The Sun.
London, England, 1829-01-31 00:00:00

SPIRIT OP fIIIatWDON JOURNALS.

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The 4ifttoiollf khroughout the me-
tropolissmt:lve laye,•nb Jr übt subsequently
throughout the' eoaritry—which has been, and
will be, created by our declaration yesterday, of
our convicticsif that Catholic Emancipation is at
hand, induces us, to returrr to, the subject. No
respectable or rational• argument has been at-
tempted to shake our conclusions. We still,
therefore, retain our belief, that one, not given
to recede, is resolved as a Minister to carry a
measure, which must as much exceed all others
iti'its importance and beneficial results to this
realm, as his own glorious battle of Waterloo
exceeded in its, consequences every preceding
triumph of his military career. The one has only
given liberty to Europe, which might have been
achieved by different means and different hands:
the other will extinguish religious discord,
and give unanimity and Christian love to
the consolidated kingdom, of which the
hbiest statesmen have seen the necessity, but
hitherto attempted the execution in vain. The
act of Catholic emancipation—now, we boldly
augur, in preparation—can be compared to no
other event of European history but to :the ce-
lebrated edict of Nantes, by which Henry IV.,
of immortal memory, restored peace to his dis-
tracted country, anii transmitted his name to
posterity as, one of the greatest benefactors of
mankind. The act of such a king was worthy
the emulation of such a minister. We cease
from making any further remarks at present : a
veq short tune inn,:t make us acquainted with
snore facts ; lon, as the eventful •ritoment of the
meeting of Palliantent approaches, intelligence,
have nu question, will pour in upon, and
supply the place of inference and argument.—
Times.

If it were possible for enlightened men to
abandon from disgust a publie•cause which they
have .embraced on principle and throtieh convic-
tion, the cause- of Catholic- liberty Inieht tun
s;nrne risk of being lost even at this late hour,
through the inconceivable impritience of sonic
Di' its most conApiettous advocates. We shall
way JlO more but-just refer our readers to the
head of .‘ Catholic Association" in tide dav's
Times, and to the terms in which the Dukes of
Wellington and Northumberland arc there spoken
of by Air.
The best informed of t:,e French Journals
concur in stating, that M. De Rayneval, the
provisional substitute-for the Count de la Ferro-
uaye, as Minister for Foreign Affairs, is defini-
tively to be his successor, and our own informa-
tion, from a private source, leads us to the same
conclusion. It must not be forgotten, however,
that one Parisian Paper states positively, that the
appintment has been already offered to M. De
Rapeval, and that -he has refused it ; this ver-
siote of the affair we have good reason to think
unfoundetlf At.this moment, when negociations •
axe in actives progress between the three great
Powers—Engrabd, France, and Russia—involv-
ing conflicting inieeste and intricate combina-
tions, and on which • destiny of Europe ap-
pears to hang, it is atteacipted to infer a predi-
lection on the part of M. De Ilayneval towards
Russia, likely to counteract the line of policy
which the interests of England require, and to
tiirow the weight and influence of France into
the _opposite scale. We have our own reasons
(or thinking this interference to be altogether
eriaxecnis. M. De Rayneval is, it is true, mar-
ried to it Russian lady of high iank (a Prin-
c'ev, Ikeitieve), and it is from this connection
that litissii.4 prepossession is inferred ; but
it is alga true they is a man of ability and ex-
teneiiee experience, igl4.4y, . been employed in a
diplomatic capacity at .Fretticsburgh, at Berlin,
rand at Berne ;.he also resided in 141140 n for a
considerable One (if we are-rightly infiermad),
in the capacity ',if Consul-General. His saga-
t.itv is generally eti,liowed in his own country, and
thLre is every reason fer supposing, that the pre-
sent intimate and grOwil, harmony between
Great liritaiu end France, so gear from being in-
terrupted I.;r impeded, will, in the fo,ept pf his
accepting tilt; guidance of Foreign Affairs, Fe,
eive an addititol impulse. We are in posses-
sion of some private advices on this subject, to
which, we shall not, pill the attention of our
Feeders until the appoint it of M. De Ray-
neval is officially notified.—Meyeling Chronicle.
Among the grievances of whieL s,he public
have to complain, in the exercise of the 4.:,;.kgiern
art of legislation, is the very perplexed and ot,,
scure wording of Acts of I?arlianaent. There
j. a judicial maxim which says, igizirantia legem.
Aeminem excusat ; but if ignorance ok tbe law
snot to excuse any man who happens to yloia,te
it.-setieiy it is incumbent on Legislators to make
the law Ars clear as possible, that men may have
aliotiAtir in knowing the meaning of enact-
n'.tets NaVaii they are required to yield obe.
aiehee,.aegl the nature of the responsibilities to
tf:ey arelirdale, But is it so in practice?
Auy plain-minded aioni who opens a book of
modern Stet:des; wit 4.44 n. be able to answer
that queeitiou, tbr himself. ',lie language of
Acts of Parliaroent, instead c* ;ring a simple
„concise, and perilictious. exposition "),C the will
of time Legistature,-,k; jargon that seems eaK...-
ciall; contrived to overlarpod obscure the sense,
of wit:ch it ought to be they:,msparent medium.
What the consequence ? gequently hap-
pens that Act of Parliament .;514.4.e,d to ex-
plain an Act that went before, and xrhiPl:l
to have explaiiit:ditself ; and the latter Act Tog
_generally abxplanation. .surtlitli.'s of its own which require
e
Thi,if,.:o be sure, tends to increase
litigation. The obsoncitles of the law are the
seeds of strife, and thereby . do lawyers reap s
geldilt harvest : but, as the • ,object of Go-
vcrinnent is the well-being of s‘w.;-s.ty, a wise
I.vgiz,,laturc NVill lint make itse.lf. a4.4:smy to
:the growth of litigation, which is oac „cf
the greatest curses under which a pelule eau
eutl'er. But the Legislature that passes Haws of
pan obscure and ambiguous meaning does make!
itreh. wiessar* - encouraging a litigious :,:yi,e;t
in the cominueity. It is strange, but nevertnee",
leas true, that the language of our old Acts-4)f!,
i'driiament is much more clear and explicit titan
of more recent Statutes. Many of our an-
cieot enactment% are models of style for intelli-
4,7ibie conciseness of expresaion; they do not
compel us to guess at which 4,1 two opposite
aneanings was intended to be takw !pm the
same sentente,. nor drive us to the paini;ui
Anil
iaf hunting the seonse through a labyrinth of Ter, t
lbiage. The langww. of common sense would 1
lie the fittest language foe Acts of Parliament,
instead of tile stately pedantry of diction in
-which they are at present clothed. The " Ten
Commandments" are a code of laws affeet-i-ng all,
the great moral duties of human life., Their
'cleaning is as clear as if they were written with
sunbean.. They are so short that they can be
easily compressed in a single page of letter-
press. They leave indeed been written in a
pace rot so big as the palm of one's hand. But,
let. them be put into we language of our Inv-

dern Acts of Parliament, they will grow in bulk
as they: suffer in meaning. ney will fill a
volume, and require it bust of lawyers to explain
them ; and what they forbid, or what they allow,
will be rendered still further uncertain by the
conflicting decisions of the Courts.—Morning
Herald.

If anv one should ever determine to render
himself ridiculous in the estimation of his coun-
trymen, to urge his enemies to the expression of
greater malice, and to prejudice the cause he
may have taken in hand, we recommend to him
as a model, at once infallible and unobjection-
able, the conduct of Mr. O'Connell and his
Catholic brethren in Ireland. Every step
which could possibly be adopted by them
for effecting those objects, is eagerly and
cordially embraced ; while, if any inference
could he drawn from their conduct, with re-
gard to the question of Emancipation, of
bthich they make a stalking-horse for violence
and abuse, it is that they would regret its
being carried by the British Legislature.—
As an illustration of these remarks, we need
only refer to the determination of Mr. O'Connell
to make his appearance here in the early part of
the next month with a tail of Irish Noblemen,
Gentlemen, and Priests, for the purpose, as he
says, of taking his seat in the House of Coin-
mons ; and to the torrent of abuse which be
poured forth on the newly-appointed Viceroy.
With regard to the former, if Mr. O'Connell
has an equal right to sit, speak, and vote in the
British Legislature as any gentleman who has
been returned to serve in it, why_bring a tail
with him at all ? Why make so much noise
ah:nit a twitter of every-day occurrence, and show
so much anxiety to he guarded and strengthened
by a corps which has no right to enter the House
of Commons ? Why not come sii.gly and unat-
tmded, ss other Members have bcen in the
;Ait of doing ? The•truth is, that ;kir. O'Con-
'loll knows that he has only tolpresent himself' at
the Speaker's table, and to have the oath pro-
posed to him, iii order to' he sent to " whence
he came," in the custody of the Serjeant at
Arms ; and by the same singular rituitv, which
has led Mint to determine on such an attempt,
he has resolved that his OWII countrymen, as
well as the British Legislature, shall be specta-
tors of his detest I With regard again to the
new Lord Lieutenant, as he has been appointed
without the concurrence of the Agitators, and,
it has been alleged, professes sentiments con-
trary to those which they hold, the wisest
policy would certainly have been to have treated
him with all due respect, and, by mild, con-
ciliatory, an:l prudent conduct on their part,
to have convinced - him of his error. But

no. The habitual language of the Asso-
ciation was not so easily to be forgotten;
nor prudence so easily taught to its leaders.—
He must be treated as the members of
the Brunswi3k Clubs, denominated " blood-
hounds" by Mr. O'Connell, were lately treated..li
He must have every fault exposed, every weak-
ness laid open, every difference of opinion from
that held by the Agitators brought forward as an
example of weakness of intellect. It is true Mr.
O'Connell says that he " does not speak of the
Duke of Northumberland in the language (21.
vituperation. ;" and it is possible that what he
has said of his Grace may not be considered in
the sister kingdom as in the slightest degree bor-
dering on " vituperation," but we question
much whether if such language were used here
by one gentleman towards another, it would not
be answered in that summary mode whiCh'does
not admit of verbal replies. The following sam-
ple, however, will enable our readers to judge
for themselves :

" I don't speak," says he, " of the Duke of
Northumberland in the language if vituperation ;
but he need not require a penal law to enforce the
opinions of others. He is not Christian enough to
alloy ff?ry man to worship God as he pleases.
Emancipation his been granted in all the Catholic
commies in the woild, I arraign him as an insin-
cere Christian. He seeks to impose fetters upon
the religion of others. (Hear.) I next arraign him
for want of intellect—if he was possessed of it he
would be a better Christian. I don't say, however,
but he may be possessed of Church-warming piety
c-noljgh to see how necessary it is to have that mea-
sure passed which agitates and distracts the Empire
to its very centre, and which Wellington himself
admitted would benefit every man in the state.
(Wear.) Northumberland is a weak man ; he has
not intellect enough to see his error—(hear)—or
judgment enough to be convinced. Oar Rulers
think, because it is probable he will cause a stir
,;;;;!,oparst our shops, that our wrongs will be buried
in This is Peel's paltry plan—if they
wanted OoTicrpsy who would be impartial, and
hold the scales of Justice )6th an even hand, why
remove Lord Anglesca ? (Hear,) I.le would not
1p mistaken in his views—but he would not il.opp
to be OF creature of the wretched, narrow-minded
P. el--

" The tool,
That knaves cio work with, k 7.44 a fool."
4iforminy A five r i sere

DARING R.O/30ERY at TRUMPINGTON.

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On Sunday night last the house of Mrs. Hum-
phreys, a retired lady, living in the lane leading to
the church, was broken open by four villains, who
in made up to her bed-room, each with a
,l,)!udgeon in hand. Two of them pulled from be-
neath their. ena,tll a pistol, litationed, themselves on
either 'side Mrs. Humphreys, and declared they
would murder hey* attempted resistance; they
also stated that they would w t;.,re to the house by
lighting a bag of straw w high they ;t 4d ;tyith them,
,gild which they left in the house. They then epp:
oi,e,nced Elie work of plunder, stripping the drawers
of -v4trioo,s n,r4eJ of linen, plate, and 114 in money,
togother with it Ibuet4sotne wedding-dress, which
was highly 0%44 by tvLis., 14.yypbreri, and con,i-
ci,red by all at a family ,cl,riaggy: then sat
dowri ito the presence or 11)0 itp4 reg:l,l,:e4 attigrpf
,•vlves,e,A4 wine, wl.ieh Ail took )..rort.i kimper?
that NirA. kiamphrttys had rz'eck'Oti /Joy 140 re
from her LiaTihter, who was to pay lia‘ .4 visit
4,9 Monday. After staying nearly duce 114!ttE4
they 41)arted, taking with them a quantity*
of plate, which were silver tea and
table-spoons, maikel; M, 11., and others marked
S., a pair of sugar' ioagp o4arked H. M. K.,
two very old-fashioned rieg shit gclawai, one a
ligkitect N;;.tite, and the. other a fi,gured pir'rk .
tuatly,otpy articles. It is strongly suspected
that thili gang tt sAetep under very suspicious cir-
cumstances tart the fl-Tlp,e:mutwi,ny (Sunday) nearer
Cambridge, A partly b atl ,(?r4t.n Ai/ three
o'clock, and ;vas pfrigioang home ,ley
house, when they obrorvii # pse,rsan its ;the F.redge?.,
and three others standing by on the iCe. 4Ptlc At
them immediately called out—" Wirg 4,9 roo .49
tt4,o .sy this time of the morning?" Neu
Was l'ACg:;,,gll. Immediately four men, muffled up
with great mho, crud their faces nearly covered with
caps, presented tit, ,3,i,f...ye5, and proceeded to jostle
against them. The young LOP) tie ged them to ex-
plain, but were answered by li.ledivs, They then
,each took from underneath _his coat. a ialq4gAVl
whic4 gplivinced the young men that their object
was robbery ; fortunately, the rest of the party by
this time came we, vihich caused the ruffians to
retire. From the description, we have reason to
believe that this was the gang that committed the
robbery on the same night at Mrs. Humphrey'....,
.Cambrid,c L'hronicie.