The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-30 00:00:00

EDTTiOrq.

METROPOLITAN POLITICAL

SUMMARY.

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The Times or this morning, in the course of a leading
,article suggested by the Jamaica Bill, takes the oppor-
tunity of dealing largely in hyperbole, as re;p^cts the po-
litical deserts of Sir R. Peel. We do not wouiler at this.

for the Right lion. Baronet's public character being con
siderably the worse for wear, stands touch in need of
revarnishing. " Never was there a political leader," nays
our Contemporary, " who more dissatiatied his opponents
than Sir Robert Peel dies. With a rigidity which they
find altogether unpardonable, he positively &clic*, to
shape his course to their views. When they ehoose a
ground, and putting themselves into attitude, call on him to
aarihe a blots, he churlishly rejects their invitation to the
offensive, and refases to a eommodate them with a c._ m.
mencemeni; of quarrel. \t her, they etrta., is trde to
haluce hint to follow, he unaccountably adhered to his own
steadfast position." The allusion to Sir R. Peel's Spartan
like " rigidity," is exceedingly rich and rev y ! The
Times might just as well talk co the " rigidity" ()fan eel !
In another article on the subjcct of the DCA' P.,er law, out
Contemporary, alludine cursorily to tl e prope3elßaral
Police force, says ;—" As regards the expo use of this no w
Gendarmerie, whether it be defrayed out of the Consoli-
dated Fund, or by a County-rate, it will fall with equal
weieht ce Mainly on the a look. t. x ble coran:unity."
Tote Morning Chronicle, in a sorer to the 7'inte.' asser-
tion, " It is false that the Ministry has lust ground with
the nation by its non-democratic policy," instances the
case of the Ballot in the following terms:—" In 1833 the
1-louse of Commons divided on the Vote by Ballot, ayes,
106 ; noes, 211. This was in the first Parliament elected
under the Reform Act ; and showed the strength 1
of the progressive Reformers at that time. In
1834 the question was not mooted, nor in 1833,
until after the Tories were driven from office. It cannot,
therefore, be said that it obtained increased support fin the
sake of opposition to a Tory Government; and yet in twat
Parliament, chosen under the Peel and Wellington Ad-
ministration, in which the Liberal ma'erity over t! •
Tories had been reduced more than one half, it had en
accession of 38 votes; the numbers being, ayes 144, noes
317. In the followirg year t :ere was no muster 64,
the question. Only 227 members voted ;81 for, and
139 against. We put that year out of the question. The
division in 1835 was 153 for the Ballot, and against it
265—an advance on the former division in the same Par-
liament. Then came the last election, in which the Mi-
nisterial majority was again reduced, and the supporters of
the Ballot again increased ;. and with an incteue seen-
siderably exceeding the Ministerial diminution. The
numbers in 1838 were--198 for the Ballet, and -
against it 315. The opposition to that measure had
therefore remained substantially the same, whilst
its supporters have very nearly doubled their ritirr.bers;
and this process iccludes three Parliaments, two elections,
and two changes of Ministry. So much for the dwind-
ling of Democracy. The facts mark distinctly the change
in the relative position of the different sections of Liberals.
They point out the " non-democratic policy," as the Times
calls it, of the Ministry as the occasion both of the ge-
neral loss to their party, and of the particular gain of
that portion which advocates further reform. They are ,
the voice of the existing constituencies, calling for the •
freedom of the franchise which they pessate ' --
The Morning Herald, speaking of the -Commission for
superintend g the reduction of the Natioaal Dtiot, re-
marks as follows :—" We adverted recently to the fee., that
the Commissioners appointed to superintend the reduc-
tion of the National Debt have, during the last year, done
nothing towards the furtherance of the objects for which
the National Debt Commission was, professedly, created.
The national expenditure now far exceeds the national
income ; and even Whig financiers, despite their fondness
ter the jugglerits of arithmet•c, do not profess to have yet
discovered the art of paying debt without assets. Were
the national revenues, ho sever, in a very different condi-
tion, still it might be doul•ted. whether a reduction of th •
Natio.ial D. blot England:ought not to remain mattenapted
until the process eat, be attempted with a very different
measure of knowledge. and with very different powers frcm
those with which the Commissioners in question are
clothed."d
The Morning Advertiser contains the following remarks
on the Jamaica Assembly- :—" In our yesterday's paper we
referred generally to the circumstances which render it
hopeless to expect an alteration in the conduct of the As-
sembly, and absolutely necessar3 to ads pt the measure of
the Government, if not a stronger one. We now proceed
to perform our promise of referring to those circumstances.
The members of the Assembly are composed for the
most part of mere attorneys, agents to the proprietors,
who, in losing the absolute command which they for-
merly possessed over the slaves, feel that they have lost
all that, to their love of tyranny, rendered their posi-
tion desirable. To find that the men, once their slaves,
are now equal in freedom—citisens like themselves, of the
same country, and shortly about to enjoy equal political
privileges, is more than ordinary minds can well endure—
let alone minds satiated with thirst of power, aid habitu-
ated to exercise almost unrestrained controul over the lives
and actions of others."

KET.— April 2)
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Walls Endßraddyll's Herron 04 3
Walls End Haswell ii:i ll
Walls End Larnbton ...a . CI
W. E. North Hatton Lyons 'Al 9
Walls End Pemberton
Walls End Russell's Hutton '44 3
Walls End Stewart's
\Valls rand NVlnotell .... 22 6
Walls End liartlevool n4 3
Walls End Adelaide
Walls End Barrett
Wills End Gardon ......
Falls End South Durham 2l 0
Walls End Seymour Tees ll 6
%Valls End Tees '23 0
List market-thy, 9.