The Sun.
London, England, 1834-08-25 00:00:00

befo
eY
their mouths, nor the lawyers their briefs, re iv:
have taken some weeks to find out how our Nor 03,:i
and Saxon ancestors would have decided u ?
Oce
return
such a question. It was this eternala.
to obsolete precedents which stamped that c
1,
ratter of our lawyers, which, with the aid of
.;
brightest talents, and most extensive literary of 1311
ments, they have never been able to get rid of.
his satirical vindication of natural society, 13 111,',,
does not greatly exceed the strictest limitss of :rla rr
when he says, " We are tenants at the will of
(lel
for everything ; and a metaphysical quibble is to d:
whether the greatest villain breathing shall meet.i
'hs
t man
serts, or escape with impunity, or whether the bos
most
in society shall not be reduced to the lowest al'cl.
despicable condition it affords. In a word I;he d
affecte
tice, delay, puerility, false refinement, an •
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mystery of the law, are such, that many-,1
under it come to admire and envy the expeOien'
plicity, and equality, of arbitrary judgmen:' ¢es
Unhappily for England, these sentimeats 'were
vividly descriptive of the law to-day as the/bodied
were first the hour in which they
_rst.
not t have
in a written form. But we trust we dial f our
long to repeat these complaints of the tardiness °jos,
Government in amending, consoliclating,,and (10116
our criminal code. The present Ministry have into
much in the appointing a commission to inquire rho
the nature and extent of this evil, and,. as far ts rer
have yet gone with their labours, they pornis°
der the most essential service to the Colin* fo.
There is hardly any news from the distittl?
vincial districts, and the little there is 0014 beset of
pended upon as correct in any particular. 006.-
journals tell us that RODIL is night and day
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pursuit of DON CARLOS, though the former bels;
yet been able to bring his guns to bear on the re re 0
while another section of the press as gravel/ assu•ththe
that the rebel race is towards Draarid'holvi
full determination of storming the caPil'"%e
as for the latter part of this intelligenvf
know it ourselves, to use the polite Phrase:fade
Burchell in the Vicar of Wakffield, 'to be phra
se:
Don CARLOS has no means of storming ttOre'eld'iless'
where the personifications of hunger and 14gng Or°
and the sight of arms, such as th e valLs;.to, into
fought with, are sufficient to frighten the gerr;sd desti"
le
an immediate surrender. If the look of slusji-
tution has anything exceedingly ferocious 811 a; ocrrhe
in it, then, indeed, may the REGENT troublere is°
safety of her loyal Ward ; but, otherwise' thesft. et til°
more to be feared from the squad that trot
urowo
rebel standard than from the mighty wrath of °
gay, gallant, and striking coalheavers.

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In another part of The Sun will be fowl' "
of the Regent of Portugal, Don PEDR°' °11„;;"
the Cortes of that kingdom. The ''‘for
ROR seems to have a surprising regard ter°l3e,
speeches, especially when they maY be to
a recital of his own wisdom, talents, and e°`i ;11i°'
manifested in the evolutions of the late re
ij°l'
of
warfare in Portugal. To the future historian
vsi,jole
tuguese glory, this speech will be an tin evttll4,
document. It embraces a period ei
years, in which we find the nor'
.t of tbt
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to . have been the great leading spirit r 0
age-=the mighty guardian of the liberties °: 911'5°'
—the undaunted defender of her rights ---tile er'
duing champion of her privileges—the potent'tier f°:
less assertor of her claims, her charters' i
gE
dom, and her independence. The 05 Per
under every threatening aspect of evil' tie
in all, all to all, and all for all. No g n°,s ogerti)e
possessed his zeal, no hero his courage,
wisdom, and no diplomatist his prudeli, lotg/
s•
was a prodigy of equity, wisdom, alla
ej di
so he says himself—and as we are not dises
pute his claims, and as moreover, we highly' a! of
his general conduct in asserting the rights ice,9lle,
daughter, the reigning Queen of Portugabfar his slef
leave to others the task of inquiring low c110c,Ii•
count of his own actions agrees with the .50'
given to them by the impartial historians °f
acts in every part of Europe. tlist d
The speech, however, contains much eotcct
greatly interest the public at the present re°ll-0
'Coo „'
of
looking to that part of it which treats of
of the Clergy, we feel ourselves forcibly all 4
an old adage " that Priests are PM° 01,c
world over." We recommend to the of
di the
parsons of Ireland, the peculiar stn der 01
tactics of the Portuguese monks, wile
guidance of another MARCUS BERESf°II9'
the
Irish BERESFORD too, hailed the dagger ss cilr;
foil&w
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ioe toI)
searcher of the unbelieving bosom! The
count of these humble followers of the is of
and loving Redeemer of mankind, has reueortilod.
mon with the characteristics of the °rang% 10°
the hierarchy of the Established Church 1-
4r
Thus speaks the REGENT :—•-• f e tiO
" All the families and associations of religig;
nomination and order have been suppressed. '0"1
ments, considered with respect to religion, we: 0, a ice"
:sated from the primitive spirit of their institatled scoarip
exclusively governed by the love of temporal aciriljere id) 4'
terests which they professed to despise ; and oPn- die'',ols);'!
litical point of vieyv,they were like denationalisec!;o9, if 1,/
ent to the good or bad fortune of their fellow Clti;pierlt 109
lously serving a despotic or tyrannical Govertbeirlilero'l
expected from it favour and consideration. 'ref, dallgrot
over individuals and families, which was the rac) ",:cat deg
proportion as it was secret, Portugal owes in ag' . 4
evils which it has just experienced."
And what evil is there oppressing ire'a ,
ass, ° hrt
b
not, in a great degree, owing to the a ce of
Established Church, and the foul infhtell e
01
has
worst members ? • What is it that 111; WI" IV
Of
lastingly rendered the Church of
bulk
i(est/)
object- of deep hatred to the
sod ffro
population—north and south---east r yr°
nth
but the love of " worldly interests," the eve
,e
e°P
ra
ote f
services of the clergy to " tyrannical Go' le
in utter contempt for the feelings of rd
the P g
whom they were``located, and in utter disreg-
Scriptures which they professed to teach ?

VI
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In the session of 1833, a Report was chttif 110
ma /
Committee, of which Mr. GUEST WaS.Plate d ffEle
in which some very good surestions. ap ef `'6
better conduct of the business of the once
ofrii
servant of the House should be
mons ; and among other thinas--" lbatillto devti
perinittea
°tiler III;
or receive any gratuity, present, or feeei.eest 9
such as is prescribed by the Table °I too Id'
GUEST has given notice that he means t° ot o;
among other resolutions, at the coulinencevln the ft
of Parliament..od,
next session But gr• i'L.'
exami ssie
• al clerk
eil) of the House, having bee° lgo se ~;
fore a Committee on Private 1301 Fos, - :5 11
• 'As ,I.
ttlitl,
,yott,i
":is, " lie thinks the system cf (zra
v•ill be # re {
good system. He • . there •• vole i
is quite sure
in some shape or other. He thinks that ode
°-
person pays a gratuity, and another Pe
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