The Sun.
London, England, 1837-05-02 00:00:00

that :

" It is expedient to commute the composition of Tithes
in Ireland into a rent charge, payable by the first estate of
inherjtance, and to make further provision for the better re-
gulation of ecclesiastical duties."

The measure now at length about to be introduced
corresponds in su►bstance, if we may credit the asser-
tion of Lord Morpcth, with the resolutions upon the
same subject moved unsuccessfully last year by Lord
Stanley in the House of Commons, as an amendment
to the Ministerial and O'Connell project, and subse-
quently sent down from the House of Lords in the
form of amendments to the Government Bill. We do
not say that Lord Morpetl► in this passage of his
speech states correctly the intention of Government ;
on the contrary, we incline to think, from some other
parts of his address, that he misrepresents that in-
tention ; hut the assertion of the Noble Lord, should
it even turn out not to be true, is still a -ground
of satisfaction, as testimony from a hostile quarter
to the merit of Lord Stanley's proposal, as subse-
quently adopted by the Upper House of Parliament.
It is difficult to conjecture how Ministers will jus-
tify their conduct in resisting last year the proposal
of Lord Stanley, and subsequently the amendments
of the House of Lords, and in this year adopting them.
Was not the proposal as wise and just last year as it
is now ? Or was it necessary that there should be one
more year of that strife and confusion in Ireland which
the allies of Ministers have produced by means of the
unsettled tithe question, and which the Executive
Government in Ireland has done all in its power to
foment ? Or did the policy of placing the two Houses
of Parliament in collision prove so abortive last year,
that it is thought no longer expedient to pursue it ?
Or is the final triumph of the law in Ireland over the
machinations of the friends of the Government so
clearly foreseen, that the latter think it prudent to
withdraw from the' contest, not because it is crimi-
nal, which it has been from the commencement,
but because it is now found to be hopeless ?
We leave it to Ministers, or their advocates, to
answer these questions, expressing only our hope
that the Conservative Members of the House of
Commons will watch narrowly the provisions of any
measure which Ministers may introduce. There is no
trick so mean, no deception so fraudulent, that it may
not fairly be suspected in the case of Ministers who
play fast and loose with principles upon such a ques-
tion as that of Irish Tithe : who assert, for sake of
place, and make the House of Commons assert also,
that a certain condition is indispensable to any settle-
ment of that question, and subsequently, for sake of
convenience, renounce the indispensable condition ;
who keep a whole nation in state of needless agita-
tion and strife for two years to gratify a disloyal sec-
tion of their own adherents ; and who (assuming that
the measure now to be introduced is what Lord Mor-
peth describes it) have only consented to a pacifica-
tory and wholesome alteration of the law when they
discover that the law, as it is, is likely to prove too
strong for their partisans, ,the enemies of the law.—
Morning Post.

Accounts from Schwerin announce that Mecklen-
burg had sustained a severe loss by the sudden death, on the
24th ult., of his Excellency Baron Von Pleaser, Minister of
State, and President of the Privy Council.

In this county (Cumberland), although on the eve
of May, the hills are covered with snow, and the land pre-
sents the appearance of mid-winter. The farmers are likely
to be sufferers to a ruinous extent, from the impossibility of
getting the wheat into the ground during the spring, and
their consequent obligation to forego wheat crops for the pre-
sent year.—Cumberland Pacquet.

The long-continued wet and cold weather has done
the most seriousinjury to the farmers, who have been prevented
from sowing their wheat until the time for so doing is past,
and they can only hope for crops of oats or barley. In Durham
and Northumberland the farmers have had many sheep and
lambs die for want of food, and have been obliged to sell their
milch cows to prevent them from dying from starvation, the
scarcity of hay and turnips being so great they cannot buy
fodder.— Tyne Mercury.

An account from Munich of the 22d says—" The
report that Prince Polignac has purchased the little country-
seat of Neuberghausen is unfounded. He has taken furnished
apartments in the house of the Count Von Reichberg, and for
the summer the residence of Koesenig, on the road from Lund-
shut to Ratisboii. Nothing is known of his further plans."
Monday week there were 261 weavers within the
burgh of Lanark without work, and adding those that are sup-
plied with work in Lanark and reside elsewhere, there are at
least five hundred idle connected with this locality, in that
single employment. The magistrates and council, however,
on receiving a petition, readily gave work to a great number
of them--of course, at very reduced wages. The stagnation
in trade at present is not confined to one branch of industry.
All, or nearly all, are in the same predicament, and many been
so for a much longer time than the weavers.—Scots Times.

The attempts of Tory underlings and Tory news-
papers to excite the prejudices of the poor and the ignorant
against the new law have had partial and transitory success.
Many persons who have had good jobs many years under
the old law, are averse to the vigilant supervision of the
Poor-law Commissioners, and the New Boards of Guardians,
and others attempt to obtain clap-trap popularity among
paupers by slandering the Act. At Llanfair, Montgomery-
shire, the Relieving Officer of the Union was rudely treated
by a few old women about two weeks ago, and he therefore
applied to Mr. Day, the Commissioner, for protection. Ac.
cordingly, on Tuesday week, Mr. Day, accompanied by several
Guardians, and by Martin Williams, Esq., of Brongwin, the
intelligent and humane Chairman of the Llanflyllid Union,
went to Llanfair, where a mob of upwards of 100 persons flung
mud and stones at the Commissioner and the Guardians.
Mr. P. Devereaux, of Brynglas, convinced the mob of their
error, and destroyed their banner. Next day a meeting was
held at Pool, and a troop of cavalry called out. The con.
stables, however, took three of the rioters, and they were held
to bail.—Shrewsbury Chronicle.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, M4r 1.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack
at five o'clock.

Mr. HINDLEY and other Members from the House of
Commons brought up the Manchester and Oldham Road
Bill, the Wyre Dock Bill, and the Leicester and Leeds
Railway Bill.
Earl BROWNLOW presented petitions in favour of
Church-rates from Appleby, and several other parishes in
the county of Lincoln, and from a parish in Suffolk.
Lord KENYON presented four petitions to the same
effect from parishes in Suffolk.

Lord LICHFIELD presented petitions against Church-
rates, from the Mayor and inhabitants of Lichfield, from
Gravesend, and from a parish in Huntingdon ; also a peti-
tion from Walsal, praying for an alteration in the mode of
collecting County-rates.