The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-03 00:00:00

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yer's brain. One day alone :aidi
had beheld the death-shadm-
Gamier Pages, before funeil
ling impatiently for the tali'
puty, M. Berryer,. senior, ss
days he has been coffined, s.
shred. _
But the memory of M. Beth
shut up within the narrow chaC
comb, or the fame of his good
tered like his mortal ashes.
vault. If history have - not I‘
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him, yet, better than her a
page, there are at this niomes,
many warm and glowing s
speak in no measured terms of
lie has eternally heaped upoi
families by his rigliteous, vi.
wrongs. His whole life was pas..
ful duty, and if the doing good
as all just men suppose, the guarai...
Lance in heaven, Berryer's receptip,
unseraphic, or his reward of little p...
M. Berryer's eminence at the Frenc.
great and equably sustained, while his
depending on no adventitious eircurnstanc-
which of themselves often lend display to a m in.
utterance, was orderly, powerful, and luminous..
Better dialectician, perhaps, stood not at the
bar, and his penetration upon points of the air
strusest nature, was unsurpassable. He pierced into
the heart of false' argument like a poniard, and
brought out upon its steel-point the peccant lie
which sophistry and plausible rhetoric had
shamefully striven to conceal. No orator of the
capital was so dreaded, because none was sojust
or true. Few, perhaps, at this distance of time,
remember the first cause upon which he was en-
t gaged, the peculiarity of the circumstances con-
vected with which, no less than his fine ability
eu the occasion, brought him brightly at once
upon the legal platform. It was in the case of
a .splendid sapphire, which a princess of
Sinde might have coveted as a gem for her
bracelet or brow. Berryer had in this to combat
with most truculent knaves, and the wily accu-
sations which he had to repel as counsel for
the vendor, were strange and almost unparalleled.
The next case which added to his fame was that
of the Mayor d'Anvers, when he strung the si-
ne ws of his defence to so matchless a pitch of
violence' against the Imperial tyranny, and did
all is' the cause which he stood for as advocate
that h.. was possible for little less than despera-
tion tondo. At this period he entered the publishing
world, witting fbrth a memoir entitled, "Effects of
the Milita.7 Convention of July 3, and the Treaty
of November 1815, relative to the accusation of
Marshal Ney,"—a pamphlet-shaped work, which
which was altogether remarkable for its strong
dialectics and great erudition. Invested during
many years with the charge of defending the in-
teres.ts of those subjects who belong to neutral
powers, M. Berryer developed in these causes ,
the great principles of public claims and the rights
of nations. He rendered himself equally signal in
the affair of the infants Montebello(Lannes),where
he pleaded for the minor of the first marriage.
-Perhaps his final piece of pleading was never
surpassed by even his earlier efforts, when his
youth was fresh and vigorous, and the fire-blood
of opening manhood ran in his bold veins. On
this occasion he stood as defender of Fauche-
Borel; the antagonist with whom he had to
wrestle was Perlet, and gladiatorially he did
his work. In this extraordinary process, lie
laid bare with keen anatomic knife the ag-
' eravating infamy of Perlet, and never was
a finer contrast made than when he set the
dark heinousness of the latter in opposi-
sition to the frankness and loyalty of Fauche-
Bors,l. From the Grand Master of Malta he in
his later days received the -venerable insignia of
that order, and its cross suspended on his breast
served to show the honourable recompense he
had met win, after consecrating his time talc/
powers to the interests of that august order.
How goodly an image of him has risen up in the
person of M. BeiTyerfi/s, his son, is well known.
He is likely to perpetuate his father's fatkie no
less than his own, and his excellent pleading for
Generals Debelle and Cambronne with the
astute position which he on that occa-
sion assumed for the latter, asserting that his
client, having then ceased to be a Frenchman by
the treaty of Fontainebleau, was thereby able to
carry arms against France in obeying his Sove-
reign for the time (viz. the Emperor of the Isle
of Elba), showed him to be no less ingenious
than subtle.

France has good reason to be thankful, and at
the same time proud, that Heaven, on removing
the more venerable ornament from its bar,
leaves that place not unworthily supplied by a
son that treads in his footsteps, participates in
his eloquence, and wears the mantle of paternal
virtue.

' DISTURBANCES ON THE GLAS-
GOW AND EDINBURGH RAILWAY.
For some days past great excitement and bad feeling
, have prevailed among the labourers on the Edinburgh
and Glasgow Railway, arising, we understand, out of a
quarrel between the Highlanders on the. one side, and
the Irish on the other. So threatening was the aspect
of matters on Monday last, that the local authorities
found it necessary to call in the assistance of the military
from Edinburgh. According to the latest intelligence
from the spot, the excitement had somewhat subsided,
and there was every appearance of the disputes being
amicably arranged. The facts of the case are these :
About a week ago some differences arose between the
Highlanders and the Irish in the neighbourhood of Fal-
kirk, respecting a snuff-box that was to be presented to
one of the persons connected with the railway. From
high words the parties, on Saturday last, came to blows;
and, according to the statement given, the Highlanders
were considerably to blame in the matter. A rumour,
happily unfounded, having run along the line that se-
veral of the Irish had been killed in the scuffle, a resolu-
tion was immediately come to by their countrymen to
avenge their deaths on the heads of the Highland-
ers ; and accordingly an attack upon the latter
was planned for Sunday last. The greater number
of the Irish are, it seems, employed on the east, and
the Highlanders on the west part of the line ; and
it appears that the scene of the intended conflict
was near Winchburgh. The authorities of Stir--
lingshire having learned the circumstances of the case,.
wrote forthwith to the authorities of the county of Lin-
lithgow, forewarning them of the premeditated disturb-
ance, and requesting their co-operation in preventing
the parties from meeting. This precaution was only in
part successful. On Sunday evening, about seven
o'clock, as a party of Highlanders were passing quietly
through Winchburgh, on their way to their lodgings at
Kirkliston, they were fiercely attacked by a large body
of Irishmen, and some of them severely injured. One
man in particular was nearly killed, having received se-
veral very severe wounds on the head, which for some
time deprived him of consciousness, and rendered it ne-
cessary to convey him to his lodging in a post-chaise.
He
is even yet, we understand,
serious, the local not out of danger-
Matters having become thus
autho-
rities considered it prudent to send to F.AI
inburgh on
Monday for the assistance of the military--e portion of
whom went out to Winchburgh on Mondsy, and an-
other on Tuesday morning—there
being in 01 about
g
seventy infantry and forty dragoons. The object of the
authorities was still toprevent the parties me., ting,
which it was understood they intended to do on I:,u?s-
-day afternoon—the Irishmen having written to Edvi-
burgh for a reinforcement of their countrymen front
the Grass-market and Cowgate,
obeyed by a considerable number. About three o'clock
which summons was
on Tuesday afternoon, the Irishmen had assembled
within three miles of Winchburgh, to the
numuer of o .
about 1,500, many of them armed with heavy bludgeons;
and it was understood that the Highlanders were fast
approaching, to meet them from the west in still larger
numbers. The military were accordingly drawn up in
front of the inn at Winchburgh, and after loading their
muskets with ball cartridge, were marched off to the
scene of danger, where they placed themselves in front of
the Irish, in time to prevent the conflict.
At this time the whole line of railroad in that
neighbourhood was in commotion ; and the com-
mencement of hostilities was every moment ex-
pected. While those in the distance, however,
were listening to hear the noise of fire-arms, their
ears were assailed by the far more pleasant sounds of
loud and reiterated huzzas, which, upon inquiry, turned
out to be the good-humoured response of the Irishmen
to the peaceful remonstrances of the contractors, Messrs.
Gibb and Son, whose advice at once to separate was for-
tunately attended with the happiest result. The im-
mense crowd gradually dispersed, and by half-past five
all was again quiet The military then returned to
Winchburgh, where they still remain.
Great praise is due to the authorities of Linlithgow-
shire and Stirlingshire, and also to Messrs. Gibb and
Son, for their praiseworthy exertions for the preserva-
tion of the peace ; and we sincerely hope that their fu-
ture exertions will be crowned with equal success.—
Edinburgh Paper.

NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THE CENSUS RE-
TURN.—On Monday last, at Newnham Petty Sessions,
the Rev. William Black, rector of Blaisdon, in this
county, was fined 5/. and costs. It appeared from the
census paper, produced to the bench by the enumerator,
that the reverend gentleman had written on it, as an ex-
cuse for not complying with the Act of 3 and 4 Vic.,
cap. 99, the following :—" The person to whom this
paper was sent cannot conscientiously make any return,
as he considers it highly sinful to number the people.
See the twenty-fourth chapter of the second Book of
Samuel, in the Holy Bible."—Gloucester Journal.
DISTRESS IN KILKENNY.—From well authen-
ticated statements made at the meeting of the Board of
Trade on Monday night, it appears that great numbers
of the poor of this city, particularly the woollen opera-
tives, are in a state of starvation.—killicnny Journal.