The Sun.
London, England, 1837-10-12 00:00:00

!iUBLIj .-'; tiESDAY.

C I
9._ (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
esz et animus, et eonsilium, et sententia eivitatis posits
legibUS."--CIC !MO.

w)le.lice,dministration of justice, and its functionaries, are
•in. Ls above all others interesting to the people of this
e?t'trY ; and the more so because, like Milton, fat hisloss
at sight, they have for ages past been obliged to deplore
im-
partial privation of that great and inestimable blessing, im-
by justice. lam led to make observations of this kind
only rumours that have been for some days afloat, not
vcni in this city, but elsewhere, respecting contemplated
Inredinagneds amongst the highest functionaries of the law in
once It is
.said that Lord Plunket is about to resign the
of Chancellor.. that Baron Richards is to be pro-
moted
to that high end important situation—and that the
Attorney.-Genera!, Mr. Woulfe, is to become forthwith a
Mor0!•1 of the I....:xehequer, or a puisne Judge in the Com-
a Pleas, instead of Judge Moore, whose retirement is
also of. Sergeant Ball to be the new Attorney-Ge-
-0;1" and Mr. Richard Moore third Sergeant. There are
06-2 ,names mentioned, also, connected with these and
legal movements, and the consequent vacancies ; but
_ Liberal
are not so plausible, nor creditable to the policy of
4!Liheral Government, I shall forbear to publish then.
Indeed it is but right to say that the great variety of reports
iimon,st members of the profession, seems to indicate the
improbability of any one of them ; and it might, perhaps,
be more for the welfare of the country if such changes did
*lint so often take place ; for the prospect of immediate ad-
"(Zeement, or chance, must necessarily render men in
e. less intent upon the business before them, than if
clue
ir fame and fortune were in some degree confined to the
dpruoebdischarge of their present duties for a certain period of
ation• This more especially applies to the great officers
tL the Crown, who are more immediately acquainted with
,Lie legislative wants of the nation, and have it in their power
ter) vennedy very many of them—and though the present
toenflict of parties does undoubtedly obstruct legislation,
afferare
.questions of a local and general nature
snting the improvement of this country, on which there
resold not be much difference of opinion, if duly
Pnir!"ed on the attention of either House of Parlia-
.nt. The Registration laws, for example—why
should not Ireland be assimilated to England, as
/:11-1(41 as possible in this respect ? If this had been done
;re Years ago, when Mr. O'Loghlen, the present Master of
the Rolls, introduced a Bill on the .subject, the Liberal
"'lse would be in a still better position here than it is at
reseut ; because the difficulty raised by the Tory Judges,
uetvreen the ten-pound beneficial interest, and what a sol-
rent tenant would pay over and above present rent being
settled, a very large body of independent persons would
'register their votes, who now scruple doing so. But this
and other subjects of improvement must be neglected if we
are to have a new Attorney-General every session. Be-
sides, it is not creditable to a Whig Administration, that
tneir chief law officer should be so ready to catch at the
first judicial vacancy that offers. Mr. Woulfe has not yet
been sufficiently drawn out in Parliament ; and it would
he a loss to the country, as well as to himself, were lie to
accept of a Puisne Judge's place, before he has more fully
established his claim to a much higher situation. His cha-
racter at the University was far above that of his profes-
sional cotemporaris • and he has at the bar sustained that
character tho•:,gh he; has not exerted himself much to ob-
tain an extensive clientship. And I have heard of some
appoint ;vents during his Attorney-Generalship, proving
,
tha • •
0, • ne does not, like too many of his predecessors, prefer
suggestions of family interest or private friendship to a
.3erlse of public utility, justice, and general approbation.
Be is, moreover, what is called here by all parties, " a re-
spectable man," and ought not to accede to any arrange-
ment limiting his present usefulness and future advance-
ment. So much for rumours respecting the administration
of the law in the higher departments. They may not be
better founded than the fictions of the Tory journals, as to
The perpetration of crime, and the means adopted to pre-
vent it in the more limited jurisdictions ; but they ema-
nate from_ less corrupted sources of information.
The newspapers of the week will have furnished you
with some excellent illustrations of Orangeism, and its
svirit of intrepidity in this country. At the Recorders'
Court, in this c.iy, a fellow named Dogherty, of the right
sort, told the Right Hon. Judge Freddy Shaw a few days
ago, that 'ne (Dogherty) was this year put into the dock
because he kept the peace for Government, who employed
; whereas, in the year 1835, his Lordship, with kid
gloves on his hands, gave him a friendly shake of the fist,
for doing the very same thing !! And in Sligo, an out-
and-outer, named King, could hardly be persuaded by a
bench of magistrates that he ought to pay five pounds for
the pleasure and privilege of threatening, when he pleased,
destruction to all her Majesty's Popish subjects that came
in his way !! There is no denying the fact, that the
Orangemen have twice the pluck of the multitudinous
Papists. No better reason need be assigned for the employ-
ment of so many of them in the police by every Govern-
ment acquainted with the real state of Ireland.

THE REVENUE.

.I,,The statement of the revenue, which shows a consider-
decrease on the quarter as well as on the year, has
Produced but a very slight effect upon the funds, the de-
Pression in Consols being only * per cent., as the result of
Making up the accounts was fully anticipated, and the fall-
Ittg off in the receipts expected to be equal to the sum
specified, in consequence of the total suspension of business
-which has occurred during the year in many branches of
trade and commerce, and the convulsed state of mercantile
Matters generally.--atiforning Chronicle.
So serious a decline in the public revenue as that which
has just been made known, has taken most people here by
surprise, though the anticipation of any other than an un-
-1?-vourable return was altogether out of the question, and
diffused a very uneasy feeling all over the City. That the
state of trade was bad every one knew, and had made their
calculations accordingly as to the effect upon the revenue,
but the most gloomy predictions that were formed in any
Case have been far exceeded. Nothing can more
strongly show the fearful extent of the commercial
crisis through which the country has just passed, and of
which no proper estimate could have been formed without.
sucti evidence. The expedients which were resorted to by
the Bank of England, and the merchants and bankers who
were solvent themselves, to prop up those that were falling,
bore tended to keep the evil partly out of the public view,
but it is here developed in its full force. The greater part
of the loss has fallen upon the trade department of the re-
venue, and in that respect the present return stands alone,
ant is without parallel for a very great number of years
Past. It is the more remarkable, as the Treasury is known
to have received large sums in duties on corn in the last
quarter, and had not that windfall occurred, which was
quite unexpected, the deficiency, large as it is, would have
been considerably increased. The real causes of the falling-
off seem to be studiously kept from the public eye, and
and can be accessible only to those who have the accounts
to inspect, but it is certain that none of the causes as-
sig.ned have made the impression in the city which was de-
sired from them. So far, therefore, are the merchants
from looking to the future with that hope which usually
succeeds any sudden and violent depression, that they gene-
rally antieinite a further considerable decline in the next
return.—Times.
The Money Market does not appear to have been much
affected by the publication of the revenue tables, but the
deficiency is large, and must render the fundholde-e neces-
sarily anxious as to the future progreaa of our commerce.
Consols have declined only about per cent. It is said tint
tIL: returns issued yesterday are much less unfat,ourable
than the Chancellor of the Exchequer had anticipated, and
that he considers the present diminution of the public re-
sources as one of temporary existence inertly. The Oc-
tober quarter is usually less product.:ive than either of the
other three, and the fortunate ter .nitiation of the harvest is,
moreover, a eireurnstanne it must be acknowledg( d,
holds out the promise of se,me improvement. It is, meet-
theless, much to be des'..red that our foreign trade should be
put upon a better
, and a safer,
commercial footir'r than at present.
Our derangements with the United States will
wenot, are of opinion, be of very long continuance, but
khiSt'a'n•
the, present system of interference in the affairs of
▪ "and Portugal is persevered in, there can be little pros-
per." of any amelioration as regards our relations with those
two countries. The Chancellor is understood to have pre-
Pared himself for a defalcation of at least half a million
more than that which has actually occurred upon the quar-
ter just ended.—Mornin.7 Post.

Yesterday afternoon, n youtag woman, nameil, Atkins,
li% in at No. 21, Henrietta-street, Manc.?:,ester_square, was
crossing Wellbeck-street, when sh:, was knocked down and
run over by a horse and ',art belonging to Mr. Miller,
greengrocer, of Dorset-g'.reet. On being taken up she was
married to the 51Y.,1) of Mr. Croyden, chemist, Wigmore-
mreet, where was discovered that she had received a se-
neredec"t..,sion on the head, and was otherwise much in-
,Her wounds having been dressed, she was eon-
cYea home, where she now remains in a very bad state.
Several families in the City have, at the suggestion
r
the Lord Mayor, provided their houses with fire-escapes,
"upon the simplest of all constructions. A rope fastened to
c.a(.11 bethtfiad in the second-floor rooms with a loop at the
2(4i by which children and women might be lowered into
street In the event of fire, and the last person descend-
ing , would run no hazard from the rope giving way, or the
bedstead coming in contact with the wall, and the window
ur,-"(1 prevent the possibility of a fall. A small box, in
r'ell the rope is coiled, is kept under each bed. Of the
ge'at
utility of such a plan there can be no doubt. In-
deed, on very recent occasions, a rope would have saved
several lives,