The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-12 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS

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FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
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From an unusual press cf matter, we are compelled yes-
terday to confine ourselves to a brief summary of the politi-
cal articles of the Morning Journals.—The Times contains a
leading article on the subject of the conduct of Alinisters, with
reference to the Administration of Justice Bill, in the course
of which, alluding to the present position of Ministers, our
Contemporary observes The House of Commons has given
them notice to quit, hus declared them unworthy to exercise
the powers already vested in the Ministers of the Crown, has
charged them with treachery to the British Constitution. They
say, we will not quit—we will keep our places in defiance of
Sou—we appeal from the House of Commons to the country ;
and then two da)s afterwards, they come down to the same
House of Commons, and ask for new powers to be given them
pending their appeal, and that without even pretending
that such
a grant is necessary for the public good !
The arguments by which they back their request
are, if possible, more preposterous than the thing it.rlf."
The Morning Post, in an article suggested by the debate of
Tuesday night in the Commons, enteis at some length in o
abuse of Minister.. The article contains-netiong worthy of
extract.
The Morning Herald has an article on the subject
of the Corn-law question. in which our Contemporary rails
through the greatest part of two co:umns, against the opponents
of monopoly. The Morning Chronicle thus refers to the
political tactics of the monopolist faction :—" Thiele is one
subject especially on which the
_mmrpolist faction I. not to be
trusted; their game, in town elections, isto b 01,4 out illusory
promises of mitigating the bread-tax. They laid it on, they
will
still have kept it on, and they keep it on if they
can. They have forgottentha de i
decorum of a Legis-
lative Assembly in order to reject inquiry rrn n
the most scornful
and insulting manner. Their skid in Parliamentary tactics,
rind the full force of their party organization, bringing every
individual to the vote, have been employed, purposely and sue-
,cessfully, to quash the discussion of the subject. They have
overpassed the ordinary bounds of party warfare to punishr; the
Ili,iistry for daring to contemplate the mitigation of this hate-
ful impost. And now they shrink from fairly going to the
country as the bread-tax party."
GLOBE.--Sirlt.lnglislastnight gave expression to the
hopes which animate that, by no means small, section of do,
Tory party of which he is the leader—and thus disclosed
what ought to operate as a warning to the country. We
by no means attribute to Sir R. Peel a disposition, even
if th; possessed the power, to indulge the " Church Ex-
tensionists" in their mischievous project of increasing
the national burdens for the purpose of " extending" the
Church by building a large number of additinial
thurches. Sir R. Peel knows well, as every one who
observes what is passing around hint must know, that to
4tarry such a project into execution would create disgust
in the minds of men of all creeds, not excepting that
of the Establishment itself—a feeling which would not
merely diminish the influence, but might endanger
the stability of the institution it is designed to extend.
But should the Tories be called to office, their leaders
vott!d not Le allowed to act upon their own opinions.
The party which clamour fir " Church ExtenSion," as
the panacea for our national disorders, are too sincere
in their opinion of the infallibility of their nostrum, and
too ardent and persevering in their zeal to secure its adop-
tion by means of Parliament, to be tinned aside from -
their purpose. Expediency forms no part of their poli-
tical system. They repudiate it, as alike odious to flea-en and to righteous men—the source of weakness
to a political party--tir:i abandonment of principle for the
ever-shiftingscaleof convenience. The Church Exten-
slon scheme was well
court Sir /./..nigh causing a serious breach be-
colme a last
.seztoia and the moderate Tories in the
itt-,liastvotement. Sir _Robert Peel strongly urged
tarn; was bring it • forward at such a
client : itughlY ine7Te-.
the party hy exciting
vnrfal fa ling tha
clu'ltrY against it. The Ilia-

practicable representative of Oxford Vniver.sity con-
tinued firm to his purpose -; and threatened to with-
draw his suppprt from the ,empectant Premier i the did
not show his approbation of the scheme by voting for his
resolution. It was notorious that Sir R. Peel's constrained,
sulky, silent vote on that occasion was anything but sa-.
tisfactory to Sir R. H. Inglis and the Church Exten-
sionists; and the absence from the House of the "worldly
politicians" of the party—some of whom were heard to
wish the motion and its author at a plat a which must not
be named to " ears polite"—by no means tended to dimi-
nish the dissatisfaction. •

STANDARD.—It will be seen with regret that the
hurry and confusion into which the greedy tenacity of
office by Ministers has driven all the important legislative
business of the country, have compelled Sir Robert Inglis
to defer his motion upon Church Extension for another
Parliament. The postponement is in one sense unsatisfac-
tory, because it is a calamity that a single hour is
lost in providing for the religious wants of the people ;
but there is the consolatory assurance, on the other
side, that the next Parliament will be one better disposed
0 second the exertions of the admirable Member for Ox-
ford University. Sir Robert last night presented 164 peti-
tions in favour of Church Extension, making with thOse
previously presented by him no less than 500 ! Last
night exhibited another shabby, and therefore charac-
teristic, trick, played by Ministers. At an early period of
the evening, Lord John Russell volunteered an expression
of regret that it would not be possible to proceed properly
with the Bribery at Elections Bill ; this volunteer ex-
pression Sir Robert Peel understood as a formal aban-
donment of the measure, and left the House, saying that
the Noble Lord " had exercised a sound discretion
in withdrawing the Bill." Sir Robert Peel was fol-
lowed by many of his friends ; and no sooner were
their backs turned than Lord J. Russell moved the com-
mittal of that very Bill which' lie had but a few minutes
before pretended to abandon. Mr. Wynn, Sir R. Inglis,
and others, remonstrated against' this flagrant de-
ception, but Lord John happened, as there were
only about 70 Members present, to have a majority, and
he was determined to make the most of so rare an op-
portunity. Accordingly, he proceeded with his • Bill.
The thing is of little importance or interest, except as
an illustration of the tricky propensities of the Ministers,
for the only fault of the Bill is, that it will be wholly in-
operative.

COURIER.—Lord .John Russell may chance to
find hereafter, it' he do not find already, the inconvenience
of a too well established repute for cunning and chica-
nery. In the end, even those who cultivate these arts or
qualifications with the most complete success, often finish
by overreaching themselves, in the overflow of their own
zeal and confidence. Lord John afforded last evening an-
other sample of his peculiar dexterity for achieving a small
advantage by getting rid of a troublesome Mentor, when
standing in the way of a favourite scheme to be surrepti-
tiously accomplished. The Bribery at Elections Bi.l
stood on the vote pap-r for discussion in Committee
last night—a Bill clearly of too much importance
to be summarily disposed of, or to be entertained
at all further, perhaps, at so advanced a period of
a Session, which, it is not only understood, but agreed
on by compact, is to terminate within a very few (lays.
Moved apparently by these reasonable considcra-
dons, Lord John proposed to postpone the measure. He
said that, "if he could hope that the House would be
able to devote a sufficient degree of attention to the de-
tails, this vras certainly a period at which it was mo,a
important to have such a Bill passed ; but he very much
feared that they would not be able to give the sub-
ject such a degree of attention as would be neces-
sary and satisfactory to the House and the country,
if they were to go on with it." To which Sir Robert-
Peel rejoined that " he had voted for the second reading,
and he thought that it was most important for those who
wished to act fairly at the elections that an accurate defi-
nition of bribery should be laid down." And, after re-
marking on the difficulties which beset the question of
the definition of what wa4 bribery, he concluded thus—
" However, considering the very few days which must
elapse before the session closed, he was inclined to think
that the Noble Lord had exercised a wise discretion in
withdrawing the Bill." Shortly afterwards the Right
Honourable Baronet quitted the House, with the under-
standing, of course, that the Bill would not be proceeded
with. Some further business was then disposed of, after
which, to the surprise of all the Members present, Sir
Robert, as before said, being absent, Lord John Rus-
sell proposed to go into committee on the Bribery
Bill, and actually persisted in forcing on the discussion
of various clauses, although distinctly reminded by Sir
Robert Inglis and Colonel Sibthorp that Sir Robert
Peel " had left the House under the distinct itnpression
that the bill would not be proceeded with." It is not
necessary to characterize conduct so shuffling and incoi--
sistent, as the bare recital of the facts is sufficiently.
.cOn-
demnatory.

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