The Sun.
London, England, 1822-08-23 00:00:00

[NEW TIMES.]

17ae Timcs says,. it has been 64 grieved; and
shocked, and disgusted," at what it is pleased to
call " the coarse exultation of the populace," on
the occasion of Lord Londonderry's funeral.—
Grieved ?—Shocked ?—Disguste&?—ft requires
an extraordinary degree- of charity not to set
down this pretended grief to the account of
rank hypocrisy it is extremely difficult to un-
derstand how The Times should be shocked,
much •1P,,,s disgYsted, at an act done in the
.very. spirit of its own daily attacks on the de-
parted" Statesman's character. Not only did
that Jcurnal pursue Lord Londonderry with
the wickedest calumnies to the very end of
hislife, but even after the sad event, which
should-- have disarmed all hostility—even so late
as yesterday his memory
Aith the most odious and unfounded imputations.
Lt" asserted. that Fte had shewn himself " the
tang tool,. of courtly trick, of military rapa-
el,- and: of heartless oppression that " be
Voincurred and defended, every tact of out-1

rage to the weak, and of subserviency to desr; tic'
power ;" that he wished " to put down the very
love of liberty throughout Europe ;" and that
" he uniformly helped to crush the rights of its
inhabitants." What the surviving relatives, what
the afflicted friends, what the former associates
and coadjutors of the Noble Marquis may think,
or how they may feel, at.the slanders thus heaped
on his breathless and unburied corse, we know
not : and their thoughts and feelings The Times
manifestly sets at defiance. But we would ask,
what effect these slanders must have produced ;
what effect they must have been intended to pro-
duce on the class of persons by those yells and
howlings the sad and sacred solemnity of last
Tuesday was disturbed ? The individuals who
committed this outrage were, no doubt, frequenters
of the pot-houses were we find "The Times and
Statesman taken in :" and to this besotted portion
of its readers must The Times have addressed
the venomous article of the 15th instant. To
their blind prejudices and distempered passions
alone was it suited : from their ignorance
and credulity alone could it obtain a moment's
credit. And if they believed it to be true, they
must have believed Lord Londonderry to have
been a wretch deserving universal execration,
instead of being, as he was in reality, a liberal
and enlightened Statesman, an upright and ho-
nourable man, a friend to his country and his
king. We cannot therefore blame the deluded
rabble for their ignorant antipathy to the Noble
Marquis : we must blame the authors of their
delusion. It was The Times, and papers like
The Times, which caused religion and decency
to be insulted, and the feelings of the afflicted
mourners to be harrowed up by the brutal out-
rage of Tuesday.

[HORNING CHRONICLE.]

The sensible manner in which the body of the
people of Scotland have conducted themselves,
since his iTh.ijesty's appearance among them, is
precisely what we anticipated. We knew that
if there was no want of interested servility among
the high Tories of that part of the Island, that if
it would even be difficult to find their equal in
any of the three Kingdoms, the people in general
were too sensible, as well as too proud,' to forget
what was due to themselves in discharging their
obligation to the first Magistrate of the country.
The British Constitution keeps the Sovereign so
much out .of view, that we are hardly warranted in
connecting him with any of the measuresof his reign,
and it is only in proceedings like those which were
instituted against the late Queen, that the Royal
conduct can come under the public cognizance.
A general and guarded expression of respectful
loyalty, therefore, is all that a British subject
can well pay to his Monarch without mixing
himself up with the measures of an Administra-
tion. A knowledge of the private life of the
Monarch is reserved fur the few who can boast of
enjoying the Royal intimacy, and all allusion to
it by those who are deprived of this advantage,
is, to say the least of the matter, a piece of
great presumption. We are sorry to see that
those who have acted in the name of the
Church of Scotland, an Establishment for which
the Scots are so much indebted to the good
sense, firmness, and bravery of their forefathers,
and in the reputation of which (being as it is of
such inestimable value to the country), every
Scotsman in particular is deeply interested,
should on this occasion have departed very widely
from the path of propriety. We confess we are
mortified beyond measure to think that the
Address of this body should actually abound
more in fulsome adulation than any of the last
autumn's speeches of our more mercurial bre-
thren on the other side of the water. A
little extravagance was almost pardonable in
them,—and great allowance too ought to be
made for the circumstances under which the
parties came forward. But unthinking extrava-
gance is the last quality which the world would
expect from a body like the Church of Scotland ;1
and indeed the solemn and measured movement,
the stately structure of the sonorous sentences of ,
this Address, prove that however heavy it may
be, it was by no means an unlaboured production.
When another De Foe shall think fit to favour
the world with a new histoty of Addresses, he
can hardly, we think, fail to do justice to the
following superlative passage :—" We can-
not express what we feel, when within the
precincts of your ancient kingdom of Scot-
land, we behold your Majesty in person—a
King distinguished by every splendid endow-
ment, and graced by every elegant accomplish-
ment—at once the safeguard of our country, and
the bulwark of our Church. From the first mo-
ment that your Majesty undertook the charge of
public affairs, the Providence of God has beamed
upon you with a bright effulgence."— But
enough We refer our readers to the produc-
tion itself, which we have inserted elsewhere at
length, as well as that of the Episcopal Church
of Scotland, which certainly will not lose in the
comparison with it.

MORNING HERALD]
Our recent inteiligeuce from abroad is more
various than important. Accounts from Constan-
tinople represent the Porte as strongly disposed
to peace, and even ready to enter into direct ne-
gociation with Russia. Reforms, too, of the
Ottoman Administration, which should render
the Turkish Sovereign more secure against the
turbulent Janissaries, and enable the Govern-
ment to treat more freely with the European
Governments, occupied public attention. The
Seraglio, however, was divided into two parties,
the one with Hatch Effendi, the present ;'avourite,
at its head, in support of innovation ; the
other as eagerly defending the ancient usages
and institutions, but without present success.—
Lord Strangford is stated to have boundless
influence over the favourite Minister. It is some-
what singular, that though all thought of war
with Russia is laid aside—even so far that the
new Administration of the provinces has com-
menced under native Ilospodars—yet there is no
intention of any effort to put down the Greek
insurrection. Perhaps the campaign is left in a
state of suspense upon an understanding: with
the mediating power, until the approaching
Congress, The Congress, too, is stated to be

further postponed. It will be held at Vienna,
not as hitherto supposed, at Verona.—An enor-
mous mass of official reports, with subjoined
documents, has been put forth by the Commission
appointed to inquire into the existence of " dema-
gogical intrigues" for the last ten years and up-
wards, in the German Universities. It is stated
to be a cart-load of laborious nothings, which
nobody reads, and every body laughs at.—The
accounts from Vienna give a direct contradic-
tion to the reports, so long and so generally
credited, of the restoration of the Jesuits in
the Austrian dominions. They have, on the
contrary, been forbidden .the empire, by the
Council of State. This prohibition has been
of some standing. The Jesuits, however, found
means to evade it, by assuming the name of
" Redemptorists." But they have been detect-
ed, and again expelled under their new title. It
is further ordered, 'that within the heredi-
tary dominions of the Emperor, the educa-
tion of youth should in no instance be con-
fided to Monks. The reports of the illness,
and even the death of the Pope, and the cer-
tainty that this can be no very distant-event, has
revived, it is said, with more than usual keen-
ness; the political and ecclesiastical intrigues with
which that prize i 3 sought. Austria naturally
seeks to confirm and extend her dominion in Italy
by the appointment of a Pope in her interest, and
one of the Archdukes, who is a Cardinal, is
spoken of as the probable successor.—The
Spanish °Royalist insurgents still maintain
themselves in Catalonia and Navarre, and an
" official account " of the progress of Ge-
neral Quesada, in the latter province, has been
published ; but this, it should be observed,
is not the official report of any Spanish authority,
but of Quesada himself :—or, perhaps, fabricated
for him at Paris, or Bayonne. It is somewhat
curious that at the moment of his pretended
successes, the insurgent Junta had pronounced
his removal from the command on the ground
of incapacity.—The conspiracy of Belfort which
excited such serious alarm in France, turns out,
upon the, trial of the accused, to have been
an unimportant and rather doubtful affair. Of
twenty-three persons, accused of treason, nine-
teen are acquitted, and the remaining four
convicted only of a minor offence, punishable
by fine and imprisonment.

NEW MARRIAGE ACT.

Many of the inconveniences likely to result
from the Act just passed for amending the provisions of the
Marriage Act have been already pointed out in the public
papers ; but there is one consequence which has not yet been
publicly noticed, of so serious a nature, that we are quite sure
it never could have been in the contemplation of the Legi-
slature. ,

By the provisions of this Act, it is required that, before the
publication of banns of matrimony, there shall be delivered
to the Minister, by the parties demanding such publication,
au affidavit, stating the several particulars, therein specified,
as to the names of the parties, residences, ages, &c. ; which
names and residences, it is also required, shall be affixed on
the Church-door, and shall remain so affixed until the expi-
ration of the three Sundays on which such banns shall be
published.
And, by a subsequent clause, it is enacted "that all and
every the clauses in this Act, touching the publication of banns
of matrimony, and touching marriages solemnized by such
banns, shall commence arid have eifect on and after the Ist
of September, 1822, and not before.
Upon the latter clause a question arises, whether, on or after
the Ist of September next, any Minister would be justified in,
proceeding to solemnize a marriage, by virtue of banns previ-
ously published according to the present law; upon which a
case has been submitted to a Counsel, whose opinion (with
which we have been favoured) is, we regret to say, as follows :
" I am of opinion that the Minister cannot require the re-
quisites of the new Act, with regard to the publication of banns,
to be complied with prior to the Ist day of September; and 1
think the construction of this Act so doubtful, that it would be
highly imprudent in him to solemnize any marriage whatever,
on or after the Ist of September, by virtue of banns, howsoever
he ore published. it is with reluctance that I give this ad-
vice, knowing that it may be productive of inconvenience to
many persons ; but I am satisfied that it is the only safe course,'
and I know that I am sanctioned in it by the concurrence of
others of high professional eminence.
STEPHEN LUSHINOTON.

" Doctors' Commons Aug. 9, 1322."
The consequence will be, that a re-publication of the banns
for three Sundays, under the forms prescribed by the new Act,
will in all such cases be requisite, before the marriage can take
effect. _ _

We cannot forbear the acknowledgment that praise is due to
the Minister and Vestry Clerk of St. Augustine's Parish, for
the consideration that suggested the procurement of the opinion
of the Learned Counsel, and for the promptness with which they
have thus enabled us to communicate it to the public.—(Brirtol
Observer.)

PROTECTIO4 OF THE LANDED INTEREST:—,It
is fitting that all Landed Proprietors on the sea
coast should be informed that an inquisitorial ex-
amination of the rights. of frontage is now prose-
cuting on the part of the Crown, on the coast of
this kingdom, and that a very considerable
number of persons, by whose families the right of
frontage has been exercised in Lincolnshire for
more than a century past, have been actually en-
gaged in defending it, at the late Assizes held at
Derby.
FORTUNATE ESCAPE.—As Mr. Coopza, a me-
dical -gentleman, of Adam-street, Bryanstone-
square, was passing along Windmill-street, Hay-
market, about eight o'clock yesterday evening,
he perceived a small child fall from the second
floor window on its back close to his feet, and
immediately turn on its face ; it never cried, nor
skewed any symptoms of injury. Mr. COOPER,
on examining the child, declared that it had re-
ceived no hurt—a fact which, extraordinary as it
may seem, was fully confirmed by the subsequent
examination of another practitioner.

ExEctrloN.—On Friday last Rebecca Ed-
-wards, for the murder of her husband, by
administering poison, underwent the dreadful
sentence of the law in Monmouth, in presence of
an immense concourse of spectators, who had re-
paired thither from all
.quarters of that neighbour-
hood. Previous to her execution she caused an ad-
monitory paper to be circulated, cautioning others
to take warning. by the sad example which was
shortly to befal her, and earnestly beseeching
them never to neglect their religious duty. On
the scaffold she continued to pray to the last,
and, previous to the fatal moment arriving, she
guilt; and the just-
st
sh
ocandoure
nc ot
entice
ess,ed her
which with fortitude she
met; and after hanging the usual time she was
delivered over to her relatives for interment,—
(Hereford Paper.)

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

THE REVEREND WILLIAM EYRE.

WORSHIP-STREET.---The prisoner was yesterday brought
to this office for final examination. About one o'clock, G. It.
Mixsztin.t., Esq., one of the Police Magistrates of the office
of Bow-street, arrived, being also a Magistrate for the county
of Buckingham.
The examination then took place in the parlour before this
and two other Magistrates, SAMUEL TWYFORD and Jomr
MILWARD, Esqrs. - - -

Mr. Wir:xs, as solicitor, appeared on the part of the parish
of St. Luke, and Mr. ALLEY, as Counsel, appeared with Mr.
Haruor's Clerk, on the part of the prisoner.
The whole of the evidence taken on a former day before Mr.
Twyford was then read by the clerk, and all of the witnesses,
except Johanna Quinlan, the little girl, confirmed the testimony
before given.
The little girl was then examined, de novo, and her evidence,
with some variation from her former testimony, went to prove
the crime alleged against the prisoner. She cried very much,
and seemed very sensible of the judicious remarks which were
made to her preceding her taking the oath.
After some discussion, which took place by Mr. WILIIS and
Mr. ALLEY, as to the nature of the offence, whether it was a
capital offence under the statute of Elizabeth, or only a misde-
meanor at common law, Mr. Mixsuum. said,,he should re-
quest that Mr. Wilks would withdraw with the represen-
tatives of the parish, and deliberately consider whether it
was their intention to indict for the capital offence, or for the
misdemeanour. They were entitled to indict according to their
own determination, but, as a Magistrate, it was for him to com-
mit according to his own discretion.
Mr. WILES expressed a desire to adduce farther testimony
as to the practices of the prisoner in other cases similar to the
present.
Mr. MiNsuu LC objected to receive any testimony but that
which regarded the felony now charged. He would not hear
any thing which generally applied to the character and habits
of the prisoner, who ought to stand or fall solely upon the evi-
dence which applied to the crime for which he was now charged.
Mr. Wilks then retired with the churchwardens and over-
seers of the parish, and soon afterwards returned.
Mr. Mr xsuu LL.—llave you, Sir, consulted with the per.
sons on whose part you are employed, and after deliberate con-
sideration, have they decided, with your advice, whether they
intend to indict for the capital offence or for the misdemeanour?

Mr. WILKS.—I have consulted with the churchwardens and
overseers, and concurring with my advice, however painful it
is to their and my own feelings, the determination is to in-
dict for the capital offence.
Mr. ALLEY rose, and expressed his regret that he should
have been applied to professionally upon a subject of this de-
scription. lie would rather have given 20 guineas than have
been employed as counsel upon the present occasion. It was
true, that every man was presumed to be innocent until found
guilty, and therefore it was his duty to defend his client, and
he must say, upon his honour, he did not think the evidence
sufficient to commit for the capital offence.
Mr MINSII um, observed, that after hearing the determina-
tion of the parish, with the advice of their Solicitor, so com-
petent to direct this prosecution, that they had decided to in-
dict for the capital offence, he had no discretion as a Magis-
trate but to commit for the capital offence.
The prisoner now appeared under the greatest agitation ; he
shed tears, and with all the earnestness of emotion, declared
his innocence.

Mr. Dyer, jun., the son of the worthy Magistrate, and
whose twor the prisoner formerly stated himself to be, attend..
ed in the parlour. He appeared to consult with the prisoner
for his. good, and to behave towards him, though fallen and
degraded, with the greatest kindness.
Mr. ALLEY then suggested that it might be convenient for
the prisoner not to be committed to the county gaol of Bucking-
ham, but to remain committed to prison in Middlesex. Under
all the circumstances, it might be advisable to produce the de-
positions before a Judge for the purpose of bail, and in that case
it would save much expence, and be particularly convenient
that the prisoner should not be committed to Aylesbury.
Mr. IV ILKS could see no reason why the prisoner should not
be committed to Aylesbury at once, but he did not mean to op-
pose the commitment suggested by the Learned Counsel.
Mr. ALLEY said, he had not expressed much upon the pre-
sent occasion, but he thought there was a degree of severity ex-
ercised towards the prisoner. He was dragged from Bucking-
hamshire to Middlesex to answer for offences committed in the
former County ; and now, though it was convenient for the
prisoner to remain in town, the expediency was urged of his
being committed into Buckinghamshire.
Mr. WILES observed, that until the examination he was
not aware of all the facts being committed in that county.
Mr. MrNsuutr. then proposed it to the choice of the pri-
soner, and after consulting with Mr. Dyer, jun., he stated his
wish to be committed to Newgate.
Mr. MiNsituLL said, that in case of commitment to New-
gate he could only commit as a Middlesex magistrate, and
therefore he trusted that Mr. 'fwyford would sign the commit-
ment.

Mr. TwYrcinp said, he still remained unconvinced of the
legality of his committing to Newgate for an offence done in
another county, to which his commission did not extend ; but
he would on this occasion comply on account of the practice
so long used and acted upon at the Police Offices.
Mr. MissituLL regretted that this course had not been pur-
sued in the first instance.