The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-11 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM TILE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
GLOBE.—The pelf and patronage-loving propensities
of Toryism were last night manifested by the party ex-
pectant, with an effrontery worthy of those halcyon days
when Pitt and Dundas dispensed pensions and sinecures
to their suppporters with a generosity truly disinterested ;
a conduct which their successors in office imitated, at
the cost of the country. Reform at length unkindly
came, like " a nipping frost," and cut off the fair fruit
which their hungry partisans hoped to pluck as their
share of the public plunder. It is worthy of remark.
that the old virus, which was so active in the veins
of the Tories of former days, is still possessed of its
ancient properties. No sooner is there a faint pros-
pect of office, than immediately the " patronage"
which pertains to it is the most prominent idea con-
nected with its possession. The country's good is
but a third-rate consideration. First, ourselves ;
secondly, our supporters and dependents ; then---Las
subordinate to, and only as the means of promoting
the more worthy ends and aims of the former—such
measures as•will best accomplish the principal objects
for which office is to be sought. Such Toryism ever
has been, and such it will remain. We were not, how-
ever, prepared for so shameless an exhibition of its un-
changed voracity as that afforded last night by the charac-
teristic proceeding of the party on the Administration of
Justice Bill. This Bill, as our readers are aware, was intro-
duced on the recommendation of the Law Commissioners,
as a measure essential to facilitating the administration of
justice in the Court of Chancery. It proposed to abo-
lish the Equity jurisdiction of the Court of Exchequer,
and to appoint two additional Equity Judges—thus ob-
viating an acknowledged and extensively felt grievance
in the administration of justice by the Court of Chan-
cery, in which causes are frequently detained for years
before they are decided ; the suitors, in the mean time,
are exposed to ruinous delay and expense by the dilato-
riness of the process, and the justice of the country is
brought into disrepute by the loud and general com-
plaints of these manifest defects in its judicial adminis-
tration. On the House proceeding with the report of
the Committee on the Bill, Sir E. Sugden rose ; and, after
gravely remarking—as a justification of the motion he
was about to submit—" that a Government situated like
the present ought not to have placed at their disposal
two new and valuable judicial appointments—appoint-
ments which ought ever to be free from the least taint
of undue favour, of bias, or forethought, and from any
suspicion that those who gave the appointment thereof
sought to strengthen their interest"—moved the introduc-
tion of a clause "toprevent the Bill from taking effect Wore
October." We confidently appeal to that sense of j ustice and
propriety, which is innate in the breast of every man
who has not succeeded in quenching the " light within"
by devotion to party, or a blind indulgence of dis-
honesty or sensuality, whether a more flagrant abandon-
ment of justice—a more indecent disregard of propriety,
was ever, shown in the ample history of party conflicts,
than is supplied by this proceeding. It stands alone, un-
paralleled, as a display of the extremes to which the
headlong impulse of a party, impatient of office for the
sake of the patronage it confers, will urge its leaders.
STANDARD.—Ministeis have, as far as in them lies,
deprived the public for ever of the benefits of a Reform
which they themselves recommended as not only good,
but necessary, and for no other reason but that they
are not to have the patronage to be created by that
measure. Can there be, then, any doubt that their pri-
vate advantage, and not the public good, was the motive
for proceeding with the measure in question? Again, they
complain that the disputed patronage would be takenfroui
them, because it would be reserved for the Ministry of next
October—a plain acknowledgment that they cannot hope
to be Ministers in October. Lastly, what is to be
thought of men who defeat their own good and ne-
cessary law, avowedly because Parliament has resolved
to transfer to their successors certain paltry advan-
tages of patronage which they had provided for them-
selves ? We can conceive no more gross or profligate
acknowledgment of the spirit of faction than this ; but
we are contented to leave the matter for the public
judgment, merely reminding the people that this is
not the first, or the fifty-first case, in which the na-
tional interests have been sacrificed to the interests of
the party in office. The Irish tithe anarchy, continued
for more than three years, is an instance instar om-
nium. As to the compliments, we think unnecessarily,
paid to the Lord Chancellor, we must enter our protest
against being thought to subscribe to them. We cannot
forget Lord Cottenham'sinsult to one of the truest and most
high-minded men living—the Duke of Newcastle. The
Chancellor may have generally done little mischief, be-
cause he is a feeble person : but the spirit of the mischief
and the spite of faction were sufficiently manifested in
the case referred to, to prove that it has been, not the
want of will, but the want of ability, to which the com-
paratively small amount of his Lordship's transgressions is
to be assigned. Akto his legal appointments, they may have
been generally good, because the bar is almost universally
Conservative ; and, therefore, he was relieved from the
possibility of a factious bias, if he had not descended to
select objects too low in merit and reputation for so weak
and timid a man to dare to present to the public. His
legal appointments may have been generally good, but
the merit of that circumstance belongs to the bar, for
enough of them have been bad to show (with his Lord-
ship's other conduct) that all were the worst he could
venture to make them.

COURIER.—The Ministry made a vigorous attempt
last night to lay in an extra stock of patronage, in the
shape of the Bill for the appointment of additional Judges
in the Court of Chancery, the immediate passage of
which .was earnestly urged upon the House. The appa-
rent motive for this indecent haste was generally set down
in the legislature, as we apprehend it will be by the pub-
lic at large, not withstaniliug the anxious disc laimers of the
lofty-minded Lord John, as part of a deep-laid design
for acting upon the ensuing elections ; that is, for tam-
pering with leading electioneering interests by the
display of two new judicial prizes in hand, sup-.
plementary to all the ordinary fallings in of
places and pensions, with the uncontrolled disposal
besides of sundry funds coming under the convenient deno-
mination of secret service. Sir Edward Sugden, however,
acted the part of Marplot to the scheme and spoiled it for
present use ; upon which peevish Lord John threw up
his brief and moved the postponement of the third read-
ing to that day three months, a course equivalent to its
entire abandonment. Sir Edward strongly rebuked the
delays and chicane by which the Bill, which was not ob-
jected to in any quarter, was first needlessly procrasti-
nated and now pressed forward with precipitation so cal-
culating.

the ritro h. _ _
rs ipful Committee of the Corporation of London,
ill reli,ect to Officers and Clerks.
Gentle
~,,.. to air. iillni—ln obedience to your directions, I submitted
S'delvitt
Pnration di atom a case upon the expediency of the Cor-
- , lemes,
au
tspensing with certain restrictive clauses in the City
that ge ,1 1 herewith transmit to you a copy of the case, with
man's opinion thereon.
vis pindritle
,t, • 1,,r-• .nlitte, ing that a difference of opinion prevailed in the Corn-
.'"
Po I deem having expressed my own impressions upon the
the,,ase the grounds of the conflictieg opinions entertained by
5. 1,141,_", t members of the Committee,_ without introducing any
(I , , -a,re,nts of my own in favour of the views of either.
' - ~•,_•u uformity with the wishes of the Committee I have
t, ,;. 11,
.rely considered the whole sabject upon its own merits, and
7:..r In reference to Mr. Sidebottom's observations, and 1 eon-
, LATE SIR DAVID WILKIE, R.A.
,j„, . ~,vr'_g__! cannot find any reason to recede from the opinion I had This distinguished artist, it appears, enjoyed a very Hood
wi.:` r evton4y delivered in the Committee.
,a-rs i„
state of health dnring the yen months he was travelling througt.
sk+4.. ' lie : mY
and
the covenant against assigning without
Germany to the Turkish capital, during his sojourn there,
a., --ento;an the covenant that the Comptroller shall prepare his subsequent excutsioes to Smyrna, Jerus•lem, the
it-7 ttid attest the execution of all assignments, should both be ether parts of Palestine and Egmat, in all which pl ices the
. ttelidered operative, and both be enforced, or they ouoht both plague h sit been fa- some time carrying cri its ravages. At
,e,lle expunged from the leases altogether. The objection
-11.1"(1 against these covenants is, that thq diminish the value Alexandria Sir David and his comp Hann (Mr. Wood-
ei the City leases by creating additional expense, annoyance, burne) lived for some weeks at Wagliorn's hotel, which
the latter gentleman describes as one of the chi :nest and
iar" trouble, and that after all that' cannot be iiseftitlyenfoiced : most comfortable hotels with which he is acquainted.
„.' This were so, it would surely b'e undesivable to retain cove- Waghorn's servants, both male and female, are ft om 'Eng-
!? ,sti'i3 whic though voluntarilo entered into and apparently
laud, so that our travellers are, as it were, quite at home
ootiaatory upon the parties, =gilt with impunity be hrok. n. in many essentials connected with our British ideas of
f ,I do not pretend for a moment to question the law laid down
comfort. Sir David and his friend left Alexandria in the
alt wY Nlr Sidebattom regarding the covenant against assig,ning,
steamer Oriental, which had ekan bills of health, and on the
11 Is
it M'pears in the City leases. I, however, entertain a strong
26th of May arrived at Malta, where they anchored for a few
t t
ae 0 n Ict 1 on that the covenant and proviso might be so worded hours for the mail and some passengers, but did not land.
kt esorit(t)iqu!tlify the. license to assign, and render the condition a When they left Malta no one complained of being unwell;
.......,
alwanuing
shavencoditien, and in that ' case the Corporation would but the following day Sir David did not come to table,and
k-R si - excused himself on account of a slight fever which he thought
~.._ ,
„portent of their leases to tenants of approved responsibility, would subside if he kept on low diet and did not exert
44,7. Li 42__.w.coeild remain liable to the covenant for payment of rent, himself. On the 31st of May, at night, the Oriental en-
'Tsa.cPtfin. g the premises, and the other covenants which run tered Gibraltar bay, fired two guns, and showed blue
fcts... ,2_
ran the land, -until discharged from such liability by a similar lights ; soon after which a boat from the Thunderer, 74,
el rg :.
s, to assign their interest;„ the term ; but even suepos- and a Government barge, came alongside, to inquire what
..,),.,.,:a._, the to be so drawn, in my opinion it could not be
1 t:,7
at,..11y enforced without continuing the covenant requiring thoy were, &e.: and in a few hours, the despatches being
.thec sinments to be prepared by, and executed in the pre- received on board, they made sal for England, no one hay-
., `" e of, and attested by, the Comptroller, or some person on
sai itO•.behalf of the Corporaticn.tr been permitted to go on shore. Shortly after she had
~ 'a
-14 i,, Entertaining the most respectful deference for Mr. Side- gotin' under weigh, six o'clock, a.m., Mr. Woodburne went into
osmhoeuludp, pain:-1
.•,i t bottom'
oeire,.sa opinion in this and all other matters, I humbly con- breakfast with the company ; he replied t
Sir D. Wilkie's berth, to request he wouldht
hec
.. In t the plan of registration suggested by him, 2S a sub- a•' do ' •
b blv sn, but he should like to see the doctor before he
4t. 44., stloite for the latter covenant, would not meet the necessit of
did so. Mr. Cattle,
'I '.11'"%. th's l'aae a medical gentleman, then came to him,.
tc, ,„ • The Corporation desire to know the names ofthe and soon . . 1,,,` 4 a-, 'oulers of their leases, d.. state. Mr. Woodburne,
returned to Mr. Woodbarne, with an assurance
that his friend was in a very dangerous
irl * but ases, not as -•— • - -

a matter of information merely,
14,, . , .t of security also; and the knowledge of the fact of the as.
'+ -, ' a'gninent would be of no value unless they had at their c0in-
,,.,-, , tumid the requisite. legal proof to sustain an action against the
~ .. Party accepting the astignment for a breach of covenant coin-
_ nutted, while the lease remained in his ownership. In the
absence of the original a,si.ninent, which remains in the
hands of the assignee, this legal fcould
proof only.
the Comptroller, or other officer of the Corporation, attesting
be given by
the assignment as a witness, and by the production of the
draft in the absence of the original, and after notice to produce
it had been given.
Both the clauses to which objections are now raised are to
be found in substance in the leases of must public bodies, and
:s•lt/ . even private proprietors of considerable house -property have
~ , ' adopted them ; but the modern covenant not to assign has
'41., ' ' I ,been worded in the manner I have before adverted to, so as
44 Itsi , - ap-a l'
~ . . , p rent y to get rid of the legal difficulty' raised by Mr. Side-
.k, .1 • nottom. to
of adopting this modern covenant some
4.1 - . public bodies introduce in each assignment adofeaza, as
Id Ws'ita,:- recommended by Mr. Preston the conveyancer, t accomplish
4i7t ''. 4: then lime object : and many landlords to avoid the difficulty,
;4'4'tfNlca** pl,efu.se to grant any license to assign, driving the party to the
4'l k: neces•ity of taking an under-lease upon each
~'-,1147e1 .ts ebsive change of ownership. These expedients, how-
'Vl ~„ tti trer, create expenses which do not attach to -
no •sts. ' by..

being greatly alarmed, asked Di.. Brown (who was with Sir
James (-fume) to consult with Mr. Gattie as to what
could be done to save his friend ; and the two medical
gentlemen made every exertion, and applied all the usual
remedies within their reach, without avail. Sir David
kept gradually sinking. but did not appear to experience
any bodily suffering, and became unconscious about half-
past seven, and at eight o'clock he ceased to breathe, his
friends and the physicians being with him all the time.
The passengers assembled to consult what was to be done,
and they requested the Captain to return and land the body
at Gibraltar ; he did return, but the orders of the Governor
are so strict, that the remains could not be allowed to come
on shore and therefore the last sad offices of committing his
body to the deep were performed in the mos'. solemn and im-
pressive manner, as the Oriental stood out of the bay on her
way to England. Sir David had been for some time anxious
to return home, and declined to visit either Cairo or
Athens, two cities which Mr. Woodburne was most de-
sirous of visiting. The latter gentleman is with the other
passengers, Sir Willoughby Cotton, Sir James Carnae, &c.,
now in quarantine off Portsmouth, in consequence of the fore-
going fatality, although all on board are perfectly free from any
siekn-s•. The immediate cause of Sir David's death was, we
what is called " the Syrian fever."

understand, w

(.1 pF, AA- ER, after putting question dec4ared
LL presented a petition signed by - th'e ,
•
exceeilin_,sytlle: comptroller, and they are on trast'gaerneOnls - •
The mean as to the distress of—the country; but were the land: 1, Mr. CRESS-lit
Daotaor., was then negatived without a diiision.
-;:. of 0,, gLiY 103
n'e• Yam not aware that the legal effect BRUSSELS, JUNE 6•—The.Minister of the in-
-- raoL,,em
in 9 which it was in 181,7,---(Hcar, hear.) and inn-keepero.,ofi,
1..)
ed ,d f
position now, and was the c<•~untry nearly three hundred of
otohle,
eporimnpcilapianinl.
hard
-1
_ covenant and proviso to which I have adverted ' terior informs the merchants of the kmgdom, that by. a decree sold Or '1
tbaytcrllellin7s..ch:pdreits.o e parties might Fiat the
undergone t
b Nib Friend stated a fir f the to th '
Actin, dto thi •
think it
hhe censlderation of a, court of lam •Idm • of his Sicilian the expert duty on stilPhur, In Sicily, He tiouf.„Nat 14 _ more o .ship of brew erg beinei an-r
holders dse,artns
oi n.,ptc,L7i
position
tbelr own expense
n be reducedi _
pt at
• -
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]let bscietnhaelub:teireineeztotniisairteltty •frot; tYhe let °I hnuary, 1642/ 4Ore, 20 earliiie obse,-v_ ations he had - made on the sub.
.rhe aford. i their ciatome.s rest, 44(.1 Ying Mifved .by doeurae
8r0ug14w),w4.14 arlacgt to Day that 'O-te th-e-t Dill -of exeraption• • 1-• di„ -
• .0. muggy per I,vv
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4:at

After a short conversation, in which Sir R. Peel, Mr.
Hume, and Sir E. Sugden took part,
Lord HOWICK said that he thought it would be un-
just to the electors, that they should be called on to bear
the expense of having a document of this kind printed,
which ought to done at the expense of the county. An
Act, ought, in his opinion, to be passed without further
delay, by which it should be obligatory on the Clerk of
the Peace of every county to provide a register, at an
expense of 2s. or 35., for every person who might demand
one ; and that for every delay which the Clerk of the
Peace might be guilty' of in furnishing the required
copy, a penalty of 5/. or 10/. should be imposed.- That,
he thought, would provide a remedy in such cases as the
present.
The conversation here dropped.
CHURCH EXTENSION.

Mr. BAINES having understood that it was the in-
tention of the Hon. Baronet, the Member for Oxford, to
give some intimation with respect to his motion for
Church Extension, he wished to ask the Hon. Baronet
what was his intention on the subject.
Sir R. H. INGLIS said he had presented 161 petitions
that day in favour of Church Extension, and he had noti-
fied at the same time to the House that it was not his
intention to bring forward the question in the course of
the present Session. He trusted he would be enabled
hereafter to bring it forward under happier auspices.
On the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL the New
South Wales Bill and the Western Australia Bill were
each read a third time, and passed.
On the motion of Lord MORPETH the Houses of In-
dustry (Ireland) Bill, and the Insolvent Debtors' (Ire-
land) Bill were severally read a third time and passed.
The Clerk of the Peace (Lancaster) Bill was read a
third time and passed.
The Report on the Dog Carts Bill was brought up,
and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-
morrow.