The Sun.
London, England, 1821-05-23 00:00:00

MR. PEEL.-A SKETCH.

" There are few branches of hiiman knowledge less in the
possession of man, than that By 'which he can ascertain his pe-
culiar aptitude for the proper sphere if action in which he should
snccessfully proceed—though nature has made the designation,
as. few are in her confidence, the fatal errors on this important
point are lamentabl nutnierous—not so with Mr. Peel—his
destinies, or rather his original manly cast of thought, assigned
to him a suitable station in the higher regions of politics—his
judgment approved the suggestions of an early ambition, and
he will not be deceived by either.
" Like his great prototype,lllr. Pitt, this young Statesman
never lost an hour ; his passage from the University to business
was without a pause ; distinguished as a scholar, an apt and a
good One, he soon embodied the abstractions of science and of
literature, with the practical details of the, home department,.
thus combining thepowers of reflection with the philosophy of
action. Intuitive perception, decision, and energy, compose the
prominent features of his haracter ; they stand out from the
canvass in bold relief. With the temperament of steel he pos-
sesses much of its point and of its polish, dauntless in debate
we yield to intrepidity as to an irresistible power—he never
weakens his forces by skirmishing with the out-posts of an an-
tagonist's principle, but pierces into the heart of his subject as
direct as a ray of light, he illuminates,what he found involved
in obscurity—you see him rising from the vast profound of his
subject, but never playing on its surface—often imparting the
charms of novelty to topics worn down by constant attrition—
intense, ardent, argumentative, his resources are always at com-
mand ; his mind not -made of shreds and patches, seems to have
been formed in the manner in which nature proceeds in form-
ing a flowershe (as is said by Bacon) throws out altogether
the whole system of being, and the rudiments of all the parts
Rudimenta partium omnium. simul parit et producit.
nor whilst. thus employed in
.the formation of the head, does she
appear to have neglected the heart.
" When Secretary in Ireland, his private munificence knew
no limits but in the extent of the suffering he would relieve; the
salary of his office £6,000, and £12,000 a-year allowed him, it
isssaid, by his father, passed away in acts of benevolence, rather
than in display, or in hospitality.
" Aloof from the petty passions, the sordid and the debas-
ing, with a soul genuinely English, highly toned and crested—
the empire is his interest, and to serve hei' more than to sway
her is his ambition ; his ample fortunes place his virtues above
temptation.
" With such qualities, moral and intellectual, sustained by
the sovereignty of unsullied honour, and of unsuspected sin-
cerity, the eye of Britain iS bent upon him, as the legitimate
inheritor of the honours and the office of his illustrious prede-
cessor" whose principles lie needs not copy from, for they are
the inbred elements of his own Constitution.

" Though young in yeamje is mature in experience, for so
short a time it has rarebil...- -y-,ned to any one person, to have
gathered round him so much good opinion—so sacred were his
engagements, that his promise was performance, and the better
to alliance the public service merit and capacity were the pass-
ports to appointment.
" Like Mr. Pitt, he never repeats; unambitious of orna-
ment, he prefers ideas to words ; and so fixed is he on the inte-
rest of his object, that he is always at it, never about it—did he
purpose to redeem'Proserpine, he would not stay his speed to
pluck the flowers which lay scattered on the way ; unseduced
by the illusions of imagination, he wings his course with the
velocity of the eagle.
" Because he loves England well, he loves Ireland also, and
eachiday was he becoming more Irish ; he loved that magnifi-
cent country as an integral and important part of the empire—
he loved her on her own account—and there is little to hazard
in the prediction, that whenever power places its sceptre in his
firm grasp, he will cherish tho.se airections, and pour the bless-
ings of a paternal protection over that land where dwells his
name imperishable in the hearts of one party, and in the re-
spect of the other.
" Clarum & venera'oile non-len & multum nostrie quod
proderat urbi."

CAUTION TO GENTLEMEN? SERVANTS.—A new
mode of rbbbery ,has lately been invented, which has proved
very successful to the ruffianlypractitioners, and which is as fol-
lows :—At day-break three and sometiines four fellows walk
along the streets, to see if the servants left any silver spoons or
other articles of value on the seat of the kitchen window, a cus-
tom which they frequently practice; the prowling villains no-
tice where they
,see such property, and about half-past five, the
time the watchmen generally go off their bate, they return,
leaving one of -the party at each end of the street to,watch,
whilst the others climb over the area, of the kitchen, and with
an instrument Something like a fishing-rod, which screws into
three lengths, and which they generally carry- concealed in an
umbrella, they either pull up the sash with a hook screwed to
the top of it, or else break a pane of glass, and with another
kind of hook, which they screw to the top of this instrument,
they rises out spoons, ladles, knives, or whatever other articie
chances to be on the window. Several depredations of this
ture have been committed within the last fortnight in various
parts of the town ; two silver table spoons Were, FISHED from
the kitchen of a'gentlernan, 45, Gloucester-street, Queen-square;
two large silver table spoons were also taken from the kitchen
window of Mrs. Ann9w, 29, Great Ormond-Street; and
a table spoon has' also been taken from the kitchen
of a silversmith in Brook-street, all by this means.—
Yesterday Thothas Sims, John Brown, Frank Robinson, and
Charles Brown, who were in custody, charged on suspicion of
committing theseabbbaries, and on whom the instrument above
described was found when taken in custody; Were examined,
but as none of the property was found upon them, and no posi-
tive proof being against them, they were discharged. The par-
ties robbed attended, and kequested if possible to make the case
public, that it might put servants on their guard from leaving
such things on kitchen windows.
In the course of last Thursday night, a dog
entered afield in° the occupation of Mr. JOHN
Ituncre of Ivy-house farm near St. John's,
Worcester,and destroyed five sheep; four others
were also so dreadfully mutilated as to render it
necessary to- kill them. The whole of their car-
cases were in a most mangled state,. and totally
unfit' for use.

A Mr. TRIGG, 28 years-of age, of large landed
property at Royiton, paid -his addresses to a
young lady in the neighbourhood, at first with
every.prospect of success; but she filially discard-
ed altogether. On Sunday week he invited
a party to dine with him, and the meal was scarce-
ly finished, whp he went up stairs, and not re-
turning, his friends went in search of him, and
he was at length found in a piece of water with
his head immersed hi the mud, and his legs in an
upright position,'quite dead.—Vvrdict, Insanity.
EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.—J. SEAL,
aged ,33, long in the employment of Mr. 13iiis'row,
a coachrnaker, at Homerton,.was married on the
26th ult. to the widow of a publican—the' com-
pany at the wedding enjoyed themselVes' till
three the next morning—at six o'clock, the.body
of SEAL was found floating in the Lea, in WhiCh
river he "had drowned himself.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF RING'S BENCH, MAY 22.
BLUNDELL V. CATTERALL.

This was an action of trespass, involving a question of very
general importance to the subjects of this kingdom, namely,
whether they hive, by the common law, a right to bathe on the
sea-shore, and to pass over it for that purpose on foot and with
horses and carriages. The defendant pleaded several special
pleas. -At the trial before Mr. Justice Bayley, at the Lent As-
sizes, 1820, for 6f... county of Lancaster, a verdict was found
for the plaintiff on some of the issues, and for the defendant on
the rest, subject to the Opinion of this Court upon a case, which
stated the following-facts
The plaintiff is Lord Of _the Manor- of Great Crosby, in the
county of Lancaster,- which is bounded in the west by the river
Mersey, an arm of the sea. As Lord of the Manor he is owner
6f the soil of. the shore, and has the exclusive right of fishing
thereon with stake nets. The defendant is the servant of the
proprietors of an hotel, which wa4 erected in the year- 1315 upon.
certain land in Great. Crosby, fronting the shore, and bounded
by the high water mark of the River Mersey, and they keep
bathing machines Or the use of -persons who resort to their
hotel, as well as of persons in the neighbourhood. These per-
sons arc driven by the defendant in the machines across the
shore into the sea for the purpose of bathing, and the defendant
receives a Sum of money from the individuals_ so bathing for the
use of the machines, and for his services and assistance. No
bathing machines were ever used upon the shore in Great
Crosby before the.establishmentof-thiS hotel, but it has been the
custom for the public to cross it pn foot for the purpose of bath-
ing. The proprietors of the hotel refuse to pay the plaintiff
any acknowledgment for using the bathing machines upon the
shore in the manner stated. There is a common highway for
carriages along the shore, and it was proved by one of the plain-
tiff's witnesses that hay, potatoes, and other articles for the
market were occasionally carted across the shore, although the
more common mode of conveyance for such thintrs,- during his
knowledge of the place, was by a canal made about— 40 years
since. The defendant ecnitends for a common law right for all
the King's subjects to bathe on the sea shore, and to pass over
it for that purpose on foot, and with horses and carriages. The
question in point of law, for the opinion of the Court, was,
whether, there is any such common law right ; the substantial
point between the parties, however, being whether 'the. owners
of the hotel shall or shall not pay the plaintiff-some considera-
tion for using bathing machines on the shore.
The case was argued with very considerable ability by Mr.
GitEGso-sr for the plaintiff; and Mr. JOY for the defendant,

Mr. GREGSON contended generally on the part of the plain-
tiff, that as his client was the-owner of the soil of the sea shore,
and as no usage had been proved by the defendant to entitle the
King's subjects to pass, across the sea shore with carriages and
horses for the purpose of bathing, they were not entitled at
common law to use carriages and horses for that purpose, and
that even supposing the highway to extend across the shore as
well as along the shore, the King's subjects had no right to
drive their carriages ' and hinses across the shore and remain
with them thereon for the purpose of bathing, and consequently
they could not do so without paying the Lord an adequate con-
sideration. In furtherance of his argument, he cited Ball v.
Herbert, 3T. R. 253 Hargrave's Tracts, 5,6, 73, 70 and 83 ;
Plowden, 357 ; 2 Ves. Jun. , 115 ; 2 Man. and Sel. 361 ; 2
Barn. and Aid. 662 ; 3 Campb. 127; and 2 H. 81. 527.
Mr. JOY, for the defendant, made four points; 1. That there
is a common law right for the public to bathe in the sea on the
open seat shore ; 2. That this right may be freely exercised by
the public, either with or without bathing machines, as conve-
nience or necessity may require ; 3. That farther, with respect
to the part of the shore in question, it is admitted in the case
that the public have the right of crossing it on foot, for the
purpose of bathing in the sea ' • and 4. That there are also suf-
ficient facts stated to establish the right to cross it, either with
or without bathing machines for that purpose. He referred to
Weld v. Hornby, 7. E. R. 195. Lord Hale's- De Jure Maris,
22. 36. 84. Bracton, Lib. 1. c. 12. s. 5. ; Co. Lit. 56.2 Co. Inst.
705; 1 Ventris, 118 ; Rex v. Crunden, 2 Campb. 89, &c. &c.
The CouRT said, that as the case was of very great import-
ance, they would take time to consider of their judgment.

Mr. Serjeant HULLOCK, who was with Mr. JOY for the de-
fendant, was understood to suggest,. that as the case was of
such general importance, perhaps a second argument would be
desirable.

The. CHIEF JUSTICE—We do not think that necessary, so
much industry and ability have been evinced both on the one
side and on the other,.that we don't think we should derive any
advantage from a second argument: We are very much in-
debted to both the Gentlemen; for the light they have throin
upon the subject, and for the ingenious and able, manner in
which the subject has
.been discussed.—CunlA .AnvisAßE
VU LT.

ASYLUM FOR RECOVERY OF HEALTH. A
Meeting.of the Subscribers and Friends of this
excellent Institution took place yesterday, at the.
Thatched House Tavern, in St. James's-street.--
The meeting was very fully attended, and several
Noblimen and Gentlemen of the first rank were
present. His Royal Highness the Duke of YORK,
Patron of the Institution, was expected to pre-
side, but public business prevented his attend 7
ance. Mr,,,ltimr,AND, of the Albany, was there-
fore unaniiiiiiisly voted to the Chair. The ob-
jects of the Institution he briefly explained to be
to afford medica I aid and accommodation to persons
Who are poor, but not wholly without property or
resource ; and to those who are unable, from the
absence of domestic connexions; as well as nar-
rowness of income, to procure for, themsehes
the attentions and comforts which a state of
sickness requires. They are provided with
proper nurses, separate apartments, and othei',
conveniences, which could not
,be obtained at
their own houses; and for whiCh they pay• cer-
tain weekly sums, in proportion to the accom-
modations they enjoy. In order to keep the
Asylum select, it, is a fundamental rule not to
afford gratuitous relief to any. The Secretary,
Mr. Beavan, read the report, which stated the
amount of, donations since last genere I meeting to
be 8711. 175., arid of annual subscriptions 1371.
13s. Of these sums, 5001. were invested in Ex-
chequer Bills, and the, remainder. is in the hands
of the Treasurer. A resolntion was proposed
and unanimously agreed to, that a suitable place
be taken for the formation of an Asylum, and
the personS named in the motion be authorised to
treat for the same. Several other resolutions
were passed, and thanks voted to the Chairman
and Secretary, after which a very large collection
was made.

An official return to an order Of the House of
Commons states the amount (in British currency)
of the produce of the Revenues of Ireland for
{,he quarter ending the sth April, 18.20, paid into
the Exchequer, at 871,6011. ; ditto for the quar-
ter ending sth April, 1821, 973,3551.; from
which deducting 18,6291., the decrease on stamps,
there will remain an increase in the quarter end-
ed sth April, 1821, amounting to 101;7541.
In• a London Paper, printed ninety years ago,
there is an advertisement, informing the public,
that a new coach is established, to "fly from Lou-
don to Gloucester in the short space of three clays."
The same distance is now performed in about_ten
hours.

A fellow, named Howleft, was publicly whip-
ped yesterday morning at Camden Town, for
Stealing pewter pots, of ivhich offence he was
found guilty at the Old Bailey Sessions. He
used to dress himself in the garb of a pot-boy,
and call at people's houses. for the pots belonging
to 'the 'publicans by whiim he knew them to be
supplied. He was flogged a measured distance
of 100 yards.'
Wednesday se'imight a fine Solan goose dropped
in a wood near.
.IscOed,
,Carmarthenshire,; it was
fotind
.by the workmen, who took it to the garden,
where, after living for two days, it died.