The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-10 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN POLITICAL

SUMMARY.

The Times of this morning contains a lengthened sum-
mary of last night's debate in the House of Commons on
the subject of the suspension, for five years, of the repre-
sentative Constitution of Jamaica. In another leading
article, alluding to the approaching debate in the Com-
mons on the 15th, our Contemporary says—" Our per-
suasion is that in the division of the 15th, let the motion or
amendment take what form it may, the bulk of the Ra-
dicals will find some pretext, satisfactory to their own nice
sense of public virtue, for voting black white •' and
that if any of the Conservatives look forward to a different
issue than that hitherto flowing from the old Lichfield-house
alliance in support of the shabby Ministry, they will be
guilty of a double blunder—first, a delusive expectation ;
secondly, an impolitic wish. But act how they may,
vote how ti.ey may—let the O'Connell and Durham sa-
tellites cram the back benches in what numbers their re-
spective chiefs may enjoin them—no conceivable vote, no
possible majority, can save these wretched Ministers from
the ruin consequent on this wild appeal to their own ac-
complices, from the judicial inquiry of the House of Lords,
combined with the universal feeling of the people of
England. For that day's majority no wise man need care
a straw—public opinion is in the teeth of it."
The Morning Chronicle gives a summary of the de-
bate last night on Jamaica in the House of Commons. In
another leading article referring to some remarks that our
Contemporary has recently put forth, respecting the ne.
cessity of hastening the march of reform, he observes as
follows :—" Expressions of a general coincidence in our
views, or of close approximation towards them, pour in
from almost the entire Liberal Press of the country.
There is a growing conviction of their necessity ; and
there is also a growing conviction of their comprising the
largest measure of practical and probable reform. The
myriads of Ireland adopt them as the only means of per-
manent security. The most thorough-going Reformers of
Great Britain are content with them as the most efficient
advance that can reasonably be contemplated ; and the
moderate find little to except to, as going beyond the exi-
gency of the case. It is plain that we have spoken only
what millions thought of Ministers, and legislators, and
leaders of parties; we claim the attention that is due to the
voice of the country." The modesty of this passage is ex-
ceedingly racy and unctuous. " We" (Chronicle) have
" spoken" out—therefore, our speech is that of the " mil-
lions !" We address ourselves iu a loud voice to " Minis-
ters, and legislators and leaders of parties"—therefore,
our voice is " the voice of the country !" The fly on
the chariot-wheel, who exclaimed, " What a dust we
raise 1" was a prodigy of diffidence compared to our Con-
temporary !
The Morning Post is fiercely critical on Lord John
Russell's motion respecting the Irish policy of Government.
" A motion of this kind," observes our fastidious Contem-
porary, " upon which the fate of the Ministry confessedly
hangs, should have been worded, so as to be at least dis-
tinctly intelligible. It is positively disgraceful, as well as
ludicrous,
that such a jumble of words as this motion con-
sists of, should be thus hung up for public scrutiny, and
made the subject of a division to the result of which, all
Europe looks with interest. There is no end to the non-
sense of the motion of which notice has been given. In
endeavouring to abstract from their motion all the points
I upon which the opposition of sections of their own party
was to be dreaded, the Ministers have taken away all
sense and meaning from their proposition, and have
left it mere trashy drivel, which every man of sense and
education must laugh at and despise, let his vote upon it
be what it may."
The ]Horning Advertiser, commenting on Sir Robert
Pees announcement of his intention to move an amend.
ment to Lord J. Russell's motion, remarks :—" There is
no doubt that it is on the general conduct of Government
that the amendment of Sir R. Peel will appeal to the
House. This is the most effective way of deciding the
continuance of the Ministry ; but it will afford no satisfactory
result to the country. By a proposition of this nature the
Tories may enlist a sufficient number of votes from the
Radicals to obtain a majority against Ministers ; but with
these Radicals' support, will they even tolerate for a
moment, a Government based on Tory principles ? To
Use the emphatic language of a leading member of the
Convention, they would spill their heart's blood first.' "
The Morning Herald observes, in reference to last
night's debate in the Commons respecting Jamaica—" Few,
we imagine, even of the regular supporters of Government,
can cordially arove of the Ministerial project for sus-
pending the Constitution of Jamaica. Dilticulties of a
grave kind do, undoubtedly, beset the question; yet a so-
lution of these difficulties, more in accordance with the
spitit which ought to characterize the decisio' s i
the
English Legislature, might assuredly have peen discovered
by men earnestly bent on discovery. The view takofen by
Sir R. Peel of this question appears to embody the whole
truth in connexion with it."

CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.;

EX PARTE lIALL--JUDGMENT.
The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment this morning
in this case, which came before the Court upon petition of
appeal from the decision of the Court of Revi▪
e.w. The
short facts of the case were as follow :—Some time siace
a fiat of bankruptcy was issued against a person named
Hall, who presented a petition to the Court of Review,
proying that the fiat might be annulled, and the costs paid
by the petitioning creditor. Upon the case comi▪
ng on be-
fore the Court of Review, that Court ordered the fiat to
be annulled, and from that decision the case was brought
before his Lordship by way of appeal, on the ground
that the Court of Review had acted inconsistently with the
Bankrupt Act. His Lordship after going at some
length into the facts of the case, stated his opinion to be
that he had no jurisdiction to interfere with the judgment
of the Court of Review, inasmuch as that judgment was
pronounced upon matters of fact. The petition, therefore,
must be dismissed with costa.
STONE V. THE COMMERCIAL RAILWAY COMPANY.
The arguments in this part-heard case were resumed,
and concluded to day. The case came before the
Court upon appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancel
lor, who refused to grant so extended an injunction as the
plaintiffs asked. The plaintiffs were the assignees of a
person named Richardson, who some time since carried on
the business of timber merchant at Limehouse. Upon the
receipt of a notice from the defendants of their intention
to summon a Jury to assess the value of the land of the plain-
tiff, which they required for the purposes of the Railway,
the plaintiffs fi'ed their bill for the ptrpose of obtaining
an injunction to prevent them from doing so, alleging that

thfy were bound to assess the damage of the whole of the
land, and not part. The Vice-Chancellor _rr:oited
ipi:lnction only to part, and from that decision the present
appeal was brought.
The LORD CHANCELLOR, at the conclusion of the argu-
ment, gave judgment, extending the injunction to prevent-
ing the Company from proceeding upon the precept to sum-
mon a jury, the quantity of land stated in the precept not
agreeing with that contained in the notice.