The Sun.
London, England, 1829-08-10 00:00:00

" The Author of the Sectarian has shewn an intimate
knowledge of human nature, and a power of unfolding the
passions and unseen workings of the heart, in a great
variety of situations, and in numerous combinations of cir-
cumstances. He engages our interest at once, and his
characters are distinct, well-marked, and in good keeping.
He is a perfect master of the slang and cant of our modern
saints, and, from the discoveries which he makes, he must
have been behind the scenes, and seen their goings on
when they met in deep divan, as well as traced with an
accurate observation, and a discriminating judgment, the
mischief they are doing among individuals and families."—
Edinburgh Literary Gazette.
Printed for Henry Colburn, 8, New Burlington-street.

This day was published in Three Vols., post Bro. price

11. 11n. 6d.

RICHELIEU, a TALE of the COURT
of FRANCE.

" This new and striking story of the • French Court,
which is exciting so much interest, commences with the
last year of the reign, as it may be termed, of the Cardinal
de Richelieu, who governed not only Louis XIII., but all
France with a &spode and resistless sway. Among the
numerous characters introduced are the King, his C►nsort,
Anne of Austria; her Majesty's Dame d'Hopneur, Clara
de Hauteford, a former flame of the King's; the Duc
d'Orleans ; the Cardinal's great friend and coadjutor, Cha-
vigni ; their corrupt tool, Lafemas, the Marquis de Fon=
trailles ; Cinq-Mars ; de Thou, &c. The ostensible hero
is the Count de Blenau, Chamberlain to the Queen ; the
heroine Mademoiselle de Beaumont."--Morning Journal.
Printed for Henry Colburn, 8, New Burlington-street.

THE COURT JOURNAL.

The whole impression of this new and popular Weekly
Journal being now stamped, subscribers may receive and
transmit it to their friends, Postage Free, throughout all
parts of the kingdom.
The occupations, engagements, and amusements of the
higher classes of society had long required a record ; and they
found it in the Court Journal. The fete champkre, the
sumptuous banquet, the concert, the soiree, the ball, the
public and private habits of royal and noble life, those
habits which give the tone to manners throughout the em-
pire, were depicted with a freshness and accuracy hitherto
unattempted.
But something more was still required to realize the
original idea of the publication. It was hitherto the Jour-
nal of an elevated but exclusive class; the purpose was to
render it available to all classes, retaining its anecdote,
pleasantry, and spirit of high life, but making it the vehicle
of intelligence of every interesting kind ; the companion
not only of the boudoir but of the breakfast table and the
study,—a Journal in which not merely the woman of
fashion might find the round of her engagements for the
week brought gracefully before her eye; but the politician,
the student, and the various orders of intelligent society
might find the species of information suited to their pur-
poses respectively ; thus rendering the Court Journal a
WEEKLY NEWSPAPER. of an improved and valuable
nature.

This desideratum has now, under the new arrangements,
been attempted, and, it is hoped, accomplished, and the
consequent success of the work has been complete.
Tiie COURT JOURNAL is published every SATUR-
DAY MORNING, on a handsome stamped sheet of Six-
teen Quarto Pages, containing 48 columns, price 10d., and
may consequently be received on Sunday in all parts of
the country, postage free.
Published for Henry Colburn, by W. Thomas, at the
Office, 19, Catheriae-street, Strand.
Orders are received by all Booksellers and Newsvenders
throughout the Kingdom.
N.B. Advertisements or orders sent from the country
to the Office must be accompanied by a reference for pay-
ment in London.

THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM OF DEMERARA

AND BERBICE.

The second Report of the Commissioners of
Inquiry into the administration of criminal and
civil justice in the West Indies and South Ame-
rican colonies, which relates to the judicial sys-
tem of Demerara and Berbice, has been the sub-
ject of some remarks in the Guiana Chronicle,
a Demerara paper, from whence it would appear
that the suggestions of the Commissioners har-
monize extremely well with public opinion in
that colony, though " persons of experience and
professional knowledge" there entertain, as may
be expected, opinions decidedly opposed to the
theoretical reforms proposed in the Report. For
example : the existing mode of taking evidence,
under the old Dutch system, is by written inter-
rogations, whereby all the obvious advantages of
a viva voce examination and cross-examination,
suggested by the Commissioners, are totally lost.
Nevertheless, the learned personages of most
weight in those colonies, including the majo-
rity of the Court at Berbice, are opposed to
this innovation, and consider that all the
expence, delay, and inconvenience of the
old system should be submitted to rather
than the horrors of a change should be in-
curred. It is remarkable too, that the practice
of taking written instead of parole evidence, is
contrary, not only to reason but to law. There
is an article in the rules for " managing the pro-
ceedings" of the commissary courts at Demerara,
which declares that " no pleadings in writing
shall be admitted in this court ;" which, by virtue
of a false but convenient rendering from Dutch
into English, has been made to declare the con-
trary. These commissary courts, it seems, arc
great nuisances to the poor of the colony, for
whose benefit they were expressly intended ; and
the aforegoing rule is not the only one intro-
duced with a view of obviating their abuse which
has been neglected. The practice of employing
counsel and attornies, and of charging fees for
them in costs, against the opposite party, is, ac•