The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-07-29 00:00:00

. LONDON
MONDAY !VINING, JOLT 29, 1822.
THE BISHOP AND THE SOLDIER.
We are happy to have to say, that most of the Sun-
day Papers did their duty yeaterdayi not excepting
the John Ball, who has spoken of the Sal. the escape,
and of the conduct of the Magistrate, in terms that we
very mach approve of. Bat, Joan, "honest J onir,"
does not deny, that it was so I etbing wondrous strange,
that his "machinery" should meet with an "accident"
jest at the Identical moment when his paper eight. on
the Sunday morning, le. have contained as account of
a thing that happened en the Friday evening, and
that JOAN must have beard of on the Saturday eves-
lag. We like to see Joan's lashing wort. which be
does well, and which he can hardly lay o■ amiss,
striking, as he does, amongst the knaves, bullies, and
hypocrites is notorious life ; but, we do sot life the
" accident to the asaehiaery." which looked. to se, very
much like the effects of that species of palmistry,
known to be so potent when practised by certain ope.
rators.

The base castled of the Old Times every one seems
to reprobate. This affair has done this one great good,
at any rate : it has stamped the character of that paper
for the remainder lids aistrnee; and, what is of not
much lees importance, it has shown to what the Morn-
ing Chrunick can descend! That paper has acted •
part worthy of the faction to w►ich it belongs. This
was something that must, is the end, affect tbeßoraugh-
movers ; for, the question of influence most come be-
lure the public in the course of the diecussion. To-day
the Ciroaicte publishes what we dare say it deems an
ology for its conduct, and we Isere gire it in the
CAro dale's owe words :

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" The Daffy Press has keen vindeatly assailed lie-
" cause it did not io the very first instance emblazon in
" all its most disgusting colours. the late 1101a1.101
" OCCURIIIINCS. Journalists owe a deity to society
" ponsmouut to their obligation to supply the iocidents
" of the passing time, which is, to keep carefully from
" their columns all those gross subject., whisk not only
" wouod delicacy, bat lead to the corruption of intiv-1
" ceace. There a reason to believe, in a multitude of
" instances, that the very knowledge eves of the quiet
" ence,of such a practise as the abomination in question
" is derived from judicial iavestigatioas t and it his
" been the opinion of owe, excellent persons—lawyers
" as well as moralists—that the interests of purity and
" virtue would be better consulted by abstaining altoge-
" !her from prosecution, which cannot fail to give pelt-
" licit, to these detestable pollutions, than by the elect
"of cosy punishoneast that can be inflicted upon the
wretened otfeniiers. When, bapiever, we found that
" the rank and station of the principal party bad already
"given a general notoriety to the case, and considered
" that further measures must be adopted to purify the
" Church from such • stain, that must render copses!-
" Anent hopeless, we communicated it to our readers in
" the least offensive m that was possible."
If any thing in the way of perverseness, crooked-
ness, taistification, could surprise as, when coming
frets the metaphysics! pen et a Scotch politician, this
woald surprise as. The Chronicle bolds the-oboe:is-
able deed, we are very sure, in the same degree of dew
testation that we do; and, yet, it really resorts to ar-
gument, 0606, if they could ever be adopted in Beg