The Sun.
London, England, 1834-10-10 00:00:00

DUBLIN.

After long and frequent deliberations, at which
more than one Cabinet Minister assisted, the law
changes which were the subject of so much public
anxiety and speculation have taken place. The prog-
nostics of the Dublin Evening Mail have in this, as
in most instances where the private intentions of the
Irish Government are in question, been surprisingly
verified. Mr. Crampton goes to the Bench, and Mr.
Greene comes in, not yet Solicitor-General it is true,
but as a King's Sergeant.

The supposed design of this arrangement is to " give
a triumph to neither party ;" but its effect is very much
the reverse ; for it has afforded to the high Tory party
the most lively gratification and delight. Nothing
more acceptable to that party could have occurred,
even if the Duke of Wellington had been in a situation
ostensibly to dictate these appointments to his brother;
except that perhaps Mr. Bennett or some other gen-
tleman of the same opinions and of unquestioned dis-
tinction in his profession, might then have been pro-
moted in the place of Mr. Greene. The latter gentle-
man is a great favourite of my Lord Chancellor Plun-
kett, and was the only Castle-man who dined and
drank the significant toast of " The Duke of Cum-
berland and the rest of the Royal Family," with the
Lord Mayor last week.
The Evening Mail says that Mr. Blackburne was
humbly solicited by the Government to retain his office
of Attorney-General, and that he did most graciously
comply ; but with this special proviso that Sergeant
Perrin should not be made Solicitor-General, inasmuch
as he (the Attorney-General) could not think of acting
with a man " of the political opinions of that person."
The Mail appears to have been well acquainted with
Mr. Blackburne's views and opinions through the whole
course of this affair, and, therefore, it is the more to
be regretted that it does not state the particular " poli-
tical opinions" of Sergeant Perrin, with which our
Whig Attorney-General is at war. Does he object to
his opposition to Repeal—to the general support he
has given to the measures of his Majesty's Govern-
ment in Pailiament—to his endeavours to reform the
Corporations—or to his desire to see the Jury Bill made
a living law, instead of remaining, as it is, a dead let-
ter ? Impossible I Mr. Blackburne could be no true
Whig, if his opinions clashed with those of Mr. Per-
rin on any one of these subjects ; and, therefore, ac-
curately as the Evening Mail represents Mr. Black-
burne on other points, we must only suppose this to be
a jest. It were inconsistent with the respect due to
the members of the Irish Government to believe, for a
moment, that Mr. Blackburne could have mentioned
such an objection to them, or that he would have been
tolerated if he had.

There is another, and some will think, a better
reason for declaring that neither Mr. Blackburne, nor
any of his friends, could have authorized such a com-
munication to be made to the Dublin Evening Mail,
and through its columns to the public. The assertion
is totally, alse. The place of Solicitor-General was
offered to Mr. Perrin, and he refused it. He would
not aqt with Mr. Blackburne ; but whether he ob-
jected to that gentleman's politics, or to his usual me-
thod of administering the functions of his office, I
have no means of knowing, and, therefore, shall not
hazard an assertion. The fact is so, and you may
rely on it.

A short time will show how this additional " Boon
to Ireland" will go down with the people. It has been
very well, but not thankfully received by the Orange
gentry, who attribute the strange conduct of the Go-
vernment to its dread of the Conservative Society.
This, I solemnly assure you, is a fact. From the mo-
ment that the death of Judge Jebb was known, I have
heard it boastfully and defyingly asserted in many com-
panies, that the Government would not dare to fly in
the face of the Great Protestant Meeting at the King's
Room, by making a popular appointment ; but until
now, that events give it the proof, all that seemed to be
mere sound and fury.