The Sun.
London, England, 1821-09-10 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS',
September -10. •

{MORNING CIIRONICLE.]
The arrival of the King in Ireland was hailed
with an almost superstitious anticipation of bene-
fit
; he was expected to work by his presence a
greater miracle than the Patron Saint, and to
banish at once every base, grovelling, and malig-
nant spirit ; his touch was to cure poor Ireland
of her many political evils. We earnestly trust
that his-Majesty's mind will not be the less moved
in favour of the patient, because, in her faith,
she has forborne to shew her wounds. But there
are those who would -avail themselves most un-
generously of this circumstance, and would re-
present the transitory gladness diffused over a
lively and grateful populace by a passing gleam
of prosperity, as the accustomed cheerfulness of a,
happy and contented people. With the King's
departure, however, the temporary impulse given
to industry will cease even in the capital, and the
people will ask whether all that they have to
expect is the occasional visit promised them by.
Lord Sidtnouth—whether no More solid advan-
tage is to be bestowed on them than that which
may result from a few days of noisy riot and idle
dissipation? The measure of value which his
Majesty attaches to the demonstrations of loyalty
and affection, so strikingly, we might say extra-
vagantly exhibited, must, in fact, very soon be
.made .manifest. The short question must indeed
Present itself to the Royal mind, whether the
Irish do or do not deserve the rigourous govern-
ment under which they have for so many years
impatiently, struggled or hopelessly groaned ?
If no change of system take place, the neces-
sary inference must be, that, viewed in the most
favourable light, the people of Ireland are yet un-
worthy of participating
enjoyed by the rest of Great Britain. That either
their sincerity is suspected and their worth de-
nied, or even a more humiliating suggestion, that
if they can- smile under oppression, they may
continue to bear its weight—the °lnflict ferre si
potes et debes—being a proverb of very *frequent
practical application. The operation of a conviction
so insulting, so degrading on the minds of men, as
violent and implacable in their resentments as
they are prompt and enthusiastic in their attach-
ments, may be readily imagined. Expectation
has been highly excited, we hope to see it rea-
sonably gratified; much is due to Ireland, and
we are satisfied that no event could reflect more
lustre on his Majesty's reign, than to date it as
the wra of the deliverance of Ireland from her
grievances.

[MORNING POST.]
We thank our Radical Contemporaries for the
indefatigable activity of their morning and even-
ing efforts to check the progress of the Subscrip-
tion for- the relief of the wounded Life Guards-
men. They have produced a visible effect on
the generosity of the public. They have excited
so much indignation amongst the loyal, and so
much disgust amongst those who had till then
remained indolent, if not indifferent spectators,
that all have been eager to prove that they were
not to hf; affected by such wretched sophistry, or
intimidated by such audacious menaces, and that
the more the brave were foully aspersed, the
more they considered it a duty to do them-jus-
tice, Hence in a few days another Subscription
List has been filled up, more numerous and to a
greater amount than the first. It is wormwood
to the base, and the, bitterness of the draught
will probably make them exclaim louder than
befiire against those by whom it is prepared.
But let them reserve their abuse and their re-
proadhes, this potion is not yet the last.

•
[BRITISH PRESS.]
The Royal squadron sailed from Dunleary on
Wednesday, and proceeded within the banks to
near Wicklow, when the wind came directly
round and headed them, so that they could not
possibly. get through the Swash—this is the name
of .the dep water between the Kish bank and
Arklow bank, and is so narrow, that, to guide
mariners, there are two light-houses built on
Wicklow Head, which must be both brought in
a line." to the eye of the helmsman, in order to
give a right direction to the vessel, lest she might
touch on' either of the banks. The squadron,
th4refore, was obliged to put about, and at five
p. m. on Wednesday came to its old moorings in
Ditnleary Harbour, after having been at sea
seven hoUrs. It is supposed that the Royal
squadron sailed again on Thursday, and pro-
ceeded direst to Holyhe4d. A part of the
Royal Household arrived at Carlton Palace on
Friday night.

[Tuc TIMES.]
Much need not be added to the remarks which
have been already made from time to time, on
the 'intrusion of a hired advocate upon the pro-
ceedings of a Coroner's Inquest. It was clear
enough, in our opinion, a priori, that such an ex-
crescence upo❑ a court so simply constructed,
could have no other tendency than to clog its
movements, and to defeat the grand purpose for
which it was instituted. The business of a
Coroner's Jury being to take the widest possible
sweep of investigation, it is manifest enough, that
if a person be permitted to interfere, who is paid
for no other purpose than to close up, by the de-
-vices of habitual subtility, the avenues to truth,
an obstacle is thrown in the way of public jus-
tice. Thus much for the inconsistency of this
new practice with the nature and character-
istic purposes of an inquest. But there are
other grounds on which a hired pleader ought
to be excluded from such a Court, as any
base alloy ought to be separated from the
metal whose value we would preserve unimpaired.
A lawyer brings with him a large amount of zeal,
as it is called ; that is of eagerness and passion
—counterfeit indeed most probably, but still it
answers the end of irritating and provoking and
perplexing those whose minds would otherwise
be calm and unclouded for the performance of
their duty. We ask not how the sort of temper
betrayed by Mr. Adolphus, for example, has
been calculated to serve his supposed clients on
this occasion, nor how much he could have really

had their interests at heart, when he aadressedl
the Jury, by whom their conduct was to be in-
quired into, in language so offensive and insulting.
But when an advocate tells Jurorsi that their
minds are made up to find a certain verdict, right
or wrong—for such was the meaning of his ex-
pression as reported—when he tells them, that
any where but in the Jury-room, they have no
claims to the character of gentlemen ; that
he never was in such company before ;
that he would not take W guineas a minute to
associate with any such, was any thing more in-
decent, or more infallibly productive of injurious
consequences, ever yet exhibited in the face of
an enlightened community ? His intent must
plainly have been to browbeat the Jury into
such a verdict as would suit the purpose of those
whom he represented; or, in case of an oppo-
site verdict being found, "to deprive it of its lust
weight and influence. It is to be hoped he will
fail in both objects. The verdict of the Jury
cannot be delayed much longer. The evidence
has closed ; but more mhy still be called, if the
consciences of the Jurors are still unsatisfied.

[NEW TIMEg.]
The country at large cannot but be satisfied
that there is at last some prospect of a termina-
tion to the inquest on the body of Richard Honey.
How that inquisition has been conducted on the',
part of the Jurors, Nve do not now mean to in-
quire ; but it may not be amiss to state what, as
we conceive, now becomes the duty of the Co..
roner—a duty which, we doubt not, he will dis-
charge in such a manner as may entitle him to the
respect of his countrymen. We assume that every
honest man, who has bound himself by oath to
discharge a public duty, wishes, above all things,
to keep that oath in letter and in spirit; but it is
not every man who knows how to do so. The
law presumes that the Jurors do not know all
the obligations of their oath, especially in
matters of nicety and difficulty, without
the instructions of the Coroner. This point
should be first and forcibly put to the con-
science of every individual Juror, and he
should be strictly charged, as he will 'answer
to the great searcher of hearts, to give no
verdict on his own vague and imperfect notions
of law, contrary to those means of legal know-
ledge which the Constitution'of the country has
specially assigned for his direction. A Juror who
acts otherwise is a perjured man.—Those means
of assistance are directed to two points, the as-
certainment of the facts as they really occurred,
and the ascertainment of the legal result to be
drawn from those facts. It rests with. the Co-
roner to determine what evidence of fact shall be
laid before the Jury ; and it cannot be said that
the Coroner in the present case has limited that
evidence 'within any narrow bounds. It may

however happen that the abundance of materials
may cause no stnall confusion and difficulty
of arrangement ; and here the experience,
the judgment, and the good sense of the Coroner
are all called for. A Coroner does not do his duty
who merely reads over in succession his notes of
the depositions of the witnesses. He is bound, in
justice to the Jurors, and to the country at large,
to point out the bearings of all the material parts
of the evidence; to balance opposing testimony, to
call particular attention to those facts which are
essentially important, and to show how much of the
evidence is wholly irrelevant to the matter in issue.
This is by no means a light or unimportant part
of the Coroner's duty; but the most vitally es-
sential is a clear and lucid statement of the law
to which the facts are to be applied. No won-
der that many of the Jury have appeared to en-
tertain very strange notions of the law ; for the
most barefaced attempts, have been made from
day to day to mislead them. They have most
unjustly imputed this misconduct to Mr. Adol-
phus. That Learned Gentleman has not uttered
a word on the merits of the-case, which was not
strictly and legally accurate. If he had he would
no doubt have been stopped by the Coroner,
and the latter in his charge would of course
point out the error. But, on the other hand,
the greatest absurdities were from day to day,
vented by that confessedly ignorant person, Mr.
Waithman. In the same breath he declared

he was ignorant of the law, and yet presumed to
dictate to the Coroner himself what that law was.
Mr. Waithman was powerfully seconded in these
attempts to mislead the Jury by the whole sedi-
tious press, and by the Chronicle and Times. It
would be degrading to the Coroner to descend
to a particular contest with either of those
papers : but it becomes his duty to encounter
the substance of their mis-statements) because

there are probably among the Jurors some men
who are disposed to pin their faith on these
Oracles of falsehood.

Last Tuesday night there was a tremendous
gale of wind, and one of the KING's horses was
killed by-the tremendous heaving of the vessel.
We are told that a small fishing-boat was run
down and sunk by the Royal yacht, the crew of
hich escaped by holding to the rigging.
~Lord
Siumount immediately ordered a very handsome
sum of money for the poor fellows, by command
of his MAJESTY, and directions were given to
build a new boat. This is a royally noble trait
of benevolence.—(Chester Chronicle.)

SOMNABULISM.-The Gazette de France of the
2d inst. says—" About six o'clock this morning
a young woman was observed walking along the
roof of a house in the Rue de Berri, with no
clothing on except her chemise. It was soon dis-
covered that she was walking in her sleep. A
young man very courageously mounted the roof
at the hazard of his life, and succeeded in rescu-
ing her from her impending fate."

On Monday morning the funeral of Mr. SECKER,
which took place at St. Michael's Coslany, at-
tracted an immense concourse of spectators. It
was supposed between five and six thousand were
present ; the cause, the enormous bulk of the
coffin, which was seven feet two inches long,
three feet four inches wide, its depth was twenty-
three inches, and its weight upwards of 12 cwt.
It was carried on a bier, as no hearse could con-
tain it, and lowered by tackle into the grave.—
(Norwich Mercury.)

FROM THE LONDON' GAZETTE SEPT. 8.

This Gazette notifies th4t his Majeity has nominated Major
W. Morrison, of the 11faaris gitabliShment, 'a companion of
the Order of the Ba'th. It also contains an offer of a reward of

100 guineas by the inhabitants 'of Highgate, and 20 guineas by
Mr. Hale, of Hornsey.lane, for the discovery of the.person or
persons who, in the night of Thursday week, murdered Ed-
ward Sell, Mr. Hale's watchman; also an offer of rewardsr
to the amount of 2501., fol. the discovery of the person or per-
sons who, on the night of the 17th ult., set fire to the cloth-
factory of Messrs. Samuel and William Humphrys, or Frome.

BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.
T. Fi,aes and R. G., Longeroft, Romney, Southampton,
common brewers, from Sept. 18 to Nov. 6.

BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
S. Worral and A. Pope, Bristol, bankers.
BANKRUPTS.

J. Warren, Bridgewater, tanner, to surrender Sept. 27, 23,
Oct. 20, at Mr. French's office, Liverpool. Solicitors, Messrs.
Taylor and Roscoe, King's Bench-walk, Tdmple.
W. Elphick, West Ham, farmer, Sept. 15, 22, Oct. 20, at
Guildhall. Solicitors, Messrs. Walton and Gliddon, Girdler's-
hall, Basinghall-street:
B. S. Sawden, Bridlington Quay, Yorkshire, corn-factor,
Sept. 11, 22, Oct. 20, at Guildhall. Solicitors, Messrs. Crowder,
Lavie, and Oliverson, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.
C. Baynes, Western Point, Cheshire, innkeeper, Sept. 28,
29, Oct. 20, at the Castle-inn, Liverpool. Solicitor, Mr. John,
Palsgrave-place, Temple.
J. Cooper, Newport, Isle of Wight, victualler, Sept. 29,
Oct. 3, 20, at the Coach and Horses-inn Southampton. Soli-
citor, Mr. Roe, Temple-chambers, Fleet-street.
J. and J. Yell, jun., Woodharn-Ferris, Essex, salesmen.
0ct.,1, 2, 20, at the Angel-inn, Kelvedon. Solicitors, Messrs.
Bridges and Quilter, Red Lion-square.
J. T. Egling, Great Russell-street, Covent-garden, victual-
ler, Sept, 15, 25, Oct. 20, at Guildhall. Solicitor, Messrs.
CoLayne and Towne, Lyon's-inn.
- F. Eybe and A. Schmaeck, Bury-court, St. Mary-axe, mer-
chants, Sept. 21, 22, Oct. 20, at Guildhall. Solicitor, Mr.
Thomas, Fen-court, Fenchurch-street.-
0. Alefsantlei, Ald.rmanburv, linen-draper, Sept. 29, Oct.
6, 20, at Guildhall. Solicitor, Mr. Gates, Newgate-street.
J. Nelson, Kendall, Westmorland, corn-dealer, Sept. IS,
22, Oct. 20, at Guildhall. Solicitor, Mr. Gray, Tyson-place,
Kingsland-road.
J. Marshall, Nine Elms, Battersea, tanner, Sept. 18, 29,
Oct. 20, at Guildhall. Solicitors, Messrs. Drew and Sons,
Bermondsey-street, Southwark.
J. Gibson, South-street, Finsbury-square, merchant, Sept.
29, Oct. 6, 20, at Guildhall. Solicitors, Messrs. Sweet, Stokes,
and Carr, Basinghall-street.