The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-21 00:00:00

LAW COURTS' COMMISSION.

The Commissi,mers held their first sitting yesterday
in the Nisi Prius Chamber; Mr. Sergeant Greene, Chair-
man. It will be necessary, it is reported, according to
the wording of the Commission, that the inquiry should
terminate before the close of the present year. The Mer-
cantil! Advertiser says that witnesses will be examined
respecting the duties of the various officers, one of the
objects being to ascertain the extent of saving that can
be effected in the way- of salaries pail out of the law
fund. Patent officers, whose salaries are fixed, cannot
be interfered with.

PRIEST AGAIoNfSTTePaEuri.,I
ah constitutestile le
The Catholic Archbishop
has hurled a mis-
sive,ui!.).vvards in length, at the
four mortal columns and
Lord Clifford; ." his Grace::
devoted head of, as he styles
very properly conceiving
him the " Honourable"
which the archtitular
" Ariglthhto"umight," the possession of
Peethatr.
tter is addressed to Lord Clifford,
altogether denies to the rebellious
its
Shrew contents applysbur
all equally to Lord Alvanley, Lord
y, and
the other noble pamphleteers who
have recently broached the subject of pensioning the
Roman Catholic clergytbut a correTondence between
Lord Clitlord and he editor of an Irish provincial paper
seems to have been
this n the
tated last bull from St. Jarlath's. The great
va-
riety of topics introduced, and the many
questions, litical and religious, which are discue
din the space
po-
?f four columns, render the task of abridgmenta
hopeless one; it must suffice to say, that 6' his Grace"
roundly abuses the English Roman Catholic Peers as a
body, whom he taxes with ingratitude to O'Connell ;
and then, with admirable consistency, sneers at the
Duke of Wellington for conceding that emancipation
which placed Roman Catholic Peer and Commoner
upon a perfect footing of equality with their Protestant
brethren ; he denies that he was at the celebrated as-
sembly of Romish titulars in the year 1832, where re-
solutions were entered into, . and an exhortation pub-
lished to discountenance agitation ; nor did he authorise
apy person to attach his name to the said resolutions,
and as for the exhortation recommending the clergy to
banish politics from the altars devoted to the service of
God, he candidly admits that there were passages in it
which never had his sanction. He affirms that perse-
cution was never so rife against his own faith as at the
present moment, and must continue to be so as long as a
Protestant Establishment is quartered at an enormous
expense on a " Catholic population." He gently touches
on the repeal question, and concludes by observing...—
" It is amusing to see with what zeal some Lords of
every shade of creed and politics are coming forward to
denounce the present agitation about repeal, whilst in
reality they are pushing it forward. Restlessness is a
state of which but few are ambitious ; and if the people
of Ireland were -to have a prospect of justice, they
would gladly enjoy the blessings of repose, Whatever
may be their destiny, they know that hitherto they have
been but little indebted to the sympathy or the support
of Englishmen ; and whilst they will keep a steady e y
on that duty which shall ever bind them to their beloved
Sovereign, they will take care to discard the officious
counsels of those men who, under the guise of
zeal for
us, arc labouring to promote their own selfish
" 't JOHN, ARCHBISHOP OF purposes,ui . .
" St. Jarlath's, Team, Feast of St. Lucia, 1841."

FASHIONS FOR THE MONTH.—..
much worn, particularly at the elbows, and are trimmed
Coats are very
with a shining substance, which gives them a very glossy
appearance. A rim of white runs down the seams, and
the covering of the buttons is slightly opened so as to
show the wooden material under it. lists are now slightly
indented at the top, and we have seen several in which
part or the brim is sloped off without any particular re-
gard to the quantity abstracted. Walking dresses are
very much dotted just now with brown spots of a mini
colour, quite irregularly, and the heels of the
by
be seen trimmed with the same
material. thrown`stockings
may s
As o
rt of basket work is now a great deal
seen as a head-dress, and in these cases it is strewed over
with little silver fish, something like a common sprat,
which gives it a light and graceful character.---Proick