The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-22 00:00:00

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tr IsT5 LONDON,
22. Care hat the proceedings are conducted in an efficient
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 53;
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BAROMETER, 29.77.—WAD WS• •
17175 Noon, 66.
v From the answer given last night by the Secretary
a State for the Home Department to the question of
M .r. DART WORTLEY, we are led to hope that a
g mat improvement in this respect will speedily take
P lace. Ile stated " that an arrangement was in pro-
Tess Which he hoped would obviate the inconve-
t tienr:e." He, however, added, " that he could not
"!j that fees would be given in every case, as the
e a'ponse now fell wholly upon the public." Now,
aiith t all possible respect for the Right Hon Baronet,
we . must ask on whom should that expense fall ?
Rind; how will it increase it, if it is in the first instance
dot' alyed by the State, or by a private individual who
is ; itterwards reimbursed out of the public purse ?
B 3 r the one mode of proceeding there is a security that
fev. aything will be conducted in an efficient and
pr aper manner, worthy of this great country, and the
ms Lgnitude of the interests involved. In the other
th, !re is no such security. The party selected
fo; c the duty may be wholly incompetent to the task ;
or. , under the most favourable circumstances, sup-
po sing him to be of tried ability, he will necessarily
be influenced by a feeling of partisanship, an anxiety
to succeed for his client, and cannot possess that im-
ps rtiality which should distinguish the public prose-
ci itor, whose sole object should be to elicit truth, and
no t to gain a favourable verdict from the jury.
Tr. Scotland things are much better managed
in this respect than in this country. Attached
to the Supreme Court and in every district
th roughout the kingdom there is a public pro-
se tutor, at whose instance all crimes are pro-
se cuted at the public expense, before the Court in
v; hich he officiates. To those functionaries is left the
avl"oie responsibility of determining whether any par-
:ular criminal charge shall be prosecuted or not.
T, he strictest investigation takes place, in the first in-
sta nee, and unless there is a fair prospect of conviction,
no • party is subjected to the disgrace, the inconvenience,
al id expense of a public trial succeeding to a pro-
trrwted imprisonment. If the case is so strong as to
of ford a fair presumption of his guilt, founded on
1( gal evidence, he is committed for trial, but in every
c ise (not capital) he is entitled by the statute law to
his liberation on giving good and sufficient security
to come forward and abide the result; and let us here
say that there is scarcely ever an abuse of this pri-
vilege, or an instance where a criminal escapes
from justice by reason of the indulgence
so afforded. He has every opportunity of preparing
for his defence. If guilty, he meets with deserved
punishment ; but it is seldom that an innocent man
is subjected before trial to an imprisonment, which
would be a more than sufficient expiation for the im-
puted crime, were it even established against him.
Here, although the liberty of the subject is spoken of
ore rotund°, how often do we see it unnecessarily
taken away in practice ? How often do we find
judges directing the juries to acquit prisoners
on the ground that there was no evidence against
them ? Within the past week we have seen cases of
parties 'detained on coroners' inquisitions, although
the magistrates refused to send them to trial.
Surely there is no subject of greater importance
to the people in general, or more urgently demand-
ing a revisal and alteration of the system.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Morning .. 20 minutes alter 8. I Evening ~ 53 minutes aft

The Journal of St. Petersburgh publishes a letter
from the Caucasus, dated Bth May, which states that
on the sth of May Colonel STEPSTOFF defeated
SCHAMYL on the banks of the river Assa, and forced
him to retreat to Fortanga.

Madrid papers of the 15th inst. have arrived. A
letter from Zamora announces that a division of the
army of General CONCHA took possession of Bra-
ganza on the 11th inst.

It was rumoured in Madrid that a change in the
Ministry was about to take place, and that General
NARTAEZ would be the new President of the Council.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Madrid Bourse
on the 15th inst. at 30; for cash; the Five per Cents.
at 18; Passives, si; and Coupons at 15 for cash,

We have received the Paris Papers of Sunday.
Both the Constitutionnel and the National, confirm
the rumour to which we alluded yesterday, that the
Committee of the Chamber of Peers, have recom-
mended that M. DE PALETRAT, M. PARMENTIER,
General Cusinnes, who was a member of the Cabi-
net of M. TRIERS, and M. TEST; the late Minister
of Public Works in the Cabinet of M. GUIZOT,
should be impeached for swindling, bribery and cor-
ruption.

The Chamber of Deputies was occupied on Satur-
day, in discussing a Bill introduced by the Govern-
ment for the better organization of the Courts of
Justice in the Colonies. The object of the Bill is to
render the judges in the French Colonies, indepen-
dent of the slave-owners, so that they may he in a
position to administer impartial justice in cases in
which slaves are concerned either as accusers or ac-
cused. The Journal des Dgbats says that the Bill,
which seems well calculated to effect the object, will
be voted by the Chamber on Monday.

The Count and Countess DE ST. AULAIEE left Paris
on Saturday for London.

The Three per Cents. were done in the Passage de l'Opera,
Paris, on Sunday, at 77f. 70c.

MARSEILLES, JUNE 16.—Illarseilles and Avignon, 738 f.
75c. ; Northern, 597 f. 50c.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 21.
Ceylon, %--Italian and Austrian, 2—Northern of France,
111,4—Rouen and Havre, 253/4—Sambre and Meuse, 71,4.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—The steam-ship Pekin, ax.
rived at the Cape on the 6th of April, and left for the
Mauritius and India on the 9th of April. The ;eam•
ship Pottinger arrived at the Cape on the 9th of April,
and sailed for the Mauritius and India on the _Bth of
April. Her Majesty's ship Nimrod left Tub Bay on
the 13th of April for Algoa Bay, taking Sir
P. Young to that place to assume the duties of hi Wio-
vernment. tier Majesty's ship Rosamond arrived at the
Cape on the 12th of April; her Majesty's ship Helena
arrived on the 17th of April; and her Majesty's ship
Media arrived on the ISth of April.

David Leahy, Esq., one of the New Court judges,
died yesterday morning at half-past ten o'clock. He was
judge for Lambeth, Greenwich, &c.

ALARMING SINKING OF THE VIADUCT OVER THE
RIVER AVON.—SALISBURY, JUNE 20.—This morning,
by four o'clock, a great number of labourers were set to
take down the stone coping and brickwork of the viaduct
over the river Avon, about half a mile from Salisbury,
it having been discovered that the stupendous walls were
giving way. Fortunately it was timely discovered, or
something awful and disastrous might have been the
consequence. A number of carpenters were also busily
engaged putting four large pieces of timber, one under
d'ach, to support the four lines of rails at the top. It is
therefore hoped that the rebuilding of the arches may
be carried on without obstructing the general traffic
over the same, or any serious accident happening. Many
complaints are made against the works on this branch
line of the South-Western from Bishopstoke to Salis-
bury, twenty-two miles. At the present time the large
building intended for the reception of goods in this city,
240 feet long, 40 feet wide, with a further span of 10
feet each way, covered with at least 60 tons of slat*, has
been carried up in so shameful a manner as, even before
its being finished, to require at least 50 pieces of timber
to prevent this ponderous mass from falling. A few
days since this ill-built place was examined by Mr.
Locke, the company's engineer, and other gentlemen
connected with the company, when the works were con-
demned, and all the men ordered off, Mr. Fisher, the
respectable builder of Salisbury, having been appointed
to either rebuild or so fur to strengthen the works as to
make them safe. Many are of opinion that all must
come down.—Post.

DEATH OF MR. EMERY.—Mr. John Emery for-
merly proprietor and editor of the Guiana Times, and
latterly of the journal bearing his name, published in
George Town, British Guiana, and well known as a
powerful political writer, died on board the steamer
Trent, on his passage from England to Demarara. his
remains were interred at Barbadoes.—Jamaica paper.
ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The in-
defatigable Jullien brought out last evening at these
gardens a new waltz, which he has named the "Swedish
Nightingale," being composed on airs sung by Jenny
Lind. It is, we should say, a decided hit, and likely to
become ♦ery popular. The gardens were crowded, and
the representation of the Siege of Gibraltar seemed as
attractive as ever.

HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OP
THE CHEST.—From the occasional record just published,
it appears that the legacy from the late Rev. Henry
Campbell has been invested in Government securities, to
which sum a legacy of 2001. from the late Miss
Churchill, and 1001. from the late William Praed, Esq,,
and a further sum of 2001. from Miss Catherine Lee,_of
Knightsbridge, will, when received, bo applied to the
funds devoted to the purchase of the ground at present
occupied by the hospital.
THE LATE TWEED.—The Nassau Observer says
that two Harbour Island vessels arrived at that place
with between two and three hundred jugs of quicksilver,
saved from the wreck of the British steamer Tweed.
They eould have saved mueb. t not beau
driven off by Spanish men-of-war, atter having worked
but ono day.

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