The Sun.
London, England, 1821-06-21 00:00:00

which relate to the criminal jurisprUdence of the
country: The readers of The Times, therefore,
must view with indignation the attempt of the
Editor to conceal from them the affecting and
portant observations which fell from the Learned
Judge above mentioned on passing sentence ou
the capital convicts. The very reasOn why those
observations were suppressed by •Thc Tit;te,r; is
the reason why they should have been parti-
cularly noticed. It is because that able and ve-
nerable person paid a just tribute of praise to
the exertions of an Association, which has been
the object of so much shameless obloquy and
unfounded scandal.

[MORNING cnnomcr.t.]
Sir John Silvester, the well knotin Recorder
of the City of London, has it seems, in hiS prelimi-
nary address to the criminals at the Old Bailey,
given. the world a proof of his:nice sense of the con-
duct Which becomes a Judge,'and of his sagacity
as aphilOsophic inquirer into the cause of crime.
At a time.when the question of :the legality of the
self-styled Constitutional Association ,was Under
the consideration of the Lord Mayor, be takes
the above solemn occasion to go out of his way to
pronounce it founded upon just and legal grounds:-
lie availed himself of the same opportunity for
delivering an opinion respecting the cause of
crime, which will form a valuable addition to
the evidence on the subject, given by him before
the Police Committee. To indecent prints and
blasphemous and seditious publications, " he had
•
no hesitation in asserting the great increase of
crime, especially among the juvenile part of the
comic unity, was mainly attributable ;" and he
added, 's it was with the most unfeigned pleasure
that he viewed- the 'establishment of an Associa-
tion which had for its, object the destrdttion of
this monstrous evil." 'Was -Sir John, not aware
of the existence of a Society which has long exer-
cised a superintendence over blasphemy and in-
decency ? The Constitutional Association origi-
nated among the patrons of the most indecent
publication of the day, and the great advocate of
the Association is also the advocate of that pub-
lication.

In the year 1788 or 1789 a Society was formed
for insuring from loss those who should prosecute
felons, and many Bankers and others were sub-
scribers. Application was 'made.for a patent.—.
This was refused upon the Report of the Law
Officers of the Crown. After
_this the Society
applied to be .incorporated by charter, and upon
the Report of the same Law Officers (we believe
Sir A.... Macdonald and Sir John. Scott)• this was
also refused. It is said that the opinions of. the
then Attorney and. Solicitor General were; that
no such Society could exist, or be permitted in
this country. We wish that some Member.Of
ParliaMent would move that a Copy of the
nion of the Law Officers of the Crown at that
time should be laid before the House. We
Should then see whether the opinion giVen by Sir
John Silvester, that the Association originated in
sound constitutional principles, and was founded
upon just and legal grounds, accords with the
opinion of those Law Officers.—(lbid.)

Mr. C. Hutchinson called the attention of the
House last night to the odious proceedings and
doctrines of the Holy Alliance. Lord London-
derry, who was termed Hutchinson a
steeping partner in this Alliance, :seemed deter-
mined to let it be seen hat the contemplation.of
their success afforded him high delight. Naples
and Sicily, and the Circular from Laybach, are
noble subjects of triumph for an Englishnian.—
We leave his Lordship to the full enjoyment
of it.—(