The Sun.
London, England, 1826-08-17 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

We rejoice to find; from the proceedings of Tuesday
last, at a meeting of members of the Cornwall and
D evo AsSociation, that as the darkness
begins to clear away, the figure of a Nobleman, who
ought not in any manner to have been embraced-
within them, appears to stand erect and uninjured,
and, the foul exhalations from fraudulent, 'or' at leest
disreputable dealings, to cling round those individuals
only, from whom, in all human probability, they will
never more be separated. It is now placed, we hope,
beyond' all 'dispute, :that Lord Palmerston was not.
in the number of those who received sums of money
which could not he honourably accepted--a fact which
we have pleasure in stating—and' which, let it be int-
derstood, we might haVe had an opportunity of mak-
ing publie Sooner, if a reporter from this journal had
not been refused' admittance it a previous meeting
of the Company. As it turns out that the noble Lord has
gained no money discreditably, so, for his own sake, we
sincerely trust that he has not lostor wilt lose none,impru-
dently, throughout thiS busieess ; and thathe will encouns
ter no bad consequences from misplaced regard and indis-
creet associations,' beyond those which are involved in
disappointed' hopes of profit-Times.
,If England had felt only a commercial interest in the
termination M. the quarrel between the Republic of La
Plata and the Brazilian Emperor, she. would have been
justified on groneda'even the most selfish in interposing'
to reconcile them, as she has:done through the medium
of Lord Ponsonby. We do not know that the people: of
England have directly, a political interest in the mainte-
nance of amicable relations between the above States; and
therefore we do not take upon ourselves to affirm that any
uneasiness arising from the failure of the Noble L"
mission ought to. be of a political character. That his
Lordship is far from being likely to succeed, we believe.
to be. the opinion of persons the most accuratelyinformed.
'The Emperor Don Pedro, end his republican antagonist,
Signor Rivadavia, arc said to be equally determined againat
conceding the grand point at issue--namely, on one side the
independence of Mente-Video, on the other its annexation
to Brazil. Neither from urgency. of personal motive,. nor
from considerations of public justice, can we see that Pedro
Ought _to he supported by the general feelings of mankind
in, such a cause: With regard to the more immediate
obieet of the. Aver, what, could the ,Britzilian Government,
gain by acquiring such a post as Monte-Video, beyond the '
addition of a distant province' to an empire already more
than forty, tithes too extensive for the number' of its inha-
bitants, and if fully peopled, perhaps equally above the
means of a' single' power fixed at Rio Janeiro to retain it
in obedience and integrity ? -Monte-Video indeed, if sub-
ject to Brazil, would be a thorn in the side of the Repub-
lican'', of La,Plata. Either as a garrison, or a harbour for
men-of-war, or a nest of privateers, or a general depot fOr
the implements of annoyance and molestation, there is no
conceiving the degree to which that town and territory
might serve the purposes of a mortal enemy to Buenos-
Ayres, and place in his hands a check upon the republic,
ofe nature the most intolerable. But, surely the wresting
of such offensive advantages from a neighbour, is anythink
but alustifiCation den appeal to arms. If we look at the
question as it ought to he reasoned upon by a .citizen of
BuenOs-Ayees; the'importance of the prize would alone be
sufficient to attest' the legitimacy of the struggle. To the
republic, Monte-Video is a strictly defensive and necessary
outpost. If she loses the command of the river on that
side, Peenos-Ayres, the capital of an extensive state, be-
comes herself a frontier town—a circumstance which can
never,pc contemplated but as pregnant with anxiety and
danger. •But, apart from urgent policy, affecting the
natioeid repose, we are induced to think that the justice
of the ease is against theßrazilian Emperor. The Banda
Oriental was considered a Spanish province, until military
posseslion was taken of it by PortugaL'on grounds which
were never admitted by Spain, and which, so far as
the internal policy of Buenos Ayres are concerned, cannot
be said to exist any longer. The people, moreover, of
the Monte :Video territory have declared themselveil
openly against the pretensions of Brazil, and demanded a
re-union with their ancient fellow-citizens, However,
Pedro:is brit iii youth, and superb in royalty; nor will he
be move apt auto other potentates " to listen to reason"
until the time may have passed away for profiting by it.
With 'respect to the actual means of the parties at the seat
of war, the Brazilian Government is, us to ships of war,
numerically stronger than its enemies, The squadron of
the Emperoroiceording to accounts brought by his Ma-
jesty's ship _Briton, Sir M. Maxwell, consists of ten ves-
sels, well , equipped, and was blockading Buenos Ayres.
The Republican force, of not above three or four effective
ships, was conumented by a gallant 'Englishman, named
Brown, and was expected, after the arrival of three other
vessels, which we have already'said, were 'purchased from
the Chilians,: to be capable of dealing with the blockaders.
A blockade, by the way, is one 'of those cobwebs which
the strong break through, while only the weak are caught.
A man of war of the United States of North America
lately violated this prerogative Of Don Pedro, and has
given rise to much uneasiness in some quarters,lest an in-
discreet expression of resentment on his 'part may tend to
commit him with the Anglo4merican power. Isis Ma~
jesty would find Mr. Quincy Mains to the full as intrac-
table, we doubcas the PreSident of Buenos-, Ayres. A
proposition made, with pacific views, to Don Pedro, that
Monte Video should be erected into a free port under
the protection of this country, is not . thought likely
to. succeed, in , the actual tempee of his Majesty.
We find few facts of importance in the papers froni
Rio de Janeiro, brought by his Majesty's ship firiton.—
On the 13th of June the EMperor Don Pedro left the ca-
pital for bis country residence of Santa Cruz.: The Dierie
Fiumineeseof the 12th of June contains au account of tine
proceedingS of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies on the
Bth of the same month. Itis stated in an introductory para-
graph that a first attempt at publishing the debates of that
body has tints been made; but the editors express their regret
for not giving the debatei of the Senate, and excuse
themselvee,by Stating, that they had no reporter iff that
assembly, not being able to find any person who would
venture, on the task. The business 'which occupied ,the
Chamber. of Deputies on the Bth was the consi-
deration of the Report from the Committee of Commerce,
Agriculture, Manufactures, and Navigation, on a proposal
for passing a law to oblige 'the-Government and religious
corporations to conatime articles manufactured in Brazil.—
The committee recommended the rejection of the pro-
posed law. The only thing remarkable in the discussion
was, that some members Wasted of the extent of the Bra-
zilian manufactures, and the necessity of protecting them I
—The Wiajority, however, esmaidered the propo-
sal an attack on the freedom rif commerce, and the re-
commendation of the committee was 'adoptel.----Times.
It will soon be necessary, we suspect, .to set apart one
day in the week, or, at least, an hoer or two each day, for
a regular judicial, combat bet Ween the.' Lori Chancellor and
his Vice. Nothing can be More inconvenient and unsatis-
factory thitlithe mode itt.which these two elevated person-
ages conduct their warfare at present. They are obliged
to aim at each other from their respective' Gelid's, and a
considerable interval,' therefore, takes place; 'hiring which
they are kept in a state of vtinfor sitsperice as to the ef-
fect likely to be prodeced by their blows., A battle fought
in this way is like the Chess-riaiteli played between Edin-
burgh and-London. If die parties were allowed AO op-
portunity
out in a smart einiffiet, they
-of7.likbsing it fairly
would quietly disposed towards each other
probably be as A
school-boye niter smart set-to.
afterwards its a couple Of
These observations have been elicited from us by the pro-
ceedings in the esterday, in which the Lord
Chancellor retaliated, ou .ndversary---shisli.mina.abrilitytt
discover his principle, by thaexpreesion of a
inabi-
lity to understood the reason winch governed,i_ hit! 11,
in ordering a certain step to be taken: I be Bat, on these
,'lleiems to 'understand admirably the system of
.„,
entering On, winch is pursued in combats of a more 11"_"?is.
ble character in. this couPtryi"*''Mr Heald drew out his

Lordship by observing, with respect to a certain mode of
proceeding, that-
- " His Honour did not, however, seem to be much impressed
by this point. when the matter was heard before him, perhaps
because the Great Seal wait not under his own, immediate direc-
tion (his Lordship smiled, 'and the Learned thurisel proceeded
with the statement of the facts, as they appeared upon the petition)
His Htmottr's order was, that the bankrupt be at liber-
ty to proceed with the action, .and refused to outpace& the Com-
mission.
"The Lord ' Chancellor asked' why his Henour had di-
rected the action to be tried?"-_[Na direct answer being given,
'his Lordship repeater' the questron]...—Mr. Hart said, "he could
not answer it, Ile had a difficulty in answering for himselfsome-
times, much more for others." His Loaship added, significant-
ly, *‘ He only thought some Learned Counsel might have been in
possession 'of the reason Whinh governed' his Honour in making
such an order. He professed that he was wholly unable to un-
derstand it."
Now-when the Vice-Chancellor professed his inability
to discover the principle of the decision in the rase ex-pane
Sillitoe, the leading men at. the bar all set to work to find
it, out. Mr. Hart made even a tolerably long speech on
the occasion, only he fell into the mistake of joining toge-
ther premises and a 'conclusion not exactly Suited to each
other. But-here even Mr. Hart was dumb. Nnonehad
had a word to say for the Vice-Chancellor.—MOrning
Chronicle. • . •
Recogniaing, as we do, the. Aristocracy as an essential
and fundamental part of the English Constitution, in ac-
cordance with the maxim of monarchy, "-No monarch, no
nobility; no nobility, no monarch ;" it is not unimportant
to observe the, conduct of the members of that privileged
Class, as, it may indicate either a tendency to an undite
subserviency to the Tbrene, or an equally dangerous incli-
nation towards the democratic portion of the State. 'What-
ever maybe said as to the 'adequacy or inadequacy of the
Representative System, (of which, although we have an
opinion, it is not necessary at this time to express it), of
this we arc quite satisfied, that the people of England pos-
sess at this moment as great a power as is consistent either
with the principles of the Constitution or the welfare of
the empire. The moral power that is exercised over
every department by the influence of public opinion and
the press, the strength of which, is constantly accelerating
by `the gradual progress of knoWledge, is more than suffi-
cient to cOmpensate for any defectiveness. in the mode by
which the House of Commons is constituted; and is by
its growing tendency calculated to -destroy the equilibrium
essential to be maintained. between the three estates of
which the Constitution consists. If this be-so—and if,
as we unfeignedly believe it is, the existence of a nobility
is indispensable to the preservation of that pre-eminent
and unique' form of Government which is established in
this country—then it beComes no let;s the interest of the
people than the duty of the Aristocracy that the latter
should uphold that distinctness of character which is as-
signed to them by the laws. Whenever English Noble-
men shall become merchants and petty traders, dabblers in
the funds, and the associates of public peculators, it will
then require no gift' of prophecy to foretel the early ex-
tinction of their body: - The Aristocracy have already been
taunted
-by the Whig leaders of being but little, if any, in
advance of the people in knowledge and intellectual at-
taimnents ; . they have been told that the march of mind
was not to be impeded, and that. the Democrats would
soon tread npon the heels of Lords and Dukes. This at
least indicates what is the quo aninto of those persons; but
while the proud Peerage of Britain- continue to perform
those important functions which their high station devolves
upon theraand while they patronize the arts and sciences
in their practical application to the benefit' of the State,
without mixing themselves up with mere adventurers, that
have no other than pecuniary gain for their .object---we
.shall never-be alarmed at- the mathematical calculations of
a journeyman weaver; of the classical erudition of an attor-
ney's clerk...ln writing thus, we: are not insensible to the
great stimulus which the sanction of noble names give, to
any enterprise, whether of a commercial or of a general
character. Indeed, it is this very power which the coun-
tenance they give to any' undertaking possesses that makes
us doubly anxious not to see their names Connected-with
unholy things ; for, no sooner does that happen than the
moral and just influence of rank and authority is lost; and
a moat humiliating familiarity is assumed. We 'eetitld
quote examples ; -but we forbear, in the hope that these
remarks. will not be altogether useless.—Britiala Press.

A gross instance of that system of adulteration which irn.!
fortunately too much prevails in this country, was brought
under the notice of the Sitting Alderman lately at Guild-
hall. • It was stated by an individual, whose ,family had
been seized with sudden illness, that on analysing the
bread, which had been sold to them as wheaten ,bread,
one-fourth of it consisted of chalk, and the remainder did
. e.
not contain even a particle of wheat flour. W have no
doubt that many of the Complaints whieh,prevail at times
in particular districts, and for which no gond cause can
he assigned, are produced by similar, nefarious practices.
However desirable it is that such men should be brought
to punishment„ and that the public should be protected
against their avarice and unprincipled' contrivances, it
must, appear to every one that, in the present. state, of the
country, no.radical cure for the evil can be devised. The:
high price of any commodity gives rise to smuggling ante
adulteration. Our enormous taxes, the seventy millions a'
year, 'raise the prices of every article of consinption;
and, so long as they continue, we must
.have not only •
dear, but adulterated flour. If we could, li)t any 7 possi-
bility, get rid of one half of these taxes,• and if wheat and,
wine, and the other necessaries and luxuries of life, were
reduced to nearly the same price which they bring in other
countries, we should hear less of adulteration and sMug-,'
Hng, and have less to pay to doetors, and nothing' at all
to preventive service men,--Morning Herald:

Orie,of the most important, and, jutting from its rarity,
one of the most difficult attainments in the judicial diame-
ter, is:the faculty of keeping the judgment suspended till
all the radii and bearings of a ease are made known and
developed. 'For want. of this, great injustice is continually
done to suitors in civil. eases, as well as to prisoners and
prosecutors in criminal ones; while the talents of the
Judge and the discrimination of •the Jury. antler alike in
general estimation. The, late Master of the Rolls, thy
present Sir William Grant, to whose high attainments
we. had Occasion" to 'refer only a few days since, was a
model in'this respect, as hi most others. It is related of
him, that a country gentleman who had heard of his high
reputation as a judge, and wishing to witness the excel-
lence he had heard so much commended, attended one
Whole evening at the Rolls for that'purpose, when a long
and intricate cause was before his Honour ; but, to his
great disappointment, the only words he heard the Judge
utter Were, once directing the usher to " snuff the candles!"

How opposite, is such an instance of patient" attentiOtf to
that eternal habit of interruption, that endless volubility,
and the practice of jumping to conclusions before the means
of forming them can have been elicited, which those who
frequent; our Courts are so. often doomed to witness.
Quickness' ins a very shbory quality, but not, if
.Unre-
strained, n very desirable one in, a Judge,' and, in fact,
leads to Mike appeals, re-hearings, and new trials, and is
therefore yin. the end, more productive of real tardiness
than any quality whatever, besides engendering, a love of
display, which: is What, above all things, Judges and Ma-
gistrates:should be:careful not to fall: into. We have beard
of a Judge on a Circuit going .y some nick-name,
.from
haying boasted—good-naturedly perhaps—how quickly,
he
could " knOck off" the 'trial's. .13tit this, which omy he
sport to the Ear; 'is not so to those whose fate and- w./1940
interests depend upon such ill-timed rapidity. It may all-
peat sbigular,- to, be,sure, that While .the general complaint
iunst the
ag
t!lowneee of :judicial; proceedings, any one
Sj)loilld complain of too much despatch. It is impossible,
I:w_eyer, for any observant frequenter of our Courts not
tpt,stee that the evils, (ippOsite as they, are are yet CO
' The real cause of delay is imputable, not to the
I I (ipo, but to the Counsel al
id Attorneys. 'These two
I
taro not: how soon an existing proceedinf det
upatehed; provided: they of the very despatch,
raise'neve and fresh g'ro2..-11174"foro"btringilig the matter again,
and again before the 41::°art, The only proceeding they

dread is the last. Hence arise half the new trials, the re-
hearings, the appeals, petitions, and arrests of judgment,
with which the Courts are so continually occupied. In
criminal justice, and in summary proceedings before Ma-
gistrates, the evil is still more apparent, and the result is,
that in the'one ease, the Secretary of State has in effect to
re-try half the capital convicts, and in the latter, either the
Judges of the Sessions have to revise so many f the hasty
decisions, which more time and consideration, in the first
instance, would have set right." For these evils the great
remedy would be patience. ,lf, instead of talking and in-
terrupting, and coming to half-informed conclusions, per-
sons in judicial situations would learn to listen, and then
decide, they would greatly consult their own
,reputation,
and more effectually promote the ends of public justice.—
Ibid.