The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-05 00:00:00

real grievance. We all know that the business of
circuit is literally too ()Teat fur the judicial strength
—men endowed with no more than ordinary
nerves and viscera can scarcely stand it. The
latest example of failure is that of the excellent
and amiable judge whom Mr. Erle succeeds,
and whose health we trust will yet be restored to
him, though he is lost to the profession, at least
in his recent character. The least fatiguing por-
tion of their duties is that performed in London.
It is really of no small consequence that their
labours should be lightened as far as they can be,
during this period, by equal repartition. It is of
much greater and more obvious importance to
the public that the avenues of justice, clogged as
they are with delay and expense, should be disem-
barrassed, as far as possible with the aid of the
present machinery, before we are forced to put on
additional power. There is a very large amount of
business, connected with the public interests, w hich
can only be disposed of, according to existing law, by
the Court of Queen's Bench. There is another smaller
portion, which is appropriated to the Exchequer. The
Court of Common Pleas—since the last apparition of
the belted knights, who were wont to decide on pleas
of land—enjoys a delightful exemption from all busi-
ness of its own; excepting some infinitesimal doses of
work administered to it by recent statutes. The ad-
ministration of private justice 13 open to all the three.
The Common Pleas, in common justice, should exe-
cute as much of it as both the others together. It
executes, probably, not half as much as either. The
great body of the bar are excluded from practising
in it by an arbitrary and absurd regulation. Wil-
liam IV. tried to remove this, along with other anti-
quated nuisances. He carried Reform ; but he could
not open the Common Pleas. The Sergeants made
better fight than the Boroughmongers. There is not
a single reason advanced, or attempted, in favour of
the existing practice ; and yet—so powerful are the
sons of Zeruiah—we feel almost tempted to prophesy
that the Union will be repealed, the debt of Pensyl-
vania paid, Young England in power, and balloons
made serviceable, before "the Court of Common Pleas
is opened."
STANDARD.—Mr. Erie has succeeded to Mr.
Justice Erskine upon the bench of the Common
Pleas. Mr. Erie's professional eminence fully justi-
fies his promotion, which gives great satisfaction at
the bar; not less satisfaction because the Learned
Judge's elevation cannot be ascribed to political prefe-
rence, inasmuch as his politics, as far as they could be
known through the moderation of his demeanour, were
opposed to those of the present Government. Nothing
has tended more strongly to preserve the veneration
of the country to our judges, and to sustain the cha-
racter of the bar, than the perfect impartiality with
which judicial seats have' been almost uniformly
bestowed, we should say with absolute uniformity,
but for some deviations between 1830 and 1841.
However, the character of a class is determined by
the preponderance of usage in such matters, and
the usage has greatly preponderated in favour
of a total disregard of political and party con-
siderations in the selection of judges. There
may be some young men, or persons with short
memories, who regret that Sir Robert Peel and
Lord Lyndhurst did not so far imitate the Whigs
as to look for Mr. Justice Erskine's successor among
their own political friends. In reverting to the
old practice, however, the Ministers have best served
the Conservative party, by placing its conduct in
honourable contrast with that of the Whigs when
in office. No party ever lost anything by a wise
and just use of power, when it possessed
power. It was the four months' administration
of Christmas, 1834, that laid the founda-
tion of the Conservative administration of
1841, which has already lasted three years, and
promises to last three times three and more.

THE FOG.—So dense was the fog during a great
part of this morning, throughout the metropolis, that
gas, oil, and candles were called into general requisi-
tion, not only in the public shops, but in private houses,
and the coach thoroughfares were so exceedingly dan-
gerous to travel, that it required the omnibus drivers,
&c., to exercise the utmost caution in the management of
their vehicles, in order to avoid accidents.

COURSE OF EXCHAJ
Amsterdam CF. 12 6
Ditto, at sight l2 4
Rotterdam 2U. 12 6i
Antwerp
flamburgh M.B. 13 13
Altona l3 13
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 65
Ditto, 3 months 25 90
Marseilles 25 95
Bourdeaux 25 95
Frankfort on Maine l2l

Petersburgh, 3Us 37
Berlin 7
Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M 953
Trieste, ditto
Madrid 36i

Cadiz

ililbao 36

Barcelona 36

Seville —

5 GE.—(YESTERDAY.)
Gibraltar
Leghorn 3O 50
Genoa 25 85
Milan
Venice ....
Naples ........
Palermo, per oz llB
Lisbon 55
Oporto 55
Rio Janeiro 23
Bahia 23
Buenos Ayres
NewYork,2ldys sight
Philadelphia
PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ.
Foreign Gold, bars..£3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5
New Doubloons 0 0 0
New Dollars 0 4 813
Silver in ears 0 4 11

THE LONDON GAZETTE
(THIS EVENING.)

DOWNING-STREET, Nov. 1, 1844.

•
The Queen has been phased to appoint Thomas
Horne, Esq., to be her Majesty's Attorney-General, and
Valentine Fleming, Esq., to be her Majesty's Solicitor-
General for the colony of Van Diemen's Land.
WHITEHALL, Nov. 4. _ .

The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint
Mark Napier, Esq., Advocate, to be Sheriff Depute of
the shire or heritidona of Dumfries, in the room of Sir
Thomas Kirkpatrick, Bart., deceased.
The Queen has also been pleased to constitute and
appoint George Dundas, Esq., Advocate, to be Sheriff
Depute of the shire or sherifidom of Selkirk, in the room
of James Miller, Esq., deceased.

Commission bythea Lord Lieutenant of Dorsetshire.

R. Brouncker,- Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Oct. 15
BANKRUPTS.

JOHN CLARK, carman, Brunswick-cottage, City-
road, to surrender, Nov. 15, at eleven, and Dec. 14, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official
assignee, Aldermanbury ; Tucker, Sun-street Chambers.
GEORGE BICKERTON RUDGE and ARTHUR
JEFFERY RUDGE, japan leather manufacturers,
Gloucester-street, Curtain-road, Nov. 13, at two, and
Dec. 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett,
official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ;
Norton and Son, New-street-buildings.
RICHARD EATON, butcher, Featherstone-street,
City-road, Nov. 22, at half-past one, and Dec. 18, at
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee,
Coleman-street-buildings; Taylor and Wickings, Fins-
bury-terrace, City-road.
J ONAS STAPLES, plumber, Cottenham, Cambridge-
shire, Nov. 15, at two, and Dec. 18, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-
street ; Johnson, Walcot-square, Lambeth.

JOHN BEDFORD PIM, stationer, Tweed's-court,
Great Trinity-lane, City, November 13, at two, and
December 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Edwards, official assignee, Old Jewry ; Buchanan and
Grainger, Basmghall-street.
WALTER HOLBEIN, flour dealer, Upper Seymour-
street, New road, Nov. 19, at twelve, and Dec. 20, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official
assignee, Old Jewry-chambers ; Buchanan and Co.,
Basinghall-street.

HENRY BRAGG, bottle merchant, Montague-close,
Southwark, Nov. 19, at one, and Dec. 20, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee,
Coleman-street; Ashley, Shoreditch.
WILLIAM HENRY FITZHUGH and ROBERT
EDWARDS WALKER, ship-brokers, Liverpool,
Nov. 20 and Dec. 17, at eleven, at the Liverpool District
Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Bridger
and Blake, London-wall, London ; Dodge, Liverpool.
MARK ISRAEL JACOBS, tailor, Ashton-under-
Lyne, Lancashire, Nov. 19, and Dec. 9, at twelve, at the
Manchester District Court. Stanway, official assignee,
Manchester ; Reed and Shaw, Friday-street, Cheapside,
London ; Sale and Worthington. Manchester.
THOMAS CROSFIELD, scn.,l,nendraper, Kirkham,
Lancashire; Nov. 18, at one, and Dec. 10, at twelve, at
the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee,
Manchester; Cornthwaite and Adams, Old Jewry-cham-
bers, London; Fisher and Stone, Liverpool.
JOSEPH CLEAVER, jun., victualler, Coventry,
Nov. 12, and Dec. 10, at eleven, at the Birmingham
District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ;
Troughton and Lea, Coventry.