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

TIM St'N, LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, I'l7.

and to the dictates 61 Itel' iienSe jusil66. iTe
w-o.e poirit our, awl to dwell with delight on
die fact, that her Majesty, when proroguing tire last
Parliament, delivered with an emphasis whieli showed
that she wea.gl'illlg titiefilnee to the feelings of tier
llart, that part of her speech *hich ekptessed the
hope that- the etittlinal
code auspicious commencement of her
reign. What we then said on this subject was
strikingly confirmed ten day afterwards by Lord John
Respell, At a public dinner given to the Noble Lord
at Stroud, he said :
"It was much retraflkedi that *hen her Majesty deli-
vered her aratiotis speech froth the throne; upon the °tea-
slob a the tirorogati,,i,of the late Parliattienti that when
she tithe th thak part bt ;pecch in %%1)41 she declared
that tilt hoped the mitignion of the severity of the criminal
laws would be en auspicious commencement of her reign,
she threw aside;
urAif,,,A Nita readina, and spoke the words without refe-
rence to the (mitten paper, in a way, and with an emphasis
which showed that they came (rat!' front the /wad."
Lord John Russell, if we are not misinformed, de-
livered this part of his speech with an emphasis which
led his audience to infer that his own feelings on the
subject of our Criminal Code, were in perfect unison
with those of her Majesty. Surely, then, the Noble
Lard will not, in a case so peculiarly deserving the
Royal clemency as that of the unfortunate female at
Paisley, interpose any obstacle to the exercise, on the
part of her Majesty, of the prerogntive of mercy. Giv-
ing him all credit for the sincerity with which he spoke,
when delivering the above remarkable part of his speech
at Stroud, we will not do him the injustice•to suppose
for a moment, that he will advise the Queen to refuse
the prayer of the Magistrates and Town Council of
Glasgow, and that of the thousands of persons by whom
the other petition has been signed. That would not•
only be irreparably damaging his own character as a
consistent man, but it would be to do a most ungra-
cious act as regards her Majesty. With the known
humanity of our youthful Sovereign, and her declared
aversion to the judicial shedding of human blood, 'we
are sure Lord John Russell will not for an instant en-
tertain the idea of asking her to sign the death-warrant
of one in whose case there are so many extenuating
circumstances, as in that of the woman now under sen-
tence of death at Paisley. If anything could add to
the ungraciousness of asking the Queen, so soon after
her accession to the throne, to affix her signature to
the order for the execution of one of her subjects, it
would be the circumstance, that that subject is one of
her own sex. No, it cannot be. Lord John Russell
is not the man to ask our youthful Sovereign to do
violence to all the better and holier feelings of her
nature, by giving a formal sanction to the public exe-
cution of one of her own sex ; and one, too, in whose
case circumstances of a palliating nature are so nume-
rous and strong.—Morning Advertiser.
We beg to call attention to an advertisement, ad-
dressed to the vestry of St. Marylebone, which appears
in our paper this day. It is an appeal from the inha-
bitants of Oxford-street to the vestrymen of the parish,
entreating them to attend at the Board on Saturday,
next, when the proposition for the re-paving of
Ox-
ford-street will be brought under consideration. We
hope and trust that this appeal will be attended to,
that it will produce its proper effect, and that no ves-
tryman will be absent from his post on an occasion
which calls so loudly for the interference of the re-
spectable inhabitants. If the Radical junta of Mary-
lebone be permitted to perpetrate this barefaced and
scandalous job, there is no saying to what an extent
• they may carry their schemes and oppressions. It
will scarcely be possible for them to exceed the enor-
mity which they are now endeavouring to perpetrate ;
but of this we are certain, that if they succeed in
their present attempt, we shall have a whole family
or generation of similar jobs, for it is their nature to
increase and multiply. We would appeal even to the
honest portion of the Radicals themselves—if there
be such an animal as an honest Radical in political
zoology—to vindicate their principles and their party
from the stain which is attempted to be fixed upon
them for ever. Surely the aggrandisement of a few
needy, greedy, grasping adventurers cannot be such
an object with the general body, even of that class of
politicians, as to outweigh the value of character, and
the regard which most men possess for appearances.
But our hope is, that the respectable inhabitants of
the parish will see the condition to which they are re-
duced by a tyrannical faction, and will hasten to avail
themselves, while it is yet time, of the power which
they possess, to check and defeat proceedings by
which they must be the greatest sufferers. If they
will not do so, let them cease to abuse the Radicals
fur whatever jobs may be hereafter accomplished, and
turn their indignation against the real cause of the
calamity—their own criminal indifference.—Morning
Herald.

The attention of the good people of Dublin has, it
seems, been recently engaged by a tumour that Lord
Plunket is about to resign the seals, and withdraw into
private life. Our correspondent in that city, whom we
have generally found to be well informed, speaks of
this report as if he attached some credit to it. We
hesitate, therefore, to express an opinion adverse to its
truth. It may be true that Lord Plunket, not seeing
an immediate prospect of . another Mastership in
Chancery, or any other very good thing, falling in for
the benefit of his family, and being sure of a retir-
ing pension for the remainder of his own days, not
much inferior to his official income, has thought it
advisable at his tithe of life to divest himself of
the trammels, and withdraw from the toil, of judi-
cial office, although that toil in his case be not ex-
ccssive. It may be true even that his Lordship has
availed himself of some new device of the O'Connell
Government to degrade and insult the loyal magistracy
of Ireland for the purpose of withdrawing from the
public stage, attended by those plaudits which his op-
position to a project of shat nature would tyl sure to
draw forth. But we confess we think it in the highest
degree improbable that Loid Plunket has decided to
give up his place a single day sooner than perfectly
suited his personal interest and conviniencc from a de-
termination so generous, or, as the Noble Lord would
probably describe it, so romantic, as that of withhold-
ing his aid, if it were sought by the possessors of sub-
stantial power, in the abasement or the abolition either
of the unpaid magistracy, or of any other institution of
his country. If Lord Plunket has expressed a warm and
generous attachment to any institution whatever, that
may have been threatened with destruction by the
O'Conneil Government, time public will only be-
icve
l thnt his Lordship thinks that institution strong,
and the O'Connell Government comparatively weak.
This, indeed, although not very honourable to the
Noble and Learned Lord, would not fail to afford sa-
tisfaction to the community, for it would be thought
unlikely that one whose life has consisted of a series of
successful efforts to keep always on the stronger side
should malts a miscalculation at last. The prevalence
in Dublin of the report which our correspondent no
doubt very faithfully narrates must at present, we
suppose, be taken merely as a proof of the general
opinion diet no project is too desperate or too fla-
eitious for the O'Connell Government to contemplate,
and of the general feeling in Irish society that opposi-
tion to their unconstitutional and disorganising schemes
on the part of any public man would go far to atone
for his past errors and delinquencies, however numerous
or brave.--Morning ve.—Morrang Post.

MISS LANDON'S NEW NOVEL.—We lately pre-
d'eted that it would not be long before " Ethel Churchill"
would be found in eY,:ry lady's boudoir, and we arc glad to
observe that we are fully borne out iu this opinion, even by
the critic of the Times, who speaks of it as such a record
of female sentiment and paggim; gs has hardly been pub-
lished duce the days of Corinne, abounding in brilliant
thoughts and fine poetry, acute wit, and observatiori,
for its depth and feeling, in quite unwmpanlike.

Monday night, as George Graves, an officer in
the establishment of Worship-street Police-office, was cross-
ing the fields between Stoke Newington and Hackney,
about 11 o'clock, when in a lonely part near Wood and
Stretton's nursery-ground, two men suddenly attacked him.
One of them said, "We want what you have." Graves re-
plied, " You have met with the wrong man," and was in the
act of taking out his staff, when he received a tremendous
blow upon his mouth, which instantly laid him prostrate.
He however succeeded in taking out his staff, but was
prevented using it, by the men having taken to their heels.
About th it time the light of the moon was obscured,
which prevented Graves from taking a description of their
persons and dress. His mouth exhibited the effects of the
evert) blow.