The Sun.
London, England, 1818-07-07 00:00:00

OFFICE OF COMMON PLEADER.

A discussion aroAe upon the question, whether
the office of Common Pleader, become vacant by
the arty!, of IV. IV3lsoti, Esq. should be put up
to public sale, according to usage, or be rendered
elective.

Mr. DisoN objected to the practice of putting
up the piece to sale, upon the ground that all 4)1...
fices connected with the Administration ofJcastice
should be free, and that by election a man was
bound in gratitude to perform the duties required
of hint.

Mr. FAVE4 said, that by disposing of the office
. sale Abe 0141,1 the . right elec.!
:ion, which be trusted would not be meddled
with. •

Alderman GOODB6IIIiRK was for making sale of
the. place, but not by auction, as an objectionable
person might get in by that means. The vigi-
lance of a win could not he so well secured as
by throwina a deeper responsibility upon him than
mere gratitude. Selling the place by public
auction might introduce a bidder of bad charac-
ter, and the influence of the Court should be par-.
Ocularly avoided.

Mr. I)IxoN observed, that more was'to he ap-
prehended-from the infinence of a Committee
but, hi fact, either should be guarded against.
It was then carried by show of hands, that the
!Ada* should be disposed of by election.

EYRNING PUBLICATION. - Our letters from
Maryborough continue to afford us the pleasing
intelligence of Mr. Pole's victory over his op-
-I.),;tients. It would he a new era in the character
of, that Family, who are " Irishmen► in their
golds," to use their favoutite expression, ".ere
tiny other fate to attend them than success.
Ai the close of the Poll.yesterday evening the
numbers wet e

Pole
I).lrnel • 1468
Coot,
I)outte

• The gallant Genk,ral must not he offended tvith
us for calling hit►) a stalking horse to the worthy
Baronet—we early-predicted the distancing of the
one, as we now do the complete foundering of the
other, and the gallant General will, at the close
of the Contest, be simply " p,alloprig:,areary
Dunne !' The odds, which were 20 to 21 at start-
ing, are now 100 to l in favour of the People's
Friend and Protector, the Hon. W. W. Pole—.
" may every success attend him," is the-cry of
every one, frost► the child to the aged and infirm,
who exist under his fostering care and beneficence.
The cry i " POLS AND VI CTORY .!'—(llibernian
Journal, July 3 )

A letter from 'Frankfort, dated Jame 26, says—
" Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess
Maria hdowna, sister to his Majesty the Em-
peror of Russia, Hereditary Grand Duchess of
Saxe-Weimar, was happily delivered of a Pricier
on the 24th of this roont 11, to the great joy of the
it hole Grand Docal House."

The Duke of YORK, n Thursday last, reviewed
the lit Ilitta.lion of Gienadier Guards, gnartered
at Wwilsor, in the Great Kit k. This fine
corps perforated tier
.evoktions with the grew est
precision, aild.were honoured with the warmest
praises of the Royal Comm,.., ler in Chief.
During the Bit et ion for the County of Somer-
set, a quantity of loons, fillets of veal and
beef, was 3,I1( daily, ready dressed to Ilchester,
and the Contest terminating sooner than was
expected, an inonen.e weight .of provisions
was, in consequence, ilistributedimongst the pri-
soners in the county jail, and the poor of the
abowc town, and Bath.

NATIONAL, MEDALS.

FOR 'I'fIE SUN.

•
Enrroil,-,--Being a Collector of Meths,
floc of rarity and ostentati,•n, hut as
records of ilishiry and specimens Of Art, I have
been much gratified with the discriminatitig !to-
rtee which you have frequently bestowed upon the
series of Medals now engraving under the direc-
tion of Mr. Morna, to record the National
Trimlylts by Sea and Land in the late spleinii,i
and eventful War, though I suspect. that you ate
little aware of the extent of the'claims which the
spirited tolividual who has undertaken the corn-
Het ion, of this national record has upon the pub-
lic for support and encouragement; nor should
myself, but from having once had to ascertain the
cost of striking a Medal to the Memory of Mr.
PITT ; and judging front that endertakiug„ I
shied,' say that the hare expellee of engraving
Dies for the se; ies would heat least five thousand
pounds ; after which comes tire expense of laboar
and metal in striingriteMedels—perhaps as much
more; and even, this' is a trifle, compared with chit
difficulties of procurifigArtists, so as to continue
with the rapidity with, Which this undertaking has
hitherto proceeded. In the short space of about
two years, 25 different M'edals have been puidish-
ed, mad my Medallist infOrMs me that four or
five new ones will very shortly make their appear-
ance—among which are those of our lannortal
NELSON, and the Hero of Acre, Sir SIDNEY.
SMITH. It nay 6'6-said that these great men need
no assistance from Medals, and that the memory
of their actions will 'always be their splendid
monuments. But this is a short-sighted specula=
Iron. ,Tradition, it many events
trout oblivion, but it generally 'militates and dis-
figures, and .not unfreqnently, though the tradi-
tion in irart exists, the event trout which it
is derived
,becomes perfectly lust, of which I re-
member au instance in Ireland. Hearing a
peasant say to another, " The Curse of Crom-
well on' you," I enquired what it. meant : he
said he did not know, but it was something very
dreadful. No doubt this was a proverhial expres-
sion arising front that Usurper's severities. 'His-
tory, therefore, is• indispensably necessary for the
truth and accuracy of the record of events, and, tO
it has been frequently proved, there can be no re-
cord equal in durability to Medals ; nor should it be
omitted, in our view of the undertaking, to no-
tice the powers and qualifications which should
be combined to enable act engraver of Medals to
do justice to his subject. I -would refer your
Readers, on this point, to the Memoir of the late
Mr. WTota, of his Majesty's Mint, in the Gentle-
-711171.8 Magazine of February last, and here briefly
remark, that the famed NAPOLEON series is ri-
valled by the English, for the variety and emi-
nence of ,the talents concentrated in it. Let us
hope that, with so much merit in his undertaking,
Mr. Muhta• t: ill not he disappointtal •io the pa-
tronage which he sulicits from the Public, who
in granting it, while they indulge in an elegant
gratification, will at the same time reward the
bold and meritorious exertions of an individual to
identify the recent actions of his Country with alt
that is useful, splendid, and durable, and to make
Gestus slid Aar the attending handmaids of
HISTORY. R. S.

*** We ere stirpriSe4l that our Correspondent
has nut recommended the inlrOduction of the Im-
mortal PITT among this series of National Me-
dals, for if it had nut been for perseverance in sup-
port of his system, Mitt°Pe might still have
groaned under Gallic Oppression.