The Sun.
London, England, 1833-11-28 00:00:00

ter and Wardens of the Company of Merchant
Tailors. We begin to suspect that there must
have been something revolutionary in the Reform
Bill, when we find the Tories make a merit of
resisting the King's Commission. It used not
to be so in the good old times. But times are
changed. The political wheel has gone round,
and the Tories, finding themselves at the bottom
instead of the top, cry out against power, because
it has passed from their hands into the hands of
other people, who, we will allow, know some-
times how to abuse it—almost as well as them-
selves. The new candidate, however, for the
honour of resistance, is the Corporation of Nor-
wich, which by its Sheriff's, Messrs. Brown and
Steward, has announced to the Commissioners
that they must expect no information from that
quarter, because they ask for it in the King's
name. Without considering whether the pre-
rogative has or has not been duly exercised
in this instance, we only say that this is a
new tone for the Tories ; and, as we never
heard it from the same party before the
passing of the Reform Bill, we suppose it is
the revolution with which, during the progress
of that measure, they so often threatened us
and frightened themselves. Another circumstance,
which is rather unfortunate for the resisting
Corporations, is the awkward predicament in
which they stand with respect to character.
They ask for the allowance of high motives ;
but high motives can only be conceded to high
character, and it was not exactly fOr the attitude
of their pretensions in this respect, but for
something very like the reverse, that the Com-
mons and people of England called out for
inquiry—deep, searching, effectual inquiry,
which those worthies are so anxious to repel.
One of the indications of high motives used to
be a disdain of all concealment. " There are no
mysteries in honest men." But honest men and
honest Corporations are, it seems, different
things, and may avail themselves of different,
and even contrary, methods of illustrating their
respective advantages. One seeks the sun and
the other the shade ; but the world has so little
sentiment, that we doubt whether it can ever be
brought to sympathise very cordially with those
modest lovers of darkness who endeavour to
bring the light itself into disrepute, under the
nick-name of tyranny. Say what they will
people cannot help suspecting that the Corpo-
rations have motives personal to themselves for
the course which they are now pursuing. And
the reason why people suspect it is because they
know that there is ground for it on the very face
of the transaction, in which they are committed
with the Government and the people at large.
But the Sheriffs of Norwich shall speak for
themselves :

—" Remembering that a Commission issued by virtue
of the Royal prerogative alone is a process unknown to
the law of England, and eminently hostile to public
liberty, we feel ourselves ompelled to avoid the slightest
act of recognition of your authority, even by implication.
"We decline, therefore, to attend at the proposed in-
quiry: nor shall we permit our officers to furnish infor—
mation relative to the constitution of the Sheriff's Court,
the es therein received, or any other matter within their
province."

The last sentence of this paragraph is a com-
ment on the first. The refusal to touch upon
the delicate subject of fees sheds a light on the
motives of those high-minded corporators.
Again they say—" It is a firm and loyal attach-
ment to the political institutions of the country,
as settled at the Revolution of 1688," which
induces them to resist the Commission—that is,
to keep their own secret as long as they can.
Well, the Constitution of 1688 wilt stand them
in good stead if it enable them to avoid inquiry,
and save their own municipal constitution of
1833 from the merciless hand of reform, which
already threatens so many comfortable arrange-
ments which their ancestors made in the dark,
and which they themselves would fain preserve
under the same benignant auspices.—Morning
Herald.

The Journal de Smyrne relates that, " on
exploring the found•.ation of a holy fountain outside the
walls of Constantinople, the remains of a chapel of the
Lower Empire have been discovered. There were found
several mosaics and some bones, which are said to be those
of a Princess in the times of Leon the Is iurian. Thee
relics have been deposited in the Patriarchal church, where,
it is saal, there are already a great many jewels of value,
and also some royal robes; but they are concealed no doubt
in order that they may be the more easily di'posed of.
This fountain, on the site of which ►hey are about to build
a magnificent church, was formerly called the Golden
Fountain, though it now bears the name of Baloucti. It
has always proved a source of gold to the Greek priests
who established themselves there."

An affair of a very afflicting nature took place
a few days since at Broomsgrove. A man named Robert
Lilley, who has been its the army and served several years
in India, where he received a wound in the head, for which
he underwent the operation of trepanning, has been re-
siding for some years in Broomsgrove, and recently occu.
pied an upper room in the house of Jonathan Wall, a
nailor, himself following the trade of a button maker. It
seems that Lilley, when under the influence of liquor, is
subject to the most violent and ungovernable passion,
This state of mind at such times is supposed to be occa-
sioned by the wound in his head. On Tuesday the sth
inst. Lilley bad been out drinking, and on his return home
was assail, d by some boys, who threw squibs at him and
pelted him with mud. He reached home in a state of
excitement, and called for his supper. Some bread and
cheese were placed before him, of which he partook,
making use of a pocketknife in cutting it. He almost
immediately commenced quarrelling with his wife, threat-
ening to stab her with the knife he had in his hand, and
made an attempt to put his threat into execution. The
poor woman defended hers. If with a chair, and she and
her two children, who were in the room with her, cried
out, " Murder." Some individuals happened to be holding
a prayer meeting in one of the lower rooms of the house
at the time, and two of the members, named John Till
and James Whateman, hearing the cries of murder, ran
up stairs. They found the door shut, but it was immedi-
ately opened by Lilley, who said, " Come on, I am ready
far vou," and immediately wounded Till in the thumb, and
stabbed Whateman in the thigh. Whateman, finding
himself wounded, made his escape down stairs. Till col-
lared Lilly, and thrust him part of the way down stairs.
He then followed him, and as he was rising again knocked
him down, and, leaping over him, made his escape also.
The wife had in the meantime thrown herself from the top
to the bottom of the stairs, and thus eluded the vengeance
of her husband. Jonathan Wall, the landlord of the house,
who was at work in his shop, a distance of about twenty
yards, hearing the disturbance, ran hastily in and went
up stairs, and was instantly stabbed by Lille), in the lower
part of the abdomen. He was immediately taken to the
residence of Mr. Horton, surgeon, who, on examining
the wound, declared it mortal. The poor man lived 35
hours after being stabbed, and then expired. Kings, the
constable of Broomsgrove, arrived, arid h 'vin' knocked
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Lilley down with his staff, rushed upon him and secured
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by the Jury. Lilley was lodged in the county
gaol at Worcester.—Leamington Free Press.
POLITICAL GHOSTS.--The friars of the
Escuri have got into trouble by their performing a silly
farce, which has received the important denomination of
sbilyen;evoolefe ttviiii"icehlowisatsersahitrtiobleaeentrfioart
which kept crying out th it he was
perpetually in hell for the injury done
estoao:l:'ncnDt:leloje:nmn:liangCi treleal:tireslyKto:.: i,in:agtuuTnrriniafb' enePddtrhi nt ruin and desolation would come
upon the country unless the Crown of Spain was imme-
diately transferred to that Prince. The agents of th,
Government found it very difficult at first to discover
from whence the voice proceeded; but by some means or
other the imposition was at last detected, and the author
of it, one of the brotherhood, who was Snugly stowed
away in one of the many boles and corners of that immense
building, was draeged from his hiding-place, and brought
in chains to Madrid.—Madrid Letter.