The Sun.
London, England, 1826-07-17 00:00:00

[THE MORNING tittALD:.l

A striking instance, we see, has already occurred at one
or tl(e police-offices, of the utility ail(' justice of that pro-
vision in NTr. new act, which permits. two Magi-
strates to admit persons to bail in all Cases of felony
where a reasonable doubt of the truth of the charge
appears. We trust that this alleviation of the horrors
and the hardship of imprisonment befine trial, will soon
lead to a still more liberal practice ; and that the law
will lie so modified as to admit of all persons being
admitted to bail, be their offences what they may, on
giving ample security for their appearance. In Lon-
don and Middlesex, where the gaol delivery occurs so
often, this may not be of so much importance as in
places where the assizes occur but twice a-year ; hot as
the manifest object and policy of the law is, that the
accused should be forthcoming to take his trial, it
surely is more reasonable that that should be effected
without the infliction of previous punishment, if that
be possible. But it is necessary, even as the law now
stands, and it will become proportionably more so
should the power of bailing be extended, that the con-
sequenceir should be better understood and defined
thao they are at present. At present it seems to be
the practice, whatever may be the intention, that The
offence merges in the forfeiture of the bail. Than
this nothing can be more absurd and unreasonable;
and if not corrected, will lead to a virtual repeal of
that provision hi the. Bill of Rights which provides
against excessive bail being taken. Besides which,
to put u price upon criminal offences is a principle so
foreign to the humane and equal spirit of the law of
England, as cannot for a moment be permitted. In-
stead, therefore, of the forfeiture of bail being admit-
ted as an extinguishment of au offence, it should, in
fact, unless satisfactorily explained, act as an aggra-
vation of it. in all cases of felony, by the good old
practice of our Courts, it was the duty of the Jury to
inquire whether the felon " fled for it," which was
esteemed to be an aggravation of his guilt; and if so,
.
the flying from his bail must be still more so. We
apprehend, therefore, that it would be urn improve-
ment of the linv, and a fortherance of public justice,
if in all cases of fbrfeiture of bail, due search were
forthwith made for the delinquent, so that a pecuniary
forfeiture should no longer be permitted to act as an
evasion of the laws. We think, too, that in all cases
of hail, whether arising out of civil or criminal pro-
cess, an actual deposit should be permitted, where it
is offered, in lieu of personal obligation. But this,
we are aware, will admit of argument ; and we should
he glad to see the subject discussed in our columns, or
those of any of our contemporaries.

[TIIE. MORNING POST.]
We have given in another part of ettr paper a letter
from the King of Priv.sia, which is well worthy of at-
tention. It kpresses in just and forcible terms his
Majetty'S surprise and sorrow that two ofhi'i near re 7
lative*i, the Duke and Duchess of Anbait should have
committed the serious error of becoming Catholics.—
The letter has every appearance of conviction, and sin-
ceilty, and is exceedingly pleasing, `as proving that so
powerful' a Monarch has the interests of 'religion so
deeply and sincerely At heart, Many. of .us are old
enough to remember, when Europe was filled with the
fame of Frederick the Great, and when his undoubted
military qualities had attracted an admiration, and
most ah,ind adoption, of his philosophical absurdi-
ties,' and roticularlr of his obscene poetry and scep-
tical foolerie. NVlio•wouid bitve anticipated at that
day, that ti;o. grandson .of this Prince would become
one of the best and most religious Minces in Europe,'
and would have overthrown in a very few years (as
he has done), all that' the pernicious example and
most perverse wickedness of his' ancestor had laboured
to accomylish ‘durinf., his life? But so it 'lB, and al-
ways 'will he, 'with the interests of truth. It w'a! the
daily and hourly labour of Julian to .restore pag,,anism,
and destroy the public establishment of Christianity as
introduccu by Constantine.
,}hut Julian Was no sooner
buried than all his impious plan::; died with him The
same has happened to Frederiek the Great of Pi
The ploughshare has passed over his laboof
and not one stone remains upon another of all his
la-
brie of wickedness,

• [THE BUITISH nitliss.]
The aceounts from the manufacturing districts,
which now lie before us, are of a nature to excite the
greatest alarm. They show dearly the necessity of
_
sonic specificmeasure. The lauded interest must now
feel that their interests and those of .the manufacturers
are the same. 'Ube inewase of the poor's rates is far
more injurious to them than the Corn Laws could
possibly be beneficial----admitting titeni to he as bene-
ficial as some persons supposed them to be. It is a
fact that, in some parts of the manufacturing distrietS,
the, pones rates have actually exceeded the rental. As
to the repeal of the Corn .Laws, therefore, as an lila
mate measure, we do not conceive that there can pos..
siblv remain the.slightest doubt, and there can be still
less doubt of the propriety of using the discretionary
power vested in Ministers fOr bringing bonded
corn into the market ; but even these measures will
not remove the distress immediately, as employment
will still be wanting, and it has .been suggested' that
a sum ought to be advanced from the public re-
venue. Ent we must look farther than the mere
supply of an im "want., mediate arid as the causes of
the distress lie deeper than is supposed, we do not think
that a temporary measure„of this sort,--if not connect-
ed with some ineastire,.by' which the poor may be em-
ployed in producing food would be at all beneficial to
the country or advantageous in the end to the manu-
facturing population themselves. Nothing but a firin
I)°'943mn of the importance of this principle could in-
duce us. to insist upon it sin Obstinately from day to
dAY. To remedy_ the distress of the country, in the
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and in
such 141,014 .thay be,
ha' 1(1)43, hosyever
baneful ii
at thr, immediate object
angmentio4 the
The sca, in the first pity c, (.lintiot. be sidd to be ex
meens of subsistence.
haunted as, long as we know that the Dutch carry away
the fbod of- thousands front the coasts of Seotlara,
and the land cannot be siipposed incapable of yielding
further supplies while we. have the example of le racks

of Malta supporting 100,000 inhabitants by the produce
arising • from the soil imported from 'Sicily.

[THE NEW TIMES.]

We are happy to observe that smile of our contem-
poraries, who advocate a line of politics very different
from ours, have entered into our views on the subject
of Brandt Banks, which they can 'only have 'been
induced to do from a conviction of their soundness.
The importance of that measure, which we verily
beiievelo be essential to the relict of ottr long con-
tinned commercial distresi, renders unnecessary any
apology for iterating our arguments in its favour.—
And while we plead for its adoption, sve would add,
speedy I "j'lie old: adage was
bblee dat qni
ciao.llieet never
ch
InaTtol'aricedbcallOincray bankers arc fewer by a large num-
ber than when the distress began—those that remain
have contracted their discounts very greatly, partly
from the perils of the times, and partly to withdraw
their small notes from circulation ; and the very rumour
of Branch Banks, though it may not have materially
inflUenced the doings 'of existing banks, has, mou
certainly, contributed to prevent the establishment of
new ones. How, indeed, can it be expected that any
man, be imprudent enough to cn-
gaagi
in o
they have the prospect of so
. a set of seen,ss"i Ni‘eilli l
potent a rival as the Bank of England'? With regard to
the question of giving publicity to the resolution's of the
Bank, there is a good deal to be said upon both sides.
The Bank may plead a long series of successful enter-
prise in proof of the utility of keeping its own counsel;
they may say, with perfect propriety, that although
a mighty. and influential body, still they are in fact
but a pmate company ; that 'the links which connect
them with the Government of the country, though
many,- have all been framed by the mutual convenience
of the two parties, acting in complete independence
the one of the other. If, therefore, the Bank be called
on to make public its concerns, by parity of reasoning,
so may any private company of merchants. And we
must add, that, laying aside these special considera-
tions, we do not exactly see how public opinion can
be made to operate usefully on the complicated me-
chanism of this vast machine. Though, however, we
are inclined to admit that the secresy observed by the
Bank is perfectly justified, we cannot help wishing that,
on the particular occasion in question, the Directory
might be induced to depart from their general rule.
The case is ,no ordinary one. The establishment of
Branch Banks, if they are to be established, is caleu,
lated to produce so widely beneficial effects, that the
bare announcement of the Bank's intentions would be
of material consequence to our suffering trade.