The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-26 00:00:00

men, we are living in days of" social and political progress.
It matters not what Government is in office, we must have
political and social improvement. (Cheers.) Look at the
vast measures'of reform that have been accomplished within
the memory of all present. There is the reform of the
House of Commons, Catholic emancipation, the repeal of
the Test and Corporation Acts, and though last, not least,
the abolition of that last remnant of aristocratic monopoly
—the corn-law. (Cheers.) But, against every one of these
measures idle fears were conjured tip, and it was suggested
that in advocating them you were overturning the constitu-
tion and bringing about a revolution in the country. It
was an idle notion, and experience had shown it. The -con-
stitution of this country was established upon the principle
that everything required gradual improvement. When we
yesterday saw her Majesty pass by, and when the heart-
felt shouts of a loyal people reached her ear—shouts which
the despots of Europe would give their thrones to hear—
(cheers)—probably her Majesty was told by some one near
her that at the end of that place there was a group of people
exercising their constitutional rights in returning a member
of their free choice to Parliament ; and well it would have
been, if, also, there had been sitting beside her some adviser
to whisper in her ear, as they told the• Roman Consul in his
triumph, that there was no danger to her Throne from the
crowds assembled in the front of these hustings—(cheers)--
that her Throne was based upon their feelings of loyalty,
and that there were thousands then assembled ;to whom
might freely be extended political rights, and that such an
extension would be the bulwark of our constitution and the
security of her Throne. (Cheers.) The march of progress
must go on ; the political, social, and material improve-
ment of the people cannot be stopped.

" Come bright Improvement on the car of Time,
And rule the spacious world from clime to clime."
(Cheers.) We must have political advancement; not rash,
reckless, inconsiderate innovation; but such advancement
as the country demands, and such as the thought, the re-
flection, and the intelligence of the people wills. (Cheers.)
Believe me there is no danger in this, but on the contrary
such measures would make the great masses of this country
loyal and contented, and render more brilliant and more
enduring the destinies of the Hest and the mightiest
country upon which the sun, ever shone. -(Loud cheers.)

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Feb. 25.

(Before Mr. Creasy.)

THE PARISH OF ST. MARYLEBONE V. HANNAH REED.
Yesterday morning, on the defendant, who had been found
guilty on Wednesday last of keeping a brothel, in the house,
No. 11, Buckingham-street, Marylebone, being brought up
for sentence,
Mr. Ribton moved an arrest .of judgment on the ground
that the parish in which the street was situate had not been
named in the indictment. As the offence was a local one
the parish ought to have been stated, and it was not, the
learned counsel contended, one of those formal defects which
before verdict could have been amended under the 25th sec.
of the 14th and 15th Vic., cap. 100.
Mr. Metcalf, on behalf of the parish, contended that the
objection ought to have been taken before verdict, and cited
the cases " Sell v. the Queen in error," and the " Queen v.
Holmes."

Mr. Creasy, in a somewhat lengthened judgment, stated
that he had fully considered the point, and although not
entirely without doubt, yet on the whole he was of opinion
that the objection was a valid one, and that the judgment
must be arrested. He added that as the parish might, if so
disposed, take the case by writ of error to a higher court,
he felt bound to state his reasons at greater length than he
would otherwise have done.
The defendant was accordingly discharged.