The Sun.
London, England, 1820-03-31 00:00:00

Eca TIIE SUS.

MR. EDlTOR—Westminster is highly honoured,
to be sure, in her two Representatives ; one has
just come out of a jail, and the other is just going
into one. The time of WILKES has indeed come
round upon us, when a prison is the best pass-
port into the Legislature.
The precedent will, I hope, be acted upon in
all its parts. I hope that the House of Commons
will too highly regard its own dignity and its own
purity, to suffer the convicted Author of a seditious
Libel to disgrace its society. The Libeller should
be expelled ; and if re-elected, expelled again.
Should his radical constituents persist in sending
him back to the insulted Legislature, their votes
should be considered as thrown away upon a dis-
qualified, and therefore incapable, convict; and the
next Candidate on the poll should be declared
duly elected.

If the House of Commons does its duty, Easter
Monday's pageant will be what it ought to be—
a mockery: It would have a better effect on Satur-
day, when Sir FRANCIS BURDETT'S chairing might
be suitably solemnized upon APRIL FOOL'S D.Y.
PINCH.

FOR THE SUN.

MR. EDITOR--The termination of HUNT'S Trial
now permits our comment. He stands convicted
of " assembling with unlawful banners an unlaw.
" fnl meeting, for the purpose of exciting the
" Ki6rs Subjects to contempt and hatred of the
" Government and Constitution." \Vitb such a
convict forbearance is unnecessary—l hold no
terms with sedition.

His intention of seeking a new Trial cannot
rerlace l'i;,11 in a state of accusation, until a new
-Trial he granter! him. lam not to pause upon
my expression of Mr. HUNT'S criminality during
Mr. HUNT'S convenience.

Upon his Trial, this convict said a great deal
about his respect for the Laws. With the indul-
gence. or the credence of the Judge, 1 have no
concern. Mr. HuNT's profession of loyalty, how-
ever, was not for the first time advanced at the
Bar of the York Court. It sprung up in the last
summer, about the time when Alderman ATKINS
bad been meddling enough to know somewhat
about the Smithfield arrangements. The Orator
then cut with the Committee of Two Hundred ;
and, from "fighting in the front," and such other
belligerent phrases, he suddenly came down to
" respecting the Laws." - We may thank, per-
haps, that much calumniated Magistrate, that
the Manchester Meeting was softened down from
open treason into the pretence of a constitutional
assembly. Mr. HUNT may join in the thanks.—
It is a minor annoyance to be convicted of SEDI-
TION only.

Is the Banner forgotten, or its inscription
" HE THAI' HATH NOT A SWORD, LET HIM SELL
" HIS CLOAK, AND BUY ONE."—Has Mr. HUNT'!,;
York loyalty so counter-revolutionized his brain
that he can remember no such device ?—Have the
weapons of the Cato street stores negatived its
fulfilment ?

To me, th_e whole business is clear and straight
forward —Until Alderman ATKINS chewed symp-
toms of discovery, i'ir. HUNT stewed none of
hesitation. If be has stopt short in the course,
wherein less cautious Reformers have pushed on,
I adm;re his discretion. But his conviction for=
bids the inference, that be never entered upon it.
On any subsequent trials, Mr. HUNT may be as
decorous and as loyal as be pleases. He may pay
and receive compliments by wholesale. But rash
associates and detected conspiracies, though spe-
cial motives for decorum and loyalty, are not the
strongest teats of sincerity.
MEMOR.

The letters from Lisbon received yesterday
morning state, that the Government there had
detached a vessel with all the particulars of the
Spanish Revolution to the Court at Rio Janeiro.
Fears were entertained that the Portuguese
might follow the example of the ppaniards, in
demanding some cbange in their present Consti-
tution.

Yesterday the Lord Bishop of LONDON per-
formed Divine Service in the Royal Chapel of St.
James's Palace, and afterwards held a Confirma-
tion upon several of the sons and daughters of the
Nobility.
The Conspirators' confined in the Tower were
yesterday visited by their relatives, &c. and in
general, seemed perfectly composed and cheerful.
Yesterday a Gentleman presented himself to
Mr. BIRNIR, while sitting on the Bench, and paid
the sum of 171. 15s. which had been collected in
the City of Gloucester, at one 'shilling each per-
son, in aid of the Fund to reward the Officers
employed on that occasion.
WAawicx, MARCH 30.—The Trial of Major
CARTWRIGHT and others, at these Assizes, .on a
charge of conspiracy, is not likely to come on until
Saturday or Monday.
We understand that Mr. HARRIS has finally
concluded his treaty for, the Dublin Theatre. He
is to pay on annuity of 3,6001. of which 6001.
is to be enjoyed by Mr. JoNrEs, and the remain-
der by the other proprietors and creditors of the
con ce rn (Mo7ning Paper.)