The Sun.
London, England, 1837-09-15 00:00:00

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blood. It has enabled the three great patrons of thel
charter to receive 30,0001. each as a compensation fur
their emigration: There is; tlieSel'stl's, bk:erfy MdtiV I
e on
eaitli
td inae people of Portugal unfavourable to
elihrter of Don Pedro, and we are not surprised
that they take any mode of expressing their detesta-
tion of British influence. The belief that the British
Government is intriguing in favour of its testotation
ileffes riidtly ti ttiatCß hand dgailist it at the resent
duct Itliguelites and Constitutionalists forget
their own differences to unite against the dominion of
the stranger. It is an awful lesson for England, and
we trust that it will prevent any ridiculous interference
with the dortisstic concerns of other nations in ftiturei
Post,
The evening organ of the Ministry in attacking the
House of Lords for the intractable spitis which that
branch of the Legislature has shown to the soliittiaticis
of Ministers, in regard to certain questions proposed
by the Cabinet as part of the stipulated consideration
for the support of O'Connell, says, " From what mea-
sures have the Lords escaped ? Have they got rid of
the Irish Church question ? Of the Irish Municipal
question? The two great subjects of alarm. Have
,hey rendered Protestantism more secure or respected
than it was ? Is there any evil that threatens the
Established Church in Ireland which has been removed
or mitigated by their opposition to the measures offered
for their acceptance ? Do they not know that, time
after time, those questions will be forced upon them,
and that the most they could hope to obtain by a suc-
cessful obstinacy would be that the Irish Church
question should be left undetermined until time, and
that no long time, should have terminated the contest
by terminating the existence of the subject of dis-
pute ? And is this the moment for raising a shout of
triumph, as though by stopping these measures for a
season they had been permanently set at rest ?" The
answer to all this half-bullying, half-whining remon-
strance, is very short and simple. The Lords opposed
the measures in question because they felt it their duty
to do so, and because they were resolved not to allow
themselves to be made the accomplices with Minis-
ters in registering the decrees of O'Connell, and sa-
ctifleing to his bigotry and ambition the Protestant
Church in Ireland and British connection. The Lords
acted upon principle, and not upon the suggestions of
a miserable expediency, such as constitutes the only
motive of action with the Melbourne Ministers, who
were Conservative Whigs with Lord Grey Yesterday,
and are Destructive Whig-Radicals with O'Connell to-
clay. But it seems the Lords, by opposing the infamous
" appropriation clause," and the Bill for establishing
O'Conneli's " normal schools of political agitation,"
have not got rid of those measures ; they are, it appears,
to be brought before them again. Well, what of that ?
The Lords will still prefer the dictates of sacred duty to
the commands or wishes of the Ministers, who, for the
sake of preserving office by the least reputable of all
means, would " inflict a heavy blow and great discou-
ragement on Protestantism." Their resistance to
dangerous, unconstitutional, and anti-Protestant mea-
sures, hitherto has had the effect of staying the march
of destruction, while the public mind, which the reform
excitement had led away in some degree from the
dominion of calm reason, has sobered down into re-
flection and learned to distinguish between measures
of improvement and destruction. This is a great
service which the Lords have rendered to the country.
They guarded the Thermopyla of the Constitution
until the British public, made sensible of the danger
which beset their invaluable inheritance, have rallied
to its relief. The last elections have saved the Con-
stitution, but there would have been no Constitution
to save if the Lords had not so long resisted all the
efforts of its destructive enemies.—Morning Herald.

SURREY SESSIONS.

YeFter(l4, Anti. b•i•t,.:eeni and iirytnt; ti-tro
women, with infants in their arms, stood indicted for steals
ing a gallon tin can and a j •eket from the premises of a
publican in the Kent-road.
The two articles having been identified as taken from the
prosecutot's house, the Jury ptohetinced a ver-
dict off' Ouilty ap iiiist beith the ptisdhaA; grid they *ere
iatebeea t 6 Sli rrientlA' hard latidur at iiriitton:

William harris, the owner of d f.ell iie the Oditi bf fancy
goods at fairs, was convicted and sentenced to iwtiiire
months' imprisonment and hard labour, for uttering a
cbtintekreit Shillin g to the wife of Alec Reid, the pugilist,
Wid• iti6 bilftidtlidli tit }Ha " Chelsea Snob."
The Jury found the prisoner Guilty.

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

UuILDHALL.

Yesterday a young man, thittied Charles Winter, a cab
owner, residing in Tenter-street, Moorgelds, emended be-
fore Mr. Alderman VENABLE6, to answer the complaint of
Martha Wormhill, a widow (who appeared to be 15 years
older than the defendant), for obtaining a gold seal and
other articles from her, under the false pretence that he in-
tended to marry her.
" It v.cms," said the Alderman, addressing the defend-
ant, "that there have been some loving discourses between
you and this lady, and, understanding you were about to
marry her, she bought for you a waistcoat."
" It. was very kind of her, no doubt," said the defendant.
"You have altered your mind, however," continued the
Alderman ; " and I think it is your duty to take care that
she shall sustain no pecuniary loss on your aceount."
The defendant said—Well, ho would give her a crown
for the waistcoat.

The widow said, she had bought other things for him as
well. There were six pair of stockings, 15s. ; linen for two
shirts, 255. ; making ditto, 4s. ; two flannel shirts, 13s. 6d.
Three neckerchiefs, 'lc 6d.
The defendant looked aghast as she recounted these
articles, and observed, that she had bought and given these
things to him.
The Alderman said, that was because he had promised
to marry her.
Tho cabman declared he had not made that promise.
She had promised to marry him.
The Alderman said he saw how it was. The defendant,
finding this woman too credulous, and not content with
sporting with her feelings, he wanted to cheat her out of
her property. If he did not pay the complainant for all
the articles he had obtained from her, he should deal with
him in a way he did not anticipate.
The defendant paid the complainant 4/. for the various
articles, and was discharged.