The Sun.
London, England, 1839-06-06 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN POLITICAL

SUMMARY.

The Globe of last evening;; thus alludes to the debate
that took place last night in the Commons, on Sir H.
Fleetwood's motion :—" For our own part we ar.. very
much inclined to believe that new political combi ations
will be the ultimate consequence of all the o,•ganic'
squabbling in the Liberal party. Toryism cannot assume
power. Neither can Radicalism. Neither can the present
Ministry keep their ground, if nightly badgered in this
way. As to the value of all the talk about ' a reform of
the Reform Act,' we think very contemptuously of it in-
deed. Bad workmen complain of their tools We agree
mainly with Mr. Harvey. He was not one of those who
considered that without a further reform of that House
they were incapable of proceeding with objects of useful
legislation. Far otherwise. Though he was anxious to
advance the objects which he had noticed, yet he thought
that there were in the House the elements of sound legis-
lation.' "

The Courier contains the following remarks on Sir H.
Fleetwood's proposal to give greater effect to the Reform
Bill : —" It is a pity that z.alous Reformers of the class to
which Sir Hesketh Fleetwood belongs, do not reserve their
enthusiasm in favour of Parliamentary improvements until
the question of Ballot is proposed. But Sir Hesketh, we
fear, is one of the few Reformers who are as yet unconverted
upon that question. his ardour stops short at the propo-
sition for converting ten pound householders in coun.ies
into voters; he does not go the length of protecting them
from ruinous influences, when the conversion shall have
taken place."

The Standard comments as follows on Tuesday's debate
in the Comxions :—" The debate on Sir H. Fleetwood's
motion was eminently diverting. Of the mover's speech
we need say nothing, and we have already described Lord
John Russell's. Mr. Warburton followed the Noble Lord
by a complaint that his Lordship had not been sufficiently
explicit—a complaint that would be unintelligible (for
nothing could be clearer than Lord John's explanation) if
Mr. Warburton himself had not furnished the key. The
Member for Bridport confessed that he was riot so much
dissatisfied with Ministers for doing nothing, and intending
to do nothing, as with their not leaving him and his friends
some pretence for promising at the hustings that they would
help in the movement. This is the honesty of a philoso-
phical Radical."
The Morning Herald, in the course of a leading
articleon the subject of the Church Discipline Bill,
takes the opportunity of pronouncing the subjoined absurd
panegyric on the Bishop of Exeter:—" The Bishop of
Exeter has entitled himself to the gratitude of every friend
of the Established Church, by the resistance which he has
offered to the Church Discipline Bill. The object of that
Bill is to deprive Bishops of their judicial character:—the
effect of that Bill will be, to lessen, incalculably, the autho-
rity of the Church. Never, therefore, did the Bishop of
Exeter turn his great intellectual energies, his profound
acquirements, and his unsurpassed powers of eloquence to
to nobler uses, than in denouncing a measure, of such a
character, and fraught with tendencies so destructive."
While larding this exemplary apostle with adulation, our
fair Contemporary should have made a point of insisting on
the striking consistency of principle ; the stern, Spartan-
like patriotism ; the lamb-like meekness of spirit ; and
the more than mortal disinterestedness that have uniformly
characterized his political career. Above all Grandmamma
should have particularized, in her most emphatic manner,
the good Bishop's cheerful and ready abandonment of his
fat rectory of Stanhope—the richest in the kingdom ; and
the uncompromising High- Church opposition which he
offered to the Catholic Emancipation Bill, while it was
under discussion in Parliament, a few weeks before he was
raised by the Duke of Wellington to his present bishopric
No portrait of Dr. Phil!pous can be complete that does
not embrace these significant and disinterested traits of
character.

The Morning Post speaks of the Radical party in the
following vehement and reckless manner :—" Nothing can
be more despicable than the plight of the Radicals who
still endeavour to ply the jackal trade to a Ministry which
knows their weakness and therefore will yield nothing to
Radical suggestion. The country is not with the Radi-
cals. The impudent falsehoods of that party, and their
degrading use of the Queen name as the watchword of
their revolutionary exploits, have not produced any sensi-
ble effect. They cannot give the Government that power
which it wants. However disposed a Government in such
straits might be to buy their active assistance with conces-
sions, if that assistance were really powerful, it would be
ridiculous to concede to those whose falsehood and mean-
ness are found out by the country, and who are, therefore,
despised."

The Morning Chronicle, commenting on Lord J. Russell's
reply to Sir Heskt:th Fleetw•ond's speech 'n the Commons
on Tuesday night, observes that it wilLoccasion bitter dis-
appointment throughout the country:-.. We do nut affz.et
to conci.al our disappointment that the Government has
not displayed much more liberal intentions, and spoken
in a higher and better tone. We again ask, why did Lord
Melbourne resume the Government? Why circulate
amongst its Liberal supporters in all directions, that it was
reconstructed on the principle of progressive Reform ?
Mr. Warburton, by his prudence and moderation on Tues-
day night, at once showed his good feelings towards the
Government and his consistency. He took a correct
view of the difficulties by which the Liberal cause is
surrounded, and virtually said, if I cannot get
all that I wish, let me get all that I can.
Who can be so insane as to imagine that the present state
of mystification can continue? Truth scorns it. The
people will not long endure it. Soon must they be in-
formed who it is in her Majesty's Councils that is thus
playing a double game. Mystification can only last its
brief hour, nor can it serve any good purpose. The party
having recourse to it cannot long remain in concealment—
the voice of public indignation will soon be directed to the
right quarter, and drive the crotchetty Being to the insig-
nificance to which he is destined."

The Times alludes in the following style to the Bill for
the better enforcement of Church discipline:—" The Bill
introduced into the House of Lords ' for the more effec-
tually enforcing Church discipline' was well discussed on
Tuesday night; but as there are certain provisims of that
Bill not originally springing from those who now introduce
it, which, under the specious guise of giving greater effi-
ciency to ecclesiastical jurisdiction, involve principles and
innovations fraught, we think, with danger to the Establish-
ment, it is desirable that the whole measure should receive
again and again from their Lordships a deliberate and
searching scrutiny. Although it might be well that the
adjustment of such matters were confided exclusively to the
Church herself, subject to the approbation of the Sovereign
as her temporal head, yet, in the existing state of things,
we are far from insinua• in; either that thre is no occasion
for some remedial measure on the points in question, or
that any other authority than Parliament can at present
originate and complete it."
...

The Morning Advertiser makes the following comments
on Lord John Russell's recent speech in the Commons,
in opposition to Sir Hesketh Fleetwood's motion :—" The
Government have not rejected progress, although they do
not make definite promises ; and we cannot permit our-
selves to believe that they are otherwise than most friendly
toreal improvements in the machinery of our political ar-
rangements. Indeed we have reason to believe that the views
of Lord John Russell have been taten in a far too cri-
ticising a spirit. Our impression is that the Govern-
ment have determined to bring the Session to an early
termination; that they will undertake those measures only
which are indispensable; and that they will employ the
recess in putting their house in order and preparing for the
next campaign, with measures alike befitting their own
character and the reasonable expectations of Reformers.
Mr. Warburton's view appears to us to be but another
reading of that of the Ministers ; and but for Sir Robert
1),-el's eager desire to pin down the Government to the
exact phrases uttered b% Lord John Russell, and to put
himself on a parallel with him, we believe that few would
have read his Lordship's declaration in any other spirit."

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

QUEEN- S QUARE.

CARRIAGE ARRANGIMIENTS AT HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
—Richard Dixon, coachman to Lord Brougham, was yes-
terday charged with having violently assaulted a police
constable in the execution of his duty.
Charles Walker, a police constable, 78 A, stated that at
hilt, past twelve on Tuesday night the carriage of Lord
Brougham was driven up in front of the colonnade, near
the pit door, and the steps let down in order to take up the
family. It remained there for nearly ten minutes, and as
other carriages wanted to draw up to the entrance, witness
desired the coachman to move on.

Mr. WEIITE—By whose authority did you do so ? Con.
stable—l am put there, Sir, to see proper order observed.
Mr. WHITE—It is not your duty to move a carriage on
in that way.
Constable—l am directed for the convenience of the
company at the theatre to do so, unless they take up in
proper order. This carriage remained some time at the
door, and many others were waiting to take up at the time.
Mr. WHITE—You had no business, Sir, to meddle with
it at all. You are not authorized to judge of the time a
carriage should stop.
Constable—l thought it my duty.
Mr. WHlTE—You'll find no case which compels you to
do it, and you had no right to do it. If I were at the
Opera, and you ordered my carriage away, and got a good
beating for it, I think you would richly deserve it.
Constable—We have much difficulty in keeping order
at the time company leave the theatre.
Mr. WHITE—I discharge the defendant. It is very
necessary to look after pickpockets and loose characters
that may be loitering about, but you had no right to inter-
fere in this case.

The defendant was then discharged!
Two gentlemen were in attendance to prove that de.
Pendant had behaved very ill, but Mr. WHITE, when in.
formed of their presence, said the case was disposed of.