The Sun.
London, England, 1814-02-23 00:00:00

LAW APPOINTMETS.

The Morning Chronicle, with its usual alacrity
in finding fault, and its usual want of informa-
tion, has arraigned the appointment of SirVl CARY
GIBBS to be Chief Justice of the Cominon Pleas,
and of Mr. Baron THOMPSON to be Chief Baron,
as a violent, unconstitutional, and almost utlprece-
den -ed departnre -from the established course of
professional promotion. We ,should be glad to
ask the Writer in the Morning Chronicle, in what
book of authority he finds that the translation
of JiNlges (as be. -terms it) is declared to
be unconstitutional, and from whom he derived
the extraordinary information that it is a do-
viation from the " established routine ?" If
the IVritet's recollection be not entirely destroy-
ed by Party prejudic,!, he may be able tO in-
form us -how it happened that Mr. Baron EYIIR
was translated to the Office of Chief Baron,
and afterwards to that of Chief Justice 'of the
Common Fleas. flow happened it, we desire
also to know, that when Lord LOUGHBO-
ROUGH was removed from the Common Pleas,
tile then Attorney-General did not succeed
him How happened it that when Chief
Justice EYnc died, the " established' routine"
was again deviated from, and the -Attorney-
General did not ascend the Bench ? .How hap-
pened it that. Chief Baron SKINNER, who.precett-
ed Chief Baron EYRE, Was translaited from the
office of a Pdisne Baron, and that Mr.Justiceßut.-
Lcu and Mr. Justice Lv.vßENcri were translated

from the King's Bench to the Comm,on Pleas ?
But it would be endless to enumerate all ", trans-

lotions" and promotions of Judges. Mr. Justice •
BATH-vasT ,was translated into the office of Lord
Chancellor; Chief Justice LOUGHBOROUGH and
Chief Justice ELDON were also translated. These,
perhaps, we shall be told, are racidern cases% The
Chronicle, perhaps, in the fervency of its love for
the,COnstitntion, will refer to those '"
good old
times" when the Judges were removable at the
pleasure of the Crown.
If he wishes to go back to those times, we will
present him with examples out '-of number. Two,
however, will do for the present : Sir EnwAlio
COKE ADA MATTHEW BALE, who are generally
supposed to have known something of the Con-
stitution of this Country, were actna'lly translated,
the one from the office of Chief Justice of the
Common Pleas to that of the Kim's 13ench; and
the other fromthat of a Puisne Baron to that of
Chief Barton.. Unfortunately there was no Morn-
ing Chronicle in those days to-enlighten their
norant minds.

Yeiterdny the Duke of YORK held. his weekly
Levee at his Office, as Commander-hi-Chief.
Among those who. had interviews of his Royal
Highness, were, Lord KINGSTON, Lieut.-General
FINCH, Sir CHARLES GREEN, Lieutenant-General
TILSON CHOWNE, Major-General AiREY, General
I-lAmmosn, and Captain HUNTER, on his return
from France.
Lord LiYEßroot. was better yesterday. • Count
MECRFELDT, Ike new Austrian Ambassador, was
yesterday introduced to his Lordship by M. Da
_WEISSENBERG, the late Austrian Envoy.
TherLORD CHANCELLOR'and several of the Mi-
nisters saw ihe- Earl of LIVERPOOL yesterday, and
a number of persons of distinctions left their

cards.
At the same time that Vicount CASTLEREAGH
scot oti Mr. SYLVESTER, the King's Messenger,
with dispatches through France to Buglaw', he
also sent off another Messenger t 4) Lord Wsr.
BE NTIN CK,