The Sun.
London, England, 1832-08-21 00:00:00

and sound sense, quite inadequate. One
of the-foolish things committed by the Whig
Ministry was the thrusting the perilous ho-
nours of the Irish Government upon the
shoulders of one whose incapacity had already
been proved—as if Ireland wanted a bold dra-
goon at the helm, and not a Statesman—and as
if the courage to lead a charge of cavalry was
worth all the civil wisdom in the empire. If
the Whigs meant to give a judicious proof of
their rrgard for Lord Anglesea, they would
have contented themselves with making him
" Gold or Silver Stick" at Court, where his
love for personal display and procession would
have been amply gratified ; but it was a sad mis-
take to attempt to carve a Statesman out of the
soldierlike materials which God and nature de-
signed for no such purpose. If any unpreju•
diced person doubted before whether the gallant
Marquis had the requisite abilities for civil Go-
vernment, all doubt on that head must vanish
upon reading the extraordinary colloquy be
his Excellency and the Deputation from Cork,
relative to the dispersion of the meeting at
Blarney. If Dean Swift had lived at the pre-
sent day, and had drawn, in the spirit of humor-
ous malice, a burlesque description of " a dis-
course on Government" in Ireland, his satire
could not have surpassed the sad reality of the
" sublimely ridiculous" which the report of that
interview presents. Yet the principal personage
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who figures in the incomparable polylogue she
who can at his discretion, as we have beenin-
formed by high authority, stop the wheels of all
constitutional government in Ireland, and
put the liberty of all the subjects of
that part of the United Kingdom in jeo-
pardy, by suspending the Habeas Corpus
Act—the second Magna Ghana of British
freedom. We have already expressed an opinion
about the prosecutions of the Press in Ireland
for political opinions. This sort of proceeding
will not do the Irish Government any good, any
more than the prosecutions of the Press in this
country by the Duke of Wellington did any
service to his Administration. We would
rather see the Marquis of Anglesea busily en-
gaged in extracting two pair of gloves from a
gilded walnut-shell, or in forwarding a miniature
flag, with the arms of Cork and the Irish harp
" beautifully emblazoned" on it, to his friend
Sir James Graham, than equipping himself for
such a crusade as that which has commenced
against the Irish Press—even although he is
cheered on to it by some of the sycophants of
the Ministerial Press in this country. For the
Governor of a country whose political peace
seems to rest on a volcano to be " pleased with
a rattle, tickled with a straw," may he ridiculous,
but this is better than to be engaged in measures
which can produce nothing but mischief.—
Morning Herald.

Not many days have elapsed since we gave
the Government credit for having ordered the
removal of the body of Cook, the murderer,
from the gibbet, at Leicester. There may be
—indeed we know there are—some legislators
who consider every demonstration of disgust at
the display of gibbets and executions as the re-
sult of a morbid sensibility, or, what is still
worse, of an affected and spurious humanity.
By such legislators it will be considered a great
loss, in the way of example, that the flesh of
Cook has not been permitted to rot, and his
bones to whiten in the sun, for the benefit of
the present and of future generations. With
such reasoners, the shock is every thing in mo-
rats ; it is that which braces the nerve and invi-
gorates the health of the body politic ; so never
mind how the feelings of society may be out-
raged ; provided you can only outrage and shock
them enough all is right in the way of criminal
legislation. The Ministers, however, did not
adopt this principle in the disposal of Cook's
remains, and, as we have already observed, not
many dat s have elapsed since we gave them
credit for their decision against the enforcement
of the existing law in this instance. It was,
therefore, with some surprise, that we read the
following paragaph in the Sunderland Herald,
which refers to another case of gibbeting :
" The body of the unfortunate Jailing hangs in a very
conspicuous plac, in Jarrow Slake. Great crowds conti.
nue to visit the spot; and at high water several bo.tts
daily approach the post on which the body is suspended.
The sight from the road is most appallin7. A collection
is rruking at the tuinpike.glto for the widow and chil.
dren of the unfortunate man ; but it is much to be desired
that the contributions for this objet were placed in the
hardy of some respectable person, who would see to its
being properly applied."
Surely, if it be only for the sake of their own
consistency, Ministers will not hesitate to re-
move this nuisance also. That which would
have been wrong and barbarous in Leicester
cannot be right and civilized in Northumber-
land, or at Jarrow Slake. But observe
the effect—the moral effect, of this specta-
cle. We are told in the paragraph, what
we can well believe, that tha sight is most
appalling. "So much the better," cry the
advocates for horrific examples; " that is just
what we want." But then look a little further,
and see how the example works on the commu-
nity. It is sufficiently attractive, we allow, for
the paragraph tells us it is daily visited by
crowds. But still we say look to its effect.
The same paragraph tells us that a subscriptioß
is making for the wife and children of the un-
fortunate man. Do we disapprove of this ma-
nifestation of pity for the survivors ? No ;
Heaven forbid ! but we allude to it to show
how differently such spectacles operate on the
minds and hearts of the people from the mode in
‘Nhich the Legislature expects them to act. Here
is commiseration instead of the unmixed horror
from which the supporters of such laws promise
themselves such a harvest of virtue. hoping to
find that the continuance of the exhibition to
which we have been alluding is accidental, and
will be removed when the attention of Govern-
wit has been called to it, we shall say no more
on till.' subject at present. Should it still conti-
nue to hold forth its barbarous attraction, we
shall feel it our duty to return to the subject
again.--Morning
ft is exceedingly kind of the Lord Chancellor
to suggest t!;c propriety of raising the salary of
the Master of the 'toil; to at least a level with

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that pf the Chief Justice of the Cnr4rnon Pleas,
and that, 4,11-Apng other reasons, on the ground
that the former ha-7, OFen ni) his official residence
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to the public. Sir John Leach, we suspect,
must have laughed in his sleeve at this gratuitous
boaqt of his self-denial ; for Sir John, we will
trenturp to predipt; would almost sooner give up
his of se than have Leer; con Welled to reside in
the house, however excellent; vhitch is a';:j;rned
to it. Sir John Leach, too, we also suspect,
less of seeing his labours compared
had never once dreamed of seeing his salary in-
sseiOlf the Chief Justice of the Common
the Master of the Rolls may' be
whose work, taking, iYl'--,e Mr through-
out,cOnsidered mere play. Besides, if there be any
ground for increasing the allowance to the Lord
Chancellor on the score of the loss of patronage,
how does the same reasoning apply to the cave