The Sun. — 1836-09-08 (London, England)

KING. To suppose that Louis PHILIPPE would designedly delay the formation of his Cabinet, with a view to obtain Russia's_ opinion of the proposed materials, is to admit inferentially that the CITIZEN KING intended it to have a will different from his own. But his Most Christian MAJESTY intends nothing of the sort. He will be in reality his own Cabinet, or he will be nothing. This the Northern Powers know right well, and therefore they care very little who his MAJESTY may nominate as Ministers, provided his selection be made among the leaders of the Doctrine. We regret to observe that symptoms of a growing indifference to the friendship of England begin to be manifested by France in a thousand ways, which, though trifling, minute, and apparently isolated in themselves, are, nevertheless, not to be mistaken in their character. We hesitate not to attribute them to the Government. We are confident that the people of France view the close alliance of their country with Great Britain as the surest pledge of their independence. A rupture between England and France would prove fatal to the liberties of Western Europe. In the event of a war, it is easy to foresee that the constitutional thrones of Spain and Portugal would be subverted ; that Belgium would again be united to Holland under the sole sway of the House of Orange ; that Greece would be declared a province of Russia ; and that the black Eagles of the CZAR would float over the mosque of St. Sophia.  The Paris Journals of Tuesday contain no satisfactory account of the ramifications of the plot for the murder of the KING at Neuillyothe execution of which on Sunday night, was only prevented by the activity of the Government. Many believe that the whole affair was fabricated by the police with the knowledge of the KING, with a view to rouse the sympathies of the more respectable classes of Frenchmen in his MAJESTY'S favour, and more especially to create  a general abhorrence of the Spanish Constitutiona  system. Such a thing might be probable were the Chambers sitting ; but nothing is more unlikely under existing circumstances. There are now neither Chambers to manage, nor elections to influence—so that a sham plot could serve no political purpose. Besides Louis PHILIPPE is not now quite so anxious to have it believed that his life is in danger as he was in 1834. He has had enough of conspiracies, real and pretended, without seeking for more. That the plot—the execution of which was prevented on Sunday—was a real plot, and that its  object was the death or banishment of Lours PHILIPPE, we, in all sincerity, believe; but we are, neverthelesss, of opinion that the conspiracy was not so extensive as the Government supposed it to be. The following account of it from the Droit, a Paris Journal, is the only one which has yet appeared :—" A plot was laid for surrounding the Prefecture of Police, setting the buildings on fire, and at the same time making an attack upon the Palace of Neuilly. A Republican Council was, during the whole of the time, to remain sitting at the house of a wine-dealer in the Rue Valois-Batave, and thence direct the proceedings. Of all this the Prefect of Police had timely information from his secret agents, and reinforced the Municipal Guards, whom he stationed, with several brigades of Sergens de Ville, in the courtyard of his hotel. The troops were closely confined to their barracks, cartridges were distributed to them, and they': remained with their muskets loaded ready to march at a moment's notice. The same precautions were taken at every other point of Paris. Numerous patrols traversed the streets in every direction, and yet the morning arrived without any one being arrested, except a single man in the Rue ValoisBatave, who was found seated at a table with some packets of cartridges wrapped up in a handkerchief, a pistol in his coat pocket, and a list of the names of some persons who were afterwards arrested in the course of yesterday. The police continues its searches, and it is said that 150 or 200 muskets have been seized in the Rue de Rivoli."  Plots such as the above are not to be put down in France by an alliance with Russia, at the expense of liberty and England. The secret enemies of the present dynasty can neither be conciliated nor crushed by the frowns of the Holy Alliance. The presence of a million of soldiers could not preserve the life of a Monarch so menaced as is the life of the citizen