The Sun.
London, England, 1814-11-10 00:00:00

THE SUN REVIEW.

(No. XLVIJL)

Letter on the. Tess wad Matto:ref- Judge FLVCITEit'S
Priuted Charge.-71!". 66.

We have selected for notice.a Pamphlet, which
lately appeaied in. Dublin, upon-the ptibticatioi(Of
J kildo'e. lETCUER'S Charge. We coulees, that,
when we first saw the-Charge-attributed .to that
Learned Judge, we were:strongly inclined to doubt
its authenticity ; and, even at this moment, our
respect for the Bench -in general,-nud for Mr.
Justice FLETCHER in particular, renderrm‘ a little
sceptical upon the subject. Wheth?r,. however,.
the Charge be authentic or sot, still the positions`
and assertions which it. contains require. an ain7
saver; and, we think, a most satisfactory one is
given in the pamphlet now before es : it is ano-
nymous, but the Author is evidently a Scholar
and a Gentleman ; he argues with great temper-
ance and knowledge of the ,subject, and never
once loses sight Of theyespect due to the sußposect
Author of the work,on which he is nnenting.
"Ibitollowing specimens. afford a fair example of
his style and Manner : •
" A preliminary inquiry, which solicits our at-
tenion, is whether aft the, topics, which Judge
I`'letc`:er has iutrodneed, snit the character and
legitimate objects
,otaCharge. , It appears to me
that the Ooantels,.ot to.proceed officially from the
Bench, are those only .which concern the admi—
nistration of law, and ,justice ; and that from so
grave a quarter no .topics. should be heard, to
whiCh non eras lacing will. apply. Whatever we
May assusne to be the merit of an opinion, the
propriety of declaring it from •the Judgment Seat
miss; be deter Mined, by the duties which are there
to be performed. If to these it be quite foreign,
the Horatian censure should. preclude it. The
Judge may happen to be eloquent ; et, ortasse ea-
-Opossum scit simulare: but however eminent his -ta-
kat for roughly sketching.a mournful wreath, to
grace the. obsequies of a Constitution, which it'
invites to be defunct,* such funereal decorations
will, on '0 e Bench, be quite misplaced. From a
Vigh Priest of Opposition, in St. Stephen's Cha'.
pet, it may he questioner! whether sepulchral rites
of this kind would be endured. But at least the
Temple of Justice is no fit Theatre for their cele-
bration ; the ermined Magistrate no prOper func-
tional" to preside at their performance.
ow shall we best determine the topics pro-
per for a Charge ? By defining the legitimate
fonctions of thoselo whom it is addreised., In
the wie ill question, for example, whatever tend-
ed to assist those to alioni ,t erred, col-
lectivciy ;Ls" Jurors, or indi‘;duully as. M-
agistrates, to discharge the importaut duties which
either character imposed, was regularly and -cor-
rectly introduced into that discourse,"
" ‘Vilich of his duties is a Grand Juror. assisted
to discharge by being informed that rents are
grown- exorbitantly, high ? is he therefore to
throw out Bills of Indictment against-those, Who
Nvith a strong and law,(ess hand,, would preclude
all competition,—and terrjfying every rival bidder
into silence, establish a eetuprtably cheap maxi-
mum for farms? The astertonvf Judge Fletcher,
that lands bear too high a price; ..may be, and
fear is, in sense degree well founde and through
my information on, the. subject does not qualify
me to be decis've, 114 11 ne.ver stigmatiz.`! as false-
hood, what I conjecture to be truth. Ltut will
the opinion of
.a Judge operate to lower the 'retel
of land ? Is it, not more likely- to raise our pea-
sants—than to reduce .our rents ? I doubt'
astisuoui of proeLioning a, grevance, which we
cannot. cure : of proclaiming it to an irritated and
deluded population—too long and successfully
tampered with by the
,agents of sedition; and
who hour assured upon authority, that they are
right in thinking themselves aggrieved—may con-
clude that they are proceeding under the same
bight sanction, when aiming through violence And
outrage at redress, they but fly from grievance, f
to take refuge in destruction.—The Judge's charge
yet tingling in their ears, shall a Grand Jury, full
of the extravagant and grinding price of land,
send to trial a starving tenant, who would have
reformed" the crying evil,—and this not "in-
differently," but " altogether ?-1- Shall a petty
Jury convict the patriot of a, capital offence ? The
Judge smiteuce hint to undergo the heaviest pe-
nalties of the Law ? and, with the passage on
which I am commenting, of his prelection before
his eyes, decline even torecomtnend to a portion
of the Royal Mercy, this redressor of what him
self had called intolerable grievance IP'

* " Gentlemen, two Bills have recently passed both Houses
of Parliament—one of these 4cl:4omi:a of a complete Sus-
Pension of lht Constitution.".—(Judge Fletc C.:harp%)
t If this exist.

t A. Hamlet adri4ed the Players to do.

DUTCH MAIL.

\VARSAW, OCT. B.—We expect that his Impe-
rial Highness Prince Constantine will shortly re-
turn from Vienna to this city. The servants of
the Emperor's Household are already arrived from
,St. Petersburgh, and the Imperial Guard does
duty at the Palace.

BRUSSELS, -OCT. 31.--Letters from Vienna,
written by persons who may be depended upon,
continue to affirm, that the fate of the countries
between the. Rhine, Moselle, and reuse, is di-
vided ; and that these Provinces, added to Bel-
gium on this side of the Maese, and Holland will
fora' the new state of the United Netherlands--a
state whose population may amount to eight mil-
lions ; and which, in a few years, by its com-
merce, its industry, and its agriculture, may be-
come one of the most prosperous and powerful
Monarchies. We expect, therefore, with impa-
tience the result of the Conzress at Vienna, and
the confirmation of this intelligence.
The Engiish Minister at Ghent having received
on the 28th, dispatches from London, delivered,
f.. 11 time 29th, a note in writing Co the
.American

'option. Nothing is known of the negotiation,
except that the correspondence :,between London
and Ghent was never.so brisk as at this moment.
LEIDO7_, Nov. l.—Yestercily
at last the pleagure of seeing his Royal-A-lig!mess
Prince William- Frederick, :youngest. son-, of out
beloved Sovelc-eign, arrive in this city, in "Ordet;
like his Illustrious Father, to honour with Iris -pre,
settee our celebrated Univet,itv, founded -by his
great ancestor, William 1., to reward the ialotit

of the citizens of Leyden, in 1575. His Highness
gave anaudienee to' the Civil and Military Autho-
rities, and wAs congratulated on his arrival in the
name of the University, by the' Rector and Pro-
fessors in their dresses of ceremony. His [loyal
Highness returned the Address of the Deputation
with the greatest affability. •
BaussEt.s, Nov. 2.—lt is remarked, that the
Prussian troops in garrison at Liege seem to be
makii% preparations that indicate their speedy
de'par'ture. If these troops should leave that city
they will be succeeded by Belgic troops, in
gar-
rison at ; as for the garrison at Luxem-
burg, it seems, that it will remain there till the
fate of that province is decided at the Congress.
In expectation of the retinal of Mr. Dallas,•or
at least of new insiructious, which-will follow his
arrival in America, the exchange of Notes be:.,
tweeu the respective Ministers still_ continueS•
ou the one liatul the negotiations are less active,
on the other 'Aiand.they are very far from. being
broken oil'. This week the Americans give an-:
other grand entertainment, at which the aiglish
Mi'iisters will be present. The sailing of the'
America!' frigate, the Neptune to Brest, is, uni-
versally cousid,ered as a commission .wholly
un-
connected with tticnegociations.