The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-13 00:00:00

POLITICAL SUMMARY OF THE

MORNING JOURNALS.

The Times of yesterday, referring again to the question
of the New Poor-law, observes:—" 'the spirit of Chartism has
been fostered and, in many remarkable instances, created by
the operation of the New Poor-law ; and with the knowledge
of this fact we have always felt it a difficult task to keep clear
of the imputation of sympathizing, or practically cooperating,
to some extent, with that evil spirit."—The Morning Herald,
discussing the probability of a war with America, remarks as
follows: —" The universal tendency of all parties in the
United States Legislature to concur in a common feeling of
hostility to Great Britain at this moment enhances the fearful
danger of Mr. M'Leod's position, if, happily, his fate still con-
tinues to be any subject of hypothesis ! In that event, which
we tremble to touch upon even for the transient purposes of
our argument, we shall be among those who will never cease
to urge upon the Government of this great country the
stern, the indispensable duty of demanding—and if it
be withheld, of exacting—without delays or compro-
mises,—signal atonement for a crime that will be with-
out a parallel in the history of civilised nations."—
The Morning Chronicle observes, in allusion to Mr. Gillon's
motion last night in the Commons, on the subject of grants to
Mechanic's Institutes :—" The Tories think the lower orders
ought not to be treated as rational beings. They so far, how-
ever, relaxed in their contempt, that a year or two ago they
began to encourage Conservative Associations of operatives,
to whom they held out the lure of dinners and drinking. But
they have always repudiated whatever tends to generate self-
respect among the working classes, and to elevate them in the
scale of being."—The Morning Post thus remarks on the
question of the probability of an Amuriean war :—" The
people of the United States of America must he mad and
wicked beyond description if they force upon Great Britain
the necessity of going to war with them. If they had a Go-
vernment such a thing could not happen, but America unfor-
tunately possesses no establishment which can be called a Go-
vernmen'. Furious people do what they list, and there is no
organised authority that can restrain or prevent them. But
shat madness to go to war ! What can they expect to gain
by that? It is plain enough that they may lose, and cause us
to lose, for we do not deny the great value of our commercial
relations with them. But how can they gain ?"

FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
(From the Globe.)

Lord Stsnley seems to he brought under a better iuflu-
ence than that under which ho acted when be ex-
pressed his " surprise and indignation" at the postpone-
ment of Lord Morpeth's Irish Registration Bi 1 until
after the Easter holidays. His Lordship last night, with
a consideration and courtesy quite new to him, inti-
mated his disposition to meet this arrangement; and ac-
tually postponed all further proceedings on his rival mea-
sure until the 28th of April ; thus giving the Government
measure five days' precedence of his own ! The effect of
this arrangement will be, that in the event of the clause i n
Lord Morptth's Bill which defines the franchise receit ing
the assent of the Committee, and such a sum being in-
serted in it as the Government will deem it con-
sistent tci h justice to rgree to, Lord Stanley's Bill
will be postponed sine die—a memorial of his Lordship's
liberality towards Ireland, so cruelly prevented from
being brought to maturity by those who think that he
is not exactly the statesman by whose policy liberty is
likely to be preserved, or tranquillity promoted, in
t sat country ; and who have, therefore, withheld the
sanction requisite to cherish his creation into life. The
important practical measures now before the House of
Commons, and which would have been inconveniently
interrupted had another party struggle taken place
before they were disposed of, w►ll now proceed in their
uninterrupted course. The interval will be occupied with
what really deserves the name of public business. The
present Session promises, from the importance of the mea-
sures already introduced, and others of which notices have
been given, to be one of the most valuable to the nation
of any which have been held since the summoning of the
present Parliament.
(From the Standard).
The present Ministers have issued more commissions of
inquiry than any other Ministers that ever existed ; yet it
happens somewhat strangely, that whenever they find it ne-
cessary or convenient to get rid of any subject, want of in-
formation is uniformly their pretext. Ignorance is the grand
resource of " the ministry cf commissions." This reminds
one of Hobbes' contemptuous sarcasms upon some
of his learned opponents :—" If I had read as much,
I should probably be as ignorant as they." The
Marquis of Normanby last night entreated the Bishop
of Exeter to postpone his motion upon the San
Sulpice ordinance until Monday, in order to give
time for further information. Further information
upon a subject that has been for nine months
forced upon the attention of the Government !
Where is this farther information, or what can
it concern ? Seeing that the ordinance will, unless
previously condemned by ono or other House of Par-
liament, become an operative law, beyond the control
of the Imperial Legislature, on Thursday next, the
further information we presume has not been sent
for to Canada; but if it is in England, why has it not
been long since produced? And then to what does it
relate ? Parliament is already in possession of the treaty
of capitulation, of the Canada Act, and of all the official
correspondence directly bearing upon the subject under
consideration. From an observation of Lord Ellenborough,
we suspect that the further information is to be merely
collateral and analogical.