The Sun.
London, England, 1826-10-10 00:00:00

with tite complaints and Temonstrancei his much- I
sliffering people, such a perversion of the means of '
procuring bread will be at once rebuked and counter-
Manded, and the frightful consequence averted of so
daring and unseasonable a public wrong.--Times.
There is nothing which brings more disgrace upon
the cause of public justice, than the facility with which
persons are, throughout the kingdom, appointed to
Magistracy. agistracy. Of one Commission, which we need
not name,
.it has been said (how truly or not we can-
not ansiver), that " it is principally composed of
stockbrokers, surveyors, tinkers, tailors, shoemakers,
saviours, and the whole race'of jobbers in every pos-
sible department." If' this be true, all that we can
Say of such a heterogeneous medley is, that we should
suppose, that when such persons find themselves on
the seat Of justice, the first question they must natu-
rally ask themselves, if they have a grain of common
sense, how the d— they came there ?" But
though the Commission in question, which ought to
be best, may be the worst in the kingdom, it is
far from being the only one in which the most impro-
per persons are continually armed with power, which
they appear to possess only to abuse. It is quite no-
torious to persons living in the country, that . the
needy hangers-on of particular people are continually
put into the Commission of the Peace, for no other
apparent object but to do the jobs, however rotten and
disgraceful, of their wealthier neighbours and
de-
pendents. Of course we cannot particularise ; but
any one who has the opportunity of consulting the
game commitments, the notices for turning roads, and
the various odic), ways in which these persons pander
to the hands which feed them, will readily see and feel
the truth of these remarks. We know of no other
remedy for this (and we are aware that it is far from
being, generally speaking, a satisfactory one), but that
the qualification should be raised, so as to shut ont.the
sort of persons we allude to from bringing disgrace
upon what ought to be respectable; and from converting
that into a source of patronaT,e and oppression, which
ought to be one of honour to the holder, and of protec-
tion to those over whom his power extends. We aresorry
to be obliged to say it, and should be glad if the fact were
not SO ; but we believe we are but too well warranted

in asserting, that no men bring more disgrace upo
themselves and upon the Magistracy than the race of
Clerical Justices. By education and right feeling, one
would suppose that they were well fitted for the office ;
but experience, which is the best and indeed only ar-
biter in such matters, shows that they are, for the
most part, diametrically the reverse. It is amusing
enough, as our readers have lately seen has been the
case, to hear a Reverend Divine preaching before the
corporation of a rotten borough in favour of Clerical
Mayors, Aldermen, Justices, and Returning Officers,
and deriving their propriety, forsooth, froni Melelii.
sidec himself. In what part of the New, or even of
the Old Testament, any real authority can be found
for such 'ail evident perversicm of the Christian Priest.
hood, we are totally .at a loss to imagine. But one
fact is worth a hunched arguments; and •if there arc,
throughout the kingdom, ten instances of Clerical Jus-
tices being good Clergymen, we would almost over-
look the other ninety um the kindred who are the re-
verse of all that we could wish to see in a Christian
Divine. The truth is, a Clergyman hem, on doing
good, and Of being of all the secular use in his power
to hirtneighbours and parishioners, may, as the Roc-
tor, Vicar, 'or Curate of his parish, do quite as much
good as if armed with all the sanction a dedimus could
give him, without the power of doing mischief, and
of bringing odium and disgrace upon himself and his
calling It is an egregious mistake to suppose that
the Christian Minister can be of no use unless he has
the power to fill the county gaol with vagrints and
with poachers, .unless he is the, ready tool. of the land-
lord and the fanner, and the automaton brought into
action by the low, avaricious attorney, who moves the
wires which set the Bench in motion. 'No, the Chris-
tian Minister who knowS what -bite duty is, and what
his character ought to be, knows,that •he possesses an
office much • higher than this ; that in accepting it he
descends to an occupation far beneath his own ; and
oiie which none but comparatively worthless and in-
triguing members of his profession ever deign to ac-
cept.---Morning Herald.
It is high 'time that the Legislature interfered tore.
gulate the trade of common carriers. The case before
the Lord Mayor, recorded in yesterday's paper, rela-
tive to the loss of a parcel containing' WO sovereigns,
brings the matter home to every one ; indeed, there is
hardly a person 'one
,meets with who has not been
more ,or less a sufferer by the wretched state of the
law on this subject, unless it be, indeed, the lawyers
themselves, who, every term, and on every circuit, get
tolerable pickings out of the ~c' glorious uncertainty"
in which the law upon every ease is involved. The
great difficulty arises from the coach and waggon pro-
prietors insisting upon knowing the value of parcels,
and receiving the insurance upon them, when above a
certain value, This, we apprehend, is what time Le-
gislature should put an end. to. -It seems to us that a
carrier is bound to take equal care of every thing of,
which he takes the charge ; and that he has no more
right to inquire the value of a parcel than he has to
know 'how much money A•passenger may have in his
pocket. Were the law to make the liability strict and
alike in sail cubes, coachmusters would soon accommo-
date themselves, their vehicles, and servants, to the
new law. In the coaches a better arrangeinent and
securer locks and •guards would be placed.; and from
the latter, in all probability* adequate security would
be taken. The Lord Mayor's plan of having the
parcels looked over whenever a guard or coachman is
changed, would' be found impracticable, and would
'Occasion a delay and inconvenience. to passengers not
,o be borne. Only let the coachmasters -be told that
hey are liable alike in all cases, and they will soon
ii.t upon a method of protecting both themselves and
;he public ;from the 'coniequences.—Thid.