The Sun.
London, England, 1834-11-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1834.

1 the question, can there lie anyth'ng mare palpably re-
voltmg to common sense or to obvious policy, than an
a ttempt to bolster up the interest of the new Ministry
by an open acknowledgment like this, that it is a sub-
ject which will not bear discussion ? Does Mr.
Winchester really suppose that he serves the Duke
of Wellington by gagging the respectable inhabitants
of London, and preventing any declaration of senti-
ment on the part of a great municipal body, with regard
to the political character of the Noble Duke, and the
prospects of the country under him ? Why, there is
nothing so favourable to popular dissatisfaction as a
refusal to let the people freely and unreservedly exa-
mine whether they are dissatisfied with or without jus-
tifiable inducements---there is no such provocation to
clamour as a prohibition to speak. To us, who have
reflected on these matters, and who have surveyed the
condition of the kingdom quite as diligently and
anxiously, and withal as disinterestedly, as any alder-
man among them, there seems nothing half so desi-
rable as that every man in the empire who can under-
stand the simplest political reasoning, should have
every possible light afforded him for judging like a
rational creature of the causes which have led to the
existing state of inconvenience and embarrassment, and
for estimating on something better than factious or se-
ditious grounds the chance of its removal by the com-
pletion of the Government looked for at the Duke of
Wellington's hands. Truth and justice, fact and prin-
ciple, must be gainers by being submitted to the test
of public investigation, and the more frequent the ap-
plication of that test, until the controversy shall be
finally composed, the better. The Lord Mayor, or any
other functionary who restrains the free expression of
their opinions by respectable citizens, especially in their
aggregate form of constituted bodies, only ensures the
prolongation of gross ignorance, and of the murmurs
which so naturally spring from it. If the Duke of
Wellington's (or Sir R. Peel's) Government will not
stand, what it ought to be capable of standing, the con-
flict of public feeling and opinion which its announce-
ment has raised, how, in the name of wonder, will it
bear that appeal to the whole constituency of the em-
pire, which current rumours allege to be meditated by
a dissolution of Parliament ?. Sure we are that the good
sense of the Duke of Wellington must be affronted by
this vulgar quackery appertaining only to the by-gone
boroughmoncr°er times, and that his Grace can have no
objection to throw himself fearlessly on the people. So
it appears that O'Connell has found in the pros-
pect of a general election, a new field for the deve-
lopinent of his peculiar tactics. He once again pre-
tends to fling the repeal question overboard, and to be
satisfied with Reform Candidates on this occasion, for
the sake of " uniting all shades of Reformers," and
defeating the common enemy. Were there no ulterior
object in this proposal, that is to say, were O'Connell
an honest man, it might, by other honest men, be freely
received and acted on. But what is the case ? If the
Agitator has spoken truth in declarations a thousand
times repeated, the creation of a separate Parliament,
not the free election of a United Parliament, is the sole
panacea for Ireland. The United Parliament, as being
the instrument for this end, must therefore be so con-
structed and so adapted, as best to facilitate the avowed
and final purpose of this arch conspirator. He will,
therefore, strive to bend the united efforts of the Irish
representation to the overthrow, right or wrong, of
the new Government, without ascertaining its prin-
ciples, without waiting for its measures—and why ?
from the hope of restoring to office those who have
already listened to him: with a simplicity more than
prudent—who have already buoyed him up into an
insolence menacing to every constituted power—who
have treated him as if he were an independent state,
uncanopied by the British throne. The strongest
Government for the United Kingdom is that which
O'Connell most heartily dreads and deprecates. The
weakest, most credulous, and vacillating statesmen,
are those whom lie will labour to set up instead of
them. His notion of popular representatives for
Ireland therefore is, that they should be no better
than tools of a miserable and wicked faction—a fac-
tion of which he is himself at once the hand, the
head, the trunk, and moving spirit. This band of
implements he will bring to bear, not against abuses,
not against grievances, not in favour of good govern-
ment, or of that which is so esteemed amongst our-
selves, but it will be employed as a battering ram_ for
a single purpose—namely, for the exclusion of certain
persons from office—those persons of whose firmness,
decision, and sagacity, it behoves the disturbers of the
peace of Ireland, and the intriguers against British
connexion, to stand in most reverence and salutary
terror. The momentary waver of the repeal question,
therefore, by O'Connell, is nothing better than a
knavish and hollow trick, for the sake of resuming the
project at a more convenient hour—and of turning
the representatives elected on professions of reform, to
the future furtherance of that iniquity of which he
now affects to hold out the indefinite postponement.
We would advise the patriotic and constitutional
friends of Ireland to be wary of any pledges which
may be tendered to them at the suggestion of that
smooth and unprincipled hypocrite, lest such promises
may be converted to uses for which those who make
them are at present ill prepared. In the meantime,
we recommend the Duke of Wellington—or whoever
may be Minister—to keep a watchful eye and a tight
hand over him to whom Ireland is indebted for the
moral retrogression of the last 15 years.—Times.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Nov. 26.

upon this writ. The question was, whether the demurrer
was filed in sufficient time, according to the practice of the
Court, to prevent the attachment issuing for want of an
answer.

Mr. KINDEUSLEY, for the defendant, contended that the

time for the filing of the demurrer, so as to render it effec-
tive, extended till the hour at which the Court usually sat,
namely, ten o'clock, and that this was the practice always
acted upon.
Mr. SIMPKINSON, for the plaintiff, contended that the
attachment was perfectly regular. The defendant had
fallen in the pit which he had dug for others. He had de-
layed filing his demurrer in order that the plaintiff might
be prevented from obtaining an injunction this Term, by
rendering it impossible for the demurrer to be set down for
hearing. He now found, however, that he had delayed
too long.
Lord LYNDHURST consulted with the clerks in Court,
who were of opinion that the attachment could be issued
the moment the clerk's office was opened, and his Lordship
said that there could be no disputing that the plaintiff was
justified in issuing the attachment, which was in every re-
spect a good attachment. The motion must, therefore, be
refused with costs.

Mr. KINDERSLEY then moved for leave to give notice of
motion for to-morrow, for the purpose of having the de-
fendant's demurrer received and set down for hearing, upon
purging his contempt by paying the costs of the injunction
an this application.—Leave granted.
Several motions and petitions of no public interest were
disposed of, and the Court rose at four o'clock.

CONSISTORY COURT, Nov. 26.

TREVENYAN AND TREVENYAN.

In this case an allegation alleging adultery against Mrs
Trevenyan was admitted by the Court.

PRESLYN AND PRESLYN.

This was a suit for divorce promoted by Charles Pres-
lyn, Assistant-Surgeon of the 63d regiment of foot, against
Anne his wife, on the grounds of adultery. The parties
were married in England in 182.8. In 1833 Mrs. Preslyn
eloped from Dublin, where her husband's regiment was
quartered, with a Mr. Carnegie, and on being traced to
London they were found residing at Hatchett's Hotel, co-
habiting as man and wife. This was the ground stated for
the institution, of the suit.

Dr. BURNABY, on the part of the wife, had no opposi-
tion to make to the application.
The Court admitted the allegation, setting forth the
adultery.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Nov. 26.

SIR G. DUCKETT AND CO.'S BANKRUPTCY.

A meeting of the creditors of the banking firm of Sir
G. Duckett, Morland, Sir F. Bernard and Co., was held
to-day, for the proof of debts, and the declaration of a fur-
ther dividend.

Debts were proved, during the day, to the amount o:
5,400/.

The total amount of debts proved against the joint estate
at previous meetings is 153,3481. in 377 proofs, which, with
the debts entered to-day, make a total of proofs against the
estate at present entered upon the proceedings of 158,740/.
The dividends already declared amount to Gs. 11 d. in the
pound, which have taken 10,345/. to liquidate. The divi-
dend which it was resolved to announce to-day will not ex-
ceed sd. or 6d. in the pound. Further dividends will be de-
clared. The proceedings were then adjourned.

METROPOLITAN CENTRAL COURT.

OLD COURT.

John Ellis, a respectable-looking young man, late confi-
dential clerk to Messrs. Cubitt and Co., the extensive
builders, stood indicted for stealing on the 11th of October
the sum of 6001., the property of his employers.
Several witnesses on the part of the prisoner, stated it to
be their opinion that since the death of his child he had not
always been in his proper senses.
Mr. CLARKSON informed the Court that in addition to
those persons he had twenty witnesses to charaeter.
The RECORDER observed that after what the prosecutor
had said it would be needless to call them. He then pro-
ceeded to sum up the evidence very minutely to the Jury,
and entered at some length into the law on the subject of
insanity, that in all cases where the individual was capable
of judging right from wrong_ he, for any offence which he
might commit, was amenable to the laws of the country.
The Jury, after a short consultation, found the prisoner
guilty, but strongly recommended him to mercy on the
ground that he was at the time labouring under a
derangement of mind, in which recommendation the pro-
secutor joined.
In the course of the afternoon, on the Grand Jury
coming into court with some bills, Mr. Orme, one of the
county magistrates for Middlesex, informed the Court that
they had been waitinc, for upwards of half an hour for per-
sons to come and prefer bills, and, as there appeared t o be
no person ready to attend, he trusted the Grand Jury would
be discharged.
Lord DENMAN—Is there any person in custody against
Which bills have not been presented ?
Mr. CLARK—A great number, my Lord.

Lord DENMAN-.Gentlemen, we cannot expect the en-
tire of the proceedings to be quite perfect as yet ; but it is
very possible that, after this sessions, you will not be kept
waiting.

Mr: ORME—Perhaps, my Lord, you will permit us to
adjourn until to-morrow. . . .

Mr. Justice PARKE—I understand that, in the course of
a quarter of an hour, the Mint will bring ten cases before
you, and therefore you will have plenty to do.
Lord DENMAN—We all have a public duty to perform,
and if the Grand Jury were adjourned over until to-mor-
row, it would be very difficult to get all the persons toge-
ther who are in attendance as witnesses. You can adjourn,
if you wish, for an hour.
Mr. ORME—We wish to adjourn until to-morrow, for
several of the Grand Jurors are Magistrates, and have other
duties to perform.
Mr. HEDGER, the foreman—My Lord, I have no wish
for an adjournment.
Nor I, my Lord, exclaimed another of the Grand Jurors.
Lord DENMAN—Although you have no business before
you at this moment, I have no doubt you will have sufficient
in a short time.

The Grand Jury then retired, and in the course of the
afternoon several times re-entered the Court with true bills.
In the course of the day Mr. Sturgeon, the barrister,
applied to the Court to order some place of accommodation
for Mr. Cooke, a student at law.
Mr. Justice PARK—The Court has no power to order
any accommodation for the law students.
Mr. Sturgeon—My Lord, have you not the power to or-
der some place for the students ?
Mr. Justice PARK—We have not. I know where the
place used to be, but that is now removed.
Here the conversation dropped.
A true bill for felony was found against Reuben Martin
the pugilist.