The Sun.
London, England, 1834-06-12 00:00:00

CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST.

The Flora, for Philadelphia ; Eagle, for Trieste ;
Harmony, for Labrador ; Rowina, for Emden ;
Johannes Tonder, for Christiania ; Demerara Planter,
for Demerara; Mary Ann, for Constantinople and
Smyrna; and Leamington, for New York.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MARYLEBONE.

Yesterday, Reece Williams, one of the paupers
of Marylebone parish, who was employed to water
the streets, and struck for an advance of wages, was
fined 405., and in default of payment committed to
the House of Correction for a month, for assaulting
William Dawes, another pauper, who refused to
join the " strike" on the 24th of May last, in Ca-
vendish-square.
William Burdett, owner and driver of cabriolet
No. 3, was charged with feloniously driving against
and injuring the carriage of Count Bathyany, of
No. 11, Portland-place.

Two witnesses were called on behalf of the de-
fendant, but they failed in substantiating his de-
fence ; and he was accordingly fined 40s. for furi-
ous driving.
Count Bathyany should commence an action
against the defendant for 61. 18s. 6d., the amount
of damage done to his carriage, and directed that his
share of the penalty should be given to the poor-box.
John Thomas Blazedell, driver of cab, No. 41,
was next placed at the bar, under the following out-
rageous circumstances :
Colonel Prendergast, residing at No. 13, Cur-
zon-street, May-fair, was riding on horseback up
Baker-street, on Sunday afternoon, between three
and four o'clock, when the defendant drove his cab
so violently against the Colonel's horse as to throw
the complainant with great force on the pavement,
and severely injure his head. Mr. Vickers, a sur-
geon, was passing at the time, and dressed Colonel
Prendergast's head, and the number of the defen- ,
dant's cab was taken by a policeman, who was
abused in a very shameful manner by Blazedell.
The defendant said his horse took fright, and he
could not curb him.
The defendant was then fined .5/., and in default
of payment committed to the House of Correction.

There was a great Conservative dinner at
Glasgow on Wednesday, and a smaller one in Leith
yesterday. Each presents matter for remark, but at
present we have neither room nor time. Unbounded
praise of the Duke of Wellington's politics, and la-
mentations over the reform delusion, conjoined with
hints as to the expediency of lowering the franchise,
must have caused some astonishment among our saga-
cious neighbours of the port._ Scotsman, June 6.

In another column will be found the account
of the state of the Cambridge election at the
close of the poll yesterday. It will be seen that
in the earlier part of the day Sir Edward Sug-
den went considerably a head, but afterwards
Mr. Rice gained on him, and towards the close
of the day it was almost a neck-and-neck race,
Sir Edward having, at four o'clock, a majority
'of but five votes. During the last three-quar-
ters of an hour only 24 polled together, while
during the preceding half-hour the number
polled was 55. This fact alone would prove
that the number of voters, at least of those who
intended to vote, was nearly exhausted. We
observe that The Sun puts forth a feeler, as if
in anticipation of the defeat of the ministerial
candidate, touching the inconvenience of re-
taming that wholesome and most constitutional
provision of law which makes it necessary
that persons accepting office under the crown
should vacate their seats, or, in other words,
return again to their constituents to ask their
opinion of the matter. If there be any law
more necessary than another to preserve some-
thing like a check over the corruption of mem-
bers of Parliament, it is this law, which The
Sun, in obedience to Whig, inspiration, con-
demns. It complains of the inconvenience
which it occasions ; but this shows the law is
operative ; and to preserve our liberties we
must be content to put up with some inconve-
niences. If the law were a dead letter, it
might as well be repealed as not ; but it is
efficacious, and, therefore, says our contempo-
rary, it should be abolished. A most ccnve-
nient doctrine for Whigs in office, we opine, or
for Tories either, when in power, but not quite
so beneficial to the country or the constitution.
—Morning Herald.
Some of our contemporaries are threatening
us again with a collision between the two
houses of Parliament. Seeing that the minis-
ters are weak in the House of Lords, seeing
that they exist as ministers merely by the suf-
ferance of the Tories, and that the question of
the Church is likely to go hard with those who
contemplate a diversion of its property to other
purposes, the ministerial journals have recourse
to their favourite solution of such difficulties, a
collision of the two houses, preparatory to the
extinction of one of them by the general voice
of the nation. This speculation, however,
goes upon two assumptions, which may be
true, or may be false ; but which, whether true
or false, ought not to be conceded without
something like previous examination. It as •
sumes, in the first place, and with great ap-
pearance of probability, we must own, that
the House of Commons will go the whole length
with ministers on the question of Church re-
form. It assumes, in the second place, what
does not appear to us to be equally probable,
that the people will not only support the House
of Commons in their view of church reform,
but will support them to the extent of sacri-
ficing the constitution itself to the project
which they are so impatient to realise. If the
people be not prepared to back the House of
Commons to this extent it is evident that the
threat of a collision is mere moonshine. Now,
are the circumstances of the country so despe-
rate, or is the character of the people so despe-
rate, as to render it likely that they would push
matters to such a fearful extreme ? It is not
now, as it was when the Reform Bill was under
discussion, a struggle as to whether a beginning
should be made in the necessary work of re-
form, as to whether the foundations of future
improvement should be established, or the old
lease of corruption renewed, and the hopes of
the nation blasted. Even at that
,period
we objected to the system of bullying and in-
timidation which was directed against one branch
of the legislature. How much more should
we object to it now that the great object has
been gained for which alone it would have been
justifiable at any time to risk the peace of the
country. Neither do we think that the charac-
ter of the people of England is so light, so fri-
volous, so fond of change, or so addicted to
violence, as to be ready, upon every difference
that arises in the progress of reform, and in the
details of improvement, to put the alternative
of revolution as a means of influencing a deli-
berative assembly. What sort of government,
whath ie sorth tthe
of e
whole
hol Constitutionfra m frame
of must that
society
wbe under
which u
ldbethusr
hazarded at every step, or rather what sort of
people, and at what stage of civilization must
they have stopped, who could call it govern-
ment or social order, to live in a state of things
perpetually verging upon civil war and bloo`d-
s!lel ? The people of England must have ac-
quired the character of reflection—upon

very inadequate proofs—if they are so
ready, as certain writers, and politicians
represent them, to encourage collisions,
not between different parties of the community,
but between different branches of the Legisla-
ture, that is in the very heart and amongst the
vital functions of Government itself. For our
own parts we will not credit such prophecies
until we see more evident symptoms of turbu-
lence amongst the subjects of this realm than
have been yet presented to our notice. We
see nothing unreasonable in supposing that the
two Houses of Parliament may differ as to any
particular measure of Lord Grey, or even as to
the general merits of his administration, without
'endangering the State. Let partisans say what
they will, the destruction of the rotten boroughs
has cured that desperation of feeling which
threatened at one time the existence of the
Government. Threats are easily made, and
anticipations easily indulged ; but it is not the
mere cry of collision that will drive the people
to extremities, when patience, and the regular
working of the constitution, may accomplish
all they require.—Morning Herald.

The military occupation ;I; the free and im-
perial city of Frankfurt—one of the indepen-
dent member .0i the Germanic Confederation
—by. a cr,,rps of federal troops under the corn-
nv:.ict of an Austrian General, cannot fail to be
:viewed by the people of Europe as a flagrant
breach of the law of nations, and an open vio-
lation of the treaty of Vienna. The senate of
the city has protested against such an invasion
of their rights, and insists on retaining to them-
selves the regulation of their own police. The
national or city guards who have hitherto per-
formed the duty of preserving order, declared
their continued competence to the task, and the
Ambassadors of France and England are said
to have remonstrated in energetic notes against
such an unnecessary and inexcusable encroach-
ment on the privileges of an unresisting and
unoffending people. By submitting to this
odious usurpation, neither the magistrates, nor
the legislature, nor the inhabitants of Frankfort,
will have henceforward any control or influence
in the management of their own affairs.
The civil and military force of the little re-
public will be entirely in the hands of a whis-
kered and epauleted disciple of the hussar
and Metternich school. Not a meeting can
be held, nor a speech be delivered, nor a
newspaper published, nor an important stranger
received, nor a passport granted, within the
precints of the state, without the express leave
or the prying intervention of the phlegmatic
Austrian, who will enforce the most approved
principles of absolute power with all the un-
reasoning rigour of military discipline. In
short, Frankfort may be considered (so long as
this state of things
.continnes) to be effaced
from the list of . confederated German states,—
to be, like Mentz or Luxemburg, a garrison
town of the
.Diet, and to have no liberties,
rights, or privileges, except in abeyance-. The
pretence for this outrage on the law of nations
is more miserable and insulting, if possible,
than even the act itself. Because in the spring
of last year a few giddy and fanatical lads from
Heidelberg or other schools and universities
chose to excite a disturbance in Frankfort,
where they were soon overpowered without ex-
traneous aid, the Diet chose to call in a body
of confederated troops to restore order ; and be-
cause, forsooth, this year an attempt was made
by some of the inhabitants to rescue the pri-
soners who ought long ago to have been
tried and punished, the city must be occupied
by a Federal garrison ! It is really frightful
to think of the tenure on which the smaller
States of Germany will hold their rights, if
such a pretension is sanctioned, or such an
oppression permitted, by the free States of
Europe, who were parties to the treaty of
Vienna. Our alarm at the policy of the Ger-
man despots ought not to be lessened by airy
consideration of the smallness or insignificance
of the State which is made its first victim. By
the law of nations the independence of Geneva
or Frankfort should be is respected and secure
as that of France or England. When none but
States which can protect themselves are con-
sidered secure from invasion or military occu-
pation, then the law of nations becomes a farce,
and even considerable principalities should
begin to look about them. The same pretext
which was employed to justify the introduction
of a federal garrison into Frankfort would have
warranted an invasion of Baden, Wirtemberg,
or Bavaria. Let the rulers and legislative
assemblies, therefore, of these States consider
the consequences of giving their sanction to
this act of illegal outrage, as they value their
own contingent independence. A battalion or
two have been sufficient to overpower the gua-
ranteed rights of the free and imperial city of
Frankfort—a small corps d' armee would suffice
to take possession of Carlsruhe or Stutgard.—
Times.

The scenes which have been passing at Ox-
ford for the last day or two are calculated more
than any other incidents that have been pre-
sented to the public to show in what estimation
the men and the principles are held that unfor-
tunately possess at the present moment an as-
cendancy in our national councils. We refer
to the letter of our correspondent for a vivid and
correct description of the enthusiastic reception
which, wherever he presents himself to the
thousands who are assembled to greet his pre-
sence, is constantly given to the illustrious
Wellington; in conferring honour upon whom
the whole body of residents and visiters now as-
sembled in the city of Oxford seem to think
that they are conferring the highest honour
upon themselves. Nor is there any error in
this opinion. The Duke of Wellington is be-
yond dispute the foremost man, not of this
country duly, but of the present age ; and the
declamations which attend him, as he moves in
such a circle as that which now surrounds him at
Oxford, are to be regarded, not as adding anything
to the previous lustre of his fame, but as an open
avowal and attestation, proceeding from the
highest classes of British society, that they are
fully sensible of the glory and advantage of
possessing such a fellow-countryman. In any
circumstances the installation of the Duke of
Wellington in the highest seat at the first of
English universities must have been an inspir-
ing and exhilarating spectacle ; but the spirit
of the whole proceeding, the details of which
we have the daily happiness to record, would
be entirely misconceived if it were referred
entirely to the personal merits, the political
services, or the military glories of this illustrious
statesman and soldier, transcendent as all these
unquestionably are. The circumstances of the
times, the character and conduct of the states-
men to whom the Duke of Wellington has
throughout his life been constantly opposed,
the fact that the men who envied, and did all
they could to impede, his triumph over the
enemies of his country are now in power, and

manifesting all their former patriotism—these
facts and circumstances have, there can be
no question, added to the celebration at
Oxford a degree of enthusiastic fervour greater
than would otherwise have been displayed.
The nobility and gentry whom this occasion
has collected at Oxford, the educated and well-
born youth of England who are completing
their studies at this great scat of learning,
would no less have abandoned their duty than
mortified their just and natural feelings had they
neglected to manifest by the warmth of their
reception how entirely and unanimously they
concur in the political principles of the new
Chancellor, and how utterly they reprobate and
despise the want of principle by which his po-
litical opponents are distinguished, not only
from his Grace, but from every body of states-
men who at any former period have held the
reins of power in Great Britain. It is in this
sense that we should understand the loud
plaudits whieh shook the theatre and every
other place of public resort at Oxford whenever
the Duke appeared. It is in this sense that
the Whigs do understand them. We cannot
be surprised, therefore, that their organs of the
press should manifest upon the occasion those
symptoms of mortification and resentment which
usually follow well-merited reproof when the
party upon whom it is inflicted happens to be
hardened and incorrigible.—Morning Post.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

ASCOT HEATH RACES.

Ascot Heath, Wednesday.
A few smart showers ssrved to lay the dust on the
Heath, and a fair sprinkling of company to give it a
very lovely appearance ; we may state, indeed, that it
has rarely happened that the second day, deprived as
it was of the presence of royalty, has been so well at-
tended ; it may have fallen short of Tuesday in point
of numbers, but in fashion it was equal, perhaps supe-
rior.. We add the names of the principal visiters—

The Duke of Richmond, the Duke of Grafton, Duke of
Cleveland, Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, Marquis
of Worcester, 31arquis Conyngham, the Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Tavistock, Earl and Countess of Lichfield, Earl
and Countess of Chesterfield, Earl and Conntess of Mary-
borough, Earl of Verulam, Earl of Albemarle, Earl and
Countess of Uxbridge, Earl Mulgrave, Earl of Orford,
Lord Macdonald, Lord John Fitzroy, Lord Frederick Fitz-
clarence, Lord G. H. Bentinck, Lord Sidney Osborne,
Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Anson, Hon. General Grosvenor,
Hon. Captain Rous, Sir Frederick Johnson, Sir S. and
Lady Graham, Sir M. Wood, Colonel Peel, Colonel Chap-
lin, Colonel Salway, Colonel Udney, Captain 31artyn, Cap-
tain Ricardo, Captain Grant, Captain Hunter, Captain
Gardnor, Mr. C. Greville, Mr. Payne, Mr. Worrall, Mr.
A. Hunter, Mr. Batson, Mr. Irby, Mr. Cosby, Mr. F.
Charlton, Mr. S. Fox, M.P., Mr. Etwall, Mr. Spalding,
Mr. Cottrell, Mr. De Burgh, Mr. Thornhill, Mr. Hawker
and most of the Officers of the regiment quartered in
Windsor.

The races commenced at half-past one and finished
a little after five ; they were not remarkable for their ex-
cellence, every one being won without difficulty. This
was the case on Tuesday, and, as far as we may con-
clude from the appearance of the list, is likely enough
to continue to be so to the end of the meeting. We
subjoin particulars of the running :

The Albany Stakes, of 50 sovs. each, h. ft., for three-yrs. -
old ; colts, Bst. 71b. ; fillies, Bst. 31b. The winner of
the 2,000, Derby, or Oaks Stakes to carry Mb. extra.
New Mile. • 4 subs.

Mr. Greville's Pickle, by Emilius, 3 yrs (Natt) 1
Duke of Grafton's Montrose, by Reveller ...(J. Day) 2
Sir G. Heathcote's Nisus, by Velocipede (Buckle) 3
According to public running Pickle should have been the
favourite, but, having C°a leg," ' wrs quoted at 2to I, while
Nisus, on the strength of Astracan's race for the King's
guineas, was backed at sto 4. The running for the first
half mile was made by Montrose; it was then taken up by
Pickle, who won easy by two lengths in spite of her " leg."
The Banquet Stakes, of 50 sovs. each, h. ft ; colts, Bst. 71b. ;
and fillies, Bst. 41b. To start at the Swinley Post, and
go once round. 3 subs.
_ . _

Lord Chesterfield's Mammoth, by Leviathan, walked over.
Renewal of a 'Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, SO ft. ; oohs,
Bst. 71b. ; fillies, Bst. 41b. ; for two yrs. old T.Y.C.
' 8 subs.

1%1r.-Wreford's b. c. Welcome ( T Day 1
Colonel Peel's br. c. by Filho, 4 yrs (Pam
Lord Chesterfield's Witless, by Wamba, 2 yrs (Scott 3
Mr. Gratwicke's ch. f. by. Partisan (Norman) 4
Lord Exeter's Sister to Cactus, by Sultan (Conelly) 5
General Grosvenor's br. f. Symmetry ( Farrall) 6
Betting-6 to 4 agst. Welcome, 4to 1 agst. Witless, and
6to 1 agst Rhoda. They got of
well together, and kept
so to the road (about a quarter of a mile), where Welcome
came on with the running, followed by Witless and Sym-
metry, Young Rhoda being handy. At the distance Sym-
metry, Sister to Cactus, and Forth's were beaten, and the
Rhoda colt took the second place, but without being able
to get up. Welcome won easily by a length ; the three
last were tailed off. From what we saw and heard of them
we should say that they were a queer lot. The winner is
in the Derby in Mr. Wreford's name.

The Swinley Stakes of 25 sovs. each, for three yrs. old,
7st. 41b ; four, Bst. 101 b. ; fillies, allowed 31b. Mile and

a Half. 5 subs.
Sir G. Heathcote's Samarcand, 4 yrs (Buckle)
Mr. Forth's Sister to Imbar, 3 yrs (Lad) 2
Mr. Gardnor's c. by Catton, 4 yrc (Pavia) 3
Betting-6 to son Samarcand and 2to 1 agst. Twatty.
Twatty made running till round the last turn, where Sister
to Imbar took it up, Samarcand going with her till about a
distance and a half from home ; he then left her, and won
cleverly by a length.
A Plate of 501., for all ages ; three yrs. old, 7st. 41b. ;
four, Bst. 71b. ; five, 9st. 41b. ; six and aged, 9st. 51b. ;
mares allowed 31b. ; the winner of a plate or sweepstakes
in 1834 to carry 31b. extra. Mile and Half.
Mr. Greville's Chantilly, by Gustavus, 4 yrs...(Natt) 1
Mr. Gardnor's Messenger, 5 yrs., Bst. 41b.... (Pavis) 2
Mr. Crosby's Bravo, 4 yrs (J. Day) 3
5 to 4 agst. Messenger and 2 to 1 agst. each of the
others. Messenger took the lead, closely waited upon by
Chantilly till the turn, where she went up, ran alongside
him till inside the distance post, left him there, and won
cleverly by a length. Bravo never got up.
Match, 100. sovs., h.ft. Three-quarters of a mile.---Mr.
Martyn's b. c. by Mameluke, dam by Comus, Bst. 51b.,
agst. Mr. Gardnor's b. f. Minikin, by Mameluke—off.
Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft. ; colts, Bst. 71b. ;
fillies, Bst. 31b. New Mile. 5 subs.

Mr. Cosby's Stradbally (J Day) 1
Lord Tavistock's Cream, by Partisan (Robinson) 2
3 to 1 on Stradbally, who had it all his own way, and
won cleverly by a length.

THE WOKINGHAM STAKES (TO-MORROW).
The following horses are named for it :
Captain Gardnor's Messenger, 5 yrs
Mr. Sadler's Eleanor, by Middleton, 5 yrs
Mr. Cosby's Bravo, 4 yrs
Mr. Cosby's Pincher, 3 yrs
Lord Verulam's Little Cassino, by Sultan, 4 vrs
Lord Orford's Clearwell, 4 yrs
Mr. Kent's Baleine, 4 yrs
Captain Martyn's Contriver, 4 yrs
General Grosvenor's Miss Gravity, 3 yrs
Duke of Richmond's Holkar, 3 yrs
Lord Chesterfield's Fortunatus, by Sultan, 3 yrs
BETTING ON THE GOLD CUP (THIS DAY).
5 to 2 agst. Lord Chesterfield's Glaucus, 4 yrs
7 to 2 agst. Mr. Owen's Diana
6 to 1 agst. Mr. Hunter's Morotto, 3 yrs
7 to 1 agst. Mr. Watts's Belshazzar, 4 yrs (taken)
4 to 1 agst. Mr. Watts's two
Nothing said ;bout Marpessa or Rockingham ; Muley
Moloch does not start.

Lord Lichfield's party at Buckhurst consists of the Mar-
quis and Marchioness of Exeter, Marquis and Marchioness
of Tavistock, Earl Stradbroke, Hon. Colonel and Mrs.
Anson, Mr. Payne, Mr. M. Stanley, &c. Lord Jersey
will join it from Oxford.
A melancholy accident occurred immediately after the
termination of the races on Tuesday. Colonel Powell was
leaving the Heath on his return to the house of Mrs. Scott
of Winkfield, when his pony shyed against one of his Ma-
jesty's breaks • both were thrown, the Colonel falling before
the hind wheel, which passed over his body and killed him
on the spot.

ACCIDENTS AT EASTBOURNE.—We are
sorry to have to record three fatal accidents at this place
within the short space of five days. On Thursday
evening, Samuel Hurst, labourer, aged 58, in the em-
ploy of Mr. George Hurst, brewer, was kicked in the
stomach by a horse that he was turning out to grass,
and lingered in excruciating pain till next morning,
when death put a period to his sufferings. On Sa-
turday evening, a lad belonging to the Coast. Guard
was walking up the track in Beachy Head Cliff, but
losing his foothold, was precipitated to the bottom, a
depth of nearly 300 feet, and was dashed to pieces.
On Monday morning, as a chalk-digger named. Tat,
was boring the cliff to deposit gunpowder to blast it,
the overhanging mass came suddenly down and crushed
to atoms the poor fellow, who has left a wife and young
family in great distress both of mind and circumstances.

COURT OF CHANCERY, JUNE 11.

CLAYTON 1)4 THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL.

His LORDSHIP had, at the conclusion of the very
elaborate argument in this case, occasion to deliver
his opinion on those points which he considered too
clear to admit of doubt, and he had also reserved
his opinion on the more material points of the case.
There were two propositions of a preliminary na-
ture on which he had already expressed an opinion.
The first was his clear conviction that the Court, in
disposing of the present case, was only called upon
to exercise its ordinary jurisdiction according to re-
cognized equitable rule's, abiding by the ordinary,
forms, rules, and principles of the Court. The se-
cond point was that the present application was a
motion for an injunction upon bill and answer. He
should now proceed to refer to the facts of the case.
Leases had been granted for about two centuries by
the Duchy of Cornwall to persons for lives, some
renewable ; and the power of granting such leases
had been given by various Acts of Parliament,
settlements, or private bills, all of which in no way
differed, the Duchy leases from the ordinary ones of
those who, having held land in succession, were al-
lowed to renew their leases at the expiration of
the terms originally granted. A pretext had
been introduced in the argument for the pur-
pose of showing that the Duchy tenants were like
copyholders under some particular manor, and that
according to an analogous principle they must con-
sequently have a perpetual right of renewal. He
(the Lord Chancellor) was clearly of opinion that
the Duchy lessees did not resemble copyholders,
and that all considerations affecting copyhold were
entirely out of the question. The lease granted in
1777 to the Clayton family was for ninety-nine
years, or such three lives as the lessee should men-
tion, and this last lease he (the Lord Chancellor)
thought entirely disposed of the whole question.
The lease did not of itself show the least pretence
for the assertion of a right of renewal. The
plaintiff in that lease had not asked for a right of
renewal ; he had only asked for a lease of ninety-
nine years for three lives, and all the dealings that
had subsequently taken place other than those with
the officers of the Duchy, were totally inapplicable
to the present matter in dispute. If the tenants of
the Duchy of Cornwall were to be decided to have
an absolute right of renewal, so would the tenants
of the Duchies of Portland, Bedford, Devonshire,and
Cleveland, and all the other large proprietors of land
in town and in country, have a like right in every
case where leases had been granted in succession
in one family. If he (the Lord Chancellor) were
to give judgment in the present case .against the
Crown he should make every landowner in the
country shake, and he should conjure up a fright-
ful group, a host of dark suitors, to blacken West-
minster Hall, whose novel and discordant groans
would be uncouth and unintelligible to learned ears ;
and he should involve all the real property in a
maze of endless, fruitless, and pitiless, litigation.
In the present case, he (the Lord Chancellor) was
told that an injunction ought at all events to be
granted to keep things as they were, and in decid-
mg upon that point he had either to satisfy himself
that some remediless mischief would follow the not
granting of such injunction, or that the plaintiff
would, in all probability, ultimately prove success-
ful in his contention. To the latter inquiry he (the
Lord Chancellor) had addressed his mind, and the
conclusion which he had arrived at was, that the
plaintiff had made no case whatever against the
defendant. The case had been fully argued be-
fore him, and had be (the Lord Chancellor)
felt the least doubt, he should in all probability
have had, it argued a second time ; but it was a
great relief to him to find that the case was too
clear to admit of doubt. There was. one kind of
bias which he (the Lord Chancellor) had felt as
little as any person ; it was that false feeling of
justice which led weak minds to lean towards those
against whom they might naturally be supposed to
recline from individual feelings. No conduct could
be more despicable than to do that which was
wrong from a fear of doing something worse. The
persons who did so created a tyranny for them-
selves ; an idol conjured up by fancy, and which
ruled with a dark and terrible sway some of the
most estimable and purest minds. Such men were
feeble, and it was easier to pity their motives than
to approve of them. Their meekness only yexed
themselves, but it did incalculable injury to marl-
kind by lowering the character of virtue. We
should not depart from our duty, but we should
keep to that path which we know to be right. We
should not swerve one hair's breadth from it either
to the right or to the left, from fear of having our
motives challenged by false or foolish men.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JUNE 11.