The Sun.
London, England, 1821-06-25 00:00:00

CONSTITUTIONAL ASSOCIATION:

MANSION-lIOUSE.L.-inie LORD. MAircin having
appointed Saturday for the hearing.
Murray the in-1
mforailons ex.hibited against 11/Ti•—. .Mtifra and
Mr. Sharp; the SolicifOr and the Honorary Secre-
tary the MansiOn-hoUs'e was besiege
at an early hour, and .on The opening of the &ors
the Justice-ro.orn was instantly
.crowdee
)
to e!ccesS.

T
he defendants,' by several theni=„
hers of the Association, were in attendance .be-'
fore twelve o'clock; together with' their witnesses;
among whom we recognized young Orton, the
lad who gave the information against Mr. King.
A. report was soon after buzzed about that the •
Lord Mayor was indisposed, and that the hcarilig:
would be adjourned ;' but it was added, 'that'
Alderman Wood was, to sit for his Lordship, it
was conjectured that the Lord Mayor had turned
the case over to him : this report, therefore,
tended rather to increase than disperse the crowd'.'
Shortly after twelve o'clock Mr. Alderman"
Wood took hih heat in the Justice-room, and
proceeded upoh the examination 'of prisoners.
Oh the arrival of Mr. Parkins, who. was aCcoin-
panied by Mr. _ Thackerdy,. Mr. Harmer, and '
two or three witnesses, Mr. Hobler inquired if •
all partieh were ready upon the informations.' •
AdOlphus, who was preSent; anSltered, he
was ready as Counsel for Mr. Sharp. The other
parties expressing themselVes prepared, Mr. gob::
ier; addressing Mr. Parkins by name, informed
him that the Lord 'Mayor was so much indis
Hosed as to be Unable to attend to ptiblicbuSi-.
!less that morning, and had therefore deferred
the hearing until Wednesday next.
Mr. ADOLPHUS observed, that he did not tin.:
derstand why this communication was made to
Mr. Parkins ; his name did not appear in
,any Of
the proceedings as a party, and he'was neither
solicitor nor counsel, and had therefOre no More
to do with the business than any other man.
-Mr. TitAcKERAy replied, " Certainly, -no:
more than any other man ;" and was about tar
justify the conduct 'of Mr. Parkins in his inter;.
ferenee upon the subject, when be was interrupted
by Mr. Adolphus begging to'kuoiv who he Was'.
Mr. Thackeray replied, he was a barrister. Me'.
Adolphus said, the informant, Tyler, Must be
present. Mr. Thackeray said he was present,
and that he appeared as Counsel on his. behalf.

Mr. ADOLPHUS expressed himself much pleased
that he should have 'to answer a professional gen-r
tleman ; he meant nothing offensive •to him by
his inquiry, and most readily allowed that the
communication of the adjournment to him as:
counsel for the party was Very properly- thade..;
at the same time he would add, that upon a ques-
tion of so much importance as the present, mil.
under the peculiar circumstances of this case',
being a perfectly new case on the Act of Parlia-
ment, and upon which there had-been*nodeCisiOn4
he did hope that, when the hearing did come on;
the Lord Mayor would have some professional.
gentleman to assist him.; as to the law upon the
subject, as his asresror ; and he now offered, on
the part of his client, Mr. Sharp, to bear' his
share of any i!xpeuce that might thereby be in-
curred.

Mr. Alderman Woon thought it was not for
Counsel to dictate to Magistrates in what marter
they should perforni-their official duties. if. til.e
Lord Mayor conceived himself in need of a pr -
fessional gentleman to assist his judgment, he
would no doubt call in the aid he required: :ro-r
himself he would say that, when acting as a Ma-
gistrate he would not submit to the dictation of
any Counsel, but would use hiS own discretion... 7--
Ile would, however, communicate 'the observation
of Mr. Adolphus to the Lord Mayor, and tall
him also what he (Ald. Wood)had said upon the
subject.
Mr. ADOLPHUS disclaimed any idea of dicta-
tion : but he Must say that it was what he would
do, with the legal education that he might be
supposed to have had, upon a question of this
nature, and what he . believed had been clone by
Magistrates in the city upon an information tinder
this very act against Mr. Woodfall.
Here the subject dropped, and the parties' re-
tired, with an understanding to attend on Wed-
nesday without new summonses..

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

STAMFQRD.,

Stamford Races are on Tuesday, Thursday
in
Wednesday, and
in the present week : the course is fine order, and traich tem.
pany is eipetted.

BRIGHTON, JUNE 22.

A handicap Sweepstake, of Cis. each, two miles, was ,tun
for on our course on Wednesday afternoon, by Officers ofr.he
14th light dragoons, who rode their own horses. The follow-
ing was thd result .
Mr. Smith's bl. g. 10st. - - - - - - • 1
Mr. Ross's ch. g. - -
Mr. Musgrove's ch. g. Grasshopper, 11a. - - - 3
A good race, and won by halt a length.—Betting 15 to 10 on
Grasshopper. -,

CURRAGH JUNE MEETING, 1821.
SATURDAY, JUNE 16.
Sweepstakes of 20gs. lOgs. forfeit. " -!.
The Marquess of Sligo's ch. h. Langar, Bst. 51b., walked over.
King's Plate of 100 gs. for Irish bred horses, carrying PF.t. each.
Four mile heats. '
Mr. Daly's Rob Roy
K:

1 1

Mr. Harinnerton's King Williams - - - 3
Mr. Battersby's Holly...taunt - - . - - - 2 3
Fifty Guineas, Handicap Plate. Thiee •Years Old Course.
Beats.

Mr. Cal!wars Spriggirts -
Mr. Faulkner's Emma -
Mr. Gore's Talbot -

1 3 1
0 2
0 4 i

- MONDAY,. JUN
Colonel Bruen's Mokatnal beat the Mareiuess of Sligo's Nun,
71b. 25 Guineas each. Three years Old Course. •
Sweepstakes of 10 guineas, five guineas forfeit. Thee ; Years
Old-Course.
Mr. Batterby's Johnny Raw
Mr. Watt's St. Lawrence
Mr. Caliwell's Nabb
Mr. Hunter's Pope

..4 3

A new race-course is making at. Kendal, on which a consid-
erable number of 'workmen are employed to cornpletd:',i b for
the ensuing Meeting; ,
gou'rxramProk, JurrEle have no less than ricven
yachts in this river, belonging to Gentlemen, equipped.r...vd tit
for sailing in the ensuing sailing rratch between this. port and
'the Isle cf Wight.

On:Satorday,-the'niailt
.day of June, several of
the mooutains in :the neighbohrhool of
side -were cornpietely covered with. snow; I
presented a very 'wintry appearance. • '

TEE LONDON JOURNALS.

4>AIIL7 IIitRACTS PROM 'ME MORNING PAPERS.
June 25.
- [MORNING rosT.]
THE CONSTITUTIONAL ASsocIATIoN.--The
question which fias been raised as to the legality
of this. Society cannot much longer remain unde-
cided, from the process which, it will be seen,
fias been instituted in the City against the Secre-
taries and other Members'of it. In this stage of
tie business it becomes rather an uniwiiting topic
tn_ps.; but without-any prejudice to the cause of
'-:tstice, we may be permitted generally to ob-
sfrve, that in the probable event of the legality
of the Institution being fully established, its
commend able intention and object may be shewn
Upon• that very characteristic of the Constitution
‘;llich is most insisted upon—its great abundance
:it 'popular privileges. The arraigners of the So-
ciety *ask,'" Why should any individuals pre-
same to assist the Attorney General ? Why should
Covernment be held not competent to defend
?" We answer to them, that the more po-
Pnlar any Constitution, the* freer any nation is,
the greater is the necessity that individuals should
4:"3-operate with .Government in the administra-
-0011 of the laws, •for the greater are the means of
assailing—the wore numerous are the opportu-
nities of evading them. Under our Constitution
`Vast associations or-all sorts are permitted. The
ilightest plausibility is a sufficient protection
for the most_ mischievous purposes) provided
they be not avowed. Nay, we rather fear,
that the most mischievous purpose may be
avowed—,the extinction, for instance, of all re-
ipect for one branch of the Legislature—if cer-
iiin forms be complied with, if the Royal autho-
Ely be not professedly aimed at, if
,no instant
ilolecCe has been committed, or planned, and HI
the pretence of petitioning has been adhered to.
It has. been seen, at least, that meetings can be
.held, all over the country, to protest against the
Trial of a question by the legal tribunals, the
lordteSters .forsoOth having already formed their
pinion upon it ! Now, wherever there is a faci-'
lity of assailing the laws in their administration.
or in :their source,` there must be an equal privi-
lege in individuals to assist the defensive mea-
tures of the legislative and executive power. To
Lieu This is to say, that none have a just interest'
in the laws but those who assume some right of
pronouncing upo-ti them, or those who happen to
be formally charged 'with their 'maintenance.
The resnainder of the nation, the contented„
'obeyers of the laws, and the chief possessors of
`t!-..at which the laws should defend, are to re-
Main neutral -spectators of the contest ! And this
Li the conditiOn to which those would sentence
'them who arrogate to themselves exclUsiVely the•
"title of friends of, liberty !!

[BRITISH PRESS.]
The next Session of Parliament promiSes al-
ready to become far more important, with refe-
rence to the financial condition of the country,
-than "any we. have passed since the return of
-peace. The' assent expressed by the Chancellor
~-of the Exchequer to Mr. Ellice's proposition, on
Friday night, respecting the appointment of a
?Committee in the next Session, for investigating
:".and simplifying the accounts of the Sinking Fund,
must prove highly satisfactory to the country.
yliVe- hope, however, that important as this parti-
cular object undoubtedly is, the duty Of the
: Committee will not be restricted to it aloe, but
will be made to embrace a general examination of '
the mode of framing the accounts of the whole
revenue of the country, with a view .to. the
simplification of every part of the system.
'There prevails at-present, in. the made of keep-
ing the public accounts, an extraordinary de-
gree of complexity and confusion, which can have
uc other effect than to mislead and deceive the

public, and to incapacitate the great•majority of
-the Members of Parliament who have' not spe-
cially devoted themselves to the study of the
accounts as to an abstruse science, froth forming
sal independent opinion upon the actual state of
tbe finances of the empire, and consequently to
--prevent them from suggesting the means of cor-
recti-ng the_eyrors, or guarding effectually-against
the commission of abuses.. But the worst. of the
evil seems-. to be the extreme .difficulty, not to
say the absolute impossibility, under the present
aspect of our public accounts, of discovering
--"-Pra'uds committed by officers upon the public
Puke, should any of them betray the confidence
that is reposed in their fidelity and honour. We
have no cause to suspect that- such a crime is,.
.--practised b-y any persons now in office, but all
'who have had occasion to see and examine the
i-eCurns made froth-the Treasury to the orders of
r Elie. /loose of Commons, must feel how easily the
varieties an,t3 diversities- that appear' in the de-
taii.s,,o-ccasioned by the frequent:transfers of sums
of niorey from one head of account to another,
aed-the different aspects under which the same
accounts - are usually presented, maybe made,a
dual: for dishonesty, and no wise Government
'ought to confide too implicitly in the incorruptible
integrity of its inferior agents.

• NiAv-Ttmr.S.]
The mode -by which our -.Opponent (The
.• id-corning Chronicle) makes. out. that we have
called the S}Anis-it .Government a rebel -Qavern-
.- inept is-extremely curious. It is only to be
arallelled by the ingenious mode in which
,
Peter, in-the tale of.a Tub, construed his father's
• picking one letter out of one word and
another out of another, -and so making itp any
se-nterices :that:pleased his fancy. It is unhappily
but too notorious, ..that Spain is in a state of an-
archy: It is - notorious, Chat-in the face of all
law and ofall.Government, a set of blood thirsty
villains have_openly made out lists of proscription,.
and forced, the constituted authorities to seize
and banish-persons of the first rank and hi;ltest
character in the State; that a General of distin-
guished loyalty has been brought to trial on an
ex post facto larr,.for acts done in the strict dis-
charge of his duty, and after having•been one.;
sentenced to a lighter penalty, has been tried
g!ter again for the same offence, and condemned
to death, to gratify -a furious and frantic
mob. We cannot doubt., that these and a

thousand other such enormities, daily per-
petrated in Spain, it part of an organized
plan to murder the Monarch and subvert
the Monarchy ; we say, that the individuals,
whoever they may be, that promote these
enormities and direct this plan, are -rebels ;
and that the sacrificing the lives of faithful sub-
jects to the fury of-the rebels would be an act of
baseness in any King. Whereupon The Morning
Chronicle asks" What rebels i" And answering
itself, replies, " Why the Cortes to be sure;"—
and then boldly asserts that we have called Jbe
Cortes rebels, and the Spanish Government a
rebel Government I-.—Certainly we do not pro-
fess any great respect for Cortes ; we do .not
applaud their Decrees for seizing Church pro-
perty, nor the numberless other steps which they
have taken in servile imitation of the National
Assembly of France. We do not think their
laws prove them to be very great friends of
.the
Liberty,of the Press; and we again beg it to be
observed, that the very Ministers whom they
themselves raised to office, declare that the pub-
lic opinion
.of Spain is decidedly hostile to the
system which the Cortes wish to establish.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
The principal ground on which Lord London-
derry placed his opposition to Lord William
Bentinck's motion was, that the late system
,of Government in Sicily had by a new decree
ceased to exist. This new decree has reached Eng-
land some ten days. The fallacy is obvious.
,How can our duty to protect the privileges of
the Sicilians cease by a decree making a still
greater inroad on their liberties ?—But this very
defence, weak as it is, or the decree on which
it stands, did not exist three months ego. How
noble and statesmanlike for an English Minister,
accused of breach of public faith during a period
of six years, to quote The Post of last week, as
containing intelligence of " a change of system."
Of similar nature were the other arguments.
44 The- promise was made six years ago."—What
then ? ' Because we have neglected our 'duty
six years, are we still to continue to do so? Is
one year of bad faith an apology for another ? if
so, indeed, perfidy has a double temptation—gain
for the present, and justification for the future.
" But the interference is too late."—lt may be
so; but if it is so, so much the more disgraceful.
The loss of privileges to the Sicilians is not tem-
porary, and the consequences of Lord London-
derry's conduct are irrevocable.—" The Sicilians
made no complaints."—Were they content, then?
For a year before the rising at Naples, the island
was in a state of almost open revolt. But in what
manner could they complain, or what were they
to expect from the English Government? They
had seen the Constitution of 1812, formed
during English superintendence, swept away
without a remonstrance on our part. How were
they to guess that the instructions of Sir Wm.
A'Court contained a protection for their former
privileges ? How were they to know the con-
tents or papers but lately published here ? Or
if indeed they did-know the history of the three
decrees, as contained in those documents,, they
must have known them to have been issued with
the previous knowledge, and therefore sanction
of England. One word more. The Parlia-
ment, thus lost to the Sicilians through our
means, according to Lord Londonderry, met
46 only to grant taxes and prevent grievances ;"
—only—to have the power of granting money
and preventing grievances, is only the founda-
tion of liberty.

[THE TIMES.]
We have suffered John Bull, it may be sup-
posed, with-some patience, to run his course : we
understand that his labours are now drawing to a
conclusion. It may not, therefore, be improper
to subject them to a short review, and to point
out to the public what he has done, or at least
what he has aimed to do. The restraint which
we have hitherto imposed upon'ourselves has not,
indeed, proceeded from- motives wholly disin-
terested : we were rather anxious that the print
of which we are speaking should itself do our
.work ; and from the manner in which we under-
stood it commenced its career (for we did not see
it), we had little doubt but that it would more
effectually ciumn itself, if we may use to strong a'
word, than any immediate effort of ours could damn
it or bring its authors to shame and contrition.
Whether we have been disappointed in our ex-
pectations, and whether our determination was
impoliticp -we now leave to the world to deter-
mine.
__. n Bull ends with as much malignity
as he bega. ; but has he done any thing.?' Yes,
t
we repll, he has added one more to the, list
of those AFguip...• . and 'atrocious persecutions to
which the Queen of Begland,has been subjected,
and out of which she escapes, we shall not say
as it were by miracle, for integrity and courage
do sustain themselves where inferior qualities
sink allod are overwhelmed, but out of which
nothing but courage and integrity can pre-
serve the- afflicted. We are not disposed to
assign greater powers to this infamous print than
it possessed. Indeed, as a work of literature we
,are unable to criticise it, for we have rarely seen
-it ; but we affirm, without the fear of contradic-
tion, that the, history of the British press pre-
sents no other instance 9f a publication com-
menced, and carried on for a series of months,
by a dark and unknown association of assassins,
for the sole purpose of destroying one fellow-
creature, and that fellow-creature a deserted
woman ! We challenge the annals of literature ;
nay, we.challenge the records of murder to pro-
duce an instance of equal malignity. It rarely
happens that, under the incitement of the cruel
passions, the human heart does not sometimes re-
coil from the work of destruction, if not imme-
diately executed : some moments of remorse will
obtrude themselves on the bloodiest natures,
some feelings of 'sympathy for the selected victim
will soften the most determined purpose: but
here we have a persecution carried on for months
after nfonths, a lingering assassination, meant to'
extend, for years, and no symptoms of contrition
have appeared :
:the purpose is only relinquished
from the evident hopelessness of success.

Letters from Bourdeaux of the 10th instant,
mention the receipt of, very atarming accounts
from Spain, disturbances having broken out in
the nortli,of that kingdom.