The Sun.
London, England, 1829-01-09 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDGE, J.N. 9.—The Rev; John Brassy,
D.D., late Fellow of Trinity College, and Vicar of
Stotfuld, Bedfordshire, has been elected to the
Lectureship of Enfield, Middlenx.
The Rev. E. P. Ilenslowe, oi' Jesus College,
Curate of Somerset, and Chaplain to
Viscount Hood, has been 4pointed by Lord Beres-
ford to be Chaplain to the Royal Artillery at Wool-
wich.

On Thursday the lst inst., the Lord Bishop of
Peterborough instituted the Rev. John Field, M.A.
to the Rectory of Braybrooke, ht the county of
Northampton, on his own petition, vacant by the
death of the Rev. Robert Young.
At an Ordination recently held by the Bishop
of Winchester, at Farnham Castle, the following gen-
tletnen of this University were ordained :-
DEACONS.—John Daintry, M.A. Trinity College; Geo.
Coleman, B.A. Christ College ; William Jackman, LL. B.
Trinity Hall.
PRIESTS.-Thomas Stevenson, B.A. Trinity College;
and Herbert Smith, B.A. Caine College.

The followiHg gentlemen of this University were
ordained on the Ist inst. by the Bishop of Chi-
chester :

DEAcoxs.—Charles Goring, B.A. Sidney Sussex Col-
lege ; William Leeke, B.A. Queen's college ; Alfred Lyall,
B.A. and Horatio Morgan Rice, B.A. Trinity College.
PniEsTs.—Courthorpe Sims, M.D. and Francis Ed-
ward Thompson, B.A. Trinity College ; Samuel Burnell,
B.A. Queen's College; David B. Baker, B.A. St. John's
College.

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THE LORD ADVOCATE OF SCOTLAND.

The office of Lord Advocate is the highest
and most important, by far, of all the go•.•ernment
offices of Scotland. He is an officer of state, and

his power is so unlimited, that it is controlled
only by his responsibility to the state. In so far
as regards criminal procedure, in relation to which
he is styled " public prosecutor," he may be said
to hold the " keys of life and death ; ' for no
criminal prosecution can be instituted without
his consent. In England there is a " grand
jury" to investigate every matter of a criminal
nature ; and, when they find a " true bill," the
private party is " bound over," as they call it, to
prosecute. But here we have no grand jury.
The preliminary inquiry is made by the " pro-
curator fiscal" of the county within which the
crime is committed. This officer reports the re-
sult of his investigation to the Lord Advocate ;
and, so far from the private party being com-
pelled to prosecute, he hiss not even the power
to do so without consent of his Lordship, to
whose discretion it is left to determine whether
any criminal prosecution shall be instituted, and
whether it shall be at the instance of the " public
prosecutor," or, with his consent, at the instance
of the private party aggrieved.
Such being the powers of the Lord Advocate,
his duty and responsibility are proportionate. It
is the duty of his Lordship to watch over the
safety of the public, both in their persons and
their property, with a jealous care ; and, when-
. ever any rumour of a crime having been corn-
mitted comes to his ear, it is his duty to investi-
gate, by himself or others, the matter to the
bottom, and satisfy himself, and, if necessary, the
public, whether there be any ground for the
rumour ; and when there is ground, and pro-
bable chance of conviction, it is his duty to bring
the accused to trial. And here the Lord Advo-
cate has a double duty to perform ; for the ac-
cused is under his protection as well as the public
in general, and it is his Lordship's duty to judge
impartially between them, and to exercise, with
a sound discretion, the power reposed in him.
This part of his Lordship's duty must often he
matter of great delicacy and difficulty ; and it
must be obvious that it is here that his
great responsibility rests ; for, if he recklessly
and hastily bring a man to trial, without serious
cause, he is guilty of oppression towards the ac-
cused ; and if he willfully and perversely refuse
to bring a man to trial, when there is serious
cause, he is guilty of treachery to the public ;
but for both he is responsible ; and should either
happen, the public voice would be raised, and
would not easily be stiffed. In this awful re-
sponsibility rests the security of the public. It
has hitherto been found sufficient ; and we have
no doubt that it will continue to be so. And

here we may remark, that the relation in which
the Lord Advocate stands to the public seems
to be misunderstood, and that the person holding
the office has not, in our day at least, been re-
garded by the public in his proper light. We
mean the officer—not the individual.

Hitherto the public seem to have regarded
the Lord Advocate as an officer who ought to
be viewed with suspicion and distrust ; and speak
of him as a public enemy, whose interests and
inclinations are altogether opposed to their own.
If conviction follow a trial where public sym-
pathy has been excited on behalf of the ac-
cused, the public prosecutor is loaded with
obloquy, and branded with every term of cruelty
and reproach ; and if acquittal follow a trial
where the public prejudice has been raised against
the accused, the public prosecutor is charged
with partiality and a desire to screen the accused.
In short, wherever the public are dissatisfied,
blame is always imputed to the officers of the
Crown. Now this, we say, is wrong, and in this
respect the public prosecutor is treated with ma-
nifest injustice ; for, instead of being regarded
as a public enemy, or as an officer whose inte-
rests, and duties, and inclinations, are hostile to
the public, he ought to be regarded as the pub-
lic protector and the public friend, and treated
with every demonstration of confidence and en-
couragement. His interests, instead of being
opposed to those of the public, are evidently
identified with them ; and, instead of his being
inclined to persecution and cruelty in the dis-
charge of his duty, it must frequently happen
that the discharge of his duty as a public officer
must be very painful to his feelings as a man ;
and that, if his personal feelings were alone con-
sulted, it would be much more agreeable to plead
for the accused than to crave a verdict against
them.—Scotsman.

FlRE.—This morning, about one o'clock,
the public-house called the Six Cans and Punch-bowl,
High Holborn, was discovered to be on fire, and such was
the:rapidity of the flames, that it was with the utmost diffi-
culty the inm•ites escaped death. In the spare of two
hours the house was reduced to a heap of ruitl9. The
landlord, it is understood, is fully insured.

RAISING FU WIND—A person, rather in
want of the needful, drew an order for 1001. on a banker
in Kirkaldy, a few days since, and carrying it to another
banking-office, requested them to money it, as the coach
was ow the eve of starting. This was complied with ; but,
on presenting the cheque where it was payable, " No ac-
count" was the answer, nor have any tidings been heard of
the person since.—Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle.
On Thursday last, as Mr. Hewitt, a poor
woman residing near Pittville, was pouring some boiling
water into a tea-pot, it broke, and the contents falling apart
her daughter, a child about two years and a half old, she
was so dreadfully scalded, that her death took place o❑
Monday.—Cheltenham Chronicle.

The plan for connecting the ports of Boston,
Lynn, and null, by steam-navigation, will be acted upon
in the ensuing Spring. To ascertain the actual demands
of trade in this line, a steam-vessel will be hired in the first
instance, and a regular establishment be afterwards formed
suited to the public convenisnce.— Stamford Mercury.

BIRMINGHAM.

A pullic meeting was held at Birmingham on
Tuesday, to pass the current accounts for the past.
year. The C,,nstables', Overseers', and Head-
borough's bills met with little opposition. The
High Bailiff's account, amounting to 1,1471., was
opposed by some of the most influential men in Bir-
mingham. One of its items was 1,050/. for the ex-
pences of a deputation to London to obtain the
transfer of the Borough of East Retford to Birming-
ham. This deputation was appointed by a public
meeting held in June, 1827, and its powers were
limited to the furnishing of local information on the
purposed transfer to Members of Parliament. The
town felt extremely the hardship of paying monies,
the outlay of which the inhabitants had not sanc-
tioned, and perhaps this indignant feeling was in-
creased by the circumstance that East Retford is not
yet disfranchised, and that even if the transfer of the
borough rites take place, Birmingham will not be
benefited by it. Mr. Russell (one of the lower
class, but a most intelligent man, who was examined
before the House of Commons in March, 1828,
against the transfer to Birmingham) opposed the
charges in question, and suggested the hardship of
imposing a fifth levy, or a sum equal to it, for the
poor rate payers. Mr. Bird, a lawyer and gentle-

man of much information, tact, and talent, also op-
posed the charges. Finally, they were passed, but
a hint was thrown out that they would be appealed
against. The town has been very much interested
in the discussion of this (to it) highly important
question.

TIIE STAFFORD BARONY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

StR,--I beg to inform you of your mistake in
stating, in your Paper, that Mr. Cooke who died was
the claimant to the Stafford Barony ; he was brother
to the claimant, Mr. Richard Stafford Cooke, and
who is now actively prosecuting his claims. lam
not informing you of this from hearsay-, but from
my own knowledge, and by your inserting this you
will oblige, Sir, your obedient humble servant,

W. JOHNSON, New gender.

83, Garden-row, London-road,
Scuthwark. Jan. 8, 1829.

COLOSSEUM.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Stu,—From the numerous applications now daily
made for information respecting that part of my un-
dertaking, which is intended for the use of Annual
Subscribers only, and as that department cannot be
correctly understood without inspection, I propose
to issue, for a short period, a very limited number
of Tickets daily, at a sovereign each, which will ad-
mit a party of four to a partial view of the interior
of the Colosseum, the rooms preparing for the An-
nual Subscribers, and the Conservatories.

Tickets for Wednesday next, and the following
days, may be had at the North Lodge of-the Colos-
seum ; at Sums's, Library, St. James's-street ; and
at Richardson's, Royal Exchange.
I am, Sir, your very obedient servant,
Jan. 8, 1829. THOMAS HOll NON.

A lIINT TO MARINERS.

'l'o THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sut,—Being at sea some little time ago our
pumps got choked, which being a most dangerous
circumstance, I found by hoisting them up a foot or
eighteen inches from the bottom, and lashing them
so, that they could not choke, and that we kept
them sucking. I wish to give this hint, hoping it
may do some good, for many a good ship has gone
to the bottom of the sea, no doubt through the
same circumstance, or at least they are obliged to
bear up for some harbour•, or run on shore through
very great risks. Your's truly, •
Loadon, Jan. 7. C. T.

With reference to an article which appeared in
" The S 7111" paper of Friday the 211 inst., under the bead
of "Police," relating to Mrs. Stamp Sutton Cooke, now
under sentence of transportation, we are authorised an re-
quested on the part of Lord Stafford, to say that the whole
of the statements contained in that article, so far as his
Lordship is mentioned, are totally false and groundless in
every respect; and we are also authorised by Sir Richard
Birnie, to state that he has made inquiries at the Home
Secretary of State's Office, and has ascertained that no ap-
lication has been made for a commutation of Mrs. Cooke's
sentence, or otherwise respecting her, either by Lord Staf-
ford, or by any other person of rank or respectability.

THE WEEKLY DISPATCH.--The Proprie-
tors of this Journal beg to acquaint the public, that not-
withstanding both 'Mr. Richard Taylor's steam-engine
machines have been continually employed in printing the
DISPATCH since Friday Evening last, the supply has been
insufficient to answer the immense demand for that paper;
and in order to accommodate those persons who have
hitherto been disappointed in obtaining the first number of
the ENLARGED SERIES OF THE DISPATCH, and may still
wish to obtain the same, together with the ENGRAVING,
which is given GRATIS to every purchaser, the proprietors
will continue the publication throughout the present week.
—Dispatch Office, 139, Fleet-street.

The Calendar at the sessions for this county,
which commenced at Wells on the 12th instant, will be
unusually heavy. It is expected that the number of
prisoners will amount to one hundred and forty.—Bath
Chronicle.

STATE OF TRADE.—The new year has
commenced unfavourably for our manufactures; business
in every branch of the cotton trade being at present ex-
ceedingly dull. The prices of yarn, however, do not ex-
hibit any tendency to fall, thbugh the demand is so limited.
Piece goode have reached the lowest point to which low
wages, low materials, and no profits can be supposed to re-
duce them, and we ale sorry to add, that even these terms
do not tempt buyers to come into the market. We are
sorry to add that the silk trade partakes of the dulness of
the cotton trade. There has been a turn-out of cotton
spinners at Stockport for higher wages ; but it is not likely
that they will succeed in obtaining an advance at a time
when the market pike of yarn will barely cover prime
cost. The spring is, however, approaching, and we hope,
notwithstanding the unpromising state of the market at
present, that we shall soon have to announce a considerable
imprevetnent both in the demand and price of our mann-
factures.—Manchestcr Poper.

ROYAL. MECHANIST AND TIME-KEEPER.
—A respectable watch and clock maker of this town, who
bad been recently honoured with the influential patronage
of his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, naturally
emblazoned the auspicious event in handsome gold letters
on the outside of his boutique; but in a manner that
would produce a smile even from his Royal Highness him-
self, should ho ever be aware of the circumstance. By a
mistake of the painter, or of his employer, the announce-
ment rrads in the following singular manner :—" His Royal
Highness the Duke of Gloucester, Maker and Coaductor of
the Public Clocks."—Cheltenham Chronicle.

FEMALE INTREPIDITY.--Ott the 26th tilt.,
a woman named Janet Anderson, when returning from Fal-
kirk to Aim th Castle, about five o'clock in the evening, with
a large bundle upon her back, was attacked near the South-
gate by a fellow, seemingly Irish, who goes about the
country with books. After knocking her down, and kick-
ing her severely, the ruffian, with a sharp knife, attempted
to cut away her pocket ; but although the instrument pe-
netrated through her stays, and cut up her petticoat, the
pouch being attached by a strong cord, was not got at.—
During the struggle Janet recovered her wonted presence
of mind, and starting to her feet, she seized the fellow by
the handkerchief and held him so frmly, that he fell to the
ground almost strangled, when his stout hearted victor
adminiAtered such ample punishment on his ribs, as laid
him quite senseless; but ere assistance could be got, the
tdact.suard had crawled otT,—Scbtman.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S.

The room was not by any means co well attended as on
Monday, owing to the unfavot;rahle st;te of the weather,
and no hu,;ness clone worth notice. In the Oaks the only
olterttinn that was inn de of ant consequence was that on
\'at (Lord Siip',s Nurti,-e,unt:; tiNy) who n,.w stands at
lb to I against her, and bets were freely taken.—Fall
particulars of the present state of odds we subjoin :

DERBY.
to I agst Duke of Rutland's Brother to Mold
16 to 1 apt Mr. Hunter's Catwas colt
16 to 1 agst 31r. Pettit's Posthurna col:
16 to l apt His Majesly's Electress colt (tAa:
16 to 1 agst Lor,l Sligo's Prince Eugene
17 to 1 apt Lord Sefton's Morris Dancer
IS to 1 agst Lord G. Cavendish's Espagnolle e.
19 to 1 apt Lord Jersey's
20 to 1 t,gst Lord Exeter's Augusta cult
20 to I apt Mr. Batson's Loss filly
22 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's The Exquisite
22 to 1 agst Lord Verulani's timbre
35 to 1 apt Lord G. Cavendish's Brother to Sontag
Si, to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Ada colt
40 to 1 apt Lora Egremont's Brother to Lapdog

OAKS.
7 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Green Mantle
7 to 1 ugst Lord Exeter's Varna
12 to 1 apt. Mr. Batson's Luss filly
12 to 1 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Clotilde
12 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Quadrille filly
1S to 1 agst Lord Sligo's Vat (taken)
25 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Sorcery filly

ST. I. EC; a't.
12 to 1 agst Mr. Stephenson 's Voltaire
13 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's Roston
IS to 1 agst Major Yarburgh's Pilgrim
20 to 1 agst Mr. Watts' Wooden-block (taken)
22 to 1 agst Mr. Gibbeson's Lady Sarah
25 to 1 agst Lord Sligo's Prince Eugene
25 to 1 agst Mr. Metre's Colder Will
30 to 1 agst Mr. I)arnell's Stotforth
40 to 1 agst Lord Cleveland's Tainhoff

lIUNTING INTELLIGENCE.
APPOINTMENTS FOR. THE ENSUING WEEK.

The Puckeridge Hounds, on Monday, at Wadesmill ;
Wednesday, at Stanstead, Essex; and Saturday, at Cum-
below—at half-past ten.
The Grander' Hounde, on Monday, at Coton ; and
iday, at Patton Wood—at ten.
The Royston Harriers, on Tuesday, at Pape: Mills,
Shepreth ; and Thursday, at the Red Lion, Reed Mill.
The Worcestershire Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Bishop's
Wood; and Friday, at Bredon-hill—at half-past ten.
Mr. Boycott's Hounds, on Monday, at Chillington;
Thursday, at Woodcote Green; and Saturday, at Island—
at half-past ten.
Mr. DaLesey's Hounda, on Tuesday, at Hope Turnpike;
and Thursday, at Westhide Village—at ten.
The Warwickshire Fox-hot:ride, on Monday, at Snitter-
field—at half-past ten.
The Brighton Harriers, on Monday, at Patchens ; Wed-
nesday, near the Rase Course ; and Friday, at the Dyke—
at half-past ten.
The Brooksido Harriers will continue to meet every
Monday, at Newmarket ; Wednesday, at the Lewes Race
Course ; and Friday, at Tellescambe Tye--at half-past ten.
Mr. Lester's Harriers, on Monday, at Parkstone; Wed-
nesday, at Corfe Hills ; and Saturday, at the hack of Al-
derney Cottage—at half-past ten.
The Somerset Subscription Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at
Ihgborough-house ; and Friday, at Week Park, Stogurscy.
The Anglesea Hounds, on Monday, at Maenaddwyn ;
Wednesday, at Bodedern ; and Friday, at Lianhedr—at
half- past ten.
The Blackraeor Vale Hounds, on Monday, at Point-
ingdon Ridge; and Friday, at Holton-street—at ten.
The Cadbury Harriers, on Wednesday, at Silton ; and
Saturday, at the Down-house.
Sir Rick. Sutton's Hounds, on Monday, at Skelling-
tborpe ; Wednesday, at Newsharn Lodge ; Friday, at
Thanoek Grove ; and Saturday, at Swallow Cross-roads
—at eleven.