The Sun.
London, England, 1839-03-06 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN POLITICAL

SUMMARY.

The Times, as old Polonius said of Hamlet, is " still
harping on my daughter." Lord Ebrington and his speech
is again the theme of discussion with our Contemporary,
who bristles up at the very mention of his Lordship's name,
observing that he " aggravated infinitely the evil which
existed under Lord Normanby's Government. By an-
nouncing with marvellous intrepidity to the House of Lords
that he had the example of Lord Normanby before him,
and would endeavour to make him his model—by
such emblazonings of his resolution to follow the
pestilential course of Lord Normanby, the Noble Vis-
count indorses, as it were, with his own signature,
the worse than suspicious drafts of his predecessor
upon the national credulity and confidence. He goes to
impart an undeserved credit to paper originally bad." In
another leading article on Mr. Sergeant Talfourd's Copy-
right Bill, the Times says, "although that ingenious ar.d
warm-hearted gentleman deserves the utmost credit for
purity of motive, he is, in reality, with all respect be it
spoken, the mere catspaw of a literary clique, who, being
actuated by a lust for money, and reinforced by divers
neglected authors desirous of aff.xting importance for
their works, have cajoled him into an enterprise whose ap-
parent chivalrousness blinds him to its injustice."
The Morning Chronicle contains an ingenious and
smartly written leading article on the Bishop of London's
speech last night in the Lords on the subject of the Mar-
riage Act ; in the course of which, alluding to his Lord-
ship's touching anecdote of the man who married his
grandmother, our Contemporary says, " the Bishop should
not be very severe on an alliance which is very analogous
to that of Church and State. The severe Lent on which
the Bishop insists, belongs properly, not to the Church t,f.
England, but to that Church of Rome which many Divines
assert to be its mother. The State therefore, as a son of
the Church, in keeping Catholic Lent, is spiritually mar-
rying its own grandmother This very incestuous alliance
the Bishop wishes to consummate. The House of Corn.
mons forbids the bans."
In a leading article on the present state of the Navy the
Morning Herald, cursorily speaking of Sir E. Codring-
ton's speech on the subject last night in the Commons, re-
marks as follows : —" His statements ought to be weighed
with the utmost care. They are calculated to induce a
universal feeling of shame for the mismanagement of a
noble branch of the public service." The Herald contains
another article which is strenous in condemnation of the
Beer Bill, and, what our Contemporary calls, " the per-
nicious gift of a free-trade philosophy."
The Morning Post, speaking of Lord Ebrington and
his speech in the Lords on Monday night, observes, " What
is now most to be feared is that his Lordship's want of
ability may make him a pliant instrument in the hands of
those with whose cunning he has no pretensions to cope.
He could not do better than have prepared for him a nice
little pocket copy of the speech made on Monday evening
by his friend Lord Brougham. He will there find, elo-
quently pointed out, the influence against which he should
guard, and the dishonour which awaits him, if he yield
to it."
The Morning Advertiser, commenting on Mr. Wood's
speech on the Navy in the House of Commons on Monday
night, observes us follows :—" Being perfectly convinced
that Mr. Wood's statement is perfectly correct, we must,
nevertheless add, that the Navy of England can never rest
on a sure foundation until these points have been conceded
—first, that impressment shall no longer exist; secondly,
that the wages of British Seamen in the Navy ahall exceed
those which are given in the merchant service ; and
thirdly, that every man entering the Navy, whatever may
be his position, shall have the opportunity of rising by
merit to the highest grade in the service."

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At a Meeting of the Royal Botanic Garden
Society, held on Tuesday, at their Rooms, in Pall-mall,
attended by the Duke of Norfolk, the Earl of Albemarle,
Lord Teign mouth, M.P., Lieut.-Colonel Rushbrooke,
M.P., John Ellis, Esq., M.P., B. B. Cabbell, Esq., &c.
&c., the charter «as finally arranged, previously to laying
it befora Lord Melbourne for her Majesty's assent.