The Sun.
London, England, 1820-09-21 00:00:00

tiJitAORY THOUGHTS.

MR. EDi4OR-Mr; Sergeant assiow's‘
if -ea-riled', would certainly have made thiugs get
on a little faster !
Ttie punning fri4rids of a certain pdgitivegen-

tleman lament that his name is nd-t Daiid, or
Daniel; as it might then be appropiiately
tinized. CRAM ,

The TWELVE complain of a Conspiracy; but)

:if we are to judge -from. similarity of languagei
they must be the Conspirators; as no less thad
SEVEN of these political -Cuckoos all rung the
same changes on " a degraded King;-:--degraded
Queen-Parliament—Conntrys" &c. &c.
The QUEEN in livr famous letter demanded it
.Trial by Twelve honest men—the minority of
Monday night agreed exactly in number—we
cannot answers politically, for other qualitica-;
tions.

Iler Majesty's Advocates complain . that thd
accusation of adultery extends to stir /ears=
but that'only THREE have been brought in evi=
deuce. By parity of reasoning a man indicted
for ten forgeries may complain if sentenced to
Boiany-bay for one only.
. When it is triumphingly asked, as a proof of
total innocence, "why don't you bring proofs Of
Adultery during the last three years?" it re:.
minds us of the unfortunate Ilibernian whop being
tried for a robbery committed ten years before,
asked, why they did not try him for his burglaries
during the other nine ?

Madam Puniota," s evidence, as well as her Let=
ter, was really according to the well known.
Hibernian definition, a double entendre- or ct

dirty thing zirapped up neat ?
A sporting Baronet accuses Lord Castlereagh
of treating the lldtise like a pack of hounds—that
indeed would be wrong, for the accuser himself
is but a young Whig) and not yet full grown !
A Gentleman observing that the Whigs. were
great friends to Borough Occasionalty—an Irish
Member added, with a sigh, " Yes, I know too
well that they like to borrow occasionally ! "

I. O. N.

LEGAL AVIT.—We frequently hear of strange
jokes being cut in the Irish Courts ; and it should
seem that our own lawyers are beginning to fol-
low the facetious ekatnple of their lively brethren.
how some of them succeed, may partly be gag

tiered from the annexed statement :—At the late
Somerset assizes, in the case of Pod v. Tolson*
(which was an action to recover the full charge Of:
3531. for thirty-five wedding dresses supplied by,
the plaintiff to the daughter of a Major Tolson,}
it was remarked by Mr. Adams, that he Omni/
much like to see the Learned Serjeant (Pell) hr.
one of the said:wedding dresses ! Upon this the
Learned' Serjeant observed, that though he was:
exceedingly fond of a suit, it was a suit of ann.
ther description.!--4The Judge (Mr. Justice Bur-
rough) subsequently stopped Mr. Williams,,
who was reciting the items of the bill, and ex.
claimed, " Mr.. Williams, Mr. Williams! you
have left out the petticoat!" (This sally of
the Judge caused much laughter in the Court.)
Mr. Williams replied, "Ile was sorry to have
dose so ; and hoped his Lordship and his learned
friends would do hiM- the justice to believe, that
he never did, when he had an opportunity, leave
a petticoat untouched."—(Renewed laughter:)
REMARKABLE CANNON.-At Kubberpore na
Theel, in India, there is a cannon 213 inches
long, 66 inches round the muzzle, and 18 inches
round the calibre.—it has five, and had, ori-
ginally, six equidistant rings, by which it was
lifted up. This gun is called by the natives Jaun.
Kushall, or the destroyer of life, and its casting
and position are attributed to the' deotas or
divinities, though • its almost obliterated Per•
sian inscriptions- declare its formation by hu-
man means. .But what is most extraordinary
about it is, that two peepul trees have grown
both cannon and carriage into themselves.--
Fragments of the iron, a spring, one of the
-Undies, and part of the wood-work, protrude
from between the roots and'bodies of these trees,
but the' trees alone entirely support the gun,
one of the rings of which, and half of its
whole length, are completely hid between
and inside 'their bark and trunks. •A more
curious sight, or a cannon more firmly fixed,
though by the mere gradual growth of two trees,
cannot well be imagined. The Indians assert
that it was only' once fired, and sent the. ball
twenty-four miles. .
Lord FALMOUTH on Thursday last, distributed

the several annual Medals given by his Lordship
to the scholars of the Grammar School, at Truro
of which he is the liberhl Patron.

The scene painters of the two winter theatre's
have already commenced their operations towardS
the production of the minim), new Christmas
Pantomimes.

CHRISTOPHER lIANN T-ORRE Esq. is elected.
Mayor of Pontefract for the year ensuing.
Mr. TALBOT.has :disposed of his Theatres in
Belfast, Newry, Londonderry,'&c. tonne of the
-Managers•in Scotland.
Miss 11.kNBURY, the daughter of CHARLES,
IJANBuRY, Esq. of Sloe Farm, in Essex, gave
her hand a few days ago, at Halstead, •to W.
.PHILLIp lloNElwoun, Esq., M. P., of Marks
Hall, in the same •county.
Of the negligent carelessness of persons who
use ftre-arms, in letiiting them to attract the cu-
riosity-and within= the power of children, the fol.:
lowing, melancholy odetltrenCe is a striking ex-
ample, and should operate as'a caution against
the practice in question. TV, o boys of the names
of, Rowe and Wills, went into a house at Lamel-
,
lion, near Liskeard, and se6fig a On, took' it
up and began playing with it. Rowe presented
the piece at'Wills, saving-, " I will shoot you,"
and immediately pulled the trigger. Thi,
'gnu missed, fire but.the youth, unconscious that
it was loaded, recocked 'the piece, and aiming a.,
second time, it unluckily went off, lodging its con
tents in the face•of the unfortunate Wills, SOH- of
Irony Wills, of the.parish of Liskeard, who is SO
shockingly wounded' that his life is despared of,

LONDON JOU iltN ALS.

[DAII,I" PLVI'R,-ICTS.]

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS. t

[British Press.

THE QV' EE 14, —No attempt has been. yet Made
in the Treasury Joninals to 'account for the
charges against the Queen being confined to the
three first years of her residence abroad. This
circumstance, while it remains': withvnt a satisfac-
tory explanation, must strengthen •the suspicion
that these charges have originated in a 'con-
spiracy. The-More remote the time is laid, the
greater latitude is given'to-the invention.; fiction
is more free from restraint, and the more difficult
it becomes: to detect and expose falsehood.
During the inlluenco of a bibliomania„ we hate
heard of old- books -selling at an extravagant
price.. Wine also is enhanced in Value by age
bait .is the first tune we have' ever heard that
witnesses : could .deposo mere clearly to transaci
tions of remote date, than to those which were
fresh in their memory; and that a lawyer •should
contend that the stalet his -case- Was, the batter*'
I f no cr::ninal iutercourse sebSisted between the
parties for time last three years, it is incredible
that any should have subsisted in the three im-
mediately preceding.

[3lorning .Post]

THE Qtr-ErN.--National character has been
not very slightly manifested by the way in which
the witne,:es at-tainst the'Queen hale been treated
by too many among 4 Italy has been Made
synonymous with prostitution, Italian with ras-
cal, .6 mnaii Nv itit perjurer, and ncr gcne-
tally with every thing that is wretched and cor-
rupt. It is, no doubt, a proud matter to set our
supeFlative selves thuS aboNe the rest of mankind,
and clai,Rall the perfectibility of nature for our-'
selves., v.hile we as;ign to the remainder of our
fellow-creatures (unhappily born out of this
Island) the place of the dregs and off-scourings.
of Humanity. But the worst of it is, that they
to y to be even with us. In Italy, in particular,
as we are authentically informed, there has not
been a reproach cast by England upon the natives
of that country, which has not been repaid in
terms far from agreeable to such of our country-
men who still reside there. If we have depre-
elated their sense• of moral justice, they •have
expressed the most galling compassion, for that
silly portion of the English I?,,eople,.•who could
se,-;nothing, would believe nothing, and suffered
theraselves to be mi-sled by the artifices of the
Lasest and most infamous of men. It is painful
to think that whle.we are fancying ourselves so
discreet, so clever, and so. superior to all the
world,—all the world should be mocking us—
the .kindest pitying our madness, and the mass
splitting their sides at the enjoyment of the mi-
serable spectacle we offer to them. But so it is.
-Our only consolation is the persuasion that John
IBnll will at last return to his senses, and prove
to the world that his error is up-rely that of the
bead, and not in any degree of the heart.

Tieatinir 11"itna4I.—A Paper of yesterday
contains,trie following paragraph:—
" The Marquess. and Marchioness of Sangrati,
" tivosof the witnesses.on behalf of
.the Queen,
" ou Friday; night at Lady
,Ann,flamil-,
" t :;'S house in Portman-street, where, they at`
" 127esent reside. Her Majesty had, them to;
" dinuer_on Monday At Ilrandenburgh House."
Suppose, for mornenti.-that, any one of the wit-
nesses for, the,prasecution .had dined at, Carlton
,or in St. James-square with my Lord
Q4stlereagh ! Mercy on_ us.! what• , disser-
tation we should have had in the Factious
andßadical Papers . upon
,the corrupt, influence
of turtle soup, in promoting, perjury, and the
irresistible potency of champagne, in sharpening.
the invention. "What! feast.
-your witnesses
Treat, them !—Have them to your table, and pre-
pare them,.by, previous rehearsals, in the, parts
they are to perform !--,Monstrous Such a pro-
fligate contempt of the plainest-dictates. of justice
;was, never -heard of before 1 Something very,
t; is was .said, merely because Theodore
likiocci was proved to have got as far as the hall
door of' Carlton House to deliver a message, or
ask a question. But do 'we. complain, toiled
that the Marquis and Marchioness Sang-rati have
dined with her Majesty ? Far from it. Let all
her.. Majesty's witnesses eat, drink, and sleep at
lirandenburgh, House, till they are called upon
to; give thFir:exide,uce evidence. satisfy
the tribunal before whDm they have,tO appear,
we shall not. ii•quire. who .fed them. It is what
they prove that we.sha,ll look, to, and .we are
quite satisfied that-they cannot sustain the rigour-
ons ordeal they have t.) undergo, unless their de-
positions be founded ,upon truth.—(lbid.)

• \ pi-oozing Chronicle.]
SPAIN pFEtstits the idea of a rich vein that has
never been worked—she is filled «ith resources
never before called forth, .through the ;want. of a,
ciTective Administration. For these lin-
prove:-.lents there can be
-no better basis than ,the
Constitqtiin. itself ;. for, .besides infusing rigour
and life through all classes of the community, it
secures persons and property, and insures an.up-
right.administration of justice, Under its au-
spices, agriCulture and cirnmerce will insensibly
increase, so as to realize,all,the provident calcu-
lations of the Statesman who administers for the
public good. The late change, at its very, com-
mencement, tended greatly. to improve the na-
tional crodat ; and,the GGvernment securities,,as
well as all other kinds of, property, will, no
doubt, rise still lkher in value the moment the
new finance plans are put in. operation. The
known capabilities, oi,Spain, the patriotistn exist-
ing,among her inhabitants, andltbe fresh testimo-
flies given'of the reliance that can he placed on
tln nati*Onal honour,. will soon cause Spanish
funds 0, bCCO4IB an object of :speculation to fo-
. J •
r qkg ilaud0:01 Ahem, to the Anore.general
acqual(ntance of theicommercial world. her Go-
vernment' and Legislators seem to have set to

Avorliil good earnest, Aith a -.View, 'to 'heal the 1
wounds infiltited en their country „for years;
through the effe.cts of mal-administration aloiH
and no moment could, be more propitious,, in
every part of the Monarchy.
ye have heard it aEserted, that there is an nu-
derstauding betweext the of the CATHO-
LICS and MINISTrAS, that if the Oa the lies 'reriwin
passive on the present occasion, Ahey will be re-
warded with emancipation. Thii we cannot be-t
lieve ; the calumny carries 'with it its own. re fu
tation. However desirous the Catholics may bo
to participate in all the benefits of the Constitu
• tion, they will never, surely, purchase this parti-
cipation at the expense of their C6VII honour. If
they feel that injustice has been done, to
• her Majesty, they will never consent to sup-
press that feeling, because, by doing so, they
may prbrnote their own interest. We have
always deeply lamented the Miserable, policy
of whiCh Ireland has been the
,victi)n, and we
rejoice to see that policy abandoned. To it
shall alone must be imputed the wretched state of
so fine a country. An ingenious people have,
, by misgovernment, been exclUded froM all means
of imp, ovement, and retained in a serni:-barbarous
state, and the excesses which men in such a state
are but too imbue to fall into, have been mad a
pretext. for Withholding from them the only
etnctive means for putting an end to these'ex-
cesses,and for diffusing throughout the country a.
taste for the benefits of industry. and eiviliza-
tion.—(lbid.)