The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMIIER 24, 1835,

reconcile the idea of integrity of purpose with the oscil-
lation of an individual statesman from one side to the
other of a vital national question twice within two
years. The charity would be miraculous that could ac-
complish this reconciliation in the case of such rc-
peated changes of side-occurring simultaneously to a
party of statesmen. But in the supposed case of Lord
Melbourne and his colleagues the difficulty- would be
incalculably increased, for here charity must take into
its view in each of these repeated changes of opinion
occurring simultaneously to a considerable number of
individuals the melancholy fact that the supposed in-
terest of each and of all coincided very exactly with-the
revolution of his mind. We have no apprehension that
either Lord Stanley or the Duke of Richmond, after.
having to his own immortal honour, and to the great
advantage of the country, joined the ranks of those who
are struggling for the maintenance of the Constitution,
and the preservation of the Church, can be tempted
to desert the cause in which he has _conscientiously
embarked, by any concessions that can be offered
on the part of politicians so prone, as the present
Ministers have shown themselves, to do - from
day to day whatever may appear each day to be
most conducive to the objects of their personal
ambition. And we think we say quite enough to re-
lieve from this apprehension any individual Conserva-
tive who may have yielded to it for a moment, when
we remind him that the Lord Stanley and the Duke
of Richmond are upright, high-spirited, and intelligent
men. . That Ministers are quarrelling desperately is,
however,- plain enough. The ground of disagreement
' is not the danger to the country or the disgrace to
themselves which have arisen from their alliance
with Mr. O'Connell and the Papist faction, and
which must continually go on increasing so long as
that alliance subsiSts—for these considerations they
must fully and unanimously have made up their
minds to disregard when they resolved to fight
their way into office under Hr. O'Connell's banner ;
the matter in dispute is simply whether, now that
the man who helped them -into office, and who
has thus far kept them .there, has become an. en-
cumbrance rather than a protection, they shall keep
upon decent terms with -him any longer, or shall at
once, without scruple or delay, throw him, his doc-
trines, and projects overboard. The quarrel is one
which is no further interesting- than as it may affect
the character of either of the parties, a -subject which
we imagine the country will scarcely think worthy of
much care. Wc incline upon the whole, considering
all that is past, to the opinion that the division of the,
Melbourne Cabinet who have resolved to sink or swim
with the pilot who has hitherto governed its entire
course are wiser than these who are anxious to get
rid of him. Together or separate they must of neces-
sity sink before the storm of public indignation which
the conduct and projects of the confederacy have ex-
cited. But those who now -detach themselves from
their great patron and leader will go_ down with the
separate reproach of ingratitude added to their share
in the vast catalogue of conjoint offences. In the fol-
lowing passages from the Morning Chronicle of yes-
terday we present, for the amusement and gratification
of our readers, specimens of the manner in which at
the present moment one part of the Melbourne-O'Con-
nell .Cabinet speak of and to the other .
" We have recently seen with great and increasing dis-
gust a weak and reprehensible giving in on the part of cer-
tain would-be liberal perSonages to the vulgar Tory preju-
dices attempted to be excited .in this country against Mr.
O'Connell. We. are no partisans of that gentleman, nor
of any particular individual, or set of men ; and if we saw
O'Connell using his acknowledged influence over his coun-
trymen for mere personal and selfish objects—if we saw
him deserting the common cause of Reform to enhance his
own importance, or intriguing with the enemies of Re-
form, or • engaging in a senseless endeavour to mar and
thwart the policy of a liberal Government—we should be
among the first to visit such conduct with the stigma
which it would deserve ; but we are at a loss to know
the reason why certain professed • allies and followers
of the-' soi-disant Liberal party are at such 'pains to
announce their differences with O'Connell's political
sentiments at this time ; and why at thiS particular
period they must, in different parts and quarters of
this realm, be engaged in the apparent effort to
detach that Gentleman and his friends, by their abusive
taunts, from the great Reform party, of which the Irish
iembers form so important a section. * * It is evidently
no sufficient reason for repudiating the assistance of O'Con-
nell to' say that 'his political • opinions 'are of an extreme
description. They are not more so now than when, by
that assistance, the friends of oar present mawkish poli-
ticians were lifted into power and place. * * At
all events- there-is no groundi of complaint against O'Con-
nell which is not included 'n the' Simple• and long-known
fact, that his politics are decidedly Radical—not more
so, however, than they were When certain squeamish
Gentlemen were glad to have his support without ob-
servation or comment.
" We trust, therefore, that the hangers-on of the Go-
vernment will be duly warned that, by the conduct they are
pursuing, they are only damaging their masters' characters
for open and fair dealing, and injuring the cause of Reform,
which they would be thought desirous to serve."
This, it is quite plain, cannot last.—Morning Post.

POOR LAWS RIOT. During the past week
Horsham has been the scene of some partial disturbance,
occasioned by the misunderstanding of the operation of the
new Poor Laws. A meeting of the Board of Guardians
was held on Wednesday, last, when a large body of labour-
ing men and some women from different parts of the Union
assembled at the poorhouse. The principal causes of com-
plaint amongst them appeared to IP two—lst., that the
able-bodied labourers were not allowed to earn such large
wages at parish-work as they had been in the habit of re-
ceiving ; and, end, the classification of the inmates in the
different workhouses. No other serious disturbance oc-
curred than that upon the breaking-up of the meeting of
the Board, several of the Guardians were followed through
tile town by a large body of the paupers, and assailed with
stones and dirt. Sir Charles Burrell had the windows of
his carriage broken, and Mr. Tredcroft was much beset ;
but they both exhibited the greatest firmness, and the
mob consequently dispersed. This gave rise to a precept
being issued for the swearing-in. of special constables ; and
on Saturday, at the Bench, 66 tradesmen out of 70 who
had been summoned for that purpose attended and took
the oath of office. The Lord Lieutenant of the county,
the Duke of Richmond, was present at the Bench on Sa-
turday.—Brighten Guardian..

A Greek is now hanging up in Constantinople at
the door of a Turkish lady, and he came there in the fol-
lowing manner :—He was by trade a tailor, and used to sit
industriously at his little open shop nearly opposite the
house of the lady in question, who for hours together was
wont to feast her eyes on the handsome young giaour, as she
peeped through her small cagework jalousie. Her breast
was inflamed with love ; and they soon came to a good un-
derstanding. Their meetings at first were well arranged,
and there was little danger of a discovery, and thus nearly
two years ran on smoothly. Constant success led, as usual,
to carelessness, and finally the tailor was caught in the arms
.of his mistress. He was soon dragged before the Seraskier,
and the evidence being conclusive, he was condemned to
the penalty he could not but be aware would follow dis-
covery. The law of the land condemns to death such in-
tercourse between a Turkish woman and an infidel man.
The lady, however, has been allowed to live for the present,
as she is in the way that " women wish to be who love
thee—tailors ! It is very possible she may escape, though
now confined, until she shall be " confined," in order that
afterwards she may make the acquaintance of the Bos-
phorus sewed up in a bag. Many will cry out at the bar-
barous proceedings of the Turkish Government, and truly
it seems to us shocking that a crime which can be attacked
civilly only by us, should be here punished with death ; but
in England there are very numerous crimes visited by con-
dign punishment which here are little noticed, and the
Turks might as fairly accuse us of barbarity as we them.
The hanging of the Greek has created a great sensation
here, as such severity is extremely rare in the present
day. For one life now sacrificed to maintain the law in
this country, I should say twenty at least are sacrificed in
England.

A few days ago a notorious old Irish beggar-woman,
named Hollis, was placed at the bar, under a charge of
having practised the avocation of street-begging. The
prisoner had in her arms a fine infant, and she excited the
compassion of the spectators in the Court by the affectionate
manner in which she hugged it to her breast. The charge
having been proved, she was committed to the House of
Correction, and Mr. Forwood undertook to see the infant
well provided for in the workhouse. On Saturday a female,
an English woman, presented herielf before the magistrate,
and, with tears in her eyes, implored that he would order
the child to be delivered up to her. She informed the
magistrate that the child was hers, and she seemed to be i❑
a complete agony of distress at her bereavement. It
appears, that notwithstanding this display of maternal soli-
citude, the applicant has been in the habit of lending her
infant to the beggar-woman, Hollis, for the purpose of
enabling her to excite compassion.—Liverpool Albion.

CE-CHANCERY.-WED)TES D AY.

CROWE V. WARREN.

Mr. KNIGHT said his Honour would remember that in
this case he had made an order on a lady to produce an in-
fant.—(A. laugh.)
The VICE-CHANCELLOR—Are you sure, Mr. Knight, that
_the Court has the power to do so ?—(A laugh.)
Mr. KNlGHT—However that may be, he had,- as the
lady, who lives in-the West .orEngland, had not obeyed the
order of the Court, to ask that an attachment might issue
against her ; perhaps that would have the proper effect.--
(A laugh.)
The COURT granted the attachment accordingly.
WARDLE V. CARTER.

This cause was heard several months ago. The plaintiff
is the eldest son of the late well-known Colonel 'Wardle,
and the defendant is a conveyancer in Lincoln's Inn, to
whom the plaintiff alleged he had been induced to sell a
reversionary interest, under circumstances of fraud and
undervalue, in consequence of which this bill prayed relief
against the sale.
His HONOUR said this bill sought to impeach an agree-
ment entered into by the plaintiff with the defendant in
April 1827, and certain conveyances in pursuance of the
agreement, which bore date in 1828, but which were not in
fact executed till 1889. After going at length into the.
-facts of the case, his HoNoun, said these were all the mat-
ters which regarded the progress of the transaction, and it.
abundantly appeared from them Wardle had had legal ad-
vice of all sorts, and might have had as much more as he
desired, and afterwards, in the exercise of his own judgment
when he was a free man, he did not think proper to adopt
the advice he received, but executed the deeds, and never
quarrelled with them till this bill was filed. There was then
a complaint of want of value. On the part of the plaintiff
two gentlemen were called who singularly enough concurred
in representing the value (it might be from the tables) at
12,500/. On the other hand, the defendant called three
vvitne4es One stated the market value at 9,0001., another
at 8,5001., and another, with minute precision, at 8,1111.
It is observable the price given was 8,6501., which, for some
reason, was 1501. more than the price originally proposed.
Now, this price was more than the average market price
fixed by three witnesses, and more than two-thirds of the
general value assigned by the plaintiff's witnesses. It was
plain from the evidence, as a thing could be, that there was
no fraud in respect of deficiency of value. It appeared the
plaintiff filed his bill in his father's lifetime, when he had an
interest in reversion ; but, considering his position, the
!transaction had no taint of this nature. A more improper
bill had never been filed ; and his HONOUR would have at
once decided the cause at the hearing, but, seeing the way
in which the character of the defendant was attacked, his
HONOUR thought it but common justice. to that respectable
'gentleman to examine the evidence minutely, and the result
was, to satisfy him that this attempt to throw a slur upon
:the character and conduct of a respectable practitioner was
most unfounded. The bill must be dismissed with costs.