The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-24 00:00:00

TILE NI-AV eiIANc'ELLoR,

The Great Seal w:11 be placed by her Majesty in
the hands of Sir Feth Thesiger. Both by the
prefesion and the
publ:c this announcement will
be hailed with the most lively satisfaction. Tin re
have been many Members of the bar whose eleva-
tion to the loftiest, honours of the State has been
more rapid than that of Sir Frederic ; but where
shall we find one who throughout his career has
been inure universally- and deservedly esteemed!
Of unblemished integrity and conspicuous legal
attainments, endowed with a rare and most per-
suasive eloquence, a noble and dignified demesnour,
and a winning courtesy of manner and address, in
the new Lord Chancellor are combined all thiase
qualities best calculated to illustrate and adorn the
high position which his Sovereign has called 'Ten
him to fill. Nor is this the mere language of
adulation, or the eulogy of an enthusiastic partisan.
It is a tribute which, apart from all political feel-
ings, we are proud io pay to merit—oaf
friends
.tribute
justified by the unanimous consent, net
or neutrals only, but even of rivals and antagonists.
From all sections and ranks of his countrymen Sir
Frederic has won golden opinions ; so much so,
that when any high office has fallen vacant the
universal cry hag been—" Surely Thesiger will be
promoted now."
To what, then, does be owe:this extraordinary'
reputation, so firm and yet so widely spread? lila
consistent and straightforward conduct as a
tician is entitled to the greatest praise. His un-
swerving Conservatism has long been known, for
will it ever be forgotten that both in the council
and the field be has rendered signal services to the
cause which he espoused. But if he thus soeur4
the reverential attachment of his own party, oils
might have thought that by the same course he
would have provoked the malice of those to whom,
ho was opposed. Rare, indeed, is the spectacle of
a combatant long practised in Parliamentary war-
fare, among the foremost ever in the van of battle,
who emerges unscathed from the arena, with no
marks either of the rancour cf the contest or the
jealousy that awaits upon success. Yet throughout
the strife in which he has been engaged, Sir Fre-
deric has preserved the admiration of his oppo-
nents, and even now, in the hour of his triumph,
his escutcheon shines so fair that upon its unsullied
surface not envy itself can detect a blemish. For
this singular exemption from the usual fate of poli-
ticians he is no way indebted to fortune, but solely
to himself. He is honoured by Englishmen /Jr-
cause to a fine intellect he unites in a remarkable
degree those two moral faculties which they most
readily appreciate and most heartily adore--in-
dustry and self-respect. His perseverance in the
one is only equalled by his inflexibility in the other.
And, therefore, we venture to predict that in his-
tory he will be numbered among the brightest of
those legal luminaries, whom future ages will hold
up to themselves as patterns for imitation and
examples of pristine worth. Hereafter the name
of Thesiger will become a watchword for high-
minded ambition • and the parent, when directing
the energies of his child, will point to his noble
caner.

Like the great Lord Chancellor Erskine, Sir
Frederic Thesiger began active life in the Royal
navy, and would doubtless have distinguished him-
self as a salter had it not been for the sadden death
of an elder brother, which entirely changed his
career. Soon after this event, which occurred in the
year 1811, young Thesiger, incompliance with his
father's wishes, quitted the navy, and repaired to the
island of St. Vincent, in the West Indics, whele
his parent resided, and had an estate. Not long
after his arrival he resolved to follow the law, and
immediately began to attend the courts ; but in the
subsequent year, for the be'ter prosecution of his
studies, ho came to England, and was entered at
Gray's Inn, which, however, he afterwards aban-
doned for the Inner Temple. The period whit h
elapsed between the autumn of 1814 and Novem-
ber, 1818, when he was called to the bar, was
occupied by Mr. Thesiger as a pupil—first in the
chambers of that most eminent lawyer, the late Mr.
.Tustice Holroyd, and upon his promotion to the
bench in those of Godfrey •Sykes, a celebrated
special pleader of the day. Upon being called to
the bar Thesiger attended the Surrey Sessions, and
went the Home Circuit, on which be quickly gained
a considerable practice and was for several years
the leader. In 1834 he obtained a silk gown, and
ten years afterwards (in Easter term, 1844) lit.a)
made Solicitor-General, under the Administration
of Sir Robert Peel, and in 1845, Attorney-General.
Upon the dissolution of Sir Robert Peel's Govern•
went, in 1846, he resigned his office, and was suc-
ceeded by Sir Thomas Wilde. Almost immediately
after his resignation Sir Nicholas Tindal died, and
Wilde, who had but just been appointed Attorney-
General, steped into the vacant seat, which the
desire and expectation of the public had previously
regarded as the rightful prerogative of Sir Frederic
Thesiger. Of Sir Frederic's subsequent but brief
tenure of office under Lord Derby all the world is
aware. At last, after long patience and many die.
appointments, this great man has reaped a reward
commensurate with his deserts. He has accepted
the dignity of Lord Chancellor. That he may hog
retain it we hope for his own sake. That he will
discharge its duties worthily we are well assured.
Our experience of the past guarantees our future
hopes. His extensive and varied practice, in the
House of Lords, in the Privy Council, in all the
courts of common law, and, in important matters,
even of equity, together with his tried talent and
diligence, mark him out as the fittest head of the-
great legal hierarchy. Under his guidance, too, we
may expect that those comprehensive schemes of
legal reform which have been so assiduously advo-
cated by Conservatives will be satisfactorily accom-
plished ; and that our dreams of a department of
justice, so fondly yet till now so vainly cherished,
will at length be realised.—Morning Herald.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-YESTVIDAY.

The attendance of subseribera at the rooms to-day was
of short duration, and the business transacted was of
little importance. The Waterloo Coursing Meeting this
year is looked to with more than usual interest, and
will, in all probability be attended by many turf influen•
tiale. For the Liverpool Steeplechase, Little Tom and
Harry Lorrequer closed equal favourites, 100 to 11
being taken a time or two about the latter, and more
than those odds could not be obtained about the former.
For the Chester Cap 1,000 to 20 was taken about Tau.
mania, and 500 to 10 about Dulcamars, Botany and
Vanity were much inquired after. 4 to 1 was offend
agst Clydesdale for the 2,000 Guineas Stakes, and 11 to
2 agst Brother to Marchioness. 1,000 to 100 was
offered on the field for the Derby.

CLOSING PRICES.

LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
9 to 1 apt Little Torn (taken and offered)
9to 1 apt Harry Lorrequer (taken and off.)
100 to 8 aget Knight of the Shire (take 100 to 7)
100 to 7 aget Lough Bawn (taken)
100 to 7 eget The Brewer (take 100 to 6)
25 to 1 agat Joe Graham (take 30 to 1)
25 to 1 aget Tom Moody (wanted)
25 to 1 apt Conrad (take 100 to 3)
TWO THOUSAND.
4 to I aget Clydesdale (offered)
11 to 2 agst Brother to Marchioness (offered)
7 to 4 agat naming the winner at twice (off.)
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAMM.
100 to 7 apt Odd Trick (offered)
GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP.
5 to 1 apt Vedette (take 6to 1)
CHESTER CUP.
21 t
55
to
agetagst Ad am
Botany
as
((ttaakkee n)
30 to 1)
30 to 1 agst Vanity (take 100 to 3)
50 to 1 aget Tasmania (taken)
50 to 1 agst Dulosmara (taken)

DBRIIT.
11 to 1 a,get Ciydesdale (offered)

SCIAATCHINGS.—On the 19th instant Comet was struck
out of the Liverpool Steeplechase, and Knight of tL•
Shire and The Bandboy out of their engagements at
Ludlow.

LUDLOW RACES.
The following have paid forfeit for the Corporati, a
Plate :—Leamington, Lambourne, Raven, Forget-tue•
not, Elf ida, Amorous Boy, Fashion, Salmon, Yeller
Gal, Plague Royal, Silica, King David, Martha,
Peeress, Dailiug, Liebe, Kilpby, Nelly, and Esperance.
The top weight accepting, Polmoodie, to be railed to
9st, and the others in proportion.
The following have paid forfeit to the Weston' Hae.
dicap :—Leamington, Vandermeulin, Sunbeam, Las.
danaia, Barbarity, Eardrop, Shirah, Baronage, Plush
e Honeytree, Toffey, Martha, Peeress, Thornhill.
T. P. Cooke, and Nelly. The weights to be raised 15114.
The following have paid forfeit for the Ludlow Han.
dicap :—Leamington, Vandermeulin, Dulcamara, This
Dupe, Laudamia, Bay Hilton, Elfrida, Woodman.
Honeytree, Avenger, Pinbh colt, Baronage, Broadlaada,
Peeress, Thornhill, Pautolus, T. P. Cooke, and Caa•
perone. The weights are to be raised 161bs.