The Sun.
London, England, 1836-06-23 00:00:00

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LONDON,
THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 23, 1836.

The result of the trial which took place yesterday,
in the Court of Common Pleas, will be hailed through-
out the country with feelings of unmixed delight. We
venture to say, that there is not in the three kingdoms
a heart of truly British mould that will not exult in
the triumphant acquittal of the Noble Defendant, and
the no less triumphant vindication of the innocence of
that deeply-injured Lady, who has been for the last three
months the object of such cruel, such unmanly
persecution. Never was a case so lame—so utterly
without foundation—brought into a Court of justice ;
and never, we will add, was a case brought there which
reflected so much disgrace on those who advised and
those who conducted it. What a contrast does the
dignified conduct of Lord MELBOURNE present to
the unprincipled meanness of his enemies? Does he
instruct his counsel to descend to any of those tricks.
and subterfuges which are intended to entrap the jury
into 'a
verdict ? Does he think it necessary to call
even a single witness to rebut the charges which had
been got up with so much labour, and at so dreadful a
sacrifice against him ? No. Conscious of his own
innocence—relying on the uprightness of his inten-
tions, and th-, undisguisedness of his actions, he chal-
lenges h.;fi accusers io do their worst—he defits them
to brig forward a tittle of evidence worthy of an
'',Cher refutation than that which it carries with it—

that self-contradiction from which false testimony, for-
tunately for the cause of truth, -has not the power to
save itself. Out of their own mouths he condemned
his acccusers, and proved his own innocence. So
deeply impressed were the jury with the demerits of
the case—so clearly did they see into its real character
—that the instant the Judge had summed up, without
even quitting the jury-box, they pronounced a unani-
mous verdict of acquittal. If ever there was cause o
triumph in the verdict of a jury, it was here ; for this
was the victory of truth, virtue, and honour, over mo-
ral depravity, originating in and urged on by the most
malignant political rancour.
We do not envy the Tories their feelings on the
issue of a trial which was to have resulted in the down-
fal of the MELBOURNE Administration. It is not to
them merely the disappointment of a favourite political
object—though that would be bad enough—but, in'ad-
dition to this, they have to bear the bitter. ,re-
flection, that to attain this object they have sacri-
ficed every thing that is usually held sacred among
men. They have entered , into- a base cc nspracv
to blast the character of the innocent by suborned
evidence, and 1(1, working out this conspiracy, they
have not.sertipled to expose the morals of the country
to the shock which they must always sustain from
exhibitions such as those yesterday thrust upon the
public view by Sir W. For „TT. This alone was
wanting to sink them as a party to the lowest depth
of degradation.
on the part played by the Counsel for the
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tion _hardly dare trust ourselves to
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case,
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honour an.l good feeling always practised—that a
Counsel shall slate nothing in his opening speech which
he has not evidence to prove. If this be a nocess,ary rule
iu ordinary cases, it is doubly so in those which involve

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:icpart. Instead of calling evidnnce to bear out the"
Aaternent he made to the Jury, on a point which was
of the most vital importance to his case., and to which
we will not for decency's sake refer in a more particu-
lar manner, he did not even put a single question to
a single witntsi respecting it. The Learned Counsel
could not be ignorant that he had no such evidence to
produce. What, then, could his motive have been in
sendina forth to the world a statement so calculated to
poison, in every way, the public mind ? Is there any excuse
for such conduct ? We can see none. In like man-
he stated that he would prove the clandestine
ab-
;traction of the box of letters by Mrs. NouToN's bro-
ther ; vet he lid not atte.npt to prove this by evidence.
Is this the boasted honour of the Bar ?

The Middlesex Conservatives held their Anniver-
sary Festival yesterday at the English Opera House.
There was a fair enough sprinkling of Lords, and
some small Commoners present, but on the whole, the
thing was a failure—at least, if we may judge by the
speeches delivered, which, with scarcely one excep-
tion, were of the tamest—the most desponding—the
most lachrymose character. Not the slightest spirit or
energy was shown by. any one sneaker. Each vied
with the other in insipidity. Lord STORMONT was
tame and trashy from -the necessities of his nature, as
was Lord WHARNCLIFFE from the desperation of his
cause. As for that droll, LONDONDERRY, he was as
dull as ditch-water, or which is saying pretty
nearly the same thing-- as Saint ANDREW
NEW. Heaven help the Conservatives ! They must
be in a most distressing plight, when at a
dinner-party consisting of seven hundred of the squad,
the sole question for the consideration of an impartial
journalist is, not who -made the brightest speech, but
who made the dullest ; not who was the most cheer-
ful, but who was the most miserable. We ourselves
saw one Noble Peer descend from his carriage at the
doOr of the Opera House, and really the poor man
looked as if he was going to a funeral, rather than to
a festival. But possibly he anticipated a long speech
from Lord STORMONT, and if so, this will at once
account for his melancholy.
We have observed that there were no goOd things
said, though doubtless many were eaten, at this Con-
servative festival ; but we should have made an ex-
ception in favour of one or two remarks let drop by
Parson MORTIMER, who, in replying to' the toast
of " the Archbishop of CANTERBURY and the
clergy of the realm," took occasion to say that
"he had preached a sermon lately before the
Regius Professor of Cambridge, and could not
help stating how happy he was that he was not preach-
ing before the Regius Professor at another University."
We have no doubt that that other "Regius Professor"
is equally " happy" in having been spared such an in-
fliction—for infliction it must have been, if the Rev.
Gentleman's sermon was cast in the same dull, leaden
mould ,as his speech. The parson went on to state
that " he wished some more capable person than him-
self had responded to the health of the Archbishop—
a Prelate worthy of all praise, who might at once be
called their apostle and their martyr." This is capital !
Think of a ghostly martyr tortured to the tune of
15,0001.perannum! Thrice fortunate St. LAWRENCE,
what was thy grid-iron compared to this ! We question
much whether his Grace will relish this allusion to his
martyrdom. It reads so like a quiz that he cannot but
suspect its sincerity, and then what is to become of
Mr. MORTIMER'S hopes of preferment? Really, the
Reverend Gentleman should be cautious how he lays
on his flatteries. To compliment in this extravagant
• style, is like rouging with a trowel
The Archbishop's health was promptly followed by
the " health of the House of Lords"—a most fitting
Tory toast, seeing that the Lordly constitution is just
now in a condition to require all " the prayers of the

clergy." But Lord STORMONT says' " No." The
House of Lords, he tells us, was never in a sounder
or more vigorous state than at the present moment.
Then wherefore drink to its better " health ? " To
toast the recovery of an institution which has never
been an invalid—what is this but
" To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,
And throw fresh perfume on the violet?"

Lord STORMONT further assures us that the Lords
will do their duty. Well, and so will the people.
They, too, have paramount duties to perform, and in
persevering in the right, will take a lesson from their
Lordships' perseverance in the wrong. We should not
omit to mention that long before this Conservative
festival broke up, it received the intelligence of Lord
MELBOURNE'S triumphant acquittal by a British Jury.
This must have been peculiarly acceptable to Tory
ears, though we do not find that the Meeting burst
into any very uproarious exultation in consequence.
But this may have been owing to the intensity of its de-
light—for intense joy, like intense grief, is always
proportionably quiet. To the same'cause, no doubt,
may be attributed the silence of the Times this morn-
ning. Our Contemporary's warm, honest, English
heart is too full for utterance.

The whole of the Paris journals of Tuesday have
been received, but they contain no domestic news of

any interest.
The Abbey SIEYE3 died in Paris on Monday last,
having reached his 88th year. The part which this
ecclesiastic took in the first Revolution is well known.
He lived latterly unnoticed, and all but forgotten.

The Dukes of ORLEANS and NEMOURS left
Vienna on the 11th. The Emperor presented them
with a pair of superb horses.
We have journals from Spain of the 15th, but they
contain no intelligence worth extracting.

PARIS, JUNE 20.—1 t is said that Marshal Clausel will
set out for Algiers on the 25th of this month.
Several deputies, as we hear, intend to visit our African
possessions in the interval between the two sessions.
PARIS, JUNE 4.—A letter from Oran, brought to Algiers
by the Fulton steamboat, contains the folowing intelli-
gence :—" It seems certain that the complaints of the
French Government have been attended to at Tangiers,
which will probably spare us the necessity of sending a
squadron to that port. A letter from the French Consul
at Tangiers has been read tcr the division, stating that the
Emperor consents to send us about twenty prisoners taken
by the Bedouins, some of whom have been slaves in the
territory of Morocco ever since the fatal affair of La Maita."
TouLotsr, JUNE 14.—A telegraphic dispatch received
this morning, brings orders for the Nestor and Villa de
lfarseille to be ready to sail at the shortest notice. The
Nestor, however, having to change its bowsprit, cannot be
ready immediately. The Vile de Marseille will put to
sea in the first order. Some persons think that these
vessels are going to the Levant, and that Admiral' Hugon
has already sailed thither ; others believe that they are
to continue conveying reinforcements to Africa.
It is said that the Montebello is gone to Naples, to
wait for the Dukes of Orleans and Nemours, and bring
7JUNE 21.Messager, June 2
them to Toulon.
Detachments of the Chasseurs, and of a train of artil-
lery from 'AfricFaR,EhNaCVHe akr,uriNveDdst_op-dA 1.
n.
Five per Cents., 108 f. 40c. 35c. 40c.
Four per Cents., 102 f.
Three per Cents. 80f.:79.. 3;c.
Bank Actions, 2,290 f.
Bente de Naples, 1001. ITOc. 35c.
Roman Five per Cents., 102%1103.
Spanish Actives, 43 4'2",c, 43%•
Spanish Differes, 21 201 A,
Spanish Passives, 131,43,0,4.
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 102%,
Portuguese Loan, Five per Cents., t.i34.
EXCIIANUE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25c. 40c.; money, 2.1. 37Yic.
Three months, paper, 25f. 25c. ; money, 25f. ts.,c.
—Coqrs Authenti2ue-
ileußFE, QUARTER TO Fourt.--Three per Cents. have been
firm to-day. The price opened 80f. 45c., at which many
purchases werc made. Spanish Active Stock opened at 43,
and remains firm buyers at that price, and 431 sellers.
LAST Paiems.—Five per Cents., 108 f. 55c. ; Three
per Cents., 801. 50c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, —; Three
per ceptf. 5p0,4411, —; Cortes, Coupons, —; ciwb_