The Sun.
London, England, 1824-12-13 00:00:00

country was unparalleled in the world. The law admitted of
no distinction between the high and the low ; and if the Judge
or the Advocate shrunk from their high and important duties,
they found they had, however, a corrector in the public press.
He did not, indeed, wish to see either bow before it; for he
hoped their own consciences would lead them onward in the
path of justice; but still he could not help thinking that it was
to the press that this country-owed, in a great degree, the high
station it held.in jurisprudence, and also in the enjoyment of
every other valuable privilege which it possessed.--(Much
applause.)
The CHAIR ILAN begged now to propose the health of " The
Bat."—(Loud cheers.)—The country were feelingly alive to
every advantage, civil and political, which is derived from
theindependent character of the English Bar. He could
assure them that, at the present moment, there was as much
independence, spirit, and feeling, in that body, as there ever
Was within .his memory. During that period, indeed, some
meteors had shone forth with unrivalled splendour, who had
now descended to their graves, and reposed •in the gratitude
and Veneration of the country; but much of their celebrity,
their energy, and their expression of high and constitutional
principles was to be attributed to the times in which they
lived, to the excitement produced by the singular and unparal.l
doled events which characterised that period. If, therefore,
there was less brilliancy, there was not less talent, less inte-
gtity, or less devotion to the great conservative principles of
the Constitution,—( Hear, hear !)--He begged therefore to pro.
lose the following toast:—" The liar, and may that body
ever possess the respect and the affection of the people."—
(Loud cheers.) .
Mr. Sergeant PEaXE returned thanks. lie hoped that there
Would always be, and, as far as his recollection served, there
always had been a great cordiality between the Bar and the
Gentle Men of the law. There had been among the many
provements of the day one which nothing but the liberality of
the present times could have exhibited. lie meant that of a
..body of men associating themselves without any regard to per-
sonal interest, in order to Maintain the honour anti the integrity
,of the profession of which they were members. It was an ho-
, nourable feature in the history of the period to see such an As.
sedation leagued together for the purpose of correcting the in.
accuracies, and purging the impurities which had too long been
the disgrace and the opprobrium of the law.—(Cheers.)—The
effect of such an Institution was visible, not only to them and
to every thinking person, but to the world ; for it had been
seen, that men, at whom the finger of scorn had baen pointed,
, Were permitted to proceed in their fraudulent career, because
to one bad the power or the spirit to protect the victims of
their injustice. It was the poor. and those whom misfortunes
had reduced to poverty, who felt the effects of their depre-
dations ; and whose unfortunate situation prevented them
from exposing and punishing their oppressors.—(Cheers.)—
' Mr. Sergeant Peake then requested permission to propose a
toast, and after briefly alluding to the projected improvements
?ing forward in Westminster, under the direction of Colonel
-•reach, proposed a health to the Hon. and Gallant Officer.—
(Cheers.) • • •
Colonel TRENCH shortly returned thanks.
Then followed .thehealths of Lord Manners and the Irish
Bar—The Judges of Scotland and the Scotch Bar—and,
The healths of the former Principals, the Committee, the
Stewards, the Directors, and other Office-bearers of the Society,
, were afterwards drank, with several other appropriate toasts;
• and the company did not separate till a short time beyond " the
keystone Of night's sable arch."
The dinner and wines were highly creditable to the acknow-
ledged taste and liberality of Mr. KAY.

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TIIE SUN.

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LONDON,
MONDAY EVENING, DEC. 13, 18'24.

We have received by Express from Paris at
t late hour jhis morning the Etoile, dated yester-
!lay, It is quite destitute of any article of poli-
tical intelligence. The Rentes on Saturday at
half-past three o'clock were 102 f. 20c. for mo-
l'eYs and 102 f. 36c. for the end of the month.

Papers from Paris and various part of the
Continent arrived yesterday, and extracts from
them are given in preceding columns. The ca-
lamities produced by the lute dreadful storms
and floods at St. Petersburg!' and its vicinity
far exceed those sufferd in Germany, the ac-
counts of which had already reached this country.
The united violence of the wind and water
at St. Petersburgh on the 19th ultimo was
most appalling. While the sheet-iron on the
roofs of the houses was rolled up like leaves of
!super, the flood rose to the height of nine and
ten feet in the open streets. Vessels were
wrecked in the centre of the city, which was strew-
" in every part with fragments of ruin. Even
the neighbouring villages were swept away, and