The Sun.
London, England, 1828-11-24 00:00:00

(FROM THE MORNING HERALD.)

It is not to be wondered at that a Baron of the
Exchequer shoUld decline to exchange his situation
for aPuisne Judgeship in the Court of King's Bench,
seeing that the former is almost a sinecure, compared
with the latter, although•the salaries of both are the
same. A Judge of the King's Bench is considered
to be sufficiently compensated by a salary of 5,500/.
a year for the performance of duties which keep him
in Court from seven to eight hours a day, and some-
times more, during'Terrn, besides giving similar at-
tendance, under the King's warrant, for some weeks
after the end of the Term—not to say any thing of
the judicial functions which be performs at cham-
bers; while a Baron of the Exchequer is paid as
much by the country for enjoying a sort of " learned
leisure" that lasts the greater part of the year—his
Term being, for the most part, vacation—and the
longest day of business being usually a haUlholyday.
It is, indeed, very common for the Court of Ex-
chequer to sit at len o'cic,4 and rise at half-past
ten. When business lasts until eleven, it is a labori-
ous morning, and, should the Court not rise before
noon, the tide of litigation must run Unusually high
in that part of Westminster Hall. While such is
the state of business in this Court, business accumu-
Isles in the Cowls of phauery and King's Bench,
and, with all the despatch used in the latter, where a
Chief Justice presides whose intelligence and
quickness, in the decision of both arguments and
causes, has, perhaps, never been surpassed, there is
always a considerable quantity of litigation in ar-
rear. One great cause of the unequal condition of
business in the CpuFts of Icing's Bench and
Exche-
quer is, that the latter is a close Court. 'Tie practic:e
there is the monopoly of some few attorneys, no
other attorney can bring or defend an action but in
the name of one of these " Clerks in Court," but the
public, not having any great confidence in this mono-
poly, do not choose to patronize it very liberally ; and
hence it has become a place where four Judges, with
salaries amounting altogether to ahove 2iooo/. a year,
may, in course of time, levri to forget their
law." On Wednesday, far instanee, while the Cowl
of King's Bench was occupied with a trial at Bar,
which is likely to consume several long days, to the
great delay of the regular business of the Term,
three Barons came into the Court of Exchequer ai
the usual hour; the officers were all in their places,
the tubro4p 7.yas, like Diogenes, in his tub, and one
other gentleman 'With a' wig was lu the row of
benches adjoining the tub. Mr. Baron' narrow,
taking his seat, asked if there were any other motion
—meaning, perhaps, that his movement into Court
was'cpe rat:tion. he tubman and his brother bar--
rister near him bowed, ttyb otter Barony
and—exeunt omnes. Now, it is not seemly that
Court of Law, which costs the public so much,
should be in this state of almost desuetude. We
have .stated the principal cause of it—let that cause
be reti)air.ed, let'tne unjua and most iniurious mono-
poly be done away with. 'The evil Cos been long
enough apparent--reform is wanted. The COurt
must be made an open one, or the public will ask
why it costs so much ?"

(OiCliq THE NEWS.)
From Mr. O'Connell'Sveiy interesting speeo, at
a meeting of the Catholic Association on deidiy
last, we acquire the important information, that our
Minist49 Irve been applying to the Pope, through
the mediuM of the hanovei-,an Ambassador, for a
Concordat to settle the que4ti'Ort of Cittholic o:rnitn-
cipation. Nothing, we conceive, could be more ill-
advised or ill-timed. We are continually blaming,
the C4t;;c‘lies for their deference to a foreign an-:
thority, aria yet hers -.Fe 47f... exposed to the world
as claiming the support a that very a.4thorily,
we are censuring the Catholics for holding in re=
verence. What need was there on our parts,
ut h,';,o.iting to the Pope ? Why appeal to him
as ata arbiter; xei.,?;-, it well known that the
Irish Catholics woutd.pay'no te,-,-pez,:t to his decision,
unless it squared with their wishes. ft is'a calumny;
no less silly than false, to suppose that the Irish
Catholics of the present day are retained 'in more
sidijeclian ;:q tl:± Priesthood than our people to the
Clergy of the L"• ;i.")a,i, we believe in
much less ; inasmuch as in our yovinces a large
portion of our Clergy are Magistrates, and as such
hold the lives and fortunes of most of their flocks, in
'F:on.a ic77ee. of dependence—whereas, in Ireland,
the Pricat is 4 ci.cppant on his flock, rather than a
superior. The truili't tli4t 1-4,en the Priest's in-
junctions coincide with their wish6s, 'the
obey him ; but they have of late assumed too
ri.uch of the politician to allow of their being
ISriest t die i. ne Anti-Catholics, on either side
of the water, slidhlki" ihr4v4ipv.2;:, no longer complain
of the respect paid by tttd tatithiics 4:6 tO,; rope,
when they see the Ministers of the trio.stlPOiverilui
T.'rctestant State in the world resorting to him for
train a ;;;;:".I:cr where that aid is not invoked, but
rather depre`e'deed; ity t'he ether party. It is well
known that the Irish Catholids, th4ir hogs of
emancipation, look not to the Pope,'bui to tfii
prritish Government. They view the question as
the Pope has no concern beyond that
of .sacerdoia
is in course should possess
.
no, influence. It tneretote sfirialige 4;t3 pg
Minis-
ters should be found confessing an authority
;he Catholics disavow; while at the same time they
•UWustity to the latter the very subservience
tley uregiilit rof

..,L•;
(PIWN THE Atifi
When this country interfered in the affairs At the
Peninsula, we inspired the Spaniards with a deep at•
tachmeut for liberal institutions; their enthusiastic
spiritt j;;-4i1....ed with ardour the precepts of freedom ;
and tbei, %flask, ,4„-i :hp influence of our example,
became unfitted for siviery; 'We ..her, ;34.-..:red Fer-
dinand on the throne; but our chivalroils'ixoFtiou!,,
while: they rescued that unhappy people from the
grasp pf one tyranny, only flung them at the feet- of
a worse. ''e4(4,itt.i.ttd, their legitimate Monarch, was
no sooner seated th • paver, became all op-
pressor. Persecution in detail huttied'tha.;iipi.-n;;,,pls
through every province, and in every condition of
right e 4 Aete the dream of their Constitution and their
:;iiiiihtkpl into air; and they were visited by
their King with alt tits rt«i f a modern Inquisi-
tion,•for tke assertion of thesiveq•piinLip;:e,,
preserved to him his kingdom. Their property i'atsi
eonlisc;t,?,d—their lives perilled—their families cast'
out info the etegi
tiOriit; to atuitidort:
fields of their native land—
forcedand ii 4; :;,,;,canted associa-
tions of elder time and the kiesi`;-
,Voken refugees fled to England for 'that succour;
.„lA,ol.e),..jpstrt,tctions in the less Ons of liberty.had!
mainly enntraWt4 re,hAl.er necessary.' Many of
these outcast strtillgni [erg kg, gikrtini ia emir

streets, or uttering their last sighs is miserable ob-
scurity. The graceful daughters of a gallant people
—once the inspirers of hope, the charmers of their
admiring circles, who were born in the lap of afflu-
ence, and nursed amidst the prayers and blessings of
domestic attachments—intellectual, high-minded,
and delicate women —are now perishing, day by day,
in opulent London. Their children, too, some of
whom have not yet learned to lisp the beggar's peti-
tion on our highways, lift: their little arms in vain to
the dear sources of their existence, and in their glazed
eyes convey that harrowing request which is answered.
by groans of despair. And the patriot fathers and
husbands, where are they ? The nerves of forti-
tude are snapt, the vigour of mind and body is gone,
they are emaciated and stricken down in anguish.—
They turn from the partners of their terrible suffer.
ings, and beseech of Heaven the speedy termination
of their woes. The anticipations of youth, the
promise of their dawning independence, have all
sunk before them, they are friendless, exiled, house•
less, and reduced to the last pangs of long enduring
want. To call upon the people of England for aid
is superfluous; that aid will be accorded by every
one who feels the blessings of home, and in whom
the charities of common humanity are not yet extin-
gukhed. Happy fathers, when they look on the
joyous faces of their own children, will think of
the poor exiles' offspring, and transmit a mite to
snatch the little strangers from starvation. Mothers
will feel the sympathy thrill through every vein
when they clasp their infants to their breasts, and
think what would their agonies be if such a lot hefel
them. Daughters will intercede for help, and trem-
bling at the narrative of the misery that surrounds
them, sweeten their own enjoyments by contributing
to the relief of the wretched. Subscriptions have
already been actively set on foot, bur to be available
for any permanent purposes, they must. be universal.
Every house, every family, can afford something—
let that something be freely given, and given at
once. There is one obligation that knows no dis-
tinction of colour or of clime, of sect or of party—
that is not conventional nor conditional; that is not
limited by prejudice nor dictated by interest; that is
alike a duty under all circumstances and in all places,
'and that obligation is Charity. In England we
claim it as a national trait; this is the moment to
render it a practical virtue.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.

On Saturday, Mr. King, gun-maker, Tavistock-
street, Covent-garden, appeared before Mr. HALLS,
the sitting Magistrate, to answer to an assault war-
rant, obtained against him by Mr. Abel Hill, a per-
son connected with the manufacturing of guns in
Birmingham.
•The complainant stated that the defendant was
his debtor for a considerable time past, in the sum
of 3/. I Is., and although repeatedly applied to for
payment, he (the complainant) could never obtain
a settlement of the account. On Saturday morning
he went himself to Mr. King, soon after his arrival
in town, and again demanded payment, and was put
off with an evasive answer as before, . Determined,
howpver, to have his money, be sat down in the
shop, and told Mr. King that be was resolved not
to stir a step unless he were paid. Upon this Mr.
King flew into a violent passion, and swore that the
complainant should quit his premises instantly.—
Suiting the action to the word, Mr. King toik the
complainant by the collar, and forcibly pushed him
from the shop into the street, tearing his coat in the
struggle. Under thesp cirpipnstapces, an assault-
warrant was applied for and obtained.
Mr. HALLS asked the defendant what he had to
say in answer to the charge ? The defendant did
not attempt either to
.deny or defend the assault,
but observed it was extremely hard that respectable
tradesmen should be subject to be annoyed as he
had been by the complainant.

Mr. lim,.,Ls—" Respectable tradesmen" do you
say a tradesman, you should pay yolly debts,
Sir, before you set up a claim to be respectable.--
You shall find bail for the assault. Are your sure-
ties ready ? The defendant replied that he was un-
provided with 174
." Then you are in custody," said Mr. HALLS.--
" Gaoler, lock him up until he finds bail."
Mr. King was accordingly removed to the lockup
room, and after being incarcerated for about an
hour, he sent to acquaint Mr. Hill that he was may
1:.o satisfy his detpaiod.
NC Mil: however; had in the interval obtained a
Marshalsea writ against Mr. King, with a copy of
which he returned to Bow-street, and caused it to
be served upon Mr. King, who was not only obliged
to pay the original debt of 3/. 11s. before he oh.
taihed his liberty, but sip additional fsi., being the
amount of the copy of the writ, epense of the
warrant, officer's fees, &c. &c.