The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-02 00:00:00

I'HE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 2. 1840

SPIKI.I` of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FIOM THE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY.
(From the Globe.)
The present tactics of the Tory Opposition is makin;
a species of cat's-paw of a small section of the Liberal
party ; and setting Messrs. flume, Leader, and Co
to pick their chestnuts from the fire. With this som •
what unequally formed alliance (for, were its object
successful, the catspaws would simply find then
selves singed, while the chestnuts would accrue to
the 'fories)—and with the negative aid of di{
occasional or chance absence of another section of th,
party who are arrayed against them on every decisiv,
vote, the Tories have contrived (pace the Post), t,
swindle a few majorities after losing the decisive one or
the questions of confidence. What the public have ti
consider, in this new play of political faction, is simpl.‘
whether it tends to promote any besides factious oh
jests. If it has no legitimate bearing upon public in
terests, the public will do justice on its authors
and defeat its purpose. The object, says Si
James Graham, is to pass a vote of censor,
on Ministers. The object, says Sir Robert Peel, is
to secure the independence of Comptrollers of the Ex.
chequer. The object, says Mr. Leader, is to establist
the principle that Governments shall give offices, not t•
their partisans, but to their opponents. Nov which
these laudable objects is really served by the resolution
of Thursday ? A vote of censure they arc not ; for the,
authors thirst not so frame them as to express a direct cen.
sure of the pension given to Sir John Newport. They d,
not secure the independence of future Comptrollers of th,
Exchequer ; because that is secured already by tin'
Act on which they are appointed, so far as legislation
can secure independence to those who receive promo.
tion. And finally, they do not establish the principl,
that future Governments shall promote their party op.
ponents instead of promoting their friends, because on
party, who act on that principle, can ever become, or
remain—a Government.

(From the Standard)
The Ministerial journals, unable to deny the defeat o
their patrons on Thursday night, try to palliate that sig
nat disgrace by ascribing it to an union of the Conservd-
tive-and•extreme Radical parties. It may be well tc
expdse this fallacy at once, and we can easily do
bylw:elerring to the list of the majority. In that list
i01.1'" true, will be found the names of Messrs
Hume, Leader, Sir William Molesworth, an.
IV akky, and, perhaps, one or two other Radicals o
lesS note,
,ant certainly so many as nine, Radicals
not discesirable in the list—whereas, in the minori
ne see, be.iides. Mr. O'Connell and the whole of
Tail, without,,. any omission, all the British Rad;
cats, except the few we have named, down eve
in, the lately elected Radical M,mher for Southwark
Mr. Wood, and the Republican Mr. Muntz. If, then, th.
Radicals who voted in the majority had abstained alto-
gether from voting, Ministers would still be in
minority of about twenty. If these Radicals had
voted with their party, Ministers would have been
in a minority of at least ten, and is not a mi
parity at tea upon a vote censuring an act of th,
Government a sufficient disgrace ? In other times thi
Ministers, who upon such a vote could not command
majority at least exceeding the number of their place-
men (about forty) would feel the necessity of resigning
and no longer ago than last May, Lord Melbourne threvv
up office, or pretended to do so, upon a discomfiture fe
less unequivocal than that of Thursday— a discomfiture
upon a question too involving no censure upon his Govern
meat.

(From the Courier.)
From the soreness of our friend the Chronicle abou
the meeting of Middlesex Freeholders, and the mortifi-
cation at its result, +ye are led to understand tho parti-
cular degree of importance attached to it in certaii.
quarters. A successful demonstration at the Freema-
,ons' Tavern, in a contrary sense, might have atoned, ii
seems, for disgrace and defeat in the House of Com-
mons, and so Chronicle leaders, all fire and tow, were
poured forth day by day, to summon and reinforce the
confederate band of ruffians for action who before invaded
the past and assumed to perform the functions of that re-
spectable class of men, the Middlesex freeholders. The
conspiracy failed, however, and the swell mob and hired
bullies at half-a-crown each far the day's job were igno-
miniously overpowered. The Chronicle, with impu-
dence most diverting and amid writhing most fantastic
on one occasion, denounces it as a " hole and corner
meeting," in the face of the advertisements calling the
meeting, and the fact that all who desired, and could
justify a title as Freeholders, might have procured
tickets, and thus obtained an entrance as of right.

'steel" for the nest three months. Several others shared
the same fate.

TWYFOIID observed that the police were very sue-
.es,iful in clearing the streets of such a multitude of thieves,
;hot at this season of the year particularly, are a pest to
very part of town.
la3pector Black said that a number of men from each
iivision were ordered by the Commissioners to be on duty
it the theatre, in order, not only to apprehend thieves, but
a identify any of them who might not be known to the
Anstables in this part of the town.

Mr. Twypono said that such an arrangement had the
ffcct of preventing any thief, no matter from what quarter
is came, to follow his vocation at the theatres, to evade
justice ; and he hoped it wottld be follewed with the same
.exult on future occasions.

LOINDON UNIVLIZSI COLLEtzE.

A meeting of the proprietors of this Institution was held
on Wednesday, Sir George Grey, Bart., in the chair. From
the report, it appeared that one of the officer: had ab-
sconded with a considerable sum of money, this being the
second case of the kind within two years. In the course
of a discussion as to the reception of the Report,
Colonel L. STANHOPE said he objected to the system of
managing the affairs of that Institution, which be deemed
to be the great cause o its failure In the first place
he found that the IF esich nt, L''rd fir.et-„thom, the
Vice-Pr. sulent, the Duke of Soinerset ; and those gent) -
men who were candidates for becoming members of the
Council, had all been proposed by the Elector-General,
Mr. Tooke.--( Laughter.) This was not as things should
be. The other management of the institution was like
the building itself, all stairs and cupola. or an eagle with-
out wings.—( Hear, bear, and laughter.) They found by
the report that they had only 165 pupils in the faculty
of arts. Was not that a failure ?—( Hear, hear)—and
if it was, what were the causes? In the first place
there was what he could term no other than a species
of self-election; secondly, they had made the establish.
ment too much of a medical school; and last, thoueh
not least, they had determined on carrying out the princi-
ple of education without religion.—( Hear.) They were in
a country 'n which religion was considered, and which ought
to be, the foundation and basis of every educational institu-
tion.—( Hear.) It was all very well for my Lord Brougham
to battle this question by stating that that institution was
merely a family school but he could not controvert the
fact that religion was the foundation of morality, science,
and art. They had several- professors, who were earning
a scanty pittance; but, nevertheless, be considered that an
institution like the London University would never flourish
whilst it was without that most essential of professors—
namely, a professor of divinity.
Mr. WARBURTON, M. P., answered the Gallant Colonel.
Mr. Tooke bad acted for the Council in naming a suffici, et
number of proprietors to be Councillors against the day of
election, as the shareholders had not done so twenty-ono
days betor .. the day of general election. As for the poverty
of the professors, so much animadverted upon by the
Gallant Colonel, he could assure him that 9,9021. w re
divided amongst them.—( Hoar, hear.) As for t heir unpo.
polarity, he would refer to the legacy of 25,000/. lett the
University last year. Was that a sign of unpopularity ?
True there ad been a falling ,:ff of the pupils in the me-
dical department; but this University only participated in
a falling off that was felt by every medical school in toa
and country.
The report I, as adopted, and the meeting proceeded to
ballot for the officers of the institution for the present year,
the result of which was as follows :---Lord Brougham,
Pr, sident : Duk of Somerset, Vice- President ; Tr.., -
surer, William 1 ooke, Esq, ; Council, Major-General .1,
Alexander, G. G de Hochepied Larpent, Esq., J, W.
Milne. Esq., and H. Warburton, Esq., M. P. ; Auditor,
John A, Hankey, Esq. A vote of thanks was then given
to the Chairman, who returne.l thanks, and the meeting
eparated.