The Sun.
London, England, 1825-06-16 00:00:00

now be alinwed to wander tf:at if he had, how it
happened the reporters should pay so little at-
tention to his Lordship's words as to conceive

them not worth giving to the public: and we are
sure his Lordship will agree with us, that con-
sidering the Office he holds, we had every reason

to believe tliat he on that occasion said nothing,
seeing the London Newspaper took no notice of
him. But if his Lordship did make the speech the
aforesaid Scotch Newspaper puts into his mouth,
it is very clear that he must himself have sent

it down and kindly gave it to some Newspaper
for publication. Thp eFAablisliment of the Jury

Court always met with the stoutest opposition
from the Lord Advocate, and every meant were

taken by bins on its introduction in 1815, to de-

feat the measure, but in %Thich 1w was not success-
ful. Giving him every credit for t.incerity in his op-
position to the Bill of 1W1.5,8s it passed throu:olPar-
liatnent, still, when once it had passed, it became
his duty as a subject of the Crown to submit to
the decision, and as an Officer of the Crown it was
furthermore his duty to use his best endeavours to

promote the objects it professed to attain, rather
than endeavour to defeat them by using ex-

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traordinary means to give circulation to his sen-
timents regarding the plan, more especially when
his objections did not apply to the principle on
which the Bill was founded, but solely to the dif-
ficulty of annexing to the process of the Scotch
Courts an institution opposed to the spirit of
their prior practice. Ilk Lordship, however,
in the speech he has - thus published, is
pleased to say that the Jury Court is not popu-
lar, and alleges as a reason, that since 1819 only
one-third of the causes sent down to that tribunal
had been tried or set down for trial, leaving it
to be inferred that the residue had been com-
promised. That this circumstance would render
the Court unpopular in the eyes of the Scotch
Lawyers, we do not doubt, but at the same time
it is full proof of the beneficial effects the Jury
Court has produced.- The object of the Jury
Court was the discovery of facts ; the causes
sent down for trial are therefore reduced to cer-
tain points asserted on one side and denied on the
other,and it is the province of the Jury to say w hi ch
is correct. It is no wonder, therefore, that when
the pursuer and defender find the points at issue
put so clearly and intelligibly before the Jury,
that no chance is left of mystifying (a very pre-
valent practice in these days), and bothering
the Jury with irrelevant matter, they- should
Consent to compromise in all cases (and these
are the majority), where, from their own
knowledge of the facts of their respective
cases, they have every reason to believe
that some of these issues will be found for
one and some for the other. It is most strange
then to bring forward such u circumstance to
prove the unpopularity of this Court, and
stranger still to advert to it as an argument
to show its inutility and inefficiency. The
object of the-Institution (viz. to hasten decisions
and prevent useless litigation) has been gained.
LORI) ADVOCATE takes great credit to him-
self " for the intioite trouble and pains he had be-
stowed in endeavouring- to render this most
strangely drawn Bill at all
~fitted to pass as
a legislative enactment." We always understood
that it was part of the duty of the Lord Advocate
to assist in the drawing Bills that related to the
Judicature of Scotland—at least we know no
public officer better suited for the duty. But on
this occasion his Lordship might have spared the
pains he seems disposed to value so highly ;
for thiS " roost strangely drawn Bill" was
drawn, be it • remembered, in conformity to
the recommendation of the Commissioners,
who were appointed to consider on the sub-
amongst whom are Mr. TINDALL, Mr.
Bi;ouon.lm, and Mr. CAmeart.t., and all under
the direction of Lord ELDON, who was ever con.
sidered as a most able and learned Scotch lawyer.
Truly the Lean ADVOCATE is a modest man.

Phila(!elphia Papers to the 21st of May arrived
this morning. The fohowing are extracts
(From a Pl4:atiriphia Parfr of May 20.
Thompson's Island, if report speaks true, is shortly to be
abandoned as a place of naval rendezvous. he lives of so
many excellent Officers, who have fallen martyrs to the dis-
eases, render, in the opinion of competent judges, a removal in_
dispensable. Pensacola, it is stated, is destined hereafter as
our naval depot. It possesses many facilities and accommoda-
tions for a naval establishment, of which the other station is
destitute. •

MILLEDGEVILLt (grORGSA), 74AT 3.—We stop the press
to announta, the distressing intelligence of the murder of the
Indi" Chi',f, William i'd'lntosh, and the Chief Corvetan,
which was brought to the Governor yesterday by the General's
son an;, five Chiefs of the nation, w.:o wade their escape from
the massac..e. The mischief was perpetrated last Saturday by
a large body
of Indians, supposed to be 400,.wh0 attacked the
General in his own house on the very day
be was going to set
off'at the head of a mission to explore the country west of the
Mississippi, for the future residence of the nation. There is
zoo mueli rer.san t,. fear that white men were the instigators of
this horrid butchery.
On the Bth :`,larch
elating Martial Law in the D
, General Paez repealed his Decree de-
Apure.. epartments of Venezuela and

The .MarqeIis~IePALMELLA the Portnauese
Ambassador, and Mr. RtvADAvIA,
the accredit-
ed Agent from linenos Ayres, transacted business
yesterday afternoon with 'Jr. Secretary CAN-
NING, n the Foreign Office, Downing-street.
' BaussEr.s, JUNE 14,—Prince Maximilian de
Wreete, the !Iczedit!iry Prince of Sahns, Brandeis, and the
Prince of Lowenstein, arsived here yesterday.
J I_l DGMENT.—This day, in the Court of Kitig'i
Philip Fox, found guilty on an inforimition preferred
with endeavouring to bribe an
gAT't 0 K.:: r.Y.(itxznAr.,
Excise Ofilur on the Coast of Kent in order to prevent smug-
bßyen:ihe
„ling, was sentenced to pay to the King 201., be imprisoned
rung,
months in., illaulstone Gaol, and find sufficient sureties far
his good behav:our fir five years.
As N. M. ROTHSCHILD, Esq. was amusing him-
self yesterday rvenirt: with one of his children on his lawn, at
Stamford-hill, his foot unfortunately slipped, and he fell on
his
shoulder, woi.:ti was dislocated. Medical assistance was
procured and the shoulder-bone replaced. We
immediately
!o state n
well. he has Come to town this morning, in fair
are hapr
way at