The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-13 00:00:00

N.PIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM VIE EVENING PAPEES 01 YESTERDAY.
GLOBE.—The policy of Sir Robert Peel is ob-
vions. He has a marvellous strength of affection for
the:fiens of antiquity when those forms are at vari-
ance with popular rights ; but when they tend to
facilitate and strengthen the expression of public
opinion, he has no objection to their being rescinded,
as 'inconvenient and troublesome. Mr. Duncombo
warned the Premier of the consequences which would
assuredly follow his opposition to the reception of the
petition now in question. " Suppose," said the Hon.
Munber, " the Right Honourable Baronet to
succeed in rejecting the petition to-day, how much
farther will he have advanced ? To-morrow he
will have to fight the same battle over again." Loud
and continued cheering followed this announcement ;
the import of which was explained, when, immediately
that the vociferous cheering of the Opposition on the
virtual defeat of the Government had ceased, Mr. W.
Cowper, the Member for Hertford, gave notice his
intention to move this evening, that a petition which
had. been placed in his hands against the income tax
be received. We cannot imagine that Sir Robert
Peel will persist in his opposition after the practical
hint of last night. The right of petitioning may, we
apprehend, be regarded as safe from the endeavour
of the Premier to suppress it ; and the table of the
House will be levied with petitions against the tax,
so soon 110 the unconstitutional obstruction to their
re pinsM abolishat
STANDIII9.—It still Imo seen by our parlia-
mentary report WO Thomas, Duneombe has vir-
tually succeedeil in overthrowing the customary law
of I'en; as to the exclusion of petitions
against an impending iiox. We say virtually suc-
ceeded ; for though the motion of the Member for
Finsbury was rejected by a majority of one we
are not sufficiently broken in to Whig humility
to regard such a majority as anything but a
virtual defeat. The gentlemen who supported
Mr. Duncombe will soon have ample opportunity
of testing the wisdom and patriotism of their
conduct; the income tax and the 600 or 700 items
of the tariff will soon produce an ample harvest of
petitions : the field is wide ; it is sown broadcast,
and. it will not want plenty of local cultivators.
Every man who has,
_or thinks he has, an interest
that may be impaired, or an interest that may
1.),! :promoted, but seems not. to be promoted,
' the income tax, or any item of the
britr, will of course bestir himself, and he will
have as his assistants all the rabble of Whigs,
'lL:cheats, and Chaatists, who, without any parti-
cular interest, real or imaginary, will eagerly seize
upon an opportunity of embarrassing the Govern-
ment ; add to these the multitude, who, without po-
litical bias of any kind, and without interest in the
matter, will still feel called upon, by the sense of
their own wisdom and importance, to interpose as
amateur legislators. We can guess the proportion of
such persons by the number of letters addressed to
people as humble as ourselves, all suggesting some
improvements its the financial plan—all most gra-
ciously ready to follow the Minister—if he will only
tithe the path that they mark out. The mischief is,
that the paths are all different. Yes, there will be
plenty of petitions.
COURIER.—Were the revival of trade and the
general welfare of the country not paramount in
every patriotic mind to every party consideration,
the supporters of the Government would have
but little reason to complain of the protraction
of the debate on the property and income tax,
inasmuch as, the more thoroughly Sir Robert Peel's
propositions are sifted, the more searchingly the
grounds upon which they avowedly rest are examined,
and the closer they are contrasted with the alternative
hinted at, rather than specifically proposed by Lord
Jonn Russell, the more clearly will their adequacy,
soundness, and feasibility appear. It was well ob-
served by Lord Stanley, in his admirable speech last
night, that however widely men may differ in opinion
as to the propriety of meeting the deficiency in the
way proposed, all were perfectly agreed as to the ne-
cessity of dealing with it vigorously, promptly and effi-
ciently. All were agreed that the day of make-shifts
had passed away—that the magnitude of the evil forbad
further recurrence to paltry contrivances or doubtful ex-
pedients. The force with which this view of the subject
was urged by Lord Stanley, aided by its intrinsic
truthfulness, told upon the house as it will tell upon
the country, with excellent effect. But great as were
his Lordship's services last night—effective as was
his manner of sweeping away objections, however
Faudily and meretriciously attired—and conclusively
impressire as were his arguments in favour of the
course determined upon by the Cabinet after mature
deliberation--owe Gulch doubt if the combined force
of his clearness and eloquence will so largely con-
tribute tower* popularising the measures of Govern-
ment, as the various valuable admissions with regard
to them wiling from the mostraeolate and determined
of their opponents.

INDIA.
The* Calcutta Englishman, of the 16th February,
received by the Falmouth mail, states that intelli-
gence.had reached Lahore on the 27th of January,
to thS'efrect that Akber Khan had come down upon
Jellalabad in great force, and having been met by our
troops on the plain, a battle had been fought, in which
he and a great number ofAffghans were killed. Tho
Englishman is usually a well-informed paper, and al-
though the silence which apparently more recent let-
ters maintain on the subject may affect the credibility
of the statement, it is far from being improbable.
This date is later than any copy of the Englishman
which reached us by the overland mail. The authen-
ticity of Dr. Brydon's letter was disputed upon simi-
lar grounds.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, April 12

KR JOHN CHARLES NORTH, alias NEWMAN.

The insolvent in this case was described as a stone and
marble merchant, earl ving on business in Milbank. His
petition to be discharged was opposed by Mr. Nicholls, on
behalf of a young lady named Greenstead.
It appeared that the insolvent had been paying his
addresses to Miss Greenstead, who resid.s nearly
opposite his house In Milbank, and although at first
the parents of both parties objected to their mar-
riage, yet they eventually consented, and the insolvent,
taking advantage of the relationship which existed between
them, Seduced her, and a child was the result of the inter-
course. Soon afterwards he married another lady, when en
action was brought, and a verdict for 2501. damages returned
by the Jury.
The insolvent was subjected to a long examination by the
Learned Counsel, is which he stated that he was the illegitimate
son of a gentleman named Newman, who allowed him by deed
of settlement a sum of fifty pounds a-year. He had
been before the Court for hearing on the Bth of Octo-
ber lasf, when his petition was dismissed, with an order to
readvertiee, because he had described himself as " John Chas.
North,' whereas be had been baptised by the surname of
Nowmaa, and had also been married in that name.
Cooxx having addressed the Court in support of the in-
sal rent's petition,
Mr. Commissioner HARRIS said, damages having been given
against the insolvent for breach of promise of marriage to a
person who must be supposed to be in all respects his equal in
station, there must he some grounds brought before the jury,
tv:ticli lie (Mr. Commissioner Harris) could not enter upon in
this Court or in this investigation, yet that must have indicated
some degree of moral turpitude. The judgment of the Court,
therefore, was, that the insolvent be entitled to his discharge,
after he hall have been six calendar months in prison, at the
suit of Miss Greenstead.