The Sun.
London, England, 1825-05-24 00:00:00

TIVE LONDON JOURNALS.

• • DAILY
E.ololllfrom the Morning Papers, May 24, 1825.

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['MORNING HERALD.]
'there are few circumstances which tend more
10-I.*Aetnplify. the wea-kness..of our, :common no-
_ toroautd -to bring-;Ault we otherwise consider
creist.minds to a. level with those of a lesser ca-
libre, than the 'tendency which exists among
antialsind to mix up their own personal feelings
• aid animosities with affairs however foreign to
Ahem. . We are led to this remark by the pain.
with, which we have witnessed, in the speeches
• Vtributed to Mr. Brougham, his unceasing at-
, ,te4.ks upon the Lord Chancellor—attacks which,
•,. if rightly reported, reflect, we think, but little
'Credit upon the taste, the judgment, or the-feel-
ing of Mr. Brougham. We have more than once
'expressed our opinion upon what we consider the
injustice and impolicy of withholding from a.
•„ Gentleman of Mr. Brougham's standing and
eminence at the Bar, the usual distinction which
accompanies such attainments ; and we admit, in
its fullest extent, Mr. Brougham's right to corn-
plain—and will go farther, to admit, for the sake
,pt argument (for of the fact itself we are igno-
rant), that his exclusion from a silk gown is the
sole act and deed of Lord' Eldon. But then, is
it the characteristic of a great and honourable
mind to be always harping upon its own con-
cerns 1 Is it becoming to mix up personal an-
rtipathies an& personal rancour in matters to
which they have no relation ; and that in places
where the person attacked cannot defend him-
,,self ? Is it tit to do that covertly and inci-
dentally, which one has not the courage to do
openlyl If.the House of Commons be a fit place
for the agitation of the subject; why does not Mr.
;Pronghorn, ar some one for him, bring the matter
forward manfully, fairly, and substantially, be-
• fore the House, instead of contenting himself with
constantly carping at the individual, and-showing
his own.soreness.? The late debate on the Judges'
Salaries seems to have presented a more than
usually tempting opportunity to Mr. Brougham
to indulge in his hackneyed tale of wrongs ;
for the gown seems as ever present to Mr.
Prougharn'!4 imagination as the handkerchief to
that of Othello. On this occasion the Learned
uentlernan took an entirely new line, and to
the
.greet astonishment, we should think, of
alt who beao him, thought proper to assail the
• j.•iorti. Chancellor in the shape of a high-flown
panegyric.
_upon the Vice-Chancellor, Sir John
The latter, we have no doubt, is
fully entitled. to every commendation that can
be•bestOived 'upon him ; but we much doubt
whether he will be induced to value praise thus
"shoviered tiFon him.at the expellee of Lord Eldon,
Or.whether he will be quite convinced of the
iinCerity of his
.new applauder, for a new ap-
iillandeT 13roughain must certainly be in this
consic-lered, --by all who recollect the years
• and columns of vituperation which were formerly
Y:etped-cipon the same Learned person, for the
ti.a-rt.whiCh he was supposed to have had in the
801* of the late Queen ! But even the supposed
author of the Milan Commission can be pardoned,
and lauded to the skies, sooner than an opportu-
nity shall be lost of wounding the despOiler of
one's oWn' honours. So much for consistency when
it stands in the way of personal feeling ! But one
. • _ word •as to the. person who is thus incessantly
• ,ittitteed. • Who is it that Mr. Brougham is con-
._ .• itintly represented as holding up to the scorn and
lidigeation of mankind ? No other, we may con-
• - aeiatly say, 'than the profoundest lawyer that
eier filled The highest station in that profession—
iiiinan-*ith whom no one of his day can for one
*Orient lie Put in comparison in any one depart-
Ment 1.of.the'profession ; and whose judgments-
will go down to-posterity the standard te,:t-biiot:4'
of all ftituie.ChapcellOiS and Judges. Yet thit
is the man whom - Mr. Brougham (eminent
atiiaself os. an,Advocate,but professionally nothing
atom) would have the world despise, because he
s'iciposed to withhold from his accuser the
• knits of perional ambition. We can tell Mr.
• *s6,4llAM:that this is not the way to add to his
Ovea reputation.' If he has wrongs which concern
tire Oublic, let him bring them manfully for-
ward--not, at Edinburgh dinners, or on other oc-
cssiottiAreigh, to the purpose ; or let him prac-
t4e that, -philosophy which should teach him to
• iti'',ahove shoring that self predominates over
iirulitic feeling.. and principle.

[WORSTS% CHRONICLE.]
grieves 'us not a little.to see a sour unchari
tulatespirit becoming every day more prevalen
Along, us. It would actually seem as if w*
tlibtight our only .chance of gaining admission
issin.the kingdom of heaven depended on our
itatcess in preventing others from enjoying them-
#eives. If two or three of the working people
eia2ettogether to dance, a constable o: police-
r conveys them to the watch-house. I f
they assemble round an itinerant musician,
tire- parish,. beadle instantly disperses them.—
Wery ancient usage, which withdrew theme loner
filiders• for it ,fllofllelit from their - toils, -- is -p-re-
segibed by purse-proud Men in 'office.. Among the
other encroachments on the happiness of the lower
iwisfess,- is the universal conspirail: against fairs..
Iltlese, at this delightful SetIS011• of the year, used
a source of enjoyment by. anticipation for
months before, and the recollection. formed
. ,
n'',sonrc'e of after enjoyment. That pleasure oc-
casionally degenerated into vice, and that de-
Predivitins7occasionally took place, amounts, to
Moretin?n there is no good without its attend-
adtvlii• -What is there that may not be abused?
t efteetions' are more particularly. forced on
,at this time. by• the proscription of Greenwich
Fair—a` step which we cannot help viewing as ex-
eOingly reprehensible. The fair in question has
tong been a, source of great enjoyment to the lower
orders ofthis.great Metropolis. Why are they to be
depriye.d of it.; Let the consequential beings who
ig,§p,A4,. ,tii*.ectict, have-their card parties ; let them
,Thearnusernentsstrited• to their.station
'ltipt the* lit. dee season frequent watering p
lac es—
tittiin bens happy its- their upstart pride will
Wo, them to be,—but why persec:uto others
'use lower orders of this country ought rather to