The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-21 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS:
TOM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
GLOBE.—The debate and division on the Ballot,
which is to be brought before the House of Commons
to7morrCnv by Mr. Ward,
will, under existing cir-
cumstances, excite more than ordinary attention: If
the sukect, from the frequency with which it has
been debated, preclude the possibility of novelty in
argument, the arguments which its advocates will
again employfor the purpose of urging its adoption
on the Legislature, will be clenched by the more
powerful energy of facts. The mode by which a
large proportion of the Members of the House of
commons obtained their seats at the last election
.is now so notorious—the evidence which has estab-
lished bribery and other corupt practices, in
many cases, and the generally-admitted em-
ployment of similar influences in more, have established
a conviction in the great bulk of the community,
that a pure constituent body cannot exist with
open voting. The desire for the former, which
all profess to feel, naturally implies an applica-
tion of the means best calculated to secure the latter.
The former ekponents of the Ballot, if they persist
in their opposition, are now emphatically called upon
tt3r propose a better protection to the franchise than
that which the ballot-box would supply. The old
pretence, that to look for perfection in any system 1
is futile, and that the present mode of voting " works
well," cannot longer prevail. The present system,
it is now admitted on all hands, works ill. The
appalling scenes which have recently, in numbers
unprecedented, been brought to the view of Parlia-
ment, and have been dxhibited to the public eye in
the reports of its proceedings and those of its Election
Committees, must render it impossible for this cuckoo-
note of the Tories on former occasions to be revived in
the coming debate. Ridiculous as it was aforetiine ,
in the estimation of the country, it would be still
more so at the present time. A protest would be
found against its use in the numerous reports of the
Election Committees, and in the numerous cases
of alleged corrupt compromise referred to Select Com-
mittees, condemning, with the stern dignity of outraged
truth, the monstrous assumption. The House of
Commons cannot, with its present damaged reputa-
tion, afford to treat the remedy for bribery and cor-
ruption in the election of its Members with the same
indifference approaching to contempt as when the
Ballot was before it in former Parliaments. Every
Member who now opposes the proposed remedy
without introducing a distinct substitute, does all in
his power to perpetuate the disease ; and raises a
shrewd suspicion that he is personally interested in
preventing a cure.
STANDARD.—That the seemingly divided con-
dition of the Conservative party in Parliament affords
a ground of triumph to its adversaries cannot be con-
cealed ; and the attempt to conceal the truth, at the
cost of suppressing a fair estimate of the causes of
division, and the proof that these causes are either
contemptible or easilyremovable, would be the grossest
folly. There is one class of malcontents, calling
themselves Conservatives, whom we anxiously dis-
miss ' at once—they are the earliest, most active,
and most persevering of all. Sir Robert Peel was
scarcely day in office before they commenced the
war against him. These are the disappointed expect-
ants of office. For the honour of Great Britain let it
be remembered that this knot of intrigueis are
almost exclusively Irish; not, however, the repre-
sentatives of the strength and intelligence and loyalty
of Ireland—the Protestant, or, if the name is pre-
ferred, the Orange party in Ireland. No, the names
of the Lortons, Farnhams, Verners, Conollys, will not
be found among them, but the lingering remnant of the
old "undertakers "—the faction of no principle, who
have as often betrayed the Protestants of the sister
island as they have made use of them. These dis-
appointed place-hunters are not formidable in num-
bers, but they are active, and unscrupulous, and
malignant ; they understand perfectly well the policy
of an ill-timed motion, and do not find it difficult to
make use of a part of the Press for their occasions; but
the whisper of the clubs is their grand resource. 'We
dismiss these, in the first place, as men whose motives
are deserving of all contempt, as men who have no-
thing in common with the other dissatisfied Conserva-
tives, and whom it would be an injustice of the worst
kind to associate with honest and honourable men.
In the next place we may refer to those who are
displeased with the concessions made to Mr. Roebuck
in the matter of election compromises. These are
men entitled to respect, first, from the character of
the greater number of them, above all from the
character of their leader—if Sir Robert Inglis will
allow us to call him so—a character second to none
in the House of Commons for ability, integrity, and
the purest patriotism ; secondly, from their manifest:
motive, the love of justice, as they regard justice.
These gentlemen are, we think, mistaken ;
the very proofs that are advanced to justify
their, discontent satisfies us that they are.
The third class of the discontented has been created
by the financial measures of the Government. To
this class we willingly concede all that can be claimed
for disinterestedness, honour, and patriotism ; bit we
must still persist in protesting against, their anger as
unjust. What could the Minister do ? He had a great
and growing deficit to supply. He had proof that this
could not be supplied by retrenchment or by indi-
rect taxation. Ihe wealth of the country had not
been diminished ; on the other hand, it had enor-
mously increased, but it had passed into compara-
tively few hands, and they could be reached only
by a property and income-tax. But to obtain a pro-
perty and income-tax without a' bonus of some kind
was hopeless, as the experience of 1816 had shown,
and the tariff was the only bonus that could be
ofiered ; but the tariff had the necessary effect of
arraying against the Ministerial scheme the best
feelings of the best men in the country. We
must now come abruptly to that which the Con
servatives have before them—that on which they may
unite, and force the Minister to what we are sure
must be his own inclination—a great amelioration of
the New Poor-law. If they do not act together upon
this question there will be an end to all pretext for
complaint that the Minister does not consult the
pririmples of his party; for surely it is necessary
to the justice of such a complaint that the party
prove itself to have some principles in common. Never-
theless, here we have Conservatives—men we doubt
not, of conscience and honour—so wedded to the sys-
tem of discipline and centralisation, as even to con-
demn beforehand the slight amelioration promised
by the Home Secretary; for it is to condemn even
these slight ameliorations to eulogise the present law
as the Member for Droitwich has eulogised it.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, June 20.
The Court sat is Banco this morning, for the purpose of dis-
',wing of arrearii in the special paper. The cases argued turned
upon teel.nical points of practice merely.

COURT OF EA:CHEQUER, Junc 20.
CLAYTON V. NUGENT.
This was a case left by the Court of Chancery to be
tried before a special jury.
The question at issue was the validity of a will made
by the late Sir G. East, by which he demised his real
property to the plaintiff in this case, who is the second son
of Sir William Clayton, Bart. The defendant was heir-
at-law to the property. It appeared that the testator,
who was a person of somewhat eccentric temper, drew
up the will without legal assistance, and had it attested
by two of his servants. This took place in the year
1820, and two additions were made to the will in
the years 1525 and 1827, which were similarly
at-
tested. The various bequests were made to parties
who were designated by different letters of the
Greek alphabet ; and a paper was added to
the body of the will, stating that the key to these
letters would be found on a card locked up in a certain
desk. 'The card was found as pointed out by the testator
after his demise in the year 1828. There were various
circumstances, however, which created a suspicion that
this card was not in existence at the time the will was
attested, or at least that it had undergone some alter-
ations. It appeared too that some of the
Lequests made were written in pencil-marks, and
some of those marks seemed to have been erased
while others were substituted in their stead. In some
parts of the will blanks were left, which had never been
tilled up. It was further shown, that in the year 1820,
a legatee was mentioned under the family name of a
husband to whom she was not married until the year
after. On these grounds the Counsel for the defendant
contended that the will had not been legally executed,
that the testator had altered it after it had been attested,
and that there was nothing to prove that the card con-
taining the key to the names of the legatees had been
written at the same time with the will itself.
The Jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict
for the defendant—thus setting aside the demise of the
real property made in the will, and declaring that it
should be given over to the defendant. who is the heir-
at-law.

The Solicitor-General appeared for the plaintiff, and
the Attorney-General for the defendant,.

BAIL COURT, June 20.
Several undefended cases were disposed of in the morning.
IVISON V.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is as
accountant, against the defendant, who is a banker, ter ar-
ranging the banking books. The case was altogether one of
account, and possessed no general interest.
The Jury brought in a verdict for the defendant.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
STA BEIT,G..— Thomas Shore, aged 23, was indicted for
feloniously cutting and stabbing John Shore, his brother, with
intent to murder him. Other counts of the indictment charged
him with the offence with intent to do some grievous bodily
halm.
On the prosecutor being called he did not answer, and the
Court, was informed that he declined to come forward.
The prosecutor was then called on his recognizance', and the
trial proceeded without him.
From the evidence it appeared. that on the 22d May last the
prisoner, with his brother,
called the Bear, at. Hanwell. was drinking in a public-house
After they had been there some
time they entered into an angry conversation, and the brother
of the prisoner struck hint a violent blow, and knocked him ,
(loon and kicked him. A scuffles •enfued„ and the prosecutor, I
John Shore, went out of the house. The prisoner; followed him
with a knife, and said be would stab him. He came up tr..the
prosecutor, 44 stsbVed hip
in *lower part of the body. The