The Sun.
London, England, 1828-12-29 00:00:00

and common significations, the letter contains a
direct reference of the question of Catholic Emanci-
pation "ad Kalendas Grcecas." The Duke in it
decidedly s.►y9, " I can see no prospect of a settle-
ment of Me Roman Catholic Question." And uy,uin,
"party has been mixed up with the consideration of
the question to such a degree, and such violence per-
vades every discussion of it, that it is impossible to
expect to prevail upon mon to consider it d;spas-
sionately." If, ufter this, the Irish Catholics will
persist in expecting any concession from the Duke of
Wellington or his Ministry, no one can pity the dis-
appointment which must in the end be the result
of their blind eonfidente.
(ritom THE EXAMINER.)

BEAUTY OF THE ENGLISH LAW.—It is the cha-
racter and the vice of the Law of England to deal in
specialities; it is shaped on no broad principles, but
adapted to particular cases. The consequence is,
that between the specialties there are amply wide
gaps for the escape of offenders. Embezzlement is
observed to be a frequent offence of clerks and ser-
vants : the Legislature accordingly frame a lew not
comprehending embezzlement in all its forms, by
whomsoever committed, but embezzlement by clerks
and servants. Mr. Austin is indicted for embezzle-
ment, and acquitted because he comes neither under
the description of a clerk nor of a servant I This is
the beauty of the English Law. Now another law
will be made, comprehending the embezzlement of
treasurers for trusts, or deputy-treasurers, agents, or•
others, and this will do till some undescribed cha-
racter embezzles, when there will be another failure
of justice, and another special law to fill the gap.
Such is the perfection of wisdom, excellent in shut-
ting the stable-door when the steed is stolen. Crime,
-bite time, should be seized by the forelock. Our
legislators, however, delight in Setting justice to the
pleasant and seemly sport of secaring the pig by the
soaped tail; and there is a squeak--an evasion--the
prey is gone, and Themis floundering on her back in
the mire of iniquity.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.

On Saturday an English Protestant landlord, re-
siding in St. Giles's, and whose appearance seemed
to-confirm the assertions of the policemen and of his
fair-accuAer, that the defendant was not a total stran-
ger to a certain nameless division of the office, was
charged by a remarkably plausible and pretty little
new-married girl with abusing her Irish husband, as-
saulting her person, and, though last, not least,
spoiling her Christmas dinner.
The prosecutor said that the defendant (whose
papa, she said, was now spending his Christmas holi-
days in New•gate), had entered her cooking apart-
ments on Christmas-day, looked into her beef and
pudding pot ; insultingly asked her if that was the
way the Irish cooked their wittles ? and then
wantonly and maliciously discharged water, beef, and
pudding, into the fiery element, whereby the com-
plainant arid her Popish husband lost their Catholic
commons. The landlord, in his defence, said he
wanted to get rid of his tenants, and hoped his thus
annoying them at quarter-day would induce them to
decamp. His silver-tongued accuser, he observed,
had treated him last Christmas-day with a shower-
bath from a bucket of water. This year the com-
plainant's husband assaulted her with a broomstick.
The Magistrate said he wondered the fair com-
plainant continued to lodge in the house of a man
whom she stated to be such a questionable characier,
Defendant—Aye, so do I, your Worship. (Laugh.
ter.) I wish they would trot off.
Mr. llaus—Well, 1 shall adjourn the warrant to
next Christmas-day.