The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-17 00:00:00

"They would not, if they could, be gay ;"

and therefore all that can be done in the way of as-
suaging their insane longing for a peep into the secrets
of the Cabinet will only tend to inflame their passion to
a still higher pitch of frenzy and extravagance. Now,
under this affected anxiety on their parts to be made
acquainted with the purposes, the designs and aiins of
the recently-formed Government, appears to us to lurk
a spirit of dishonest and desperate factiousness, the
object being to thwart and impeach them, to defame
and denounce their authors, and obstruct, if not defeat,
every attempt to give them effect and vitality. This we
take to be.one of their main objects in so preposterously
demanding from Sir Robert Peel an immediate and
detailed exposition of the various measures to which
it may be necessary for him to resort, in order to
make good the deficiencies, repair thy mischiefs, and
correct the errors of those who went before
him. But it is not their only factious purpose ;
for they are silly enough to suppose that their
groundless and perfectly gratuitous clamours, re-
echoed by a contemptible clique of Anti-Corn-law
spouters in Southwark and Manchester, may have the
effect
the Minister of the Crown into prema-
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f pleng
ciipitate adoption of some one particular line
of policy, as well as into a premature declaration to that
effect; but the. rebukes their over-eager expectations in
that respect have already received, and the uns!laken
firmness with which the head of the Cabinet has reserved
the declaration of his intentions for the proper occasion,
should, one would think, have proved to them the folly
and absurdity of such expectations. We can assure
them, for their especial comfort, that they may clamour
as loudly and as long as their lungs will permit, that
they may bluster and coax, alternate threats with en-
treaties, im.naces with prayers, but nevertheless that
they would not compel a disclosure of Cabinet secrets,
or of the measures prepared or being prepared by her
Majesty's Government one hour before the proper time
for making Ministerial announcements shall have arrived.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

A strapping masculine woman, named Eliza Parl2, was
brought before Alderman Pirie charged with having
robbed a tide-surveyor of the Customs of two sovereigns.

Mr. Kemp, the prosecutor, stated that after having
visited, according to orders, son' ships in the docks, he
was returning home, and mor the Monument he slipped
and fell to the ground. The moment he was down the
prisoner crossed over to him, clapped her hand in his
pocket, and whipped out of his pocket two sovereigns,
which were contained in a leathern bag. He got up as
speedily as he could, and accused her of the robbery, but
she ran off as fast as she could. Witness, upon looking
round, perceived that his umbrella had disappeared as
well as his money. He ran in the direction which the
woman took, and with the assistance of a policeman
she was apprehended with his two sovereigns in her

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The Prosecutor—Not at all. She had followed me
across the street, but all the conversation I had with her
consisted in my charging her with the robbery.
A policeman stated that he heard the cry of " Stop
thief" at half-past ten o'clock, and being on the sharp
look-out, saw the prisoner running, and caught her in his
arms. The moment he had her in his embrace he asked
her whether it was all right ? " Oh, yes," said she, "it
is all right. Come along and I'll treat-you." When
she feared that she was in danger, she endeavoured to
escape. Witness found the two sovereigns in her hand,
and 0/. 10s. in her pocket.
The prisoner said that upon her honour she was as
innocent as a new-born babe.
Alderman PIRIE—I can't take your honour against
this gentleman's oath.
The Prisoner—Well, then, upon my oath, I never saw
, the roan till he accused me of doing what I never thought
of doing —robbing him. I hope Piull believe me.
,Committed for trial.