The Sun.
London, England, 1839-06-13 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION.

METROPOLITAN POLITICAL

SUMMARY.

The Courier of last evening, discussing Lord Den-
man's decision in the action for libel brought against the
printer of the House of Commons by Stockdale, the pub-
lisher, says :—" If Mr. Hansard is guilty of a libel when,
in obedience to an order of the House of Commons, he
sells a report in which Mr. Stockdale is called " a pub-
lisher of obscene books," then Mr. Hansard is equally
guilty of a libel when he hands over the same report ta-
servatic and Mre-Wakle),'S servant, if he
happens to have an attorney for his friend, may put the
said friend in the way of pocketing a handsome sum of
John Bull's mocey,in the shape of costs, just as Mr. Stock-.
dale has done by his friewl. Who knows, its such a case,
whether a speculating attorney tnieht not find it a pro-
fitable investment to get one of Isis clerks returned to
Parliament, with a view to a long string of libel prose-
cutions at the end of the Session. No ; if Lord Den-
man's decision is to stand, not only must. the House of
Commons cease to communicate its reports to the public,
it must cease also to communicate them to its own
Members ; but the decision cannot be allowed to stand,
for the state of things that would necessarily ensue,
would be equivalent vs an entire abolition of the popular
branch of the Legislature,
The Globe, alluding to the giving up by Ministers of
the education project, remarks as follows :—" Ministers
have ac:od more wisely. They have yielded to scruples
with which it is useless to argue, and to views which
argument would not shake. They now propose to aid
the effUrts of existing societies to do a hat those societies
dislike having done jr them. by Government. They
still assert the essential right of inspection and super-
vision. Thus, at some sacrifice of symmetry and per.
fection in theory, they have conciliated bone fide objec-
tors to their first project. We shall now know who are
not bona fide objectors."
The Standard predicts the immediate fall of the
Melbourne Ministry in the following terms We
know that we have exposed ourselves to the censure of
friends, and to the ridicule of enemies by the course
which we have pursued in giving from day to day our
impression of the actual position and apparent prospect
of public affairs, at no time a safe course for those who
would secure a character of sagacity, " as many are ac-
counted wise. only for saying nothing," and peculiarly
hazardous, when we are to chronicle the acts and
expectations of men .who do not for a moment know
their fate or their own minds. Neverthele:is, we have
long considered it to be the duty of a journalist to dis-
regard the possible effect upon himself, so far as always
to place, if he can, his reader exactly in his own place as
regards important information. We believe, then, with
Mr. O'Connell, that the present Ministry and the pre-
sent Parliament have not a fortnight to live. This we
know to he the opinion of well-informed politicians of
both parties, drawing their inferences from private
sources of information."

The Times of this morning, alluding to the subject of
the Ballot being m,de an open question, says From
the very moment when the Whigs scrambled back into
iheir placrs, we anticipated the probability of this craven
surrender on their part ; because, of all the boons that
could be desirable to the Radicals, it was that which would
best assort with the shabbiness of the Ministry. If, to
any proposal of organic change, the Whigs had extended
the direct support of Government, their own more decent
partisans might have taken alarm at their open Radicalism,
and, by separating from them at this particular juncture.
have made it impossible for them to tide through the ses-
sion. But, by taking the half measure of leaving the clues'
tion an open one, Ministers secure the profit of the treason
without its danger."
The Morning Advertiser alludes as follows to the sr
preaching discussion on the Ballot in the Commons
‘• We arc enabled to announce that Mr. Grote will bring
forward his motion for the Ballot on the 18th instant (the
anniversary of the battle of Waterloo), which motion Lord
Worslcy, the Member for Lincolnshire, has consented 1°
second. We can further state that the Ballot is henceforth
to be an open question in the Cabinet. The Ballot, there-
fore, tinder superior auspices, is shortly to be brought under
consideration in the House of Commons; and we hope th,
knowledge of this fact, and of the determination of Min's'
ters that the question shall now for the first time have fair
play, will induce the Reformers throughout the country to
petition promptly in its favour. We believe there is ne
~ne measure which Reformers have so generally desired as
Protection for Voters. Intimidation and corruption have
frevailed so scandalously at general elections, that we may
say the nation Inks cri,d aloud for the Ballot " , -
The Morning Post, commenting on an article tnat
eared in yesterday's Chronicle, sugested by the easel of
;
toc;kdale v. Hansard, observes--" We hope we shall
never see a House cf Commons capable of striking awe
into the Judges of the Queen's Bench,
or a Queen's
Bench capable of being so stricken. The fact is certain
that the authority of the House of Commons has been,
resisted, and is at this moment resisted—the probability
is strong that its authority in the matter in question will be
perseveringly and strenuously resisted. It has been and
is resisted with impunity. It will, we have no doubt, be
resisted still further, if necessary, not only with impunity
but with success."
The Morning Herald thus raves, in its most absurd and
outrageous style, against all who advocate the iedispen-
sable protection of the B illot :—.4‘ The men who clamour
for the Ballot intend a fraud upon the non-electoral masses.
The present constituency has no right to exercise a public-
trust secretly. But the ballot-mongers are the natural
enemies of the poor. Toe ballot-mongers are the worshippers
of the, money power—the clamourers for chesp,.labour—
the opponents of every ipstitution that `'secures to the'
labourer the slightest MCA:ure of protection in the exercise
of that industry and skill by which lie earns his daily
bread !"
The Morning Chronicle remarks in the following strain
on the question of privilege now at issue between the
House of Commons and the Court of Queen's Bench :--
" The House of Commons, as judge of its own privileges.
will vote any attempt to enforce a decision of the Court of
Queen's Bench against their printer to be a breach of pri'
vilege, and proceed at once to commit the person or eel'
sons so attempting. The House of Commons can com-
mand any amount of force necessary to give effect to it!
orders, and thus can nullify the proceedings of inferior
Courts. The members of the present House of Corine"
would deserve to be held up in all time coming as utterly
unworthy of seats in the House, once adorned by
liaaliden, if they were to succumb to the present ill-an'
vised attempt of the Court of Queen's Bench to destroy
their inquisitorial powers. There has been far too much'
already of legal contest ; the House must at once takelLa
staff into its own hands."

The Anti-Corn-law Circular says—" It has
ly.en proposed to introduce a Bill for the relief of Shet"
Lind only, on the ground of the incapability of these islands
to produce the necessary supply of food for their inhabi-
tants. The attempt no doubt will be defeated through tbe
opposition of the landed proprietors; but as the cam is
peculiarly strong one, its failure will aff)rd a fine illustr!-
tion of the cruelty and injustice of the Corn-law systeul`
The Anti-CornLaw Circular has a statement
showing that all the tints and bloodshed, and the conse-
quent expense of the protection of property, by militia;
in Manchester. and the neighbourhood during the la',
half century, are fairly traceable to the scarcity and big"
prices of food.
The Animal's Friend Society last week caused
Jaws Leasures, John Wells, and Thomas Turpin to bo
committed for fourteen days by the Hon. G. C. Nell"'
for cruelty to asses. It also charged George Cooper with
a similar offence, but .he evaded. The Society.ha3.Al9o
been actively engaged during the last week in the preven-
tion of cock-fighting and other cruelties.

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BIRTHS.
On the 911 inst., at Alphington, Exeter, the lady of William
Eiliott, Esq., 1%,!.D., of a son.
Henry
On the loch inst.., the lady of John Melville,
Harley-street, of a son. Esq., of Upper
On the 10th inst., at Eastbourne, Mrs. Frank Mowatt, Of a
daughter.
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MARRIED. •
On the 11th inst., at Leamington Priors, by the Reobert
Domies, Francis Hearle Stephens, Esq., Captain in thv. R e
14th
Light Dragoons, and son of the late Samuel Stephens, Esq., of
Tregenna Castle, Cornwall, to Sophia Louisa, third daughter of,
A. R. Prior, Esq.
Ware.
On the I Ith inst., at Ware, the Rev. Edmund Goodenono
Bayley, Rector of St. Andrew's, Hertford. to Maria, eldest
Esq., of Bridgend, Gls-
daughipr of the late Thomas Adams, Esq., Banker,
On the 1 Ith inst., at St. James's Church, Bath, Captain
Dan son, of the Royal Engineers, to Frances Jane, youngest
Westminster', the Re/.
tnliaourgglaitnesrhiorfe.the late John Blackwell,
Wit.thec, I.2rbthouirds,t.R,eatt,t?Srt.
01%flaTrreorei
nt'ess,t 0 n
youngest daughter of Will . Norfolk, to Annr,
iam Cubitt, Esq., of Great George
street, Westminster.
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DIED.
On
io theu.
Georgeh inst.,
Talbot, at Hampstead, in the 42d year of his age!
the II
only surviving brother to the Earl el
Shrewsbury.
On the 15th ult., at York, Amelia, youngest daughter of the
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late Rev. John Benett, LL.D , Rector of Donhead St.
Andrew and Ower Moigne, Dorset, aged 48.
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On the 28th of March, at Charlotte-town, Prince Edward.
Island, Jane Rebecca, wife of the Hon. Thomas Heath HO-
land, Provost-Marshal of that island.
On the 7th inst., at Kentish-town, Mr. John Trindor
Nixon, aged 62.
On the Bth inst., at Dyrham-park, Bath, James Dougli,
Esq., Admiral of the Red. d 89.
On the 10th inst., at Mitcham, Mrs. Sarah Benda'', ag:
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On the II th inst., at Glocester-place, Ann, widow f toe
late Major Burn, R.M., aged 67. • Mrs.
On the 12th inst., at Great Suffolk-street, Southwarl”
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Barlow., wife of Samuel Barlow, Esq., late of Watford

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London: Printad and Published by DIURDO YOUNt!!,,„
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the county of 2.liddlesox;--Thursday, June 13, 1639. 1
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