have been the most " respectable
Clergyman," and most "amiable man" in the
three to the hour of his making
sucil a
kingdoms
ninugndcohirniestiup
unchristian and unwarrantable speech.

The French Papers of Friday and the Etaile
dated Saturday have been received. The latter
is confident about the measures adopted to
chaktise the Algerines being successful, and it

apprehends no detriment to. French trade from
the depredations of the Corsairs, as the most
part of their vessels is in port, and the cruizing
ground. of the remainder is known. E‘traetti
will be found in another column.

Brussels papers of the 30th ult. have been re-
ceived. They promise much activity respecting
naval operations in the North— even Sweden is
to send ships to Greece:—

BRUSSELS, JUNE 27.
His Highness the Prince of Mecklenburg and suite, has
arrived in this City from Paris.
His Excellency the Governor of East Flanders has again
visited the whole line of the new canal from Terneuzen to
Ghent. It seems that his Excellency has given various in-

structions, which will greatly contribute to accelerate the
completion of the important works now carrying on. One
of the gates of the fine sluice, erected to the west of Ter-
neuzen, was placed in his presence : it ie of extraordinary
dimensions, and its weight is estimated at above 35,0001 be.
We have just seen accounts from Batavia, of the 25th of
February. Thee letters say that at that time the Com-
missioner General was still engaged in improving the admi..
niqratiou of affairs in that Colony ; that he every day