The Sun. — 1838-06-04 (London, England)

NEWMAN." On what ground, and at whose instance, were those warrants issued ? Wa see no good reason assigned for such a step. But supposin:f it to have been proper, why was not a sufficient force sect to secure its execution? Was it not known that COURTENAY was at the head of a band of determined men If it were, could anything be more unjustifiable than to send three apparently unarmed men to arrest this lunatic, and two of his followers ? To us the gross ignorance of the pc rsantry seems well matched by the negligence or the stupidity of the officers of justice. The public require to he informed, then, why COURTENAY was ordered to be arrested, and why those who ordered his arrest did not take proper means to carry their orders into effect. But. after the murder was committed, and the desperate character of the lunatic and his deluded followers was known, were proper measures taken to secure him and separate him from them? The military were summoned, and Mr. HANDLEY made a feeble attempt to address COURTENAY'S followers. We cannot think that all was done which the law or which prudence requires. Surely the rioters ought to have been made aware of the presence of the military, and asked to surrender. Probably' the Riot Act should have been read, of which there is no evidence. But a gentleman, whose gallantry unfortunAtely cost him his life, rushed towards COURTENAY, apparently to seize him, and the bloody contest, which a little temper or prudence might have avoided, then ensued. We want to know if it were not possible by stratagem, by surrounding the wood, by some temporary delay, to have succeeded in apprehen.l- the murderer, without shedding so much blood ? We want to know, too, why it was that a clergy man should be the acting Magistrate on this occasion ? Was there no lay genii( man of the neighbourhood to be found, who would rlieve the Rev. Dr. PoonE from the odious task, for a Christian Clergyman, of ordering an attack by the military on a body of his own countrymen, if not of his own parishioners ? Such a lamentable spectacle as a Clergyman taking the lead in a bloody affray is not to be witnessed in any pert of Christian Europe, except England and Ireland. The members of the Church of England alone, here and in Ireland, have the horrible pre-eminence of being also magistrates and executors of the law. The blood of so many of our country men calls on the authorities of the land fur a serious and solemn investi4ation into the whole of this awful business, and the public will not be satisfied with any investigation by the Magistrates of the neighbourhood. Something more must be done than to institute an inquiry by them, which will most probably have for its object to exculpate them, and inculpate the deluded peasantry.  The Spectator of yesterday says, in reference to the present dif"erence between the Whigs and the Tor:es  " Lord John Russell will carry his point in the Commons—sir Robert Peel his in the Lords. The Bill wilt come back from the Upper House a Peel Bill. Some slight alteration will be submitted to by the Opposition; and after much gruml ling:, and some big talk, Ministers and their subservient majotity will pass a Tory Corporation Bill for Ireland." On Saturday the Times announced that the Ministers were expected to submit to the Tories in bringing up the Report. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, said our CoatAnperary, in substance, will take care when the Report is brought up to collect only a few of his followers ; he will make a show of resistance, but will really consent to the amendments of Sir