The Sun.
London, England, 1823-01-17 00:00:00

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The party who have called the Reform Meet-
ing at York are placed in the. most ludicrous di-
lemma possible. Without the Radicals they can
do nothing ; and with them they will only
furnish another triumph. to Cobbett, of sr horn
they are as much afraid as a child, is of Raw-
head and Bloody Bones ! In this predica-
ment some of them, we are told, have hit
upon the notable expedient of. denouncing
Cobbett as a Government Spy ! This low and
contemptible lie is all that the old Apostle of
Radicalism can wish for, to enable, him to tri-
umph more completely at York than he did at
Norwich. The Yorkshire Radicals are far too
keen to be taken-in by so stale a' trick; and. Cob-
bett, who only sneered at Mr. Coke, will lash his
new assailants till tln whimper again. For our
own part we should certainly enjoy this dog
and bear sport, were it not that we fear some
truly respectable individuals have been committed
by their understrappers. Whoever stands for-
ward on the hustings to attack Cobbett will, to
a certainty, be , rendered utterly ridiculous ; and
if this effect only recoiled, OA the mischievous
intriguers,who first set the business in motion,
our gratification would be pure and unmixed.--
But we shall seriously lament, if any' Noble-
man or, Gentleman of honOurable feelings ex.
pules himself to such a disgrace. It is not
but that there are ample grounds founded in.
truth on which Cobbett might be held up to uni.
Versid reprobation ; bnt these are not the grounds
upon which, he will or can be attacked at. York.
There he must either reign Lord Paramount,
or he must be denounced on a pretence so false
and flimsy (bat not a child in the whole CoUtily
can believe it. The true state of the case is very
simple. A. little Whig-Radical Junto wants to
speak in ,the name of a large and populonscomity.
It appeals to the prejudices and passions of a
mob for that purpose ; but a greater master
in the art of exciting those passions and prejudices
conies on the stage ; and unless he is knocked on
the ,head, err disposed of by some other violent
means, to .which it told not be quite safe to re-
sort, he,must run away with all the glory which
these gentry had prepared for themselves. They
have already made large sacrifices of principle
to catch the Radicals. They have come .down
to a disgraceful surrender of almost every
point of Coustitutional W big Policy—but lt is
all to no purpose. Cobbett will offer ,terms not
one whit more knavish in principle, but more di.
redly addressed to the knavish propensities of
his hearers. It is not a jot .more villainous to, rob
Mr. Fawkes of his rents, than to rob an industri-
ous carpenter of the savings which be has placed
in the Stocks: only the former is more tempting,
and lies more conveniently to the hand of the
Yorkshire Radicals.

LAW INTELLIG ENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, JAN. 16.
,First Seal before Term.

LYNN V. ilsAlrtit. •
nr: if 00 E begged lease to mentiona misstatement which
had;ftitinft Its Way into some of the newspapers,' and by which
the public had been given to understand his Lordship as stat.
ing that he had received a letter from a person who, as. his
Lordship thought, Was a party In the case, and that die letter
had considerably affected his opinion, and that it contained im-
putatitite!tipon'tbe character of the parties. • '
The Unit CUANCEIAOII. said that such a report was alto,
/other false, The only effect of the letter on his mind was, to
make him' postpone hts judgment. AS to bnputations, they
were rather- thrown -on thoWounsiel, for- the alleged intlakripis
of their statements. lie had said, expressly, that he believed
the letter was not written by either'of the parties.